EFB Chapter 1669 A tough opponent
Chapter 1669 A tough opponent
Chapter 1669 A tough opponent
This feeling made him very unhappy.
The stench at the bottom of the pit became stronger, enough to make an ordinary person pass out, but Bai Ziqi seemed unaware and walked quickly forward.
Just as the men had observed, the tunnel connected to the stone chamber looked very new, with sand and soil to the touch, and looked as if it had been expanded recently.
On the day of the Yao Kingdom Palace coup, did He Xiao and others escape through this tunnel and leave Yongquan Villa under Zhao Song's nose?
Then he saw a big fish head.
It’s really big, and the mouth is wide and flat.
Bai Ziqi took out a small bottle from his arms and dropped two drops of the liquid on the fish carcass.
The colorless liquid suddenly turned into dark blue.
"It's a demon puppet without a doubt." The bottle contained a special potion from the Heavenly Palace, which would change color when it came into contact with divine blood. Using this method to identify a demon puppet was more reliable than using eyesight.
There seemed to be a hook stuck in the fish's mouth. He pulled it out and saw that it was actually half a short pestle.
He learned from his previous conversation with Qingyang that Qingyang was more inclined to believe that this giant fish was Cao Wenda's demon puppet.
Why did He Xiao bring in the enemy's demon puppet's corpse?
It was difficult to conceal the presence of such a large fish in and out of Yongquan Villa, but Zhao Song's men were unaware of this. Either He Xiao used some storage device to quietly bring the fish carcasses in, or he took advantage of the lack of people here on the night of the coup to directly bring the fish carcasses in.
If it's the latter, things get interesting.
Bai Ziqi examined the fish carcass and soon found familiar tooth marks:
Wide, flat and straight.
This kind of tooth marks were also found on fish bones near Taoxi River.
Something was feeding on this giant fish.
Bai Ziqi thought again and realized that there were countless scratches on the ground near the Xinglintai earth cellar.
That wasn't drawn by human hands or weapons.
There were also the missing palace guards and the feeling of being followed...
Bai Ziqi murmured, "Sure enough, the illusion array was left for that thing!"
With so many suspicious points linked together, it would be strange if he couldn't figure it out!
The illusion array at Xinglin Terrace was not prepared for him or the palace guards, but to mislead the fish-eating monster so that it could only smell the scent but not find the big fish. Therefore, there were scratch marks everywhere on the ground there, and the monster was so agitated that his face turned pale.
Now, the underground secret room in the stable was opened by Bai Ziqi. He knew without returning to Xinglin Terrace that the illusion array there must have disappeared.
The monster can follow the smell to find you.
His heart moved, and he suddenly felt that there seemed to be someone missing in the team.
It was only thirty or forty steps from Xinglin Terrace to the stable, but the palace guards of Yao State who had led the way for them seemed not to have followed them?
When he followed the visitors from the Heavenly Palace, he instinctively followed behind. Bai Ziqi and his followers would not even look at him.
While checking for clues in the stable, Bai Ziqi looked around and seemed not to have seen him.
But he really had no sense of presence, and even Bai Ziqi didn't notice anything unusual.
Now when I think about it, hmm, when did this person die?
"Go up first..."
Before he could finish his words, there was a loud bang from above the pit, followed by several shouts, a scream, and the clanging sound of drawn weapons.
The servant boy shouted angrily: "Enemy attack! That devil thing is coming out!"
Bai Ziqi returned the same way and rushed to the ground in two steps, only to see a layer of red light outside the stable, but it was flashing at a high frequency and was very conspicuous in the dark.
That was a sign that the Red Trap Array was activated but not fully activated. This defensive array required the array symbol to be embedded in the ground to be effective. Once a strong enemy attacked, in addition to the defense and escape prohibition provided by the array itself, it could also summon three sturdy earth puppets and three nimble wooden puppets, called array spirits, to resist the enemy. This could give the owner more time to react and defend against the enemy.
But now no puppets appeared. Something was desperately hitting the red light shield, each time harder and faster than the last. It took less than two or three hits before the red trap was broken. The servant boy took the brunt of it and fought it for a few moves.
One of the servants was frightened and retreated, just behind the pillar of the stable. Bai Shiqi saw him and said sternly: "Come out, don't stand there..."
That happened to be the blind spot of their formation and rescue!
Before he finished speaking, a shadow appeared from behind the pillar.
It stuck to the servant's back, silently and naturally, as if it had been standing there from the beginning.
The servant realized something was wrong from the looks from the others, and ran forward without daring to look back.
But it was too late.
As soon as he moved, the shadow behind him was faster than him.
When Bai Ziqi jumped out of the tunnel, he happened to see this shadow flashing five feet away, holding the attendant in his hand. The latter's protective magic weapon exploded, and four bloody holes were stabbed in his chest, as if he had been pierced by a pitchfork.
The shadow was moving so fast that it was difficult for the naked eye to catch it, but Bai Ziqi could still see clearly that it was taller than an ordinary person, wearing a gray robe, with its face covered, and its cold gray skin was covered with tiny cracks.
This is not a human because there is a tail behind it.
The guards of the Heavenly Palace surrounded the entrance of the tunnel, as if they were facing a great enemy. The servant boy reported: "Master Dushi, as soon as you went in, it attacked us. Somehow, a talisman was not embedded properly, and the formation spirit was not summoned, so it broke through the formation and captured Yuan Dong!"
Bai Ziqi's expression changed.
