Huqi Mountain, where the main hall of the Demon Sect's Ghost King Sect is located, was shrouded in a massacre. The originally powerful sect suddenly lost more than half of its staff, which was an extremely heavy blow to any powerful sect in the world. There were so many passionate disciples who went out with great fighting spirit, but when they came back, there was only the ghost king soaked in blood.
The lingering shadow appeared on the faces and hearts of everyone in Huqi Mountain. No one knew who the next opponent of those cruel and vicious beast monsters would be.
After the ghost king came back, he immediately went to practice behind closed doors. No one dared to ask him, but people didn't wait for a long time. Soon, news came back one after another, and things gradually became clear. In this Southwest War, the three major factions of the Demon Cult joined forces to fight against the beast monsters for the first time. Whether the three major factions formed an alliance secretly or had other plans, no one except the ghost king may know.
And the result of this great battle can be said to have caused the Demon Cult to suffer the worst defeat in the millennium. Not to mention the loss of more than half of the manpower of the Ghost King Sect. Invading the Poisonous Snake Valley, almost all the remaining master disciples were killed or injured. As for the Acacia faction, which has always been dormant in the dark, for some reason this time, they joined the battle with all their strength, and their fate was also wiped out in front of the endless beast monsters.
At this moment, the ghost king sect who was seriously injured was terrified, but no matter what, their situation at the moment is still far better than that of Wandu sect and Hehuan sect. It was not damaged, but after the battle between Wandumen and Hehuanpai, it is not even known whether anyone escaped.
On this day, after many days of cultivation, under the uneasy speculation of his disciples, the Ghost King reappeared in front of the disciples of the Ghost King Sect.
The ghost king didn't even mention the big defeat he had just experienced, but directly issued multiple orders in succession, and soon, the entire belly of Huqi Mountain began to commotion.
All the people started to pack their luggage, pack their things, and prepare dry food and water, because the last item in the ghost king's order clearly stated one thing, because at this moment, the beasts and monsters in the middle earth were rampant, and the vitality of the Holy Church was seriously injured. In the future, he has already decided that all members of the Ghost King Sect will head northwest together, enter the wilderness of thousands of miles, and go to the legendary birthplace of the holy religion - the "Wild Temple".
Amidst the hectic scene, the ghost king walked towards the cold stone room deep in the mountainside with his hands behind his back expressionlessly. This journey is tens of thousands of miles, and Manhuang is desolate and hot. Given Baguio's current situation, it is not suitable for long-distance travel to Manhuang.
Originally, with the intention of the ghost king, he wanted to ask Xiaobai to take care of Baguio. With the nine-tailed celestial fox's thousand-year-old practice and the many traps in Huqishan, it is naturally safe, but now things have changed.
Since he came back, for some reason, Xiaobai disappeared from here. He asked several people, but no one knew where she was.
Thinking of this, the ghost king frowned slightly, and unconsciously found that he had arrived outside the ice stone room where his daughter was. He sighed, opened the door and walked in.
Gui Li was standing there, silently accompanying Bi Yao. He heard movement behind him, but he didn't even move his head.
The King of Ghosts paced slowly, walked up to Ghost Li, looked from beside his body at his daughter lying quietly on the ice stone platform, that pale and beautiful face was as clear as before, just like her She also knows that the two men who care about her the most in this world and the two men who are the most important to her are by her side.
Her expression is very quiet, very calm, very reassuring!
The King of Ghosts looked at Bi Yao for a while, his eyes flickered with a rare kindness, after a long time, he let out a sigh of relief, and said lightly, "Why don't you go and tidy up your things?"
Gui Li didn't raise his head, and didn't answer him directly, instead he asked the Ghost King, "I heard that the wilderness has a radius of thousands of miles, but it's either a desolate Gobi or a desert that stretches as far as the eye can see, and it's extremely hot all year round, isn't it?"
The Ghost King nodded, and said, "That's right, I went to the Wild Temple back then, and the climate there was indeed like this."
Gui Li frowned and said: "Then how can Bi Yao go, how can she endure this suffering in this... appearance?"
The Ghost King glanced at Gui Li, and said: "I didn't intend to take Yao'er to the wilderness."
Gui Li's expression changed, and he looked at the ghost king. The ghost king said: "It's really not suitable for Yao'er to be wild and desolate. My original intention is to let her stay in Huqi Mountain. After we leave, activate the mechanism in the mountain and close the entrance. That's it. It is very safe. But just in case, someone should come in and check at least once a month to avoid accidents."
