The Exorcist

I don’t know when, the surroundings were densely surrounded by ‘participants’!

They were far or near, sitting or standing, and none of them could see their faces, and it was impossible to tell whether they were animals or humans. All they could see were pairs of green eyes and clusters of floating phosphorus fire.

For a moment, Xiaoxia deeply felt the suffocation of being surrounded.

"I didn't expect you would dare to chase me out!" Guan Zheng asked confidently.

"You are waiting. If we don't come, won't we let you down?" Ruan Zhan said tit for tat, "I won't bother you to go back to the Octagon Tower."

"Even if you are smart, you can't hide even if you know how to hide. But without that formation and only carrying these two burdens, how can you fight against me?"

"You have to try it before you know whether you can fight." Ruan Zhan answered him in Guan Zheng's words, "It's useless to talk more."

Guan Zheng's expression changed slightly, he snorted coldly, and pulled open the skirt of his clothes, revealing a small drum around his waist. This is the same as Huang Boheng's behavior, but everyone present knows that his skill is not comparable to Huang Boheng's. It was just a puppet of his, just accepting a little bit of his ideas, but the person in front of him was the real person behind the scenes!

Guan Zheng slowly raised his hand and landed heavily on the snare drum.

Strangely, there was no drum sound. It was completely different from the earth-shattering sound that Huang Boheng made that day. However, despite this, there was still a rustling sound around, which made the three people surrounded by the circle clearly feel something. Getting closer.

"Isn't this some kind of ultrasound? The one that animals can hear but not humans? Or is it microwave?" Wan Li was still in the mood to analyze this at this moment and was not nervous at all.

"Do you want to cook? Do you want to microwave?" Ruan Zhan scolded him without even looking back.

Xiaoxia, who was standing behind him, didn't say anything. She felt Ruan Zhan's shoulders tense up, obviously on guard. She understood that he was on the defensive, because the enemy is strong and we are weak, and defensive counterattack is the best strategy!

I saw that Guan Zheng's movements were very similar to Huang Boheng's, but they were far less exaggerated, and he did not perform a witch dance. He just beat the drum time and time again, and moved his feet lightly. The movements were fast and slow, and there was no sound during the whole process. It was not sent out either.

But even though he is so quiet, the effect is surprisingly good. Obviously, the difference in witchcraft power between him and Huang Boheng is not a matter of grade - it is the difference between absolute control and a puppet.

The rustling sounds were getting stronger and stronger. Although the shadowy black figures in front of them didn't move much, everyone knew that the attack was beginning.

The three of them remained silent and observed the surrounding situation warily. Listening carefully to the source of the strange "rustling" sound, I always felt that it seemed to come from the ground. When they looked down following the sound, the other two were fine, but Xiaoxia immediately screamed!

Huang Boheng only controlled a few snakes, but they already gave her nightmares, and now the ground was covered with even more disgusting things - countless tropical reptiles that she had never seen before, and weird snakes, insects, and rats. Ants were crawling all over the floor, and they were swarming towards the three people in the circle in regular patterns! At a glance, it seemed like a black circle was surrounding them, shrinking and shrinking again.

Upon seeing this, Ruan Zhan immediately waved out a rose fire handprint, which hit the ground and spread outward with the flying dust, forming a ring of fire around it. , startled them and fled in all directions.

Seeing that the situation had temporarily eased, Ruan Zhan looked up.

In the distance, across the dancing flames, Guan Zheng's face was gloomy and uncertain, but he always wore a contemptuous smile. He didn't take it seriously when he saw Ruan Zhan blocking the reptile's attack with fire. It was completely unlike Huang Boheng's attitude at that time. panic.

He just grabbed a handful of powder made of unknown stuff from his pocket and sprinkled it into the air. Then as soon as the powder hit the ground, he accelerated and increased the frequency and amplitude of his movements. In just ten seconds, those reptiles He actually returned to the regular siege and began to attack the fire circle!

Xiao Xia on the side looked shocked.

Any animal is afraid of fire, not to mention that this is not an ordinary fire, but a magical fire supported by Ruan Zhan's magic power, which has even more powerful destructive power. But these reptiles completely violated their biological instincts. Following Guan Zheng's inaudible instructions and ignoring the existence of the cursed fire, they squirmed toward the ring of fire one after another!

Sizzling——

The smell of burnt meat came in waves. The first wave of reptiles had been swallowed up by the ruthless fire. The larger reptiles and snakes were not burned to death for a while. They were still twisting and turning in pain in the fire, and they screamed. There is a 'hissing' sound, but this has no deterrent effect on the insects behind. The first wave of 'siege' has not stopped, the second wave has already arrived, followed by the third wave and the fourth wave, surging like the tide. On!

