The people in the village have been strictly guarding against the invasion of demon beasts recently, and some unknown creature that creeps in the dark night has brought great fear to the villagers.

These days, the villagers snuggled up to the bed with their wives and children, closed the doors and windows, and turned off the lights early.

In recent days, except for the occasional glimpse of demon beasts when the villagers go out, the village is still relatively quiet and peaceful.

Shi Ming lay on the bed, quietly absorbing the vitality between heaven and earth.

The vitality near the village is obviously much more abundant than that of Jiuxing City, I don't know if the village was built on a higher place in Luo Qingshan, or if there is something magical in the vicinity that can attract the vitality between heaven and earth, Shi Ming obviously felt that the speed at which his body absorbed the vitality was much faster than that in Jiuxing City.

A huge black shadow quietly approached the village, and the blood of the villagers seemed to have a fatal temptation to the black shadow, attracting the huge black shadow.

The huge black shadow loomed in the firelight of the village.

The shadow was taller than the house in the village, but its body was not as big as that of a grown man. From the folded body stretched knuckled limbs, covered with a hard gray shell, lifting the black shadow's body.

The head of the black shadow has countless extremely short tentacles, constantly swaying, as if to catch the breath in the air.

This black shadow has no eyes, but it can keenly sense the fluctuations of blood and vitality around it, and its long legs are cross-legged in a very regular manner, and it quickly crawls towards the village.

A man with a long beard was walking quickly on the mountain road, holding a package tightly in his arms, which seemed to be very important to the man with a long beard.

The bearded man could see the outline of the village in the distance in the moonlight and the snow.

The man breathed a sigh of relief, and wanted to hurry back to the village.

The black shadow's pace towards the village suddenly slowed down, countless tentacles on its head danced, and its whole body suddenly moved in the direction of the bearded man, and several pairs of small jaws in its mouthparts continued to wave, as if conveying the dark shadow's excitement.

The bearded man hurried along, and suddenly several jointed limbs came out of the canopy without warning, and the man was taken captive, without making a sound.

The black shadow's huge mouthparts bit directly on the man's neck, and the bearded man's blood was instantly sucked dry, and the whole person seemed to be dehydrated, and the skin of the entire body was shriveled up to the skeleton, but the expression was still in the moment of being captured, and the shriveled face after being sucked dry looked even more hideous and terrifying.

The black shadow sucked the blood and quickly left, climbing the branches.

The body of the bearded man was abandoned on the ground, face down, the package pressed against his chest, as if he had been hugging it tightly.

......

"Why hasn't this root come back? A woman kept pacing around the village chief's room, looking at the middle-aged man with an anxious expression, "Nesheng went to a nearby town to sell some things, saying that it was in exchange for some salt and money. But it's all here, why haven't you come back yet, what should I do, village chief!"

"Nothing will happen to Nesheng!" the woman's eyes almost burst into tears.

"I'm also very anxious, but you also know that people are panicking these days, and everyone is definitely not willing to go out to find Gensheng in this dark night, and besides, Gensheng may have encountered something. Don't worry. The village keeper caressed the woman.

"Village chief, please, help me, if something happens to Gensheng, what should we do. The lady was almost on her knees.

The village chief looked at the woman with an anxious look on his face, "That's right, Master Shi lives in the back room, I'll go and ask." Moreover, Master Shi's cultivation is profound, and if there is the support of Master Shi, the people in the village will also have the confidence to go out to find roots. ”

"Good, good!" the woman hurriedly wiped the tears from her eyes.

The village chief walked to the door of the inner room and knocked lightly, "Master Shi, are you resting?"

"Come in. ”

When the village chief heard this, he gently pushed open the door, "I'm really sorry, Master Shi, I'm still bothering you so late." ”

"It's okay, do you have anything?" asked Shi Ming.

"Such Master Shi, there is a person in our village who went to a nearby town in the afternoon to exchange for things, but he hasn't come back yet. His mother-in-law was worried that something was going on, so she wanted everyone in the village to go out and look for it. But you also know that these days because of the monster thing, everyone is panicked and doesn't dare to go out. So I think if you are in charge, I think everyone in the village must have the confidence to go out to the village to help find it. The village chief said cautiously, "After all, Gensheng has lived with us for so many years, and we all have feelings, but we don't dare to risk our lives." ”

Hearing this, Shi Ming nodded lightly, "Let's go, things can't be delayed, human life is still important." ”

"Thank you, Lord Shi!" the village chief hurriedly thanked.

Shi Ming stood next to the village chief with a long black knife in his hand, and the village chief had already gathered all the strong men in the village.

