Chapter 93 Trapped in a Demonic Array

Each team had to patrol for one month.

On the seventh day, they encountered some enchanted Mortals.

The state of these Mortals was extremely bizarre; their eyes were scarlet, the veins on their faces were exposed, and their entire appearance looked hideous and terrifying.

These enchanted Mortals generally attacked lone Cultivators, or sought revenge for old grievances.

In the past few days, news came from Duan Ya Mountain that many lone Loose Cultivators had been brutally murdered. The methods were extremely savage, as if there was a grudge against these Loose Cultivators, causing the atmosphere at Duan Ya Mountain to become tense, and Loose Cultivators dared not venture out.

To be able to grant Mortals the power of Cultivators in a short time, the Demonic Path really had some tricks up its sleeve.

After these five people killed the enchanted Mortals, they had not encountered any real Demonic Path Cultivators in the last few days.

Along the way, the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining Cultivator was the Family Head of the Fang Family within the prefecture, from Liang'an County of Yuanwu Prefecture; he had scrutinized Chen Li many times along the way.

"Patriarch Chen, the last time the Lu Family held a meeting was over a decade ago. I noticed you, Fellow Daoist, back then. In just over a decade, you, Fellow Daoist, have Cultivated from the Qi Refining Fifth Layer to the Eighth Level of Qi Refining. You are certainly adept at managing your affairs!"

Chen Li replied: "I sold quite a few Formations and managed to find a few Spiritual Plants in the Boundless Forest; it was just luck!"

If he knew that Chen Li was at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, he would probably be stunned on the spot!

Seeing Chen Li's calm response, Family Head Fang nodded and said nothing more, seemingly believing him.

Yun Chengyue was also sizing up Chen Li's Eighth Level of Qi Refining cultivation, feeling a bit of emotion: "The Chen Family now has one at the Eighth Level of Qi Refining and one at the Seventh Level of Qi Refining; you have two in the Late Stage Qi Refining."

His own Yun Family had been struggling to accumulate resources, and he himself was only at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, preparing for the Seventh Level of Qi Refining; it seemed they could never keep up with the Chen Family.

Just then, while patrolling a village of Mortals, they suddenly smelled a scent of blood, and the group immediately became vigilant.

Chen Li unleashed his Divine Sense, and his brows furrowed tightly.

There were no living people left!

"Everyone, be careful!" Family Head Fang took out his Magical Artifact and assumed a combat stance.

The group followed suit, assuming combat stances, and stepped into the village one step at a time.

Upon entering the village, they saw an old man holding a hoe, bleeding from his seven orifices; he was still standing, yet he wore an expression of enjoyment.

The group saw children playing, women washing clothes, and elders cooking in the village, almost all of them bleeding from their seven orifices with expressions of enjoyment. Looking out across the scene, it was extremely bizarre!

They all maintained the postures they had held before death, yet they were all bleeding from their seven orifices, with happy and enjoying expressions, as if they had died without regrets!

Chen Li unleashed his Divine Sense to its full extent and suddenly discovered traces of faint Devilish Qi moving around the village, appearing and disappearing. He scanned again and realized that the aura was dispersed in the four cardinal directions of the village.

Chen Li took out a Spirit-Detecting Plate and began to scan for traces of a Formation, but the Spirit-Detecting Plate had no reaction?

Chen Li was puzzled. His many years of studying Formations made him feel that it was not that simple, so he flew into the air on his sword to check the positions.

The others saw Chen Li's actions and were somewhat confused. Family Head Fang asked: "Brother Chen, is something wrong?"

Chen Li did not answer; instead, he sped toward a certain direction. As he got closer and closer, a trace of Devilish Qi finally revealed itself!

Just as he approached, a black snake several meters long lunged out, spitting black gas, with a concealment Demonic Path Talisman stuck to its body.

"Refining a Formation with snakes, deploying a Formation with snakes, a Demonic Path Formation!"

No wonder he hadn't observed any traces of a Formation on the perimeter when they first arrived.

It must have been that when they hadn't entered the village, these snakes hadn't been released yet. When they entered the village, these snakes were slowly released, and releasing the snakes was equivalent to setting up the Formation.

