Shi Qingxuan asked: "What happens after falling into the trap?"

Xie Lian and Hua Cheng were already standing in the center of the human formation. They said, “Leave it to us. We will slowly deal with them in the formation, leaving no one behind. All we need is time. The most urgent thing is not to let them spread. And why I said there will be danger, because we don’t have 500 people right now. It’s hard to say whether we can contain them or whether the things inside will rush out.”

Someone swallowed and asked, "What will happen if we rush out?"

Xie Lian said, “That would be terrible. He would be possessed by the vengeful spirit and be the first to be infected with the plague.”

"What if, I mean, someone just ran away?"

Xie Lian said, “The circle will be broken, and perhaps the vengeful spirit will possess you.”

"Aren't they all going to be possessed by evil spirits?"

The smarter people understood and said, "They are different. The former means you will definitely be possessed by evil spirits and infected with the plague. The latter means 'maybe', which means you still have a chance of survival if you let go and run away."

Xie Lian said, “That’s right. Anyone else wants to leave now? After the official start, you cannot quit. But before the start, it doesn’t matter who leaves first. I also hope that everyone won’t say anything to those who leave. After all, it is indeed a very dangerous thing.”

These must be told to them, otherwise we won’t be able to select people who are truly courageous and determined. In a moment, dozens of people came out one after another, lowered their heads and hurried away, and the circle shrank a little. Xie Lian breathed a sigh of relief and said, “That’s great.”

Shi Qingxuan said: "What's good! There are fewer people again."

Xie Lian smiled and said, “It’s much better than I thought. There are already a lot of people.” He was originally seriously considering what to do if half of them left, but he was pleasantly surprised that only a few dozen left. At this moment, a voice suddenly said from afar, “Wait, do you know who they are? Don’t trust them easily, or you’ll get hurt!”

Xie Lian turned around and saw that it was Tianyankai and the others. Shi Qingxuan immediately shouted, "Who are you guys? If you don't want to help, go away and don't cause trouble. I promise they won't hurt anyone."

Of course, the mages did not take a dishevelled beggar seriously and asked, "Who are you? How much are your words worth?"

When Shi Qingxuan heard someone ask him this, he was furious and pointed at his nose and said, "What? You're talking about money in front of me?? I think you don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is. You might even kneel down to me, cough cough..." At this point, he coughed twice and shrank back. The mages thought that he couldn't continue to talk and retreated, so they didn't care and advised him, "You don't know what they want to do at all. Be careful not to lose your life for a few mouthfuls of food!"

Xie Lian was about to explain that the beggars were helping out of loyalty and not for a few mouthfuls of food, but Hua Cheng said leisurely, “No, they are not helping out for a few mouthfuls of food, but to save the common people.”

Xie Lian felt a little strange. Why would Hua Cheng say that? But he heard the other side sneer: "What do you mean by saving the common people? What nonsense! You're lucky enough to save your own lives."

"Yes, beggars should stop joining in the fun and go back quickly to stop causing more trouble."

Hua Cheng said slowly: "Oh? You mean, beggars can't save people? Or are they unworthy?"

As soon as these words came out, the beggars became agitated and looked quite dissatisfied. Tianyan said, "We didn't say that."

Shi Qingxuan immediately came out and pointed at him, "Hey, hey, hey, I don't think so. Isn't that what you meant just now? You sounded quite disgusted, right?"

"Yeah! What does that mean? What's wrong with us?"

"Everyone has food whether they come or not. Do you really think we are here just for the food? Stop looking down on us!"

Xie Lian turned to the side, and Hua Cheng raised an eyebrow at him, as if to say "easy", thinking: So that's it. Although there were quite a few people left, none of them were particularly determined. It happened that Tian Yankai and others inadvertently showed their contempt for them, "Why are you sloppy beggars like you joining in the fun?" Hua Cheng grabbed and magnified this, which aroused the rebellious hearts of the beggars: Do you think we can't do it? Then we will prove to you that we can do it too!

As a result, morale rose again. The two sides were shouting at each other, and Xie Lian said to Tian Yankai and others, "If you are really worried, just watch from here. If we do something to harm others, you can stop us immediately."

Hua Cheng smiled and added: "But it's best not to get in the way."

“…”

The mages had followed Xie Lian and Hua Cheng all the way, and now they could no longer hold back, so they finally mustered up the courage to jump out, but were soon frightened back by Hua Cheng's creepy fake smile. Hua Cheng turned around and said, "Brother, look at the sky."

Xie Lian and he looked up at the same time. The shadows in front of the full moon became clearer, and faintly seemed to be getting closer.

While they were searching for someone, a long time had passed in the dark, and those things were about to come down!

Xie Lian’s heart tightened: Oh no, it’s too late to find more people! But he didn’t show it, and immediately said, “Everyone stand still! Hold hands tightly!”

Shi Qingxuan had already stood up straight and said, "Prince... Old Xie, we only have so few people, will we be defeated in an instant?"

After all, this was a human world, and yelling would cause misunderstandings and unnecessary trouble. Xie Lian said, "I'll stay here and check at any time. When a certain place is about to break through, I'll go first to consolidate the formation. This way it can be maintained for a longer time." That is, constantly patching new loopholes. Shi Qingxuan said, "Uh uh uh, this, this, then our lives are in your hands, including mine, Crown Prince... Old Xie, please work hard, please work hard! I'm a human now!"

"Okay, Lao Feng, I will definitely work hard."

Everyone's palms were sweating, and everyone's face was tense. The next moment when everyone clenched their hands tightly, a shrill cry suddenly sounded in the sky above the silent night, and it was getting closer and faster!

Coming down!

Seeing the right moment, Xie Lian said, “Everyone, blow towards the front!”

