Chapter 1595: Hunt in the Fog (Part Three)

Han Zhumei watched as another wisp of wind slowly approached. This wisp of wind was passing through the gaps of other winds, and its direction was precisely the direction she wanted to go.

The moment the two wisps of wind approached, Han Zhumei’s transparent body, with a slight, graceful float, stepped onto that wisp of wind.

Then she looked ahead. That was the closing point of the circle she had formed after planting the wind spirits one by one. She was only one foot and seven inches away from completing the closing formation.

‘You want to set a trap to ambush me? Then let you suffer the consequences…’

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Han Zhumei’s mouth.

In her opinion, what did it matter if “Mu Guyue” had set up a trap? On the contrary, it exposed her own position. She would not attack the other party in one blow like the first time.

Instead, this time she would let the other party fall into the siege trap she had set, and would never be able to escape…

Li Yan leaned against the large tree. The section of the giant python’s body hanging down was right at his chest. Its pair of small gray eyes would only move slightly occasionally.

Li Yan even stared at the giant python for a long time, but the other party was completely unaware. It was relying on its senses, waiting for its prey to arrive.

Li Yan was using the small five elements in his body to sense the changes in the large five elements of the outside world.

In his perception, although he did not sense Han Zhumei’s existence, Han Zhumei would never have dreamed that Li Yan could use the inner five elements to correspond to the minute changes of the outer five elements.

This was something that other normal cultivators could not do at all, because the five elements in their perception were either strong or weak, more or less.

More importantly, they could not clearly sense the complete trajectory of the five elements, and could not see the cycle of mutual generation and restraint, destruction, and birth of the five elements at every moment…

But for Li Yan, the five elements were a very clear cycle. As long as someone borrowed the power of heaven and earth, some differences would appear.

No matter what kind of variant spirit root you had, it was still just a variation of the five elements, and you still couldn’t escape the great dao of the five elements rules.

However, if Li Yan wanted to sense every subtle change in the outer five elements, he must have the correspondence of the inner five elements.

Otherwise, it would be very difficult to distinguish the various reasonable or unreasonable existences that appeared in the operation of the outer five elements.

Because the five elements of heaven and earth were ubiquitous and would constantly change due to the appearance of uncertain factors from the outside world.

Just like in a space, a python suddenly appeared. Its nature was water. Because of its appearance, it would drive the changes of the five elements in the outside world.

At this time, the water-attribute rule in that place would suddenly strengthen, and would temporarily break the entire five-element balance.

But because the power of the great dao was who knows how many times stronger, this kind of real destruction was impossible.

The five-element great dao rule, in the instant that the water-attribute power strengthened and changed the five-element balance, the rule would rebalance the entire great dao at a speed that was simply incomprehensible.

This kind of thing existed all the time, but all these changes were also under the cover of the great dao.

Unless you could change this great dao rule power, you could make a space collapse or appear with different phenomena.

Therefore, it was extremely difficult for ordinary cultivators to even discover the difference.

And Li Yan, due to his cultivation method, the inner five elements could correspond, but his perception would also become jumbled and unbearable.

Any slight movement, the intrusion of birds or beasts, would cause the area he sensed to constantly undergo various changes.

And Li Yan had to find the result he wanted in these changes, which required Li Yan to have enough patience and meticulousness.

During this process, he had to constantly compare and discover the differences at each moment, what caused them, and so on.

Han Zhumei was looking for Li Yan, and he was also looking for Han Zhumei. Both of them wanted to secretly find the other party and launch a fatal blow.

Han Zhumei’s use of the wind-attribute law was already very brilliant.

Even if Li Yan used the inner five elements to correspond to the changes in the outer five elements, at first, he really did not notice the subtle changes around him.

This was mainly because the changes at every moment were overwhelming and came in droves! When Li Yan used this method to detect, it was also a thousand threads and ten thousand clues, without a moment’s rest.

And slowly, in the constantly changing correspondence of the inner and outer five elements, Li Yan still noticed a trace of abnormality.

Around him, there seemed to be a wave that was slowly changing at an extremely slow speed, with imperceptible traces of fluctuations.

Occasionally, it would “flash” once, as fast and almost invisible as a star in the night sky, but it would disappear immediately.

