Chapter 402 Cleansing the Shadow
A strong man from Yintian Sect hesitated and asked, "Should we hold back?"
Pingtian Zhenren said coldly, "If they didn't hold back, we wouldn't have to worry about it. Of course, the purpose is to stop them from leaving. If we can capture them alive, we won't kill them."
The Wuhu Laymen had not made any excuses and remained silent. Now, as Motu said, they did not attract the Ascension Rules. Everyone can see that there is a problem.
The Yintian Sect actually knew who was true and who was false, who was right and who was wrong.
Originally, Zhang Wanzhi and others could only hinder the progress of the shadows' evacuation due to their numerical disadvantage, but they could not form an encirclement to keep them.
Now with the support of the strong men from Yintian Sect, it was different in an instant. A group of people tacitly surrounded the shadows in the middle, and Ye Yuqiu also joined in the encirclement.
However, even with the participation of the strong men from Yintian Sect, the two sides were almost equal in terms of numbers, so the encirclement was a bit sparse and still had many weak points.
Seeing that the Yintian Sect also joined in to deal with them, the shadows seemed to be a little anxious and began to concentrate their strength on the weak points, looking for those with weaker cultivation as the breakthrough point.
And these relatively weak ones must be the strong men of the Yintian Sect.
The shadows attacked together, and they were not polite at all. They did their best. If it weren't for the other strong men around to take care of them, several Yintian Sect strong men with weaker cultivation would not be able to withstand even one round.
Seeing that these people, including Wuhu Jushi and Tianqing Taoist, had killed them, the Yintian Sect strong men finally let go of the glimmer of luck in their hearts and stopped holding back.
Zhang Wanzhi was still fanning the flames: "These people come in batches, and there may be reinforcements. Everyone should work harder to take them down, otherwise something might happen!"
He knew that it was impossible to keep all the shadows when the strength gap between the two sides was not big, so it was enough to try to keep some of them.
Therefore, we must increase the offensive and create more pressure on the shadows, forcing them to sacrifice their pawns to save their generals.
Taoist Tian Qing wanted to curse, where can they get reinforcements? Although the shadow team is huge, they can't mobilize all the shadows.
And the number of truly top-notch masters is limited, and most shadows can't get involved at all.
But the people of Yintian Sect don't know this, they just feel more urgent and want to fight quickly.
But they also have concerns. The shadows will not ascend. Zhang Wanzhi and his men have the Hidden Immortal Talisman, but the masters of Yintian Sect don't!
A slight move will attract the ascending glow.
Although ascending only returns to the Immortal Shade Realm, it's not a big deal, but if everyone ascends, who will keep these shadows?
Seeing this, Zhang Wanzhi and others took out the extra Hidden Immortal Talismans on their bodies and distributed them to the masters of Yintian Sect.
Li Xiuchang gave a lot of this stuff, and after distributing dozens of them, the remaining ones were enough for their own use.
After the masters of Yintian Sect took the Hidden Immortal Talisman, it seemed that the seal was unlocked!
They opened fire one by one, just like enemies meeting, showing all their hidden weapons, they really showed no mercy, they were so cruel!
Li Xiuchang, who was watching the battle secretly, was stunned. Just now, these people looked like they couldn't do it, but now they are more cruel than anyone else!
As expected, compared with enemies, traitors are more hated.
In the eyes of the people of Yintian Sect, Wuhu Jushi and Tianqing Taoist, who were ruthless to their fellow disciples, were undoubtedly traitors who betrayed the organization.
Pingtian Zhenren also said: "Don't panic, I have contacted the supreme elders of the other three immortal sects, and support is on the way."
Pingtian Zhenren was actually talking nonsense just to create psychological pressure on the shadows.
Both sides were afraid that the other side's reinforcements would arrive, and they also knew that there were no reinforcements on their side, which made both sides more anxious, and the battle quickly became fierce.
Li Xiuchang was not idle either. He used the length plug-in to help remotely, and from time to time he added some length to the attack methods of his senior brothers and sisters, expanded the attack range, etc., which often achieved miraculous results.
In the end, he relied on a cooperation with Zhang Wanzhi to successfully reduce the number of shadows again!
The blade light swung by Zhang Wanzhi's puppet became wider out of thin air, and smashed a shadow warrior on the spot.
The shadow warrior was terrified and died on the spot. There was really no body left.
His companions did not show any sadness.
However, when the strength of both sides was similar on paper, the shadow side suffered losses frequently and even lost personnel, which made them completely give up the idea of counterattack and concentrate on escaping.
