147: Chapter 147 Taking the Initiative

Looking at Chen Shanzhi, who was right in front of her, and listening to his steady, powerful voice, all the panic and pain in Jiang Feiyu's heart seemed to be soothed in this instant.

She nodded obediently and closed her eyes with extreme submissiveness.

Forming a hand seal to digest energy, Jiang Feiyu immediately began to concentrate fully on circulating her Cultivation Technique, refining the violent black mist energy in her stomach.

After settling Jiang Feiyu down, Chen Shanzhi stood up.

The gentleness on his face vanished instantly, replaced by an extremely cold and murderous aura!

Chen Shanzhi looked up, first glancing at Murong Yun.

"Brother Murong, you don't need to come with us this time. Stay here and act as a Protector for Feiyu!"

Hearing Chen Shanzhi's serious tone, Murong Yun's whole body trembled.

He immediately put away his usual slacker demeanor and gripped his longsword solemnly:

"Don't worry, Brother Chen. Feiyu is also my good friend.

As long as I, Murong Yun, have a breath left, no one will be able to touch a single hair on Feiyu's head!"

Chen Shanzhi nodded. After arranging the protection task, he turned his head.

His gaze swept over Ouyang Wanqing, Shen Lingfu, and the remaining few Xuanguan Peak guards.

"Everyone, time is tight!"

Chen Shanzhi spoke rapidly: "Although this black mist was swallowed by Feiyu, the barrier over Shi Village is still there.

This means it is only a temporary disappearance, and the Formation is still operating."

"We must seize this precious window of opportunity that Feiyu has bought for us!

Taking advantage of the fact that the monster no longer has the protection of the black mist, its figure has nowhere to hide.

We must take the initiative, find it, and hack it into pieces!"

Upon hearing this, the others looked at each other, feeling that what Chen Shanzhi said made sense.

Since the Formation still existed, the black mist might continue to appear.

If they waited for the village to be filled with black mist again and no one was there to disperse it, everyone would be in danger.

Ouyang Wanqing, standing to the side, naturally agreed with Chen Shanzhi's proposal to take the initiative.

However, after pondering for a moment, her delicate brows furrowed slightly, and she stepped forward, calmly raising a question:

"There is one problem. Shi Village is not big, but it's not small either.

The houses are scattered, and there are many alleys.

Where are we going to find that skulking monster?

If we disperse our forces during the search and are picked off one by one by the monster in the shadows, what then?"

Ouyang Wanqing looked back at Jiang Feiyu, who was leaning against the wall with her eyes closed, and the tightly shut iron dungeon door, her tone extremely grave:

"And there is an even more fatal point.

If we are searching ahead, but the monster bypasses us and sneaks directly here.

With Murong Yun's current strength, he cannot block that monster capable of insta-killing a Xuanguan Peak expert.

By then, wouldn't Feiyu and the hundreds of refugees in the dungeon become Qi and blood for that monster to consume?

If that really happens, we will all be in danger of losing our lives!"

Once these words were spoken, Shen Lingfu and several guards nodded repeatedly, their faces showing difficulty.

This was indeed an extremely tricky dilemma.

Defending meant sitting and waiting for death, while attacking meant fearing the home base would be stolen.

Chen Shanzhi, however, sneered:

"What Miss Ouyang said is indeed a problem, but..."

Chen Shanzhi looked into the depths of Shi Village with a deep gaze and said with certainty:

"But we don't need to split up to search at all.

I think I know where that thing is!"

Facing the puzzled gazes of everyone, Chen Shanzhi continued:

"During the day, when I was exploring the terrain of Shi Village from the mountain behind it.

I discovered that in the very center of this village, there is an extremely eerie black stone altar."

"For this kind of evil sacrificial Formation, the core must require an extremely huge amount of energy to support it.

I think that might be the altar!"

"If nothing goes wrong, that monster is currently hiding at the altar, refining the Qi and blood it just consumed."

Chen Shanzhi clenched his hands and continued:

"Even if it's not there, that altar is definitely the core of the barrier in the sky.

As long as we rush over there and smash that damn altar to pieces.

This Formation covering the village will naturally be broken.

Once the Formation is broken, we can send a signal and call for help!"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, as if they had seen a glimmer of hope in the darkness.

"As for the issue of the home base being stolen..."

Chen Shanzhi turned his head and looked at the Xuanguan Peak guard he had brought with him.

"Zhao Er!"

"Subordinate is here!" Zhao Er cupped his hands and stepped out.

"You stay behind!" Chen Shanzhi pointed to Jiang Feiyu and the dungeon door: "You stay here with Murong Yun and protect them."

Chen Shanzhi looked at the others and continued:

"Now, without the cover of the black mist, the monster's reliance on the black mist to hide its aura is completely gone.

Zhao Er is at the Xuanguan Peak cultivation level and has extremely rich combat experience.

As long as the monster is not in the Life Fire Realm, with Zhao Er's strength, even if he cannot defeat the monster in a one-on-one fight, there will absolutely be no problem holding it off in a direct confrontation for a while.

As soon as there is any commotion here, we can immediately rush back from the altar to support you!

By then, we can surround and eliminate it."

Chen Shanzhi's arrangement was flawless.

It both ensured the safety of the base and clarified the target of the assault.

It blocked all the loopholes the monster might have exploited.

After listening, Ouyang Wanqing's beautiful eyes sparkled with brilliance.

"Good, this method is feasible!" Ouyang Wanqing nodded decisively, twirling her water-blue longsword into a sword flower.

Shen Lingfu also nodded obediently in agreement; today really allowed her to see another side of Chen Shanzhi.

No wonder Ouyang Wanqing was so attentive to him.

Presumably, when the two of them went to the Refugee Area last time, they must have discovered this side of Chen Shanzhi.

Hmph, so what if she is the daughter of the Prime Ministers Mansion.

When seeing an outstanding man, isn't she just like any other mediocre woman, rushing up to cling to him?

Unlike herself...

Shen Lingfu glanced at Jiang Feiyu on the wall, then quietly glanced at Ouyang Wanqing.

She sneered in her heart; no matter how outstanding a man was, she wasn't interested.

But if she could make the men these outstanding women liked submit under her skirt, that would be truly interesting.

Naturally, the others did not know what Shen Lingfu was thinking at this moment.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Chen Shanzhi waved his hand: "Since there are no objections, let's move out quickly!"

Except for Zhao Er and Murong Yun who stayed in place, Chen Shanzhi took Ouyang Wanqing, Shen Lingfu, and the remaining four Xuanguan Peak guards and set off immediately.

The group followed the main road of the village, heading straight for the altar in the center of Shi Village.

Without the obstruction of the black mist, the group moved extremely fast.

The entire village was deathly silent, with only their light footsteps echoing on the stone road.

Soon, after passing through a patch of dilapidated houses, the view ahead suddenly opened up.

The square in the very center of Shi Village appeared before them.

However, when Chen Shanzhi and the others stepped to the edge of the square and saw the scene in the center of the square.

Everyone's pupils contracted violently in an instant!

Their footsteps also stiffly stopped in place.

A piercing chill shot straight from the soles of their feet to their scalps!