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Chapter 174 Jianghu
Wen Yilan and Pan Gang's faces suddenly changed!

The rows of closed doors and windows not only blocked their sight, but also separated them all, forming a prison pattern. It was hard to tell east from west. Not to mention Hu Gao's position, even the position of his companions and even his own was difficult to determine.

More importantly, as the drums sounded, the flames went out and the night watchman dominated the world again. No one knew which second of the chaotic time controlled by the night watchman was blank.

Even though there is nothing in front of you, you never know, a sharp saber might chop down on your head!
And Su Daoshan in the forest was so excited that his heart skipped a beat.

The night watchman's announcement of the night watch cannot be repeated. Compared with the first night watch, the words of the second night watch have changed and are more powerful.

"Close doors and windows to prevent fire and theft."

Closing the door is a prohibition, closing the window is to prevent peeping. Closing the doors and windows is a defense. Adding the "anti-theft" function, this skill has four functions: "extinguishing lights and fires", "imprisonment", "blocking sight and getting rid of locks" and "preventing sneak attacks".

This caused the situation to suddenly reverse!
Before, Hu Gao was being beaten by two demon hunters, but as the rows of doors and windows closed, he not only escaped danger immediately, but also separated and imprisoned his opponents.

"It's over!"

At this moment, Su Daoshan could almost foresee Hu Gao stealing time and crushing the whole field again - with the two demon hunters already injured and exhausted, as long as Hu Gao was not greedy, it would not be difficult for him to kill one of them with the stolen one or two seconds and the maze-like doors and windows that isolated everything!

However, just when Su Daoshan felt that the world before his eyes had begun to solidify, the situation on the field suddenly changed!

I saw a dense ball of silver light emerging from the void with Hu Gao as the center - it was countless embroidery needles, and in the needle hole of each needle, there was a silk thread that extended into the void.

Liu Huan? !
Su Daoshan looked at it in astonishment. He saw that in the open space of the house, Liu Huan's eyes changed drastically. The black pupils reflecting the moonlight were like a piece of ice that suddenly melted into countless small water droplets. Each drop of water seemed to reflect a different world, mysterious and weird.

The embroidery needles shuttled through the air at high speed, as fast as a phantom. They pulled the silk threads, intertwined them in the air, then pierced into the void, and then came out from the other end of the void, continuing to pull the silk threads to fly and intertwine.

so repeatedly.

In an instant, thousands of needles and threads embroidered houses, earthen walls, scattered debris and fallen bodies, blood, dust, the night sky and stars, and Hu Gao and the refugees around him in the void.

But the only thing was... Liu Huan and the others themselves were not embroidered.

Then, Liu Huan disappeared, several Hongzhao Palace disciples not far away disappeared, Wen Yilan disappeared, Pan Gang also disappeared... Everything happened in a silent instant, and their figures were like being erased from a painting with an eraser.

The embroidery lady's special technique——【Magic Needle】!
It sounds slow, but in fact, both Hu Gao's [Ergen] and Liu Huan's [Magic Needle] happened in an instant.

The world in Su Daoshan's vision became still, and then after a second or two, it began to flow again. The trees in the forest continued to sway in the wind, and the stream began to gurgle again.

With a bang, Pan Gang appeared. This giant demon hunter was swinging his sword, and with a whirlwind-like sweep, he chopped the doors and windows next to him into shattered shadows. At the same time, Wen Yilan also appeared not far away. She rode out of the void, charging all the way, sweeping the lance in her hand left and right, smashing a path directly between the isolated doors and windows.

Neither of them was injured!

In the other direction, Hu Gao was still turning around in a frenzy with a manic look on his face, like a blindfolded trapped beast!

Su Daoshan was completely stunned. The next moment, a tingling sensation like an electric current attacked him, running from his back straight to the top of his head, causing goose bumps to appear all over his body.

It was Liu Huan who made the contribution.

There is no doubt that Liu Huan played the smallest role in the previous battle. The fame and strength of this Moon Fairy were limited to being the best among the younger generation in Xiazhou. Once she really met a master like Hu Gao, she would have no power to fight back.

If the opponent wants to kill her, it will never take more than two moves!
Therefore, apart from the previous siege, Liu Huan basically did not take action, only using silk threads to harass from the side. However, the silk threads of the embroiderer did not have a deeper effect, and could not control others like controlling puppets. Moreover, when facing an opponent who was much stronger than her, even the restraining effect of the silk threads would be greatly reduced, and it would be easy for them to break free.

She had already tried her best to make Hu Gao stop for a moment.

