Meanwhile.

Somewhere on the Dongzhou Continent, there is a dense forest that is not in sight.

On an official road in the forest, a group of more than a dozen riders was moving slowly from south to north.

Everyone was dressed in black, except for the four people in the front, all of them wore swords around their waists and crossbow arrows on their backs.

The first one was in his forties, with an elegant face, holding a black wooden cane, and everyone faintly looked like him.

Behind him, three young men rode side by side.

The one on the far left is holding a cyan spear, the one in the middle has blue eyes and a sword and a shield behind him, and on the far right is a red-haired girl with a long sword.

"There is no one in that Cangyu town, so we all missed the place to stay, and the sun is about to go down. The young man with a spear said.

"I heard that more than ten years ago, after a spiritual vein near the town was hollowed out, the surrounding land began to become barren, and the departure of the townspeople may have something to do with it. The blue-eyed young man in the middle said.

"Senior brother, is it Jiahe Pass when you turn over the hump ridge in front of you?" asked the red-haired girl, pointing to a mountain in the shape of a camel's hump in front of her.

"Yes, we set off early this time, and we can ask our uncles for some experience. The blue-eyed young man nodded.

......

Just as the three of them were chatting, the middle-aged man in front of him suddenly frowned, and his eyes swept to both sides from time to time.

"Senior nephew Li, you be careful, I'll go check around. The middle-aged man said suddenly.

"Yes, Uncle Shi!" the blue-eyed young man nodded, and at the same time, there was a hint of vigilance in his eyes.

The surface of the wooden staff in the middle-aged man's hand was black. Immediately black smoke rose from the surroundings, and soon turned into a dark cloud. Wrapping its body and flying to the left.

As a result, he didn't fly far when a gray shadow scurried out of the forest on the left like a ghost. In an instant, it was near the dark clouds.

In the dark clouds, the middle-aged man reacted very quickly, and with a wave of the wooden staff in his hand, the rolling waves of fire surged out, turning into a fire shield in front of the dark clouds.

At the same time, the other technique squeezed, and a ball of flame poured out between his hands, turning into more than a dozen fire swords, the whole body was red and hot, and shot towards the gray shadow.

However, the gray shadow was only a blur. and avoided all the swords of fire.

The next moment, there was a muffled "bang" sound from the fire shield in front of the dark clouds, and then sparks burst open.

The gray shadow flickered, and it burrowed into the dark clouds.

"Ahh

A large amount of blood and human organs suddenly fell from the dark clouds, and then the middle-aged man's body was torn in half and fell from the clouds.

From the appearance of the gray shadow to the killing of the middle-aged man, it only took two or three breaths before and after. It was only at this moment that the people below could react.

Immediately afterward, a cyan crescent-like spear blade phantom, a silver sword light the size of a zhang, and several red sword shadows struck into the dark clouds at the same time.

The sound of "snort" followed. Another dozen crossbow arrows into the dark clouds!

There was a loud "boom".

The dark clouds dispersed, but the gray shadows were nowhere to be found.

"Everyone be careful, set up quickly!" the blue-eyed young man's face changed. Turned over and dismounted, shouted.

The red-haired girl and the boy with the gun also dismounted. And gathered around the blue-eyed youth.

The remaining dozen or so black-shirted knights also dismounted and approached the blue-eyed youth.

"Whoosh!" a gray shadow flashed through the slightly confused crowd.

"Ahh

The two black-shirted knights who walked last had an extra hole in their necks, and the blood flowed profusely. After falling to the ground and convulsing for a while, he was no longer breathing.

At this time, the magic weapon in the hands of the three blue-eyed young men had just been raised, and they couldn't help but look at each other for a while, and they could all see the fear in each other's eyes.

The ghostly gray shadow was too fast for them to strike.

"Ahh

As soon as everyone formed a battle formation with the three blue-eyed young men as the core, the gray shadow once again swept past a fringe place that everyone had not expected.

Another black-clad knight lay in a pool of blood, with a bloody hole in his heart that was the size of a bowl, and his heart was no longer flying.

At this moment, the cyan spear shadow, silver sword light, and a dozen arrows flew over the deceased.

The faces of the people turned pale and bloodless!

Suddenly, three black-clad knights in the circle broke out of the formation, each turned on a horse, and galloped away the way they came.

The three of them hadn't gone far before a gray shadow shot out of the forest, flashed in front of the three of them, and disappeared into the forest on the other side again.

One of them had just drawn his sword and broke into several pieces, and then the heads of the three men also rolled down with their bones, and blood gushed from their necks, while the mounts of the three dragged the three headless corpses and continued to run forward.

......

After a stick of incense.

Except for the three blue-eyed young men, the black-clothed knights around them all fell in a pool of blood, most of the corpses were shattered, and the death was miserable, with a look of horror on their faces that had been before death.

Among the three, the blue-eyed young man barely kept his composure, the other two were as pale as paper, and the red-haired girl's arm holding the sword trembled a little.

"Whoosh!"

The gray shadow burst out of the forest again, and instantly appeared ghostly in front of the young man with the gun.

The spear holding Qing shouted, and the spear in his hand immediately conjured up a large cyan gun shadow, forming countless cyan plum blossoms to meet the gray shadow.

