Chapter Forty-two: The Net Closes In

  Yun Meng rushed forward for half a time, and Ji Changkong suddenly stopped in his tracks, pointing ahead to Yu Zilu: "This is a muddy swamp. If a heavenly scholar with strength below the Seven Star Heaven realm falls into it, they will be in big trouble. Lurking within the swamp are groups of blood-patterned giant alligators; once they catch wind of the smell of blood, these blood-patterned giant alligators will go berserk."

  "Not bad, it's a good place." Yu Ziling commented.

  "Just arrange some things at the entrance, cover it with a layer of dry leaves, and ordinary people will hardly notice. Once you rush in too fast, your body can't stop, and you'll fall into the mud pit." Ji Changkong continued to explain.

  "Let's do it!" Yu Ziling smiled and nodded, stretching out her hand to press on a nearby small tree with lush branches. A faint green light emerged from the back of Yu Ziling's hand.

  That small tree with lush branches quickly turned yellow and shed its leaves, which fell to the ground in profusion.

  "Alright, come with me and spread the fallen leaves forward."

  She slapped the small tree violently, and all the withered yellow leaves fell to the ground. Yu Zilu picked up a pile of withered leaves with her feet, hugged them and sprinkled them towards the muddy swamp in front, directing Ji Changkong to do the same together.

  Ji Changkong's face was filled with astonishment, the Five Elements Sky Scholar was skilled in using the power of the five elements. This Yu Zilu, although mainly cultivating the fire element, seemed to be quite extraordinary in her use of wood element as well. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for her to so effortlessly use the wood element to wither the trees.

  The power of withering plants and trees is unique to the Wood element!

  He was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly thought of the humiliation that Lu Yun and Wu Shan Lao Mu had brought to him and Ji Yuanyun. He swiftly swept up a pile of fallen leaves and scattered them over the muddy pit in front of him.

  "Don't get too close to the mud pit, there's a blood-stained giant alligator inside!" Ji Changkong suddenly shouted.

  "Ah..."

  A loud cry, suddenly came from Yu Ziling's mouth, she moved as fast as lightning, her palm stretched out and slapped on the head of a giant crocodile that rushed out violently!

  Bang!

  A five-meter-long alligator with bloodstains was ruthlessly slapped into the mud pit, a burnt smell spreading through the air.

  The giant crocodile slowly sank into the mud pit, its life or death unknown.

  "Ugly to death!" Yu Ziling pouted, looked down and frowned: "Too weak, not as fierce as the beasts on our side, one slap can kill them, too boring. No way, relying solely on these blood-patterned giant alligators will definitely not be able to deal with those guys, need to think of another way..."

  She muttered a few words to herself, and Yu Ziling's clear autumn water-like eyes suddenly lit up. She smiled slyly in a low voice, saying: "I've got it!"

  A huge beast bone was taken out from her purple waist bag, and it was obvious that her bag was also a treasure similar to the Ji Changkong Qizi bag, which could hold items far beyond its surface capacity.

  A beast bone flew out and was inserted into the lush branches of a tree next to the mud pit, and suddenly a large web that was hard to see with the naked eye appeared above the mud pit.

  The princess looked closely for a while before discovering that the animal bones were covered in small holes, and each hole had a thread as thin as hair strung through it. Each thread was snow-white and hung suspended in mid-air, making them almost imperceptible if one didn't look carefully.

  Yu Ziling admired her own work, nodded in satisfaction, looked around and seemed to be planning to add something else.

  "Leave first, the poisonous miasma is coming quickly!" Ji Changkong calculated the time and suddenly shouted, leading the way to flash forward.

  He had been in Yunmeng Daze for so long that he had already figured out the various colors of poisonous miasma, and when they would move to where.

  He was fearless of the poisonous miasma, but since Yu Ziling would help him deal with Lu Yun and Wu Shan Old Mother, he naturally had to consider Yu Ziling.

  After a while, Ji Changkong took Yu Ziling around in a circle and came to the other side of the muddy pond.

