Shadow Mask Group
45 - Issues

"You, does that mean the great general is here?" liu Chen said with a heart.

Tao Mu looked towards Liu Chen, "No, he's not here. But he was near the city"

"So that's it", Liu Chen nodded. "It's just as dangerous. If the great general is near here and finds out that we're human, he'll kill us right away"

"You, what hope did you write on your lantern?" ask Song Quon.

"My hope is to meet the prince. Well, I don't mean I wanna die and catch up with him. But the prince is reincarnated and I can meet him" Tao Mu said as he looked at Song Quon.

Song Quon nodded, "Hope is realized. What hope will I have too, huh?"

"So that means, they also have a prince? But I don't get any information about that. The teacher doesn't seem to know about this either. But Mu said that he did not want to die and followed the prince. Doesn't that mean the demon prince is dead?" inner Liu Chen.

"That's a lantern!" shouted one citizen.

"Where?!"

"That's up there!"

Everyone looks in the designated direction. When they saw that there were lanterns that had flown, they began to fly each lantern.

The lanterns started flying in the night sky. The light from the lantern illuminated the dark night. In the night sky at this moment, there was a lot of hope being flown into the sky.

Tao Mu directly flew his lantern. He hopes that what he wants will be achieved. He glanced at Liu Chen and the two young men's friends, "Why haven't you guys flown it yet?"

"Alright", Liu Chen and Zhang Jiangwu started flying the lanterns. And Song Quon.

Many demons were staring in the direction where the lanterns were flying.

While gazing up, a lantern suddenly began to fall near Liu Chen. The young man took it straight away. He could see a caption 'May grandfather recover soon and play with me again'

Liu Chen smiled. He immediately lit the lantern to make the lantern can fly back. "May your hope come true" Liu Chen murmured.

While staring back at the thousands of lanterns, someone pulled Liu Chen's hand from behind. He was taken away from his friend.

Liu Chen was shocked as he was taken to a place that was quite quiet from the crowd. And seeing in front of him was someone.

"Brother Chen, seriously!" her word. The man also opened the hood of his white robe with a blue and yellow pattern.

"Feng Ying? What was? Where are Xian and Tuoli?" ask Liu Chen.

"They, they captured brother Chen" Feng Ying said frantically.

"Tell me, how did it happen?"

Feng Ying started to tell the events the first time. Just as he, Zong Xian and Lu Tuoli were standing guard in the forest, there was a troop that saw them.

Originally they could excel because the enemies were only five master level demons and grandmasters. Because Zong Xian can handle it. However, there came a lot more troops. There was even a general who came. The general also had a cultivation level greater than Zong Xian.

Knowing that he was going to lose, then Zong Xian told Lu Tuoli and Feng Ying to leave. At first the two refused. But Zong Xian said to tell Liu Chen and the others to help him. So Zong Xian will temporarily hold off the enemy.

Finally, the two men agreed. They intend to tell what happened and want to ask for help. But, there were troops who chased after and captured Lu Tuoli. Finally, only Feng Ying was able to survive. Both of his friends were taken by the army.

"That's the story, brother Chen. What do we do now?" said Feng Ying in panic.

"We have to tell Quon and Jiangwu now. Then, do you remember where they took our friend's friend?" liu Chen said seriously.

Feng Ying nodded, "But I don't know the exact location where they were taken"

"We need to find them immediately. You wait here. I'll bring Quon and Jiangwu here"

Feng Ying nodded. His face looked worried and panicked.

Liu Chen immediately went to meet Song Quon and Zhang Jiangwu. Song Quon was seen glancing right and left. But from the look on his face, he seemed not to find what he was looking for. Surely what Song Quon was looking for was Liu Chen. He was confused when he did not see Liu Chen. He was worried that something would happen to the young man.

"What are you looking for, Qiang?" said Tao Mu.

"I'm looking for Xun. He's not in his place right now"

"Then, we should look for-"

"You guys!" say a voice. The owner of the voice approached. Yes, he is Liu Chen.

