Star Trace Gate

Chapter 693: The Final Step, Challenge of Hanging Upside Down

Gutan Sect.

Lu Ji led Mingquan, Wu Dali, Ding Jun and other 34 people with supernatural powers, holding the temple's order, and fled down the mountain as quickly as possible.

As he flew by, he shouted loudly: "Everyone, remember, right now, all the people in front of the sect's blessed land are from the defending camp. Before we teleport away, we must activate our magical powers to defend ourselves in advance. After we get out, we must charge out together and leave no one behind."

"Don't worry, everyone is ready to fight to the death...!" Mingquan, dressed in tattered clothes, nodded heavily.

"quick!"

Wu Dali turned around and urged those behind him: "Everyone, hurry up, those who are faster should help those who are slower."

This group of captured people, at this moment, were like evil spirits escaping from hell, with disheveled hair and blood all over their bodies. They rushed forward with all their might. In just a few dozen breaths, they had fled to the back hall of Gutan Sect.

Lu Ji took the lead, and when he looked up, he could vaguely see the sect's teleportation formation in the distance.

"boom!"

At this moment, a teleportation array standing at the end of the front hall suddenly burst into bright light, followed by the appearance of four figures.

Lu Ji had been staring at that place, so when he saw this scene, his expression suddenly froze and his heart skipped a beat.

Finished!

It seems...someone is back!

When the supernatural beings in the back saw this scene, they all reacted very quickly. They restrained their supernatural powers and prepared to hide. However, their current position was facing the teleportation array, and it was obviously too late to hide.

In the distance, the light of the teleportation array dissipated, and four figures solidified.

The leader among them looked straight ahead and raised his head slightly. At a glance, he saw dozens of people with supernatural powers standing in the air above the back hall.

He was stunned for a moment, rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and looked again...

That's right, there were dozens of supernatural beings floating above the back hall. They were all in tattered clothes, with disheveled hair, and judging from their positions, they were obviously captives who had escaped from the temple.

The leader's face turned pale, his eyes widened as he stared into the distance, and he stammered, "It's...it's over, something terrible has happened, you stay here and defend it! I'm leaving now...!"

"boom!"

He reacted quickly, and Lu Ji's reaction was not slow either. After seeing these four people, he tried his best to mobilize his supernatural powers and killed them at the fastest speed, wanting to kill them before they left.

"brush!"

Unexpectedly, after that person threw down a sentence, he disappeared on the teleportation array. From the time he came in to the time he left, the entire time he stayed on the array did not exceed two breaths.

In such a short time, even if we use the Shrinking Talisman to stop it, it will be too late!

"Boom boom boom!"

When the other three saw Lu Ji coming towards them alone, they all tried their best to use their supernatural powers and made preparations to fight for their lives.

Why did they suddenly come back?

That was because Li Hu suddenly disappeared. The Dark Wind Squad led by him was left without a commander and was fighting like a dog outside the sect. Cao Yufei was anxious and couldn't find him after shouting continuously, so he sent someone back to the sect to look for him.

Li Hu usually likes to drink, so he has a very good alcohol tolerance. It is possible that he drank some aged wine and made himself drunk and fell asleep.

But these four people never thought that as soon as they returned to the sect, they saw the group of captives escaped.

Such a big thing will turn the tide of victory or defeat!

So, the leader teleported away immediately without thinking and went to report the news.

"boom!"

In mid-air, when Lu Ji saw that person leave, his face became extremely gloomy. He cursed in his heart, "Damn it, too bad, too bad... Why did he come back at this time instead of earlier or later?"

He looked at the teleportation array with gloomy eyes, knowing that the chance to escape had disappeared. Although he was not far away from there, it would definitely be faster for the other party!

Once the person goes out, it’s just a matter of words!

Outside the sect, amidst the flickering light, a broken shout resounded, reaching directly into the ears of Cao Yufei, Ding Hun, Mao Shan and the others: "The captives in the temple have escaped, more than 30 of them have all escaped! Those who are closest to the teleportation array, return to the sect immediately, quickly, or we can't stop them..."

In the chaotic battlefield, sharp shouts were heard and all the defending masters were stunned.

When Cao Yufei turned around and looked at the teleportation array, he had already come to his senses. He didn't even have time to ask the reason before he issued a guard order and shouted loudly: "Go back, everyone around the teleportation array, go back!"

The defender's teleportation array does not have the magical ability to recognize passers-by. To put it bluntly, anyone can enter. Therefore, this is a very important strategic location for the defender. Unless all the people are dead, there is no possibility of a defensive vacuum.

After Cao Yufei shouted, dozens of masters with magical powers standing next to the six teleportation arrays all took two steps forward, walked into the array platform at the first moment, and emitted their perception to activate the array.

"Shua...!"

Rays of light rolled back toward the sky, and the figures of dozens of people disappeared almost at the same time.

After Cao Yufei saw that they all went back, his extremely nervous heart finally calmed down a little.

When he heard the shouting of the messenger, his brain felt dizzy and empty for a moment. This situation was like a soldier on the battlefield suddenly hearing the bad news from home that his brother and wife had died together on the kang...

He didn't collapse in consciousness and fainted on the spot, which really shows that he has a big heart.

At this moment, dozens of people with supernatural powers have returned to the sect at the same time, and must have blocked the teleportation array, which gave him the opportunity to think quietly.

The attacking side was clearly at a disadvantage, but why did they suddenly launch a general attack tonight? !

