Ask Sword

Orion Wang Liubao walked slowly towards home along the mountain path, and the picture he saw that day appeared again in his mind.

The dead white dog was lying in the grass by the stream, the dagger in his hand was cutting the white dog's flesh in a hurry.

Squeak——

Pushing open the wooden door, Wang Liubao put down the longbow on his back in despair, and the sweet taste of dog meat flooded his lips, teeth and tongue again.

He shook his head violently, shaking the heavy guilt out of his mind, and lit the candle on the table.

As soon as the faint candlelight illuminated the room, Wang Liubao saw a pair of eyes, which lit up in the corner, looking straight at him.

"You, why are you here?!"

Subconsciously, Wang Liubao jumped up from the chair, and immediately lowered his voice, "Are you hungry? Thirsty? I'll get you something to eat."

He turned around and walked into the kitchen, took a piece of bacon and two bowls of water, used one of the bowls to soften the bacon, and put it on the table.

A slight gnawing sound resounded in the room,

Under the candlelight, Wang Liubao lowered his voice and said: "The people from the Zhenfu Division will take action tonight. Before they find you, go quickly. If you don't leave, it will be too late."

Boom!

A loud noise came from down the mountain, Wang Liubao turned pale, stood up abruptly, and pushed open the wooden door.

At the head of the village at the foot of the mountain, the fire was shining.

————

"coming."

Cheng Juxiu's face was calm, and he jumped up with his sword.

boom!

Niu Wenshu took the lead, kicking open the wooden door, and suddenly pulled out the simple knife from his waist. The sharp blade looked like a white horse under the moonlight, and slashed at the black shadow lying on the ground.

The black shadow was just like what the villagers described, covered in black hair, resembling a man or a wolf, and was chomping on the blood with a strong smell in the wooden barrel.

Before Niu Wenshu arrived, the saber energy arrived first,

From the edge of the blade, a turbulent airflow spread out, splitting the wooden barrel in the black shadow's arms into pieces at a distance of five steps.

In an instant, sawdust flew across, blood splashed everywhere,

The saber energy remained undiminished, and it slashed at the neck of the shadow.

sand--

The long hair on the surface of the black shadow was cut and broken, and a bloody arrow splashed out from the neck.

The black shadow turned his head to look at Niu Wenshu dumbly, his huge body slowly stood up, and patted it down with his palm.

clang!

The palm of the hand collided with the simple knife in the air, and Niu Wenshu clenched the handle of the knife with one hand, supported the back of the knife with the other, bent his knees, and resisted the opponent's unreasonable and strange force, his face flushed abnormally.

The black shadow took a step forward, pressing Niu Wenshu's simple knife down with his furry right hand, while holding the last piece of bloody liver in his left hand, he chewed it wantonly in his mouth.

Its neck wound cut by the knife's energy healed quickly, and its figure, which was already a head taller than Niu Wenshu's, seemed to have swelled a bit, making it more oppressive.

Swipe!

The courtyard walls of the surrounding houses are all set up with torches,

The soldiers of Zhenfu Division, who had already been lurking in position, took out the crossbow, stood behind the courtyard wall, behind the window, and on the roof, and pulled the trigger of the crossbow.

whoosh whoosh—

Crossbow bolts made of fine steel shot out towards the shadow like poisonous snakes.

The arrow shafts of these crossbow arrows were all pasted with yellow paper talismans, piercing through the thick hair on the surface of the shadow, and nailing them deep into the flesh.

"howl!!"

Heiying howled in pain, flicked his left hand over his body, snapped off the crossbow arrow, and clenched his right hand tightly, crushing Niu Wenshu's plain knife, and smashed it down with a fist.

Just in the nick of time,

bass!

The long sword without a grid suddenly shot out from the broken house and flew quickly close to the ground.

Wherever it passed, patches of weeds broke apart silently, tearing out a straight cone-shaped trajectory,

The fallen leaves fluttered and were swept by the howling wind, dragging behind the flying sword,

The solid rammed ground formed by constant trampling was penetrated by the sword energy and split apart without warning.

