First, it was to lure out the experts from the Great Brahma World or Zen sect, but this possibility was not high. Otherwise, they would have already started ambushing them when they were halfway to Lin Yuan City, there was no reason for them to wait until the Great Brahma World reunited with Yi Zhen's group.
As for the second reason, it was to lure out the Zen experts, causing the Zen to be empty and the evil alliance to enter again.
Was it murder? Or to steal the treasure?
In the cultivation world, there was not only one hidden sect. In terms of strength, the Demonic Forest, Demon Area, and the Valley of Black Ice were not any weaker than the Buddhist Sect.
Unless it was absolutely necessary, the Evil Dao Alliance would not take the risk to attack the Buddhist Sect's important ground, especially the Zen Sect.
It was almost certain that there was something in the Zen Sect that the Evil Dao Alliance wanted.
What is it? Yi Zhen and the others were filled with doubts, but this was a secret of the Buddhist Sect after all.
However, the expression on the face of the Great Brahma changed again and again. Finally, he bid farewell to Yi Zhen and the others and rushed back to the Buddhist Sect.
The battle had come to an end. While Yi Zhen and the others were discussing their next plan, they suddenly received a message from the Sect Leader informing them of Lei Ao's whereabouts.
Ever since he knew that his spirit was destroyed in a conspiracy, Tian Ji Zi was extremely furious. He did not hesitate to waste his true essence to calculate the Evil Dao Alliance's goal, but unexpectedly, the Evil Dao Alliance was besieging Lei Ao.
The two of them were less than 700 miles east of Linyuan City. Together with Lei Ao, they weren't cautious. Their situation didn't seem too good.
Attacking Abyss City was only a cover for the Evil Dao Alliance. They first stopped Yi Zhen and the others, then they used their bewitching eyes and ears to attract the attention of the cultivation world to Abyss City.
Seven hundred miles away from Lin Yuan City was a canyon. When Yi Zhen and the rest received the message, they immediately flew over there. Along the way, they sensed the aura of the evil demons and the people, it seemed like they had met with the experts of the Evil Dao Alliance who were ambushing Lei Ao.
In this way, Yi Zhen and the others became even more anxious. Just by putting up a show, they had already dispatched the four devils and the seven protectors. Then, wouldn't their true goal be to activate the power of the entire Evil Dao Alliance?
"Heavens, it's the Heaven Evil Formation!"
As soon as they arrived at the canyon, they were overwhelmed by the terrifying evil energy. Black clouds billowed everywhere, and the canyon was so dark that one couldn't even see one's hand for several dozen miles. The faint sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling could be heard.
The Evil Dao Alliance's Heavenly Demon Array originated from the ancient era, and was the Alliance's great sect protecting array. In the past, it was precisely because of this array that the powerful Shi Family was forced to retreat time and time again.
In the past hundred of thousands of years, ever since the Evil Dao Alliance was exterminated in ancient times, they never thought that this formation would appear again.
The most terrifying thing about the big array was not its attack power, but the dense Evil Qi inside it. All of the Evil Dao Alliance warriors used the corpses to absorb the Evil Qi and refine it into their essence, before pouring it into the array.
Inside the array, the Evil Dao Alliance members could use the Evil Qi to increase their fighting strength, but those who did not train in the Evil Dao would slowly lose their minds under the influence of the Evil Qi and become a tool for slaughter.
In the past, the demonic beasts that caused people's expression to change were refined and created by the demonic energy. Monsters that only knew how to kill had once dominated the entire cultivation world, they were no different from the beasts now.
Even before entering the array, everyone could hear the roars of beasts. That was indeed a demon beast that was bewitched, and was now the Evil Dao Alliance's tool of slaughter.
However, they were curious. Was there really a need to set up a grand formation to deal with Lei Ao and Gu Xie?
"Yinzhen, is there any way to break the formation?" Zhou Qing asked with a frown.
"No, this array does not have a base. The evil Qi is being led by the experts of the Evil Dao Alliance, and unless we completely destroy the evil race experts inside, the evil Qi will not disperse."
Yi Zhen was very worried. He thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a countermeasure. Finally, he decided to kill everyone inside the formation.
Amongst them, the only one who was completely immune to the corrosion of the demonic energy was Lan Hai. Her Ice Crystal Art was the bane of all evil beings in the world and was not affected in the slightest.
