The Devil's Tribulation

Chapter 411: 7-Star Demon Locking Formation

At the Bone Realm Ranch, Pan Chengfeng, with the help of his two senior brothers, came to the place where the rat demon was trapped. Outside the formation, the five Void Refining cultivators kept making hand seals. The rat demon was running wildly in the formation, hitting the formation barrier from time to time. Seeing the solemn faces of the five Void Refining cultivators, Pan Chengfeng hurriedly asked Shangguan Heng: "Senior Brother Shangguan, how long can the formation last if you trap it like this?" Shangguan Yun smiled bitterly and said: "It's hard to say. This beast has no intelligence and its actions are impossible to judge. If it continues to hit the formation, we can only last three hours at most!"

Pan Chengfeng understood, looked at the disciples surrounding him and shouted, "Everyone stop watching, don't provoke the rat demon anymore." Shangguan Heng also reacted and shouted, "Everyone, step back a thousand meters and don't approach the formation without permission!" The disciples talked a lot and slowly left the formation. Some disciples looked back reluctantly several times, after all, a sixth-order upper-level demon beast was not something you could see casually.

The disciples all dispersed, and the rat monster was not as crazy as before, and slowly stopped hitting. Pan Chengfeng had the opportunity to observe the rat monster carefully. It was not big, about 1.5 meters long including the tail, and half a meter tall. Its hair was blood red, and it had a pair of bright red rat eyes. It looked weird no matter how you looked at it. Maybe it had just hit the formation a few times, but now it has become quiet, and its pair of rat eyes stared at Pan Chengfeng. Pan Chengfeng observed for a while and asked: "Brother, do you know this monster? What was the rat king you just said?"

Shangguan Heng said: "Golden Horned Rat King, a very rare mutant rat monster. But many cultivators prefer to call it 'Treasure Hunting Rat'." "Treasure Hunting Rat?" Shangguan Heng nodded and said: "Yes, this mutant rat is very sensitive to spiritual power fluctuations, and not even a trace of spiritual power can escape its perception. Someone in Aotian Continent once tamed this kind of rat monster. But this monster is extremely weak and it is difficult to raise it to level three or above. I didn't expect to see a peak level six monster here today! Unfortunately, it has no spiritual intelligence and cannot be tamed."

Pan Chengfeng stared at the rat demon, touched his chin and said, "This is not a solution. Except for my brother, we are not strong enough to resist it. It will break out of the formation sooner or later..." Pan Chengfeng's eyes lit up, and he slapped his head and said, "How could I forget about her? Senior Sister Qiaoqiao~" Pan Chengfeng turned around and shouted, "Senior Sister Qiaoqiao, come here quickly~"

Pang Qiaoqiao and Yan Qingyun were sitting together and whispering to each other. When they heard Pan Chengfeng calling her, they quickly stood up and came to Pan Chengfeng, and asked happily, "Junior brother, are you looking for me?" Pan Chengfeng said with a smile, "Senior sister, look at this big rat, a sixth-level monster. Can you set up a trap to cover the formations of the brothers and free them?"

Pang Qiaoqiao thought for a while and said, "Of course I can, but I don't know how long I can trap it." Shangguan Heng asked hurriedly, "Junior sister, what formation are you going to set up?" Pang Qiaoqiao said, "I know a few trapping formations, but for a sixth-level monster, I can only use the Seven-Star Locking Monster Formation. I guess the others won't be enough for it to struggle for a few more times." Shangguan Heng's eyes lit up and he praised, "Junior sister is really a formation genius. If you can really set up the Seven-Star Locking Monster Formation, and if you personally preside over it, there will be no problem trapping this beast for seven days." Pan Chengfeng was also happy and said, "Thank you for your great help! Senior sister is really amazing! This way, the brothers can free up their hands to deal with this beast!"

Shangguan Yun said worriedly, "But if we have another big fight here, I'm afraid something will happen again." Pan Chengfeng waved his hand and said, "Brother, don't worry. This is the territory of the rat monster. No matter how loud the noise is, no other monsters dare to come." Shangguan Yun was relieved after hearing this and said admiringly, "Junior brother, you know so much about monsters. I really admire you." Pan Chengfeng said modestly, "It's just a little knowledge. How can I compare with you? Senior Sister Qiaoqiao, do you need help? Let's quickly set up the formation to avoid more trouble."

Pang Qiaoqiao was about to say no, after all, if someone who didn't know the formation came to help, it would only make things worse. But when she saw Xin'er coming over, she rolled her eyes and said, "Then ask Junior Brother to help me~" Pan Chengfeng pointed to his nose and asked in confusion, "Let me help? But I don't know the formation~" Pang Qiaoqiao smiled and said, "Just help to insert the formation eye and formation flags, you don't need to know the formation." Then Pang Qiaoqiao took out seven golden flags and a bunch of materials from the storage ring and handed them to Pan Chengfeng, saying, "Junior Brother, follow me~"

Xin'er didn't notice Pang Qiaoqiao's little thoughts at all. When she came closer, she felt the emotional fluctuations of the rat demon. An extremely violent emotion, it seemed that there were only two thoughts: killing and eating. Xin'er tried to communicate with it several times, but failed at all. However, Xin'er did not give up, but looked into the eyes of the rat demon and tried again and again. Slowly, Xin'er seemed to feel another emotion of the rat demon. But it was very vague, and it was impossible to judge what the rat demon wanted to express.

