Hua Bushi said: "The fifth brother must have stood here to confront the old demon, and this footprint was left when he jumped up to attack. ”

He took a few steps and searched around, but he couldn't find a trace on the bluestone floor. The tower has not been cleaned for many years, and there is a lot of dust, and if someone steps on it, no matter how high the light work is, it will leave footprints.

Meng Qingshan came to Hua Bushi's side and said, "There is not a trace of any trace around here, which is a little strange. ”

Hua Bushi said: "It's not surprising, that lifeless old demon didn't think about standing on the ground. ”

Meng Qingshan said: "If he doesn't stand on the ground, can he still fly in the air?"

Hua Bushi said: "How can there be a person in the air in this world, the younger brother guessed that he must use martial arts such as 'gecko swimming on the wall', hanging in the air and climbing on the roof." ”

"Gecko swimming wall" is a special light skill, people who are good at this skill, with fingers or iron claws to grasp the corners or gaps of the wall, can walk freely in the vertical wall. This kind of light gong is not practiced by leg strength, but by the grasp of fingers, as well as the internal strength of lifting qi and lightening the body, which is much more difficult to practice than ordinary light skills. Many people in the rivers and lakes have practiced a little "gecko swimming wall" in order to fly the eaves and walk the wall, but there are few people who are really proficient.

The so-called roof in this stone tower is actually the original floor, which is also paved with bluestone, and there are many gaps and stone protrusions on it, but it is not easy to hang on it, and you must be a master who is extremely proficient in "gecko swimming wall".

Meng Qingshan said: "Yes, it is indeed possible, could it be that the old demon climbed on it, did he want to volley into the air and sneak attack the fifth brother?"

Hua Bushi said: "This is not true. Since the fifth brother has entered the murderous land, how can he not take precautions, even if the old devil wants to sneak attack, he will not be able to take advantage. He climbed on the roof, just to occupy the position, because the best position on the ground is where the fifth brother stands, if the old devil doesn't want to suffer, he can only climb on the roof, it seems that he is very jealous of the fifth brother!"

Meng Qingshan's eyes looked around, and he immediately understood the meaning of Hua Bushi's words.

In the battle of masters, the terrain on which they stand is very important, especially for people whose martial arts have reached the pinnacle such as Ma Wuhua and Wusheng Old Demon, they will try their best to seize the advantageous terrain in order to gain the first opportunity. It's a small detail, but sometimes it's enough to make the difference between winning and losing.

This tower is not completely vertically upside down, but at a slight angle, the place where Ma Wuhua left his footprints is the highest place on the surface of this layer of the tower, if the lifeless old demon is also standing on the ground, no matter where he stands, the terrain is not good for him. Therefore, he climbed to the higher roof in order to gain momentum.

Of course, this can only be done with extremely strong martial arts.

Meng Qingshan even thought that it was precisely because the lifeless old demon had climbed on the roof and occupied a high point that Ma Wuhua had no choice but to jump up and attack, leaving that pair of footprints on the ground.

Only from the momentum of the confrontation between Ma Wuhua and the lifeless old demon in this layer of the tower, it can be seen that the scheming and martial arts of the two are extremely clever, comparable, and they are afraid of each other, so they will be so stubborn and unwilling to suffer a loss.

At this time, I only heard Huo Xiang say: "Second master, Hua Gongzi, there is a passage here, I think it leads to the second floor of this tower." ”

Meng Qingshan said: "There are no other signs of fighting in this layer, the gang leader and the old demon think that they have gone to the second floor." ”

Hua Bushi said: "The second brother is right, the old devil climbed the roof, although he occupies a higher terrain, after all, it is inconvenient to shoot, so the fifth brother volleyed, he must have never been in love, and retreated directly to the second floor, let's follow!"

The second floor of the ordinary stone tower is above the first floor, but this "Wanfu Wanshou Tower" is hanging upside down, and the second floor is below. The stone steps to the second floor are also upside down overhead, not so much a passage as a xiangxia hole. This upside-down shijie looks very weird.

Everyone climbed along the hole and cautiously climbed to the second floor of the stone tower.

The space of the second floor is slightly narrower than the first floor, and there are six zhang square, and there are no footprints on the bluestone ground, but it is covered with scratches one by one, at least dozens, criss-crossed, like a net.

"These marks seem to be cut by sharp weapons, and the demon used weapons to fight with the fifth brother. Meng Qingshan said.

Hua Bushi said: "These scratches are all drawn by a sharp sword, and the sword that fell over there must be a weapon used by the lifeless old demon." ”

Following Hua Bushi's point, everyone saw that there was indeed a sword by the wall. A gang member stepped forward to pick it up and handed it to Meng Qingshan.

Meng Qingshan received it in his hand, but saw that this sword was less than two feet long, shorter than an ordinary sword, and the blade was cold and shining, it was a rare sharp weapon, but the sword body was twisted into an arc, as if it had been bent by a huge force.

Hua Bushi said: "This sword can no longer be used, so the lifeless old demon discarded it, and it seems that it was destroyed by the fifth brother's heavy fist." ”

Meng Qingshan threw away the remnant sword and said, "That demon weapon was destroyed, so he must have lost the upper hand and fled to the next floor, let's follow!"

