Chapter 1: Banhu The Night of the Blood Moon
The desert is lonely, the sun is setting, and the earthy red sun seems to be three times larger than usual, hanging alone under the sky, and it looks like it is about to fall into the desert. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 The sand waves of the info desert cascade on top of each other, resembling an earthy red ocean against the setting sun.
A caravan, like a hemp rope tied to an earthy grasshopper, slowly moved along the top of the sand wave. The black shadow pushed down by the sun hid behind the sand waves, as if ready to swallow the camel team in one gulp.
The caravan traveled the famous Silk Crystal Road on the continent of Pandora, which was the only remaining land passage for trade between the Crystal Kingdom, a great power in the East, and the countries of the Far Western Regions. Originally, there were three Silk Crystal Roads - the North Road, the South Road, and the Sea. The southern route of the Silk Road has been abandoned due to war and the destruction of the Yulan Kingdom, and the Maritime Silk Road is also facing interruption due to rampant piracy.
The Crystal Kingdom exchanged silk, various energy crystals, exquisite silks, various ironware, ceramics, etc., with the countries of the Far Western Regions for wine, agate, crossbow, thunder fog steel sword, etc. It is this kind of trade that makes the crystal country strong and prosperous, and the people live a prosperous and peaceful life. But peace and tranquility are always short-lived, and the northern road is beginning to be fraught with risks.
The leader of the caravan, named Ban Hu, was a sturdy, middle-aged man with a pleasant smile, with slightly swollen eyelids and slightly dark skin, but with a handsome face and a tall and sturdy body, and it was clear at a glance that he had been walking in the desert for many years. He shouted at the caravan, "Guys, keep it up, it's almost to the oasis!" Don't let up, there may be sand earthworms on the edge of the oasis, but camels are their delicacy! The patrol of the Crystal Lion King rarely patrols here anymore, and we can only rely on ourselves! Thirty camel-pulling men could not help but tremble in their hearts when they heard this, and their swords were clenched in their hands, and their nervousness was even stronger, and no one dared to take it lightly. The sand earthworm is known for its ferocity, which can devour a sheep or half a camel in an instant, far more cruel than desert wolves and sand snakes. Adult earthworms can reach two pots thick and more than 20 feet long, and are usually active at night, but sometimes hungry earthworms will sneak up on pedestrians in the shadow of the dunes during the day.
Suddenly, a huge bat appeared in the sky circling around the caravan. The experienced captain immediately realized that danger was approaching.
"All camels! To sunny spots! ......" Before the captain could finish speaking, the camel at the end of the caravan seemed to sense something, but accidentally jumped into the shadow of the dune.
Suddenly, a cloud of sand more than ten meters ejected from the camel's surroundings, and the camel was almost blown away from the sand dunes and passed out. The silk and baggage were blown to the bottom of the dunes. An earthworm-like monster covered in earthy yellow scales rushed out of the sand, and the back half of its body was still buried in the earth, like a withered onion in dry land. The sand in its mouth was completely open before it had finished spraying dust. The mouth is surrounded by dense dagger-like fangs. Almost instantly, the back half of the camel's body was bitten off. The cracking of bones and the muffled roar of earthworms made people shudder. In a few moments, the mouth disappeared into the dust, leaving only half a bloody camel.
All the members of the caravan felt a chill down their spines, and a few of them kept praying.
Just as the team members were at a loss, a shadow passed over their heads. As the sun sets, a two-man tall bat swoops down from the air like a black boulder. It sizzled as it plunged two giant claws into the shadow of the dune, stirring up a tsunami-like cloud of dust. Huge as the black wings of a ship's sails, they flapped rapidly, stirring up dust in the sky. The earthworm was picked up from the sand like a turnip, and let out a terrified and desperate scream, the scales on its skin glowing yellow in the sun, and red blood dripping out from its claws. The bats struggled to fly high into the air and gradually disappeared into the evening sky......
"It's dangerous!" The team members breathed a sigh of relief, but they couldn't resist the temptation of curiosity, and surrounded the dead camel to watch, as if they were watching the ending of a horror drama. Ban Hu looked at his frightened companion with a gloomy face, and shouted loudly: "What are you still doing in a daze, quickly lead the camel out of here!" If you don't want to be eaten, hurry up! You must get to the next oasis before it gets dark, or this camel will be your fate!" He pointed to the bloody camel.
