The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 707 I failed
The situation changed, and most of the people's attention was on the battle outside, so even Ming Xueling, a cultivator with magical powers, was unable to react. He could only watch as several beams of black light shot towards the vital parts of Zhao Chen's body.

But just as the black light was about to hit, the shadow of a female deity appeared out of nowhere. She hugged Zhao Chen and used her "body" to block the invasion of the black light.

This is the "Spiritual Protection Spell" that Zhao Chen bought secretly!
Speaking of which, even if Tang Miao performed this fourth-grade defensive magical power himself, only a vague outline could be seen, with no specific image at all. But at this moment, after being recharged with "star coins", the phantom of a goddess appeared.

Although her face could not be seen clearly, it gave people an extremely beautiful feeling, and one could even faintly smell an intoxicating fragrance in the air around her.

After the black light penetrated into the body of the "goddess" phantom, it disappeared completely without causing any ripples.

Zhao Chen also came back to his senses at this time and glanced at the balance of star coins. Although he was a little confused, he still counterattacked immediately. The dark golden "Dragon Gun" instantly spewed out tongues of fire with "dragon power", hitting the enemies on the ground who had not yet had time to reintegrate into the "shadow".

At almost the same time, the "White Tiger Seven Stars Sword" simulated by Ming Xueling with the magical power of "Senluo Wanxiang" and the "Nine Heavens Purple Clouds" emitted by Yan Hongxia with the magical weapon "Purple Jade Divine Hairpin" also arrived one after another.

One is to sever the connection between the enemy and the "shadow", while the other releases a dreamy purple cloud to wrap around the attacker's body.

However, whether it was the "Dragon Flame" bullets of the Youlong Gun, Ming Xueling's "White Tiger Seven Stars Sword", or Yan Hongxia's "Nine Heavens Purple Clouds", they all just passed through the attacker's "body". Not to mention hurting the opponent, they couldn't even touch him, as if the two sides were not in the same "dimension" at all.

The enemy who emerged from the shadow saw that not only his sneak attack failed to work, but he was also instantly met with a fierce counterattack. So without any hesitation, he immediately used his magical powers and merged into the shadow again.

Seeing this, Zhao Chen opened his "Dongxu Eye" and carefully checked his own and his companions' shadows, but found nothing abnormal.

Ming Xueling was also observing the shadows nearby. She used various reconnaissance powers, but ultimately found nothing.

The two looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.

Fortunately, although we couldn't find any clues about the attacker, we can confirm that he is no longer here.

"If he misses the first strike, he flees thousands of miles away... Is he a professional assassin?" Zhao Chen muttered to himself before using his innate magic "Ten Thousand Stars Magic Formula", which successively activated the "Slow Word to Bewitching God Magic" and "Suspicious Word to Suggest Magic" included in his collection, making the store owner and other guests around him forget what had just happened.

——He had just entered the country not long ago, and he didn’t want to be invited to have tea by the Six Gates so soon.

Ming Xueling "simulated" a causal magic to remove traces and disrupt the secrets of heaven, so as not to be easily deduced by others, and Yan Hongxia also cooperated with the use of small spells such as "repair" and "cleaning" to restore the places damaged by the magic to their original state...

The three of them cooperated well with each other, which made Ning Meng and Mo Qiu who were standing next to them stunned and unable to recover for a long time.

When it comes to experience in the martial arts world, not to mention the little girl Ning Meng, even her master is also a "rookie".

At the same time, the battle on the street outside came to an end after Taoist Yuzhen was swallowed by "Tianyin Divine Eagle".

The two men holding the "Red Eagle Divine Rocket" and the "Osprey Divine Cannon" in the air disintegrated the "Flying Tiger Divine Eagle", then jumped into the mechanical mouth of the "Tianyin Divine Eagle", and then sank back into the ground with the steel monster.

It was not until the preset formation of this street completely restored the damaged road facilities that the two gold-seal constables from the Six Gates of Wuguan City finally arrived.

Their breathing was disordered, and their clothes were torn. It was obvious that they had experienced a fierce battle before rushing over. However, at this time, not to mention the criminals who ambushed Yu Zhenzi, even Zhao Chen and his group had already left the neighborhood.

Both of these captains of police had the surname "Xing". They were raised in the charity hall under the Six Gates and practiced the "Iron Punishment and War Eagle Post", a unique martial art of the government.

The older one was called "Old Constable Xing" by the people of the Wuguan Six Gates, while the younger one was called "Little Constable Xing".

After asking the surrounding shops about the details of the battle and personally inspecting some nearby streets that did not have preset repair formations, Captain Xiao Xing reported the situation in detail to Captain Lao Xing, and finally said:
"Preliminary judgment is that the criminals came here to seek revenge on the Taoist Yuzhen who was stationed in Guancheng by the Taoist Office...but they all used military magic, which is different from the one that just intercepted us."

Captain Xing snorted coldly and said, "'Flying Tiger Divine Eagle' and 'Osprey Divine Cannon' are fine. One of these two spells is not very practical, and the other has limited power. The management is not strict, so it is not uncommon for them to spread out, and many people in the martial arts world know how to use them..."

"But 'Tianyin Divine Eagle' and 'Red Eagle Divine Rocket' are different. Anyone who can learn these two spells must have a close relationship with the military, or be a member of the military!
"As for why the people who intercepted us took a different approach, that's easy to explain. They hired people from other organizations.

"I'll go back to the garrison and ask for an explanation."

At this point, he paused, then turned to Captain Xiao Xing and instructed, "When reporters come to interview you later, you should first blame this matter on the 'Yinsi'. We can handle the matter between us and the military privately."

Captain Xiao Xing nodded, indicating that he had made a note of it, but then he sighed and said, "Speaking of which, I have also been keeping an eye on that Taoist Yuzhen for a long time, but I have not arrested him because I lack direct evidence that he kidnapped a female cultivator.

"And according to my investigation, only some of the missing female cultivators in recent years were taken in by Taoist Yuzhen himself, while others were sent to unknown places, and perhaps there were other accomplices...

"It's a pity that the clues are broken now."

Hearing this, Captain Xing looked Xiao Xing up and down with a complicated look and asked, "Did you also investigate the matter of Taoist Yuzhen? Why didn't you report it?"

"Taoist Yuzhen is from the Daoist Office after all, so I can't investigate him in a big way, so I didn't file a case... What's wrong?" Perhaps noticing that Old Xing was in a bad mood, Captain Xiao Xing asked in surprise, "Is there any problem with this?"

Captain Xing shook his head slightly, thinking back to the senior he met when he was young who had also investigated the disappearance of a female cultivator but whose body was never found. He sighed in his heart, "Perhaps the reckless actions of these military brats saved your life..."

……

In an underground palace in Wuguan Pass, several figures in black robes were standing in the hall below, looking up at the high-ranking seats from time to time, as if they were waiting for someone.

I don’t know how long it took, but countless dark shadows gathered from all directions and formed a vague figure on the chair.

"Congratulations to Lord Judge for completing his mission and returning triumphantly..." the black-robed men said in unison upon seeing this.

But before they finished their words of praise, they heard a gloomy voice ringing in their ears:

"No...I failed!"

(End of this chapter)