Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16266 Annihilation
Looking down at Elder Ma's neck, Qingming noticed a small wound on the left side of his neck. It had stopped bleeding, but it was clear how terrible the wound was; if Elder Ma had reacted any slower, he would have died.

Seeing this, Qingming felt a little relieved. Elder Ma also looked at the wound on Qingming's chest, then frowned and said, "Something's not right. Your injury is so serious. You should have died long ago. Why are you still alive?" After saying that, he looked at Qingming with a wary expression.

Looking at Elder Ma, Qingming gave a wry smile and said, "My heart is on the right side; otherwise, do you think I would still be alive?"

Elder Ma breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Qingming's words. He then glanced around and said, "This is an illusion, but it must be created by a magic array. It's probably an illusion array combined with an inner space array that created this place. What we need to do now is to find a way to break this inner space array as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Qingming nodded and then asked, "Do you have a way to break the formation?"

Elder Ma said, "Illusions like these all have a key point, and this key point is the most important part of the entire formation. As long as we can break this key point, the formation will be broken. What we need to do now is to find this key point."

Qingming frowned and said, "This city doesn't look very big, but it's not small either. I've walked around it several times, but I still can't see anything different about it. How do we find the array's core?"

Elder Ma said, "Originally, I wasn't sure either, but now I have some ideas. Neither of us can fly right now, so what you need to do is attack the buildings in the city. I'll see where the energy fluctuations are the strongest, and we'll head there. We're sure we can find the array's core."

Upon hearing Elder Ma's words, Qingming was taken aback. He immediately shook his head and said, "No, once I attack the buildings here, they will immediately revert to their original state, and dark shadows will emerge from them. These shadows will attack us in the same way I attacked the buildings, and they are almost immortal, making them extremely difficult to deal with."

When Elder Ma heard Qingming say this, he was taken aback. Then his expression changed and he exclaimed, "A maze formation, a killing formation! Damn it, I underestimated them. This time they actually set up a maze formation and a killing formation. Which buildings did you attack before?"

Qingming nodded and said, "I have attacked it. Every time you attack that building, several dark figures will appear. I destroyed two buildings before, and hundreds of dark figures appeared and attacked me. What should I do now?"

Elder Ma's expression changed and he said, "You mean, there are still shadowy figures chasing you?"

Qingming nodded, and Elder Ma's expression completely changed. He cursed under his breath, "Damn it, you should have told me sooner." With that, he moved his hand, producing an array plate. He placed the plate on the ground and quickly cast incantations into it. The array plate immediately levitated. Then, Elder Ma moved his hand again, and several array flags flew from his hand, landing around him. Elder Ma then shouted, "Rise!"

As soon as he spoke, a shimmering magic circle appeared around them, enveloping Qingming and Elder Ma.

Elder Ma let out a long breath, then said, "This is an illusion array that can temporarily trap the enemy." With that, he moved his hand, and a straw doll appeared in his hand. Elder Ma tossed the straw doll to Qingming and continued, "This is a substitute straw doll. Drip a drop of blood onto the straw doll, then place it in the array. Then we can leave the array. If those shadowy figures follow your aura, they will only think you are in this array, and they will enter the array. Once they enter the array, they will be trapped by the illusion, and we won't have to worry about them chasing us."

Upon hearing Elder Ma's words, Qingming's eyes lit up. To be honest, he was truly terrified by those shadowy figures. They were like leeches clinging to his bones, constantly following him. If he were to get entangled with them, he would eventually be exhausted to death. Not to mention, those shadowy figures were very strong; he would probably be killed before he even died from exhaustion. If there was a way to trap those shadowy figures here, that would be the best outcome.

Moreover, he knew about the substitute straw doll before. The substitute straw doll didn't have much power. It could only imitate a person's aura and wasn't very useful, but it was just right for this situation.

Qingming took the substitute straw doll and glanced at it. He had used such things before, but as his strength and status increased, he stopped using them long ago. However, his eyesight was still sharp. This straw doll was indeed a substitute straw doll. This kind of substitute straw doll was made of a special kind of white thatch grass. Its core was a wooden stick engraved with runes, and the white thatch grass was stuck on the outside of the wooden stick. As long as a drop of blood was dripped onto the straw doll, it could act as a substitute.