However, what Su Daoshan never dreamed of was that at the critical moment, it was this seemingly useless girl who took action to change the situation.

[Phantom Needle] This strange art can use the magic of embroidery to instantly embroider any scene or thing that the embroiderer sees or thinks in the void. Therefore, when Pan Gang and others disappeared, only Su Daoshan knew that they were covered up!

Those embroidery needles used the void as a cloth to replicate the entire world. Moreover, this world was not just one, but two, inside and outside!

It's like a hydrangea. If you look at it from the brocade outside the hydrangea, the embroidered world replaces the original world. Everything is so lifelike and seamless.

But if Hu Gao's position is taken as the center of the hydrangea... Su Daoshan knows that when Hu Gao looks around at that moment, he will see a chaotic and upside-down world.

The mountains and forests were broken, the river hung upside down in the sky, the stars and the moon fell, half of the houses were in the east and half in the west, and the people around had eyes on their necks or hands on their heads...

It sounds mysterious, but in essence, this strange technique is just a sleight of hand.

At least this is the case in the human realm.

Just like in "The Truman Show", as long as Hu Gao realizes the illusion and breaks through the boundary, it will be easy to break it. Moreover, maintaining such an illusion consumes a lot of energy, and Liu Huan's mental strength can't last long.

Just like now, in just a few seconds, the blood color on Liu Huan's face receded like the tide. Her skin was originally white, and now it was almost transparent.

However, it was this girl with an elegant temperament and calm features who used the most imaginative and ingenious way to make this strange technique play the most crucial role at the critical moment!
She had fully anticipated Hu Gao's reaction, and used the [Phantom Needle] at the exact moment when the [Second Watch] drumbeat sounded.

Just like when a demon sets up a big maze and at the same time covers the demon itself with a small maze, the appearance of the magic needle embroidery world makes Hu Gao miss the opportunity to take action just because of a trance.

It's simply a move of God!
Not only that, even the "Hu Gao" that Su Daoshan saw at this moment was not the real Hu Gao, but just a reflection of the embroidery. The real Hu Gao was still covered in the illusion of embroidery.

Su Daoshan was so moved that he was shaken.

Having studied for twenty years in his previous life and becoming a scholar in this life, Su Daoshan was not a man of courage and bravery by nature. Compared to the hard fight of strength, this kind of intellectual crushing was more in line with his aesthetic taste and interest.

Watching Liu Huan's moves was like watching a chess game. A brilliant move was as pleasurable as drinking nectar or tasting fine wine. If he hadn't forced himself to hold back, he would have almost clapped his hands and cheered loudly.

At the same time, this also opened a door for Su Daoshan, and an idea spontaneously came to his mind.

"The magic of the universe is ever-changing, and the key to its application lies in one's mind! If they work together, they may not necessarily lose if they continue to fight like this!"

However, although Liu Huan broke Hu Gao's plan, the situation on the field remained serious.

Hu Gao's power as a night watchman was too great an advantage at night. Although Liu Huan had broken his plan to steal the time, the effect of [Second Watch] to get rid of the lock and prevent sneak attacks still made it seem as if there was an invisible chaotic space around him.

Unable to get close, and unable to attack. Wen Yilan and Pan Gang tried several times to take advantage of his confusion and seize the initiative, but every time they rushed over, they inexplicably turned to another place.

At the same time, the scattered refugees rushed forward again under the occupational characteristics of the night watchman, forcing several disciples of the Hongzhao Palace into danger. As a last resort, Wen Yilan, Pan Gang and Liu Huan could only fight hard to protect everyone and repel this wave of attacks.

By the time the refugees' fierce and devilish eyes gradually cleared up, began to reveal fear, and retreated again, Hu Gao had also woken up from the illusion of the embroidery world and broke out of it.

When... when... when...

Amid the deafening sound of metal clashing, Hu Gao, Wen Yilan and the other two fought again.

Several figures were like chasing meteors, fighting from south to north and from east to west. Not only had the several carriages in the mansion been smashed to pieces in the battle, but even the small building and the wall of the mansion had collapsed by more than half, almost razed to the ground.

"Would you like to go?"

Su Daoshan was torn between inner and outer thoughts. Staying here for one more second would mean more danger.

As time passed, Liu Huan, Wen Yilan and Pan Gang were gradually exhausted. Pan Gang was already seriously injured, and now he just stopped bleeding and swallowed a pill to hold on. Wen Yilan was an actor, and Qi Ba couldn't stand a long, high-intensity battle.

The longer it takes, the worse it will be for them.