The caravan marched as fast as it could. Above them was a bright sky that began to glow, and the great circle of the sun, like a blood-red lantern in the sky, trembled on the surface of the sand sea. Soon, they noticed that green sea buckthorn was starting to appear on the sand dunes, and the outline of the sand castle in the distance was beginning to emerge.
Ban Hu looked at the sand city in the distance, his face full of doubts. It was already starting to get dark, and there should be lights in the city, but the sandcastle in the distance was silent, but it was even more dangerous to stay outside the city. He couldn't help but speed up his pace, and the team members behind him led the camels, and quickly followed with the hope that they could have a good rest.
Only a remnant of the glow remained in the sky, but fortunately, on the night of the fifteenth, a bright moon began to appear in the eastern sky. Not far from the city walls, sparse salix began to appear. Ban Hu climbed a nearby high hill to further observe Sand City. There was still no movement in the sand city, which worried him.
"Big brother, what's wrong?" A teammate with a thin face and a slight beard asked uneasily.
"No matter what happens, we must not spend the night outside the city. It's quiet from now on, be careful, something is going to happen in the city! Ban Hu said with a frown. The team had surrounded him and began to wait for further orders. It's like a flock of chicks waiting for the old birds to divide the bugs.
Ban Hu stuck his three-foot Thunder Fog Mountain long sword in the sand—there were two egg-sized holes in the hilt—and put his hands on the hilt of the sword, looking at the group of brothers, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. Since the opening of the Silk Crystal Road thirty years ago, he has led a camel team to and from the Far Western Regions nine times. He and his teammates crossed plains, through woods, and over mountains...... Except for the loss of a few camels and horses, the brothers were unharmed. This is rare on the Silk Crystal Road, because the security situation on the Silk Road has been deteriorating in recent years, and few caravans have been able to return to the Crystal City from the Far West unsafely, which makes Ban Hu feel very comforted. And this is the tenth time, and it is also the last time he plans to make a trip to the Far Western Regions. But it was the most terrifying thing he ever did. He remembered that as early as five years ago, his senior brother Xilong had said that all kinds of monsters and demons began to have an uncontrollable situation, and persuaded him to accept it when he saw it. It seems that he is right, Xilong has set foot on the path of an exorcist without hesitation, practicing the teachings of his master, while he has embarked on the road of silk crystal, wanting to make a small fortune and support his family, especially his frail old mother. Thinking of this, Ban Hu couldn't help but worry about whether he would be able to meet his old mother.
"I'll do what I want to do to protect you first......" Before Ban Hu could finish speaking, his words were interrupted.
"No, if you cast the Moonlight Curse again, you might die!" He Dong, who was wiping a big knife beside him—a big man with a black face, who was originally the captain of the Imperial Forest Hussars of the imperial court, was demoted for offending the imperial court magnates—immediately stood up and hurriedly said with concern.
"Don't worry, I know it! This is the last spell cast. When this trip is over, I'll stop it! Hahaha......" Ban Hu laughed heartily, slightly relieving the nervousness, fear, and worry of his teammates.
Ban Hu stuck his sword in the sand and took out two white crystals the size of an egg from the back pouch of the camel in the lead. He collided the tops of the two crystals with each other, and the two crystals immediately glowed brightly! This is the energy crystal produced by the Crystal Empire. Shine this white crystal in the sun for an hour, and at night, hit the top of the crystal hard to emit a bright light all night, and you can read a book! The Crystal Empire produced all kinds of crystals and sold them to the countries of Pandora through the Silk Crystal Road, hence the name of the Crystal Empire.
But there is also another mysterious energy contained in the crystal, which is released through the casting of spells, which exorcists call dark energy. There are also colored crystals, which are divided into red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple, and the later the color is rarer, but the higher the energy contained. Legend has it that only very high-level exorcists are free to wield this dark energy. Ban Hu inserted two crystals into the two small openings in the hilt of his sword. He took out a yellow charm from his bosom, gripped the hilt of the sword tightly with his hand, and began to chant words in his mouth, and the sword began to glow like moonlight. Under the moonlight, the sword glows as if it were a child of the moon, as if it is greeting the moon.