Pan Chengfeng followed Pang Qiaoqiao and placed the array eye, array flags and crystal beads according to Pang Qiaoqiao's instructions. This busy work took most of the day. Pan Chengfeng also learned a little knowledge and said with a smile: "Array flags are really convenient. It's so easy to arrange the array. It seems that I have to prepare a few more sets of practical array flags in the future." Pang Qiaoqiao smiled and said: "This set of array flags was given to me by my master for research. I am also very interested in array flags. If you have time, let's exchange and learn together."

Pan Chengfeng would naturally not refuse. He didn't have time to study the formation systematically, but he could still learn about the formation flags. After the two of them arranged the formation flags, they returned to Shangguan Yun. Pan Chengfeng was surprised to see Xin'er squatting outside the formation and looking at the rat demon. Shangguan Yun hurriedly said, "Don't disturb her. The Ten Thousand Beasts of the Beast Taming Sect is indeed well-deserved. After she came, the rat demon was unusually quiet and hadn't attacked the formation for most of the day." Pan Chengfeng was overjoyed when he heard this. If Xin'er could trick the rat demon back, wouldn't she make a fortune?

Everyone waited for another hour before Xin'er stood up and came to Pan Chengfeng and said, "This rat demon is very unstable. Sometimes it wants to eat, sometimes it wants to kill, and sometimes it begs me to save it pitifully. I tried to comfort it for a long time but it was useless. I don't know if I can comfort it." Pan Chengfeng was surprised and said, "Isn't this a mental illness? It turns out that if you stay in here for a long time, you will go crazy. I wonder if humans are the same."

Shangguan Heng saw that the Ten Thousand Beasts Body couldn't do anything for a while, so he looked at Pang Qiaoqiao and said, "Then please trouble Junior Sister Qiaoqiao to open the formation. My junior brothers and I have already consumed a lot of energy to maintain the formation." Pang Qiaoqiao naturally had no objection. She formed seals with her hands and shouted, "Seven Star Locking Demon Formation, start!" Suddenly, seven golden lights rose from seven directions, gathered in the air, and then turned upside down in a semicircle. Shangguan Yun and the rat demon were directly covered. Pang Qiaoqiao shouted at the same time, "Five senior brothers, I opened a hole in the east, you leave quickly~" The five refining cultivators put away the formation at the same time, and left in a flash.

When the rat demon saw that the barrier of the formation that trapped him was gone, he immediately became furious and charged left and right. However, the Seven Stars Locking Demon Formation was obviously much more advanced than the formation of Shangguan Yun and his men. The rat demon charged desperately, but the barrier of the formation only caused a few ripples. Pang Qiaoqiao said with a stern face: "This rat demon is so powerful! If it continues to attack like this, the formation can only support one day at most!"

Several people were shocked when they heard this. Pan Chengfeng hurriedly shouted, "Xin'er, try to calm it down first!" Xin'er nodded and said, "I'll try. You all retreat a little further." Several people quickly retreated a few hundred meters away, leaving only Xin'er by the formation. A quarter of an hour later, the collision finally stopped, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Shangguan Heng sighed, "I didn't expect to run into such a difficult situation right after entering the Dry Bone Realm. Five Divine Transformation disciples have already perished. I wonder how many of them will survive two years later." Hei Kun had no idea where he had gone before. Now that he saw Pan Chengfeng and Shangguan Yun coming back, he hurried forward and asked, "Brother Shangguan, I looked around nearby and didn't see even a single spiritual herb. How could there be a precious medicine here?"

Pan Chengfeng was furious and scolded, "Who told you to run around? Did you ignore my words?" Hei Kun waved his hands and said, "I just looked around within a thousand meters, I didn't run around." Pan Chengfeng didn't believe it, "Really?" Hei Kun immediately swore, "Really? If I lied to you, I'll make you impotent!" Pan Chengfeng was relieved, but still warned, "Not even within a thousand meters! Stay wherever I tell you to stay! If you do it again, you don't have to be impotent! I'll just castrate you!"

However, Hei Kun's problem is also something that many people don't understand. After coming to the ranch for several days, there is not a single spiritual herb. Pan Chengfeng pointed to his head and said, "Think about it with your brain. There are so many monsters here, and they are all insensible. Could they leave any precious medicine for you? They will be eaten as soon as they show up!" Shangguan Heng smiled and said, "Junior brother is right. There are only some precious medicines in the Liuyan Land, but not many. There is only one kind of precious medicine that grows there. If you want to find precious medicines, you still have to go to the ancient battlefield, or even deeper."