21: First battle of magic! Array Dao inheritance obtained!

Time flowed slowly in the silence.

Lu Qiu hid behind a giant rock, restraining his aura to the extreme, like a lifeless, stubborn stone.

He waited for a full six hours.

The afterglow of the setting sun completely vanished, and night shrouded the desolate Rocky Slope.

Not long after Yu Long's light of escape had entered.

Deep within the Rocky Slope, violent fluctuations of spiritual power erupted without warning. Several flashes of light with different attributes soared into the sky, instantly tearing apart the tranquility of the night.

It's starting.

Lu Qiu's figure moved silently. Without activating any Magical Artifact, relying solely on his Physical Body, he threaded through the intricate giant rocks like a nimble civet cat, quietly creeping toward the direction of the fight.

Soon, he reached the edge of the battlefield.

Under the cover of a half-man-high stalagmite, he saw the scene ahead.

Three black-clad Cultivators with their faces masked by black cloth were besieging a young man in a triangular Formation.

The young man wore the attire of an Inner Sect Disciple of the Tianxing Sect, and his cultivation was also at the Qi Refining Stage Perfection.

At this moment, he looked quite disheveled. Several Talismans hovered around him, while a few glimmering Formation Flags were planted at his feet, forming a small defensive Formation. He was struggling to withstand the fierce attacks of the three men in black.

The three men in black were also all Cultivators at the Qi Refining Perfection.

This lineup was by no means small.

"I am a Disciple of the Tianxing Sect! Who are you? How dare you attack me? Are you not afraid of the thunderous wrath of my Tianxing Sect?"

The young man trapped in the Formation, Yu Long, shouted sharply while doing his best to keep the Formation running.

His face was full of anger and confusion.

"Hehe, a Disciple of the Tianxing Sect?"

The leading man in black let out a sinister laugh, and his offensive became increasingly ruthless.

"Yu Long, if you want to blame someone, blame yourself for offending someone you shouldn't have. Someone paid a heavy price for your life!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Yu Long's body trembled violently.

His originally calm face was instantly covered with a look of disbelief and despair.

He seemed to understand something.

"It's... it's him... it must be him!"

Yu Long muttered to himself, the light in his eyes quickly dimmed, and his defensive movements became sluggish.

Lu Qiu, hiding in the shadows, took all of this in.

It seemed that this was not a random robbery, but a premeditated vendetta.

Yu Long's Formation skills seemed decent, but under the onslaught of three Cultivators of the same rank who were attacking regardless of their mana consumption, he was ultimately unable to hold out alone.

With a crisp "crack," one of the Formation Flags was directly severed by a sharp sword light.

The light screen of the Formation shook violently, flickering uncertainly.

Immediately afterward, two more Magical Artifacts slammed heavily onto the light screen.

Bang!

The defensive Formation completely shattered.

Yu Long let out an unwilling roar and sacrificed a shield Magical Artifact, but it was instantly overwhelmed by the trio's artifacts.

Blood splattered.

Yu Long's body slumped down, his life force extinguished.

"Hmph, finally settled."

The leading man in black breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to take the Storage Pouch from Yu Long's waist.

The other two also relaxed their guard, preparing to step forward and divide the spoils.

At that very moment.

A faint black light, almost undetectable, shot out from the shadows dozens of yards away, fast as a flash of lightning.

Its target was precisely the man in black reaching for the Storage Pouch.

Puff!

A soft sound.

The man in black's body suddenly stiffened. He looked down and saw a bloody hole in his chest that went all the way through.

He didn't even have time to let out a scream before he fell straight down.

"Who's there!"

"There's an ambush!"

The remaining two men in black were instantly pale with fright. Without thinking, they each sacrificed defensive Magical Artifacts to protect their vital organs and looked around warily.

However, they saw nothing.

After the black light succeeded in its strike, it disappeared without a trace.

Silence.

A deathly silence.

This kind of unknown danger was far more terrifying than a frontal enemy.

One of the men in black couldn't bear the pressure and was about to say something.

That lethal black light appeared again.

This time, it came silently from behind one of the men in black, from an extremely tricky angle.

"Watch out!"

The other person shouted a warning.

The attacked man in black was scared out of his wits. He spun around and held his shield Magical Artifact in front of him.

However, it was useless.

The black light seemed to ignore all obstacles, easily piercing through that Intermediate defensive Magical Artifact and then accurately penetrating his heart.

Another man in black died on the spot.

"A talisman treasure! It's an offensive talisman treasure!"

The only remaining man in black finally recognized the origin of that black light, and his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

Someone who could use a talisman treasure for a sneak attack had strength and wealth that a Bandit Cultivator living on the edge of a blade like him could not possibly contend with.

He no longer had any Battle Intent; only one thought remained in his mind.

Escape!

He slapped his Storage Pouch, took out an earthy yellow Talisman, and stuck it on his leg. His whole body turned into a yellow light, and he fled desperately toward the outskirts of the Rocky Slope.

However, he had barely rushed out thirty feet.

A figure in a large black robe and a hood appeared like a ghost on his path, blocking his way.

This person's aura was restrained, and his specific cultivation could not be seen at all.

"Se... Senior, spare me! This Junior had eyes but failed to recognize Mt. Tai. I'll give you everything in my Storage Pouch, I only beg Senior to spare my life!"

The surviving man in black fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowing incessantly for mercy.

Lu Qiu's figure was hidden under the hood. He didn't say a word, his eyes cold.

Kindness to an enemy is cruelty to oneself.

Without any nonsense, with a thought, a small golden bell flew out of his Storage Pouch and hovered over his head, shedding a hazy golden light that protected his entire body tightly.

A top-tier defensive Magical Artifact, the golden origin bell!

Only after doing all this did he approach the man in black.

Seeing the other party blindly begging for mercy, he then raised his hand and lightly threw out several Talismans.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Several ice cone talismans and Wind Blade Talismans were instantly activated.

The multi-colored radiance completely submerged the man in black in an instant.

After a burst of shrill screams, everything returned to peace.

At this point, including the victim Yu Long, the three men in black had also all perished.

No one knew exactly what had happened here.

Lu Qiu did not stay for a moment. With a flash of his figure, he quickly appeared beside the corpses.

He nimbly removed all four Storage Pouches and used a Cleansing Technique to wipe away all the traces he had left behind.

The entire process was as smooth as flowing water, taking no more than ten breaths.

Having done all this, he didn't give the corpses on the ground another look. His figure blended into the darkness and vanished into the depths of the Rocky Slope in the blink of an eye.

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