bayedsolid Chapter 469: The Power of Trust
Chapter 469: The Power of Trust
After the alarm, the Demon Hunting Department will block the area and the isolation formation will not be closed until the missing demons are captured.
This is not a formation that was activated artificially, but an emergency measure set up by Wen Chaoxi himself. Once the formation detects that there is demonic energy escaping from the inspection room, it will take effect automatically.
The idea behind the isolation formation is just one thing: if you escape from the demon tribe and are not caught, you can return to the room, and the entire demon hunting team cannot leave even if they die.
This is to prevent the escaped demons from causing killings.
Therefore, at this moment, Zhu Jiu and others had no way to retreat.
It's just very unlucky. Isn't this an unexpected disaster?
It is obvious that the demon who was able to escape from the inspection room was the hidden demon in the Void Refining Stage.
Several people looked unhappy, and Zhu Jiu had a gloomy expression.
Shuai Guo was shocked and felt very apologetic and annoyed, "I'm sorry everyone, I didn't expect to encounter such a change right after coming in! I will contact Jian first to let us out!"
However, the message failed.
Shuai Guo was a little overwhelmed.
Isn't this the end? What's the difference between this and the inspectors going to the sect to inspect and finding out that there is internal strife in the sect?
Of course, these have nothing to do with him. What he is worried about is that he will inevitably be implicated by these favored children.
Oh no, Shuai Guo suddenly reacted, these people are not only strong themselves, but also have Mahayana elders to protect them, so they must not be easy to die. Then who is likely to die suddenly?
It's him.
After Shuai Guo figured this out, he was no longer in a hurry.
Death means the clearing of debts, which is not unacceptable.
At this critical moment, Chu Yi and others had no time to focus on other things. Since they couldn't get out, they could only help the Demon Hunting Department catch the escaped demon first.
Zhu Jiu glanced at the formation and then retracted it. After thinking about it, she felt that it was not necessary to break the formation.
The waxing moon made him even more excited, so he walked deeper into the cave, expecting to meet the demon hunting members who were fighting with him.
The two sides reached a consensus and began to whisper to each other.
Shuai Guo began to explain the current situation of the Demon Hunting Department, which demon had escaped and what its characteristics were.
Newly captured demons are not sent to the Deduction Department immediately, but are kept in the Demon Hunting Department for three days. They will only be sent to the Deduction Department after their injuries from the capture have healed.
There are not many demons that Wen Chaoxi needs to capture personally, but each of them is at the Nascent Soul stage or above. Today, she brought back a Nascent Soul stage hidden demon from the Dark Forest.
In addition, the Demon Hunting Department is temporarily storing 32 low- and mid-level demons captured in the past three days.
"Just now, Jian Er reported that the Hidden Demon used a magic power that had never been discovered before to ignore the gates and escaped with all the demons. They are nowhere to be found."
Several people were horrified when they heard this. They had all experienced firsthand how strict the control was here. It was difficult for Elder Chu, who was in the Mahayana stage, to come and go freely, but a demon in the Void Refinement stage could actually do this.
The conclusion that demons are more powerful than humans has never been so clearly presented to this group of young people.
Shuai Guo's face turned pale as he said, "This Hidden Demon is as powerful as a Mahayana cultivator, and has many magical skills. In addition to its elusiveness and amazing combat power, the most difficult thing about it is its ability to blend into the environment. Even though it is right in front of us, people subconsciously ignore its existence."
"He can also disguise himself as a human, making his appearance and aura difficult to identify. He once caused the Demon Hunting Department to suffer heavy losses."
"The Demon Hunting Department determined that such a strange ability is not a simple imitation, but a kind of magic that obscures the spiritual sea level."
"That is to say, no matter what form it takes to appear before us, our minds will automatically rationalize its existence subconsciously, perhaps rationalizing it as an object around us, or perhaps as a person."
"It took Sword Master three years to track it down from the moment he discovered the traces. It took him three months to capture it. It was the longest time for a demon like this."
Zhu Jiu took a step closer to the inner circle of people without knowing when, took out the melon seeds he had taken from the First Ming Building yesterday, stuffed them into his mouth and asked, "Then how did you catch the sword head?"
The sound of cracking melon seeds was so out of place in the solemn atmosphere that everyone turned around and looked at her strangely.
Zhu Jiu met the reproachful gazes of these people, paused, and generously shared the melon seeds in the paper bag.
Is it time for some casual snacks now? Can you be serious?
Several people touched a handful each. Bu Jinglian looked at these people in surprise. Is it normal for these people to eat melon seeds at this time?
She thought about it and decided to follow the local customs and touched it.
I only didn’t take the waxing moon, because the cold and handsome guy was not allowed to eat melon seeds.
Shuai Guo didn’t have any either, because Zhu Jiu felt that the commentators were too busy.