But if these occasional fluctuations were connected, it was an irregular circle that was slowly circling him.

What shocked Li Yan even more was that this formless circle was actually about to close!

“Siege!”

A thought instantly rose. Li Yan quickly estimated the speed at which the other party needed to close the circle.

He was horrified to find that it would probably still take about three to five breaths, which meant that his reaction was already too late.

Without any hesitation, in the next instant, Li Yan’s entire person was like a spirit snake, quietly sliding down the tree trunk.

Traceless and formless, a small layer of this large tree was “thinned” down.

And the giant python that had been pressed tightly against Li Yan’s chest did not notice at all. Its abdomen smoothly pressed against the tree trunk in sequence.

But just at this moment, suddenly from all directions, from top to bottom, from heaven to earth, the mist that had been floating like ribbons…

In an instant, it turned into countless thin blades, and with endless “swish swish swish…” sharp whistling sounds, they all cut towards that large tree.

Han Zhumei herself, also because she needed to suddenly use a powerful attack, could no longer hide her figure. A beautiful figure instantly appeared in the air.

Her pair of snow-white jade hands continuously waved forward swiftly, and the wind-attribute magical power on her body erupted completely.

Han Zhumei’s pretty face was filled with solemnity!

The other party’s perception was also too keen. Just as she was about to complete the encirclement, that person finally discovered her intention and wanted to sneak away.

If not for her attention being firmly locked on that large tree, it would probably be impossible to discover that the bark had “thinned” by a tiny bit in an instant.

Han Zhumei knew that once that person separated from the tree trunk, and she had no comparison, she would definitely lose the target again.

So she did not hesitate to launch an overwhelming attack on the position of that large tree.

And just as she launched her attack, she also instantly sensed a vague aura suddenly appear. This aura was as faint as if it were invisible, but she still sensed it.

In the instant she launched her attack, that aura, at an extremely fast speed, rushed towards her side.

“Swish swish swish…”

For a time, in a large area of the forest, patches of branches and leaves were instantly shredded into a void!

The large tree where Li Yan had been before was instantly turned into specks of debris.

The pitiful giant python on it was instantly turned into a cloud of blood mist, without even being able to let out a cry of sorrow.

At the same time, the birds in this patch of forest, and the large and small wild beasts in the bushes, did not even have time to react, and along with the soaring debris of branches and leaves, patches of crimson mist appeared in the dense fog.

Within a radius of thirty zhang, in the blink of an eye, a clearing was created. All the trees and bushes disappeared.

And only at the gap where Han Zhumei was, a small patch of dense forest remained. She did not hesitate to expend a large amount of wind spirit, and her attack came from all directions!

Since she had successfully cultivated wind spirit, not many Spirit Transformation cultivators could easily take a wind spirit attack, especially with such a large coverage of wind spirits.

After the wind spirits cleared the area, under Han Zhumei’s control, they were like a group of hawks swooping out of their nest, covering the uncleared area with their attack.

“You’ve finally exposed your aura. Are you trying to rush out from the gap?”

Han Zhumei’s beautiful eyebrows raised.

She immediately judged that the other party’s perception was also extremely keen. Under her overwhelming attack, knowing that this area could not be quietly hidden in, she immediately wanted to rush out from the unfinished gap.

But as long as the other party used magical power, and in this kind of rapid flight, they could no longer perfectly hide their aura.

Han Zhumei let out a soft cry, a sharp killing intent flashing in her eyes. Immediately, she flipped her jade hand, and a large net that seemed to be made of white silk threads appeared in her hand.

At this time, from all directions, heaven and earth, there were attacks closely pursuing the other party.

And this only remaining gap, although it was not completed, unfortunately, the other party’s reaction was still a step too late. She had already blocked it here.

She shook the white jade net in her hand, about to completely seal this gap.

And just as the white jade net was about to be cast, Han Zhumei’s expression, which had been flashing with sharp killing intent, suddenly changed dramatically.

She suddenly felt that her position was also as if it had been firmly locked onto by another aura from behind.

And a more intense palpitation than before suddenly appeared in her heart!

Han Zhumei, who was about to cast the white jade net, swung it back and cast it behind her, while her body also turned sideways.