Gui Li stood up and said: "Do you want to keep someone, who is it?"
The ghost king said indifferently: "I originally wanted to entrust it to Xiaobai. She has profound morals and is willing to rest in this Huqi mountain for a few years, but for some reason, I can't find her these days."
Gui Li's complexion changed slightly, the Ghost King saw it in his eyes, his heart moved, and said: "Why, do you know where she went?"
Gui Li slowly shook his head, was silent for a moment, and said: "Let me take care of Bi Yao here."
The ghost king stared at him, and said: "Of course I am relieved of you taking care of Yao'er, and I trust you, but now that the Holy Cult has been hit hard, I intend to revive the prestige, first of all, I must stabilize the congregation, unify the Holy Cult, and I need you very much. This talent."
Gui Li's gaze left Bi Yao for the first time, slowly moved to Ghost King, and suddenly said: "This time you are fighting with the beast monster, are all the disciples who followed you out dead?"
The ghost king's face changed, his eyes brightened, this was the first time anyone dared to bring up this matter in front of him, but he didn't get angry, just looked deeply at Ghost Li like this, and then said slowly: "They are all dead. "
Gui Li withdrew his gaze, landed on Bi Yao again, and after a long while, said: "After this battle, although the strength of the Demon Cult was greatly damaged, the Wan Du Sect and the He Huan Sect were completely annihilated. For the Ghost King Sect, it must be said that this is a great opportunity to unify the Demon Cult. The current situation is like this, even without me, there is no force in the Cult that can compete with you." He said quietly: "But Bi Yao still needs someone to take care of her here, so you just let me stay and take care of her."
The ghost king looked at him for a while, nodded and said: "Since you said so, I won't force you. Yao'er will entrust you with the power, and I believe you can take good care of her, but remember, the strength of the beast monster is terrifying." , and have a keen sense, just in case, it is best to seal the mountain gate, and then you can come in and check once a month or two, so there will be nothing wrong."
Gui Li nodded slowly, as he agreed. The ghost king looked at his daughter again, and after a while, he let out a sigh, turned and walked out.
Just when he was about to walk to the door, a ghostly voice suddenly came from behind him: "Sect Master..."
The Ghost King was startled, it was a little unexpected, Ghost Li rarely greeted him on his own initiative, this time he spoke suddenly, but for some reason, he immediately said: "What?"
Gui Li was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Do you hate me in your heart?"
The ghost king turned his back to him, motionless, did not speak, and could not see his expression.
Gui Li said slowly: "Biyao became like this because of me, in your heart, do you hate me?"
His face was indifferent, as if he was talking about a topic that had nothing to do with him, but the ghost king kept silent. In the stone room, the two men stood back to back, and the atmosphere in the air seemed to stiffen.
Light smoke curled up from the ice-cold stone platform under Baguio and floated in the air. After an unknown amount of time, there was a sound of pulling the stone door open behind him. The Ghost King walked out quietly without saying anything. .
"Boom..." With a deep voice, the stone door was closed again, only Ghost Li was left in the cold stone room with Baguio. He looked blankly, staring blankly at the woman in front of him.
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In the ancient and dense primeval forest, there was a terrible and scorched smell in the wind, like ugly scars. The original green forest was full of traces of being ravaged by beast monsters, and huge trees fell in disorder. Underground, countless animal bones from the forest were scattered everywhere, and the peaceful atmosphere in the entire forest disappeared.
On the second day after finding the demon disciple who had gone mad, Xiao Yicai, Fa Peng and his group of seven orthodox disciples gradually approached the valley hidden in the deep mountains following the increasingly obvious traces of beast monsters. The forest they passed along the way was full of the scene they saw just now. Although they didn't see any human bones, this scene still moved people.
In the hearts of many people, they even thought at the same time, could it be that these beast monsters were really born to kill and came to this world
At noon of the day, a group of people appeared on the dilapidated ancient road outside the Viper Valley. The traces of damage by beast monsters around here were so obvious that everyone looked at it almost without any effort. After coming out, the ancient road was trampled by countless beast monsters and widened several times. There were huge footprints and sharp claw marks left by beast monsters everywhere, and there was still a stench in the air. In addition, there seems to be a relatively meager but even more unbearable stench, but no one can tell what it is.
