"Oh my god, what the hell is this..."
Li Hongtu was shocked by the changes in the member of the Killing Team who was pierced by his spear.
The thing that was clearly a human just now, after being pierced through the chest by Li Hongtu's spear, the whole body and appearance of the person underwent tremendous changes. Skin with a stratum corneum began to appear on the person's body, like that of a reptile. The person's face also began to become hideous, and his facial features began to change. A horn appeared on his head, and even a tail appeared behind his body. The person grabbed the spear in Li Hongtu's hand with both hands, trying to pull out the spear that Li Hongtu had stabbed into his body. At the same time, he spit out blood from his mouth and made a sharp scream that was completely inhuman, like that of a wild beast.
If an ordinary strong man encountered such a change, he would have been scared away long ago. However, although Li Hongtu was shocked, he was determined to kill the devil if it stood in his way and the god if it stood in his way. He was ruthless, with his silver hair and beard flying in anger. Not only did he not pull the spear out of the monster's body, he also roared and thrust the spear into it again, completely piercing the monster's body. He then pushed the monster out more than thirty meters like lightning, smashed seven or eight stalactites, and nailed the monster directly to the rock wall of the cave.
That monster was also a ruthless character. After being nailed to the cliff by Li Hongtu, he grabbed the spear instead, screaming with a ferocious face, letting the spear shaft completely pierce his body. He then approached and chopped off Li Hongtu's head with the knife in his hand.
As a grandmaster of spearmanship, Li Hongtu would never be scared away by such a subordinate. He put his hands on the spear, and the silver spear hummed and vibrated violently, tearing the wound on the monster that wanted to pass through the spear to approach Li Hongtu again. The blood from the wound spurted out like a broken fire hose, and the body of the monster hanging on the spear began to tremble all over, and let out a sharp cry again.
Then Li Hongtu shook his spear, lifted up the monster again, and smashed it heavily on a stalactite on the ground, smashing it completely to pieces. The blood from the monster's mouth sprayed several meters away...
The spear was pulled out again like lightning and bounced back. In a flash, the bright silver spear in Li Hongtu's hand was like a magician's prop. One spear turned into ten spears, and ten spears turned into a hundred spears. The space several feet in front and behind Li Hongtu was filled with the shadow of the spear in his hand, completely covering the monster's body without a single gap.
When the shadows of the spears disappeared, the monster's body had become riddled with holes. Li Hongtu's shot had nailed it to the rock wall of the cave, unable to move anymore.
Just when the outcome was decided here at Li Hongtu's place, the body of the last person who had fought with Cui Lichen was split in two by Cui Lichen's sword light.
With a sound of "boom...", the entire chest of the man who was fighting with Ji Xiaoyao was blasted with a bow by Ji Xiaoyao at close range, leaving a hole as big as a bowl. Some kind of heart organ fell out of the hole with a crash, and the man also fell down.
Ji Xiaoyao calmly put away the bow, looked at the body lying on the ground, and shook his head, "Who told you that a bow can only be used for long-range shooting and not for close combat? And even without arrows, this bow can still kill people..."
After Ji Xiaoyao finished speaking, he saw the shape of the corpse lying on the ground slowly changing. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a monster. Faced with this situation, Ji Xiaoyao just frowned.
Cui Lichen, with his martial emperor cultivation, was able to defeat two enemies at once and kill them easily. Although Li Hongtu and Ji Xiaoyao were at the martial king realm, they were masters in their respective fields and had been at the martial king realm for many years. They were much stronger than ordinary martial kings, so they also killed their opponents.
At this point, the four people left in the cave by the Killing Yan Team, oh no, it should be four shadow demons, all became corpses lying on the ground.
"These masters sent by the White Lotus Sect to assassinate Li Qiang are not human at all. Where did these ghost things come from? Are they monsters?" Li Hongtu jumped in front of Cui Lichen and asked directly.
"This is the same as Li Qiang guessed. Those who came to assassinate him are indeed not humans, nor monsters. They are non-human races, demons!" Cui Lichen put away his sword and glanced at the cave.
"Demon? What is that thing? How is it related to the White Lotus Sect? Damn it, I am getting more and more confused..." Li Hongtu asked with some confusion.
"It turns out that what my master told me was true. In this world, there really are monsters that are not human but can transform into humans!" Ji Xiaoyao let out a long breath and spoke.
"Has your master seen this kind of thing?" Li Hongtu suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Ji Xiaoyao.
"When I was still learning from my master, he once told me that he had killed one of these things!"
"How did your master encounter this thing?" Li Hongtu asked curiously.
"My master has a good friend who I haven't seen for many years. He is also a master who founded a school. When he went down the mountain to go out, he ran into his good friend, but found that his friend's temperament had changed drastically, and he didn't even recognize him. My master thought that someone had disguised his friend with a disguise technique and that his friend might have been killed, so he designed to kill that person. After killing that person, he found that the person's body slowly turned into a monster-like appearance, with horns on his head, scales on his skin, and a tail behind him. At that time, my master didn't know what this thing was, and just thought it was a mountain spirit from those stories and legends!" Ji Xiaoyao shook his head, "My master told me this after he got drunk. I didn't believe in stories about mountain spirits and monsters, so I was half-believing and half-doubting. When I saw it today, I realized that what my master killed that year might be the thing in front of me..."
"This should be it. It's a long story. When it's over, let Li Qiang talk to you about it. The remaining members of Team Sha Yan have already gone in. Among them is a Martial Emperor-level warrior. Let's go and see how Li Qiang is doing..." Cui Lichen said.
“Let’s go, hurry up. Although Li Qiang has the Nine Dragon Seal, he must not be harmed by these ghost things…” After Li Hongtu finished speaking, he rushed inside in a hurry.
After a while, the three finally arrived outside the narrow cave entrance that was blocked by the fallen stalactites. As soon as they arrived here, they could faintly hear the violent roar and the sound of fighting coming from inside. It felt like there were thousands of troops and hundreds of masters fighting inside. Of course, Yan Liqiang's loud laughter could also be heard faintly from the collapsed cave entrance...
"Hahaha, good, good, I killed another one. You Shadow Demons probably didn't expect that you would all die here this time. You want my head, but I want yours too. You dare to come here without even looking at whose territory this is. Do you really think you're so awesome just by knowing how to change your face? So what if you're the Martial Emperor? Today, the Martial Emperor will die here too. Let's see if you can touch a single feather of mine until you die today, haha..."
The collapsed cave entrance was blocked by countless stones, but there was still a slight gap. Moreover, Ji Xiaoyao, Li Hongtu and the others had extraordinary cultivation, so they could naturally hear clearly what was happening inside. When they heard Yan Liqiang's voice, the three of them finally let go of their worries.
Although they were separated by countless rocks, with the hearing of the three people, they could still hear a lot of information from the countless sounds coming from inside. In just a few moments, Ji Xiaoyao heard the sound of two arrows entering the body, and Li Hongtu heard the sound of a spear breaking a long sword...
"What is Li Qiang doing in there? Why does he sound so strange?" Ji Xiaoyao frowned.
"He should be eating melon..." Cui Lichen was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"This brat..." Li Hongtu cursed, "We were so careful outside, but he was still thinking about eating melons inside. Oh, where did he get the melons..."
"Don't forget that he carries the Nine Dragon Seal..."
(End of this chapter)