One hour after Chen Chu sent information to the local military requesting a thorough investigation of the Shanshu family, Baichuan Yingzi suddenly came to the door and revealed her identity.

"A member of the military's secret service."

Chen Chu showed surprise when he saw the beautiful woman in front of him who was wearing a white women's suit and had a sword on her waist, looking neat and handsome.

Baichuan Yingzi bowed slightly: "Yes, I joined the Special Service Department after graduation. I am a member of the Dongdu Dark Curtain Investigation Team, specializing in the evil cult incident."

"But my identity is kept secret. My public identity is just a member of the martial arts school."

At this time, besides the two of them, there were also Yan Ruoyi, Li Daoyi and Xu Xiaoqi in the living room.

The three of them were a little surprised. They didn't expect that Chen Chu would make a discovery as soon as he arrived in Dongdu.

"After receiving Mr. Chu's request, I specially mobilized people to thoroughly investigate the affairs of the Shanshu family, but..." When she said this, Baichuan Yingzi showed confusion in her eyes.

Chen Chu raised his eyebrows: "Didn't you find it?"

Baichuan Yingzi nodded: "Yes, there is nothing abnormal about the Shanshu family."

"The Yamashu family has been priests at the shrine of Daitenkijin for hundreds of years. It is said that everyone in the Yamashu family has the blood of Daitenkijin."

“Of course, these are just rumors that no one believes, but after the recent changes in the world, every generation of heirs of the Shanshu family has a talent for cultivation.”

"The current patriarch of the Shanshu family, Shanshu Longyou, is a great master in the late sixth level, and his strength is stronger than my father."

"Plus, after hundreds of years of operation, the Shanshu family has a high prestige in the Eastern Capital."

"When I mobilized the military to investigate earlier, I found that the Shanshu family was very 'clean' and that no family member had shown any abnormality in the past decade or so."

"Is it so clean?" Chen Chu frowned slightly. Could it be that he sensed it wrong?

At this time, Li Daoyi slowly said: "Clean does not mean there are no problems."

"At Brother Chu's current level, especially since he has practiced perception techniques, he will hardly make mistakes when he clearly senses that something is wrong."

"It's just that this family is very hidden, so it can't be detected by conventional means."

"Do you mean using unconventional means?" Baichuan Yingzi looked at Yan Ruoyi who was smiling on the sofa, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Yan Ruoyi chuckled and said, "Ms. Yingzi, just say whatever you want to say. We are all family."

Baichuan Yingzi hesitated and said, "Today is the annual Ghost King Festival in Dongdu, and the festival happens to be held not far from the Daiten Ghost Shrine."

"Now we all know that Miss Yan's identity has been 'exposed'. If there is really a problem with the Shanshu family, and Miss Yan takes the initiative to come to the door."

Having said this, Baichuan Yingzi paused.

"Take the initiative to come to their door and lure them into action." Yan Ruoyi's eyes lit up: "This is a good suggestion. Compared with passively waiting, I prefer to take the initiative to attack."

"By the way, we can also visit the Ghost King Festival. I've heard of this festival in Dongxia. I heard it's very lively."

Seeing this, Li Daoyi and Chen Chu looked at each other, thought about it, and didn't say anything to dissuade him.

The highest cultivator in this family is only in the late sixth level, and is no match for them. It is a good opportunity to confirm whether Chen Chu's perception is wrong.

As for notifying the military to send forces directly to suppress it, there is no need for that.

One is that the other party is very "clean", and the other is that a family with such "little" strength does not need to mobilize a large number of troops. It would be embarrassing if they made a mistake.

"Can I go too?" At this time, Xu Xiaoqi's eyes lit up slightly, and she seemed eager to try.

After witnessing the collision between Chen Chu and Zhang Tian's domain projections last night, Xu Xiaoqi became very interested in the exaggerated battle scenes of high-level practitioners.

"Ms. Xu, it might be dangerous this time, so you'd better not go." Chen Chu refused.

He and Li Daoyi were in the position of one defending and one attacking. Even if a high-level seventh-level expert took action, they were confident that they could protect Yan Ruoyi. But if another ordinary person came along, it would be hard to say.

Soon, Yan Ruoyi changed into a white sports suit, put on a baseball cap on her head, and wore plain glasses on her nose.