Looking at the entrance of the valley in front, the inside is as messy as the outside, the land forest that was ravaged by the terrible torrent is clearly visible, the ancient road is winding and winding, no one knows what else is in that valley
For some reason, everyone looked a little nervous and fell into an awkward silence. In the end it was Xiao Yi who coughed, but after making the sound, he quietly found that his throat was dry and sore. He calmed down and said: "Everyone, it seems that the disciple of the Devil's Cult is not lying. It should be here that the beast monster and the Demon's Cult had a great battle."
He looked around, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Shall we go in and take a look?"
No one spoke, and even Li Xun's face looked ugly at this moment. After a while, Dharma Xiang standing next to Xiao Yicai whispered a Buddha's name, saying: "Since we are here, there is no need for us to give up and go in." .”
In fact, everyone present understands this truth, but for some reason, there seems to be something strange in that valley, which quietly affects everyone's emotions, making people fearful. The younger brother Fa Shan, who had been following Faxiang all this time, responded with a loud voice, and walked to the side of the senior brother.
"Let's go!" It wasn't Xiao Yicai who said this, but Lin Jingyu, he clenched the Dragon Slaying Sword tightly in his hand, and then with a solemn expression, he walked towards the Poisonous Snake Valley first, followed by him It was Lu Xueqi, and Li Xun immediately followed. Xiao Yicai and Fa looked at each other, and both could see the worry in the other's eyes, but after a while, everyone still walked in.
The huge valley, the endless forest, everyone walked in the snake valley, but there was only a dead silence around them, not to mention seeing animals, they didn't even hear the usual birdsong. The area around this valley seems to have turned into a lifeless ghost town.
The stench of monsters and beasts in the air was as strong, but as the crowd went deeper, everyone's brows became more and more tightly wrinkled. At this moment, another breath blowing along with the wind in the valley almost made people The terrible smell that makes people want to vomit is getting stronger and stronger.
The mountain road was twists and turns, and everyone was concentrating on guarding their surroundings and moving forward slowly. There is a corner in front of it, which is a mountain depression. Walking here, the smell in the air is so disgusting that it is unbearable.
Suddenly, Yan Hong, who was walking in the middle, rushed to the side of the road, and everyone else was taken aback. Li Xun said in surprise, "Junior Sister, what's wrong with you..." He stopped in the middle of speaking, because he and everyone saw Yan Hong. Hong stood in the weeds beside the road, throwing up desperately.
No one opened their mouths to laugh, because no one knew how long they could last. Although this valley hadn't revealed its true colors, it seemed to be more terrifying than most places in the world. Yan Hong gasped and stopped, her face was pale, she walked back to the crowd, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I, I really..."
Faxiang forced a smile and said, "Junior Sister Yan, it's okay."
Xiao Yicai also said: "That's right, no one can bear this smell, you don't have to worry about it, if you can't, why don't you wait for us outside the valley first."
Yan Hong hesitated for a moment, but shook her head and said, "Let's go!"
Li Xun walked over, nodded to Yan Hong, with a look of comfort in his eyes, and said in a low voice, "Be careful, don't hold on."
Yan Hong nodded in agreement, Xiao Yi turned his head and said: "Okay, let's continue walking! There are some dangerous monsters ahead, everyone must be careful."
Everyone nodded and walked forward again. Lin Jingyu was still walking in the forefront. Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the corner of the mountain depression, cold sweat began to overflow from the palm of his hand holding the Dragon Slaying Sword. At this moment, the air was already so foul-smelling that it was hard to breathe, Lin Jingyu's face turned pale, he gritted his teeth, and strode over in one stride, rounded the corner of the mountain depression, and saw the scene in the valley.
His whole body froze instantly.
Everyone behind him immediately noticed Lin Jingyu's strange behavior, and couldn't help becoming nervous. Xiao Yicai called Lin Jingyu twice in a low voice, but he didn't respond at all, his eyes just stared at the front. Lu Xueqi was the second to go up, and then Li Xun, Yan Hong, Xiao Yicai, Fa Xiang and Fa Shan walked past the corner of the mountain depression one by one, and saw the scene in the Poisonous Snake Valley.
Then, everyone froze.
That is the tragic Shura Hell in the legend! Such a terrifying scene suddenly appeared under the clear blue sky. Countless corpses fell inside and outside the house in the Snake Valley. Some were human, and there were all kinds of beasts and monsters. Some were intact, but more were broken limbs and broken arms, so fragmented that they couldn't be recognized. The ground is all over, and there are almost no gaps.
