When Shao Lingxiao retreated, not only did he disappear, but his four attendants also disappeared. He could only vaguely notice that there were five sources of vitality in the void, one large, four small, and so on.

Wandering uncertainly.

Guan Luoyang can say with certainty that they have not really transformed their flesh and blood into a state of vitality. They are still in a normal environment where light is shining, scattering, and being received by other people's eyes. They have not achieved invisibility in the conventional sense.

It should be that Shao Lingxiao's divine will of swordsmanship arouses the psychological perception and resonance of everyone present, causing these people who have not yet touched the telepathy of the master realm to uncontrollably flow out their spiritual power and confuse it into the vast world.

Between streets and alleys.

Everyone around him was suppressed by Shao Lingxiao, thinking that they could no longer see it, and their chaotic feelings were wrapped up and affected Guan Luoyang, making him really unable to "see" Shao Lingxiao's existence.

Lihuo's double pupils can break through evil illusions and the fog of Yin Qi, but when faced with this situation, there is really no place to start, and I don't know where to launch an attack in order to see the reality.

However, those chaotic and flowing perceptions cannot penetrate within three feet of Guan Luoyang. As long as Shao Lingxiao launches the offensive again, the specific traces will be captured the moment he approaches Guan Luoyang.

He held the sword and waited for three seconds, but the attack still didn't come, so he frowned.

Three seconds is extremely short in the eyes of others. It seems that after the two of them fought, Guan Luoyang just paused. Even the robe on Guan Luoyang was still in the aftermath of the fight.

Dancing in it.

But in the grandmaster's perspective, the time scale of three seconds is already long enough.

"wrong!"

Guan Luoyang struck the ground with his sword, and the sword energy spread out from the ground.

Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo ——

In an instant, hundreds of slender ink-colored sword marks were pierced and shot from the surrounding ground into the sky.

The spread of these sword energy is too wide, and the intensity is not too strong, but if there are still people hiding around, there will definitely be some abnormalities in the trajectory of the sword energy.

The biggest feature of the true energy cultivated by the Wuwei Sutra is that it is refined to the smallest detail. The momentum that Guan Luoyang understood from it is called "wuweiweifu", but in fact it means meticulous. It is best used to spy on the surrounding...

The fine lines of ink rise straight up without any sign of distortion.

"You actually want to leave like this?"

Guan Luoyang took a breath and spoke slowly, and his voice could be heard clearly for miles.

"Now you still have a chance to kill us directly here. If you wait until Chang'an, you will have to face a manpower that is at least three times the current one."

"As the leader of the Demon Cult, don't you have the courage to even try this?"

While he was speaking, he was already maximizing his ear and senses.

Under the vibration of the sound wave, there was a slight abnormal sound from the city gate. Guan Luoyang moved and flew across the street, carrying an afterimage with him, to the city gate not far away.

The city gate was wide open, and on the door on the right, many pieces of wood peeled off, revealing a line of large characters.

This monster's blood has turned purple and its weight is close to two tons. It can be said that it is a completely different species from humans.

But before, when a group of warriors surrounded and killed it, it actually stood up occasionally during the killing period and displayed its fierce claws.

Several warriors did not expect this change, and their shoulders were collapsed by a claw, or they were hit in the waist or chest.

The few survivors with red eyes were placed next to the corpses. A young swordsman with a broad forehead came out first and saluted Guan Luoyang to thank him.

A silk book stained with bright red blood fell to the shore and was half-submerged in the river.

Guan Luoyang picked up the scroll. On it were the handwriting of everyone's petitions, nearly a hundred names and more signatures drawn by illiterate people, and the proofs were printed directly on the fingers or palms with ink.

"The strength of these demons can compete with first-class warriors, but their habits are closer to wild beasts. If you want to protect the people, why not gather in towns to respond to each other. If there is an attack by demons, use the firelight to destroy the giants.

The noise will make it more likely to push it back."

The world's first-class masters are equivalent to three-star reincarnations. These monsters are actually three-star creatures, and the few knights in front of them are almost only two-star level, and some are even less than two-star level.

The young swordsman with a broad forehead took the silk book and said: "I understand the good intention of the hero. This silk book was left by that brother, and we people are not from the same place."

"I heard that these demons are going all the way to Chang'an and will not stop there. The places where we are are just chasing them out because we heard that there have been demons nearby and we should not hold on."

Guan Luoyang nodded: "Then you should find out where those first-class masters are, go meet them and act together."

The young swordsman said: "Senior masters like Da Xia come and go like the wind. If they have to slow down their actions just to take care of us, and more places are attacked by demons, how can we feel guilty?"

Go."

"Actually, heroes, you don't have to worry too much about us. There are many people like us, and they all patrol in groups of three or five. Even if we don't overestimate our capabilities, we may be able to delay for a moment after encountering a demon, make noise, and attract people.

I will be satisfied if the experts nearby come to eradicate this scourge."

A man over there who was lying next to the corpse with tears in his eyes also shouted: "A monster like this can just run across a street and cause walls to collapse and houses to collapse. I don't know how many people will be killed and injured. My brother can chop him down."

With one strike of its sword, it can delay the beast for a moment, allowing the beast to fall into the hands of the benefactor and kill him on the spot. My brother will die with peace of mind."