"Oh my God, he brought all the insects in the forest!" Wan Li took a breath.

"This fire can't be stopped for long." Ruan Zhan said calmly, but his expression was a little strange, "But we have to wait until reinforcements arrive."

"Then what should we do?" Wan Li asked, "This bastard doesn't care about these humble lives at all and uses the worm sea tactic, so your curse fire will be suppressed."

"It must be postponed until three o'clock in the evening." Ruan Zhan shook his body slightly, "I will add a spell fire, and then set up a barrier. You two stand back to back, this time Wanli you also want to be a gold medal fighter It's gone." He pointed at the wooden stick covered with talismans in Wan Li's hand, and then turned to Xiao Xia, "Xiao Xia, you are responsible for the Broken Flag. Remember, no matter how hard it shakes, don't let go. I see Guan Zheng like this, I probably won’t cherish ghosts either, I’m just afraid that my precious flag will be a little crowded today. Tell me, I can rely on you.”

"You can." Xiaoxia swore.

Ruan Zhan nodded. For a moment, Xiaoxia felt that his eyes were extremely gentle, but before she could study further, Ruan Zhan turned to Wanli again.

"I don't care whether you live or die." At this time, Ruan Zhan actually made a joke to Wan Li, but Wan Li looked serious.

"You - won't you - now -" Wan Li asked hesitantly.

Ruan Zhan said nothing and turned around to prevent Xiao Xia from seeing his face. Seeing that the first spell fire was weak and about to go out, he immediately cast another fire hand seal, and added an invisible protective barrier with the void talisman, which was a transparent barrier around Xiaoxia and Wanli. He stood outside the barrier.

After doing all this, even Xiao Xia could see that he staggered a bit, not to mention Wan Li beside him and Guan Zheng who had been watching the situation inside from a distance.

Guan Zheng was stunned for a moment. At first he thought Ruan Zhan was playing some trick, but then he understood what was going on and couldn't help laughing proudly, "How come this person named Wan was able to get hit by my death poison and not die?" Well, I thought you used some clever trick to break my unparalleled poison, but it turned out that you attracted his poison to yourself. Haha, what a great friendship, I admire it! I admire it!"

One sentence was like a dull thunder striking Xiaoxia's unprepared heart!

Did he attract Wanli's poison to himself? Therefore, he has refused to say what method he used to treat Wan Li! That’s why he was in so much pain that day! So will he die? Will he be like all ghosts, invisible and intangible? Will she lose him forever?

She turned pale and turned to look at Wanli.

Wan Li nodded angrily, "Yes, this bastard forced my Gu into his body without asking for my opinion, which made me feel so guilty from that day that I didn't even dare to breathe. If he died, I even want to bury him with him."

Xiaoxia was speechless, but there seemed to be a hand tearing at her heart. She didn't know whether it was pain or soreness, but she felt that her whole heart had been drained out, leaving only a shell slowly breaking. This was completely different from the extreme distress and reluctance she felt when she learned that Wan Li was going to die. She was confused, powerless, and couldn't even express what she was feeling in her heart.

"If we kill Guan Zheng, will he be fine?" She asked in a trance, but Wan Li's answer could not be heard in her ears, and she focused her whole body and mind on things outside the barrier.

Ruan Zhan was seen standing very straight, trying his best to restrain the trembling caused by the huge pain, and still stood there proudly. After Guan Zheng laughed wildly for a while, he suddenly changed to smiling sinisterly.

"When the Gu is in an ordinary person's body, it is completely under my control. What if it's in your body?" He kept directing the reptile's attack with his hands. "Do you think we should give it a try?"

"No!" Xiao Xia shouted on the side.

She didn't want to see him suffer anymore. The last meeting was enough. She would rather see him wearing that smile that is distant from others, and would rather him ignore her than see him suffer!

But she forgot that her words would have the opposite effect, because Guan Zheng could not tolerate the slightest bit of 'things' he admired belonging to others. Therefore, before she finished speaking, Guan Zheng began to summon the death Gu lurking in Ruan Zhan's body.

His movements still didn't stop, but he began to chant a spell. Every time he recited a sentence, Ruan Zhan's body would bend down a little, and finally he simply sat cross-legged on the ground, like meditating, closed his eyes, and made a strange spell in his hand, obviously to fight against the poison in his body. .

At this time, the first layer of fire ring has been suppressed by various insects and snakes desperately crawling in. Those controlled reptiles have already passed the first line of defense and are trying to pass through the second ring of fire. Ruan Zhan, however, seemed to be in trance. Xiao Xia and Wan Li in the barrier could not go out to help him, so they could only worry.