"It's still the same! I protect you with a crystal charm and don't go too far from this sword until the moon sets! Ban Hu said as he pointed to the sky with both hands.
Suddenly, a beam of light shot out of the moon, scattering around the sword, at first only as thick as the mouth of the well, and then slowly beginning to expand; But as the range of that moonlight continues to expand, Banhu is constantly getting older amazingly! The wrinkles on the face are getting deeper, and the hair is starting to dry up, turn white, and even fall out. By the time the spell was cast, he was less than fifty years old, as if he had reached eighty years old, and there were only a few silk-like hairs on the top of his head fluttering in the desert wind.
The team members' bodies froze like icicles, but their hearts ached like knives. They all knew in their hearts that this spell would consume the life span of the exorcist, and although they could gradually restore their true lifespan through cultivation, once the life span used to cast the spell exceeded the true life span of the caster, the caster would die immediately; After all, no one knows what their true lifespan is, so this spell is very risky.
After casting the spell, Ban Hu trembled and took out a red pill from his sleeve, gently poured out one and the last pill, and took it into his abdomen. This medicine was specially concocted by Ban Hu's senior brother Xilong, which allowed him to slowly recover his vitality and normal lifespan. Before the brothers separated, Xilong repeatedly emphasized that after using this medicine, he must not cast the moonlight curse again, otherwise he would definitely die! After taking the medicine, he calmed down, and he began to slowly recover his complexion as he aged, and he began to become younger and began to return to his actual age.
Everyone didn't dare to make a sound, and a few team members even prayed silently to the moon......
"He Dong, Bai Qiuzheng, pack your weapons and follow me to Shacheng to investigate." Ban Hu said weakly.
"Big brother, you can rest for a while, just go with the two of us!" He Dong looked at Ban Hu's old and frail face and whispered, Bai Qiuzheng also nodded. Bai Qiu is the illegitimate son of Bai Dongyu, the lord of Crystal City. Crystal City was built on the Crystal Mine and is the largest and richest city in the Crystal Country. But Bai Qiuzheng is an illegitimate child, and according to the laws of the Crystal Kingdom, he has no right to inherit. In order to prevent Bai Qiuzheng from being persecuted by the "White Wolf" main room, when he was ten years old, his mother took him out of Crystal City to go to the northwest neighbor of the Crystal Country, Xueyun Country, where he learned medicine and archery for six years, and then asked him to follow Ban Hu on the road of silk crystal, hoping that he could learn some skills from Ban Hu to support himself.
Ban Hu stared for a moment, and under the effect of the medicinal power, his strength quickly began to recover. He slowly opened his eyes and was relieved to see that the brothers who were living and dying together were looking at him safely and with great concern. None of the members of the caravan spoke, but their eyes never took off Banhu. I have been breathing and sharing fate with him for many years, and we have experienced ups and downs along the way, and the brothers have already had a high degree of tacit understanding, and they can talk with their eyes; What's more, now is the time when you need to be quiet the most, otherwise, the sand earthworms will attack it when they hear the noise! The Moonlight Spell is actually a blinding spell that hides the caravan but not the sounds and smells.
Bai Qiuzheng, as the team doctor of the camel team, quickly read the order that the medicine needed to be sprinkled from Ban Hu's eyes. He scattered a circle of white powder along the border of the Moonlight Spell to confuse the sand earthworm's sense of smell, and once again signaled his brothers to be quiet.
Ban Hu, He Dong, and Bai Qiu are the only three members of the camel team who are proficient in martial arts and spells; Although the remaining twenty-seven people know martial arts, they are not well qualified to learn spells, but they are good at camel taming. As the most combat-effective three in the camel team: Banhu has the strongest spells and is most familiar with the Silk Crystal Road; He Dong's strength is infinite, and the "Blood Frost Sword", which is four feet long and weighs more than 100 catties, can be danced by him; And Bai Qiuzheng is excellent in archery and proficient in medical skills. This trio led everyone through the trials of the Silk Crystal Road and was undoubtedly the heart of the camel team.
"This time it's different, I have to go with you." Ban Hu said softly. Intuition told Ban Hu that something must have happened in Shachengli. The appearance of a large number of sand earthworms, the dead silence of Sand City, even the energy of the Moonlight Curse was obviously not as good as before.
