Chapter 18: Guerrilla Warfare

  Ximen's palm landed beside Lin Fan, and he praised him repeatedly: "Earth Escape, impressive. However, no matter how impressive you are, you can't escape my palm." Luckily, due to the water and thunder of Gui, his own arrangement was originally meant to guard against a powerful person behind the scenes. He didn't expect that without this restriction, Lin Fan would have already escaped into the distance. En... it seems that in mid-air, he also intentionally provoked him.

  Ximen Shuai found Lin Fan to be quite pleasing to the eye. These cultivators can be roughly divided into several types. The first type is the orthodox, who are mostly straightforward and simple-minded, doing things in a rigid manner. The second type is the evil sect, who are despicable and shameless, with unparalleled viciousness. Ximen Shuai didn't like either of these two types. Lin Fan was very different from ordinary orthodox cultivators, being clever and fond of thinking with his brain, yet without the viciousness of the evil sect.

  Lin Fengyun rose up with his true energy and the True Energy Web to counterattack. Ximen Commander shook his head, "Your cultivation is far inferior to mine, you can't escape, hand over the Blood Jade Stone obediently, I won't make things difficult for you."

  "You've got me tied up, I can't move my hands or feet, how am I supposed to give it to you?" Lin Fan batted her eyelashes: "Or, why don't you come and feel for yourself."

  Ximen Shuai gritted his teeth, letting him touch the man's body, and he would rather die than do it. Ximen Shuai waved his hand, and the true energy net opened up a bit, forming a canopy, giving Lin Fan enough space to move around.

  "Where is it?" Lin Fan felt his body, then inserted his fingers into his mouth and pondered for a moment before starting to search again with both hands.

  Ximen Yan said impatiently: "Lin Fan, if you don't know your place, I won't be polite anymore."

  "Got it!" Lin's eyes lit up as he stretched out his left hand and threw the object in his hand towards General Ximen.

  Ximen Shuai took a closer look and confirmed that it was indeed a Blood Jade Stone. He held it in his hand, sensed it, and determined that there were no obstacles or illusions on the stone. Very satisfied, he nodded and looked at the Blood Jade Stone, only to see some blood threads on it. As he brought it closer for a better look, he was shocked to discover that a small talisman had been written on the Blood Jade Stone using fresh blood. Ximen Shuai's heart cried out in alarm - this kid had no yellow paper or brush, and yet he had bitten his finger and used his own blood to write the talisman on the stone.

  "Quickly!" Along with Lin Fan's shout, the Blood Glazed Stone exploded, sending Xi Men Commander flying half a mile away. The True Energy Net collapsed on its own, and Lin Fan jumped up, grasping the Blood Glazed Stone in his hand, letting out a sly smile. Then, he used his technique to instantly escape into the ground.

  Ximen Shuai returned with a black face, not because of his mood, but literally his face was black. This talisman is also a type of thunder spell, called the Bing Fire Thunder Spell, which has very low lethality and its only effect is to push away those who come into contact with it. Originally, this thunder spell could not break through Ximen Shuai's protective true energy, but when Ximen Shuai held the Blood Night Stone in his palm, he voluntarily allowed the Blood Night Stone to enter his protective true energy.

  It's another setback, being affected by the low-level magic of Bing Huo Lei Jue. Xi Men Shuai let out a mouthful of grievances and immediately continued to pursue in the direction of Shi Cheng Town. He fell down, his hand touching the mud, sensing, nothing. He flew left again, sensing, still nothing. He flew right, sensing, still nothing.

  This is impossible, although Lin Fan's earth escape was fast, it had a limitation, that is, it could only be carried out along the place with soil. Xi Men Shuai estimated Lin Fan's earth escape speed and couldn't help but feel that he shouldn't have been unaware of his own senses. Unless... Xi Men Shuai went crazy, good kid, actually running back and forth. Xi Men Shuai hurriedly flew to where he was blown up and then chased after him.

  Suddenly, the direction of the city was blocked by someone, and Ximen Zuo had to turn around and chase towards the city. After landing, he didn't feel anything. Was it forward, left, right or backward? Ximen Zuo knew that Lin Fan had started a guerrilla war with him, and he had to judge a direction.