Probably because Ruan Zhan was distracted and fighting the death Gu in his body, the fire on the second layer of fire circle formed by the fire handprint was obviously not as strong as the first layer of protection circle. The weak flame was less than half a foot high, which made some The animals that could jump passed through in one leap, while the other reptiles that couldn't come directly still pressed their bodies against the fire, and in a moment the flames were reduced to like charcoal.

Seeing this, Guan Zheng smiled even more proudly. He probably felt that the time had come, and immediately changed the rhythm and footwork of the two drums in succession, forcing other things hiding behind the dense forest to come out.

First came the larger animals, which were so black that I couldn’t even tell what they were, probably four-legged animals like wild boars and wild dogs, then came the big pythons that held their heads high and spat out messages, and finally there were all kinds of ghosts! Some have no heads, some are missing arms and legs, and some are simply attached to strange plants and move over little by little!

The manipulative animals rushed towards the three people immediately after rushing into the second ring of fire. However, for some reason, they did not attack Ruan Zhan, but just surrounded him with eager eyes, although the inaudible drum sound urged them to Urgent, but they just didn't dare to get within three feet in front of Ruan Zhan, and could only linger hesitantly and painfully outside.

Especially those ghosts. As soon as they got closer, the blood-wood sword lying across Ruan Zhan's knees began to shake violently and emit a bright red light, which scared the ghosts into screaming and hiding away. If it weren't for the fact that they were being held captive, In a relationship of positive control, one has probably run away as far as possible.

And although they dare not attack Ruan Zhan, they will not be polite to Wan Li and Xiaoxia. Although these two people were in the barrier, they couldn't attack them for a moment, but they bravely threw themselves on the barrier wall!

In a short time, the barrier wall was covered with 'besiegers', and they attacked the barrier in various ways, trying to break this last fortress like the two layers of fire rings! Reptiles clawed and clawed, quadrupeds repeatedly collided, pythons swam, and ghosts used all tools to beat, making the entire barrier feel like it was shaking.

Xiaoxia clung to Wanli's back at a loss, feeling panicked and anxious.

It was originally dark and there was no moon, but now the outside of the small barrier created by Ruan Zhan was tightly blocked by various monsters. It was so dark inside that not only Wan Li's face could not be seen clearly, but it was even more unbearable for her. It was because she couldn't see Ruan Zhan's condition.

The only light turned out to be the light from some insects themselves, as well as the eyes that were trying to rush in, unable to tell whether they were animals or ghosts, and their eyes were spinning around!

"Don't be afraid!" Wan Li's steady voice came from behind, making Xiao Xia feel more at ease. It made her understand in her heart that she was not alone!

"I'm worried about Ruan Zhan!" Xiaoxia's voice was trembling, "I can't feel at ease because I can't see him."

"Me too. I'll think of a way, stand still!" Wan Li said, taking a step away from Xiao Xia.

Xiaoxia only felt that her back was empty, but before she realized what was going on, she heard a loud bang, and then her eyes suddenly lit up.

I saw a blank space on the barrier wall. Wan Li stood there waving the wooden stick covered with talismans, and struck it again. A green spark exploded at the collision point, shaking those lying on the barrier. Things on the wall fell off.

It turns out that he is using this method to knock down those things that block his eyes!

When Xiaoxia saw this, she immediately ran to the blank space and looked out, regardless of how disgusting the things shaking in front of her eyes were!

"Wait a moment." Wan Li pulled Xiao Xia back, who had not yet found Ruan Zhan. "Let me protect it. We can't continue to act like this. Although the talisman stick he made will not destroy his barrier, there are internal and external troubles now. , you can’t help but be on guard!”

Wan Li said as he raised the wooden stick and looked at it in the light. After hesitating for a moment, he took out one of the charms and posted it on the unblocked barrier wall.

As the talisman flashed a red light, the reptiles and ghosts who were trying to reoccupy the territory immediately stepped aside in horror.

"It seems I'm not wrong. I think I have the talent to be a mage!" Wan Li smiled and said, "Why are you standing there in a daze? Come and take a look!"

When Xiaoxia heard this, she immediately jumped to the small window-like place and looked out.

Ruan Zhan was still sitting there, his clothes clinging to his thin but powerful body, obviously soaked with sweat. The surrounding things were still besieging but not attacking, maintaining a stalemate.

Guan Zheng in the distance seemed a little impatient. While continuing to beat the drum, he walked towards the motionless Ruan Zhan!