There were no lights on the field, and I couldn't see the surroundings clearly by the moonlight, and not far behind me was a small forest, and it was about five or six hundred meters further to the road. The village was in the rear right, and it was already early in the morning, and there was no light in the whole village, and it seemed silent and deep.

"What's the matter? Go to the village first, after all, there can be a person to take care of where there are people. ”

The fat man said behind him.

After thinking about it, I shook my head and said, "No, let's not talk about it with people, leading people to the village will harm the people, let's just say that there are more houses in the village, and the terrain is more complicated, so it is not very convenient." After all, people are in the dark, and we are in the light. What's more, the other party forced us out of the house, obviously prepared, there must be a trap set by them in the village, and going to it is tantamount to sending us to death. ”

"If it doesn't work, go to the woods, the woods aren't too big, and the trees aren't too dense, and we can hide in the woods a little. ”

Luo Qiong pointed behind him and said.

I thought about it and nodded, waved my hand and prepared to take the fat man and them backwards, but I didn't take two steps and suddenly stopped, and the fat man looked at me strangely and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Something is wrong. As I spoke, I turned around, swept my eyes around, frowned, and said, "It's so wrong, the breath is wrong, the environment is wrong." ”

I instinctively felt my panic as I held my demon hunting crossbow and looked around to see nothing but a scarecrow burning on the ground. But I shouted, "Go back, let's go back to the house." ”

"What's wrong!"

The fat man looked at me strangely, but I didn't have time to explain, and hurriedly ran in the direction of the wreckage of the house, and the three of us moved, and we didn't think that five or six black shadows suddenly burst out of the dark grove behind, and these black shadows were very fast, and they ran wildly on the ground, and the messy breathing and the low roar that penetrated the night made my whole heart hang suddenly.

", what's that!"

The fat man shouted loudly, Luo Qiong's face turned pale, if we entered the grove just now, it would be tantamount to walking into the mouth of this group of monsters, if I didn't feel that something was wrong and walked back in time, I am afraid that I have fallen into the trap of the other party just now.

We rushed to the edge of the cabin, the flames of the scarecrow dispersed the darkness around us, I picked up a bundle of straw from the ground and sprinkled it out, and the flames gradually formed a circle, encircling us and separating the monsters that had been chasing us in the dark.

"Whirring ......"

A low roar could be heard, wandering back and forth, and it was not clear what was lurking in the darkness for the time being, but there were certainly quite a few of them, and from the messy footsteps, it seemed to be a wolf or a four-legged animal walking back and forth.

"What's that?"

The other party didn't dare to rush into the ring of fire because they seemed to be afraid of fire, but there was always a time when the flames would go out, and it was impossible to burn all night, so we had to come up with countermeasures as soon as possible.

"Shoot a crossbow bolt and see what the hell this is!"

I opened my mouth to speak, Luo Qiong nodded, and an explosive arrow flew out of the air, and after falling to the ground, it exploded instantly, the fire burned, and the monsters lurking in the darkness hurriedly retreated, hiding in the darkness, but that moment just now was enough for me to see their faces clearly!

"It's an earth beast!" I shouted, "it seems to be an earth beast called 'Jiaoyan', as mentioned in the "Strange Tales of the Mountains", in ancient times, a strange earth beast was often found in the southern coastal villages, this earth beast had a pitch-black body, lived under black stones, and lived on dead fish and rotten shrimp that washed up the river bank. They also steal the fishermen's rations, and of course there are times when they are caught by the fishermen, but they are often very murderous, and they have iron teeth that can bite wooden sticks. Usually there are about five or six in groups, and although they don't dare to fight people, no fishermen take the initiative to attack them on weekdays. Afraid of light, afraid of iron, and very fierce. ”

"Damn, it's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, we are all so miserable, and we are being targeted by this group of animals. ”

The fat man scolded and shouted.

I thought about it for a moment before shaking my head and saying, "It's not that we're unlucky, this group of earth beasts must have been a trick released by someone else." ”

The fat man was stunned when he heard this, and said, "You mean to say that someone controls the earth beast to attack us?"

