Stealing the Heavens.

Chapter 60 Heavenly Demon Formation
It was almost noon, but Zhou Xinyu and Song Ke hadn't made a move. Zi Dong decided to lead the special forces team to Luoshui Village first and leave the Demon Hunter Team to Feng Qingwu.

When cultivators conduct covert investigations, they will disable their communication jade slips, because sending messages will cause fluctuations in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, thus exposing themselves.

Although the special forces team consists of only twenty-one people, each of them is an expert with unique skills.

Zi Dong had strict requirements for selecting special forces members, telling Zuo Fei that it was better to have none than to have the wrong ones, and that everyone had to have a special skill.

Moreover, not only must they be skilled, but everyone must be capable of becoming a commander, more than qualified to be a battalion commander.

Zi Dong flew to Luoshui Village first, while Zuo Fei led the special forces to disperse and sneak towards Luoshui Village in an encirclement.

"Junior Sister Xinyu, where is Song Ke?" Zi Dong flew to the small hill but did not see Song Ke, which made him a little strange.

“I sent Song Ke to investigate the area around Luoshui Village. The five demon cultivators in the village are acting strangely.”

Zhou Xinyu was still focused on the five demon cultivators inside the wooden building, as well as Song Ke, who was hiding and searching in the woods outside the village.

"Should I go and act as bait to see what these demon cultivators are up to?"

Zi Dong spread his divine sense to check on the five demon disciples who were cultivating inside the wooden building, and then checked on Song Ke who was still searching. He then discussed the matter with Zhou Xinyu.

"We don't know the situation of these five demon cultivators yet, let's wait and see."

Zhou Xinyu dared not let Zi Dong put himself in danger. The demon, monster, and witch races always acted strangely, and these five demon cultivators would never come to their deaths for no reason.

Zi Dong did not insist any further. He took out a communication jade slip and notified Zuo Fei, instructing him to lead the special forces team to wait for orders outside the village.

Luoshui Village is located in the northern part of the Qinglong Mountains, while the small hill where Zidong and Zhou Xinyu are located is to the south of Luoshui Village.

Luoshui Village is long and narrow from east to west, facing the small hill where Zidong and Zhou Xinyu live across the village, and there is another small hill to the north.

Song Ke quickly searched the area around Luoshui Village but found nothing. Instead of returning, he ran to the small hill north of Luoshui Village.

"What is she going to do?!" Zhou Xinyu seemed to be talking to herself, but also asking Zi Dong, because Song Ke was sitting on the hill without moving.

"Has she discovered something?!" Zi Dong sensed the fluctuations in Song Ke's spiritual sense, as if she was probing something.

"You stay here, I'll go check it out." Zhou Xinyu was a little worried. If there really was something unusual on the hill opposite, Song Ke wouldn't be able to handle it.

"Be careful." Zi Dong did not stop her. With Zhou Xinyu's strength at the Void Breaking Realm, she could protect herself even if she encountered an ambush.

But to Zi Dong's surprise, Zhou Xinyu swaggered straight into Luoshui Village!

Her white dress embroidered with a red cloud is her most famous trademark; even a blind person could see it.

Zi Dong stared intently at the five demon cultivators inside the wooden building, ready to rush over immediately should they make a move.

But to his even greater surprise, the five demon cultivators inside the wooden building actually went blind, allowing Zhou Xinyu to wander around the village at will.

Since it was already noon, the villagers who had returned from working in the fields to eat all ignored Zhou Xinyu, treating her as if she were invisible.

Zi Dong hesitated for a moment, but still did not inform Feng Qingwu. In case it was just a false alarm, the elders and deacons would have made a wasted trip.

His personal reputation is a minor matter; we cannot allow the sect to lose faith in the Demon Hunter Team. We must be certain that the wolf is truly coming before we can cry wolf.

Zhou Xinyu climbed the small hill north of Luoshui Village, chatted with Song Ke for a while, and then sat down to begin a careful investigation.

As evening approached, villagers who had gone out to work gradually returned. Zhou Xinyu and Song Ke bypassed Luoshui Village and returned to the small hill where Zidong was located.