While the battle was going on outside, the captives in the sect escaped again, and Li Hu also disappeared... Is this a coincidence?

No, Li Hu had the warrant to enter the temple, so his disappearance was definitely not accidental. In other words, someone must have secretly attacked him and used the warrant to save the people.

Wang Changfeng launched a general attack to cover the rescue...

Cao Yufei's brain was boiling, and in a very short time, he had thought of the most critical points of the matter.

He suddenly looked at the battlefield with a gloomy look, and immediately sensed the soul magic weapon in the consciousness space, but found nothing unusual. The residual soul was still in Chun Ge's body, and there was no sign of dissipating...

In other words, Chun Ge's body is still occupied by the remnant soul and he has not regained consciousness.

but!

There must be a traitor on my side!

"Is that you? Little Emperor!"

Cao Yufei hovered in the air, his eyes suddenly brightened: "He has luck, which can conceal the secrets of heaven... That's right, it is very likely that he entered the Gutan Sect!"

He paused for a moment, then immediately transmitted his voice: "Empress Yuhua, please return to the sect and lead the magical powers to block all the captives inside the Gutan Sect. Since they want to combine forces inside and outside, we might as well take advantage of the chaos to completely isolate the two groups of attackers inside and outside the sect and annihilate them separately!"

"Okay, I'll be back now!"

"There are no more than 40 people inside." Cao Yufei said, "I'll assign 60 magical masters to block the way. Remember, you must not give up guarding the six teleportation arrays. The sect occupies a very large area. If you let them fight back and forth, the defense of the teleportation array will be weak, and it is very likely that the other party will take advantage of the chaos to break through."

"For the captives, if you can spare their lives, don't kill them. Just capture them alive. Otherwise, if they die, the guide will return the attack order, which will actually help them."

"But if the situation is extremely unfavorable, you can kill a few people to relieve the pressure."

"...!"

Lady Yuhua listened to Cao Yufei's instructions and said, "No need to nag, I know what's going on."

"Okay, the war within the sect will be left to you. Deal with them as soon as possible, and then come out to help." Cao Yufei nodded.

"Boom boom boom...!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Empress Yuhua withdrew from the battlefield, walked onto the formation platform with a group of experts, and quickly returned to the sect.

……

Tens of breaths ago.

After Lu Ji saw the messenger leave, less than two breaths later, he saw six teleportation arrays shining with divine light at the same time.

Obviously, their intention to rescue the prisoners had been completely exposed. At this moment, it was obviously unwise for Lu Ji to lead everyone to charge. Not to mention that the number of the other side was definitely more than theirs, the combat power of the magical masters on both sides was not on the same level.

Except for Lu Ji, everyone present had supernatural powers who had been captured for many days. Their personal conditions were far from their peak. However, the other party had eaten well, slept well, and was well rested during these days. The other one was in a state of vigor and vitality.

Attacking head-on is like hitting a rock with an egg!

"Retreat!! Retreat!"

Lu Ji suddenly had an idea and said coldly, "The Gutan Sect occupies a large area. We can use the vast land to deal with them. If they stay near the teleportation array and have few people, we can open up space and let a small part of them attack the large array and leave; if they stay with more people, we can also achieve the goal of forcing them to split their forces."

"Let's go back to the temple first. I'll cover your rear."

He turned around and roared, then hid behind the formation and prepared to escape quickly.

"Whizzing……!"

The group flew up the mountain again and arrived at the foot of the mountain in a blink of an eye.

But at this moment, Lu Ji suddenly stopped and shouted, "No, we can't go back!"

"Why?!"

Wu Dali asked.

"Damn it, there is an upside-down old man in the temple. He is the remaining soul guarding the gate and must be helping them." Lu Ji had an idea again and thought very carefully: "If we return to the temple and they give up using the hand order to enter, they can go forward and wake up the upside-down old man to help them, thus eliminating us!"

"No, you can't go back!"

He looked determined and said quickly, "We will meet the enemy in the back hall. The terrain here is complicated, and there are temples and green mountains in the back. I can change the terrain and set up a large formation. I think I can delay them for a while...!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he led his men back to the rear palace courtyard, gave up flying in the air, and prepared to hide in the complex palace buildings in the dark.

"Whoosh...!"

Just then, two figures came chasing from the direction of Qingshan.

When Lu Ji turned around, he saw that the people coming were Ren Ye and Chu Daoye: "Did you hear the noise too?!"

"Damn Wuliang Tianzun, there must be one of us who is unlucky." Taoist Chu gnashed his teeth and cursed, "We were just one step away from the final blow, but the other party came back. This really pissed me off."

Ren also leaped into the air and floated to the top of a roof. He then looked to one side of the teleportation array and saw that it was densely packed with people.

The situation is not good...

He frowned and said, "They haven't come yet, let's discuss it, quickly!"

……

In the sect, beside the six teleportation arrays, the defending psychic masters who came back to support entered in two waves. The first wave was led by Maoshan, with more than thirty people; the second wave was led by Niangniang Yuhua, with more than twenty people. Therefore, at this moment, there were more than sixty psychic masters standing beside the teleportation arrays.

After these people came back, they did not rush to the side of the temple to capture the captives. Instead, under the guidance of Niangniang Yuhua and Maoshan, they sent out six super-grade and six third-grade masters to set up an illusion array next to the teleportation array, hoping to conceal the entire picture of the place and make those who rushed in rashly temporarily lost.