"Xun, where have you been? You worry me" Song Quon looked towards Liu Chen.

Liu Chen shook his head, "I'm fine. I forgot, we have to finish something first. We don't have much time"

Song Quon frowned, as did Zhang Jiangwu. The young man before them at this moment looked rather panicked.

"What business is it? And why do you look so panicked? Is something that you have to finish that's so important, that when you haven't finished it, you get worried?" said Tao Mu.

"I can't explain it to you right now. My friend and I have to go. We have some business to take care of" Liu Chen said.

"Alright, you just go if the business you have to finish is very important. I think we'll meet back later. So see you again" said Tao Mu.

Liu Chen nodded, "Come on", he left immediately.

Song Quon and Zhang Jiangwu also went to follow the young man. Tao Mu just silently stared at the departure of the three young men.

"Hows it? What's around this town, you guys find anything suspicious?" inner Tao Mu. He was sending voice messages using telepathy.

In fact, every demon general and his representative had a style that could allow them to communicate with each other even at long distances. With telepathy.

"Yes, I found something suspicious. To be exact, I found three humans near the city. Thank you in advance for your information telling me to check around the city", a voice soon Tao Mu heard.

"It turns out to be true my guess. Then how, did you guys finish what I said before?"

"I and my soldiers must have solved this problem. What about the man you're with?"

"Everything went well. They are currently gone to find their friends" said Tao Mu using telepathy.

"Ah, yes. Sorry I changed the plan a little. But take it easy, this plan will benefit us"

"Alright, I entrust that human being to you and your subordinate soldiers"

He sighed, "Well, I intend to escape from the task and rest. But I even take care of the task about the human being. But fortunately, my task is done for now" he murmured.

Liu Chen, Song Quon and Zhang Jiangwu were now meeting Feng Ying.

"Why did you take us to a rather quiet place i.", Song Quon stopped talking when before him there was currently Feng Ying.

"..Why are you here? Where are the other two?" said Song Quon.

Liu Chen immediately told the incident that Feng Ying had experienced. Hearing that, Zhang Jiangwu and Song Quon were shocked. But Zhang Jiangwu's expression looked flat. Until he looks ordinary. He was also surprised.

"Then we have to help them as soon as possible" Song Quon said.

Liu Chen nodded, "Yes, so now Ying will drive us to the place where he last saw Zong Xian and Lu Tuoli"

"What amazes me is why did they let Ying escape? Is this a trap to catch us all?" said Song Quon.

"Trap or not, we should still go and help them" Liu Chen looked at Song Quon seriously. Indicates that he does not play with his words.

"But it would be very dangerous for us if it was a trap. Our strength is not comparable to theirs. How do we win? We will only become corpses if we forcefully fight against them" Song Quon said in a serious manner. He also believed that if there was a demon general there, he would not be able to win against him.

"I'll hold them. You release Xian and Tuoli and after you release them, you must run" Liu Chen said.

Song Quon was surprised, "What are you saying?! Do you intend to sacrifice yourself?! You won't be able to win against them!"

"Just calm down, I have one chance to come back to life. If I die, I will rise again. But my chance is only one time. So you have to take the time to run when you see me holding them"

"Are you sure about that? What if you really were going to die? Anyway, how did you come back to life?" said Song Quon.

"I then accidentally found a ball of light in the demon palace. So I ate it and it turned out that the ball of light could give me 3 chances to live. But now, my chance is only one time. So make good use of the time later and run quickly, bring them both back" Liu Chen said.

"Alright, but promise me you won't die later" Song Quon said solemnly looking at Liu Chen.

"I don't know, but I will try to keep my word", Liu Chen smiled.

"Come on.you can still smile in these circumstances. Especially when you don't know when you save them both, whether you're alive or not"

"I believe in my abilities. I can definitely come back to life. But you need to get away as soon as you can"

Song Quon, Zhang Jiangwu and Feng Ying nodded. Although somewhat objected to Liu Chen's decision.

Now they began to go to the place where Feng Ying had last been with Zong Xian and Lu Tuoli.

