Chapter 314: Kidnapping
On the second day, Zhan Chen and the others embarked on the journey again, and in the following days, they spent every day in the battle with the demon beasts, and the demon beasts they encountered became stronger and stronger, and they often needed the three of them to join forces and do their best to defeat these opponents. In a blink of an eye, more than ten days passed, but the three of them had advanced less than a hundred miles into the Black Forest.
However, no one was dissatisfied with this, because they were able to fight powerful opponents every day, they were able to eat the meat of high-grade demon beasts that had passed the elixir, and they could all get precious parts of the body of demon beasts, which was a huge wealth.
Zhan Chen felt that he was growing every day, and he was getting stronger every day, and at this rate, it wouldn't take him a few years to break through to the high level of the Martial Emperor. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't find a way out of the Abyssal Pond right now, he would even consider this place a paradise.
And these days, Zhan Chen has also gained a lot of benefits by following Jiang Heng's side, although this demon cultivator has impure motives and bad intentions, he still teaches him a lot of knowledge about Yuanchi. Through constant conversations with him, Zhan Chen got to know many demon beasts unique to the Abyss Pool, and became familiar with many elixirs unique to the Abyss Pool.
He was desperate to know this because he had to think for the long term. There was not much elixir left in his bag, and he couldn't replenish it in this closed environment, so he urgently needed to find a new combination.
However, as the saying goes, "When there are unforeseen circumstances, people have good fortune and bad luck." "From the moment Zhan Chen and the others stepped into the Black Forest, it seemed that they were doomed to not be able to achieve their goal smoothly.
On this day, Jiang Heng was leading the way in front, and suddenly stood up, his face changed, and Zhan Chen, who was following behind, saw his appearance and asked, "Brother Jiang, what's the matter?"
"There seems to be a situation ahead!" Jiang Heng said.
"What's the situation?" Zhan Chen's face flashed with doubt, and when he followed his line of sight, he saw the shadows of the trees moving in front of him, and then several people appeared. Just when Zhan Chen and the others looked at them, they also found Zhan Chen and the others, and they were about to come here.
"There are a lot of them, let's retreat quickly, don't contact them!" Jiang Heng said hurriedly.
Zhan Chen and Zhou Ziru also knew the stakes involved, and immediately turned around and wanted to leave, but unfortunately they were still one step late, so they heard the leader on the opposite side shouting at them: "Who is in front? Stop me!"
"Let's go!" Jiang Heng threw down a sentence and took the lead in escaping along the circuit, followed by Zhan Chen and Zhou Ziru.
"Hmph, to death, dare to run away, see me hold you!" said the leader on the other side, as he took a step and chased after the three of them, his speed was like lightning, and he caught up in the blink of an eye.
"It's the Martial Emperor Great Perfection powerhouse!" Zhan Chen's pupils shrank suddenly, knowing that they couldn't escape today.
Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, someone came in front of them, it was a middle-aged man with a beard, nine feet long, knotted muscles, and a deep scar on his left eye, I am afraid that he was already blind, covered with a black blindfold, leaving only an aggressive right eye, shooting a terrifying fierce light, at this time he was playfully staring at Jiang Heng who was rushing at the forefront.
The situation was pressing, Jiang Heng had to stop, squeezed a smile from his face, and asked, "Senior, what is the matter with stopping us?"
The middle-aged man sneered: "I told you to stop just now, didn't you hear?"
"This-senior, with all due respect, when we meet in the jungle, we don't know whether the other side is a good guy or a bad guy, so naturally we have to avoid it first. β
"Do you mean we're evildoers?"
"Thisβ"
"Hahaha, what you said is right, we are still villains, since I bumped into you, even if you are unlucky, the three of you must go back with me. β
Jiang Heng saw that things were not harmonious, his eyes flashed, and he called out to Zhan Chen and Zhou Ziru behind him: "Let's do it together!" After saying that, he wanted to take out the sword from the Qiankun bag, but suddenly attacked.
However, before he could move, he felt a flower in front of him, and a jet-black big knife was already on his neck, so he had to obediently put down his hand.
And Zhan Chen, who was behind him, was even more shocked when he saw this scene, this one-eyed dragon might be even more powerful than the "Yin Yang Venerable" that he and Zhou Ziru had encountered!
"Hehe, don't move if you want to live, with your little three-legged cat kung fu, you can't go one trick in my Xiong Hao's hands!"
Jiang Heng broke out in a cold sweat on his head, and he had to try his best to pull out a smile and say, "Senior, if you have something to say, put down the knife first." β
However, Xiong Hao didn't listen to him, he just smiled and held the knife against his neck, the sharp knife on the blade had quietly cut the skin of Jiang Heng's throat, and a trace of blood came out, and Jiang Heng's head was sweating like rain, not daring to move or smack.
At this time, Zhan Chen noticed that another group of thirteen people surrounded him, among them, there were as many as eight people with the high-level of the Martial Emperor, and the remaining five people also had the cultivation of the middle-level of the Martial Emperor.