Everyone didn't understand why, but they did what they were told, puffing up their cheeks and blowing hard in front of them. In the winter night, a large group of people exhaled a circle of warm white air. Although it couldn't spread very far, the hot air mixed with the yang energy was already very confusing. In addition, with the sleight of hand that Hua Cheng secretly used, they couldn't see what was going on below. The resentful spirits that were originally going to scatter felt that the heat and popularity in a certain place were extremely heavy, and they were constantly fluctuating and very active. They naturally thought that was the range to be attacked, and rushed over excitedly, gathering into a black column that shot up into the sky!

Instantly, Xie Lian’s vision was almost completely covered in black. He said, “Everyone, be careful not to let go. We’re in the cage!”

At the same time, thousands of silver butterflies appeared behind Huacheng!

A faint silver light appeared, and the black fog in front of Xie Lian was instantly dispelled. He saw Hua Cheng holding out a hand to him and said, "Brother, come over here."

Xie Lian was stunned, and immediately held his hand. Hua Cheng pulled him over with a little force, and put his arm around his waist, and scanned the surroundings without making a sound. Even though those vengeful spirits had been locked up in the copper furnace for two thousand years and had become dizzy, they did not dare to get close. There was no trace of black air within a ten-foot radius of them. The vengeful spirits who had excitedly fallen into the human circle only realized that something was wrong at this time. They had been biting for a long time, but why didn’t they bite a single living person, but bit their own kind? Moreover, there were two people who could not be touched. To them, those silver butterflies were like swords and arrows. They flapped their wings and flew away, and their screams soared into the sky!

The vengeful spirits finally realized that they were trapped. They were the evil beasts locked in the cage, and the two hundred people were not the visitors outside the iron cage, but the bars of the iron cage!

The vengeful spirits who noticed this were furious, and they screamed fiercely at the beggars who were holding hands to stop them, their mouths wide open as if they were going to swallow people's heads, their hair standing up in anger, their faces and bodies distorted. Some people were so scared that they took a few steps back, but were quickly pulled back by the people next to them: "Don't move!"

Xie Lian also said, “Don’t move! They can’t hurt you unless the formation is broken!”

Hearing this, everyone felt a little relieved. There was also a beggar who spat wildly at the vengeful spirit that was screaming at him, saying, "Puh, puh, puh! Dirty as hell, dirty as hell! Get out of here!" Perhaps because he had heard that ghosts are afraid of dirty things, Xie Lian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "There's no need for that! They're not afraid of them."

At this moment, he suddenly realized that somewhere in the human formation was in danger and was about to break. He looked up quickly and saw a thin beggar with his eyes wide open and breathing rapidly, as if he was so nervous that he was about to convulse!

Many vengeful spirits also sensed that this man's momentum was weakening, and they swarmed towards him. Xie Lian went up and hit the vengeful spirits there with a slash, causing them to howl and scatter. He quickly asked the man to withdraw, and the two people on his left and right took over. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a new loophole appeared six feet to the southwest. Just as Xie Lian was about to go over, he found a third loophole in the distance, on the person next to Shi Qingxuan!

After all, the number of vengeful spirits is still too huge. This is just the first wave, there will be more to come, endlessly!

There was no time to rush over, so Xie Lian said, “San Lang!”

Hua Cheng did not move, and said, "Brother, don't worry."

Xie Lian didn’t believe that he didn’t notice it, nor did he believe that he would ignore it, but that loophole was about to be exploited by the vengeful spirits!

At this critical moment, a yellow talisman flew over and exploded next to Shi Qingxuan!

Although the talisman did not kill the evil spirits, it frightened them and made them shrink back. It was the group of mages who had been watching from the side for a long time who rushed over and shouted, "I told you not to join in the fun, but now that you have joined in, you should hold on to the end. If you can't hold on halfway, it will only cause trouble!!!"

Hua Cheng said to Xie Lian, “Look, I told you, don’t worry.”

He was always calm and composed. Xie Lian said, "Yes!"

Tianyankai and other mages finally couldn't hold back and rushed forward. This group of people were indeed martial artists, and their movements were very agile. They grabbed the hands of the two people, separated them and took them up. Dozens of newcomers immediately integrated into the circle, expanding the human formation. Tianyankai said: "Dear Taoist friends! Hurry up, hurry up, if there are disciples of the sect in the imperial city, call them here quickly!!!"

“Go, go, go!”

"I'll call my apprentice as well!"

Soon, more than a hundred people came to the street.

These more than 100 people were incredible. They were all monks, Taoist priests, and sorcerers! They were all fully armed, taking two steps as one, and looked very heroic. Xie Lian cheered loudly in his heart, and the beggars were stunned. The newcomers were stunned when they saw the spectacular scene on the street, and then hurried to join. After they joined in, the circle expanded a lot, and the streets of the imperial city were almost full. Moreover, these newcomers were not only brave, but each of them brought a few messy magic weapons, which undoubtedly greatly prolonged the duration of the formation!

At this point, Xie Lian was already 90% confident, and said calmly, “Don’t be afraid, everyone. The situation has reversed now, and we have more and more people. As long as we hold our ground firmly, it’s only a matter of time before we kill them!”

Everyone saw that the situation was becoming favorable. As long as there was hope, everyone was immediately confident and shouted, "Kill them!"

Over there, the Sky Eye said, "We have 168 people here! How many of you are there? How long can you hold out?"

The beggar leader here, Shi Qingxuan, also counted the heads several times and shouted, "We still have 148 people left in the formation!"

Xie Lian said, “That adds up to 316 people. We just need to find more…” But Hua Cheng said, “That’s not right.”

Xie Lian turned around and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Hua Cheng retracted his gaze, stared at him and said, "The number is wrong. Now, there are 317 people here."