On the contrary, Hu Gao was still not at a disadvantage when fighting one against three.

What frightened Su Daoshan the most was that he couldn't find any flaws in this man at all.

The gap between the lower level of the seventh rank and the upper level of the sixth rank in martial arts is really too big. When fighting with previous opponents, Su Daoshan could still see the flaws and light spots on the opponent. But on Hu Gao, there were not many light spots. Even if he saw one occasionally, it was fleeting.

I can't catch it at all!
Facing such an opponent, Su Daoshan knew very well that his Eighteen Crazy Hammers, his Loach Body Movements, and his Ice Armor Skills were all useless. He could be split in half with just one strike.

As for the special arts, the scholars were not suitable for fighting in their early careers. All he could use was a copied mist dispersion, and whether it was reading or asking questions...

Just as he was thinking about this, suddenly, an idea flashed through Su Daoshan's mind, and he was a little absent-minded for a moment.

Rhetorical question?

Su Daoshan has always known that this is a terrifying magic.

He had used this strange skill to plant a seed of doubt in Zhou Qinghe's heart before, which led to a quarrel between him and Liu Song, thus creating an opportunity for himself to take action.

But even so, Su Daoshan rarely used rhetorical questions. After all, compared with the insight gained from reading and the practicality of copying, rhetorical questions did not play a big role in battle. Putting a question into someone's mind was just a nuisance.

Besides, this strange technique has too many restrictions.

Everyone is the absolute master of his own thoughts. Using thoughts formed by supernatural powers to invade the other party's thinking world is like a snowman running into the crater of a volcano. It is an extremely dangerous thing in itself. If you are not careful, you will suffer backlash.

If the question is too abrupt, it will alert the other party and cause a backlash. If the question is too easy, the other party will answer it instantly, which will also cause a backlash. Similarly, if you are in a state of fear, panic, or your mental strength is weaker than that of your opponent, it will still cause a backlash.

Because of this, when Su Daoshan calculated his own strength, he basically excluded this strange technique. He wanted to wait until he climbed up Tiandao Mountain and saw what would happen after he reached the extraordinary realm before deciding how to use this strange technique.

But... thinking about it at this moment, especially after seeing Liu Huan's magical [Magic Needle], an irresistible idea suddenly emerged in Su Daoshan's mind.

"What's going on in Hu Gao's mind right now?"

Su Daoshan had the answer to this question almost immediately.

The answer was also given by Liu Huan!

When Su Daoshan saw Liu Huan taking action before, he actually had a vague question in his mind - that is, as far as he knew, the embroiderer's embroidery could be done with one stitch on both sides, with the inside and outside being the same.

In other words, what others outside see is also what Hu Gao presents inside.

Therefore, normally, Liu Huan only needed to cover up the traces of herself, Wen Yilan and others. On the contrary, presenting a broken and upside-down world to Hu Gao alone seemed a bit superfluous.

Isn’t this a public reminder to the other party that there is something wrong with this world?

But thinking about it now, Su Daoshan suddenly realized that his thoughts were just the reactions of a normal person.

Hu Gao was no longer a normal person. Not only was he parasitized by the secret weapon, but he was already in the middle and late stages of the disease, becoming the embodiment of evil thoughts and a fighting machine that knew no fatigue, pain, or fear.

The fact that he does not feel pain, fatigue or fear shows in itself a decline in his rationality and humanity.

This is why Liu Huan gave him a broken world, and the result was that he did not get out of the illusion until he had repelled the influx of refugees again.

So...if I were to ask such a [retarded] person a question...

Su Daoshan swallowed hard and looked at the increasingly thick black aura on Hu Gao's body. Suddenly he remembered something and reached into his arms and touched a stack of talismans.

Ever since he discovered that exorcism talismans were effective against crazy puppets, he prepared a lot of talismans at home and carried them with him at all times.

"If the exorcism talisman can deal with the parasites in the mad puppet, will it also be effective against the parasitic weapon in Hu Gao's body? Once the parasitic secret weapon is knocked out of the body, even if it's only for a moment..."

Another thought flashed through his mind, making Su Daoshan feel his heart beating faster and faster!

Looking up, Song Xier was lurking quietly on the half-collapsed roof of a house in the distance, her eyes focused.

Below, Liu Huan, Wen Yilan, and Pan Gang were still fighting bloody battles. The moonlight was cold, and the water was gurgling. There were shouts of anger, the sound of metal clashing, footsteps, and screams.

At a certain moment, Su Daoshan's heart suddenly calmed down.

Perhaps, this is the world of martial arts.

(End of this chapter)