Chapter 772
Pang Mancang Makes His Move! Have I Become an Inside Agent?
"what happened?"
Lin Bai occasionally scratched his head, realizing that something seemed to be missing from his ring, but the items were too miscellaneous and not particularly important, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
Zhang Lingshan mainly didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble; he was just using him as a practice subject to hone his skills at retrieving items through a ring.
Start with small items, and then gradually move on to medium and large items.
Zhang Lingshan had only one main objective: Ding Dasheng's Bronze Horse Flying Chariot magic weapon.
Although Lin Bai's ring also contained a flying magic weapon, it was very ordinary, just a flying sword, far inferior to Ding Dasheng's bronze horse flying chariot magic weapon.
The characteristics of flying swords are short distance and high speed, and they can also be used to fight enemies.
The Bronze Horse Flying Chariot is a specialized flying magical artifact. It has no ability to fight enemies, but it does have defensive capabilities. The chariot is enhanced with various patterns, including artifact patterns, array patterns, and runes, providing all-round protection and acceleration.
Such a treasure is perfect for Zhang Lingshan to use when he tries to escape.
This day.
Zhang Lingshan thought he had practiced enough, so he suddenly used his divine sense to activate the spatial rules.
Come here!
Whoosh!
The flying chariot magic item in Ding Dasheng's ring vanished instantly.
At the same time, this item appeared in Zhang Lingshan's pouch.
But in that instant, Ding Dasheng suddenly frowned, as if he had noticed something.
After all, it was his most beloved bronze horse flying chariot magic weapon, and he must have marked it so that he could sense any disturbance immediately.
Zhang Lingshan had anticipated this situation, so in an instant, he returned the bronze horse flying chariot magic weapon to him.
Today's move wasn't to steal the flying car directly, but to test my abilities.
After all, now is not the time to leave.
According to Zhang Lingshan's calculations, the best time for him to leave would be when Pang Mancang made his move.
That would cause even greater turmoil, and with Pang Mancang drawing fire for them, their chances of escaping would be much higher.
However, if they leave now, even if they can take down Ding Dasheng and the other two in one go, there are still quite a few guards outside the Pure Lotus Pavilion, which will be just as troublesome to deal with.
Even though I have a flying magic weapon and don't need to fight them, the moment I leave the Pure Lotus Pavilion on my bronze horse flying chariot, these guards will immediately send out a message to notify experts from all sides to arrive.
Faced with the encirclement and suppression of powerful Golden Immortals from all sides, Zhang Lingshan could not guarantee that he could leave smoothly.
But if Pang Mancang makes a move, everything will be different.
Because Pang Mancang would definitely deal with the guards outside beforehand in order to take him away smoothly.
In short, all the preparations Pang Mancang made will ultimately become Zhang Lingshan's wedding dress.
After all, he was prepared to catch Pang Mancang off guard, and he would take the initiative as long as he caught Pang Mancang off guard.
Even if Pang Mancang is a Golden Immortal, Zhang Lingshan's methods are not weak either.
He couldn't defeat his opponent in a direct confrontation, but Zhang Lingshan was still somewhat confident in launching a sneak attack.
Time passed slowly.
Zhang Lingshan releases a large amount of divine sense every day to observe the surroundings, never daring to relax for a moment, his mind always on high alert, waiting for Pang Mancang.
This day.
'They're here!'
Zhang Lingshan's heart skipped a beat.
His divine sense had already detected the guards outside the Pure Lotus Pavilion, each of them displaying a bewildered expression, as if they were trapped in some kind of illusion.
This must be Pang Mancang's doing.
Although it is unknown how he did it, the fact that he controlled the guards and prevented them from reporting the news proves that Pang Mancang's operation had already begun.
as predicted.
In the very next instant.
A chilling wind approached from behind Zhang Lingshan.
At this moment, not only were Huo Ran and the other fire- tending boys caught off guard, but even the three peak Xuanxian experts, Ding Dasheng, Lin Bai, and Wei Cuicui, were also caught off guard.
