Chapter Eighty-Four: Utilizing Traps

  Guo Fei took a look and saw that the woman's cultivation was not weak, at least she had the cultivation of a middle-stage Qi Refining cultivator. Guo Fei nodded to the corpse soldier, who raised his hand and threw the dwarf away. Since he had already controlled Heifeng, there was no need to hold him hostage anymore.

  The dwarf got up with a huff and walked to the side of a rock, not looking at Hei Feng. Hei Feng's face showed a hint of guilt, his eyes on Guo Fei were half fearful and half resentful.

  Guo Fei ignored him and began to set up traps with the seven corpse soldiers and Hu Xiaoyue. The ferocity of the demon cultivators was something Guo Fei had personally experienced, and this Hu Yan had the cultivation of a mid-level demon general. His subordinates would not be simple either. Even with Heifeng added to their side, Guo Fei's team had three strong fighters equivalent to the Wu Zong cultivation level, but the corpse soldiers seemed slightly inferior when facing off against the fire fox of the same cultivation level.

  Hei Feng watched as Guo Fei led several corpse soldiers to busy themselves, initially very disdainful, thinking that such a trap was useless against such a master, but gradually his face revealed a solemn expression.

  Guo Fei skillfully combined the talismans and boulders, the talismans obtained from Heifeng were not of high grade, only three first-level fireball talismans. This kind of fireball talisman was no match for Hu Yan who was good at playing with fire, but it could be used as a "fuse" to trigger traps, after all, it had explosive power, although not very strong, but after Guo Fei's guidance, the undead soldiers excavated and barely made do. Next were four second-level "Ice and Snow Covering the Ground" talismans and three third-level "Earth Thorn" talismans.

  Guo Fei combined the talismans and boulders to set up a trap, and the arrangement of the talismans was extremely clever, setting up a series of linked traps.

  After a busy morning, in the afternoon, standing on the giant stone on the hill, I saw seven people rushing towards here from afar. Guo Fei made a gesture, and led the corpse soldiers and Hu Xiaoyue to hide, letting Heifeng go to lure the enemy.

  "Brother Hu, he's in the cave at the top of the mountain. This kid is very cunning, I'm afraid of startling the snake by hitting the grass, so let's wait for Brother Hu to bring people to surround him and prevent him from escaping." Hei Feng saw Yue Mei leading Hu Yan and others over, and quickly went up to greet them, unintentionally shielding Yue Mei behind him.

  "Idiot!" Guo Fei cursed in a low voice as he hid behind a tall boulder to take a peek. Hei Feng's concern for Yue Mei was too obvious, and it would definitely arouse Hu Yan's suspicion.

  Hu Yan's eyes flashed, revealing a hint of doubt. He smiled slightly and said: "Brother Black Wind leads the way in front, we'll make it hard for him to fly!"

  Hei Feng nodded and turned around. At this moment, a sudden change occurred, and on Hu Yan's head, a fiery red fox shadow flashed, opening its mouth to spit out a bowl-sized orange-yellow fireball that shot towards Hei Feng's back.

  "Watch out, Hei Ge!" Before Yue Mei could even turn around, she saw it - her body suddenly jerked forward, and the fireball slammed into her, exploding violently. A bloody hole was blasted open in her chest, and thick flames instantly engulfed her body. She didn't even have a chance to take another breath before dying instantly.

  "Yue Mei!" Hei Feng was also burned by the flames, but apparently not seriously. His body's outer yellow down flashed and blocked off the fierce flames as he hugged Yue Mei, who had only one leg left, and loudly shouted.

  "Why?!" Hei Feng's hair stood on end as he glared at Hu Yan with bloodshot eyes and bellowed.

  "Hei Feng, stop showing off in front of me. When Guo Gong arrived, he instructed me that you are a dog who can't be fed enough and told me to be careful with you. If you have any disloyal thoughts, I will execute you on the spot. I wanted to take action on our way here, but there was no suitable opportunity. Now you dare to deceive me, you're asking for death."

  "Bring out your brother, you demon hunters! For the sake of money, what can't you do? Trying to lure my Third Young Master here to rob me of my wealth, do you think this trick will work on me? Honestly, I'll tell you that I indeed have a vast fortune on me, it's just a matter of whether you have the skills to take it away. Heh heh." Hu Yan coldly smiled, his body flashing with red light, a fiery fox floating in mid-air, its entire body engulfed in crimson flames, staring intently at Black Wind.

  Behind Hu Yan, two middle-aged men also instantly floated out a fiery red, full-body blazing fox shadow. Only slightly weaker than Hu Yan, such cultivation had obviously also entered the level of a demon general.

  Behind the three people, there were three more. One drew a great sword, one held a bow and arrow, and one pulled out a pale blue staff, apparently a wizard.