After barely calming down, Xiao Yicai and the others continued to walk in with pale faces.
Unbearable scenes are everywhere, and the deeper the valley, the more terrifying the scene. The battle here is extremely tragic without imagination. The bones of countless people and the corpses of monsters and monsters are all entangled. It has completely turned into dark black, which is the color soaked in blood.
Walking into the courtyard, you can see the remnants of fierce battles inside and outside every room, and at the entrance of important passages. In some places, even corpses are piled up high, obviously to compete for this small entrance , the two sides fought desperately one after another, stepping on the corpses of their comrades in arms and fighting endlessly.
In the courtyard, everyone began to see the corpses of a few huge monsters, some even taller than the entire hall, but at this moment, the once ferocious monsters were just lying quietly in this hell on earth. The same place, waiting to rot.
The stench of corpses in the air has reached a terrifying level, but the disciples of the righteous way are better off than before, because of the tragedy in front of them, they are a little indifferent to the stench. However, no one's expression is Good looking, from anyone's point of view, the faces of these people seem to be almost dead.
They continued to walk deep into the house, and more bones appeared in front of them. Now no one knows how many demon disciples and beast monsters died in this valley. They walked in almost subconsciously, go, go...
Everyone's complexion was so dull, and everyone held on to their magic weapon tightly, refusing to relax at all. After crossing countless seas of bones and blood, they came to a mourning hall.
The reason why it could be seen that it was a mourning hall was because they saw a coffin in this room, and the inside and outside of this room seemed to be the place where the most intense fighting was, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as a mountain of bones.
It was here that everyone found many familiar corpses from the Demon Cult: Baiduzi, Vampire Old Demon, Duanmu Patriarch...
These demon cult murderers who used to be all-powerful and powerful, are now hiding in this place with their eyes closed, and many of them still have a look of fear on their faces.
Anyone can imagine, but no one is willing to imagine, what kind of scene they were before they died!
As the investigation deepened, Xiao Yicai and other older people successively discovered more famous figures of the Demon Cult here, including the three major disciples of the Poison God and many important figures in the Hehuan Sect.
On the Ghost King's side, although many disciples wearing Ghost King's costumes died, the bones of famous people were rarely found.
Everyone slowly gathered in front of the mourning hall, and seeing the ugly faces of the people around, Xiao Yi said shyly: "A lot of people died here, all the important figures of the Demon Sect are here, it seems that all the Wandumen are dead. "
Yan Hong next to her was frighteningly pale, and said in a low voice: "It's the same over there, the Hehuan faction also died a lot, even Mrs. Sanmiao was there..."
Lu Xueqi's face was pale, her teeth were clenched on her lower lip, her expression was complex and varied, she looked unbearable, disgusted, and for some reason, she seemed to be a little scared. After the last one walked back to the crowd, she suddenly asked, "Have you seen anyone from the Ghost King Sect?"
Everyone shook their heads together, and then they were startled for a moment. Li Xun, who was standing aside, suddenly looked even more ugly. Xiao Yicai took a look at him, and said to Lu Xueqi: "A lot of ordinary disciples of the Ghost King Sect died, but it seems that they didn't see...the corpses of famous people."
Lu Xueqi's complexion softened, but Li Xun's eyes suddenly brightened, and he said coldly: "Senior brother Xiao, have you forgotten that these beast monsters are all cannibals? We came in along the way, how many bones did we see? Knowing that those evildoers of the King of Ghosts have already been…”
"Wow!" A cry interrupted Li Xun's words, but Yan Hong suddenly couldn't bear it anymore, and ran to the corner to vomit again. Li Xun was startled, then sighed suddenly, and stopped talking.
With a look of impatience on Fa Xiang's face, he and Fa Shan recited the Buddha's name in a low voice. Everyone knew that although Li Xun's words were ugly, the possibility was really high.
Xiao Yicai, Lin Jingyu and the others had complex expressions, and slowly lowered their heads, only Lu Xueqi's face was pale, and her face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, even her body shook a few times involuntarily.
It's just that this cold woman didn't lower her head. She raised her head slowly and looked up to the sky. In that boundless blue sky, even the clouds above the valley looked blood-red.
Lu Xueqi's lips moved, as if she wanted to shout something, but after all, no sound came out!