Shuai Guo: “…”
There is really no benefit in following Zhu Jiu.
Shuai Guo answered Zhu Jiu's question expressionlessly to the five people who were gathered together, eating sunflower seeds and looking at him: "After the sword master roughly determined the range of the hidden demon, he used indiscriminate attacks to force the hidden demon out."
Zhu Jiu suddenly realized, oh, just hit him hard.
At this moment, Shuai Guo received another summons. His expression darkened and the content was made public.
"Shuai Guo! The Hidden Demon's escape direction seems to be right in front of you. It is very likely to collide with you head-on!"
The person who spoke was a man with a clear voice. Although his voice was obviously very serious, the rising tone at the end always made people feel that it was a little bit smiling.
"The demon hunting team is coming with the latest concealed magic weapon. Stay where you are and don't disperse!"
After saying this, he cut off the communication.
Several people frowned and looked at each other.
Shuai Guo said solemnly, "You all should know that compared to magic cultivation, the demons prefer spiritual cultivation. They are very sensitive to spiritual fluctuations, especially the hidden demons. So when we came in, the spiritual power on our bodies may have attracted the hidden demons."
"Plus, this is the exit, so it is almost certain that they will come here."
After saying this, he glanced at Yue Shangxian, Chu Yi, and Wenren Sejue, and continued with a slight movement of his lips and teeth, "Research has shown that people with special physiques are more attractive to them."
Note: The "like" here means "like to eat".
Everyone knows this common sense, so their expressions became more serious.
Elder Chu was very worried. "If the Sword Head is hard to find, it will be hard for me to detect its existence."
In the empty and dim corridor, Zhu Jiu's eyes flickered, and he said in a desolate voice: "Maybe he has arrived and is listening to us..."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was a dead silence. Everyone's expressions froze, their bodies did not move, and their spiritual consciousness had been released to the extreme.
If nothing unexpected happens, as soon as there is any abnormality on the scene, it can be given a full body spa immediately.
Sure enough!
"Click——"
Everyone immediately focused on the source of the sound, and when they saw the heretic eating melon seeds, they laughed and said, "You must be kidding. How could I have discovered these?"
"..."
Zhu Jiu suffered the most intense eye attack since he came here.
Chu Yi frowned and stared at him without blinking.
Bu Jinglian sneered and glanced at Yue Shangxian, as if to say: Keep an eye on your lover.
Unfortunately, the waxing moon didn't look at her, so she didn't receive the message.
Bu Jinglian: “…”
At this moment, Zhu Jiu in everyone's eyes suddenly became doubled, confused, and distorted, just like a colorful, rough-edged figure reflected on the rippling water.
She curved her eyebrows and smiled, her dark and narrow pupils quietly dotted on her eyeballs, like the eyes of a paper man. She looked at them and ate melon seeds with a smile.
A chill instantly crept up everyone's spine and their scalp felt numb.
What the hell is there to not understand? I don't know when Zhu Jiu became a hidden demon!
However, it was too late. An unknown suppressive force made them unable to resist. It was like a lock that locked their right to move their bodies. It was a very strange and terrifying ability.
They didn't understand where this absolute control came from; it was unheard of.
Just before they lost consciousness, they heard the shrill and strange voice of "Zhu Jiu", which seemed to be scraping people's eardrums and was extremely unpleasant.
“This is… the power of trust.”
Bu Jinglian was extremely angry. Why on earth would this group of people think that a normal person would eat melon seeds in such an atmosphere? It made her think that Zhen Youqian was such a person!
Chu Yi: Super! I felt something was wrong with that woman!
The others: ...You know what, she is really that kind of person. If she hadn't shown any signs of betrayal, they would have been suspicious a long time ago.
The real Zhu Jiu, who was imprisoned behind "Zhu Jiu", looked at this scene and smiled tiredly.
This is how she is in the minds of these people. It really makes people feel chilled.
Yes, that's right, Zhu Jiu was actually replaced in full view of everyone, just before Zhu Jiu took out the melon seeds.
It was not that she took a step forward, but that the hidden demon was superimposed in front of her, and Zhu Jiu was virtualized.
For a moment, I didn't know whether it was because of her high level of hidden magic skills and courage or because these people had misunderstood her.
If Shuai Guo and others still only have a vague understanding of the Hidden Demon, Zhu Jiu knows very well that this is the Hidden Demon's most powerful magic "substitute".
When it replaces a person, it has an absolutely similar moment of tea time.
In this state, everything it projects into the spiritual sea of the people around it will make people feel that it is exactly the same as Zhu Jiu - even Yue Shangxian who possesses twin senses and Wenren Sejue who has blood-red pupils will be deceived by the false reflection in the sea of consciousness.
Only Chu Yi, who is a soul cultivator, has an extremely strong spiritual sea and can detect some abnormalities.