Some of the others were able to fight back slightly, but some of them didn't even have the slightest bit of resistance.
Zhou Qing's Maoshan Tao technique had the ability to clear the heart, and he activated the Five Thunder Heart Technique to similarly avoid the evil spirits. Huang Xin had inherited the Flower God's bloodline, and the techniques she learnt focused on confusion, the evil qi had no effect on her.
However, for those races like Niu Meng and the Blood Wolf, who were purely battling, not only were they unable to resist the demonic qi's erosion, they were even able to attract it into their bodies.
As a result, Bluesea had no choice but to expend a great deal of energy and circulate the Ice Crystal Spell at full power to force the evil aura ten zhang away so that it wouldn't move an inch closer to them to protect them.
The formation was completely dark. They could only use their soul consciousness to move forward. Just as they turned a corner, a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of them, startling them into taking a fighting stance. Niu Meng, who was at the front, swung his Demon Suppressing Rod and swept it across.
"Damn, Old Ox, are you tired of living?" "You dare to hit me."
Hearing a familiar voice in their ears, the others forcefully retracted half of their attacks.
"Damned monk, are you willing to show your face?"
When everyone saw that shiny bald head, they were infuriated.
"Tsk, that's all your stupidity, chasing after him for so long without being able to catch up to the Buddha. It's really useless." Let's not talk about this first. Do you guys have any healing medicine?
He moved closer to Yi Zhen and extended his hand. Everyone looked at him and immediately cried out.
Nangong Mengjun blurted out, "Why did you get beaten up so badly? "He's going to turn into a pig head soon."
"Pfft, what are you talking about? Is there such a handsome pig?" He snatched the pill from Yi Zhen, then ran to the side to meditate without a word.
Looking at his tattered body, there were more than a hundred wounds, and the bloody wounds all over his body were so deep one could see the bone. These were all caused by the sharp blades, and there were even invisible internal injuries that were extremely serious.
Amongst the ten Hidden Dragons, the two strongest were Lei Ao and Eternal Rest. The only one who could contend against them was most likely Lan Hai Tong. Seeing such a terrible situation, everyone's heart immediately became heavy. They patiently waited for the situation to turn around.
"Tell me, how did he get injured like this?" Zhou Qing asked.
"Of course they were beaten." Everyone rolled their eyes.
Bluesea said, "This guy has never been at a disadvantage. If he were to be beaten up by others, he would definitely fight back desperately. I can't imagine who in the cultivation world would be able to heavily injure him if he were to awaken his bloodline again."
"Indeed. If we were able to awaken our bloodline like this, we would already possess the strength to ascend to the Immortal Realm. For Lei Ao and the others, they should be able to reach the same level as the sickly scholar back then."
Yi Zhen nodded in agreement and said with worry, "Although he is severely injured, he will at least not die. I wonder how Lei Ao is, he has already lost his rationality. If he is eroded by this evil energy, he will probably become a human-shaped vicious beast."
"Don't worry about that guy, he's so fierce."
While they were talking, he had finished meditating.
"You're awake? "How are your injuries?" Yi Zhen asked.
"Your medicine is too terrible, I can only temporarily suppress it. Your strength has decreased by 30%."
He didn't feel the slightest bit of gratitude towards this gift. Instead, he kept complaining about how terrible the pill was. He was so angry that he grabbed him by the neck and wanted him to vomit.
At this moment, Nangong Mengjun asked, "Hey, Monk, who beat you up so badly?"
"I'm not a monk." He glared at them for a moment, and then cursed, "Who else could it be? It's that brat Lei Ao. Damn it, we've made a huge loss this time."
"Lei Ao? "What's going on?" Everyone stared in shock and quickly asked.
After recounting the events of the past few years, everyone suddenly came to a realization.
It turned out that ever since they had started chasing that Evil Dao Alliance expert alone, they had been unable to find their target for a long time. Gradually, they calmed down from their anger and no longer blindly pursued him.
Coincidentally, at that time, he found out that Lei Ao had been possessed, so he secretly took the initiative to follow behind Lei Ao. On one hand, he could protect Lei Ao, and on the other hand, he could take the opportunity to take care of the Evil Dao Alliance.
It wasn't that he didn't know that Yi Zhen and the others were looking for him, but he was temporarily unable to meet up with them. The reason was that when Lei Ao was clearing the entrance of the Evil Dao Alliance, he suddenly heard a piece of news.