Immortality and Cultivation: This old man seeks enlightenment through mere survival.

Outside the formation, the three-headed demonic beast that caught up had ferocious faces and a violent aura.

Enveloped in a thick fog within the formation, Xu Yan'er darted around like a headless fly, her pretty face filled with despair.

"They're catching up, I'm going to die..."

As long as those three demonic beasts charge into the formation together, Xu Yan'er will definitely be cruelly devoured in this narrow space!

However, the barrier at the edge of the formation gradually solidified from a thin film in the next moment.

Bang bang bang! ! !

The three-headed monster crashed solidly into the barrier, leaving it dizzy and disoriented.

"Roar!!"

The three-headed monster let out a mournful roar, unwilling to give up, and continued to ram into the array barrier.

The barrier was hit with loud thuds, but it remained remarkably sturdy.

For a moment, Xu Yan'er stood frozen in place inside the formation, her pretty face blank with surprise.

"Why was everything fine when I came in, but they were stopped?"

It's obviously due to human intervention.

Hidden in the mist, Lu Zaian quietly closed the formation.

This first-tier, mid-grade formation is called the "Misty Illusionary Realm Formation".

It possesses the combined effects of illusion, defense, and concealment.

Ordinary cultivators at the mid-stage of Qi Refining would not be able to detect this formation at all.

However, if they accidentally stumble into the formation, they will be enveloped in a thick fog and lose their way.

If Lu Zaian were to actively control it, he could also close the formation, turning it into a one-way barrier.

Although the three demonic beasts outside are only mid-grade first-level monsters.

But Lu Zaian was in no hurry to make a move; he was waiting.

Waiting for the person behind the scenes to appear.

Although these three demonic beasts had a savage and ferocious light flashing in their eyes, they were of different races.

It's considered good if they don't fight each other when they get together.

How could they be chasing a human cultivator together?

It was clearly manipulated by other cultivators.

Not knowing the identity of the person who came, Lu Zaian did not want to make a move rashly.

However, since the person is only controlling a mid-grade first-tier demonic beast, their cultivation level should not be very high.

.........

In the formation.

Seeing that the three demonic beasts couldn't break through the barrier after a long time, Xu Yan'er couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Her eyes darted around, clearly indicating that this formation was also set up by someone.

Xu Yan'er immediately shouted for help in all directions:

"Was this formation set up by some senior?"

Please rescue Yan'er from this dire situation; Yan'er will be eternally grateful!

.........

No response.

Xu Yan'er called out a few more times, unwilling to give up.

Still no response.

Only her own voice echoed in the mist, sounding empty...

"Okay," Xu Yan'er sighed.

I don't know why there's a formation here.

But ironically, this formation gave him a chance to catch his breath.

Unable to find a way out for the time being, Xu Yan'er could only sit cross-legged and try to recover her magical power as quickly as possible.

A quarter of an hour later.

Another dark shadow swept across the horizon, approaching the formation.

"coming……"

Lu Zaian, hidden within the illusionary array of mist, was not restricted by the mist and could clearly see the person who had come.

"Oh... the Puppet Demon Elder, I didn't expect it to be him?" Lu Zaian was slightly taken aback.

The cultivator standing outside the array barrier was short, ugly, and had a sinister expression.

It was the old puppet demon whom Lu Zaian had met briefly when he first entered the city.

The old puppet demon stopped in front of the formation, his face disdainful, and he sneered arrogantly.

"Hehehe... Little girl, is this your last resort?"

"A mere first-tier mid-grade formation, you think you can stop me?"

Clearly, the Puppet Demon Elder believed that this formation was a disposable array plate purchased by Xu Yan'er.

This kind of trump card can't stop me at all.

Xu Yan'er, who was inside the formation, turned pale.

She couldn't recover much of her magic power in such a short time.

Moreover, the Puppet Demon Elder has already arrived.

He was completely trapped.

Once the formation is broken, a miserable end awaits them.

"...What, what did you do to Old Master Mo and Aunt Hong?!"

Xu Yan'er gritted her teeth, her beautiful eyes filled with tears as she stared intently at the old puppet demon.

"Hehe, what else can we do? Of course, we kill them!"

The old puppet demon smiled sinisterly.

"Killing them took me quite a bit of effort, little girl, you shouldn't put up any more futile resistance, lest you end up hurting your pretty face..."

After saying that, the old puppet demon waved his hand, and a puppet appeared in front of the array's barrier.

The puppet's upper body was that of a beautiful woman, with eight symmetrical, pus-yellow eyes on its face.

Her skin was as smooth as cream, yet it bore countless stitches.

From the waist down, it gradually transitions into the scorpion's carapace.

It has six curved, sharp legs, and a thick, long, curved venomous needle at the end of its tail is raised high.

Horrifying, bizarre, and terrifying!

"Hehehe... This is the 'Beauty Scorpion' that I have carefully crafted. Its upper body is made from the skin of dozens of beautiful girls like you. How about it? Isn't it beautiful?"

The old puppet demon cackled wildly, his turbid old eyes looking at Xu Yan'er with a greedy expression.

"Soon, you too will become one of my collections!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the beautiful scorpion puppet charged fiercely towards the array barrier!

boom!

With just one strike, countless cracks appeared on the barrier, almost shattering it.

This puppet is already a top-tier first-order item, and it is being controlled at close range by the Puppet Demon Elder.

Clearly, this is not something a mid-grade first-order formation can withstand.

Inside the formation, Xu Yan'er trembled all over, almost grinding her teeth to powder!

We learned from the old puppet demon that both Old Mo and Aunt Hong had been murdered.

And now he too is about to be captured by this old scoundrel...

If I were to become like the human skin on that beautiful scorpion, I would die with my eyes wide open in disbelief.

"You old scoundrel, you won't get away with this! I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"

Xu Yan'er let out a delicate shout, reversing her cultivation technique, and her remaining magical power rushed back into her dantian, causing her whole body to turn an unnatural red color!

She's going to self-destruct!

Even if it means being blown to pieces, we cannot let the old puppet demon succeed.

"Want to self-destruct? What a foolish idea!"

The old man with the puppet demon was naturally unwilling to see his collection, which was about to be in his hands, destroyed.

With a flick of his wrist, the beautiful scorpion moved with lightning speed, breaking through the formation with its second strike and heading straight for Xu Yan'er.

[The needle at the end!]

The curved barbs stabbed at Xu Yan'er!

Once she is stabbed, the poison will instantly paralyze her entire body.

At that time, whether she lives or dies will no longer be in Xu Yan'er's control.

"No!" Xu Yan'er's pretty face turned pale.

Even with her meridians reversed, she was still unable to move and could only watch helplessly as the poisoned needles pierced her.

She desperately wanted to self-destruct as quickly as possible!

At that critical moment, time seemed to stand still.

A tremendous aura surged up behind Xu Yan'er, like a meteor or shooting star crashing down!

She watched helplessly as the beautiful scorpion in front of her was struck by a red beam that flew out from behind her.

The ferocious carapace that was hard enough to withstand attacks from the late stage of Qi Refining became as fragile as tofu, and was easily torn apart in an instant.

"what?!!"

The old puppet demon's face turned purplish-red, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

The Beauty Scorpion was something he painstakingly crafted, and if it is destroyed, he will suffer a backlash.

"Looks like you really are alone. You should have said so earlier and kept me waiting for so long..."

A weathered voice drifted out.

Lu Zaian's figure slowly emerged from the mist...