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#213 - I want to challenge myself
This enormous painting seemed to use fresh blood as its pigment, alarmingly red.
No one could understand what was actually painted on it.
However, they were surprised to find that these twisted and eerie symbols and lines were all over the hall.
Whether on the walls, pillars, or ceiling, they were everywhere, filled with an aura of evil.
But the soldiers did not pay too much attention to these paintings.
They had already set their sights on the three masked figures on the high platform.
"Kill!"
With the captain of the guard's command, the soldiers, holding their spears, walked towards the three masked figures.
His pace was not fast, but rather somewhat slow.
Because the previous traps and mechanisms had already instilled fear in the soldiers, afraid that some danger was still hidden beneath the corpses on the ground.
But this worry ultimately proved unnecessary.
The soldiers had gradually approached the high platform.
Just as the soldiers were preparing to launch an attack, an anomaly occurred.
Many soldiers looked puzzled, and some even rubbed their eyes.
In their vision, the red lines and patterns were slowly twisting.
This made the soldiers stare intently.
It seemed that all the lines and symbols in the hall were constantly twisting, like countless red snakes slithering rapidly.
In the soldiers' terrified eyes, their vision was quickly stained with scarlet.
It was as if the entire space-time, the entire world, had turned into a blood-red expanse.
They stood blankly in place, their eyes vacant, their minds completely captivated by this blood-red world.
And their minds had been lost in the crimson.
On the high platform.
From Liang Jin's perspective, the soldiers who were originally advancing suddenly stopped, and then their expressions became dull one by one.
As if they had turned into a group of walking corpses.
"How is it?"
"My Soul-Bewitching Chart is powerful, right?"
"Hurry up and kill them, while you have the chance."
"Otherwise, who knows when they will wake up? Some with strong wills wake up very quickly."
Mi Qianmeng said.
The young man was about to make a move.
But he stopped and looked at Liang Jin.
Liang Jin was so bloodthirsty that the young man dared not snatch Liang Jin's chance to kill.
Liang Jin asked:
"If I talk to these people now, will they answer?"
Mi Qianmeng shook her head:
"Right now, they are completely immersed in their own world, and their senses to the outside world have been cut off."
"Unless they experience severe pain, it will immediately wake them up."
"So when you attack, be sure to kill them with one move."
Liang Jin nodded in understanding.
Then he waved to the young man:
The young man was stunned. Make him do the hard work again?
But how could he dare to disobey? He could only jump down with a dagger in his hand.
He came to the soldiers and stabbed them one by one, knocking them down.
As Mi Qianmeng said, these soldiers only came to their senses when the dagger pierced their bodies.
But it was too late to wake up now, and the young man's every stab was aimed at a vital point.
Before long.
All the soldiers had been dealt with by the young man.
He ran back to the high platform excitedly:
"Mi Qianmeng, your Soul-Bewitching Chart is really powerful. You must have received the true teachings of Lord Left Enovy, right?"
"With this thing, we don't have to be afraid of those guys outside."
Liang Jin smiled slightly upon hearing this.
How could it be so easy?
The Soul-Bewitching Chart was unexpectedly effective in catching the opponent off guard, and even Liang Jin himself was almost tricked.
But once others became alert, the effect would drop sharply.
If those people outside no longer came in, but directly set fire to this marketplace, the three of them would have to be forced out sooner or later.
Besides, there were still too many ways to break it.
Liang Jin only thought about it casually, and he could think of at least a dozen.
Mi Qianmeng also said:
"How could it be so easy? If it were really that powerful, then my Star Demon Sea would have been invincible long ago."
"Especially the Great Snow Mountain Sect and the Boundless Bright King Sect, who have been fighting with my Star Demon Sea for so many years, they have all developed their own methods to deal with the Soul-Bewitching Chart."
"Also, this Soul-Bewitching Chart only requires closing your eyes and not looking to avoid being bewitched."
Fighting with eyes closed and distinguishing positions by sound is already very easy for experts of the fifth rank and above.
Although it may be a disadvantage in battles with the same realm.
But if facing martial artists below the fifth rank, fifth-rank experts can easily crush them even with their eyes closed.
The young man's voice became desperate again upon hearing this:
"In that case, we are still going to be finished..."
"I wonder if the Star Lord knows that we are trapped and will come to save us?"
The young man was full of worry about this.
After all, tonight's operation was not an open and aboveboard battle, but a secret operation under false pretenses.
If the Star Lord abandoned the three of them for the sake of the Star Demon Sea's reputation, then they would really die without a burial place.
At this time.
Suddenly, a sneer came from outside:
"What a Soul-Bewitching Chart, what a Soul-Bewitching Formation!"
"I wonder which disciple of the Star Demon Sea's Left Enovy is here? Dare to reveal your name?"
Although this sneer was issued from outside the hall, it exploded in the ears of the three at the same time.
It could be seen that the speaker's internal strength was so profound that it was beyond imagination.
Mi Qianmeng and the young man were still hesitating whether to answer.
Liang Jin had already spoken:
"Then dare all of you reveal your names?"
"I don't kill nameless people."
