txolops Chapter 50: The Conditions for Triggering the Total Annihilation! Han Li's Choice! [New Book, P
Chapter 50: The Conditions for Triggering the Total Annihilation! Han Li's Choice! [New Book, P
The proposal from the Hidden Moon Sect was eventually accepted by the other sects. As a result, members of each sect began to gather their Qi-refining disciples and rummage through the spiritual herbs in a small area, silently waiting for the moment when the forbidden passage of the Crimson Forbidden Land would open.
Because of others' experiences, everyone knows that waiting at the evacuation point before the restricted passage is opened is simply courting death.
The venom of the Nine Nether Mosquitoes is too unique. These terrifying, brittle-skinned mosquitoes can inject their venom into any magical barrier, causing it to malfunction. In other words, the fifty or sixty surviving members of the seven major sects who remained in the core of the forbidden area cannot withstand the swarm of insects by building a defensive barrier at the evacuation point. They can only use area-of-effect spells to keep killing... until they run out of mana!
However... the disciples of the Seven Sects didn't actually know when the Seven Sects' Core Formation Elders would join forces to open the forbidden tunnel and let them out. Therefore, in every Blood Forbidden Land Trial, the disciples of the Seven Sects would go to the evacuation point of the forbidden land in advance before the night of the fifth day to wait.
Therefore, they must run to the evacuation point in the restricted area by the end of the fifth day at the latest!
However... the disciples of the seven sects were unaware that this year's trial included... a contestant with a special identity... and now that contestant has disappeared...
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Near the Yellow Maple Valley encampment in the core area of the forbidden zone, Han Li found a safe cave. After repeatedly confirming that no one else was around, he carefully took out the glass bottle containing the Crimson Flame Mosquito from his storage bag. He hesitated for a moment before whispering, "Is Mosquito... Daoist there?"
The crimson mosquito in the bottle remained silent for a moment, then slightly spread its wings, and at the same time, a faint divine voice rang out: "What is it?"
"...The Seven-Leaf Yin Blood Fungus has appeared..." Han Li said calmly, his eyes flashing.
Han Li did not regret accelerating the growth of the Seven-Leaf Yin Blood Mushroom, because the emergence of the Seven-Leaf Yin Blood Mushroom attracted the attention of many other Qi Refining Peak cultivators, thus bringing him great benefits.
"I know," came a calm, divine voice from the crimson mosquito inside the bottle.
Han Li hesitated slightly, but finally asked, "I shouldn't have stopped you from obtaining the Seven-Leaf Yin Blood Mushroom, should I? It's rumored that the Seven-Leaf Yin Blood Mushroom is in the hands of a Qi Refining Peak cultivator in Spirit Beast Mountain."
For some reason, Han Li felt a vague unease... The Hidden Moon Sect's plan seemed simple and reliable, but for some reason, Han Li could always see a trace of worry on the face of that treacherous female cultivator from the Hidden Moon Sect...
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, tonight, aside from the twelve peak Qi Refining cultivators still pursuing Yunxi and Bai Yunsheng outside, the fifty-odd Qi Refining level eleventh or twelfth cultivators in the core area of the forbidden zone, led by several peak Qi Refining cultivators, will traverse the insect swarm to reach the evacuation point of the forbidden zone. After a period of joint defense, the Core Formation elders of the seven sects outside will, as is customary, jointly open the forbidden zone passage, allowing them to safely evacuate...
But... is it really safe?
Han Li felt that this plan, which was based on "convention" and had a survival rate of 80% or 90%, was too damn risky!
Therefore, rather than believing the suggestion of the female cultivator from the Hidden Moon Sect who even betrayed her own captain, Han Li felt it was better to take the risk and try to contact the 'Mosquito Daoist' who was suspected of causing the insect plague.
Furthermore, what puzzled Han Li the most was that during the great war of words between the seven sects, no one mentioned the name Mosquito Daoist!
If we follow the Mosquito Taoist's explanation, there should be quite a few people who know about him... but why don't they all talk about it? They can't even clearly explain how the insect plague came about?
Or is it that... those who know about the Mosquito Taoist are afraid to mention it...?
Therefore, Han Li suspected that those people might have reached a tacit agreement with Mosquito Daoist, using the promise of "no harm" to ensure that no one mentioned Mosquito Daoist...
"I know."
In the core area of the forbidden zone, a kilometer away from Han Li's location, in a dense forest, Meng De's figure appeared and disappeared, shrouded by dream mosquitoes.
At this moment, Meng De looked in Han Li's direction with a somewhat complicated expression.
He was now certain that it was Han Li who had accelerated the growth of the Seven-Leaf Yin Blood Fungus within the Crimson Forbidden Land. In other words, without his interference, Han Li, who had followed the original route, might not have been able to find the immature Seven-Leaf Yin Blood Fungus.
If the Seven-Leaf Yin Blood Fungus doesn't mature, Qing Li Yunxi's plan will fail, and Qing Li might fail to form her core, meaning this character wouldn't exist in the original story...
"...Is your promise still valid?" Han Li, unaware that Meng De was nearby, asked cautiously.
Han Li was mentally prepared to be ripped off by Mosquito Daoist. If he could obtain double insurance by spending spiritual herbs and pills, then Han Li would not mind.
Han Li's core purpose in participating in the Crimson Forbidden Land Trial was not the Foundation Establishment Pill, but rather the seeds of several key medicinal herbs for it. Even if he ended up without a single spiritual herb being robbed, Han Li could still cultivate the herb seeds and refine the Foundation Establishment Pill through endless trial and error.
"Effective," Meng De said calmly, his presence concealed by the mosquitoes.
"Um, I have... um?" Han Li subconsciously prepared to offer his reward, but Meng De's answer made him freeze in surprise, even doubting whether he had misheard!
"Do you think I would take advantage of your misfortune?" Meng De said calmly.
If it were Mengde who had just entered the Crimson Forbidden Land, he might have been timid and hesitant to provoke anyone.
But now it's the fifth day in the Crimson Forbidden Land... well, even Mengde himself is unsure how to end this... The current environment in the Crimson Forbidden Land is almost triggering the conditions for total annihilation! There might only be one or two people left to survive!
Han Li wouldn't be among them if there hadn't been some mysterious force interfering!
Those who offer respect will surely live!
The other swingman is... Nangong Wan!
The timing is unfavorable; evacuation time is limited and fraught with uncertainty!
Advantageous location, fixed evacuation point!
They're all on Mengde's side!
As for the people? That's Mengde himself!
Mengde's will will determine whether a final survival condition will occur when the Bloodstained Forbidden Land is wiped out!
He knew about the plan proposed by the Hidden Moon Sect, but in Mengde's view, the plan was... extremely audacious!
Mengde couldn't control the swarm from a distance; he controlled it through the Source Blood Talisman, but the Source Blood Talisman's effective range was limited! Outside that range, the swarm would instinctively attack, and Mengde couldn't stop them!
Even if Mengde doesn't launch an attack, with the continuous encirclement and suppression by the mixed insect swarm, if the Yanyue Sect makes a misjudgment, then everyone will be trapped in a quagmire of attrition.
Meng De is now even worried that if the Hidden Moon Sect makes a mistake and too many people die, will he, a survivor at the tenth level of Qi Refining, stand out too much?
Hmm? Xiang Zhili is drawing fire too? Then it's alright.
"What you should be most worried about right now is how to cover up your abnormality."