"I'm apart from them here", Feng Ying pointed forward.

"How do we search.."

Unfinished Song Quon said something, he and the others could hear the sound of a fight at a distance of several meters from where they were currently.

They'll be there soon. When they arrived, they could see Zong Xian fighting Lu Tuoli.

"Conscious!" shouted Zong Xian.

No matter how much Zong Xian yelled to resuscitate Lu Tuoli, he could not do it. Lu Tuoli remained against him. Although Lu Tuoli had a lower cultivation level than him, Zong Xian certainly did not want to kill Lu Tuoli. Because he knew the young man was being controlled.

Liu Chen, Song Quon, and Feng Ying were shocked to see their two friends fighting.

Seeing his friend coming, Zong Xian immediately shouted. "Find the demon that controls Tuoli. So that he can stop attacking me. The devil is not far from us now"

"Haha, you don't have to look for me like that. I'm the one who's going to see you", a demon just showed up near Liu Chen and his friend.

Liu Chen and the others became wary. That demon was already at the level of 2-star earth.

"Chen, look at that. In his hands it was like there was something" Song Quon said. He pointed at something.

Liu Chen and the others looked in the designated direction. There, it's like there's something shiny. That something also seemed to be fixed on Lu Tuoli. It's like a thread.

"That's what controls Tuoli" Liu Chen said.

"We have to break that thread. Maybe if the thread is cut off, then Tuoli can not be controlled anymore by him" said Song Quon.

Feng Ying nodded. The four of them now began to prepare to sever the thread that bound Lu Tuoli.

Feng Ying took the spear that was on his back. Liu Chen took out his sword inside the space ring. So did Zhang Jiangwu. Song Quon was holding two daggers. Song Quon had indeed always kept a dagger on his waist in preparation.

Song Quon started throwing his dagger at the thread. However, Lu Tuoli directly blocked by making his body a shield. Finally his arm was pierced by a dagger.

"Currently, we need to get closer. Jiangwu and I will fight it. While the two of you will break the thread that binds Tuoli" Liu Chen said. Then he was nodded by his three friends.

Liu Chen and Zhang Jiangwu started to advance and attack the demon. While Song Quon and Feng Ying were trying to get close and cut off the thread controlling Lu Tuoli.

Every time Song Quon and Feng Ying intended to cut the thread, then Lu Tuoli would attack them. That's what makes it hard for both of them to break the thread. Because there's no way they're gonna hurt Lu Tuoli.

"You think you can kill me easily? Heh, you guys are so weak! You can't scratch me, let alone kill me!" said demon.

"I know that too. We just want to keep you busy with us and then our friend will break the thread that controls Tuoli" Liu Chen said. He made a stabbing move using his sword.

However, it could be avoided by demons easily. Because of the difference in cultivation which is certainly very far away. From the emperor level to the earth level.

Liu Chen jumped up high and swung the sword towards the demon. However, the attack was immediately intercepted by the demon.

Liu Chen returned to the ground. Now it was Zhang Jiangwu who attacked the demon quickly. Although fast, in fact the attack did not scratch the devil in the least.

Liu Chen looked towards where Song Quon and Feng Ying were. The two young men were now dodging the attack Lu Tuoli had made.

"Cih, he can still control Tuoli. Jiangwu was fighting with him to break his concentration. But it turned out that he was not affected" Liu Chen murmured. He immediately remembered that he could control a corpse.

Moreover, he had hundreds if not thousands of corpses present within his spatial ring. He immediately took out 5 human corpses that had cultivation levels from warriors to generals. Even one corpse had the cultivation level of an emperor during his lifetime.

Liu Chen touched one of them while closing his eyes. "Undead", he opened his eyes. When he opened his eyes, it appeared that his irises had turned red. The corpse he touched also started to open his eyes.

Liu Chen smiled happily, "Although this corpse isn't worth that demonic-power, but my goal isn't to defeat it. But to disturb his concentration so that we can free Tuoli" Liu Chen murmured. They began to resurrect the bodies one by one.