“Swish swish swish…”

Another series of dense sounds, like rain hitting plantain leaves, rang out in the forest.

At this time, on the periphery of Han Zhumei, also from four directions, points of cold light suddenly appeared, and like raindrops, they shot towards Han Zhumei.

“There’s actually a third person here?”

At this time, an unbelievable thought flashed through Han Zhumei’s mind.

Just as she was about to besiege and kill the enemy, someone had actually launched the same kind of attack on her periphery, trapping her inside instead.

This greatly surprised her. She had not noticed anything before, but at this moment, there was no time to think much.

What was attacking her from all sides were tiny flying needles. In the space where these flying needles flew past, Han Zhumei actually sensed that there seemed to be invisible railings appearing there.

Her heart was even more shocked. The other party’s strange attack actually seemed to want to seal this space and trap her firmly inside.

“Heaven and Earth Prison Grand Formation!”

Han Zhumei quickly judged. She was actually calm at this moment. This was the mentality of a brilliant assassin in the face of battle.

She had already seen that although the other party’s attack was also a blockade from all sides, many of the flying needles were located on the path of her own wind spirit attack, so the two had collided.

In this way, in front of her and on her left and right, many of the flying needles had collided with the wind spirit attack.

And the area behind her before had become the main focus of the attack.

Han Zhumei’s white jade net instantly opened and blocked behind her. In a series of soft sounds, her body trembled continuously.

Although the flying needles that had already reached her were dense, they ultimately failed to penetrate the white jade net in her hand and were caught inside.

“This person’s magical power is so abundant, how is it comparable to mine?”

As Han Zhumei’s body trembled, she was even more surprised.

From these attacks, she felt that the streaks of magical power contained within them actually made it very difficult for her to defend.

This made her a little dazed for a moment. All the Spirit Transformation cultivators in the Broken Army Sect were only at the initial-stage Spirit Transformation.

But at this time, there was simply no time for her to have more thoughts.

Because just as she turned sideways and caught those flying needles, in the encirclement she had set up, the cultivator who was rushing towards her had already reached her and launched a thunderous attack.

Precisely because of the other party’s attack, the person’s figure became a little more solid. That person raised his hand, and another ball of black light shot towards her temple.

“Hmm? It’s you!”

In that instant, Han Zhumei’s divine sense scanned rapidly, and she finally saw the appearance of the person who had come. It was clearly a male cultivator, precisely the Li Yan who had broken through the first pass for the Broken Army Sect.

And what was attacking her was another heavy water pearl. That heavy water pearl was as powerful as a thousand jun, and it came with a vicious wind.

“Swoosh!”

It had already reached the right side of her head, and was bound to smash her head in one blow.

After Han Zhumei saw Li Yan clearly, a thought immediately appeared in her mind.

“Body Cultivator!”

Although she was a late-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator, and her magical power in the Spirit Transformation realm was also incomparably long, she was simply unwilling to face a Spirit Transformation realm Body Cultivator head-on.

Moreover, she herself walked the path of lightness. Her magical power was more skilled in being light and changeable, not known for its abundance, and she walked the path of spiritual length without end.

Under the pincer attack from both sides, Han Zhumei’s body swayed, and pulling the white jade net in her hand, she was once again like a wisp of wind, as soft as if she had no bones.

Her entire body suddenly, with a strange float, floated back into the area of her own wind spirit attack.

“Swoosh!”

The black heavy water pearl, like a giant rock from a siege engine, grazed past Han Zhumei’s nose and smashed into the distance with great speed. The strong wind even cut her skin with a splitting pain.

And she herself, with a flash, had already entered the chaotic area of the wind spirit attack. Then, her just-revealed figure swayed and was instantly submerged inside.

She was very decisive. Seeing that the ambush had failed, and that she might be in the other party’s counter-encirclement, it would be even more dangerous for her to break out at this time.

So she directly entered the coverage area of the wind spirit she was driving. The flying needles that came from there had already been shot down by more than half by the wind spirit.

She took advantage of the great shock wave of the attacks from both sides, and her entire person was like a paper figure, floating through the gaps in the shock waves.

Then, after a few consecutive turns, she broke free from this area and once again disappeared into the dense fog-filled forest…

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