"Although Master Shi is still young, Master Shi's cultivation is profound, enough to kill the invading demon beasts, so you don't have to worry too much. The village chief said loudly, "Nesheng went to a nearby town in the afternoon, but he hasn't come back yet, I hope everyone can go out and look for Nesheng." In case of any accident, it can be regarded as an explanation for his family. ”

The woman was standing not far away, and when she heard what the village chief said, her tears could not stop flowing, and she began to cry.

"Don't cry yet, Gensheng should be fine. When the village chief heard the woman's cry, he realized that he had lost his words, and his face showed a bitter look.

"Okay, okay, let's go out and look for it, but don't get too far away. It's best for everyone to go out together, so that you can take care of it. Master Shi will go out with us to protect our safety, so you can rest assured. The village chief raised the torch in his hand, "Don't go too far from the village!"

All the people responded with a loud shout, and went out of the village with torches.

Shi Ming was a little flustered in his heart, what if he couldn't defeat the demon beast, after all, his cultivation was still too low, and he could only enter the realm of the mortal triple heaven. If you encounter a more powerful demon beast, you may even lose your life.

Everyone was a little panicked in their hearts, and the villagers saw Shi Ming holding a black long knife in his hand, his expression was cold, and his bearing was extraordinary, and their hearts were a lot more steady, and they had a little more confidence in their hearts.

Shi Ming looked at the villagers in front of him, and his heart was also a lot more steady, it is better to have a companion than nothing.

"Roots!"

"Roots!"

"Roots!"

......

The shouts came and went, but no one answered, and the vicinity of the village was eerily silent, not even the sound of wild beasts.

Shi Ming could clearly hear the crunch of villagers stepping on the thick snow.

"Ah!!h

Shi Ming and the village chief hurriedly ran over.

The villager lay on the ground, trembling, pointing ahead and unable to speak.

Shi Ming followed his fingers and looked over, only to see a thin body lying among the yellow weeds, covered with a layer of snowflakes.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" the village chief asked, looking nervous, as he helped the villager.

The villager's jaw twitched, and he couldn't speak, just pointed straight at the corpse.

"O miserable man!" came a wail from not far away, and the woman rushed over, throwing herself on Gensheng's body and weeping.

The woman turned the corpse of the root in great pain, but her expression was like that of a ghost, and the look of grief on her face was replaced by horror, and after a sharp roar, the woman fainted and fell to the ground, and was silent.

Shi Ming took advantage of the light of the torch to see the face, the shriveled face was crumpled and attached to the skull, the eye sockets had been deeply sunken, and the shriveled folds were like shrunken apples, dry and wrinkled together.

Shi Ming's heart also trembled, this death was really a little terrifying.

The people around didn't dare to step forward when they saw it, muttering something in a low voice, and the timid ones instantly knelt on the ground and prayed for the blessing of the gods.

Shi Ming stubbornly carried the woman out, and several villagers hurriedly sent the woman back to the village.

Shi Ming approached Gensheng and carefully observed Gensheng's situation.

"Master Shi, this ......" The village chief stood not far away and looked cautiously.

Shi Ming gently peeled off the clothes on Gensheng's chest, only to see huge irregular bite marks on Gensheng's neck and chest, revealing dark black dried flesh, like air-dried beef jerky made during the Chinese New Year.

When Shi Ming was about to lift Gensheng out, there was a squeak from Gensheng's body, and his chest began to squirm.

The villagers standing nearby were all shocked and retreated to the entrance of the village, and the torches held in the hands of the village chief trembled and almost fell to the ground.

Shi Ming's head was a little blank in an instant, and he didn't care about thinking about it, and inserted a knife into the wriggling place.

The sound disappeared in an instant, and Gensheng's corpse was silent.

Shi Ming pulled out the long black knife, and there was some steaming blood on the knife. Holding back the fear in his heart, he turned Gensheng's body up, and the blood came from the package under Gensheng's body.

Shi Ming swallowed softly. Unwrap the package.

A white rat was lying in a package, its body twitching.

Shi Ming breathed a sigh of relief, and the village chief came over with a frown.

"Is this ......," the village chief asked cautiously.

"This seems to be a pet, Gensheng said some time ago that he wanted to raise a rat to play with. A daring villager said.

Village Chief Shi Ming glanced at each other, looked at Gensheng's corpse and was silent.

"Ah!!h

Suddenly there was a burst of screams from the village.

Shi Ming turned his head to look at the village, didn't think much about it, and rushed towards the village quickly.