However, Zhang Lingshan realized what was happening.
It wasn't just a reaction, it was a proactive reaction.
Just as Pang Mancang arrived behind him, two flames erupted from Zhang Lingshan's back, perfectly overlapping with Pang Mancang's figure, and rushed into Pang Mancang's chest and brow respectively.
What entered Pang Mancang's chest was the recently mastered Ember Poison Fire, which instantly burned a scorched mark on his chest, like a blooming flower.
What entered Pang Mancang's brow was Zhang Lingshan's Avici Hellfire.
Back when Avici Hellfire was still in the mortal realm, Zhang Lingshan had already broken through to perfection and possessed the illusionary effects of Avici Hell.
But why hasn't Zhang Lingshan used it since arriving in the Immortal Realm?
the reason is simple.
This Avici Hellfire consumes the strength of a celestial being's divine consciousness. Against those whose divine consciousness is weaker or equal to their own, the Avici Hellfire creates an illusion of hell that can instantly render an enemy powerless.
However, when encountering someone with stronger divine sense than oneself, its effect is not very effective. Although it still has an effect, it can only cause the opponent to suffer a small loss, and can be used for sneak attacks or to annoy people.
Otherwise, why would the Abyssal Hellfire require so many fewer energy points than the Ember Bone Poison Fire?
Once you've mastered the Ember Bone Poison Fire, that's it.
If it were the Perfected level of Ember Poison Fire, even if Zhang Lingshan's cultivation was several levels lower than his opponent's, his Ember Poison Fire could still burn the opponent until they screamed in agony.
However, the Avici Hellfire relies on the strength of one's divine consciousness, which increases as one's divine consciousness improves.
Compared to the fixed intensity of the Ember Poison Fire, the advantage of the Avici Hellfire is that as long as one's divine consciousness continues to improve, the Avici Hellfire will become stronger and stronger, eventually becoming even stronger than the Ember Poison Fire.
now.
Even if Zhang Lingshan's divine sense was not as good as Pang Mancang's, the difference was still limited.
Therefore, this hellfire is working on him at this moment, at least it can make him fall into an illusion for a moment.
Although it was only for a moment, it was enough for Zhang Lingshan.
Furthermore, the combined effect of the ash-boned poison fire caused Pang Mancang's meridian energy circulation to stagnate.
In this situation, no matter how powerful Pang Mancang is, his actions will be halted due to the dual obstruction of his mind and body.
This was Zhang Lingshan's opportunity.
"Great victory, let's go!"
With a loud shout, Zhang Lingshan's divine sense immediately penetrated into Ding Dasheng's storage ring, summoning the opponent's bronze chariot and horse flying magic weapon.
At the same time, he emptied all the spirit stones from Wei Cuicui's ring and threw them into the bronze chariot.
As for what else was in Wei Cuicui, Lin Bai, and Ding Dasheng's rings, Zhang Lingshan's divine consciousness, which could move it, moved it all in an instant. As for what he couldn't move in time, he wasn't greedy.
At this moment, what he did was to instantly withdraw all his divine consciousness that had spread out, and then control the bronze chariot and horse magic weapon.
Let’s go!
Whoosh!
Based on Zhang Lingshan's free use of spirit stones to activate the bronze chariot and horse magic weapon, the two bronze horses seemed to be injected with chicken blood.
The sound of flutes echoes!
The two horses seemed to come alive, even neighing, which caught Zhang Lingshan completely off guard.
He wanted to keep a low profile and escape Anning City in one fell swoop, but he never expected the commotion caused by the bronze chariot and horses to be so great, it was simply extravagant.
Fortunately.
That's really fast.
In less than the blink of an eye, it had already flown at least fifty miles away.
Moreover, Zhang Lingshan reacted extremely quickly. The moment the bronze chariot and horses made a sound, he used the array of air currents and his divine sense to cover it up as fast as possible to prevent attracting more people.
