"Brother Chongming, I'm here! Hurry up and save me!"
Lin Yibai endured the burning pain in her soul and shouted out loudly.
Hearing Lin Yibai's call, Ji Chongming descended at top speed. A thick cloud of black mist crashed heavily onto the barrier of the formation.
The barrier shook slightly under the violent impact but didn't disperse under the black mist. It still trapped the light and Lin Yibai within the formation.
Shen Qing and Li Xian exchanged a glance and then both jumped backward a long way.
The black mist instantly surrounded the entire barrier, as if searching for any flaws. Finally, it set its "gaze" on the scarecrow.
The black mist charged towards the scarecrow. Shen Qing picked up her sword, flew into the air, and leaped down. A sword qi full of frost attacked the black mist.
The tail of the black mist was frozen, but it only paused for a moment and then rushed towards the scarecrow at an extremely fast speed.
Ji Chongming was angry at Shen Qing for getting in the way. The black mist instantly expanded, and thick demonic qi smashed towards the positions of Shen Qing and Li Xian.
Shen Qing and Li Xian dodged the attacks of the demonic qi while trying to stop Ji Chongming from approaching the scarecrow.
"Ji Chongming, as the Demon Lord, are you only brave enough to hide in the black mist? If you have the guts, come out of the black mist and fight us fairly!"
Shen Qing lifted her sword and shouted arrogantly at the black mist. Ji Chongming was enraged by Shen Qing's arrogance. He adjusted his direction and wanted to ram into Shen Qing.
"Brother Chongming, don't be deceived by Shen Qing. She's using reverse psychology. Save me out first."
Lin Yibai felt that her consciousness was about to disperse. She couldn't hold on much longer. If Ji Chongming got entangled with Shen Qing at this critical moment, she would be doomed!
But Shen Qing's action also made Lin Yibai realize that the scarecrow might be the key to unlocking this formation. So she shouted at Ji Chongming with all her might, "Destroy that scarecrow quickly!"
Although Ji Chongming wanted to deal with Shen Qing, after being reminded by Lin Yibai, he cursed Shen Qing for being so cunning under his breath. Then he rushed towards the scarecrow again.
"Ji Chongming, if I were you, I wouldn't touch that scarecrow!"
Shen Qing shouted at Ji Chongming while dodging the demonic qi and not launching an attack for the time being.
Ji Chongming didn't believe Shen Qing's words. He gathered his demonic qi and struck the scarecrow. The scarecrow swayed a few times and then fell to the ground.
But in an instant, the scarecrow fell apart, revealing hundreds of talismans inside. The talismans chased after the black mist and exploded violently when they touched it.
Ordinary explosive talismans couldn't cause any harm to the black mist at all, but these explosive talismans had spiritual spring water added by Li Xian, and the way of drawing the talismans had been improved. At the moment the talismans exploded, Ji Chongming felt that his soul was also injured.
There was nothing he could do. He could only hover around in the air above the formation to avoid them.
Seeing this, Lin Yibai was completely stunned.
She didn't expect that after the scarecrow was hit, the countless spirit stones were still glowing, and the formation showed no sign of stopping. Instead, Ji Chongming was entangled by those strange talismans.
Those explosive talismans seemed to have targeted Ji Chongming. No matter where he flew, the talismans would follow him in unison.
Seeing this, Shen Qing laughed, "Ji Chongming, I've already warned you not to touch that scarecrow. Now you've been marked."
Ji Chongming was enraged by Shen Qing's repeated tricks. He revealed his true form from the black mist.
He raised his head and let out a loud roar. Streams of thick black qi dispersed from his body and rushed straight towards the hundreds of talismans.
When the talismans touched the black qi, they all exploded, leaving only puffs of white smoke entangled with the black mist.
After all the talismans were detonated, Ji Chongming's figure emerged from the mist.
Ji Chongming was wearing a black robe. His wide sleeves fluttered in the wind, making a rattling sound. His hem and sleeves were also adorned with many black spirit stones.
The spirit stones emitted a fragmented light, making him exude an air of mystery and danger.
He raised his hand and roughly wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. His eyes were completely scarlet, like a ferocious and hungry wolf, glaring angrily at Shen Qing. His face, which always wore an unruly smile, was now full of ferocity.
"Shen Qing! You've already killed her once. Do you want to kill her a second time?"
Ji Chongming's voice was deep, suppressing great anger.
Shen Qing leaped into the air and floated in front of Ji Chongming. She cast a disdainful glance at Lin Yibai, who was lying on the ground in a sorry state. "She has tried to deal with me again and again. Naturally, I can't let her live in this world and leave a future trouble."
"Enough of the nonsense. If you want to save her, you have to get past me. Make your move!"
Although Ji Chongming was concerned about Lin Yibai, when he saw Shen Qing pointing her sword at him, a strange sense of familiarity vaguely emerged in his heart. It seemed that a long, long time ago, the two of them had also confronted each other like this.
This feeling was very strange. For a moment, he actually didn't want to attack Shen Qing.
"Ji Chongming, I'm in so much pain!"
"Hurry! Kill Shen Qing quickly!"
Lin Yibai's call brought Ji Chongming back to his senses. He gave Shen Qing a strange look and suppressed the uneasiness in his heart.
The only time he had ever met Shen Qing before was in the City of Sea Coral. How could he have such a familiar feeling towards Shen Qing?
It must be that Shen Qing had used some special means to make him feel distracted!
Sure enough, she was a scheming woman!
Taking advantage of everyone's inattention, Li Xian circled around the formation twice and then also leaped into the air, steadily stopping beside Shen Qing.
The two were wearing clothes of the same color scheme. Standing in front of Ji Chongming, they looked like a perfect couple of divine beings from the heavens, which was extremely eye - catching to him.
"Li Xian, right?"
"You're the one who set up this formation. You're just as hateful as Shen Qing. I will definitely kill you all!"
Saying this, he raised his hand. The thick demonic qi turned into a big sword, with a scarlet light swirling around it. He lifted the sword and flew towards the two of them, accompanied by streams of demonic qi.
Shen Qing and Li Xian dispersed, one to the left and the other to the right, and began to attack Ji Chongming.
"Water Curtain Heavenly Splendor!"
"Ice Mirror Descend!"
Li Xian waved his sword, and the water vapor around gathered to form a thin water curtain.
After the water curtain was formed, Shen Qing used her sword to divide the water mist into small pieces and then used magic to condense them into ice.
After being condensed into ice, these smooth ice surfaces were as clear as mirrors, surrounding Ji Chongming.
And the figures of Li Xian and Shen Qing were also hidden behind these ice mirrors, making their whereabouts difficult to discern.
Ji Chongming quickly turned his head to look for the figures of Li Xian and Shen Qing, but no matter how he looked, he could only see his own reflection in the mirrors.
He closed his eyes and tried to find the two of them by releasing his spiritual sense, but he found that these mirrors were all imbued with the auras of the two. No matter how he perceived, he couldn't find their figures.