Quiet streets.
The group of five people quickly dodged and headed straight for the center of the city, fearing that they would be engulfed by the darkness that was spreading behind them.
“Stop!”
Suddenly, Pang Jian shouted softly, and the rushing figure stopped.
Zhou Qingchen and others were keeping a distance from him, and when they saw him stop, they all reined in their movements.
Pang Jian, holding a dragon-patterned spear, walked to the corner of a house on the side with a serious expression and looked at a corpse wearing a black robe with a red mountain symbol on the chest.
The black clothes and the Red Mountain logo on the chest are the common attire of the Red Mountain monks in the upper realm.
"We are from Hongshan!"
When Zhou Qingchen got closer, he shouted coldly, "They were killed and their bodies were abandoned in a corner. The other party must have been planning to kill more people, so they dealt with them in a hurry so that their conspicuous bodies would not alert those who came later."
"There are a few more here, all from Hongshan."
Han Duping also saw several corpses in another corner, also wearing Hongshan's clothes.
He was a little surprised and said strangely: "Pang Jian, when we are moving fast, how come you still have the leisure to observe the corners around you?"
"Habit."
Pang Jian responded indifferently.
The most important quality of a good hunter is to be observant and pay attention to every detail.
He had been hunting in the Silence Mountains for many years, and observing the environment had long become an instinct deep in his bones. He would naturally examine every place he passed through.
As they were marching ahead, he kept his eyes on both sides of the street while the others were looking ahead.
In some corners of the stone building, there were more corpses than just Hongshan's. He saw quite a few corpses along the way.
It is not difficult to imagine that several bloody battles broke out on this street before they entered Bagua City.
Not all winners will clean the battlefield carefully and wipe away the blood.
Most people simply deal with it by dragging the body from the street to a corner and leaving it there somewhere. As long as it is not so conspicuous and cannot be seen immediately by those who come later, it is enough.
"The bodies are disappearing bit by bit."
Pang Jian reminded again.
This is what really caught his attention and made everyone stop and observe.
Everyone was horrified and immediately fixed their eyes on the bodies of the Red Mountain monks in front of them. Sure enough, they saw that the bodies were slowly melting into the stone floor at a slow speed.
Like water slowly merging into the sea.
The land of Bagua City seemed to have suddenly turned into a bloodthirsty beast, slowly devouring the corpses in the city.
"I said before that the souls of Jian Yaoyang and others we killed disappeared into the ground the moment they died."
Luo Hongyan frowned and squatted down gracefully.
She looked at the disappearing corpse and found that not only the flesh and blood, but also the clothes and hair of the corpse were disappearing.
Her eyebrows were filled with surprise, and she murmured, "First the soul, then the flesh and blood. This ancient city that has disappeared for three thousand years does not seem to be simple."
The phoenix bones that fell into the silent mountains simply killed the target and took out the essence of its flesh and blood.
The dark giant anaconda in the Black Water Pond and the black turtle in the Ulan Lake, their animal souls were able to survive and were not sucked in by the phoenix bones.
When she came to the Phoenix Bone, she was able to refine Luo Meng and Hong Tai into "Spiritual Evils", which also proved that the Phoenix Bone had no requirements for souls.
But this Bagua City didn't even let go of souls, which made her feel uneasy.
"As soon as the rare treasure in the center of the city came into the world, the filth from the outside world was corroded by the darkness. This city seems to be guiding or forcing everyone to the center of the city." Han Duping said with a serious face.
"There really is a rare treasure in the city center, and eight streets have gathered practitioners from all over the world in a short period of time..."
Zhou Qingchen took a deep breath and shouted, "Perhaps, we shouldn't be so anxious! If I'm not mistaken, the city center right now must be a river of blood!"
Su Meng shrank into the corner and said in fear: "Then what should we do?"
Behind them was the endless darkness that continued to spread, forcing them to move towards the center of the city, otherwise they would be submerged by the filthy darkness of the fifth realm.
The mirror tunnel is right in the center of the city, and rare treasures are also revealed in it. It is bound to become the most brutal battlefield.
Going forward means facing the baptism of a bloody battlefield.
From now on, you will fall into endless darkness.
Neither advancing nor retreating is a good option.
"The darkness is spreading, but it's not engulfing us so fast."
Pang Jian looked behind him, thought for a moment, and suggested seriously: "If we can suppress our burning desire for the rare treasures in the city center, we can slow down our pace. Moving forward is our only way out. If it's not for the rare treasures, it doesn't matter if we slow down a bit."