As they were deliberating, the aura of the Moonlight Spell suddenly dimmed significantly. Ban Hu was taken aback, his face full of confusion and alertness. They all looked in the direction of Sand City, a blood-red beam of light led from the tallest building in Sand City to the moon, the moon began to be surrounded by thick blood, and there were many black shadows wriggling around Sand City, and it was the sand earthworm that was lured over.
"That's the altar of Sand City, and someone else is casting the Moonlight Curse, no, it should be the Blood Moon Curse! I didn't expect there to be such spells and strange magic! Ban Hu said as he stared at the bloody light, his eyes full of endless worry. His master had mentioned this kind of magic, but even his master had never seen this profound magic with his own eyes, and had only heard of it in some legends that circulated among exorcists. Ban Hu looked straight for a few minutes, then turned back and walked to the side of the sword inserted in the sand, saw that the crystal on the sword had dimmed, and then walked towards his white camel, he thought of the treasure that the master had left him - the ebony staff.
The ebony staff is the treasure of the exorcism gate of Tianmen Mountain. At that time, Master Xiao Zhenzi was ready to leave the ebony staff to Banhu's senior brother Xilong, but Xilong refused to accept it, thinking that it should be left to the younger brother who was more talented in exorcism. Holding an ebony staff in his hand, Ban Hu's heart was like a storm on the sea, and the waves were monstrous! The trials of walking the Silk Road and driving away demons by himself resurfaced in front of him, but this strengthened his determination to find out, although it may be extremely dangerous! Holding an ebony cane in hand, I thought about the birth and death of myself and my brothers, and how much I wanted to see Master and my brother again! Tell them about their experience and how proud they are! …… But Ban Hu knew that he couldn't think about it anymore, so he held back the tears that were about to burst out, and said calmly: "The curse of the blood moon is extraordinary, the surrounding sand earthworms have been led over, and we are temporarily safe." But the earthworms will come back at any time, and we can't take it lightly! He Dong and Qiu are going with me to Shacheng to have a look! Others are optimistic about the cargo! If there's a situation, run away from Sand City! Ban Hu said firmly, and his brothers nodded silently.
The three of them mounted their camels, took their respective equipment, and galloped towards the sand city......
The Blood Moon had plated the walls of Sand City and the gatehouses of the city with a layer of blood-red, and the blood-red gates had melted into a terrifying shadow. The stone lions on both sides of the door and a few sand willows on both sides of the road are always ready to pounce on the people who enter the sand city.
The three of them quietly set up their camels at the door, and each of them took his weapon. The attentive Banhu also took out a stack of yellow charms from the camel's cloth bag and put them on his body in case of accidents. This spell is a delayed fire charm that allows the enemy to set up a period of time no matter what enemy it encounters, but it is not very useful against opponents with too strong mana, but something is better than nothing. And Bai Qiu was going up from the camel to get a bag of things, and he seemed to be very heavy. He Dong's huge body was very flexible, and he hurried over to help carry it.
"Be careful! It's a sonic boom conch! Bai Qiuzheng reminded and said softly.
"Yes! I haven't seen it yet, I heard it's a specialty of the sound snail country? Saying that, He Dong took one out of his pocket and held it for a closer look.
The country of Yinluo is an island country at the eastern end of the continent of Pandora. It produces a variety of strange aquatic products, especially the sound-preserving conch and the explosive sonic boom conch. As soon as the sonic boom conch leaves the sea, it absorbs and compresses air into its body, and if an enemy tries to smash it or the conch itself is hit more violently, the conch will explode and die with the enemy! The countries of the Far Western Regions have been at war for many years, and this conch has been sold well as a rare weapon of war.
"Quick, don't look any further! Take a few per person and take them with you, be careful! After the three of them brought the sonic boom snail, Ban Hu signaled He Dong to get ready to enter the city gate, Bai Qiu was in the middle, and Ban Hu was behind the palace.
He Dong gently pushed open the city gate, but the door was not closed. The three of them entered gently, and although He Dong was tall, he was very flexible, and quickly turned around to see if there was an ambush behind the door, but the door was empty. After entering the door, there is the main street of Shacheng, the wind on the street is very strong, and the window paper of the shops on both sides makes a sound like bellows.
The three of them leaned against the side of the street and walked cautiously. The whole city is made of gray bricks, sand and mud, and it is not very high. With the light work of the three of them, it was no problem to go straight from the roof to the altar in the middle of the city. But to be on the safe side, the three decided to sneak in and find out.