“There’s a fluctuation of heaven and earth energy on the hill opposite, but I can’t sense any demonic aura,” Zhou Xinyu said helplessly. “Don’t you think the five demonic cultivators in the village are too strange?” Zi Dong wasn’t dwelling on the hill opposite; the five demonic cultivators in the village were the key issue.

"I'll go and capture them. I want to see what the demons are up to!" Zhou Xinyu finally decided she couldn't wait any longer.

"Those five demon disciples have left." Just as Zhou Xinyu was about to descend the mountain, Zi Dong quickly reminded her, as she had also sensed it in her divine sense at the same time.

"There's definitely something wrong!" Zhou Xinyu watched as the five demon disciples left the wooden building and headed towards the small hill to the north of the village.

"I'll go check the village. If it really is a trap, notify Feng Qingwu immediately," Zi Dong instructed before heading down the mountain.

Zhou Xinyu did not stop them, but was on high alert. Like Zi Dong, she had a premonition that these demons were targeting Zi Dong.

At this moment, smoke curled from the chimneys throughout Luoshui Village, the sky quickly darkened, candlelight flickered in the windows, and the smell of kerosene lamps filled the air.

Luoshui Village has mountains and water, as well as many stone houses, making it much wealthier than Baijia Village. Moreover, the villagers are very pragmatic.

The reason why Luoshui Village wasn't punished last time was because the village chief secretly reported it to the patrol team.

Each patrol team is responsible for a specific area, essentially acting as a local police officer, and they have contact information with various villages and towns.

Zi Dong had a good impression of Luoshui Village. He greeted the children playing as he walked, but no one dared to approach him.

Cultivators are more unattainable than emperors to ordinary people; they can be annihilated in a single breath.

As for the emperor, if pushed too far, he can rebel. Emperors take turns, and who knows, it might be my turn tomorrow.

Zi Dong entered the wooden building but found nothing. The five demon disciples had cleaned it very thoroughly, leaving no trace.

[Consuming 10,000 points of tenth-grade luck can break a first-grade Heavenly Demon Formation; consuming 10,000 points of sixth-grade luck can defeat ten Heavenly Profound Realm demon cultivators who have set up the formation.]

Just as Zi Dong was about to leave the wooden building, a sudden burst of spiritual energy from the east startled him.

The Heavenly Demon is equivalent to a god or immortal being. The Heavenly Demon Formation is like summoning a god. After possession, the demon cultivator's devouring power increases greatly.

A demonic cultivator in the Heavenly Profound Realm is equivalent to a cultivator in the Integration Realm, and their true energy can be continuously replenished within the formation until the Heavenly Demon Formation is dispelled.

"Where is the Heavenly Demon Formation?!" Zi Dong asked subconsciously, then rushed out of the wooden building, summoned his flying sword, and sped towards the small mountain south of the village.

He regretted asking the question as soon as he did. Donglai Ziqi wouldn't answer at all. He didn't have tenth-grade luck. If he was trapped in the Heavenly Demon Formation, there was only one way out: death.

The five demon disciples standing on the hill north of the village were stunned. They were about to contact the elders to set up the Heavenly Demon Formation.

Could Zi Dong have been prescient, knowing they had set up the Heavenly Demon Array in Luoshui Village, and thus escaped?!

"Junior Sister Xinyu, how do we break the First-Grade Heavenly Demon Formation?!" Zi Dong asked hurriedly, still shaken, after landing on the hill.

"You mean the Demon Clan has set up a Grade One Heavenly Demon Formation in Luoshui Village?!" Zhou Xinyu's eyes widened in shock, her mouth agape. This was an enormous investment!

"Commander Zi Dong, how did you know?!" Song Ke remained calm; she was unaware of the power of the Heavenly Demon Formation.

"I sensed it through my Qi Luck Root." Zi Dong told the truth. He really couldn't make things up; he couldn't exactly say he could tell fortunes.

"The First-Grade Heavenly Demon Formation requires at least one Void Breaking Realm demon elder to preside over the formation, and at least ten Heavenly Profound Realm demon deacons to be possessed by Heavenly Demons!"

Zhou Xinyu's expression was extremely solemn: "Moreover, it will require a massive amount of spirit stones and the sacrifice of numerous living beings. The entire Luoshui Village will be destroyed!"

(End of this chapter)