  Ximen Shuai thought for a moment, smiled to himself, and flew towards the market town. Lin Fan had come to the market to buy yellow paper and brushes, so as long as he controlled his approach to the town, he could only think of ways to break through. Ximen Shuai landed at the foot of a mountain, sat down, and closed his eyes to sense. Soon, someone entered from the southeast direction, but Ximen Shuai restrained himself from chasing after him. As expected, the other party retreated in the same direction. Later, the southwest direction also appeared with the same situation, and Ximen Shuai still remained motionless. Before long, the other party had exited his sensing range.

  Lin Fan was also a bit anxious, breaking out of the ground and looking at the situation below from the top of the mountain. Two rivers formed a triangle, sandwiching the market town, he could use earth escape in the market town which was made of mud, but the two banks of the river were rocky, he couldn't use earth escape there. Either fly over the river and sandy ground, or go around. But if General Ximen was lurking nearby, as soon as he showed up, he might not be able to run away.

  Missing for a moment, Lin Fan also escaped into the earth, slowly rising with the wind and drifting towards the market. Lin Fan appeared leisurely, Ximen Commander looked puzzled, Lin Fan had many better choices, such as directly escaping into the earth near the market, or relying on the mountains to hide and slowly approach the market. Why choose this stupidest and slowest way?

  In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang's Empty Fort Strategy, Sima Yi thought at that time, Zhuge Liang was a cautious person all his life, why did he open the city gate so widely?

  However, Sima Yi was not the same as Ximen Shuai. If you think about it from his perspective, Sima Yi suspected that Zhuge Liang had set an ambush, and he could have sent a hundred cavalry into the city to test this theory. Because if there really was an ambush, he would already be unable to escape. (Purely personal speculation.) Anyway, Ximen Shuai thought so.

  Three golden lights flew straight at Lin Fan's face, and Lin Fan cursed out loud, "Spicy chicken!" Indeed, the Empty City Plan was not very useful in reality. The three golden lights were not particularly fast, but Lin Fan could tell that if he got hit, he would probably lose half his life. So, he secretly activated a technique, forming a whirlpool in front of him. The three golden lights were sucked into the whirlpool, paused for a moment, changed their trajectory, and then flew off in all directions.

  "This kid's skills are really all over the place," Ximen Shuai exclaimed. "This is an improved version of the Wind Riding Technique, which is a very low-level spell that creates a whirlpool underfoot to propel oneself forward. Lin Fan has incorporated the whirlpool into his own true energy, turning it into a defensive technique that disrupts incoming attacks." Ximen Shuai couldn't help but miss his own Qiankun Circle and ancient sword. The three golden lights earlier were formed by condensing his true energy into a Golden Thunderbolt Seal, which exploded and triggered the Thunder Curse when it hit the opponent. If he had used the Qiankun Circle, it would have ignored the interference from the whirlpool, and even if it was disrupted, he could still control its attack on Lin Fan.

  Ximen Chuan recited a spell, and a stone flew up to hit Lin Fan. Lin Fan secretly smiled in his heart, but saw that the stone was getting bigger and bigger, soon as big as a house. Lin Fan quickly used his divine power, sticking his body to the stone, letting it push him flying backwards.

  Ximen Shuai looked at Lin Fan with newfound respect, this was still a low-level technique, Wind Control Technique. The speed of the Wind Control Technique was quite fast, and when it approached the speed of flying stones, Lin Fan stuck his body to the stone. Ximen Shuai muttered to himself, since he knew Wind Control Technique, why did he use the slow Driving Wind Technique? Ximen Shuai's first reaction: It's a trap. Second reaction: Where is the trap?

  After two reactions, Ximen Shuai finally realized that Lin Fan had been hit by a stone to the other side of the river. Oh no, the other side of the river was muddy. Ximen Shuai immediately flew up and chased after him. When he landed, Lin Fan's shadow was nowhere to be seen. He stretched out his hand to explore the ground and found that Lin Fan was indeed escaping towards the city in the mud.