There were hundreds of shadow insects in this group, and the colors were also varied, with pink being the majority. They crawled over in large and small sizes, but the bright red insects that had just been killed were nowhere to be seen.
Li Qiang was really anxious. He was protected by the Red Flame Dragon Shield and was not in great danger, but the three of them could not resist it anyway. Dozens of golden eagles were continuously shot out and hovered over the heads of the four people. As long as a big insect approached, a golden eagle would immediately rush down and blow it up.
Mei Jingjing was scared, and she bravely cried and kept swinging the whip to entangle the shadow insects that had escaped the net and rushed over. Zhao Hao ran back and forth to knock down the spikes that were shot. Zheng Peng's long weapon was lucky, and he chopped the entangled shadow insects to death with one axe after another, and shouted strangely: "I'll chop you to death! I'll chop you to death!" The division of labor and cooperation among the few people were surprisingly tacit.
After a while, the killing was so fierce that smoke rose everywhere and blood and flesh flew everywhere.
Finally, Li Qiang set up the defense formation and shouted, "Everyone come closer to me, the formation is about to start!" With a wave of his hand, the golden eagles swooped down in all directions, and a series of explosions blew the insects away. Li Qiang used his true energy to start the formation.
Zhao Hao panted and said, "Master, it's all my fault for bringing everyone to this place."
Li Qiang breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't talk nonsense, no one will blame you, it was the man who stole the wine who deliberately led us here."
The dense insects hit the defense formation, and the place where the four people stood was like a glass bowl, and no matter how the insects attacked, they couldn't take a step forward.
It was safe for the time being.
Mei Jingjing patted her chest and said, "It's so scary. Fortunately, my brother knows how to set up a defense formation. If so many bugs rushed over, we would not survive. My brother is really amazing!"
Hearing her flattering Li Qiang, Zheng Peng laughed and said, "I, Heizi, also killed a lot of bugs. Big sister, please praise me too."
Mei Jingjing rolled her eyes at him, "You are so beautiful, don't even think about it!"
Zhao Hao listened to the two of them bickering and thought, "Young people really don't know the taste of sorrow. The insinuation bugs that appear now are just ordinary monster bugs. If a large monster comes, it will be difficult to deal with."
Li Qiang laughed and said, "Niuniu's little mouth is so sweet, is there any purpose?"
Mei Jingjing clapped her hands happily and said, "Hey, guess That's right! Brother, can you teach me how to set up a formation?"
Li Qiang thought for a while and asked: "Niuniu, how far have you practiced?"
Mei Jingjing was a little embarrassed: "I practiced blindly. I heard from my mother that I'm about to reach the opening stage."
Li Qiang was a little surprised: "No, why are you so low? I thought you were already in the fusion stage. Don't move, let me see."
Li Qiang took out a trace of true energy and looked carefully, thinking: "Her way of practicing is so strange. Her level is the initial stage of opening, which is lower than Zhao Hao, but the power of true energy has reached the level that can only be achieved in the fusion stage."
He also wanted to see her whip and found that its exquisite craftsmanship and ingenious design were amazing. This whip can actually increase its power as the cultivation level increases. Li Qiang couldn't figure out the secret, shook his head and thought: "If Brother Fu were here, he would definitely understand."
He said to Mei Jingjing: "Niuniu, I don't know if you can learn it. But when you have free time in the future, I will make a protective gear for you to protect yourself." Mei Jingjing smiled happily.
Zheng Peng said: "Can I stand in the formation and chop the insects outward?"
Li Qiang shook his head and said: "No."
Li Qiang suddenly thought that weapons cannot be used out of the formation, but the energy emitted by the weapons should be able to be shot out. He tried to shake the Hundred Blades Spear and shot out a spear tip transformed by energy. With a light "bang", the spike dissipated in the defense formation.
Li Qiang sighed, "We are trapped. Let's take a rest first. Let me think about whether there is a way."
Mei Jingjing was playing with two blue beads. Zheng Peng saw her and said, "Big sister, this big bead is for you. I was just joking with you just now."
Mei Jingjing took the blue bead and said sadly, "I know."
Zhao Hao looked at Li Qiang who was lost in thought and said regretfully, "Alas, I am dragging everyone down."
Mei Jingjing softly advised, "Old man, I don't blame you. Don't lose heart. I have confidence in my brother. ! Look, there are so many bugs but they didn't hurt us. "
Zheng Peng also said: "Yes, I know my brother will have a way."
After pondering for a long time without getting the point, Li Qiang stood up and said: "Don't go out now, I'll go out and kill for a while. Don't worry, I have the Red Flame Dragon Shield to protect me, and these bugs can't hurt me."
