Chapter 1024 Very Bad News
Lan Xiaoxiao couldn't wait to take a bite, "Ouch, it's so hot!"
Bei Mingyu was wiping his sword on the side. The sword reflected the flickering flames and emitted a cold light.
Without even looking up, he said, "Be careful not to get burned. No one's competing with you for it."
Just as everyone was preparing to rest, footsteps were heard in the misty forest not far behind.
Everyone immediately became alert. "Why are there still people coming out of the Misty Forest at this time?"
Luo Li's eyes moved, "Be careful."
Luo Li signaled everyone to extinguish the bonfire and disappeared into the night.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, accompanied by heavy breathing. It was obvious that the person was extremely tired or frightened.
The moonlight penetrated the clouds, casting a cool glow, illuminating figures stumbling out of the misty forest—they were several blood-soaked disciples of Wanjian Mountain, with half-destroyed mountain patterns printed on their heart-protecting mirrors, revealing their identities.
"Quick! Save him!" Luo Li was the first to rush forward and support the staggering disciple.
He raised his other hand and placed a barrier above the group.
There was a wound on the man's right shoulder so deep that the bone could be seen. Dark red blood mixed with black poison was constantly oozing out, soaking most of his clothes.
An Shuxue quickly took out the detoxification pill and fed it into his mouth, while Yue Hanchuan released the mysterious ice energy to temporarily seal the blood vessels around the wound and slow down the spread of the poison.
The disciple swallowed the detoxification pill, his Adam's apple rolling violently, and tremblingly grabbed Luo Li's wrist: "Strange, monster, it's something that crawled out of the cracks in the abyss..."
His pupils were slightly dilated, but he stared at the misty forest behind them. "They are chasing us, there are more than one, run..."
Before he could finish his words, a cold wind carrying a foul smell swept through the camp, stirring up dead leaves on the ground.
Bei Mingyu suddenly held his sword across his chest, the blade humming softly. "Be careful, something is probing outside the barrier."
Everyone looked in the direction of his sword and saw a few faint green lights in the depths of the fog, like the eyes of a monster, or like burning phosphorus, flickering in the darkness.
Lan Xiaoxiao clenched the whip at her waist, cold sweat broke out on her palms, and the tip of her tongue that had just been burned seemed to be stinging again - the temperature mixed with the bone-chilling coldness at this moment was even more weird.
"Brother Wanbai, set up a defensive formation first!" Before Luo Li finished speaking, several black shadows broke out of the ground.
They are human-like in shape, three to five meters tall, but have twisted joints and arms covered with scales. Their bodies are burning with inky black flames, and the ground becomes charred and cracked wherever they pass.
Luo Li quickly formed seals, and golden runes emerged in the void, forming a barrier to block the black shadow that pounced first.
"They have the aura of demons! Be careful!"
Yue Hanchuan lightly tapped his fingertips, and ice cones shot towards the monster like a rainstorm, but made a sharp crackling sound when they touched the monster's body.
"They are not afraid of the black ice!" Yue Hanchuan's face suddenly changed.
An Shuxue spun around and threw out twelve flying knives. The tips of the knives shone with a bright blue light and went straight for the monster's joints, but the opponent swung his hand back and broke all the knives into two pieces.
Lan Xiaoxiao seized the opportunity and swung out the whip. The tip of the whip wrapped around the neck of a monster, but she saw that the scales were wriggling like a living thing and swallowing the whip. She was so frightened that she hurriedly let go and stepped back.
Mo Yizhou's long sword emitted a cold light, and wherever the sword energy reached, bloody wounds appeared on the monster's body, but they healed strangely.
His pupils shrank slightly: "The wound regenerates too quickly, the demon seed must be cut off!"
Before he could finish his words, a black shadow swooped down from above, its sharp claws brushing past his ears and plowing five charred grooves in the ground.
Luo Li's hands flew, and the runes formed chains to entangle the monsters. She shouted sternly, "Hanchuan, trap them with ice! Shuxue, try to pierce their hearts!"
Everyone cooperated well. These monsters with the aura of demons were not very strong, but they had a strong ability to regenerate wounds, so they needed to be killed with one blow.
A cold light flashed in Luo Li's eyes, and the long sword suddenly burst out with a dazzling silver light.
Her figure was as fast as lightning, and she instantly cut into the group of monsters, and the tip of her sword accurately pierced the heart of a monster.
The monster let out a shrill roar, and the black flames around it suddenly went out.
"The heart is the weak point!" She reminded in a cold voice, and with a flick of her wrist, the sword swept across, and another monster fell down.
Upon hearing this, An Shuxue immediately changed her technique, gathering soul power at her fingertips, and several arrows shot out through the air, aiming straight for the heart of the other monster.
The monster couldn't dodge in time and was pierced through the heart by the arrow, falling to the ground with a thud.
Lan Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth and swung the whip again. This time, she infused the power of the law into the whip, and a blazing flame ignited at the tip of the whip.
"See how you can hide!" She shouted delicately, and the long whip wrapped around the neck of a monster like a snake. The flames spread instantly, and the monster struggled in pain and was soon burned to ashes.
Yue Hanchuan formed seals with his hands, and several ice walls suddenly rose from the ground, trapping the remaining two monsters.
Luo Li seized the opportunity, golden light flashed at her fingertips, and a sharp sword energy shot out, piercing through the heart of one of the monsters.
When the last monster saw all its companions being killed, it actually let out a strange laugh.
Its body began to swell, and black liquid oozed from under its scales, emitting a disgusting stench.
"Oh no, it's going to self-destruct!" Mo Yizhou's face changed drastically and he shouted hurriedly.
Bei Mingyu reacted extremely quickly, grabbed Lan Xiaoxiao who was closest to him, and quickly retreated.
Luo Li quickly formed seals, and a golden barrier protected everyone.
"boom--"
Amidst the deafening explosion, black liquid splashed onto the barrier like raindrops, making a "sizzling" corrosion sound.
The barrier shook violently, but eventually stabilized.
When the dust settled, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Lan Xiaoxiao patted her chest and said with lingering fear, "What on earth are these monsters? Why are they so difficult to deal with?"
Only when they died and the inky black flames dissipated did their true appearance reveal itself.
Luo Li frowned, "It's bones..."
Song Wanbai was puzzled. "They carry the aura of demons. Could they be from the Ninth Heaven?"
Lan Xiaoxiao wrinkled her nose in disdain, "Do they look like humans to you?"
Luo Li squatted down and examined the bones, then said, "I'm not sure yet, but they did have the aura of a demon just now."
This is really very bad news.
She narrowed her eyes, "Looks like I need to ask those Wanjian Mountain disciples where they encountered these monsters."
Luo Li turned and walked towards the Wanjianshan disciple who was still unconscious. She condensed a gentle soul power from her fingertips and probed into his soul, trying to wake him up.
At the moment when the soul power touched the disciple's soul, the man suddenly twitched violently, his eyes widened, and a dark illusion as deep as the abyss was reflected in his turbid pupils.
"Don't go near that crack!" The disciple grabbed Luo Li's wrist, digging his nails deep into the flesh. "There... there are a pair of eyes watching us!"
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