Chapter 148: The Plastic Friendship Between Men
After activating the formation, the range swept by the gale grew wider and wider.
The surrounding wild trees and grasses were uprooted by the gale, with flying sand and rolling stones everywhere. That Summer Insect Fungus spun in the gale, tormented thousands of times by who knows how many trees and stone fragments, and it looked like it couldn’t even move properly.
Qu Xingxuan was stunned, even though this was the formation he had set up himself.
In comparison, Xuan Xia felt it still wasn’t enough.
Although the momentum was grand and it had a destructive effect, it was still a bit short of the scene she had envisioned.
So she asked Qu Xingxuan: “What formation is this? A hurricane formation?”
“…”
Qu Xingxuan: “Sis, doesn’t this formation have a cooler name? Like, ‘Demon-Breaking Heaven-Slaying’?”
Xuan Xia: “…”
Just looking at the flying sand and rolling stones in front of them, she really couldn’t imagine this formation having such a domineering name.
However, the rampage of the gale continued to spread outward.
Soon, the sweeping range reached a certain safe house.
Suddenly, a wall of fire shot up from the direction of the house, and the roaring flames instantly lit up half the world.
The next second, a fire phoenix leaped into the air from the flames, accompanied by a long cry.
“That’s…” Xuan Xia, who hadn’t seen much, had her attention completely drawn by the fire phoenix.
“Nirvana Fire Phoenix, Cui Cheng Zhi’s protective spell.” Ren Tongjin explained from the side.
What? That was actually Cui Cheng Zhi’s protective spell?
Xuan Xia gazed at the fire phoenix styling gradually fading into the sky, two thoughts flashing through her mind one after another.
One was, what a waste. The other was, she wanted to learn it.
Although she hadn’t seen Cui Cheng Zhi in person, since he was with Ren Tongli’s group, he was probably just as ugly and crooked. How could such a person be worthy of a fire phoenix? Even a pheasant would be an insult to it.
As the fire phoenix completely disappeared, the distant wall of fire also extinguished along with it. What followed was a shield composed of yellow talismans surrounding several staggering figures charging toward them.
Every talisman glowed red, like a flaming pattern in another sense.
Xuan Xia raised an eyebrow. Even though she couldn’t see clearly, she could guess who was coming.
She had said this formation was a bit lacking.
Almost as soon as she thought that, she already had four talismans in hand and slapped them onto the muddy ground.
Ren Tongjin and Qu Xingxuan watched her actions, not understanding what she was doing.
Until Xuan Xia chanted a few spells, and amid the already flying sand and rolling stones, another earth-shattering crack was added.
With their Spirit Protection Formation as the center, the entire ground cracked like a shattered mirror, with fissures extending out like spider silk.
Soon, bursts of ghostly howls came from not far away.
Ren Tongjin’s pupils shrank in shock, and he blurted out, “What are you doing?!”
Just after asking, before Xuan Xia could answer, lightning fell from the sky one bolt after another, brutally striking the ground, each one like it wanted to split all living beings into dust.
Whether grass, trees, or people.
The shouting from not far away grew even more intense.
The three of them vaguely heard words like “damn—” .
Even if Ren Tongjin was slow, he could now see that Xuan Xia was causing trouble for Ren Tongli and the others, stopping them from coming this way.
“You…” He wanted to say something, but after spitting out one word, when Xuan Xia looked over at him, he couldn’t say anything more.
What could he say?
Everyone cooperate fully? Impossible.
And the current situation…
The ground suddenly trembled.
Spider silk-like cracks slowly extended into the Spirit Protection Formation where they were.
The earth split open, and the three exchanged glances, quickly moving to a safe spot.
Xuan Xia directly asked Qu Xingxuan: “Isn’t your Spirit Protection Formation working?”
Qu Xingxuan said: “It shouldn’t be like this.”
He looked down; the formation stones and formation eye were all intact.
It really shouldn’t be like this.
But whether it should or not wasn’t up to him.
In the current situation, the collapse of heaven and earth outside the formation was indeed affecting the inside. As fissures appeared, flying sand and rolling stones were swept into the formation by the gale.
The first to be unlucky and get hit was Ren Tongjin.
A flying stone scraped a bloodstain across his cheek.
The next second after blood appeared on his face, the entire heaven and earth, even the entire Illusionary Scenery, trembled along with it.
The speed of the earth’s cracking grew faster and faster; the mountains seemed about to collapse, or like something was about to leap out from the mountain base.
As soon as Xuan Xia had this thought, the next second, a phantom emerged from underground. As soon as the phantom broke through the soil, it began to grow wildly with the gale and rolling stones, instantly becoming a two-meter-tall giant shadow.
Once the height stabilized, the phantom gradually turned from illusory to solid, becoming the appearance of an old man with all white hair and beard.
The old man was dressed in ancient style, wearing a tattered white robe.
His facial features were also eerie, with a pair of eyes emitting blood light and hands with long, black nails.
Making one suspect that being scratched by him once might cost half a life.
At present, the old man’s tattered robes, long hair, and beard were wildly dancing in the gale.
“This old man wouldn’t be the real Main Fiend, would he?” Qu Xingxuan had already moved to Xuan Xia’s side at the first moment, murmuring.
“Probably.” Xuan Xia had the same thought as him.
The old man raised both hands, letting out a grunt through gritted teeth, then slammed his hands down, immediately like a thousand-jin weight smashing into the ground, making the already fragile surface even more vulnerable.
Qu Xingxuan almost lost his footing and quickly steadied himself using Xuan Xia’s arm.
However, after the old man’s smash, the rampaging gale suddenly stopped.
This really broke Qu Xingxuan’s formation.
Qu Xingxuan inwardly shouted “oh no,” but the next scene surprised them again.
Because the next second, after the old man glanced toward Xuan Xia and the others, he immediately turned and charged toward Ren Tongli and his group.
Those few had just caught their breath under the gale’s assault, earth-shattering cracks, and fierce lightning strikes, only to face a new danger.
They immediately cursed “damn it” in unison.
“What’s the situation?” Qu Xingxuan asked.
“Interesting.” Xuan Xia said.
Qu Xingxuan: “???”
Xuan Xia ignored him and focused on Ren Tongli and the others who were passively getting beaten over there.
The first to bear the brunt of the thrashing was Ren Tongli.
Who made him the biggest rookie.
The old man was also extremely ferocious; Ren Tongli was forced to retreat step by step, nearly getting hurt several times.
He shouted for the other two to help, but they not only didn’t come to his aid, they instead took the chance to hide far away.
Turns out friendship between men could be so superficial.
After Ren Tongli dodged wretchedly once more, he finally noticed that Xuan Xia and the others were watching the show.
He immediately roared Ren Tongjin’s name, “How long are you going to watch!”
Upon hearing this, Ren Tongjin frowned and was about to rush over.
But Xuan Xia immediately held him back, “Don’t rush in impulsively first.”
Just as she said that, the rookie Ren Tongli made a mistake and was caught squarely by the old man.
The old man’s long, black nails brutally embedded into Ren Tongli’s shoulder, causing him to howl in pain on the spot. He lost half his life, and thick black mist rose from his entire shoulder.
But the next second after his shoulder was injured, the old man suddenly stopped his attack, his scarlet eyes fixed on the shoulder, his nose twitching.
The next second, he let go of Ren Tongli, allowing him to slide to the ground, his gaze drifting to other places.
It felt like he was selecting a new target to attack.