Looking at Chen Chu, who was wearing a black suit and a white shirt, Baichuan Yingzi asked in confusion: "Mr. Chu, why don't you change your clothes?"

Chen Chu shook his head: "No need, my duty is to be a bodyguard. I can tell at a glance whether someone else is here or not by their position and posture."

The culture of Yueshan Kingdom is somewhat similar to that of Bird Kingdom. There are many legends about ghosts and monsters here, and most of the folk legends are related to ghosts, so there is a festival called Ghost King Festival.

With the development of social civilization and the elimination of superstition, this festival in Yueshan Kingdom gradually became an annual event similar to Halloween.

At the same time, this Dongdu was also the city where the first violent ape appeared when the world changed.

At that time, the level nine behemoth rushed into the city, causing hundreds of thousands of casualties. It was eventually lured out of the city by humans using fighter jets and missiles and killed by a high-yield nuclear bomb.

The huge crater caused by the explosion of a million-yield nuclear bomb was still more than 20 kilometers outside the city.

Under the night sky, the southern city near the suburbs of Dongdu is brightly lit. Looking down from the sky, you can see countless vehicles and people converging, making it very lively.

“Hahahaha… come and chase me.”

"I am the One-Horned Demon King."

"Mom, I want to eat that Luohua cake."

"No, you're losing your teeth recently, so you can't eat anything too sweet..."

The streets were crowded with people, children were playing happily, and small stalls on both sides sold all kinds of food and toys, as well as many ghost masks, toys, etc.

Baichuan Yingzi said that she wanted to attract the enemy, Yan Ruoyi was standing in a

A roadside stall selling 'sugar'.

Baichuan Yingzi pointed at the cakes behind the glass cabinet and introduced: "Miss Yan, this is the famous silver silk flower cake in Dongdu. There are very few craftsmen who can make it now. Would you like to try it?"

Yan Ruoyi, who had deliberately skipped dinner, nodded with interest, and immediately Baichuan Yingzi waved her hand: "Boss, give me four servings of silver silk flower cakes."

Soon, the boss handed the wrapped silk thread flower cake to the two women.

"Come on, one for each of you." Yan Ruoyi smiled and stuffed the pastries in the paper bag into the hands of Chen Chu and Li Daoyi.

At this time, in addition to the flower cake, Chen Chu and the other person also had a large bunch of grilled skewers, grilled squid, meatballs, crepes and other unfinished food.

Along the way, Yan Ruoyi would buy whatever snacks she saw to try.

Then she would eat more of the ones she thought were delicious, and give the ones that didn't taste good to Chen Chu and the other person behind her. She knew that high-level practitioners had "big" appetites.

If I really wanted to eat it, I could eat a whole cow.

"Ruoyi, that lantern over there is so pretty, let's go take a look."

"Yeah, wait for me."

The two girls became more and more excited as they strolled around. They seemed to be having a lot of fun, and their relationship seemed to become closer all of a sudden, so good that Chen Chu felt baffled.

While Yan Ruoyi and Baichuan Yingzi were excitedly looking around, Chen Chu warily scanned all the people who approached, no matter they were adults, children, elderly or women.

In addition, the telepathic intuition and the perception of the five senses spread out, and then many practitioners were discovered.

However, the strength of these people is average, most of them are in the first or second level, and there are only a few in the third level, and some of them have student faces.

At the same time, not far away, Chen Chu also felt some practitioners with military temperament. Occasionally, when he made eye contact with those people, both sides nodded slightly.

Before setting off, Chen Chu, who was habitually cautious, informed the military of their actions just in case.

While Chen Chu was looking at the people around him vigilantly, some people were also looking at him.

Of course, it’s not that I think he is handsome, but I think he is being too pretentious by wearing sunglasses so late at night.

Although today is Ghost King's Day, many people are wearing strange clothes and there are children running around wearing various evil ghost masks, but at least those are 'normal'.

"Brother Chu, there are so many beauties."

Compared to Chen Chu's caution, Li Daoyi was paying attention to the beauties he met along the way.

"Uh... you already have dozens of beautiful female friends in your phone. Isn't that enough?" Facing Li Daoyi's appearance, Chen Chu didn't know what to say for a moment.

You say he is lustful, but he just chats with those beauties and sends them red envelopes. He refuses all the invitations from those beauties to go out for drinks or play.