In the corner of the second floor, there is also a hole downward, which is the third floor leading to this tower, and everyone does not stop, climbing down the hole.

The third layer of the stone tower is also covered with dense scratches, and the imprints are deeper, wider and denser than the previous layer, and the deepest one is more than half a foot, almost cutting through the bluestone wall!

Meng Qingshan walked quickly to the center of the room and picked up a four-foot-long machete from the ground.

The machete was originally more than four feet long, and the handle alone was two feet long, but now the blade was only half cut off, and the broken points were like jagged shapes, apparently broken by extremely strong techniques. Ma Wuhua has a pair of iron fists that crisscross the rivers and lakes, and has never used weapons, so this knife must be made by the old devil.

Meng Qingshan said: "That demon was destroyed with a sword on the previous layer, but here he broke another sword, could it be that he carried many weapons with him?"

Hua Bushi said: "It is impossible for him to carry such a thick and long weapon, according to the junior brother's guess, he probably hid the weapon in the tower in advance, and then took it and used it after retreating here." ”

Meng Qingshan said, "Yes, it must be so." ”

From the scratches everywhere, it can be seen that the battle between Ma Wuhua and the Lifeless Old Demon here is much more intense than the second layer. And the fact that the old demon hid and put weapons in the tower in advance also shows that this person is scheming and extremely difficult to deal with.

Thinking of this, Hua Bushi said: "The fifth brother is still below, let's go down quickly!"

The fourth layer of the stone tower is a little smaller than the first three floors, only about five zhang wide, everyone climbs down the hole to enter here, still does not see the figure of Ma Wuhua and the lifeless old demon, but there are many pits of different sizes on the stone wall and the bluestone floor, as if they were knocked by a blunt object.

As soon as everyone looked at it, they could guess that these holes were caused by another weapon of the Immortal Old Demon, and sure enough, after a little searching, they found a broken fine iron rod in the corner.

Meng Qingshan said: "Since the devil has already been arranged, I don't know if he will set up an ambush on the lower floors and let the fifth brother suffer?"

Hua Bushi groaned for a moment and said, "According to the little brother's opinion, he shouldn't be." ”

Meng Qingshan said: "Why not, the people in the Demon Dao are insidious and despicable, and they can't do anything?"

Hua Bushi said: "The space in this tower is not large, it is difficult to ambush many people, and the fifth brother's boxing technique is the best at one enemy, and the more it is in adversity, the stronger the power." The lifeless old demon is very cunning, and it seems that he has already known this, so he will place a weapon in each layer of the tower, so that the fifth brother can break them one by one, and gain the upper hand all the way, so as to consume the fifth brother's sharp energy. ”

Meng Qingshan said: "Could it be that those weapons were all deliberately destroyed by the demon for the fifth brother?"

Hua Bushi said: "That's right. ”

Meng Qingshan frowned, and said, "That devil has such a scheming, it's really terrifying!"

In ancient times, there was an allusion to the prince who avoided retreating and defeating the general of Chu State, and the lifeless old demon also used a strategy of retreating as advance, and abandoned several weapons one after another, seemingly repeatedly defeated, but in fact, he was secretly killing and looking for an opportunity to counterattack and win. Hua Bushi's face was solemn, and the worry in his heart was even worse.

When they entered the fifth floor of the stone tower, they saw a white light shining on the bluestone floor.

This stone pagoda has no doors and no windows, and is surrounded by stone walls, which is originally pitch black, and it is impossible for light to penetrate it. Everyone looked carefully, only to find that a large hole with a diameter of four or five feet had been broken through in the wall of the tower, and the moonlight shone directly into the tower.

There are many collapses on the stone walls on all sides, as if they were smashed by some kind of giant weapon.

Everyone's eyes looked around, but they didn't find any damaged weapons in the tower on this floor, but they suddenly heard a helper shouting: "Second master, please look, there are blood stains here!"

Meng Qingshan stepped forward quickly, and by the moonlight that penetrated from outside the tower, he saw a pool of red blood stains on the bluestone floor, which had not yet completely dried up.

"Could it be that the fifth brother is injured?" his voice trembled a little.

Hua Bushi's voice was still very steady, and he said, "No, this is the blood of the lifeless old demon. ”

He didn't wait for Meng Qingshan to ask again, so he explained: "You see that the location here is right opposite the big hole in the wall, it must be that the lifeless old demon was hit by the fifth brother and threw the weapon in his hand out, and then smashed the hole in the wall, and the weapon also flew out of the tower, so it can't be found in this layer of the tower." Judging from the collapse of the wall, the weapon he used must have been a giant hammer. ”

Meng Qingshan looked at the big hole in the wall and said, "That's really the case! That demon was injured by the fifth brother, he shouldn't be able to escape far, let's go to the next layer quickly!"

Hua Bushi should claim to be, but the solemn look on his face has not diminished in the slightest. Although what he just said was true, he did not say all the speculations in his heart.

Hua Bushi also guessed that Ma Wuhua was able to injure the lifeless old demon because he suddenly used the "Yum God Fist". And he used the "Yum Divine Fist" from the injured meridians, which showed that Ma Wuhua was in trouble, and he couldn't deal with the lifeless old demon with ordinary martial arts.