At the same time, several fiery red sword shadows and a silver sword light also emerged, and one left and one right struck towards the gray shadow.

The gray shadow flashed directly into the shadow of the spear, and the sword shadow and the long knife all missed.

"Bah!!!" came out with a muffled sound.

The cyan spear shadow was crushed by the gray shadow at the touch of a button.

"Ahh

But I saw that the head of the young man with the gun was torn apart like a watermelon, red and white things were splashed everywhere, and the corpse fell to the ground weakly.

Only then did the blue-eyed youth and the red-haired girl see clearly that the gray shadow standing on the corpse of the young man with a gun turned out to be an ape monster with blood-red eyes, full of bloodthirsty murderous intent, and gray hair all over his body, with two furry hands and claws dripping with blood.

"Evil animal, come to life!"

The corner of the blue-eyed young man's eyes twitched, and the shield in his left hand turned into a black light to protect it, and at the same time, his body moved, and his right hand conjured a heavy sword shadow, and pounced on the gray ape.

Although the red-haired girl was a little timid, when the blue-eyed young man stepped forward, she was bold, and after the long sword in her hand swung out a fiery red half-moon-shaped sword qi, she conjured up a cold sword curtain and shrouded the gray ape.

The gray ape's figure flashed, and with a wave of its claws, it rushed towards the blue-eyed youth's heavy sword shadow.

As soon as the two touched, a terrifying inhuman force on the ape's claws passed over.

After a clash of gold and iron, the black light and heavy sword shadows of the shield collapsed almost at the same time, and the gray ape stabbed into the blue-eyed young man's body with a flick of his claws, pulled out his heart, and swallowed it in one gulp.

For a while, the gray ape's mouth was full of blood, and his face was extremely hideous.

At this time, the red-haired girl's sword curtain came over, and the gray ape's two claws danced, and in an instant, a large dense gray claw shadow appeared, facing the sword curtain.

"Boom" a chaotic sound!

The red-haired girl's sword curtain collapsed, and the long sword in her hand flew out diagonally.

"Ahh

A terrible scream followed.

......

A month later.

Shi Mu appeared outside the post house where Zhong Xiu was early in the morning.

Today is the day they made an appointment to go to the Ascension Auction together.

As a result, he waited for a long time, but Zhong Xiu's figure did not appear as promised.

Shi Mu groaned slightly, and walked towards the two guards in blue gossip uniforms at the entrance of the post house.

A moment later, when Shi Mu walked out of the post house, he couldn't help but shake his head.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Xiu and dozens of other disciples were summoned to the branch by the Tongtian Immortal Sect a few days ago, saying that they also provided them with pills and other materials, so that they could retreat with peace of mind.

Shi Mu thought so, and kept walking in the direction of Dongshengfang City in the north of the city.

Dongshengfang City is the largest market in Tianyu City, and the Shengxian auction has always been held there.

Half an hour later.

Shi Mu's figure appeared next to a wide street, and the whole street was full of people.

At this time, he was very close to Dongshengfang City, but the closer he was to Dongshengfang City, the denser the flow of people on the street became.

Shi Mu passed through the crowded flow of people, and after turning an intersection, he soon entered the street where Dongshengfang City was located, and the entire street was full of powerful warriors on horseback and rich and powerful people riding in luxurious carriages.

Shi Mu followed the flow of people and soon came to an open square, in the center of the square, a boxy, eight-storey huge building is extremely eye-catching.

This building covers an area of several acres, the momentum is magnificent, the carved beams and paintings are painted, the decoration is extremely exquisite, and the eaves and bucket arches of each layer are carved with a lot of lifelike birds and beasts, quite auspicious atmosphere.

On the lintel of the main entrance facing south, you can see a gilt plaque in the distance, and the three big characters of "Baoguang Pavilion" shine in the sunlight.

At this time, the four gates of Baoguang Pavilion were wide open, and four long queues were lined up, and there were dozens of city guards at each entrance, and Tongtian Sect disciples dressed in blue gossip uniforms were stationed.

Similar to Shi Mu's first entry into Tianyu City, everyone who entered the Baoguang Pavilion had to be interrogated by the soldiers and irradiated by the golden light in the gossip round mirror, which was extremely strict.

Just as Shi Mu was about to step forward, the sound of horses' hooves stopped abruptly not far from him.

He turned his eyes and saw a team of more than 100 elite cavalry guards, and a luxurious carriage dragged by four pure white handsome horses stopped.

Soon the car door opened, and a beautiful girl dressed in a pink palace dress, with a very pure appearance and skin like ice and snow, walked out with two pretty little girl rings.

There was a faint wave of mana fluctuation coming from this woman's body, and she was also a warlock.

Just then, a familiar voice sounded.

"Brother Shi, I guessed that you wouldn't miss the Immortal Ascension Auction that day, but I didn't expect to meet you here so coincidentally. ”

The voice came from the other side of the carriage, but it was a handsome red-haired man in a moon-white robe with a silver cloth belt on his head, it was Liu An

"It turned out to be Brother Liu. Coming down to Tianyu City was originally for a trip and a long experience, so such a good thing will naturally not be missed. Shi Mu said.

(To be continued.) )