If you say he is not lustful, he is looking at beautiful women all day long.

Sometimes he would pull Chen Chu over to comment on her, like a stuffy otaku who had never seen a beautiful woman, which made him speechless.

Forget it, I don’t want to bother with him.

Chen Chu shook his head and focused his attention on Yan Ruoyi. He looked at her profile that showed a bright smile under the light and sighed slightly.

About an hour later, the four of them crossed the two busy streets and suddenly felt that the surroundings became quieter and there were fewer people.

We have arrived in the suburbs. In front of us is a hill with dense trees and winding bluestone paths. At the end is a staircase path leading up the mountain.

Chen Chu and the other three stepped onto the stairs.

The low street lamps on the roadside emit a quiet light, full of mystery. Occasionally, when pedestrians go up or down the mountain, their faces are full of piety.

When the four of them reached the middle of the mountain, they saw a vast temple full of ancient charm standing quietly. On both sides of the gate stood two eight-meter-tall statues of green-faced, fang-toothed evil spirits guarding it.

Like it wasn't a shrine gate, but a portal to hell.

Baichuan Yingzi whispered: "This is the shrine of Daitenkijin. As the priests here, most of the Yamashu family members live here."

"The head of the family, Yamaju Ryuusuke, the second generation priests, Yamaju Yufeng and Yamaju Yulei, and three other third generation family members."

"There are so few family members." Li Daoyi was a little surprised.

In his eyes, these so-called families that are famous in the local society should be prosperous.

Baichuan Yingzi nodded: "Since the new era, the Shanshu family has not been prosperous, and they usually keep a low profile."

Yan Ruoyi looked at the evil ghost stone statues on both sides and said with a relaxed look: "Let's go in and take a look."

It was already past eight o'clock in the evening. When the four of them entered, they passed by the last few tourists. Suddenly, the huge shrine seemed even quieter.

After entering the gate, there is a large square with a majestic hall in the middle and the residences of the priests of the Shanshu family behind it.

Under the eaves of the main hall of the shrine, Shan Shu Yu Feng, who was wearing a gorgeous priest uniform and sitting behind the imperial platform, was a little surprised: "Ms. Baichuan, Ms. Yan, why are you here so late?"

Baichuan Yingzi bowed slightly and said, "We were originally attending the Ghost King Festival downstairs, and we thought that the Great Heaven Ghost Shrine was upstairs, so we brought Miss Yan up to visit it."

"I see. Please come in." Shanshu Yufeng made a gesture to invite him in.

When Chen Chu and Li Daoyi passed by each other, Shan Shu Yufeng smiled at them politely, and there was no sign of any problem at all.

The four of them walked into the main hall. When Baichuan Yingzi was worshiping the statue, an old man with a thin face and wearing a priest's uniform came out.

The old man also had a warm face and smiled at everyone, as if he was very happy that they came to visit the shrine and worship the great gods they believed in.

Standing behind Yan Ruoyi, Chen Chu's eyes swept across the ferocious evil ghost statues, and finally fell on the statue of the great ghost god in the middle.

The statue was wearing a suit of ancient armor, and was five meters tall when sitting. A five-meter-long sword was placed across his knees, and the face beneath the helmet was that of a ferocious evil spirit.

When Chen Chu looked at the statue, he seemed to see a hideous evil ghost staring at him with cold eyes in his heart.

Chen Chu used his true strength to restrain his voice, and suddenly whispered: "Brother Li, do you feel that the statue of the Great Heavenly Ghost God is a little strange?"

Hearing this, Li Daoyi, who had been looking at the statue, nodded thoughtfully, his lips moving slightly:

"Yes, there is a little bit of faith in it."

Breath of faith. Chen Chu's eyes moved slightly.

Since there are king-level powerful beings comparable to gods in this world, and even some kings proclaim themselves gods and establish their own kingdoms, they naturally also have some special powers, such as faith.

However, this kind of spiritual power is illusory, and only the king who has the power of law in this aspect can collect it.

Therefore, even Chen Chu had only heard of it but had never encountered it, nor could he perceive it. He just felt that this statue was a bit strange.

It's like coming alive.

As for why Li Daoyi could feel the faint breath of faith above, it should be related to his "innate awakening".

However, under normal circumstances, it is normal for a statue that has been worshipped for hundreds of years to have a little bit of religious aura around it, but is it normal?

