Chapter 314

Breaking the Seal and Setting the Bait

Instantly a whiff of green smoke emitted from the flames and transformed into a palm-size shadow of a small pale green snake, which whirled and danced around in the air .

Whoof!

The snake shadow suddenly bolted towards a direction .

“Follow it!” Han Li called in a low voice, “It will lead us to where the beast hides . ” Then his figure blurred and he went after it .

Liu Ming raised his eyebrows . Without a word, he stamped hard and shot forward like an arrow .

In a split of a second, the two figures vanished in the distance, going after the snake shadow .

Half an hour later, just as the green snake shadow had flew over a high rising dune, it suddenly dispersed with a flash and disappeared .

Having witnessed this from below, Han Li’s face changed and he stopped . Immediately he moved his lips and sent words to Liu Ming .

“Be careful, brother Liu . That monster should be just ahead . ”

Liu Ming nodded, alert, and stopped at the young man’s side .

Han Li opened his mouth and spitted out a blindingly bright silver mirror .

The young man held it with a grip, murmured some charms while giving the mirror a slight wave towards the dune .

Poof!

A lighted white flake rotated spun out of the mirror, and, effected by the charm, transformed into a door-sized lighted screen right in front of the two .

On the screen was a clear image of what was happening on the other side of the dune .

At the same time, the young man’s hand holding the mirror flicked and the images on the light screen started rolling fast while it scanned the area .

Seeing this, Liu Ming raised his eyebrows in surprise .

Regardless of its level, this piece of treasure is precious indeed . With this in hand, enemies that are hundreds of lis away can easily be found .

“The Sky Scanning Mirror can only function in certain areas within the range of five to six lis, among other restrictions . Normally, it wouldn’t be of much use,” said the young man by sending his voice, reading Liu Ming’s mind .

Liu Ming felt this made more sense .

At that moment, the spinning sliver mirror halted with a start . Immediately on the screen was a coiled gigantic python .

The python appeared to be more than 30 zhang’s long, its body as thick as a water vat . It was covered from head to tail by shiny black and purple scales, its enormous head buried deep under the body, as if sound asleep .

“Looks like that’s the Fiendish Python . How far is it from us?” asked Liu Ming sending his voice, eyes narrowing .

“Should be over three lis’ away . Otherwise, it would have noticed us,” said the young man affirmatively, looking at the mirror .

“Good . Then we can set the formation and provoke it into following us here,” said Liu Ming, contemplating .

“Fine . My Celestial Fire Eight Sects Formation is a superior formation with a fire nature . It should be able to contain the python for some time,” said the young man with a nod . Then he threw the mirror into the air and pulled out from his shirt a pile of inches-long red formation flags . With ghostly agility, he started whooshing around setting the formation .

After a meal’s time, a huge formation with numberless bright red spirit patterns was floating on the ground .

The young man then took out a pile of shiny silver net and flung it over the formation, which just vanished into thin air, leaving a puff of filmy cloud .

Just then, Han Li took out a diamond shaped charm badge, blew some essential air at it and performed a charm . The badge erupted into colorful clouds, which swiftly glided over the bright red formation . And the formation just mysteriously vanished .

“Yuan Mo Sect is indeed the No . 1 sect on Yun Chuan Continent . The exquisiteness of all your treasures is unparalleled,” said Liu Ming, who had been watching, with a self-mocking laugh .

“There’s really no reason for brother Liu to say this . Though these treasures may be of some use, they cannot match your sword even if combined,” Han Li said calmly .

“Brother Han, you seem to take great interest in this weapon,” Liu Ming replied with a smile .

“Any cultivator would be interested in a spirit weapon that can easily kill a middle stage demonic beast,” the young man candidly replied .

“Pity for you that this sword is also very important to me . I would not readily give it away,” said Liu Ming in a half serious tone .

Han Li smiled mischievously and said: “Ah . That’s because you have not yet encountered a good offer . Although I am interested in the sword, I did not intend to own it . I mainly engage in cultivating my abilities to perform charms and know nothing about swords . Right then, now that we have set the formation, how do you trick that Fiendish Python into it?”

“We need a bait, of course . Brother Han, you need to stay here and sustain the formation . Leave the baiting part to me . Though I am not its equal in a head-on confrontation, I can at least run a few lis unharmed,” said Liu Ming with composure .