Mi Qianmeng and the young man looked at Liang Jin in surprise.
What time is it? He's still bothering to ask people's names?
The two also discovered that this guy Liang Jin seemed to have an unusual obsession with asking people's names clearly.
And Liang Jin's words seemed to provoke anger from everyone outside.
Nameless people?
The people present were either from famous sects or were well-known figures.
Of course, they were not afraid to give their names.
Immediately, voices rang out one after another:
"What's there to dare? I am Lu Yingrong, Palace Master of the Ice Palace of the Great Snow Mountain Sect!"
"This venerable one is the Protector Venerable Su Di of the Boundless Bright King Sect!"
"I am Ai Li Jiang, General of Flowing Sand City!"
"You thieves inside, listen up, I am Zhang Wei, a disciple of the Great Snow Mountain Sect!"
"This poor monk's Dharma name is Shan Sheng!"
...
Names were reported one by one, full of momentum and deafening.
Liang Jin entered these names into [Thousand Mile Tracking] one by one.
As soon as the entry was completed, he knew that he could start a massacre.
Immediately, Liang Jin said loudly:
"Those who are not afraid of death are welcome to come in."
These words provoked a chorus of angry curses from outside.
Mi Qianmeng couldn't help but complain in a low voice:
"Hey, why did you take the initiative to provoke them?"
"Wouldn't it be better to delay a little longer? Maybe we can wait for reinforcements!"
The young man also nodded vigorously.
Liang Jin said faintly:
"You two stand back."
"I'll take care of whoever comes in later myself."
These words surprised both of them.
Mi Qianmeng said:
"Hey, I'm just complaining, I'm not really telling you to go to your death, don't be angry."
The young man also said:
"We are from the same sect, so naturally we must advance and retreat together, and share weal and woe!"
Liang Jin sat on the chair and didn't even bother to glance at the two of them.
He only relied on himself and never relied on others.
At this time.
A powerful aura suddenly surged in from outside.
This aura was majestic, powerful, and brave, instantly filling the entire hall.
Mi Qianmeng and the young man were stimulated by this aura and even took a step back involuntarily.
"What a terrifying aura!"
"It seems that a fifth-rank expert has personally come to fight!"
In each other's eyes, a strong sense of horror could not help but be revealed.
Fifth rank, that was already a completely different level of martial artist.
Even though Mi Qianmeng was at the sixth rank, she was still worlds apart from a fifth-rank expert.
Not to mention the young man who was only at the seventh rank, he was simply insignificant in front of a fifth-rank expert.
The next moment.
Only to see a figure finally appear at the door.
It was a dark-skinned monk, obviously exposed to the sun for many years.
The monk's upper body was naked, and a ferocious alien beast was tattooed on his chest.
But his hands were holding a large incense burner.
"Amitabha!"
"Benefactor's tone is too loud, this poor monk is here to verify!"
The person who came was the Protector Venerable Su Di of the Boundless Bright King Sect.
Most of the people of the Boundless Bright King Sect had violent tempers.
Now that they heard Liang Jin's tone was so loud, the people of the Boundless Bright King Sect were the first to refuse to accept it and came to challenge him.
At first.
Seeing Su Di walking in like this, Mi Qianmeng and the young man were secretly delighted, thinking that this bald donkey would soon also fall for the Soul-Bewitching Chart.
But who knew that in the next second.
Only to see Su Di suddenly pour all the internal force into his hands.
The violent internal force was transmitted from his palms to the incense burner in his hands.
"Boom!"
The incense ash in the incense burner instantly rushed out of the incense burner.
Su Di then waved his big hand.
The majestic internal force surged like a tide, and the incense ash also tumbled around under his internal force.
The Soul-Bewitching Chart around was painted with fresh blood.
And now the blood had not yet solidified and was extremely sticky.
This incense ash fell on it and immediately stuck to it.
This time, the incense ash immediately covered most of the Soul-Bewitching Chart.
Although the Soul-Bewitching Chart was very powerful, it was also very fragile.
Once a small part of the picture was damaged, the entire Soul-Bewitching Chart would lose its effect.
This Su Di monk actually broke the Soul-Bewitching Chart just by relying on a handful of scattered incense ash.
"Not good!"
"This is bad!"
Mi Qianmeng and the young man couldn't help but be shocked when they saw this scene.
At this time.
Su Di also raised his head.
His gaze swept towards the high platform, automatically ignoring Mi Qianmeng and the young man.
He only looked at one person.
On the high platform, a chair was placed upright, and a masked man sat on it with a golden sword resting on his knees.
This person was Liang Jin.
"No wonder benefactor dares to make bold statements, it turns out that you do have some skills."
"It's a pity..."
"It's just arrogance and seeking your own death!"
Su Di naturally saw that among the people present, only Liang Jin was qualified to fight him.
Liang Jin leaned forward slightly, overlooking Su Di at the bottom of the high platform.
The mouth under his mask finally opened:
"Master, would you please ask the other two fifth-rank martial artists to come in as well?"
Su Di looked puzzled upon hearing this.
Liang Jin explained:
"I want to challenge myself."
"So, the three of you come at me together."