"Giddy up!" Zhang Lingshan shouted in his heart, while simultaneously forcing blood out of his body, covering all the patterns on the inner wall of the bronze chariot.
Firstly, by using blood to inscribe these patterns, one can deepen their understanding and perception, thus enabling them to use these patterns more skillfully and maximize the effects of these artifact patterns, array patterns, and runes.
Secondly, the energy contained in one's own blood is so strong that, when combined with spirit stones to power the bronze chariot, it can make the chariot move even faster.
This time, Pang Mancang is going all in to capture Zhang Lingshan.
Wasn't Zhang Lingshan also making a desperate gamble?
If I cannot escape Anning City successfully, and am caught, my life will be more difficult, more miserable, and less free than it was in Jinglian Pavilion.
and so.
Success is imperative!
Even if it means bleeding out my last drop of blood, I must escape.
At this moment, in the Pure Lotus Pavilion.
Pang Mancang's face was extremely grim.
Although he had suppressed the hellish illusion created by the Avici Hellfire, the poisonous flames on his chest were becoming increasingly tainted.
If left unchecked, and the Ember Poison Fire continues to penetrate deeper, even if I don't end up like Lu Zhaohe did, it will definitely damage my foundation.
and so.
Pang Mancang dared not delay. Without hesitation, he swiftly clawed at his chest with his five fingers, throwing the charred flesh and blood from his chest to the ground.
There was a faint reddish-black mark on the exposed sternum.
Although it wasn't much, it showed that the Ember Bone Poison Fire had penetrated deep into his bones.
'Damn it!'
Pang Mancang cursed inwardly.
Ember Bone Poison Fire, as the name suggests, is something used to attack bones.
Since it didn't get on the bones, the treatment was painful but not too difficult.
Just like Pang Mancang casually grabbed and threw away the contaminated flesh.
But if it gets on the bones, it's not so easy.
Should we break the bones and throw them away?
He is not Zhang Lingshan.
Zhang Lingshan's Xuanjin Body, combined with his Immortal Spirit Body and the abilities gleaned from a mixture of various body-refining techniques, allows his bones to grow instantly.
Even so, this growth consumes a huge amount of Qi and blood. Especially after Zhang Lingshan's physical body improved, he had to consume a large amount of cloud life essence to grow bones instantly.
Therefore, even if Pang Mancang didn't have this ability, he wouldn't have enough cloud life essence to consume, let alone the ability to instantly grow bones.
However, Pang Mancang was, after all, a veteran Golden Immortal, and he was not helpless in the face of the ash-boned poison fire that stained his breastbone.
Because Zhang Lingshan was only at the beginner level of the Ember Bone Poison Fire, and Pang Mancang's sternum was not stained with much, it was not as tragic as when Lu Zhaohe's poison penetrated to the bone marrow.
In fact, if Zhang Lingshan hadn't affected Pang Mancang with the Avici Hellfire, causing Pang Mancang to lose his focus for a moment, even with his rudimentary level of the Ember Bone Poison Fire, it wouldn't have been easy for him to even touch Pang Mancang.
Even if they were to encounter them, Pang Mancang would immediately drive them away.
now.
Although Pang Mancang was hit, after tearing off the charred flesh, he immediately grabbed a handful of high-grade spiritual rice from his ring.
It was uncooked rice, which Pang Mancang crushed into powder and then sprinkled on the poisoned sternum.
sizzle.
When the raw rice noodles touched the dark red mark on the sternum, they immediately began to emit white smoke.
If Zhang Lingshan were here, he would be able to see that the white smoke was none other than the life force he had comprehended from the growth of the spirit rice.
Unexpectedly, Pang Mancang used the life force in the spirit rice to suppress the ash bone fire poison on his sternum in this way.
However, this is merely a suppression.
Swish!
Suddenly, Pang Mancang's eyes swept across the room and he saw Huo Ran and the other fire-starting boys, all of whom were water-type fire-starting boys.