The shadows concentrated their strength to break through the encirclement and began to flee in the same direction.
They were very united, and the strongest few were at the back, letting the weaker ones go in the front.
In fact, if they just wanted to escape at this time, committing suicide on the spot was the easiest way.
However, no one wanted to make such a choice unless they had to.
Although the shadows can be resurrected after committing suicide, it is not without any loss. All the treasures on them will be left behind.
After resurrection, their assets will be wiped out, and all the magic weapons and treasures they have are lost. It will also greatly weaken their strength, and they can't bear it.
Tianqing Taoist, Wuhu Layman, and Lingze Sanren, the three people, stayed behind and temporarily stopped the pursuers, creating a chance for other shadows to escape.
But before the other shadows ran far, Gui Wuyan chased them on horseback.
He surrounded the shadows and stopped them, and then released the beast in his heart.
This time is a little different from the past. He no longer summoned the monkey in the heart, but transformed himself into the monkey in the heart!
The will under his crotch dissipated, and he leaped into the air, transformed into a golden-haired ape king and descended from the sky. A huge stick appeared in his hand and smashed towards the shadows.
The huge stick was golden and seemed to be able to split the sky and earth.
The oppressive feeling at this moment made the fleeing shadows dare not think of counterattack, and they could only defend, escape, and retreat.
Some people ran too slowly and were hit by the huge stick. Their bodies were broken on the spot, and their souls were damaged and they escaped.
The shadow was also decisive. Knowing that his soul body was in danger in this situation, he directly disintegrated his soul and returned to Xianyin to wait for the countdown of resurrection.
Gui Wuyan forced these fleeing shadows back with one stick each.
Even the strong men of Yintian Sect were secretly shocked by this kind of divine power and marveled at Gui Wuyan's bravery.
At this time, Gui Wuyan thought to himself: "Xiu Chang's suggestion is really good. This stick is really handy."
Li Xiu Chang had suggested to him long ago that he could equip the Heart Monkey with a golden long stick as a weapon. Gui Wuyan listened to it and went to Zhang Wanzhi to make such a magic stick.
Li Xiu Chang was amazed at the bravery of Senior Brother Gui, and at the same time, he felt much more balanced. It turned out that Senior Brother Gui also had to transform into a Heart Monkey to exert the true strength of the Heart Monkey!
Then by the same token, if he wanted to exert the fastest speed, Gui Wuyan had to transform into a horse.
It seems that he is not the only one who needs to transform into a monkey and a horse.
Gui Wuyan blocked more than a dozen people by himself, and the others naturally could not drag their feet. One by one, they also took out their best means, and beat the three Wuhu laymen who were responsible for the rear guard in a mess. They were already injured, but they were still struggling.
Seeing that they were blocked by Gui Wuyan, and Motu and others also freed up their hands to support Gui Wuyan, there was little hope of escape, and these shadows made a choice very tacitly.
They began to launch suicide attacks, attacking desperately to support Tian Qing Daoist and the other three.
The shadows changed their minds instantly.
Originally, Tian Qing Daoist and the strongest ones covered the escape of those with weaker strength.
After finding that it was impossible, they decisively reversed their strategy and let these weaker shadows cover the escape of the strong ones!
The strongest few people, such as Wuhu Layman and Tian Qing Daoist, if they only cared about themselves and escaped with one mind, it would have been difficult to keep them.
Now there is a group of teammates who died to help, why worry that they can't get away?
The shadows handed all their treasures to Tian Qing Daoist, Wuhu Layman and Lingze Sanren. As long as the three of them escaped with everyone's treasures, the death of the shadows would not be any loss.
Even for them, it was another form of successful evacuation.
Resurrecting in Xianyin, finding Tian Qing Daoist and the others, and taking back the treasures again, it was equivalent to no loss, but if they were captured alive, it would be troublesome.
So the shadows would rather die than be captured alive.
The threat posed by the shadows' suicide attacks cannot be ignored. They are not afraid of death, but the strong men of Yintian Sect do not want to die.
Some shadows exploded their bodies and destroyed their souls as soon as they came up. This madness frightened the strong men of Yintian Sect and made them realize for the first time how terrible this group of people is.
Before, Motu said that this group of people could be resurrected after death, but the strong men of Yintian Sect did not believe it in their hearts.
But now they believe it!
If they could not be resurrected, it would be impossible to explain this behavior of rushing to die.
The arrogant ones are afraid of the stupid ones, and the stupid ones are afraid of those who don't want to die. Now these shadows are arrogant, stupid and don't want to die.
The strong men of Yintian Sect, including Zhang Wanzhi and others, can only retreat.
