Chapter 701 The Mastermind
Duan Qing was surprised to see someone who he thought had been dead for many years standing in front of him alive again.
After being surprised, Duan Qing suddenly realized something and suddenly realized it.
At this moment, he finally understood why Li Lian didn't attack him.
Li Lian bumped into the mysterious woman back then, and now he has become like this, with his strength skyrocketing.
If anyone is capable of doing this, Duan Qing can only think of one person, that is the mysterious woman.
I'm afraid only the mysterious woman can make Li Lian undergo such a transformation in a few years.
This also explains why Li Lian didn't attack him.
For some reason, the mysterious woman met him several times and let him go for no reason.
This was the case in the Yongling Valley of Xiaonanjie, in the Sea in the Bottle, and later in the Ten Thousand Corpses Cave in the Middle Earth.
It is estimated that Li Lian was instructed by the mysterious woman to restrain himself from attacking him.
Thinking of the mysterious woman, combined with what happened these days, Duan Qing couldn't help but feel a chill on his back.
Since the black-robed man is Li Lian, the true identity of the mastermind behind the Lingzhou chaos is naturally self-evident.
It is definitely the mysterious woman!
The first time he met the mysterious woman was in the Yongling Valley in Xiaonanjie, which was less than ten years ago.
However, in just less than ten years, he met the mysterious woman several times by chance, and her strength has changed dramatically.
The first time in the Yongling Valley, he guessed that the other party had the strength of the Questioning Heart Realm.
The second time in the Bottle Sea, he easily killed the Golden Armored Dragon who could slaughter the late Transformation Realm and had the strength of the Questioning Heart Realm.
The third time they met in the Ten Thousand Corpses Cave, the mysterious woman even killed the Spiritual Realm Great Power Wan Buliu.
In less than ten years, the mysterious woman completed the strength leap from the Questioning Heart Realm to the Spiritual Realm.
Such a growth rate can be described as appalling.
He had many adventures and his cultivation speed in recent years was quite fast, but compared with the mysterious woman, it was not worth mentioning.
Now, more than a year has passed since the two met in the Ten Thousand Corpses Cave, and it is unknown how powerful the mysterious woman has become.
Guessing that the mysterious woman was the mastermind behind the Lingzhou Rebellion, Duan Qing felt a chill on his back, and at the same time, he was temporarily relieved.
The mysterious woman had let him go several times, and Li Lian, who was instructed by her, had also restrained himself from attacking him before.
Presumably, the mysterious woman still doesn't want to take his life now.
But the kindness of others is not a reason for comfort.
Duan Qing is very clear about this.
Although the mysterious woman always let him go, at the same time, it is like a shadow that he cannot get rid of, giving him an unprecedented sense of crisis.
This feeling is like a sword hanging over his head. On the surface, the sword is supported by an invisible force and will not fall for the time being.
But deep in his heart, he knows very well that this sword will fall one day sooner or later and take his life.
This is the feeling that the mysterious woman gave him.
The sense of crisis brought to him by the mysterious woman made Duan Qing's desire for strength unprecedentedly strong at this moment.
Just as Duan Qing was thinking about the mysterious woman, the monster Li Lian finally spoke again.
"The me of the past is dead. Now I am the sharp blade in the master's hand, and I will cut through all obstacles that block the master!"
While speaking, his expression was pious.
"Haha, what a loyal dog!" Duan Qing said sarcastically.
"If you block me, I will destroy you!" Li Lian's face sank, and he stared at Duan Qing coldly.
Although the master did not let him kill Duan Qing, he taught Duan Qing a lesson, which did not violate the order.
Hearing Li Lian say that he would destroy him instead of killing him, Duan Qing's previous guess was undoubtedly confirmed.
"You can try!" Duan Qing's face was normal, and he took a defensive posture.
While speaking, Duan Qing glanced behind him calmly and found that Hu Yanheng had already escaped and disappeared, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Noticing Duan Qing's eyes, Li Lian's face changed, and he immediately realized that Duan Qing was delaying time to give others a chance to escape.
The master has ordered that everyone except Duan Qing should be eliminated.
Thinking of the master's order, Li Lian casually shot two black rays at Duan Qing. While Duan Qing was holding up his sword to block, he decisively bypassed Duan Qing and chased him deep into the passage.
Ding Ding!
Duan Qing blocked the two black rays with the Red Spirit Sword, and the two black rays were directly bounced away and embedded into the wall of the passage.
He looked up at the wall and saw two black scales that had sunk most of the way into the wall, with only a few left outside.
Looking at the scales on the wall, Duan Qing felt a little strange.
The scales on Li Lian's body were obviously blue, but why were these two scales black.
Could it be that his scales would change color after leaving the body?
Or perhaps these two scales were not from Li Lian himself.
However, at this moment, Duan Qing did not have time to think about it.
Seeing that Li Lian bypassed him and continued to chase, Duan Qing immediately set off and chased after Li Lian.
During the chase, Duan Qing couldn't help but sigh in his heart as he looked at Li Lian's back.
Just as Li Lian said, the current Li Lian is no longer the Li Lian of the past.
This can be seen from Li Lian's current actions.
Speaking of which, if it weren't for chasing him, Li Lian wouldn't have fallen into the hands of the mysterious woman and become what he is now.
If he was still the Li Lian of the past, he would definitely have hated him.
But the current Li Lian did not show any hatred towards him, but just blindly followed the orders of the mysterious woman.
Now, Li Lian may have lost his humanity and has been completely transformed into a killing tool by the mysterious woman.
Li Lian is extremely fast. Even though Duan Qing has many magic skills, he is still being pulled away by Li Lian. He can only watch Li Lian running farther and farther.
At this time, after turning a corner.
Duan Qing saw from a distance that Hu Yanheng was fleeing in front of Li Lian, covering his chest, and Luo Renjie and his group had already fled to the door of the communication stone chamber.
Luo Renjie and others saw Li Lian chasing them from behind, and their faces changed.
In panic, Luo Renjie quickly took out the talisman, opened the stone door, and pushed Lin Ziyu in first.
Lin Ziyu was caught off guard and was pushed directly into the stone chamber.
Then, Luo Renjie glanced at Li Lian who was chasing Hu Yanheng, his face full of anxiety, and urged Zhaixing and others: "Go in quickly!"
Hearing Luo Renjie's urging, and then looking at Li Lian who was chasing, Zhaixing and the other three were very tactful and entered the communication stone chamber one after another.
After the three people from Zhaixing entered, Huyan Heng was only ten feet away from the door of the stone chamber.
Li Lian followed closely behind Huyan Heng for several feet and was getting closer and closer.
Seeing this, Luo Renjie gritted his teeth, flashed into the stone chamber, and decisively activated the spirit talisman to close the door of the stone chamber.
"No, Brother Duan!" Lin Ziyu exclaimed and wanted to leave the stone chamber.
Before entering the stone chamber, she had seen Duan Qing behind Li Lian from a distance.
Luo Renjie's move undoubtedly cut off the survival of Duan Qing and Huyan Heng!