The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3258 Free Travel Barrier
"No!" The martial artist didn't even have time to utter the complete word "no" before he felt a sharp pain in his back.

He looked down and saw that the shadowy figure's claws had pierced through his back and reached his front, with a beating heart still clutched in its claws. Blood dripped continuously from the claws, staining his clothes and the ground red.

There was nothing he could do; he simply couldn't outrun the shadowy figure. Just as he started running back, the shadowy figure had already caught up with him in an instant.

"Help...help me..." He used his last bit of strength to call for help, but before he could finish speaking, his breath stopped completely, and his body went limp and fell down, never to move again.

At that very moment, with a loud "bang," a burning log flew through the air at great speed, covering a distance of more than ten meters, and struck the shadowy figure precisely. It hit the shadowy figure's arm instantly, and the flames clung to the shadowy figure's skin and ignited upon contact.

The dark figure let out a shrill roar, instinctively shaking its claws to shake off the corpse of the warrior clinging to them. Then it quickly retreated, swinging its arms rapidly in an attempt to shake off the burning flames.

This was also due to the shadowy figure's carelessness. After all, although he successfully launched a sneak attack from behind the martial artist, his view was blocked by the martial artist from the Ouyang family, and he did not see the burning wood coming at him, so he did not dodge in time.

If the shadowy figure had seen it first, it would have been able to dodge the flames with incredible speed, instead of being hit and having its arm set on fire.

Just as the shadowy figure shook off the martial artist's body and frantically swung its arm in an attempt to extinguish the flames, a dozen or so burning logs hurled precisely at it.

The shadowy figure retreated instantly, but its burning arm distorted its movements. It dodged many pieces of firewood, but a few still struck it, igniting several parts of its body.

The flames burned right there on his skin.

However, this level of burn did not frighten the shadowy figure. Instead, while dodging the burning wood, it roared at the martial artists at the entrance, eager to rush forward and kill a few more.

The martial artist standing at the entrance of the main hall stared intently at the burning black shadow, his heart filled with worry. However, he kept throwing out the burning wood in his hand, then immediately turned around and retreated to make way for the martial artist behind him.

The warriors behind him continued to throw burning logs at the dark figure.

Unfortunately, the shadowy figure dodged most of the logs using its speed, but didn't continue its charge. Furthermore, the burning logs scattered everywhere indirectly limited the shadowy figure's movement space.

As a result, several more pieces of wood struck the shadowy figure, causing the flames on its body to burn even more intensely.

The shadowy figure, enveloped in flames, roared at the warrior standing at the entrance of the hall, trying to rush forward, but the flames burning on its body seemed to further hinder its movements.

Just then, Zhou Zixing appeared at the entrance, his innate short sword gleaming coldly, causing the roaring black shadow to temporarily stop roaring and turn to stare at him.

Zhou Zixing did not rush in. After all, there were still many shadowy figures loitering at the entrance of the fire passage. If he entered the main hall, the shadowy figures outside might take action, destroy the connection between the fire passage and the main hall, and then rush in to kill the many martial artists around him.

He guessed that the dark figure inside the hall was luring him to attack, causing him to leave the outside and creating an opportunity for the other dark figures lingering outside to break through the wall of flames and ambush the martial artist. Therefore, Zhou Zixing simply stood at the entrance of the hall, quietly watching the dark figure inside, without entering the hall to attack it.

He then turned to the group of martial artists and said, "Keep throwing wood. It doesn't matter if you miss. As long as there's enough burning wood, this dark figure will be killed sooner or later!"

Upon hearing this, many martial artists nodded in agreement and began throwing out burning wood.

The shadowy figure inside the hall seemed to realize that Zhou Zixing had no intention of attacking it. By not entering the hall, it could not create an opportunity for the shadowy figure outside.

In addition, as more and more wood burns, the space it has to move around becomes smaller and smaller, and the chances of it being hit by falling wood become greater and greater, until eventually its whole body is on fire.

The shadowy figures were unwilling to give up, but they had no good solutions. Although they possessed intelligence, it was limited. So, after a reluctant roar, they finally retreated.

But what happened next left all the martial artists standing at the entrance, as well as Zhou Zixing, dumbfounded, their faces filled with disbelief.

The black shadow, scorched by the flames, quickly approached the unburnt wall in the hall. Then, it pressed its body against the wall and disappeared instantly, leaving only the reflection of the flames on the wall. It was as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion.

The dark figure seemed to have never entered the main hall.

"What?! These shadowy figures were able to enter the main hall using this method!" Zhou Zixing stood at the entrance, staring at the spot where the shadowy figures merged into the wall, speechless with shock, his eyes filled with disbelief.

He and Qian Ying had previously tried to find the shadowy figures hiding in the surrounding area when they were demolishing the building, but they had never found them.

Especially yesterday during the day, they were ambushed by shadowy figures who killed several martial artists, all of whom died inside their rooms, which puzzled them. Why were these shadowy figures able to ambush martial artists inside the house, but when the two of them rushed in, they couldn't find them?

It turns out that these shadowy figures can blend into the walls and move freely between buildings, which is why they can appear and disappear so mysteriously and successfully launch multiple sneak attacks!

In this way, when he and Qian Ying rushed into the room, they naturally couldn't find the shadowy figure.

Yesterday they were furious with that wooden statue, but it was all the work of the shadowy figure, who was playing tricks on them all.

Upon realizing this, Zhou Zixing felt a chill run down his spine. If the shadowy figure could freely merge into the wall, then even if they retreated into the main hall, they might not be safe. The shadowy figure could emerge from the wall at any moment and launch a sneak attack on them, making it impossible to defend against.

Therefore, in order to enter the main hall and use it as a refuge from the shadowy attack, all the walls of the main hall must be covered with burning wood. Once the shadowy figure enters, it will be set ablaze.

Moreover, there needs to be a lot of wood to make the flames burn intensely. This way, even if the shadow can freely move through these walls, it will encounter intense flames upon entering and be burned to death.