At the end of the main street is a five-foot-tall white building, a statue of the goddess Tron holding a crystal looking down at the city, the crystal glowing faintly red under the light of the blood moon, as if warning something, and the altar is behind the statue.
"There's a figure on the altar!" Bai Qiuzheng's eyesight is really outstanding. He pointed to a beam of light behind the statue, guiding the other two towards the altar.
At the beginning of the autumn wind, there were a few people on the altar in the distance, and if you didn't look closely, you would think that the leaves were shaking in the autumn wind. The three of them turned to the side of the street, and finally saw the altar: in the middle of a sand willow tree, a building made of blue bricks that rose above the houses, with a spire like a tower, a blood-red light poured down from the moon, and the original orange glass tiles glowed dark red under the light of the blood moon's beams. Several figures swayed by the tower, and the blood-colored beams of light were stirred up and flickered, showing a terrifying weirdness.
Ban Hu suddenly felt a chill behind him pass through his body. A chilling atmosphere quickly enveloped the three of them, and their bodies seemed to be frozen in something. Ban Hu turned around and looked back in shock......
It turned out that at some point, several huge wolves, no, it should be a few werewolves (Ban Hu was still unsure whether to use "head" or "one" to describe werewolves) was already staring at them behind him. Ban Hu poked Bai Qiuzheng and He Dong with an ebony staff, and only then did the two turn their eyes to their backs, only to know that this chill was coming from behind these werewolves. Even in the faint light of the blood moon, the werewolf's eyes glowed with a shocking glow, sharp and shining, making people's hearts feel as if they were frozen in ice. The chill was reminiscent of the never-melting ice fields of the far north of Pandora. These werewolves are more than eight feet tall and have thick hind legs, very similar to those of humans, but the gray hair on the legs is long and shiny; The nails on the soles of the feet are fastened to the toes like steel spoons, giving off a metallic color; The upper body is no different from the upper body of a wolf, but it is obviously thicker than that of a wolf. In particular, the fangs are particularly long, but there is a hint of ridicule and a little pride on the faces of these werewolves, which makes people feel even more creepy!
On the Silk Crystal Road, merchants from the Far Western Regions and old men of the camel caravan could occasionally be heard mentioning about werewolves, but Ban Hu and the others had never seen them with their own eyes, thinking that werewolves were just a legend; I wouldn't have thought that werewolves would appear in the small town of Sand City, the midpoint of the Silk Crystal Road.
The Silk Crystal Road can be divided into three sections, the eastern section is basically in the vast territory of the Crystal Country, the western section is in the countries of the Far Western Regions, both of which are not less than 3,000 miles away, and the middle section is the most difficult to walk. In the middle section, from east to west, there are deserts, alpine snow, swamps, and canyon forests and other uninhabited areas; And Sand City is in the center of the middle. Although Shacheng is small, it is the only city that can be replenished with supplies and clean water. So, despite the ongoing civil strife, the Crystal Nation did everything it could to take control of Sand City.
"The appearance of werewolves here is definitely not accidental!" Ban Hu thought in his heart.
Bai Qiuzheng quietly touched his hand to the quiver behind his back, and was not surprised. The quiver turned out to be empty! At this moment, he looked up and suddenly saw two other werewolves standing on the wall above the three of them. Among them, a werewolf flexibly turned an arrow with his right wolf claw, which was simply not a wolf claw, but a human hand! Grabbing the remaining arrows with his right claw, a smug look on his face. The expression seemed to say, "Well, it's okay for me to be a thief!" ”。 Another werewolf was holding more than a dozen sonic boom conchs in his arms, and he was looking closely, as if he was about to eat a meal.
His arrows and conch can be taken away silently, and he is cut off from retreat without noticing. The three of them knew that they would have a hard time dealing with these werewolves, not to mention that there were so many of them.
"Ann Allasom!" One of the werewolves said something suddenly, looked up and pointed to the night sky, and then all the werewolves suddenly turned away and ran in the direction of the altar. Only the stunned Banhu and the three were left......
Bai Qiuzheng felt that the words that the werewolf had just said were familiar, but he couldn't remember them for a while, he also looked at the night sky and looked at the moon......