Once Qingming saw that the straw doll was alright, he finally let down his guard. With a flick of his hand, a drop of blood fell directly onto the straw doll.

When the drop of blood landed on the straw man, he felt a faint connection between himself and the straw man, and he felt relieved. But at that moment, he suddenly heard a voice say, "Freeze!" With this voice, Qingming found that his body could not move, which startled him. The next moment, he felt a chill in his chest as a long sword pierced his chest, directly through his heart. This time, the sword did not miss; his heart was on the right side, and the sword pierced his heart as well.

The moment his heart was pierced, he felt all the strength in his body slowly draining away. At the same time, he found that he could move his body again. He raised his head and looked at Elder Ma, only to find that Elder Ma was no longer there. There was only a dark shadow standing there.

Qingming let out a long breath, his eyes fixed on the dark figure, and then he muttered, "I didn't expect it to be a fake again." Then he spat out a mouthful of blood, and his eyes slowly lost their luster.

The next moment, a rune suddenly emerged from the straw man and landed directly on him. The divine light in Qingming's eyes reappeared. Qingming breathed a sigh of relief, then looked down and found that his injuries had completely disappeared. At that moment, he felt the scenery in front of him change, and the next moment he appeared in front of Xu Ying.

When Xu Ying saw Qingming, she smiled and nodded at him. Qingming nodded back. He glanced around and saw that many sect elders were already standing there, including Elder Ma.

Xu Ying then spoke up, "Elder Qingming, yes, you should know your situation now. From now on, you are a member of the sect. Wait here for a while. Once everyone is dealt with, you can go to the sect."

Qingming responded and walked directly to Elder Ma and the others, standing there. Elder Ma looked at him and smiled wryly, saying, "I really didn't expect you to come out so quickly. How did you become a member of the undead race?"

Qingming glanced at him, then said in a deep voice, "You've fooled me." Elder Ma looked at him with a puzzled expression. Qingming then told Elder Ma about what had happened in that city. Elder Ma was taken aback upon hearing Qingming's words, then said, "I became a member of the undead race not long after you stepped forward. Because we were completely unprepared, we were directly turned into undead. So tell me, is it possible that someone might encounter you in that illusion? If they meet you at the realm, won't they also fall for your trick?"

Qingming was taken aback, then he couldn't help but smile wryly and said, "That's really hard to say."

Just as she was speaking, another elder appeared. The elder seemed slightly stunned upon arrival. Xu Ying then spoke again, "Elder Huang Zong, right? Wait here for a moment. Once everyone has arrived, we will send you back to your sect."

The elder responded, then flew to Qingming's side and stood there. Qingming turned to look at him and asked, "How did you get out?"

Huang Zong glanced at Qingming and then said, "You killed him." Upon hearing this, Qingming immediately understood what he meant. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and then said, "I didn't expect you to be like this too."

Huang Zong was taken aback, then looked at Qingming with a puzzled expression and asked, "What do you mean?"

Qingming gave a bitter smile, then said, "I was killed by him, and the method he used was similar."

Huang Zong turned to look at Elder Ma, who gave a wry smile and said nothing. Huang Zong immediately understood. He turned to Qingming and said, "So that means I might be lying to someone in some space right now?" Qingming nodded. Huang Zong smiled wryly and said nothing more.

Soon, various sects appeared here one after another, and the number of people increased. In about two hours, everyone who came here this time appeared in this space. After everyone arrived, Xu Ying sent them back to the Blood Slaughter Sect. After Qingming and the others left, Xu Ying led his people away. Of course, before leaving, they also took away the magic array here. They not only took their own magic array, but also the magic array set up by the sect alliance, including the thirty-six magic artifacts used as talismans. All of those magic artifacts were taken by Xu Ying and his group and sent back to the Divine Mechanism Hall.

After dealing with these matters, Xu Ying and the others left the place, leaving only an underground space. Apart from the traces left when the Nine Nether Stone Formation was activated, there was nothing else there. It was as if no battle had ever taken place there, but someone had tested the Nine Nether Stone Formation there. This news spread throughout the entire Divine Kingdom in the shortest possible time.