Gluttony stared blankly at the shadow in the mist, his feet did not move, but after a moment, he suddenly smiled.

"Heh, I'll just say how do you think the breath in this forest is a little familiar, it turns out to be you...... Xuanming. ”

The gluttonous face had that indifferent smile again, and he took out the cloth and leisurely wiped the blood on his hands, and the figure in the mist had slowly paced in front of him.

"I haven't seen you in a century, and I can't imagine that you remember me. A calm and peaceful male voice sounded slowly, and I saw that in the lingering mist, a handsome man with brown skin and black hair and a slender figure was standing in front of the glutton, looking at him calmly.

"Before entering this forest, I almost forgot that it was more than a hundred years ago, who still remembers it so clearly. Tao Tao continued to clean the blood stains from his hands, without raising his head.

"Huh...... I vividly remember the last time we met, you were just a teenager. ”

The man known as "Xuan Ming" smiled, his gluttonous face reflected in his golden vertical pupils, as if he was looking at the red-haired man in front of him, and after a while, he spoke again: "Speaking of which, did the flesh and blood taken from me last time save the person you want to save?"

The movements of the "......" glutton's hand suddenly stopped, and the expression on his face froze for a moment at that moment, and seeing the glutton's silent appearance, Xuan Ming seemed to understand something, and sighed softly.

“…… Is it...... I thought you were here for the same purpose as the last time. ”

"I'm here to save people, but it's not you who I'm looking for this time. ”

Gluttony said expressionlessly, and threw the wiped cloth on the remains of the monster, and with a burst of dark purple flames, the wreckage quickly turned to dust and dissipated in the breeze.

"Speaking of which, what's the matter with you in the forest? Not to mention the 'miasma', where did this demonic monster come from?" said gluttony, patting the windbreaker on his body casually, and the miasma that swirled around his body disappeared in an instant.

"......" Xuan Ming's gaze gently swept over the traces left by the monster on the ground, and a trace of sadness seemed to flash in the depths of his pupils, but he still didn't say anything after all, but shook his head gently. "This ...... Not a monster that has fallen into the devil, but a monster that has escaped from the ground...... 'Them' who are infected and demonized by miasma. ”

"...... you mean?!" a look of surprise appeared on the gluttonous face. "'They' woke up!?"

"Yes, someone broke the 'seal' that we had reinforced. Xuan Ming's face was solemn. "Since the landslide incident a few years ago, the miasma has begun to leak and spread, and I have begun to find traces of 'them' awakening, although I have been controlling them not to escape and harm people, but now...... I'm getting out of my grip. ”

"According to you, is the 'source' of the miasma in the forest 'that thing'...... If things are as you say, then the trouble is great......" Gluttony mused. "Is this matter noticed by the Demon God Mansion?"

"You also know the situation in the Demon God Mansion, it's too late for infighting, even if you notice it, how can there be forces willing to meddle in this troubled waters, let alone ...... I can't let them know I exist. Xuan Ming sighed softly, and suddenly raised his head as if he had a feeling, looking at the dense forest in the distance.

“…… Are you the only one who entered the mountain this time?" Xuan Ming suddenly asked.

"No, there are two humans and a demon. ”

"I want to ...... I'm afraid you won't have time to catch up with me anymore. Xuan Ming turned his head and looked at the gluttony and said.

"There is more than one 'they' who fled into this forest. ”

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"Little ...... Xiao Ya ...... I...... I can't...... I can't run......"

Zhou Wentao leaned over his knees, panting heavily, looking like he was about to faint.

"That monster is likely to chase after him again, and if he is caught, it's over, hold on a little longer!" Jiang Yao said and hurriedly ran to Zhou Wentao's side, trying to set him up and hurry, but found that this kid was so dead that he seemed to be really tired and almost collapsed.

"Little Guy...... Leave me alone...... Let's go...... I...... I really have to ...... slowly" Zhou Wentao said weakly, and sat on the side of the road with a slump of his ass, seeing that Jiang Yao was in a hurry.

"What a stupid thing, how could I leave you alone, white pheasant, let's help together...... Huh?" Jiang Yao said, turning his head and about to beckon the white pheasant to come over to help, but found that there was nothing behind him, and the white pheasant, who had been following behind to direct the direction of the two of them, disappeared at some point.

"Pheasant, where are you?"

Jiang Yao shouted a few times, but did not get any feedback, and suddenly became nervous, so he hurriedly turned to Zhou Wentao and asked, "Wentao, have you seen a white pheasant before?"

"Huh? just now...... I saw Sister Bai Pheasant behind me just now......" Zhou Wentao was also stunned when he heard this, and then he found that the white pheasant was gone. "Oh no, Sister White Pheasant, she was ...... by monsters!? Impossible, we didn't find any monsters coming with us before......"

"......" Jiang Yao gritted his teeth and fell into a dilemma for a while. On the one hand, he was worried about the white pheasant whose whereabouts were unknown, and on the other hand, he was not worried about leaving Zhou Wentao alone to find someone by himself, and Zhou Wentao's current situation was obviously unable to move a step, and it was not wise to drag him back.

"Little Guy...... You really, leave me alone, I'll find a place to hide...... The monster can't find me. As if seeing Jiang Yao's hesitation, Zhou Wentao deliberately pretended to be relaxed and waved his hand and said. "Go back and find Sister Bai Pheasant, I'll wait for you here......"

