The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#762 - Red Luo

Chao Yuan's expression changed upon hearing this, as he had also heard of the formidable reputation of [Geng Zi Twelve].

Rumor had it that no one could lie in the face of this eerie object.

However, unless absolutely necessary, the Directorate of Celestial Affairs rarely used this eerie object, because using [Geng Zi Twelve] to obtain information came at a corresponding price for each question asked.

Whether it was the person asking the question or the person answering, irreversible damage would be inflicted.

Moreover, Chao Yuan held more than one secret.

As one of the leaders of this rescue mission for Mr. Ji, he could summon his own group of people. If he were to reveal the method of summoning them, then what would be captured wouldn't be just one or two strange objects.

So, knowing that Lu Jing was likely bluffing him again, Chao Yuan still had to open his mouth and say, "I'll talk, I'll talk! This blood mist is a strange object we just refined, called Crimson Net."

"Crimson Net? What's it for?"

"Crimson Net can awaken the greatest fear in everyone's heart," Chao Yuan said. "The reason we refined Crimson Net in the first place was to deal with the Directorate of Celestial Affairs, but in our plan, this thing shouldn't have been brought out so early."

"The strange objects inside are about to run out of strength, they have no choice," the one-eyed Daoist said. After a pause, he asked Chao Yuan again, "How do you break Crimson Net?"

Chao Yuan hesitated upon hearing this, but after a moment, he still said, "There's a blood corpse inside Crimson Net. If you get rid of that blood corpse, Crimson Net will dissipate on its own."

"That's it?"

"Of course... it's not that simple," Chao Yuan added. "The scene inside Crimson Net is different from what we see outside. Unless you get rid of that blood corpse, the people inside can't leave, and once you stay in Crimson Net for more than an hour, you'll be completely devoured by Crimson Net."

"Anything else?" Lu Jing asked.

"No... there's nothing else, right?" Chao Yuan's eyes flickered.

"Aren't those strange objects that fought with the Directorate of Celestial Affairs earlier also in Crimson Net? Aren't they worried about being devoured by Crimson Net?"

Chao Yuan smiled bitterly, "It's no use worrying. Crimson Net was originally our last resort to deal with the Directorate of Celestial Affairs. Using this trick basically means that the situation has reached an extremely critical point. We'll leave one or two people to use Crimson Net to hold off the pursuers, and the others will take the opportunity to escape."

The one-eyed Daoist said, "Don't daydream. Our people have already surrounded this place. Everyone inside, without exception, will not be able to escape."

"However, almost a joss stick of time has passed since the blood mist appeared. We have to quickly get rid of the blood corpse inside. There are not only our sixteen supervisors, but also tens of thousands of civilians."

As the one-eyed Daoist spoke, he had already selected the two best cultivators from the supervisors who had arrived. Just as he was about to choose another person, he heard Lu Jing say from the side, "How about I go in with you guys too?"

The one-eyed Daoist was stunned at first, but quickly said, "That's right, how could I forget about you? You can even defeat cultivators from the Three Palaces, it would be great if you're willing to go too."

"Then let's have the four of us. Everyone, first find the sixteen supervisors who are trapped inside. Twenty people should be enough to deal with that blood corpse."

After speaking, he looked at Chao Yuan, "Take him along too. If we find out that he lied before, just kill him directly."

"Okay."

Lu Jing nodded.

The reason why he wanted to venture into the blood mist was very simple, because according to the one-eyed Daoist, the person the Directorate of Celestial Affairs was chasing was likely Kui.

Lu Jing didn't know if Kui's disguise was too good, causing those strange objects to also regard her as one of their own and take action to save her, resulting in a firefight with the people from the Directorate of Celestial Affairs. Seeing that they were no match, they even released Crimson Net.

Lu Jing wasn't sure what the situation inside was now, but he needed to find Kui before anyone else, remind her of the situation she might face after the blood corpse was killed, and let her prepare early.

Seeing that the four of them had arrived, the one-eyed Daoist stepped forward and walked into the blood mist first.

Closely following behind him was a supervisor surnamed Ren. Because Lu Jing was the youngest and was also carrying Chao Yuan, he was placed in the middle of the team, and a chubby female supervisor was responsible for guarding the rear.

As soon as the three of them, including the one-eyed Daoist, entered the blood mist, they made hand seals and chanted incantations. The next moment, a thin layer of golden light rose from their skin.

— Golden Body Art.

A defensive spell, its purpose is to condense a set of armor with mystic force. Compared with ordinary armor, the advantage of mystic force armor is that it has no weight, which can maximize the agility of movement. The disadvantage is that it is not as strong as ordinary armor.

But for the one-eyed Daoist and others, it was already enough, especially in the current environment where visibility was obstructed, the Golden Body Art could effectively protect cultivators from sudden attacks.

This was also the reason why the three of them would cast it together.

Seeing that Lu Jing was unmoved, the chubby female supervisor reminded him, "Supervisor Lu, be careful of those strange objects ambushing you."

"Okay," Lu Jing responded verbally, but he didn't make any movements with his hands.

Supervisor Ren, who was walking in front of him, suddenly opened his mouth and said, "If I remember correctly, the Golden Body Art... is a spell that the academy only teaches in the second year, Supervisor Lu shouldn't have had time to learn it yet."

"Is that so," the chubby female supervisor suddenly realized, and then said to Lu Jing, "Then don't stay too far away from us, we can still..."

I don't know how the archer was still able to accurately aim at the target in such a dense blood mist.

These three arrows, one aimed at Lu Jing's right eye, one aimed at Lu Jing's throat, and the last one was the most insidious, directly playing a trick of flying close to the ground, aiming for Lu Jing's left ankle.

By the time the one-eyed Daoist and others saw the arrows coming, the three arrows had already reached Lu Jing's front.

As a result, Lu Jing was still not flustered.

He gently turned his head, letting the two arrows flying above pass by, and the third arrow was lifted by him and stepped on with his foot.

The archer who launched the sneak attack was not convinced, this time he simply drew his bow to the fullest and fired seven arrows in one breath!

All seven arrows were as fast as lightning, and they arrived in front of Lu Jing almost at the same time. What's even more amazing is that these seven arrows also took seven different parts of Lu Jing's body, which is truly miraculous.

Such archery skills have completely surpassed common sense.

And the archer was obviously very confident in his seven arrows. After shooting, he didn't move anymore, and just stood there, seemingly wanting to see Lu Jing hit by the arrows with his own eyes.

The result was that he felt a pain in his own chest.

Looking down, he saw a red flying sword piercing through his chest.

Looking at Lu Jing on the other side, he didn't move at all this time, standing in place and being hit by his arrows.

Dying together?

A trace of unwillingness flashed in the archer's eyes, but he was about to die himself, this was already the best ending he could get.

But the next moment, he widened his eyes.

Because he saw that all the arrows he shot were bounced off after hitting Lu Jing!

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