"I can't rule out this possibility, but fortunately, we have this group of flames to protect, if the flames are extinguished, we will run to the village, 'Jiao Yan' is afraid of the village lights, and does not dare to approach easily. ”

I was talking, but I didn't notice movement behind me.

A black shadow was slowly rising from behind the three of us, and the surrounding firelight shook violently, Luo Qiong seemed to sense something, and suddenly turned around, and saw that the scarecrow that had been burned black and charred on the ground actually slowly got up from the ground, and a huge shadow enveloped us behind spreading his arms.

", what's up!"

The fat man shouted in surprise, but the scarecrow pounced on Luo Qiong at once, and his whole body covered Luo Qiong's face. I hurriedly shook the bell, and the power of warding off evil spirits was mixed with the sound and spread outward, immediately shaking the scarecrow back. The body floated into the air, like a ghost.

"Are you alright?"

I hurriedly asked.

"It's okay, ahem...... How can this thing still move?"

Luo Qiong is no better than me and the fat man, after all, he has no foundation and no cultivation, and it will be easier for evil qi to invade his body. I took out a Motanist coin and stuffed it into his mouth, then turned back and shouted, "Fatty, there must be someone in the dark who is shadowing me." You look at the 'scorched rock' in the back, I killed this scarecrow. ”

At this time, the scarecrow landed lightly, and there was obviously no straw in his body, but after his arms were spread, it was still like putting on a piece of clothing, I shook the bell, this guy didn't dare to approach me, but from the dark clothes, a pair of green cold eyes appeared, staring at me, as if waiting for an opportunity to prepare to start.

"You want to kill me, don't you? I'd like to see if you have what it takes. ”

I snorted. Put away the demon hunting crossbow, holding the Tushan knife and rushed over, the black scarecrow quickly retreated, not daring to approach, I trotted all the way, this guy obviously wanted to lead me out of the ring of fire, which could create an opportunity for the "Jiaoyan" outside to attack me. However, how could I not see through this little trick?

"You want to lure me out, just right!"

I chased the scarecrow all the way to the edge of the ring of fire, the scarecrow jumped out of the ring of fire, and the "scorched rock" lurking in the darkness outside was waiting for an opportunity, I held the Tushan knife in one hand, but the other hand was in my arms. The moment he ran out of the ring of fire, the earth beast that had been waiting in the darkness around him suddenly roared and rushed out.

At this critical moment, I took out an object from my arms, but it was not a bell to ward off evil spirits, but a "wild Zen" branch, and the "wild Zen" branch was inserted into the ground, and the "Jiaoyan" earth beast that surrounded it was immediately dizzy, and its body staggered and lost the strength to rush forward. I jumped up, the ghost in the scarecrow's body definitely didn't expect me to have this hand, I didn't take the opportunity to escape, I chased up, Tushan knife stabbed out, the blade pierced through the black clothes on the scarecrow, only to hear a terrible scream, the ghost in the scarecrow's body was forced out, a gray light and shadow quickly sunk into the ground, the whole scarecrow's black coat fell to the ground. Looking back, the several earth beasts controlled by "Ye Chan" were not yet awake, so I rushed up with the Tushan knife, one by one, slaughtered them all, and dragged the corpse of "Jiaoyan" back to the fire ring.

"This is what you call 'Jiaoyan', it looks like a four-legged snake. ”

The fat man bowed his head and said.

The four-legged snake we are talking about is actually a salamander, and the gecko is not the same thing, the "Jiao Yan" in front of me is really a little similar to the salamander, but the skin of the body is pitch black, the belly is slightly white, the mouth is very large, and the size is not small, a "Jiao Yan" is about the length of my forearm, and the mouth accounts for almost one-third of the body, that is to say, this thing bites down, how to let me lose a layer of skin.

"There are quite a few of these things out there, but who can control both earth beasts and ghosts, and is there any such power?"

The fat man asked curiously.

"The brothers and sisters of the Qi family may be able to ......"

I was about to speak, when suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the circle of fire on the ground, which was about to be extinguished, seemed to be completely dimmed under this gust of wind. “