What do you mean by saying that the corpses I sew are all ominous creatures?

After picking up the knife box, I bent my knees slightly, and the earth-shaking force within me suddenly surged forth.

Then, as if I had lost all weight, I took three steps at a time, lightly tapping my toes on the rough tree trunk a few times, and silently leaped directly to the top of the big tree next to me.

The tree had very dense foliage, further enhanced by the cover of night and the torrential rain.

As long as I don't actively reveal my presence, even if a cultivator at the Core Formation Realm walks by under the tree, they won't be able to detect my existence.

I found a thick tree branch and squatted down on it steadily.

The mysterious, cool aura lingering between my brows flowed slowly, keeping my five senses remarkably sharp even in the downpour.

After spreading out my sensory net, I could clearly hear the subtle differences in the sound of raindrops hitting different leaves, and I could also sense any rustling of the wind within tens of meters around me.

Time slipped away bit by bit in the downpour.

Like a hunter patiently waiting for its prey to fall into its net, I slowed my breathing, reduced the fluctuations of my murderous aura to a minimum, and quietly blended into the desolate night.

About half an hour later.

Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the darkness across the road, as if someone was parting the dense bushes.

Immediately afterwards, a figure wearing a black windbreaker emerged from the woods beside the provincial highway; it was Li Qing, who had returned from setting up the formation.

He stood at the edge of the road, raindrops dripping down his chin.

He stared blankly at the empty road in front of him, and scratched his rain-soaked hair.

After looking around, he lowered his voice and tentatively called out softly:

"Old Chen?"

I stood in the tree and whispered a reply:

"Here."

When Li Qing heard my voice coming from above, he was slightly taken aback.

Then I immediately looked up and saw my figure hidden in the tree canopy through the heavy rain.

His eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but grin, muttering, "Great place."

As soon as he finished speaking, he exerted force with his feet and leaped up lightly.

Using the protruding rocks nearby for leverage, he leaped directly onto the top of the big tree opposite me.

We exchanged a glance, separated by a road in mid-air.

The net is ready; now, we'll see when the first big fish of the night swims in.

A fierce wind, accompanied by torrential rain, raged across this desolate old provincial highway on the outskirts of the city.

I squatted on a thick tree branch, my legs firmly planted on the slippery bark.

His left hand hung naturally at his sides, while he held the custom-made black wooden box containing the black knife firmly in his hand.

While waiting, I switched the wooden box to my right arm and held it there, freeing my left hand to take out my phone from my inner pocket.

I turned the screen brightness down to the lowest setting, so that it emitted only a faint glow in the darkness.

I quickly tapped a few times on the screen with one hand, sending a short message to Li Qing on the other end:

"I set up a hidden tripwire on the road below."

If anything happens later, don't rush to act; wait and see how things unfold.

After sending the message, I put my phone back in my pocket.

Through the heavy rain, I looked at the big tree across the road.

Although the light was dim, I could still vaguely make out Li Qing's silhouette hidden among the branches and leaves.

He clearly felt his phone vibrate and looked down to check the messages.

A few seconds later, he put away his phone, stretched out his hand in mid-air in my direction, and made a "OK" sign very decisively.

With tactical coordination complete, all that's left is patience.

About ten more minutes passed.

Amidst the deafening roar of the torrential rain and the occasional rumble of thunder, I keenly detected something unusual.

It was a muffled roar of a car engine, rapidly approaching us from the direction I was facing, away from Jiangcheng.

I squinted slightly, my gaze piercing through the rain, fixed on the end of the road.

Soon, a black SUV with a high chassis came into view.

The car was driven very recklessly, speeding at least 80 miles per hour on the bumpy, waterlogged old provincial highway.

Moreover, the driver was clearly an experienced driver, as he didn't even turn on his headlights in such terrible weather.

With only two bright yellow fog lights on, it sped through the night.

The car was heading towards Jiangcheng.

Seeing this, I frowned slightly, but did not make any rash moves.

Instead, they waited for the SUV to approach quickly, spraying water all the way.

When the car plunged into a 50-meter radius around my location, the cool sensation between my eyebrows suddenly jolted.

The invisible sensory network woven from mental energy instantly enveloped the entire vehicle.

The next second, four solid auras, each carrying a distinct killing intent, were clearly transmitted to my mind.

There were four people in the car, and they were all experts at the Dan Realm!

In this degenerate age, a master of the Dan realm is definitely a powerful figure.

In a place like Jiangcheng, it's rare to even see one normally.

Now, four experts at the Dan Realm are crammed into an off-road vehicle like cabbages, rushing frantically towards Jiangcheng in the pouring rain.

At this critical juncture, if you were to say they went to the city for a late-night snack, even a ghost wouldn't believe it.

As I watched the SUV below getting closer and closer, the evil core within my body began to spin faster, and a fierce fighting spirit, yearning for blood, spread through my chest.

Who cares who they are or what their purpose is in going to Jiangcheng?

Lu Yan's instructions were clear: anyone acting suspiciously should be apprehended.

If there is resistance, life or death will not matter.

Four Dan Realm cultivators are suspicious enough.

Seeing that the off-road vehicle was less than 20 meters away from where I had set up the tripwire, I didn't hesitate at all and acted decisively.

A surge of powerful spiritual energy flowed from between my brows, instantly locking onto the black bone needle I had tossed into the grass under the tree on my left.

"rise!"

I silently shouted to myself.

"Whoosh—"

A very faint whooshing sound came from under the tree.

Then, with a "plop," the bone needle was driven deep into the heartwood of the solid wood, leaving only a small tip sticking out.

The dragon silk, which had been loosely attached to the flooded road, was suddenly tightened by a tremendous force the moment the bone needles pinned the tree trunk.

The translucent silk thread sprang up from the ground in an instant, taut in mid-air, and stretched across the entire old provincial highway.

The height is precisely positioned at the front bumper of the off-road vehicle.

"Bang—Crack!"

A fraction of a second later, the speeding SUV crashed head-on into the deadly tripwire.