Suddenly, they heard a noise from below the secret passage. Everyone held their breath and stared intently at the entrance. When they saw that it was Guhuo Ghost who came out first, they were already scared out of their wits. Before they could calm down, a dusty-faced person emerged from the entrance of the secret passage and shouted at them.
The moment the man finished speaking, Qing Han moved. The man, who had been leaning against a tree trunk, changed his expression upon hearing the bird's cry. He lightly touched the ground with his toes and leaped into the air, flying at an incredible speed towards the direction the Gu Huo Gui was trying to escape. He had no weapons or magical artifacts in his hands, relying solely on his speed to catch up with the bird. His feet landed on the bird's back as if rooted to the ground, and no matter how the Gu Huo Gui swayed, it couldn't shake him off.
Some people were worried that he would be at a disadvantage without a sword and were about to throw their own swords up when they saw Qing Han suddenly stand up straight on the bird's back, raise his elbow and move it back, and slam a punch containing spiritual power into the back of the Guhuo Ghost. A painful cry was heard, the Guhuo Ghost opened its beak wide and fell straight down from mid-air, landing headfirst. Its heavy body crashed to the ground, and even the trees started to shed leaves.
Everyone stared wide-eyed and gaped in disbelief at the boy who jumped off the Guhuo Demon.
This is... way too violent!
Although they had always thought Qing Han was very powerful, their understanding of him was only in terms of cultivation level. When they were with him on weekdays, he seemed to be just a harmless and quiet young man. They never expected him to be so fierce when he started fighting.
The Guhuo Ghost was punched to the ground and swayed twice before passing out. Before they could curiously approach to take a look, there was another series of rumbling sounds from underground. A small hill in the southeast sank at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the trees on it collapsed one after another, falling into the sunken pit with their roots and leaves.
Geng Qi was sitting at the entrance of the secret passage waiting for someone to come out. Seeing that the passage had collapsed and no one had come out, he couldn't help but lean forward and shout, "Brother Rong Yu, are you still alive... Holy crap!"
A person came flying straight at him and landed right on him.
As Geng Qi sat up, trying to lift himself up, the person on top of him was pulled away by the back of the neck. Rong Yu jumped up from the collapsed secret passage and, seeing the person's disheveled appearance, paused for a moment before saying, "Sorry, I didn't know you were at the cave entrance."
Geng Qi: "..."
It's true what they say, comparisons are the thief of joy!
He was so focused on chasing the ghost that he neglected himself. He was covered in mud from head to toe, his face and hair were covered in mud, and his red robe was no longer smooth and soft. In contrast, the person standing in front of him was dressed in a clean and tidy white robe. Except for some mud on his feet, even his hair was perfectly neat.
Looking at the person he had brought earlier, who was just as covered in dust and dirt as himself, it wasn't hard to imagine how Rong Yu had carried him out by holding him on his head.
Qinghan arrived at his side a step too late. Seeing him covered in dirt, she asked worriedly, "Young Master, are you alright?"
Geng Qi waved his hand.
"Grandmaster Uncle!" Yuan Xin followed and bowed respectfully.
Rong Yu handed the person he had knocked unconscious and brought out of the secret room to Yuan Xin, and reached out to help the person up.
Geng Qi didn't mince words. Regardless of whether his dirty hands would be offensive, he used the other man's hand to stand up, looked at the collapsed land along the secret passage, and narrowed his eyes, saying, "This is truly... thoroughly exploited."
Rong Yu also turned around and looked over, falling silent.
Qinghan, not understanding the meaning, asked, "What do you mean by that?"
Geng Qi said, "Someone deliberately lured us here to help them destroy the evidence!"
The deliberately constructed, flimsy secret passage, left behind with the soul-eating Guhuo ghosts, meant that even if they couldn't find this place, once they entered and confronted the Guhuo ghosts inside, it would inevitably cause the passage to collapse. Even if they discovered something inside, the passage would be destroyed. Even if they used their extraordinary abilities to dig it open again, all the evidence would be destroyed, leaving behind a pile of living dead with souls but no spirits and their memories erased. They would still find nothing!
Even if they had doubts, they had no evidence!
Geng Qi and Rong Yu exchanged a glance and shrugged helplessly.
Qinghan was bewildered for a while, then stopped thinking about it and pointed to the still-unawakened demon beast: "That Guhuo Ghost... what do we do?"
Geng Qi glanced sideways and said, "Roasted."
"Yes...?" It was... grilled?
"Hmm." Geng Qi shook off the mud from his body, his face grim, and said, "I'll bake it myself."
"..."
A flame flickered in his palm, and just as he was about to throw it, Yuan Xin, who was leading the "living dead" to "interrogate" him, suddenly rushed back to them and said to Rong Yu, who was standing at the back, "Grandmaster Uncle, we found out. A name appeared in that person's memory, Yu En."
“Yu En?” Rong Yu frowned slightly.
Geng Qi looked at the two men's faces, which had suddenly become serious, and asked, "Who is Yu En?"
Yuan Xin said, "Among the dozens of charred corpses we found in Gefeng Town, there was also a name called Yu En."
"..."
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