"That's right! Is it the land of Beili's language!? His mind flashed......
When Bai Qiuzheng was a child, he once went with his father to the Xueyun tribe, an autonomous indigenous tribe near the sea at the eastern end of the northern Li country. Although the Xueyun tribe declared its allegiance to the Beili Kingdom, they did not send troops to the south with the troops of the Beili Kingdom, on the contrary, they often traded with the Crystal Kingdom, such as exchanging tiger skins, ginseng, bear paws, etc. with the Crystal Kingdom for crystals, iron tools, silk, etc. Because he was an illegitimate child, he was only ten years old, and his mother begged his father, Bai Dongyu, the lord of Crystal City, to send him to the home of a tribal witch doctor here for adoption. Although this family is a distant relative of his mother, he treats Bai Qiu as if he were his own. The owner of this family, Bai Qiuzheng's "godfather", not only taught him archery, but also taught him his witch medicine skills without reservation, and he even helped this adoptive father save a little prince of Beili Kingdom-Tuo Lie, who was named Xue Xing at that time. More than six years later, sixteen-year-old Bai Qiuzheng left with Banhu at the behest of his mother......
Bai Qiu was reminiscing about his past in Beili Kingdom, thinking about what the werewolf said, but Ban Hu poked the two of them again and pointed to the moon hanging in the night sky. At this time, they noticed that the blood moon had faded from its terrible blood red, and had become immaculate, and had begun to lose a little at the lower edge! - Lunar Eclipse!
"Why did they run away?" He Dong asked, "Look, even our weapons are left!" ”
At this time, Ban Hu and Bai Qiuzheng noticed that under their feet were the arrows and sonic boom conch that they had been "stolen".
"Where are we going to the altar, they seem to have spared us!" He Dong asked, his eyes still full of doubts, as if he was a little surprised by the werewolf's actions just now.
"They've just come in, dare I say that!" Ban Hu looked at what Bai Qiuzheng was thinking about and asked, "Qiuzheng, what are you thinking?" ”
"Uh, I'm thinking...... According to legend, werewolves only fully take on the form of wolves on the night of the full moon, so since a lunar eclipse occurs, will they return to human form? I don't feel like they have any ill will towards us. ”
"No, I'll see for myself! You must go back and bring the caravan here! Ban Hu suddenly thought of something.
"Ahh He Dong asked eagerly.
"Since it's a lunar eclipse, then my moonlight spell will lose its effect, and the camel team will be in danger!" Ban Hu said very firmly: "Don't hesitate, I'll go to the altar to check it in person, you guys quickly escort the camel caravan to the city gate, it's still safe there, hurry!" The moonlight is almost gone......" Before he finished speaking, Ban Hu jumped up and flew towards the altar. He Dong and Bai Qiuzheng followed Ban Hu's instructions, picked up the weapons on the ground, and left a few sonic boom conches for Ban Hu, then turned back to the door, rode on a camel, and ran towards the camel team......
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After He Dong and Bai Qiuzheng left, when Ban Hu walked through the grove next to the altar, he tried the delayed fire talisman and a few sonic boom conchs on his body, which were still tied around his waist and wrapped in a robe. The sound of falling leaves on the ground made a slimy rustling sound, and he had just finished casting the spell, his physical strength was weak, and even his nose was not so sensitive, and he could only smell a little fishy smell wafting in the air. Ban Hu obviously felt that the pill was exuding energetic energy from his body to his whole body, and his physical strength and magic power had not only recovered, but were still increasing.
Walk through the woods to the edge of the altar. This altar is very similar to the pyramid-shaped altars encountered in the desert, except that the top seems to have been cut off to form a platform. The place where Banhu is located is the entrance to the altar, each lower edge of the altar is more than 20 zhang long, and there is a stone step on the side that leads to the top of the tower. The doorway was blocked by a black patch, and some slimy liquid oozed out. Seeing a few werewolves on the top of the tower, Ban Hu decided to sneak up the stairs to find out.
"You're here!" As soon as Ban Hu emerged from the stairs, a werewolf said, as if he knew that Ban Hu was definitely coming, and had waited for a long time.