However, he keenly noticed that four of them (two Martial Emperor high-level and two Martial Emperor middle-level martial artists) were walking at the end, and their expressions were not right, they all looked dejected, and they seemed to have a lot of scars on their bodies.
Seeing that there were many of them, Jiang Heng asked in a trembling voice: "Senior, what do you want us to do, we have no grievances with you in the past, and we have no enmity in the near future, so please raise your noble hand!"
Xiong Hao smiled coldly, glanced at Zhan Chen and Zhou Ziru, and said to Jiang Heng: "Let you go?" is impossible, who told us that we are destined, I said it, the three of you have to go back with me!"
Jiang Heng asked, "Where to go?"
"Go to our Black Mountain Cottage!"
"Well, we promise you, let's put the knife down first. β
Xiong Hao heard Jiang Heng's pleading, so he removed the knife from his neck, and patted his face with a smile, saying: "Rest assured, it's a good thing, at least when you get there, your life is worry-free, it's better than staying in the woods and becoming the belly of a demon beast." β
Zhan Chen didn't say a word behind them, just watched all this with such a calm face, and now he could understand why Jiang Heng was so afraid of meeting outsiders, and the vast majority of those who could survive here were fierce people. And today. As luck would have them, they might have encountered a group of robbers.
At this time, a few people ran to Xiong Hao's side and said: "Four leaders, we have caught three more strong men, do you think it's time to go back?" We have already gone quite far, if we don't rush back to the Black Mountain Village on the appointed date, I'm afraid the big boss will blame him again." β
When the fierce one-eyed dragon heard the words "big leader", a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly said: "Okay, let's go back to the village!" He turned his head again and threatened Zhan Chen and the other three: "You three, don't try to play any tricks, if I find out that you have the intention of escaping halfway, I will kill you without hesitation!"
Putting down this cruel remark, Xiong Hao's group turned around and walked towards the depths of the dense forest. Zhan Chen and the others couldn't, so they had to follow behind this gang of gangsters. During this period, Zhan Chen finally discovered through observation that the four people he had felt different about before did not seem to be of the same mind as Xiong Hao.
Like Zhan Chen and the other three, they walked at the end of the line, separated from the people in front of them for a long time.
So, Zhan Chen took the opportunity to get over to one of the people who looked the most kind, and asked in a low voice, "Brother, in Xia Zhan Chen, what do you call it?" β
That person had a high-level cultivation of Emperor Wu, and when he saw Zhan Chen coming to ask, he didn't reject it, but instead smiled and replied enthusiastically: "My name is Chen Liqun." β
"Brother Chen, you also saw it, we were just arrested by Senior Xiong, we don't understand anything, we have a few questions I want to ask you, and I hope you will give me advice. β
When Chen Liqun heard him ask, he didn't answer immediately, but looked around for a while, and saw that no one noticed them, so he showed a look of indignation, lowered his voice, and whispered: "What seniors, they are just a group of demons who kill people without blinking! We were also captured by them!"
Zhan Chen's heart moved: This is a drama! Then he became bold and asked directly: "Who are they in Black Mountain Village, and why are they arresting us?"
"Their Black Mountain Village is a very powerful force in this vicinity, there are nearly 100 people, the leader is called the "Five Demons", all of them are strong people of the Great Perfection of Emperor Wu, and the Xiong Hao in front is their four leaders, ranking fourth in martial arts. β
"This group of people usually hunts monsters and treasures in the Black Forest, but once they encounter a weak person like us, they will engage in murder and robbery. It is also our fate, and recently this black mountain village is expanding its strength, so it left our lives and pulled us in. β
"Isn't this just forcing a good person to become a prostitute? Don't you even think of running away?"
"I thought about it, but unfortunately I didn't dare, because there was no precedent for success, and those who were found were all executed by them. They would break us up and divide us kidnappers into their cronies, so that we would be watched all the time, and then they would follow them in their crimes. β
"Of course, they will also exert a little favor on those who are 'obedient' among us, to win hearts and minds, and to exclude and persecute those who do not obey their commands!"
Zhan Chen listened to Chen Liqun's account silently, but his brows became more and more wrinkled, asking him to obey the obscenity of that group of people and do those things that lost his conscience, he would rather die than go.
At this moment, Xiong Hao's vulgar and unhappy tone came from the front, interrupting their conversation: "Why are the people behind you walking so slowly?
Zhan Chen and Chen Liqun had to speed up their pace again when they heard his order, keeping up with the people in front.
"Before I arrive at the Black Mountain Village, I must find a way to escape from the clutches of this group of people with Zhou Ziru!" At this moment, a trace of determination flashed in Zhan Chen's eyes.
However, how to escape the surveillance of Xiong Hao and his men? This is a huge test for Zhan Chen, because once the plan is exposed or the escape fails, then the fate that awaits them will be death!