Mei Jingjing grabbed Li Qiang: "Brother, don't go, there are too many bugs, it's dangerous."
Zhao Hao said: "Master, I will go with you." Zheng Peng also shouted to go.
Li Qiang shouted: "No one of you can move, wait in the formation!"
Mei Jingjing's mouth flattened and her eyes were red. Li Qiang saw that it was not a good thing. If the little girl cried, it would be troublesome. He hurriedly comforted her with gentle words: "Niuniu, don't worry, nothing will happen. Don't you still believe in your brother's ability? Be obedient and wait, and your brother will find beads for you to play with after killing the bugs." He used all means to stop her tears with sweet words.
Zhao Hao whispered, "Master, don't go too far away. If anything goes wrong, immediately retreat to the formation. We will find another way. Be careful!"
Li Qiang activated the Red Flame Dragon Shield and jumped into the pile of insects holding the Hundred Blade Spear.
Mei Jingjing covered her eyes nervously with her hands and dared not look again. Zhao Hao and Zheng Peng stared at Li Qiang closely. The two planned to rush over to help as soon as they found something wrong.
The shadow insects saw someone coming out, and they were so excited about the delicious food that they squeaked and rushed up densely.
Li Qiang's scalp numbed, and he shouted, "Come on!" Waving the Hundred Blade Spear, countless silver-white spears flew from where Li Qiang stood to all around, and the insects were knocked away.
Li Qiang was thinking while fighting, and then he felt that there was a flaw in the design of the weapon. The power of the weapon practiced this time cannot be adjusted, and it cannot emit phantom energy according to the strength of the opponent. This consumes the true essence too quickly, and it is easy to run out of energy and cannot fight a protracted battle. I must practice again in the future. As soon as he was distracted, a shadow insect jumped onto his back from behind.
Mei Jingjing saw the insect jumping onto Li Qiang's back through the gap between her fingertips. She felt a pain in her heart, screamed and rushed out, raising her hand and whipping it.
Zhao Hao and Zheng Peng were shocked and rushed out of the battle. Zhao Hao waved his sword like a storm, and immediately forced the surrounding insects away. Zheng Peng swung the long axe, relying on his strong body, using his waist as the axis, and swung it horizontally.
The three of them were in a bitter battle together.
The effect of the Red Flame Dragon Shield was indeed extraordinary, and the counterattack force was incredible. The mouthparts of the shadow insect pierced Li Qiang's neck like lightning, and just as it was about to pierce in, a huge force rebounded back, and the insect was crushed and died. Li Qiang was very happy, this was a good idea. He put away his gun and concentrated on operating the Red Flame Dragon Shield.
Li Qiang slowly realized why the Red Flame Dragon Shield was so powerful.
The energy of the Hundred Blades and Eagle Strike Crossbow is the same size. If you encounter a weak opponent, you can kill him with one blow, but the extra energy will be wasted. If you encounter an opponent with strong defense, the energy of the illusion is not enough to kill him, and the energy will be wasted even more.
The Red Flame Dragon Shield is different. It is a passive counterattack defense weapon. It can be adjusted according to the strength of the attack and can respond appropriately without wasting any energy, unless the opponent is stronger than itself.
A scream, that is Niuniu's voice.
Li Qiang was shocked to find that Zhao Hao and the other two had actually run out of the formation, and the three were already in danger.
Li Qiang was so anxious that his eyes turned red. He spent all his energy to send out the golden eagle. In an instant, the sky was full of golden eagles. He was going to fight for his life.
Li Qiang rushed to the three people like a whirlwind, picked up Mei Jingjing with one hand, grabbed Zheng Peng's clothes with the other hand and threw him into the formation. Zhao Hao was a smart man. He didn't wait for the master to catch him, flew back to the formation, and chopped off a shadow-shooting insect.
Mei Jingjing was unexpectedly picked up by Li Qiang. She whimpered and was so embarrassed that even her hands softened. Her heart was like a drum, thumping.
Jumping back into the formation, Li Qiang's face was pale, and his true energy was consumed too much. He put Mei Jingjing down, sat down without saying a word, and took out a fairy stone to restore the consumed true energy.
Mei Jingjing blushed, stuck out her tongue at Zhao Hao, and whispered: "Grandpa, if my brother wants to scold me, you have to help Niuniu."
Zhao Hao nodded, thinking: "I'm afraid the master won't scold you, but if he does, I'll be the first to bear the brunt."
The eagles outside the formation screamed and rushed towards the shadow-shooting insects, and the earth-shaking explosion sounded through the sky.