Hearing this, Han Li hesitated, but nodded eventually, and said: “If so, be careful, brother Liu . ”

Therefore Liu Ming flew towards the dune without another word .

The young man remained still and watched Liu Ming shrink into the distance . When his figure finally disappeared on the other side of the dune, Han Li took out another talisman and slapped it onto himself .

With a muffled boom, Han Li turned into a whiff of white light and gradually waned away .

…

Boom!

The golden light formation exploded after constant shrinking and expanding, sending off a wave of golden wind that pushed over the two small hills below . Suddenly in the thin air appeared a pitch dark hole .

The face of “Shan Gan” was pale, looking like he had lost lots of  blood . His pulse was extremely weak . But seeing this, he could not hide his excitement .

With a wave of his sleeve, the huge round tablet in front of him gave out a loud “Bang!” and disintegrated back into several formation tablets . At the same time, the hundreds of stelae nearby shone and turned into dusts with a gush of wind .

Right then, the young man’s figure moved and he turned into a ray of black light shooting towards the sky . In a blur, his figure disappeared into the round hole high in the sky .

……

A pale shadow, almost invisible, was gliding at high a chi above the ground . In a short while, it had already climbed over a dune of dozens of zhangs’ high . Before the shadow emerged an enormous sand pit with the size of a desert basin .

In the middle of the pit lay a huge black python, coiling up like a small hill .

The pale shadow waited a while at the edge of the basin, then without a sound, slowly glided towards where the python was lying .

Boom!

The sandy ground suddenly burst apart, and a mouth of pointed teeth sprang out, taking the shadow in one bite .

The ground shook violently and another huge black python shot out from the sand, with a single spiral horn on the head and a pair of blood-red eyes . The python chewed and suddenly fixed its stare at the top of the sand dune .

At the same time, that coiled up black python blurred and vanished . It was in fact only a shadow formed by charms .

The air on the sand dune fluctuated and Han Li’s figure appeared . He looked at the newly emerged black python with a frown .

Then scattering golden light flickered in front of him . Suddenly they concentrated and turned into a talisman, somewhat fractured .

It was the Golden Armor Seal .

That shadow mentioned earlier was a form of this seal concealing itself and quietly walking over .

Liu Ming looked somewhat taken aback . Obviously he did not realize that the black python they saw earlier was a fake . He secretly exclaimed for his luck .

Should he have not used the Golden Armor Seal to substitute himself, he might have already been destroyed by the giant python .

Even if he was able to keep his life, he could not have escaped unharmed .

Having realized this, Liu Ming gave a last glance at the cold stare of the giant python . Then he made a sudden turn, stamped the sand hard and fled with the speed of an arrow .

The giant black python saw this and, slightly curving its body, it darted out in pursuit of Liu Ming . With a simple leap, it was already dozens of zhangs’ away . It moved with an almost impossible speed considering its enormity .

Liu Ming, on the other hand, had diverted some of his attention spirit to look out for his behind . Seeing the python’s speed, his stomach clenched . So he flicked his sleeve and several talisman flew out, exploded with a flash and all kinds of colorful charm words dissolved into Liu Ming’s body .

At the same time, he let out a low call and his body was suddenly surrounded by black smoke . His shin lurched and suddenly swelled to be twice as thick . Then with several leaps, he became several times faster, barely keeping the distance between him and the python .

When the two were at the chase, they were also approaching Han Li’s formation at an unbelievable speed .

Liu Ming’s face lit up as he realized that with a few more steps, he was able to hide into the formation .

But just at that moment, he suddenly heard a whoosh at the back of his head, as if something was charging towards him at an astonishing rate .

Instinctively he stamped the ground hard and his body bolted sideways .

Whoosh!

A small strip of purplish red snake tongue shot narrowly past him . And with a quick turn, it transformed into a long whip and swept towards him again .

The speed was unrivalled . There was no chance to escape .

Liu Ming’s eyes narrowed . Then with a flash of light, a golden dagger materialized, and swept across the scene with a chilly glint .

Pfft! Pfft!

The incoming snake tongue was slashed into several stubs by the sword light .

Liu Ming took this chance and dodged, shooting forward with a string of shattered shadows swirling around him . Then with a few digressions, he landed right inside the formation not too far away .

Only then did he feel relaxed . He quickly turned around to look, and his face stiffened again .