35: Trapping Lu Ze

The Yao Beast corpse in front of him was enormous.

Compared to it, the Purple Flame Scale Lion Lu Ze encountered before was like an elephant facing a teddy bear in front of this Yao Beast; they were not on the same level at all.

The moment Lu Ze jumped onto the corpse, Little Red scrambled down from his shoulder. Its palm-sized body explored the Yao Beast corpse from left to right, its tiny nose twitching as if searching for something.

System Notification: This Yao Beast corpse is indeed a Tier 7 Demon King corpse!

The System also gave its response after making its judgment.

“Tier 7 Demon King...”

Lu Ze looked at the corpse from all angles, always feeling that something was off, but he couldn't pinpoint what it was at the moment.

Suppressing his thoughts, Lu Ze moved around, exploring the surroundings. The most valuable Demon Core was long gone, likely taken when the Tier 7 Demon King was killed.

“System, can Little Red directly devour this corpse now?”

System Notification: Host's Spirit Pet's current vital signs are good and can devour the Tier 7 Demon King at any time!

“Alright.”

Lu Ze nodded, then used 400 Yao Beast points to exchange for a magical formation in the System Mall, sealing off this entire area within the formation.

Fu Liang and the others indeed had no intention of attacking Lu Ze; in fact, they seemed to want to befriend him.

However, there was no telling what Xia Yuanhong might do, especially since that kid hadn't spoken a single truth since the mission was first issued!

“Buzz! ——”

As several runes bloomed in Lu Ze's hand, streaks of white light, like stars, spread outwards, then simultaneously transformed into various runes, neatly arranged, enveloping an area!

“Formation, rise!”

The runes instantly turned from white to gold, then abruptly converged in the sky above the center, forming a banner that stood majestically in mid-air. A golden shield descended from the banner in all directions, enveloping the surroundings!

Lu Ze, the Tier 7 Demon King's corpse, and this entire teaching building were all encompassed within it!

Little Red also sensed it and instinctively ran to the Tier 7 Demon King's head, spreading its body and clinging tightly to half of its skull.

Little Red's body suddenly turned red, and its entire body began to tremble uncontrollably.

However, Lu Ze wasn't worried, because he clearly sensed that the power within Little Red was gradually strengthening. Although the increase was small, it was not to be ignored!

“System, how long will it take for Little Red to completely devour this corpse?”

System Prediction: Three days!

Lu Ze nodded, found a clean spot, sat down cross-legged, and then entered a meditative state.

Although this place was strange, Spiritual Qi cultivation was exceptionally smooth. Spiritual Qi fluctuated around Lu Ze, compressing layer by layer towards his lower abdomen.

After an unknown period, Lu Ze suddenly opened his eyes, and the Spiritual Qi swirling around him also slowed down.

He glanced towards a certain spot; that direction was blocked by the floor, revealing nothing unusual. However, in Lu Ze's eyes, Xia Yuanhong's distance marker was getting closer and closer!

In just a few minutes, Xia Yuanhong's marker stopped about eight hundred meters away from him.

Then, with Lu Ze's location as the center, Xia Yuanhong circled around the entire area.

Lu Ze looked around again, a flash of inspiration in his mind, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

“Xia Yuanhong, so that's your plan...”

This Tier 7 Demon King didn't die here; it was deliberately moved here... A Tier 7 Demon King has always been much more powerful than an ordinary Tier 7 Demon Beast, not just in cultivation, but also because it can... gather demons!

A Demon King is naturally the king among Yao Beasts.

When a king among Yao Beasts dies in battle, how could there not be a single ordinary Yao Beast corpse nearby?!

This Tier 7 Demon King's corpse was deliberately moved here!

As for why it was moved here specifically, it was naturally to trap Lu Ze, or rather, to kill Lu Ze here!

Lu Ze stood up, drew the sword from his waist, found a random spot, and suddenly threw it with force.

“Whoosh!”

The sword shot out rapidly, like a bolt of lightning in the night, and in an instant, it burst out of the magical formation Lu Ze had set up.

“Clang!”

Only a sharp collision was heard, and the sword's trajectory immediately spun back at an even faster speed, shooting towards Lu Ze.

Lu Ze raised his hand, Spiritual Qi swirled, and he firmly grasped the sword.

“Buzz!”

As the sword entered his hand, the blade trembled slightly, stained with streaks of black Qi. Lu Ze gathered Qi and shook it, dispelling all the power on the blade!

“Sure enough...”

Lu Ze looked in the direction marked for Xia Yuanhong, narrowing his eyes.

At the same time!

Eight hundred meters away from Lu Ze, Xia Yuanhong stood atop a building, gazing into the distance, a hint of madness on his lips.

Several people stood quietly beside him, not daring to speak.

In the direction Xia Yuanhong was looking, a huge red magical formation was operating.

Upon this formation were three black banners, from which hung several skulls. Black Qi continuously spewed from the skulls, forming countless spider silks that enveloped the golden magical formation below!

The black spider silks continuously wrapped around it, slowly tightening, like forming a cocoon, intending to completely devour the golden magical formation inside!

“Thank you for moving the Demon King's corpse here.”

Xia Yuanhong said with a smile.

The others became even more respectful, not daring to speak much.

“Cheng Ran is quite generous; such a good magical formation, even for her, would take a lot of effort to create, yet she just gives it to that kid Lu Ze.”

Xia Yuanhong suddenly sighed, “What a pity, what a pity. This kid doesn't have much time left. Such a good magical formation will only serve as his burial object...”

Only when the black Qi had completely enveloped the golden magical formation did Xia Yuanhong take out a storage bracelet from his 懷, then took out a clean handkerchief, placed it on the ground, and slowly placed the storage bracelet on the cloth.

“Qianqian, Big Brother has avenged you. Just watch here; Lu Ze is sure to die!”

Xia Yuanhong placed the storage bracelet, straightened his body, and casually pointed to someone, “You stay here and wait until the formation completely disappears before going in. Make sure to bring back Cheng Ran's jade token, and if the Demon General is not dead, bring it back too!”

The person immediately responded, “Yes!”

Xia Yuanhong then asked the others, “Where are those people from the Tang Family?”

“They arrived at the designated location a day ago and have been under our surveillance. Currently, there's been no movement! However...”

The person reporting paused slightly.

Xia Yuanhong frowned, a hint of impatience in his eyes, “Speak!”

“Reporting, Young Master, according to our monitoring, this time only the Tang Family sent out additional people. Neither the Qin nor Song families had anyone come out early to approach the target location!”

“Is that so? Then let's go take a look.”

Xia Yuanhong narrowed his eyes and took out a long staff from his storage bracelet. At both ends of the staff, uneven iron pieces were embedded, very sharp.

If one looked closely, at the base of the dense iron pieces, there was still a lot of shredded flesh mixed in, the flesh bright red, making it impossible to tell if it belonged to a human or a Yao Beast.