There was also a man with a broken leg, sitting on the ground, crying and laughing in pain, and shouted: "The storytellers in Goulan have been retelling the story of the Southwest War ten years ago, and talking about those devils and demons.

Add more ways to die, talk more about your ugly ways, and make you angry."

"He has his own battlefield where he can spit. How can we martial arts practitioners be compared to them?"

"My dear friend, you don't have to worry about us. You should go forward quickly and kill more of these monsters."

Guan Luoyang stared at them for a while, thought about something, bowed his hands to them, and left.

What those people said was true. In the days that followed, he encountered such martial arts people more and more frequently.

Sometimes when walking through towns, the faces I see are mostly worried and angry.

Many people are talking about the demon sect and scolding them for burning food. There are also many people who are worried, but it is rarely fear. Real fear makes people speechless and makes the voices of discussion less.

, so that people subconsciously avoid mentioning and hearing it.

Time passed day by day, and those demons and chasing masters all entered Chang'an.

One hundred thousand imperial troops had already received the order and were deployed outside to conduct inspections from around Chang'an.

As we get closer to our destination, all routes begin to converge.

Guan Luoyang and the others also got together again. Many people in the pursuit team that set out from Dongdu were unable to meet here again, but the number of first-class masters increased two or three times.

When those people heard that Guan Luoyang, Li Gong, Ju Fu, and General Feng were all here, they all rushed over to meet them. At the end of the day, close to a hundred first-class masters gathered near Chang'an.

Almost all the top masters of the Right Way of the Tang Dynasty gathered here. Some of them were old friends reunited after a long separation, some were famous for a long time. The sounds of meeting for the first time, greetings, and conversations drowned out the entire temporary residence arranged by the inner guards.

In the midst of the commotion.

This is a necessary meeting.

After calculation, most of the more than two hundred monsters had been killed during the tortuous pursuit that lasted for more than a month, but there were still eighty or ninety left.

If they want to break into Chang'an, the forbidden troops alone cannot stop them. At most, they can give a warning. It is necessary for Li Gong to ask these masters to cooperate with the internal guards and carry out more thorough defense.

For this matter, the emperor also sent three imperial edicts in succession, dispatching high-ranking officials in the court as special envoys to read them in public.

This meeting lasted from early morning to evening before getting down to business. It was not until the lanterns were lit that Li Gong laid out a detailed map of Chang'an City.

Except for the location of the imperial palace, which was completely blank, the map clearly marked other important roads in the city and even the residences of some high-ranking officials and aristocratic families.

With the strength Guan Luoyang has shown before, he will not be arranged to stay in a fixed position by Li Gong. He will definitely be a supporter.

So when Li Gong started to speak, Guan Luoyang felt bored and simply went to the garden alone.

There is no moon tonight, and there are few stars, but there are lights everywhere, and the garden does not seem too dim. I don’t know what the original arrangement of this mansion was. The flowers in the garden are all kinds of strange and colorful. In midsummer, the fragrance of the flowers is so strong that it almost

Yu sweet wine flavor.

Guan Luoyang paused for a long moment in the shadow of a clump of bamboos, then casually broke off a large purple-red flower with colorful petals, carrying the evening dew, and crushed it between his palms.

"You seem troubled?"

Gu Lanxiang's voice came from behind, bringing with it a smell of alcohol.

"Destroying flowers with ruthless hands cannot relieve sorrow."

She handed a wine glass to Guan Luoyang, "Try this."

Guan Luoyang patted the flowers on his hand, took the cup, and drank it all in one gulp: "Hey, it seems to be more mellow than what we drank before?"

"The wine recipes I got are originally related to the Zen meditation in Panda Jiuxian's martial arts. After I broke through the four stars two days ago, I followed the method in the Vajra Original Phase Sutra to refine the Zen and then mixed it.

Check out the recipe for wine."

Gulanxiang shook the gourd, took a big sip, and said with a smile, "It really tastes better."

"Spiritual brewing?" Guan Luoyang looked at the wine glass and laughed, "This cup is too small. A gourd is just the right congratulations on your promotion to four stars."

"You already knew that I was 100% sure from the last time we met, so there is nothing to congratulate. Brother An seems to be a little worried, but it will be over soon."

Gu Lanxiang directly took her own gourd and poured another cup for Guan Luoyang, "It's a pity that it has just entered July. Otherwise, when we go to Chang'an City, we can rely on the service purchased from the base to lock down the enemy.

Find the location of Team Fang and others, and then find the location of Shao Lingxiao and others, and make arrangements in advance."

"Now they have three four-stars in total. Even if Sun Ling, as an awakened demon body, has not yet reached its full potential, it can be temporarily improved by any means, and it is only four."

"On our side, you, me, the abbot, and General Feng. I heard that there is another one over in Chang'an. Even if Lu Ningxian and the other four magic soldiers combined, they can be counted as one."

"That is to say, if things go well, after the exchange is completed, at least three of us will attack Shao Lingxiao together, so we are quite sure."

Guan Luoyang took a sip of the strong drink and said: "Unfortunately, the situation will never be so smooth. In addition to killing monsters and practicing martial arts, I have passed many places on the road during this period, and the doubts in my heart have become deeper and deeper."

Gu Lanxiang said: "What are you doubting?"
To be continued...