The talismans are all good, I checked them yesterday.
At this time, a white guard at the side of the stable shouted, "One of the talismans is missing! It was taken away!"
When the White Guards were setting up their battle formation, this weirdo had already understood what they were going to do and secretly took away a sign.
Even though it is not human, it is cunning and can think.
Even though one or two of the talismans of the Red Trap Array were missing, the defense could be activated, but the array spirit could not be summoned.
The defensive capability of the Red Trap Array was average - a temporarily arranged array was most likely not as effective as a fixed array, so array spirits were added as a supplementary means, but it turned out to be ineffective.
He brought along all the best fighters to track down the Nine Nether Emperor. They knew they were being followed and spied on, so they were on high alert. In this situation, the opponent was able to launch a sneak attack successfully!
And the shadow took Yuan Dong away.
Yuan Dong did not have the surname Bai, and was not a guard he had brought up himself. Instead, he had just come from Miaozhan Heavenly Temple today, and had not yet gotten along with the Bai guards. He Xiao had already left, and Bai Ziqi did not think that the trip to the outskirts of the city would be dangerous, so he brought him along.
This person is a special existence. His cultivation is not high but his role is extremely important.
He is the skin of a god, and therefore needs to be well protected.
Bai Ziqi was attacked on his way back to the city from Xiaotao Villa. Although he repelled Lingshan's attack, he also paid a considerable price. The team's combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, so he asked Miao Zhantian for reinforcements.
This is one of the aids that Miaozhantian gave to Bai Ziqi, and the others are still being prepared in the temple.
The strange man in front of him probably sensed that Yuan Dong was the weakest among the crowd, so he picked on the weak first, but ruined Bai Ziqi's plan.
Now Yuan Dong was caught in its hand. Its sharp claws pierced into his back, piercing him through and then lifting him up. Blood flowed from his still trembling body to the ground, drop by drop.
Even if we snatch it back, it will be difficult to save it.
Bai Ziqi looked at the strange man who suddenly appeared and tried to communicate: "Who are you? Can you understand human language?"
The other party's feedback to him was that he lifted Yuan Dong and sniffed it, as if to confirm whether this thing was edible, and then swallowed it in one gulp!
When others saw this scene, they were all horrified, because the way this weirdo ate was particularly strange. There was a vertical crack in the middle of his face, and then it kept getting bigger and bigger until it covered his entire face.
It turned out that it had no eyes or nose, and its entire face was just a big mouth. The sharp and intersecting white teeth reminded Bai Ziqi of a piranha.
Now he knew where the strange tooth marks on the giant fish bones came from.
Moreover, it only takes this thing two breaths to open its mouth and eat an adult, and it swallows it raw without chewing.
No wonder the palace guards of the second shift disappeared, and the palace guard who led them just now also disappeared without a trace. These guys are ruthless!
Bai Ziqi said to the servant boy, "Put your hand down, let me see."
The servant boy let go and pulled off his clothes, and everyone saw two bloody holes on his forearms, probably stabbed by the monster's claws. The skin near the wounds was a strange gray, not like flesh and blood.
Bai Ziqi, still holding the half-broken pestle, reached out and tapped it twice.
Clang clang, it's the sound of metal hitting stone.
Magic! Bai Ziqi's expression suddenly turned solemn, and without saying a word, he raised the pestle and hit the servant boy on the shoulder!
With a snap, the servant boy's left arm was broken at the shoulder!
Blood gushed out and he screamed in pain, almost fainting.
But when everyone saw the bright red blood on the shoulder, they breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the toxicity did not exceed the shoulders.
"Bandage him and stop the bleeding." Bai Ziqi instructed his men facing the monster, and then glanced at the ground. The broken arm of the servant boy fell to the ground and soon turned into ashes.
If he hadn't acted decisively, the petrification spell in the servant boy would have spread to his body, which would have been difficult to deal with.
He also noticed that although the monster opposite had no eyes, as soon as he stretched out the stick, the monster's face turned.
To verify it, Bai Ziqi grabbed the broken pestle and shook it left and right a few times, and the monster's head indeed shook slightly.
It was very concerned about the broken pestle.
Sure enough, nothing He Xiao left in the tunnel was useless!
"This is a demon puppet. There is no point in talking to it." Bai Ziqi gave an order, "The demon puppet master who controls it may be nearby. Seventeen, take Ten and Eleven to search within this Yongquan Villa!"
The only thing that could eat the demon puppet as food was the demon puppet. He Xiao stole its food and hid it in the formation, using its food-protecting characteristics to set a trap for Bai Ziqi.
Thinking of this, Bai Ziqi frowned again.
Demon puppets usually follow the orders of their masters. This thing is controlled by a demon puppet master. What's the point of He Xiao stealing its food? Does the demon puppet master need the fish corpse?
Something is not right, unless...
Bai Shiqi responded and turned to leave with the other two attendants.
Bai Ziqi suddenly spoke again: "Come back! Forget it."
He rarely goes back on his word like this, and everyone felt that something was fishy.
Seeing this, the demon puppet also became restless and wanted to attack from the gap. Bai Ziqi took out a pale platinum candle and blew on it. The lamp spirit fell from the tip of the candle and turned into a snow leopard.
Judging from the shape of this demon puppet, it should be known for its agility. Bai Ziqi used the lamp spirit to transform into a leopard to test its background.
At this moment, the servant who had retreated to the back suddenly said, "My Lord, get on the ground!"