The werewolf who spoke was standing in front of a giant block of ice that glowed with a faint blue icy glow, and the ice gave off a chilling chill, and there seemed to be a lot of blue in the ice, but it was impossible to see what it was. Above the ice was a huge golden plate, and in the center of the plate was a rare huge sappite, which began to shrink as the moonlight shone near the altar, turning into a pillar of light like a pillar of smoke, and poured into the sappite.
Unlike the other werewolves, the wolf fur on this werewolf was a blood-red color in the moonlight, and the blood felt as if it was oozing from the depths of its body. He was holding an ebony staff that was identical to Banhu's, but unlike Banhu's black, oily ebony staff, this ebony staff seemed to be overused, with many tiny cracks.
"Who are you and what are you doing?" Ban Hu pointed at the red werewolf with an ebony staff in his right hand.
"I didn't expect you to keep this ebony staff!" The red-haired werewolf turned around and replied with a smile, and then recited a spell to the ebony staff in Ban Hu's hand, which even Ban Hu himself was very familiar with......
"Master!" Ban Hu found that all the werewolves had reverted to their human appearance, and it turned out that his ebony staff was emitting a pale green light, restoring the original form of these werewolves. And that red-haired werewolf is clearly his own master, Xiao Zhenzi!
"Banhu, do you remember this spell?"
"Of course remember, punish evil and promote good, the ultimate blood curse!"
"I can't remember a little bit, can you recite it to me again? I'll give you a hint: Ayersia, Silky Tyukino......"
Hearing this so-called spell, Ban Hu was very surprised, this was not a spell, but the hidden words of the exorcists of Tianmen Mountain, which meant to fix them with fire talismans.
Suddenly, Master recited a flash mantra, and the huge blue crystal suddenly shone brightly! Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ban Hu turned around and quickly hit the fire talisman on his waist to several other werewolves, and the fire talisman quickly fixed the werewolf. In the blink of an eye, the master had come to him, and their ebony staff were facing the sapphire crystal at the same time.
"Recite the Ultimate Blood Moon Curse with me!" Master exclaimed. But Ban Hu found that the master was clearly trembling for a while and sweating like beans, and his face was sharply distorted. But he couldn't care about any of that, and at this critical juncture, he had to activate the Blood Moon Curse with all his heart.
The master and apprentice were shrouded in the dazzling light of the sapphire crystal, and as the power of the Blood Moon Curse continued to be exerted, they began to leave the altar and float above the sapphire crystal.
The blood curse had been opened, and at the same time, the effectiveness of the fire talisman had been lost, and the two of the werewolves roared angrily, but they did not dare to approach.
Ban Hu felt himself floating in the air like a bubble, and the breeze around him caressed his face, making him feel slightly drunk. He seemed to see the young master lovingly looking at the two apprentices who were still young, teaching them the basic moves of exorcism martial arts.
Suddenly, he heard the old voice of the master: "The master has made a big mistake and cannot be undone!" Master, the fact that I can see you before I die is a favor from the Goddess of Creation! The blood curse has been opened, and I have infused my life's cultivation into you, and you have to use it to make up for my mistakes as much as possible! Listen, the world will soon be engulfed in darkness, and you must join forces with your brother to stop the destruction caused by the darkness! Tell Yuryu that the goddess of creation is imprisoned in an unknown place! …… Ah......h
Ban Hu suddenly felt a scorching current of heat injected into his body, and his blue heart was beating wildly. He slowly opened his eyes, and the moon was completely full, glowing blood-red! Seeing his master twitch all over, a stream of blue light like smoke overflowed from the ebony staff in the master's hand and floated into the ebony staff in his hand, injecting into his body through his arm.
Ban Hu looked down, there was a werewolf who had swelled several times, trembling all over, covered in gray hair, obviously very old, he was clearly yelling: "Xiao Zhenzi, you liar!" ……”
Several other young werewolves tried to jump dozens of zhang high from the ground, hoping to catch them, but the master and apprentice were already dozens of zhang above the ground with the support of mana, and no matter how much they jumped, their efforts were in vain.
Ban Hu looked down again, and he was surprised by this sight: under the blue crystal, there were tens of thousands of blue hearts frozen in ice! The whole city has been killed! He suddenly realized that the inside of the altar was filled with corpses, and the sticky liquid in the door was blood! Thinking of this, Ban Hu felt that the heat in his body had reached the limit, and he could no longer support it, he felt that his eyes were black, and he passed out......