An hour later.

Approaching dawn, the deep night was faintly blue, and in the direction of the western suburbs outside the city, a little fire lit up, and the billowing smoke could not even hide the night, rising into the sky.

The usually deserted and remote Yizhuang has been completely transformed into a ruin that is about to be burned down, and the billowing smoke is full of figures walking and shouting, except for a few demon scavengers in special uniforms, most of the soldiers in the uniforms of the Night Patrol are trying to extinguish a few scattered fires.

And in such a scene, Deputy Lieutenant Lianghu and Deputy Lieutenant Wang Ying of the Western Brigade looked at the fire that was about to be extinguished, and their faces sank like water.

"This bunch of crumbs is running pretty fast!"

As soon as they heard the news from Yue Zheng, they immediately gathered people to rush to Yizhuang, but unfortunately, when they arrived, most of the entire Yizhuang had been burned down, and it was obvious that the few ghosts and gods who had kidnapped Yue Zheng saw what happened, so they immediately abandoned this stronghold and fled in a hurry.

Although this had been expected for a long time, but even if this group of daring rats escaped from under their noses, the two lieutenants still felt that there was nowhere to vent their depression in their hearts, and they were extremely depressed.

At the same time, in the dim sky, I saw the demon slayer ghost tooth sweeping from another direction, and came to Lianghu's side and reported:

"We explored the surrounding area and the roads in detail, but due to the heavy rain, we did not find any traces of the other party's escape, so it was basically impossible to trace them.

In addition, we also found a carriage in the field a few hundred meters away, and there were no footprints or anything like it around, which may have been a suspicious formation set up by those people during the evacuation. ”

Ghost Fang is a well-known tracker in the Demon Eradication Hall, and Wang Ying, who didn't have much hope, suddenly sighed:

"So, apart from issuing a wanted warrant, there's no way we can do anything with this bunch of daring bastards?"

Liang Hu didn't speak, his cold eyebrows showed that he obviously couldn't swallow this breath, he stepped into the ruins where the fire had basically been extinguished, looked at several demon slayers who were searching for the ruins, and said:

"How's it going, did you find anything?"

The demon slayer shook his head, "We've only found a charred, unrecognizable corpse under the rubble, and we haven't found any other valuable clues yet. ”

As he spoke, he took Lianghu to the middle of the ruins, and on the ground that was temporarily cleared, there was a human-shaped charred black bone, which had been burned beyond recognition, not to mention age, appearance, and strength, even men and women could not distinguish between men and women.

But the only thing that caught the eye was that the charred black scales on the man's left arm stood up, looking strange and terrifying.

Wang Ying also walked over, looked at the charred corpse on the ground and frowned: "This corpse is also a member of the ghosts and gods?"

Through Yue Zheng, they already had a general understanding of at least three people in the gang, including the owner of Yizhuang, who had taken the initiative to accept the power of pollution and had a mutation, and this corpse was obviously one of those three.

"This corpse ...... It could be one of the five. ”

Lianghu leaned over and looked at it carefully for a while, and muttered:

Yue Zheng once said that he had seriously injured a guard when he was violently grabbing the knife, and the remaining few people were likely to feel that the seriously injured person was a drag when they fled, so they simply killed him and burned his body directly. ”

Lianghu's speculation was cruel but reasonable, Wang Ying couldn't help but nodded, and then said:

"Deputy Lieutenant Tiger, this newcomer you recruited is not bad, the strength of the ghosts and gods who consumed the blood of scattered spirits is a few points stronger than that of ordinary second-stage cultivators, he can actually kill one person under the guard of two second-stage strength ghosts and gods, and escape, but ordinary people can't do it. ”

"It's just luck and the enemy's paralysis is just careless, but Xing Yuan also told me that Yue Zheng performed very well in training. ”

If it was usual, Lianghu naturally didn't mind boasting about it with Wang Ying, but now he was obviously not in the mood, so he just sighed:

"Let's go, let's go back. ”

......

The distant horizon was white, and the sky gradually brightened,

A rush of footsteps woke Yue Zheng, who was resting in the room, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Lianghu and another lieutenant named Wang Ying walking in after knocking on the door.

Yue Zheng's heart moved, and he immediately asked knowingly, "Two lieutenants, how is it, have you caught those people?"

As soon as Yue Zheng spoke, he was also an old actor, Liang Hu didn't notice anything at all, and replied in a dull voice:

"No, the reaction of those miscellaneous pieces was very fast, and when we arrived at Yizhuang, they had already run away without a trace, and they also set fire to Yizhuang, and we found no clues except a charred corpse. ”

"Ran away, only a charred corpse?"

Everything was in line with his expectations, and Yue Zheng just rightly interpreted the simple emotion of surprise:

"Whose body is it?"

Wang Ying did not doubt him, and said in a deep voice:

"The corpse is supposed to be the guard who was seriously injured by your counterattack, and the other accomplices were afraid that this person would drag them down when they fled, so they killed and abandoned him mercilessly, and burned the corpse. ”

Yue Zheng was 'shocked' and said, "These people are so ruthless?"

Liang Hu sneered: "What kind of good thing will it be to believe in worshipping ghosts and gods, and to do whatever it takes to gain power, even if it is a mutation in itself, what kind of good thing will it be? ”

As he spoke, he turned his gaze back to Yue Zheng:

"This group of garbage of the ghosts and gods has always been diligently seeking the blood of all kinds of powerful polluting mutants, hoping to gain a greater degree of ghost and god power from them. And although you are not completely mutated, it is even rarer to be able to resist the loss of control and terminate the mutation, and they should have heard from you somewhere, so they are eyeing you.

But speaking of which, these five miscellaneous items are not good, especially the owner of the Yizhuang Zhuang, at least at the level of a formal demon slayer, and it is estimated that it has been planning for a long time from staring at you to making a move, and it is complete luck that your kid can escape from under the hands of this group. ”

"I think it's luck, too. ”

Yue Zheng smiled bitterly,

"If it weren't for the heavy rain cover and me running fast enough, I'm afraid I would have completely explained it a long time ago. ”

Liang Hu sighed: "Your choice is right, the garbage of the ghosts and gods is like poisonous snakes, because even if it is a formal demon slayer, it is difficult to please these people head-on, if you encounter a member of the ghosts and gods again in the future, you must immediately notify your companions, and try to avoid fighting alone." ”

Yue Zheng's heart moved, and he was curious: "Why?

"That's right, but strictly speaking, it's because of the mutant blood in their bodies. ”

Wang Ying on the side said:

"The blood of the ghosts and gods who have ingested the spiritual blood also has the nature of contamination, and the demon slayer must avoid coming into contact with their blood during the battle, otherwise there will be a risk of contamination. Especially for people like you who have already begun to have abnormal changes, if you get contaminated with their blood, it is very likely that the abnormal changes in your body will deepen again, and the situation will be even more dangerous!"

Wang Ying's voice fell, and the corners of Yue Zheng's eyes, who suddenly thought of something, suddenly twitched, and he subconsciously raised his hand to touch his eyebrows.

Because he suddenly thought that when he killed the owner of Yizhuang with his last knife through his heart, the other party's blood had splashed on his face and body!