  "Ah!" Hei Feng had clearly lost control, dropping the thigh in his hand, letting out a furious roar, and with a flash of his feet, the large sword in his hand shone brightly as he instantly chopped down towards Hu Yan.

  Hu Yan held a slender sword in his hand, and with one point, he charged towards Hei Feng. The sword emitted a scorching red light, releasing an intense glow. At the same time, the fire fox shadow that had appeared before him transformed into a fire snake, which entwined itself around Hei Feng at a speed no slower than his own.

  Behind Hu Yan, two demon-level fire foxes also simultaneously spat out a fist-sized fireball, flying towards Hei Feng.

  "Beastly aura taking shape! This person is hard to deal with." Hu Xiaoyue's face turned cold, and she hid behind a large boulder on the hillside, speaking in a low voice.

  "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Three loud explosions, the black wind armor was instantly charred by the fire snake, and two deep wounds appeared on his body. If it weren't for the sudden flash of its yellowish-brown aura protecting him and repelling the fire snake, this would have been fatal. The flames of this fire snake were abnormally scorching hot, far surpassing the temperature of ordinary flames.

  The two fireballs from the two demon generals behind collided with the giant sword, and the intense explosion shook the giant sword upwards. Hu Yan's slender sword was like a venomous snake flashing with flames, stabbing towards Hei Feng's throat, sinister and deadly. The three men cooperated tacitly, obviously having practiced this joint attack before, and this move was intended to take Hei Feng's life.

  However, Heifeng after all has Wu Zong cultivation, rich combat experience, a moment of impulse was awakened by the flames, his body instantly retreated, dodging the flame sphere and long sword's attack. He knew that relying on his own cultivation to avenge Mei'er was simply a pipe dream. Therefore, he retreated from the trap set by Guo Fei.

  "Go after him!" Hu Yan shouted, leading several people in a fierce pursuit. The beast's eyes emitted intense fireballs that shot towards the retreating Hei Feng, exploding into craters on the ground. As a demon cultivator of the same level as human cultivators, its attack power far exceeded that of human cultivators without ultimate techniques. Fortunately, Hei Feng still had his "Shrink Earth" ultimate technique, allowing him to escape at an extremely fast speed.

  "Boom!" After Hu Yan and the others fled into a fork in the road, a burst of flames suddenly erupted from the rubble on both sides, producing a deafening roar. The giant boulders on either side of the passageway, several zhang high, suddenly toppled towards the center, crushing the three pursuing demon cultivators who were hot on Hu Yan's heels.

  "A trivial skill!" Hu Yan snorted. The three of them suddenly rose into the air, and just before the giant stone fell, they were about to jump out, brushing against the edge of the stone.

  "Hiss!" At this moment, two clusters of blue light burst out from the top of the giant stone at the same time. Two third-level "Ice and Snow Covering the Ground" talismans exploded directly in mid-air, stretching out to connect with each other, forming a layer of ice crystals in the air that covered everything above, including the three demon cultivators' bodies. The three were blocked by the ice crystal layer, and their bodies were instantly encased in blue light as they were smashed by the falling giant stone, sending them tumbling to the ground.

  However, the three of them were after all demonic generals in cultivation. Their beastly aura instantly returned to their bodies, and with a surge of energy, red halos flashed around their bodies, greatly increasing their strength, and they lifted the massive boulder with ease.

  "Hahaha!" Guo Fei's two third-level "Earth Spike Talismans" buried underground suddenly exploded remotely. The Earth Spikes were extremely powerful, but the damage they dealt wasn't great because they were usually cast on open ground, and cultivators with even slight defenses could jump into the air to avoid them. However, this time was different, as the massive boulder pressed down from above, and everyone's center of gravity was at their feet. As a result, the full force of the Earth Spikes was unleashed.

  Behind Hu Yan, the two demons were slightly weaker than the fox demon. Under the pressure of the giant stone, they suddenly fell to the ground, with their backs against the earth and just about to push up the giant stone. Suddenly, the thorns on the ground burst out, and their bodies were directly pierced by the thorns, causing them to be injured and instantly lose strength. The giant stone pressed down in an instant, pinning them firmly to the ground.

  Hú Yàn slightly improved, his cultivation was extremely high, at the moment when the giant stone pressed down, he actually used both hands to support the giant stone and stood up straight, but his center of gravity was still on his feet. The ground suddenly burst out, directly piercing his two legs into two segments, and he fell to the ground in an instant.

  "Ah!" Hu Yan was in a critical situation, but he didn't panic. With a loud shout, he actually lifted the several-thousand-jin-heavy giant stone and flipped it over, his body leaping up. Losing both legs, he somehow managed to flip out.