"No, you can't leave me. Jiang Yao remembered the previous gluttonous warning, and then decisively turned around and sat next to Zhou Wentao. "You rest for a while, and we'll go find the white pheasant together, hoping that the monster won't chase after you so soon." ”

"That monster just now...... What the hell is it? Could it be the legendary monster...... Is there really a monster in this world?" Zhou Wentao looked at Jiang Yao with a trembling look, the previous situation had obviously shattered his worldview completely. "Speaking of which...... Why are you so calm, Xiaoyao, you don't seem to be surprised at all?"

“…… In this deep mountain and old forest, there are no strange things, don't think too much, didn't the gluttonous master just say it, it's just a mutated beast. Jiang Yao didn't dare to look at Zhou Wentao's eyes, and prevaricated casually, and as soon as the words fell, a heart-palpitating roar suddenly sounded from the depths of the dense forest ahead!

"Whoa——!

"What's the sound? Could it be that the monster is coming!?" the two of them were startled and immediately jumped up from the ground.

"Tsk, it's not good, let's go!" Jiang Yao looked at the slightly shaking ground, and suddenly felt an alarm in his heart, and hurriedly dragged Zhou Wentao to run away, but after taking a few steps, he found that the soil under his feet began to crack and loosen, and Jiang Yao, who was very unhappy, looked up and suddenly found that a shadow was rushing towards the two of them.

"This, this is ......!?" Jiang Yao looked at the pouring mountain soil and suddenly realized something.

"It's a landslide!!"

Jiang Yao roared, flew towards Zhou Wentao beside him, and in the blink of an eye, the figures of the two were completely engulfed by the rolling mountain soil.

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"Huh?"

The white pheasant turned around and looked at the huge roar coming from the dense forest in the distance, and couldn't help but stop.

“…… Jiang Yao......"

The white pheasant murmured softly, a moment of hesitation seemed to flash in her eyes, she reached out and subconsciously stroked the diamond stud earring on her left ear, which was her habitual action when thinking, but soon, the brief hesitation on her face was completely replaced by a firmness.

"In any case, time is pressing, and we must complete the ...... that 'the adult' as soon as possible," the white pheasant muttered to herself, then turned around and put her backpack on her back, and neatly climbed up to a withered tree in front of her, and in a few moments she climbed to the top of the tree, looking down at the dense forest below.

The cloudy sky cast a gray shadow over the dark green mountains, and a thick mist wrapped around the dense and lifeless woods, and there was no end in sight, but even so, the white pheasant knew that he had reached the middle of the dense forest.

"The location should be just right. The white pheasant rested his body on a dead branch, then removed the backpack from his shoulder, carefully took out a delicate small wooden box from it, and opened it gently.

I saw that in the center of the wooden box, there was an orange-red vermilion feather that overflowed with dazzling color.

The white pheasant reached out and brushed the hair next to her ear behind her ear, caressing the beautiful feather in the box, and the diamond studs on the earlobe also reflected a strange glimmer in the orange-red light. She carefully studied for a moment, then stretched out her white and slender fingers, carefully took the feather out of the box, held it in the palm of her hand, and seemed to have words in her mouth, and the feathers in her palm gradually floated in this silent chant like a spell, and the light gradually increased.

"......" The white pheasant closed her eyes and was engrossed in silent reading, and at the moment when she finished reading the last byte, the orange-red feather in mid-air suddenly burst out with a dazzling light, and then dissipated like a cloud of smoke above the dense forest.

"Whew...... Finally caught up. The white pheasant breathed a sigh of relief, and seemed relieved, she picked up her backpack again, and after three or two steps, she quickly climbed down the tree, and turned to walk in the planned direction, but stopped after a few steps.

The white pheasant turned his head and looked at the forest in front of him on the left with some hesitation, as if he had noticed something.

"...... this miasma?"

The white pheasant thought for a moment, then opened his backpack and took out a turquoise bead in his mouth, and after the preparation was completed, he took a step and groped towards the left front.

The snort was filled with some kind of strange breath, the further forward, the thicker it became, the white pheasant knew that it was not the smell of mist, but the breath from the body of the fallen demon, I am afraid that the front of this dense forest is the miasma "source", if it were not for the "qi avoidance bead" in her mouth that could help dispel the miasma, with her cultivation, she really didn't dare to rush forward.

The miasma grew thicker and thicker, and even the surrounding fog was gradually dyed with an ominous dark purple, and the trees here had long since withered, writhing their hideous branches in the breeze.

"Whew...... Heh......"

The white pheasant's body began to tremble slightly involuntarily, it was the last warning that instinct had brought her, and she finally stopped, holding her heart beating wildly with both hands, and decided that this was the end of it, and at this moment, a low shadow suddenly jumped into her eyes.

The white pheasant raised its head and looked forward through the purple mist.

She saw an ancient well standing in front of her, as if quietly waiting for her arrival.

"It's ...... Huh!?" The white pheasant's face changed suddenly, and she hunched over her chest and felt as if an invisible force was grasping her soul, constantly dragging it to the well.

The white pheasant fell to her knees, desperately trying to turn around, trying to flee in the form of a prototype, but found that her body could not move a bit, but to make sure that she soon noticed a stumbling footstep approaching her back.

The ground shook slightly, accompanied by a foul smell that spread from behind him, a familiar situation that had been experienced not long ago. The white pheasant's face turned pale, she turned her head with her stiff head, and reached out with a trembling hand to touch the diamond stud earring on her earlobe.

The ugly face of the demonic monster was reflected on the crystal surface of the diamond stud earrings, and gradually distorted in the orange light that gradually bloomed inside the diamond.

"Whoa——!!

A loud roar echoed through the dead silence of the forest, burying despair.