In this chaos, Tianqing Taoist, Wuhu Layman, Lingze Sanren, they took all their belongings and broke out of the siege and fled to the distance.
Some people wanted to chase, but immediately there would be fearless shadows rushing up and wanted to die with them.
Even as an enemy, Li Xiuchang had to admit the terrible unity between the shadows.
There were fewer and fewer shadow warriors still alive, so Zhang Wanzhi quickly sent a message to everyone around: "Catch them alive! Stop them from committing suicide!"
Even the weakest of these people should be high-level in the shadows, and each of them knows a lot of secrets. It would be a big profit to capture one alive.
The Yintian Sect's strong men understood, and everyone immediately changed their thinking. Instead of attacking, they mainly used various sealing and control restriction methods.
The remaining shadow warriors rushed to commit suicide, but some always failed.
At their level, their vitality is terrifying, and suicide is not that simple. Once they are disturbed by various formations and seals, they are likely to fail to commit suicide and fall into a weak state.
In the end, with the joint efforts of the Donggeng District team and the Yintian Sect, a total of four shadow warriors were captured.
These four people are all male cultivators, who are the entry-level ones among the Golden Immortals. After the three of them self-destructed their bodies, their souls were disturbed, and they failed to commit suicide, leaving only a weak soul body.
There is also one person whose body and soul are intact, but he was sealed like a dumpling.
"Are you going to chase those three?" asked a Yintian Sect's supreme elder.
"Why are you still chasing? They've already run away!" Pingtian Zhenren said unhappily.
With the speed of Tianqing Taoist and the other two, no one knows where they are now.
Zhang Wanzhi was not discouraged at all, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, there is still a chance to find them."
A broken hair appeared in his hand.
"This is..." Pingtian Zhenren's eyes narrowed slightly.
"That's right." Zhang Wanzhi nodded, "This is a hair of Tianqing Taoist."
"Fellow Taoist, you have good skills!" Pingtian Zhenren praised.
Strong men like them have a detailed sense of their bodies, especially their own bodies. Not to mention a hair loss, even if a hair is lost, they will know.
And destroy it in time, or cut off the connection, so as not to leave hidden dangers.
But the broken hair in Zhang Wanzhi's hand still has the breath of Tianqing Taoist, which means that the other party did not notice it, so he did not cut off the connection.
It is not easy for Zhang Wanzhi to cut off a broken hair of Tianqing Taoist without anyone noticing.
Don't underestimate this broken hair, with this hair, it is enough to track the location of Tianqing Taoist!
As for using this hair as a medium to perform some evil method to harm Tianqing Taoist, it will not work.
With Tianqing Taoist's cultivation strength, it is just a hair, no matter how powerful the evil magic is, it can't hurt him. If it is applied to him, at most he will lose his hair and become bald.
Li Xiuchang is the biggest contributor to Zhang Wanzhi's acquisition of this hair.
After communicating with Zhang Wanzhi, he lengthened a hair of Tianqing Taoist by a few inches at a critical moment.
The extended part was cut off by Zhang Wanzhi with a sword, without anyone noticing. Tianqing Taoist himself did not notice it.
Pingtian Zhenren said: "Should we chase them now?"
Zhang Wanzhi looked at Gui Wuyan and cast an inquiring look.
Gui Wuyan took the hair, calculated for a moment, and said on his head: "The two have left Wanshan Realm. If we continue to track them, there may be variables. It is better to wait for the opportunity and make full preparations before going. You will gain more."
After saying this, Gui Wuyan's hair turned white again.
Pingtian Zhenren naturally saw that Gui Wuyan was a fortune teller with a high level, and nodded: "That's what I mean. This time, it's a hurry, so it's better to make full preparations before going."
Motu and others also nodded. I don't know how many shadow masters are hiding in various circles. I believe that there will be more shadows around Tianqing Taoist.
It won't be too late to go after they unite all the forces that can be united.
This time their goal has been achieved. Not only did the Yintian Sect masters see the abnormality of these shadows, but they also captured four strong men alive!
With these, it is enough to convince the other three major sects and other large forces in Xianyin Realm. Next, the entire Xianyin Realm must start a round of cleansing of shadows!
The battle is over now, and Ye Yuqiu finally has the opportunity to ask his own questions: "Fellow Daoists, you should also explain the cause and effect to us, right?"
Zhang Wanzhi took over and said: "In fact, you have already understood the main part. It is a group of people pretending to be the high-level leaders of various sects. To explain where these people came from, we have to start from Xianyin..." (End of this chapter)