The exploding golden eagle ignited the surrounding grass and trees.
A big fire started.
Zhao Hao marveled at the power of this defensive formation. The fire and smoke outside were completely unaffected in the formation.
The shadow insects could not withstand the burning of the fire and smoke, and fled one after another. The injured and weak ones basically died.
The fire gradually died out. Mei Jingjing looked at Li Qiang worriedly and asked, "Grandpa, do you think my brother is in danger?"
Zhao Hao shook his head and said, "No danger, Master has consumed too much of his true energy, and he will recover in a while. It's okay, Niuniu, don't worry." He added, "Don't alarm him."
Zheng Peng said, "The fire is out, I'll go out and take a look."
Zhao Hao hurriedly said, "I'll go with you. Niuniu, take good care of Master, we won't go far."
Mei Jingjing nodded, and suddenly thought of saying, "Heizi, help Niuniu find beads." The little girl just likes shiny things.
Li Qiang slowly absorbed the energy in the fairy stone in his hand and slowly replenished his true energy.
In fact, he has not yet fully mastered the function of the "Purple Flame Heart". He does not need to use other immortal stones to replenish his true essence. He has only absorbed and integrated less than one-sixth of the energy of the "Purple Flame Heart". Unfortunately, Fu Shan was not around, and there was no one to guide him. Li Qiang could only explore by himself.
Although he closed his eyes, his senses became more and more acute. Suddenly, there was a bright light in front of him, and Li Qiang seemed to sink into his body clearly. To his surprise, a little man sitting cross-legged appeared in his body, only the size of a fist, wrapped in a ball of purple flames and floating up and down.
Carefully distinguishing, the eyebrows, eyes, ears and nose are exquisite, and they are exactly the same as himself, wearing a star-filled armor. Li Qiang's heart moved, and he realized that this was his own purple mansion Yuanying, he seemed to have just formed, and it must be the "Purple Flame Heart" that wrapped him.
Li Qiang tried to sink his mind into the Yuanying, and immediately found that the Yuanying was actually another self, but it was made up of pure essence and energy.
He tried to exchange energy between the Nascent Soul and the main body, and purple flames began to slowly emanate from the Nascent Soul, which continuously merged into the body. After a short while, Li Qiang felt that his power had greatly improved. The consumed true energy was not only replenished, but also more pure. Li Qiang himself didn't know that he had cultivated to the realm of immortal soul.
Mei Jingjing didn't dare to alarm Li Qiang, but just stared at him intently. She herself didn't understand why she cared so much about him in just a few days.
Li Qiang opened his eyes and saw her worried eyes. He was touched and said, "Niuniu, it's okay. I'm fine. Hey, the bugs are gone?"
Mei Jingjing said happily, "Brother, the bugs are all burned to death. The old man and Heizi are checking outside. Are you, are you really okay?"
Li Qiang stood up and smiled, "Okay, Niuniu, don't worry. Haha, they are back." He thought, "This time it's a blessing in disguise. Not only has my cultivation advanced to the middle stage of the sixth level of the Nascent Soul Stage, and I have formed a Purple Mansion Nascent Soul. The biggest gain is that I met these three friends who are willing to fight for my safety." In fact, he himself is no exception.
Zhao Hao returned to the formation and said, "Master, we have to leave here as soon as possible. This time, we only projected insects, and no monsters appeared. If we encounter monsters, it will be even more difficult to fight."
Mei Jingjing was frightened and said, "There are monsters? No wonder this place is called the Shocking Slope. It scared Niuniu to death." In a blink of an eye, she saw Heizi and shouted, "Wow, there are so many beads, so beautiful, give them to me!" Li Qiang and Zhao Hao smiled at each other. This little girl is really interesting.
The beads are big and small, and have various colors. Li Qiang picked up one casually, and felt strange. Animals on earth never produce such shiny translucent beads. At most, there are pearls or bezoar horse treasures. He used his true energy to try to probe into the bead, and he was shocked and threw it out.
"What's wrong?" Everyone asked in surprise.
Before the voice fell, a low echo spread out, and a gust of cold wind blew in the face. Thick ice crystals actually formed where the beads burst.
Mei Jingjing was surprised and said, "Hey, it's so strange, how can it freeze?"
Li Qiang said in fear, "The structure inside this bead is too strange, it actually has two layers, it was stimulated by my true energy, and the two layers mixed and exploded." After saying that, he suddenly thought, isn't this a very good attack bomb.
Mei Jingjing smiled and said, "Isn't this an ice bomb? Great, if a monster comes out, give it one and freeze it to death!"
"I'm hungry, let's go quickly!"