He looked at the crowd.
"Then go slow!"
Su Meng was the first to express his opinion.
Zhou Qingchen and Han Duping looked at each other and nodded slightly.
…
Bagua City, in the tallest tower.
Li Jie, who was drinking green juice, narrowed his eyes slightly and took in the scenes of the eight streets.
Every person on every street could not escape his gaze at this moment.
He saw a girl in white walking slowly along the corner of one of the streets.
Ten feet behind the girl in white was the dark tide from the fifth realm that was slowly encroaching.
The girl seemed to be aware of the influx of the dark tide and would not increase its speed in an instant. She always maintained a constant distance from the dark tide and moved forward neither hurriedly nor slowly.
In front of her, on the hundred-foot-long street, there was no one else moving.
"A very smart guy."
Li Jie muttered something and looked around, then saw Pang Jian and his four companions.
“Huh!”
He was slightly surprised.
When the column of light just shot up into the sky from the center of the city, Pang Jian and his companions, like the rest of the people in that block, immediately ran towards the center of the city, wanting to reach their destination as quickly as possible.
At that time, Li Jie silently withdrew his gaze and did not continue reading.
Unexpectedly, this small team with a smaller number of people and a lower level of cultivation could actually stop halfway and start to travel leisurely.
"Is this because he has restrained his inner greed, or has he discovered something?"
Li Jie whispered with strange eyes.
As he said this, he looked again at Dong Tianze and others who were about to arrive at the center of the city. Dong Tianze was also the focus of his attention, and he wanted to see how Dong Tianze performed.
"He's a ruthless person."
After a moment, Li Jie nodded slowly and made a sincere comment.
As soon as Dong Tianze rushed out of the street, he immediately joined the brutal battlefield. He fought bloody battles in the central square where corpses were scattered all over the ground. In the blink of an eye, there was no one alive around him.
The few people from the Yinling Temple who came with him had not yet had time to make a move when they saw that he had become the center of attention.
Li Jie suddenly became alert and turned his head sharply to look at another street.
Not far from the city gate, in an area submerged in the darkness of the fifth realm, there were signs of living creatures!
"Did someone cultivate in a stone building before, and didn't notice the appearance of a strange treasure, and didn't know that he was drowned in darkness, so he was trapped inside? Or... did someone take the initiative to put himself in darkness?"
Li Jie's expression turned serious.
If it is the former, and someone is accidentally engulfed by the darkness, it is not a big problem.
But if someone took the initiative to enter the darkness, such a person would definitely become a trouble for him.
Next.
That area became Li Jie's key observation target, and he frequently scanned the place to prevent any uncontrollable accidents.
"Oh my God, this is the first trial my family has arranged for me, so please don't let anything go wrong."
Li Jie clasped his hands together and prayed to God for protection.
…
“Swish!”
A flash of red fire suddenly shone from the tip of the dragon-patterned spear.
Pang Jian slowed down his pace and had time to figure out the power of the "Earth Flame Art". He poured the flame power into the spear shaft, which was amplified by the array and produced a little red flame.
At that moment, the shaft of the dragon-patterned spear turned red, and when he stabbed with the spear, the entire dragon-patterned spear was like a flaming meteor.
"Pang Jian, this dragon-patterned spear I gave you won't last long."
Zhou Qingchen glanced at it and said helplessly: "The shaft of the Dragon Pattern Spear is made of dragon pattern wood. Even if a wooden shaft is engraved with a solid spiritual array, it is difficult to bear the power of the earth flame for a long time."
"Well, the Earth Flame Art you are practicing now is not compatible with the Dragon Pattern Spear. As your flame power increases, you will eventually need a new spear. The shaft of the spear must be made of refined gold. Only refined gold can perfectly bear the power of the Earth Flame." Luo Hongyan on the side also nodded in agreement, frowned and thought, and then said:
"We don't have such a weapon at the moment. But you don't have to worry. I just saw a spear in the light column. The spear shaft is made of some rare fine gold."
Pang Jian's eyes lit up.
He also realized that if he only used spiritual power to penetrate the dragon-patterned spear, there would be no problem.
When spiritual power and fire power mixed and flowed together in the spear shaft, the transmission efficiency became a little slower.
The spiritual array within the spear seemed incompatible with the flame power he had newly refined.
Upon hearing that there was a spear suitable for him in the strange light column in the city, Pang Jian also became expectant.
…
(End of this chapter)