No wonder he hadn't scanned these auras while outside the village; the Demonic Path Cultivator manipulating the Demonic Path Formation must have been nearby, but his Divine Sense couldn't detect where the opponent was.

Chen Li immediately dodged the snake's black gas and shouted to the people behind him: "Everyone, be careful, it's a Demonic Path Formation!"

However, the group behind him did not respond. When he turned to look, they were already sitting blankly on the spot, their expressions extremely dazed. Their faces began to twist, and Yun Chengyue's face was already wearing an expression of enjoyment.

Family Head Fang seemed to still be struggling, but soon his face also turned into that expression of enjoyment!

Chen Li immediately returned to their side, but before he could check the situation, he suddenly felt as if his vision went black and his mind became dazed.

Chen Li immediately activated the Soul Suppressing Art to its limit, and his mind recovered instantly!

The Demonic Path Cultivator manipulating the Formation seemed to notice Chen Li and began to increase the black gas from these snakes; the Devilish Qi had intensified!

Seeing that Family Head Fang and Yun Chengyue were starting to bleed from their faces, Chen Li applied a portion of his own Soul Suppressing Art onto them and began to deploy a Fourth-Rank Defensive Formation Array.

The moment the thrown Formation chess pieces and Formation poles struck the ground, Chen Li immediately activated it.

The instant the Formation energy was generated, Chen Li immediately activated the Formation Plate to isolate the intrusion of this Devilish Qi.

At this moment, outside was the Demonic Path Cultivator's Formation, and inside was Chen Li's Fourth-Rank Defensive Formation Array. The Demonic Path Cultivator outside seemed to see Chen Li's operation, and the Devilish Qi paused for a moment.

However, after one breath, the opponent continued to intensify, constantly assaulting the Defensive Formation Array.

Chen Li judged that the opponent was at least a Foundation Establishment Demonic Path Cultivator!

Chen Li was currently using his own Spiritual Qi to maintain the operation of the Formation. He immediately took out thousands of Spirit Stones, cast a technique onto the Formation Plate, and began to let the Formation Plate absorb these Spirit Stones to maintain its operation!

Chen Li finally freed up one hand. At this moment, a significant amount of Devilish Qi still remained inside the Defensive Formation Array, and he was still supporting the bleeding people beside him.

He had to dissipate this Devilish Qi! Chen Li made a decisive decision!

He quickly unleashed the True Fire Burning Heaven Art to burn this Devilish Qi, but discovered it was useless. He immediately pulled out the "three absolutes disaster severing blade", activated the blade's lightning attribute, and manipulated the blade to slash at the Devilish Qi.

The Devilish Qi instantly dissipated a bit!

Chen Li discovered it was effective and continued to operate. At this moment, the Devilish Qi outside the Formation and the Defensive Formation Array emitted a huge friction sound, but the Devilish Qi never advanced an inch, and the Defensive Formation Array remained towering and unshakable.

A quarter of an hour later, the Devilish Qi inside the Formation had completely dissipated, and Family Head Fang, Yun Chengyue, and the others instantly collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

Chen Li withdrew the Soul Suppressing Art from these people and swallowed over a dozen bottles of vitality replenishing pills to replenish his consumed Spiritual Qi.

Chen Li unleashed his Divine Sense to its full extent, searching for the Demonic Path Cultivator manipulating the outside, but after a few seconds, it still didn't work; the opponent was very well hidden.

Suddenly, his spirit beast pouch showed movement. Chen Li suddenly remembered that this Spirit Cat could capture auras and could track within a hundred miles.

Chen Li released the Spirit Cat. The Spirit Cat jumped out, sniffed a few times, shook its cat head, and pointed outside the Formation.

Chen Li understood. He immediately cast a Soul Suppressing Art onto the cat and then cast a technique onto the Formation Plate to let it go out.

However, this cat seemed not to fear the Devilish Qi, and after letting Chen Li withdraw the Soul Suppressing Art, the cat went out!

Half a minute later, the Spirit Cat returned, jumped onto Chen Li's shoulder, and pointed in a direction.

Chen Li understood. He no longer released his Divine Sense in all directions but began to explore with his full Divine Sense in the direction the cat pointed.

A few breaths later, Chen Li's eyes lit up, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he thought, "Finally found you!"