Regarding the location for luring the dog, everyone also discussed for a while and settled on an abandoned building. It wasn't too desolate to arouse "Yu Le's" suspicion, but also wouldn't affect the safety of the urban area.

Tan Xiao tied the offal with a red string and hung it up. The others took their positions according to the directions. Because they needed to use the fishy smell of the offal, naturally they didn't cook it. Tan Xiao also cut a piece of paper into a moon shape and pasted it on the outer wall. This was an imitation of the moon's energy.

Tiangou is an ominous star that offends the moon, so naturally it is responsive to the moon's energy.

After setting up the mechanism, each person hid their figure well, using concealment talismans and spells to conceal their aura, otherwise they probably wouldn't be able to deceive a dog's nose.

Tan Xiao saw that Elder Baoping still brought his orange cat and felt a bit puzzled in his heart. The elder's skill and courage were indeed high.

Liu Qingquan was responsible for scouting and hid in the Yin path to observe. Patiently waiting, he waited until the sky gradually darkened, but Yu Le's figure was still nowhere to be seen.

Mu Fei directly divined a hexagram and looked at the hexagram image, saying, "It smelled it, it's hesitating, the attraction is not enough." She looked up, "Let's officially start the Yu Le plan."

Fang Zhu nodded and walked over to the offal, transforming back to his original form. A huge clam gently opened its shell, revealing a little bit of white, soft flesh, and released its aura.

Elder Baoping also sat behind the clam shell as promised, making a hand seal with both hands. His entire being became like stone and grass, losing any sense of existence.

......

A vagrant sat on the side of a desolate path, gnawing on a piece of bread he had picked up. He gazed at the unfinished building in the distance, a place he had often stayed recently.

But today, he and his companions were prevented from approaching it. Perhaps construction was about to resume on the abandoned structure. With no other choice, he had to leave with his companions.

Although he called them "companions," in reality, he couldn't even remember their faces clearly. Every few days, the faces would change. Some went to relief stations, some were found and taken back by their families, and others moved to different places.

The person next to him, hearing the sound of him eating the bread, nudged him, "Give me some to eat."

There was still a lot of bread left, but the vagrant said, "Get lost."

The other person glared at him in the darkness, creating a tense atmosphere. Just then, they heard the whimpering sound of a dog nearby, the kind of spoiled pet dog.

The two vagrants exchanged a glance in tacit understanding, "Shall we go?"

It made sense for vagrants to prey on stray dogs for food. In an instant, they turned hostility into friendship, picking up sticks and bricks, and walked towards the direction of the whining sound.

The two groped forward in the darkness and saw a terrier without an owner or a leash. It was sniffing something on the ground with its butt raised. Then it lifted its head and ran towards the unfinished building.

Seeing this, the two vagrants didn't hesitate. It was perfect to chase it to the abandoned building, a place they were familiar with. They followed closely behind and saw the terrier with its butt raised, trying to squeeze through the dilapidated iron gate at the periphery of the building, seemingly wanting to go inside.

They no longer hesitated. Together, they rushed over, making loud intimidating noises, while throwing the sticks and bricks in their hands at the dog that was crouching on the ground.

But at that instant, the dog turned its head, revealing blood-red eyes. It opened its mouth, stretching it to a width that could swallow a person whole. The edges of its flesh tore apart, with tendons and blood still connected, "Woo--"

"Ahh!!"

The two vagrants let out terrified screams and scrambled backwards.

The terrier let out a low growl. It didn't move, only hesitating for a second between chasing them and continuing to search for the source of the delicious scent, before turning back.

It squeezed through the iron gate and saw a huge clam in front of the unfinished building, slightly opening its shell and greedily inhaling the moonlight.

The white flesh was slightly exposed. The terrier's saliva dripped down, splattering on the ground and turning into flames.

The petite dog charged towards the clam, panting with hot breath. Its sharp, excited barks echoed between the buildings, "Woof! Woof!"

The clam's white flesh trembled slightly, almost able to feel the terrier's flames. It was horrified to discover that the terrier's speed was extremely fast, faster than it had imagined.

After all, it was formed from a meteor striking a dog. It even leaped up and pounced fiercely--

Elder Baoping pulled Fang Zhu back with force from behind, dodging the terrier's big mouth. At the same time, the terrier also twisted its body in mid-air, causing it to fall on its face. It stood up and saw the bullet wrapped in runes on the ground. A look of horror appeared on its face. It was precisely to avoid this object that it fell. This, this was...

It seemed to be... but not quite...

The terrier slowly raised its head.

When Elder Baoping dragged Fang Zhu, the concealment technique had already failed, and the figures of the others also appeared. Realizing it was surrounded, it couldn't help but let out a low, agitated growl!

"It's effective." Tan Xiao held a slingshot in his hand and shouted, "Yu Le, you are surrounded. Surrender now."

Terrier: "?"

Who the hell is Yu Le...

The terrier looked at the Taoist priests on all sides, seemingly with nowhere to escape. But it didn't surrender, and flames spread beneath its feet, looking like it was ready for a tough fight.