  In the middle was a muddy swamp, and in front of it, a faint green mist floated slowly above the swamp, drifting straight towards the direction of their set trap.

  Two-headed sword-toothed rhino appeared in that direction at some point, wandering around listlessly, as if searching for prey.

  In the muddy pond, a faint ripple came through.

  Ji Changkong's heart was clear and empty, and he immediately sensed that there were giant crocodiles moving at the bottom of the muddy pit. They seemed to have taken the two Sword-toothed Rhinos as their prey, wanting to drag them into the muddy pit in the direction set up by Ji Changkong and Yu Ziling.

  Once the giant crocodile suddenly rushes out, it will not only touch Yu Ziliang's large net but also stir up the area with fallen leaves that they had covered.

  Ji Changkong's heart was racing with anxiety, but Yu Ziling had her eyes narrowed slightly, watching the scene unfold before her with great interest, seemingly not worried at all.

  Since Ji Changkong could sense the existence of the Blood Pattern Giant Crocodile, with her realm, it was naturally easier for her to perceive the life fluctuations nearby. The Blood Pattern Giant Crocodile hiding in the muddy pond should not have been able to escape her senses.

  Suddenly, five blood-stained giant crocodiles leapt out from the bottom of the pool, their bloody mouths wide open, about to bite the two saber-toothed rhinos that were just a few feet away.

  Hehe!

  A strange voice suddenly came, and the five-headed blood-stained alligator jumped up, its body hitting the big net that Yu Ziling had set up earlier.

  The body of the five-headed blood-stained alligator froze in mid-air for a moment.

  Suddenly, their bodies were torn apart, like well-cut pieces of meat, falling into the mud pit, unable to rush towards the sword-toothed rhino, nor could they stir up the area covered with fallen leaves where Yu Ziling was hiding.

  That giant net made of sharp beast bones was so sharp that it could cut open the bodies of the giant crocodiles just by relying on the force of their charge!

  Ji Changkong suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, and she couldn't help but take a step back from Yu Ziling, who was still beaming with excitement.

  Too ruthless!

  "Yu Ziling, I only have a feud with two people. Are you going to get everyone killed by doing this?" Ji Changkong said in a low and stern tone.

  Yu Ziling looked at Ji Changkong with a puzzled expression and said, "If you two are together with your enemies, then their friends must also be your enemies. Why not just kill them all off and be done with it?"

  Ji Changkong's scalp felt numb with a sudden intuition, he had never left the Ji family from childhood to adulthood and had no contact with this kind of ruthless killer.

  When Yu Ziling talked about killing people as if it was nothing, he suddenly felt that his life in the Ji family for so many years was actually quite comfortable and fortunate.

  "Don't worry, no one knows it was you who did it!" Yu Zilu comforted Ji Changkong with a sentence, looking at him with great interest and smiling slyly: "Killing people is the most fun thing to do, try it out and you'll know, we're going to stay in Yunmeng Daze for a while, I'll teach you slowly. Don't worry, in the end, you'll definitely like this kind of thing!"

  Ji Changkong: "......"

  "Yu Ziling, I think our cooperation can end here! Our working styles are too different, and we simply cannot work together!" Ji Changkong suddenly exclaimed after taking a deep breath.

  "Hehe, you're really interesting!" Yu Ziling smiled slyly and teased: "I was just joking with you! Among your enemies, there is the Seven Star Sky Warrior, those people are much more terrifying than the ferocious beasts at the bottom of the pool. My web can tear apart ferocious beasts, but it's definitely not enough to kill them, you're worrying too much!"

  "Really?" Ji Changkong was half-believing and half-doubting. This woman's lies were too numerous, it was hard to tell which one was true.

  "Shh! Someone's coming, don't talk!" Yu Ziling made a silencing gesture, focusing her attention on the direction of the mud pit as Lu Yun and Wu Shan Old Mother slowly appeared after the poisonous miasma dissipated.

  "Will they come in? There's no bait." Ji Changkong said in a low voice, looking stunned.

  "Don't worry, they'll come in!" Yu Ziling said with certainty, as if she had been prepared for this.

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