Chen Chu and Li Daoyi looked at each other.

Suddenly Chen Chu said coldly: "Brother Li, use lightning to strike that statue of the great ghost god."

Suddenly everyone present was stunned.

Shan Shu Long You's face changed slightly, and he said sternly: "Sir, this is the statue of the Great Heavenly Ghost God that my family has guarded for hundreds of years. What do you want to do?"

As he spoke, a powerful black energy burst out from his body, like a black flame burning from hell, emitting astonishing power.

Under the burst of momentum from the late sixth level, strong winds suddenly howled in the hall and cracks appeared on the ground.

Shan Shuyufeng outside the temple also showed anger in his eyes. To them, attacking the statue of their faith was almost the same as killing their parents.

boom!

At this moment, Li Daoyi was surrounded by purple thunder and lightning. In an instant, a purple lightning as thick as an arm flickered and shone, and the light flashed and fell on the statue of the great ghost god.

Bang!

Under the thunder, the head of the statue cracked, and wisps of black smoke floated out from the cracks. In an instant, a terrifying aura that did not belong to humans spread.

"Purgatory Demonic Energy!"

In an instant, Chen Chu appeared in front of Yan Ruoyi, with golden flames jumping on his body and a solemn expression.

Unexpectedly, this time it was not the Blood God Cult, but was related to the Purgatory Clan.

The lightning on Li Daoyi's body increased rapidly, and crackling streaks of lightning covered an area of ​​five meters. His long hair moved without wind, and he looked like a god who wielded thunder.

Li Daoyi's eyes flashed with lightning and his voice hummed: "I didn't expect that the aura of faith wrapped around this statue was actually used to suppress the aura of purgatory inside."

"You human traitors all deserve to die"

Seeing that the truth was revealed, Shanshu Longyou's eyes slowly turned blood red, and an even more terrifying aura burst out from deep within his body, and his expression looked somewhat ferocious.

"I didn't want to get involved in this matter. What does the King's daughter have to do with me? Why do you have to force me?"

"Today, you will all die, roar!"

With an inhuman roar, Shanshu Longyou's body suddenly swelled up, bursting his clothes, and in the blink of an eye he turned into a three-meter-tall ghost with two horns on his head and surrounded by red magic light.

In an instant, Shanshu Longyou's momentum surged nearly tenfold, and the blazing black and red flames almost approached the seventh heaven. The entire hall was shaking under the terrifying aura of the ghost.

Shanshu Longyou growled, "Yufeng, don't let them get away, activate the stone formation."

"Yes, father."

Accompanied by a low shout, Shan Shuyufeng outside the door slapped the stone pillar beside him with his palm.

Roar!

Suddenly, the roar of a dragon and an elephant shook the void. It was magnificent, domineering, and under the unparalleled power, it seemed that the entire world was collapsing under Chen Chu's punch.

boom!

The divine power was as fierce as an elephant, and golden light was shining, revealing the body of a 'ghost god'. Shan Shu Yufeng, whose cultivation had skyrocketed from the early fifth level to the late fifth level, was blown to pieces in an instant.

The domineering fist force continued unabated, shattering half of the temple's wall.

The air whistled, the air waves rolled, countless blood and flesh residues mixed with broken bricks and stones flew dozens of meters away, and billowing smoke and dust filled half of the square.

Suddenly everyone was stunned.

Including Li Daoyi who was about to take action.

No, brother, it’s my turn this time, so stop pretending.

Facing Li Daoyi's resentful gaze, Chen Chu, who was wearing sunglasses, retracted his fist with a stern expression.

Although this 'guy' was not very strong, he was obviously about to activate some mechanism that had been prepared for decades. In this case, he would definitely destroy everything first.

Although it seemed like nothing would go wrong, he didn't like surprises.

"Ah! I'm going to kill you."

Seeing his son being beaten to pieces in an instant, Shanshu Longyou's eyes revealed ferocity and madness, and the demonic light on his body formed a huge ten-meter-tall ghost shadow behind him.

"Your opponent is Dao Ye."

As Li Daoyi waved his hand, the surrounding lightning gathered and turned into a huge purple thunder dragon, which roared and collided with the phantom of ghosts and gods with a bang.

boom!