The tip of the sword pierced into the black shadow's chest, and half of the blade sank into it.

"Roar!!!"

The black shadow took half a step back, raised his burly arms and grasped the long sword on his chest, and exerted tremendous force with his hands regardless of the blood splashing out.

The flying sword made a tooth-piercing metal twisting and creaking sound, trembling and shaking violently, bit by bit moving the edge of the sword energy towards the black shadow's neck and head.

Boom!

Instead of retreating, the black shadow stepped forward and kicked Niu Wenshu in the chest, sending him flying and crashing into the broken house.

Feijian's forward momentum suddenly stagnated, taking advantage of this fleeting gap,

The black shadow pulled out his long sword, threw it to the ground, bent his long and thick legs to accumulate power, and his whole burly body seemed to be loaded with springs, and jumped towards the village.

Fifty feet, ten feet, between the rabbits rising and the falcons falling, the black shadow has left the shooting range of Zhenfusi's crossbow, bounced several times, jumped into the mountain forest, and disappeared into the vast forest under the night.

"cough--"

In the dilapidated house without the wooden door, Niu Wenshu blushed, stood up from the wreckage of the broken tables and chairs, and said angrily, "Let Xing Xun laugh at you."

"Don't blame the judge, we all made a wrong judgment."

Cheng Juxiu frowned and said: "It's not a demon, but a corpse among demons. It's a strange species that can only be raised in places that store yin.

No wonder the crossbow arrows with the demon-subduing talisman affixed failed to kill in one blow. "

Li Ang asked, "Did it run away?"

"I can't run far."

Cheng Juxiu shook his head and said, "Shi Sha can only survive if he eats fresh blood every day, and the more he eats, the stronger he becomes.

Now that it was seriously injured, it would follow its instinct and look for live food on the nearby mountains.

Judge Niu, let the fine dog follow, and take out the Haotian clock. "

"yes."

Niu Wenshu walked out of the room and issued an order.

He ordered a wooden box to be brought, opened the lid, and took out a heavy copper bell one arm high from it.

"This is one of the twenty-four Haotian clocks in Weizhou City. It is borrowed. It can deter evil spirits and slow down their speed."

Cheng Juxiu explained: "There are also in Shatao Village, but not as good as this one."

Niu Wenshu asked the soldiers to support the Haotian bronze bell with a bracket, and placed it at the entrance of the village to ring it with a mallet.

At first the bell sounded slightly weak, but after hitting it hard for a dozen times, it became extremely loud.

Niu Wenshu left ten soldiers on guard in Shatao Village, and called the village chief, Zhou Pingchun, to call the village manpower and ring the bell in turn without stopping.

He himself led the rest of the people, led by the fine dog, held up the torch and followed the blood trail.

Li Ang put on the leather armor, took the Nightmare Bell, and followed Cheng Juxiu, sweeping behind.

At night, the shadows of the trees in the mountains and forests are whirling, the torches illuminate the shadows of people, the soles of their feet are stepping on the fallen leaves, and the hoarse and unpleasant cries of night owls are constantly coming from above their heads.

"Hoo, hoo."

Li Ang was wearing a slightly heavy leather armor, clutching the Nightmare Bell, and trekking in the forest.

A fine dog barked from ahead, as if the blood had spread all the way up the mountain.

"The corpse has gone up the mountain."

Cheng Juxiu stood still, his eyes narrowed, looking at the top of the mountain through the dense tree canopy.

This steep mountain to the southwest of Shatao Village is divided into two at a high place, a cliff is split open, the stone walls on both sides are exposed, and there is no grass growing.

Only two people can pass through the closest point, and the farthest point is ten feet away.

"Judge Niu, you guys go to the East Cliff, and Risheng and I go to the West Cliff."

Cheng Juxiu took out a yellow paper talisman from the iron box, twisted it casually, and stuck it on Li Ang's leather armor.

Lightweight talisman.