Wandering Gods of Day and Night

The Mountain and River Map was being gradually pulled out from the Kongming Mirror.

Time seemed to slow significantly in Zhou Xuan's eyes, but in the eyes of the dragon dance team members attacking Zhou Xuan, they only felt that the bone spikes surrounding Zhou Xuan were blindingly fast.

It was clearly just a single bone spike, but because of its exaggerated speed, the traces it left behind intersected, forming a substantial white light sphere with an impervious aura.

The dragon dance team member also wielded the fire whip in his hand, aiming to strike Zhou Xuan's bone spike light sphere.

As soon as the tip of the fire whip touched the light sphere, it was cut into two pieces.

"Nanny Yuan, can we not deal with Zhou Xuan? Please, take action."

The dragon dance members couldn't overcome Zhou Xuan's protective bone spikes; they had only two options.

Either they work together, with twenty to thirty people constantly striking Zhou Xuan's protective bone spikes with their fire whips.

If the number of fire whips was sufficient, they could eventually wear down Zhou Xuan's bone spikes to dust.

But how long would that take? There's no telling.

The disciples of the Zoroastrianism, who staged a surprise attack on East Market Street, valued speed; if they delayed for too long, they wouldn't kill Zhou Xuan, but would instead attract the You Shen Si, making them easy targets for capture.

Getting captured was a minor issue; these team members were death warriors who came without plans of returning alive, but failing to kill Zhou Xuan was a major issue.

So, they directly opted for the second choice: let Nanny Yuan, hidden in the fog, take action.

Nanny Yuan, being seven incense sticks strong, could surely launch a surprise attack on Zhou Xuan. Could any protective bone spike withstand Nanny Yuan's attack?

"Why rush? Continue to drain Zhou Xuan."

Nanny Yuan scolded from within the fog.

Unlike these dragon dance team members, Nanny Yuan understood the true purpose of attacking Zhou Xuan, which was merely to attract the attention of the You Shen Si, draw the You Shen to East Market Street, and then Second Master would take advantage of the You Shen Si being unguarded to shatter the Mingjiang Prefecture's monitoring magic artifacts.

That's also why Nanny Yuan didn't recklessly kill Zhou Xuan; she still needed to use Zhou Xuan to draw in the people from You Shen Si.

"Use the magic array, grind his bone spikes to pieces."

Upon receiving Nanny Yuan's order, the dragon dance team regrouped with their fire whips, and twenty to thirty fire whips danced and interwove, forming a flowing flame that crashed towards Zhou Xuan's protective bone spikes.

From this impact, Zhou Xuan felt his hand that was drawing out the Mountain and River Map tremble.

But he wasn't alarmed; the Mountain and River Map was nearly fully extracted, and he could hold on for a while longer.

"The dragon dance team seems intent on killing me quickly. Their first choice wasn't 'grind array against array' to break my bone spikes, yet that so-called Nanny Yuan didn't seem intent on a quick kill either, otherwise, she would have made a move long ago.

A group of people with two different intentions, this seemed somewhat odd."

As Zhou Xuan thought of this, he suddenly understood a bit.

"This Nanny Yuan has the fog of Star Covering, so she must be a disciple of Star Covering. She knows not only where I live on East Market Street but also that my perception is strong, hence bringing fog to isolate my perception.

How could she not know I have many helpers?"

Zhou Xuan didn't believe Nanny Yuan could eliminate all his side's helpers; if a disciple of Star Covering had such formidable combat power, why would Star Covering still sneak around instead of directly invading Mingjiang Prefecture?

"There's only one possibility, she's luring from the east and attacking from the west." Zhou Xuan instantly grasped Nanny Yuan's intention...

Nanny Yuan was still shrouded by thick fog, which could augment her incense aura...allowing her to exude the pressure of eight incense sticks with the cultivation of seven.

The aura was mere bluff, meant to catch the attention of the You Shen Si from Mingjiang Prefecture.

"With the aura of eight incense sticks, the alarm rang on the Mingjiang surveillance magic artifacts."

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"Dong! Dong!"

The You Shen Si of the Mingjiang Prefecture was located on the top floor of the Li Yuan Building.

In the monitoring room stood an ancient bronze four-legged cauldron with beast and dragon patterns on it.

Now, the four-legged cauldron was trembling violently, emitting a resonant bell-like sound.

As a Night Patrol God, Gu Ling heard the sound, so she immediately pressed her right hand on the cauldron, and she saw a thick fog over East Market Street.

Judging by the amplitude of the cauldron's tremors, the figure hiding in the fog likely had the power of more than eight incense sticks.

"A demigod with the aura of eight incense sticks appeared on East Market Street."

She promptly sent a confidential message to the hall, notifying the painter and the Music Master, then dispatched the Divine Lantern of You Shen flying towards East Market Street.

Though the speed of the Divine Lantern couldn't rival the painter's space law or Mr. Feng's Human World No Distance or Zhou Xuan's Divine Soul Day Trip, it was still remarkably fast.

A few dozen seconds later, the lantern, symbolizing the Mingjiang Prefecture's Night Patrol God, hovered over East Market Street.

"What witch dares to cause trouble in Mingjiang Prefecture."

Gu Ling from the Night Patrol Lantern descended into the thick fog and, after activating the Kongming Mirror, ascended to seven incense sticks.

Although, based on the signal from the monitoring ancient cauldron, the person within the fog might be at eight incense sticks.

Gu Ling was confident that she could use her cultivation to stall this eight incense sticks until the painter tore through space to come.

Hearing Gu Ling's voice, Zhou Xuan activated the secret realm human brain, emitting a sharp whistle, amplifying his voice several times over.

"Gu Ling, send a secret message to the painter, telling him not to come to East Market Street; this group's surprise attack on me is merely a ruse to lure the tiger away from the mountain."

Zhou Xuan shouted sternly.

Gu Ling trusted Zhou Xuan deeply; since he stated it was a luring the tiger out of the mountain plan, it must be so.