In an instant, the missile exploded, and a dazzling black and purple destructive shock wave erupted. Wherever it passed, the roof of the temple collapsed, the stone statues shattered, and a dazzling beam of light shot up into the sky.

As the temple collapsed with a rumbling sound, golden flames leaped from Chen Chu's body, forming a powerful invisible force field that surrounded and covered an area of ​​five meters.

As soon as the rubble and the explosion approached a range of five meters, they were blocked by the overbearing divine power, forming an insurmountable invisible wall around them.

Boom boom boom!!

Amid the rolling air waves and smoke, thunder beasts as thick as thighs roared, ghosts and gods howled, and both sides rushed out of the half-collapsed temple with a bang.

Sensing the violent aura outside, Chen Chu looked indifferent, stretched out his hand and pressed it slightly beside his ear: "The Shanshu family is related to the demon clan, block the hill, and leave no one alive."

"receive!"

Along with the resolute voice coming from the opposite side, dozens of figures who had been waiting at the foot of the mountain rushed up the forest from all directions, each of them exuding the aura of the fifth level of the sky.

Within a few breaths, these masters from the military met several other members of the Shanshu family who had escaped from the mountain.

A fight immediately broke out, including one of the second generation who ran away when he saw the situation was not good.

In the ruined hall, Baichuan Yingzi, holding a katana, looked solemn: "There is actually something wrong with the Yamashu family, and it's not just a simple traitor."

"This should be an accident." Chen Chu's eyes fell on the statue behind him that was still emitting a faint black demonic aura, and he seemed to be thinking about something.

"They should have some connection with the demons. I can feel that the demonic energy is somewhat different from that of Maxius."

"And that strange ghost body. Even I couldn't feel anything unusual before it was activated. It seems that it is not a simple fusion, but more like a blood transformation."

As Chen Chu spoke, interest showed in his eyes, and he really wanted to capture someone from the Shanshu family to study.

Facing the change, Yan Ruoyi remained calm and said softly, "They should have absorbed the blood essence of the Purgatory Demon Clan and transformed themselves into the Demon Clan by referring to Bei Lin's skills."

"It's just strange, where did they get the blood of the Purgatory Demon Clan?"

Boom boom boom!!

Just then, the air roared in the distance, and the ghosts and gods

...No, it was more like Shanshu Longyou in the form of an evil ghost rushing over, staring at Yan Ruoyi with ferocious eyes.

It wanted to hold Yan Ruoyi hostage.

At this moment, Shanshu Longyou was in a very miserable state. Many parts of his body were shattered by thunder and he was weak. He did not have the violent and domineering aura that he had just transformed into.

"Roar! Get out of my way." While roaring, Long You swung his right claw.

Endless black and red demonic energy rolled up and formed a huge demonic claw that covered the hall. Under the terrifying force, the air within a dozen meters collapsed and the floor tiles shattered.

"What gave you the illusion that you could provoke me?" Along with a low voice, extremely terrifying power was released from Chen Chu.

In an instant, a golden light flashed, and the half-collapsed temple was shaking and trembling, as if an ancient giant beast was awakening.

Roar! As the golden fist swung out, the mighty dragon-elephant power was activated, and the whole world seemed to be shaking under the terrifying and overbearing power, and the sky and the earth were shaking.

With this terrifying punch, the claws of the ghost god covering the hall shattered instantly.

The overbearing and unparalleled force made Shanshu Longyou's face change drastically, blood spurted out of his mouth, and the three-meter-tall ghost body was blown away by the unparalleled power of the punch.

At the same time, Chen Chu turned into a golden light and soared into the sky, with golden flames burning on his body and his palms open, and he grabbed Shanshu Longyou's face in mid-air as if he had teleported.

Then two people fell from the sky.

boom!

Instantly the mountains and forests shook, the ground within a radius of more than 20 meters instantly shattered, countless pieces of stone and soil were thrown into the air by the terrifying force, forming circles of destructive shock waves.

Under the terrible impact, Baichuan Yingzi's face changed drastically, and she hurriedly stood in front of Yan Ruoyi to block the strong wind and waves, especially the gravel that was thrown like cannonballs.

And all this happened in an instant.

In the distance, Li Daoyi was surrounded by lightning and looked very painful.

In his perception, the life breath of the elite monster named Shanshu Longyou had disappeared, and he was killed by Chen Chu with one blow, so he didn't get to pretend to be cool this time.