Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 23 Capture
Based on Su You's observations over the past week, the one with the most superior bloodline among these thirty-odd powerful dragon apes should be the offspring of that third-tier dragon ape.

However, during the week he observed the other party, he did not step out of the valley and spent most of his time training in the valley.

Su You thought about it and finally decided to wait before making a move. If the other party did not leave the valley within a month, he would choose another powerful dragon ape. If the other party stepped out of the valley, he would choose that one.

While waiting, Su You needed to make some preparations in advance. To lure the hunting dragon ape over, he needed to have bait.

"As for bait..."

Su You leaped into the air and soared rapidly, searching for traces of the monster in an area far from the valley.

He needs to control several demonic beasts as bait to lure the dragon ape into the location where he has set up the formation.

The choice of this bait also has requirements. If the strength is too great, Su You cannot control it. Although the witchcraft he obtained does not contain witchcraft for controlling beasts, it does contain witchcraft for enslaving souls.

With his current mental strength, it would be difficult for him to forcibly enslave a second-tier demon beast, unless the beast does not resist.

Of course, some weak first-tier monsters can still be easily enslaved.

If one can become a first-tier wizard and obtain more powerful soul magic, or even second-tier demonic beasts, there are ways to forcibly enslave them. After all, in the wizarding world, what wizards have the most of are slave armies of alien races.

In interdimensional warfare, alien slaves have always been the best cannon fodder.

Although Su You now possesses the sorcery to enslave souls, he cannot control slaves on a large scale or in large numbers. Even formal sorcerers cannot do this; they all rely on sorcerous artifacts for manipulation.

After flying around once, a snow leopard running at full speed came into his view.

"This late-stage Tier 1 snow leopard is quite impressive." Su You's eyes lit up as he watched the creature leap rapidly.

This running speed is no slower than that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator flying on a sword.

If we could use this monster as bait, we wouldn't have been killed by the enemy at the beginning, and we could have led them to the place where we set up the formation.

Su You observed quietly from above until the other party killed a prey and slowly enjoyed it. Then, he suddenly pounced down, used his mental power to suppress the other party's soul, and then engraved a mark of enslavement into the other party's soul.

The next moment, the fierce snow leopard lay prostrate on the ground, looking docile.

"Not bad, but we still need to find a few more demonic beasts to be absolutely sure." Su You put the snow leopard into his spirit beast pouch with satisfaction, and then continued to search for other suitable demonic beasts.

After finding eight fast-running monsters, Su You returned to the top of the valley to observe them.

Over the next period of time, Su You endured hardships and carefully observed the movements within the valley. After twelve days, the descendant of the third-tier dragon ape finally ventured out.

"Finally, we've arrived." Su You spread his wings with a hint of excitement and took flight, quickly heading towards a location ten kilometers to the east.

Previously, because the direction of the opponent's departure could not be determined, the Water-Dark Returning Origin Trapping Formation had not yet been set up.

However, he had already practiced setting up this formation hundreds of times in the city of Void Sky, so he could easily set it up.

The array flags were carefully placed in the ground, while the array plate was placed at the core of the array. Because it was not set up on a spiritual vein, the array could not absorb external spiritual energy to maintain itself, so it was necessary to prepare its own spirit stones. Su You specially exchanged a few high-grade spirit stones and placed them in the center of the array plate, enough to support the array to operate at full power for several hours.

After making the arrangements, Su You released the demonic beasts one by one from the spirit beast bag, and then scattered them in different directions to ensure that the descendant of the third-tier dragon ape would encounter one of them.

Under Su You's control, the snow leopard seemed to unintentionally approach the second-tier dragon ape at high speed, and just as it was about to get close, it pretended to have detected the terrifying aura ahead and quickly fled.

As the snow leopard approached, the dragon ape noticed the situation and let out a long howl, "Prey!"

Before it could finish speaking, it hurled the long stone spear in its hand.

The snow leopard easily dodged it, but it did slightly hinder its escape.

Then, hundreds of stone spears came flying through the air. Even though the snow leopard was exceptionally fast, several of them still managed to hit its body.

However, since the shot didn't hit a fatal spot, the victim won't die immediately.

Su You hurriedly steered it to continue fleeing towards the location of the formation, but unfortunately, it only managed to escape a short distance before being quickly caught up and killed due to injuries to its legs.

However, this at least led the group of dragon apes to search for the demonic beasts in the direction of the array formation.

Before long, Su You sent out another giant porcupine to attract the dragon apes' attention, leading them deeper into the formation.

After sending out five demonic beasts to lead the way at the cost of their lives, they were finally lured into the formation's range.

The instant they entered the formation, Su You activated it with a thought.

There were also dozens of first-tier dragon apes left outside, which Su You quickly dealt with. Then, he manipulated the formation outside to isolate these dragon apes one by one.

With so many dragon apes, Su You alone would find it difficult to deal with them. The formation also lacked offensive power, so he could only isolate and eliminate the dragon apes one by one.

First-tier dragon apes were the easiest to deal with. Su You took out a mid-grade spiritual artifact from his storage bag, poured his surging magic power into it, and the flying sword in his hand, like a winding lightning bolt, sliced ​​through the chests of one dragon ape after another.

In the next instant, blood gushed from the dragon apes, and they all collapsed to the ground.

"What a waste!" Su You sighed as he looked at the gushing blood.

Although he said it, his hands did not stop. A spiritual force spread out, and the originally surging blood gathered together and fell into the jade bottle in Su You's hand.

After collecting all the blood, Su You put the dragon ape corpses into his storage bag.

"Next, we need to figure out how to deal with those two second-tier dragon-axes." With a thought, Su You focused his divine sense on another part of the formation.

The two second-tier dragon apes seemed to realize they were trapped in the human's formation, and they roared incessantly, violently ramming against the formation's barrier.

Especially the descendant of that third-tier dragon ape, each impact caused the formation to tremble slightly.

(End of this chapter)