Tan Xiao seized the rare opportunity to practice and directly recited the Dog Binding Spell: "A thousand hemp ropes, ten thousand hemp ropes, first tie the dog's head, then tie the dog's feet..."

But Tan Xiao didn't expect this Yu Le to have such fighting spirit!

As he recited the Dog Binding Spell, it actually started biting itself all over, directly tearing off the invisible ropes that Tan Xiao had placed on its body along with its fur. Its entire body was covered in blood, and its claws scratched the ground.

With a low growl, blood continuously flowed from its torn skin, and flames began to spew from its seven orifices, including its butt. The blood also turned into flames.

These flames dripped to the ground like a viscous fluid, as if having their own consciousness, spreading on the ground and surrounding the members of Bureau 404 in a circle!

It had surrounded Bureau 404 in return.

"Damn! It even knows how to counter-surround?" Mu Fei cursed. It was indeed an upgraded version of the Beagle. She immediately wanted to signal Aperture to also cosplay as t Peacock to scare the dog.

However, she saw Tan Xiao mumbling something, looking very dissatisfied. He also started drawing on the ground, very simply, drawing the Eight Trigrams, then a dog in the middle, and nine peacocks beside it.

Using the ground to draw the Eight Trigrams and Nine Provinces, setting up the formation of nine birds surrounding a dog!

The surrounding flames were like being covered with dew, "sizzling" and emitting steam, as if water and fire were colliding and counteracting each other. On the periphery, there was a faint, coarse bird call, corresponding to the terrier's low growl, as if nine peacocks were forming a surrounding stance.

Mu Fei: "..."

Tan Xiao was still more impressive, cosplaying nine peacocks at once. Mu Fei held back Aperture.

Back at No. 1 Middle School, just by Tan Xiao reciting Kong Xuan's real name, it caused the Beagle to feel fear. Now, he drew nine birds surrounding a dog, yet this terrier dared to growl back. Tan Xiao felt a chill in his heart!

The terrier let out a long howl towards the moon: "Awoo--"

The moonlight dimmed, and the clouds gradually obscured the moonlight. Darkness enveloped them from all directions, as if surrounding them from the outside.

Tan Xiao didn't expect it to have so many tricks up its sleeve: "Surrounding us again?!"

Mu Fei: "..."

...She had never fought such a nested battle, with surrounding and counter-surrounding.

"Everyone, hold your positions." Mu Fei knew that no matter how it changed, it definitely just wanted to escape. She coldly instructed everyone to maintain their spells. As long as they held their positions, they could beat the dog when the opportunity arose.

Darkness, accompanied by cold wind, rolled in. The surroundings had almost become completely invisible, with all light obscured by the thick night. Or rather, devoured.

The endless darkness would bring despair and nurture fear. Under such oppressive pressure, it was hard not to tremble.

At this moment, a red sleeve flashed in the darkness, like a signal. Tan Xiao slapped the thunder drum with his palm. With a "boom," like spring thunder shaking the earth, it rolled and broke through the dark clouds pressing down from the sky!

Continuous drumming, as if there were also invisible ripples jumping and vibrating in the air, spreading out and pushing away the thick night. Each beat was like squeezing the heart of the Tiangou.

The terrier's legs went soft and it nearly collapsed. The thunderous drumming sound, like the peach wood bow, brought it ancient, lingering fear. It was at this moment that it became certain that what Tan Xiao held in his hand was indeed the Taiyin... slingshot.

Seeing Tan Xiao raise the slingshot again, it wasn't sure how much damage this miniature version of the Taiyin bow could do. It only knew that the drumming sound was about to shatter its heart.

"Woof!!" It let out a fierce, sharp bark at Tan Xiao, retreated two steps, then suddenly changed direction and, unexpectedly, leaped towards Fang Zhu!

The unexpected was what it wanted. When the human heart is in chaos, there are openings. Then it could use its meteor-like escape technique to flee.

But the Bureau 404 had no such arrangement. Mu Fei shouted, "Elder Baoping!"

Tan Xiao was aiming the slingshot at Huodou. He saw Elder Baoping next to Fang Zhu bend over, stick out his butt, and laboriously push the giant clam to the side to escape.

For some reason, Fang Zhu still hadn't transformed back to his original form. But this was no reason for the elder to run away. Tan Xiao couldn't help but feel anxious. When meeting on a narrow path, of course one should fight, not flee. If he ran, wouldn't there be a gap in the formation, just as it wished?

Not only did the elder run, he also tripped Fang Zhu, causing him to stagger. "Oh no," he cried out, asking, "Are you alright? Fang Zhu, why can't you walk?"

What was this? Elder, have you not cultivated the Silence Dharma? Tan Xiao felt something was off.

"Elder—" Tan Xiao had just called out when he saw the orange cat leap up with lightning speed. Its paws swiftly slapped the dog's head thirty-eight times in ten seconds, knocking it back. Then it landed gracefully, turned its head to look at Tan Xiao, and silently licked its paw, as if asking: Well?

Tan Xiao was stunned. He quickly recalled the few times he had met "Elder Baoping". Oh no... you, you Laomei Temple... it's not the cat-loving elder, it's the cat elder ah?!