Although their water-based spiritual roots are not as extraordinary as Zhang Lingshan's, as long as they absorb the water-based spiritual energy from their spiritual roots, just like Lu Zhaohe recovered with the help of Zhang Lingshan, Pang Mancang can also recover.
Without the slightest hesitation, it was as if he had casually picked up a rag to wipe the dirt off his shoes.
Pang Mancang grabbed Huo Ran with his right hand and simultaneously channeled his energy, forcing Huo Ran to use his water-based cultivation technique to cleanse him of the ash-bone fire poison.
"Spare me!"
Huo Ran only managed to utter this one sentence before Pang Mancang sucked him so hard that he trembled all over and was drenched in sweat.
Because Pang Mancang's poisoning was not severe, Huo Ran alone was enough to successfully cleanse him of the fire poison.
If you count the time, only a few breaths have passed.
But within just a few breaths, a howling sound immediately erupted from the Pure Lotus Pavilion. Lin Bai had used his speed to escape while Pang Mancang was making his move, and shouted, "Zhang Lingshan has escaped! Pang Mancang, Wei Cuicui, and Ding Dasheng are all accomplices!"
'I've become an inside man?!'
Ding Dasheng was still completely bewildered as to what was happening.
My bronze chariot and horses!
I spent a fortune to buy this at an auction, and I cherish it so much that I'm reluctant to use it. How did it end up in Zhang Lingshan's hands and get rid of it?
That's fine.
That damned Zhang Lingshan, he even added as he ran: "Dasheng, run!"
It's like you're on my side.
But if you're in cahoots, you won't even wait for me; I haven't even gotten on the bus yet.
If you get mud on your pants, even if it's not shit, it'll still look like shit.
Lin Bai barked like a dog, saying that he, Pang Mancang, and Wei Cuicui had all become Zhang Lingshan's accomplices.
Is this reasonable?
What merit or ability does Zhang Lingshan possess to have so many inside agents, each of whom is stronger than him?
Unless Zhang Lingshan is the illegitimate son of the emperor of the Daqing Dynasty, we're all crazy to become his inside man.
However, it's also clear that Lin Bo has indeed gone mad. This sudden turn of events has terrified him so much that he's lost his mind and started talking nonsense.
"I'm not an inside man! Zhang Lingshan stole my bronze chariot and horse magic weapon! Everyone, hurry and chase after him, we still have time!"
Ding Dasheng also rushed out of Jinglian Pavilion and fled towards the Ding family.
Although they didn't understand the situation or why Pang Mancang had suddenly barged into Jinglian Pavilion, going home quickly was definitely the right thing to do.
At least at home, Grandpa Ding Yangshuo is there to protect me. If I continue to stay in Jinglian Pavilion, who knows what I'll face next?
"Domain Lord, what do we do now?"
Wei Cuicui looked panicked.
Pang Mancang snorted, "What are you afraid of? Let's go!"
Having said that, he grabbed Wei Cuicui and they left the place in an instant.
If they stay here, they will be unable to defend themselves and will definitely be targeted by all three parties. Even the Anning Army cannot protect itself.
So, I had no choice but to leave.
Previously, in order to take Zhang Lingshan away, Pang Mancang had prepared an escape route. Although the result was unsuccessful, there was still a way to escape, so it didn't affect anything.
Unfortunately, despite his years of hunting eagles, he was pecked in the eye by Zhang Lingshan, this fledgling eagle.
What a shame!
'This kid is truly extraordinary, beyond expectation; my judgment was right after all.'
Although the operation failed, Pang Mancang was not discouraged; on the contrary, he was even more excited.
Next, the objective remained unchanged: to capture Zhang Lingshan.
Although Zhang Lingshan had Ding Dasheng's flying magic weapon, he couldn't run very far.
Moreover, the spirit stones that Wei Cuicui gave him to restore his refining were all personally marked by me, Pang Mancang.
Now that you've been marked by me, Pang Mancang, do you still think you can escape from my grasp?
Dream on! (End of Chapter)