"Okay, let's go together."
Li Qiang retracted the defense formation, and the four of them walked forward.
A faint aroma of wine floated in the wind.
Zhao Hao sniffed and whispered, "Do you smell anything? Yes, it must be the guy who robbed the wine yesterday. He is still here. Let's see how I deal with him." He got angry when he thought about it. After fighting for most of the day and making a big fuss, this guy was hiding here drinking. The four of them tiptoed over.
"Don't look for me, I'm here!" A careless voice came from a towering tree.
The man sat on a high branch, swinging his legs, holding the bottle and drinking the last sip, and said with a smile: "Good wine! Good wine! Really good wine! Hey, kid, do you have any more of this wine? I'll buy it."
Zhao Hao was furious, and he stepped on the tree trunk with his toes and jumped up, chopping his sword diagonally. The man didn't even look at him, and drew a circle with his toes to force him down the tree. Zhao Hao shouted: "Come down, let's have a good fight!"
Li Qiang didn't say anything, he was observing carefully. Since Fu Shan took him away from the earth, he understood the truth that there are people beyond people and there are heavens beyond heavens, and he dared not underestimate anyone.
"You are not qualified, and you four can't come together!" He said, but he didn't come down, and said: "Boy, which country is this China, and where is Sichuan Province? I am really ignorant."
Li Qiang was shocked by him, and thought about it before he realized that he saw the trademark content on the bottle.
Zheng Peng saw that the tree was too high and he couldn't climb up, but he also had a way. He spit in his hands, rubbed his hands together, raised the axe, walked under the tree, shouted "Hi", and started chopping the tree with "ping ping pong". The tree was big, but Zheng Peng's axe was also big.
The man on the tree shouted: "Hey, big fool, your family is short of firewood, there are small trees nearby that are easy to chop, don't chop this one, I will fall down if you chop it off."
Mei Jingjing was impatient, swung the long whip, and said: "Come down!" A white shadow flew towards the man. Who knew that the white shadow disappeared silently as soon as it got on. Mei Jingjing covered her mouth with her hands in surprise. She had never seen such a solution.
Li Qiang slowly took out a bottle of Moutai, opened the bottle, and said with a smile: "Everyone come here and taste the top-quality wine I brought. Heizi, don't chop it, let him stay on the tree slowly."
Li Qiang's move was too amazing. Moutai is a strong-flavored type. Once the bottle cap was opened, the aroma of wine was really overflowing. Zhao Hao only smelled it and cheered loudly: "Master, this wine is good, so fragrant. I'm tired for a long time. Haha, let the disciple drink some."
Mei Jingjing pouted and said: "You men just love to drink. What's the fragrance of this."
"Leave some for me!" Zheng Peng stopped chopping trees and hurried over to grab the wine.
That man was really stupid. He never thought that Li Qiang actually brought wine. When he smelled the wine, it felt like there was a little hand in his throat, constantly scratching it. This time when he came out of Bada Star, he was framed and had to drink to relieve his addiction. His addiction to alcohol was incredible. Seeing such good wine but not being able to drink it, he felt very sad. He rolled his eyes and thought, "It would be too embarrassing if I don't get this bottle of good wine."
His legs flicked lightly, like a leaf slowly falling from the tree. After showing this skill, the man looked at Li Qiang and the other four with pride, but they didn't even look at him. He cursed inwardly, put on a smile, and staggered over.
Zhao Hao admired his master in his heart. The three of them tried their best to prevent him from getting down from the tree. When his master took out a bottle of good wine, he obediently came to the door automatically.
The man coughed and said, "This guy, this, that, um, wine, something..."
Li Qiang thought, "This guy must be a super drunkard. Seeing how he dealt with Niuniu's whip, this guy is also a rare master of cultivation. He loves wine so much that he refuses to rob it by force. Although he cheated yesterday, he still left ten taels of gold. Well, tease him." Li Qiang didn't actually hate him.
The four people had an unusual tacit understanding. They ignored him at the same time, as if they didn't see this person.
The man was dumbfounded. He was usually very smart and everyone was afraid of him, but this time he was stumped by a bottle of wine. A smirk suddenly appeared on his face, a white light flashed, and the man disappeared.
"Hey, he's gone." Zhao Hao said in surprise. The four knew that he would not leave easily.
Sure enough, only a moment later, the man ran over shouting.
There was a huge monster chasing him behind him!
The man rushed to Li Qiang, made a face, and said happily: "I accidentally provoked the golden crystal horned beast. Haha, I'm afraid of it. Let's go!" After a flash of white light, he sat on the tree again, watching the excitement leisurely.