On a mountain road somewhere in the Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge, two leopards were following a deer at a rapid pace, chasing after them.

The deer looked ahead at a wooded spot and hurried there. Unfortunately, the leopard's speed was extremely fast, and after a short time, the distance between the two was quickly shortened, and the latter directly caught up with the former. After several bites, the deer was killed here after three strikes and five divisions.

The two leopards' eyes lit up with joy and dragged the deer's carcass into the woods. Before they could enjoy it, suddenly, a figure jumped behind them with a "poof", and the two leopards immediately became alert, only to find that there was no movement again. And just as their minds relaxed slightly, one of the leopards whimpered and fell to the ground in an instant, and a sharp short blade was deeply inserted into its back, and a large amount of blood flowed down the leopard's body.

The other leopard was shocked, and the leopard eyes were terrified and looked around repeatedly. Behind it, there was a "brush" sound at this time, and although the leopard reacted this time, its body did not move much, and its back was also stabbed. The two leopards struggled in a pool of blood, wondering who had plotted against them.

After a while, a young man walked slowly past them, facing them, with a slight mockery in his eyes.

The pupils of the two leopards were already full of anger, and with the loss of blood, their ferocity increased, and their bodies swooped up, even if they fought for their last breath, they would end the boy's life.

The boy just sneered slightly, and his body swooped away. The two leopards froze instantly, their eyes staring straight to their hearts, each stabbed by the former into a dart.

Their eyes were full of hatred, but their bodies became more and more weak, and they finally fell to the ground and died.

The boy squatted down, carefully dissected the corpses of the two leopards, and dug out the two cores of the demonic beasts.

"It happens to be a third-order one. With a flip of his palm, the two cores disappeared in an instant.

"Come and see the deer. ”

After the boy put away the secret weapon that killed the two leopards, he muttered as he dissected the carcass of the deer and dug out a kernel belonging to the deer.

"Tsk, it's a pity, it's just a second-order core. There was some regret in the boy's tone.

He leaped down from the woods, his body agile and his steps landed on the ground without making any noticeable sound.

The boy walked alone in the mountain road, and it was very comfortable.

This boy is the Hokage who left the team earlier. He was not dressed in black at the moment, nor was he covered his face with a black cloth, but dressed in light green clothes with a green turban tied around his forehead.

For him at this time, it is much more convenient to wear green clothes than black clothes.

Since the Hokage left the team, he has been single-handed, without the drag of his teammates, and he feels very comfortable. Maria's previous words were true, and the Hokage was more adept at acting alone. With his vigorous skills, he sometimes walks through the woods, sometimes gallops beside the cliffs, and often hides behind him with hidden weapons.

There were no less than twenty third-order demonic beasts that were killed by his sneak attack in this way.

As he walked, the Hokage hummed a little tune that seemed very relaxed, but in fact his heartstrings were still tense to watch out for any eventuality.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps behind him, which seemed to be rushing in his direction.

Although the footsteps were so slight that it would be difficult for ordinary people to hear them even if they pricked up their ears, the sound fell very clearly in the Hokage's ears. His figure catapulted upwards in an instant, hiding in the bushes above, carefully observing the movement below.

It didn't take long for the owner of the footsteps to appear, and when he saw this figure, the Hokage was slightly stunned.

The owner of the voice is a monkey, he knows, it is little Wukong, who is on the run at the moment.

"Why is this monkey here? What is he doing so fast? Is someone chasing him?"

Although the Hokage had doubts in his heart, he was not stupid enough to jump down and ask immediately, and of course his character would not make him do so. He remained where he was, watching the movement behind him.

So about a dozen seconds later, with a large wave of footsteps from far and near, a group of strong men rushed past in front of his eyes, shouting loudly without knowing what to do.

Whether it was Little Wukong or the latter, they didn't notice him at all.

It wasn't until all of them had completely disappeared before his eyes that he jumped off.

He bowed his head slightly and muttered alone. He looked at the previous group of people, there were about one or twenty people, as if the strength of each of them was no less than the five realms. Looking at what they are wearing, it looks like the costumes of a mercenary group. According to his understanding of the mercenary group, they have been adventuring outside all year round and have completed a large number of mercenary tasks, and they are all ruthless people who are used to seeing life and death, but this kind of scene of chasing and killing a person with the strength of the whole group ...... It was too much of an unexpected one.

However, looking at their appearance, they still did not achieve their goal and vowed not to give up. Especially the man who led him, listening to his howl, you could hear a touch of hatred to the bone......

What the hell is this dead monkey doing?

Although he didn't like this monkey very much, after all, the latter had been following the Great Elder Shulan for ten years, and if he died here, it would not be easy to explain to the Great Elder. He struggled for a few points, but finally chose to follow. But at this time, if you follow the path they have taken, you will definitely not be able to catch up. The Hokage pulled out a map.

This is not a rigid map engraved on parchment with simple handwriting, but a result of magic. Everything on it can be zoomed in and out for easy viewing. At the moment, the Hokage's thumb and index finger on the map gradually opened. He saw where he was, the path they had taken, and most importantly, he found a shortcut.

Hokage put away the map, turned around, and after a while, disappeared in place.

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Behind Little Wukong, the group of people still followed closely behind, without the slightest distance.

Little Wukong scolded angrily in his heart, didn't he just steal your monster skins? There are not many of them, only about a hundred...... That's a small number, isn't it!?

As for it, I can really chase it all the way without losing it, I'm almost out of breath, you can still run...... Are you still human?

"It's coming, it's almost ......"

Little Wukong thought silently in his heart, and he was getting closer and closer to the smoke in front of him.

"Damn...... It's another fork in the road......"

Once again, he encountered the fork he didn't like the most, but he couldn't help but hesitate. Little Wukong casually picked one and rushed in, who would have thought about it......

"Holy!"

Little Wukong scolded directly.

Every time he wants to complain about his bad luck, in the past ten years, almost every bad luck has almost killed him. Isn't this coming again?

Little Goku's figure stopped, and he looked down slightly from the edge of the cliff...... It's really high......

He turned to his feet. It wasn't long before the group of pursuers appeared in front of him.

"It's really unpleasant for God to see you, hahaha!"

The big man at the head laughed loudly, full of joy.

Little Wukong was full of unwillingness, and he said fiercely:

"If Lao Tzu hadn't chosen the wrong path, I would have been able to continue to play with you!"

"Hehe, it's useless for you to say anything now, this is retribution," the leader said sadly, "We are also people who have rolled on the tip of a knife, and we are all afraid of ourselves if we shoot hard, but you are just a monkey, not even a human, and we will be merciful for a while." ”

The big man smiled and stretched out two fingers:

"You only have two choices now: either jump down, we won't chase them, we don't want those animal skins, a hundred animal skins are just a hundred animal skins, not more important than life, and if the task cannot be completed on time, you will be punished directly, or you will fight with us, if you can really beat us all down, it can be regarded as your ability. But ......"

"You're alone...... Oh no, a monkey, can you really do it?"

There was a mocking look in the big man's eyes, and the people behind him burst into laughter.

Little Wukong's eyes were fierce, and he wanted to rush up and fight with them like this, but as the saying goes, "two fists are hard to beat four feet", not to mention that he was alone. There are more than a dozen people on the opposite side, all of them are strong men, not to mention, the level is not low, at least the level of the Five Realms. The aura of the person at the head didn't seem to be weaker than him, and he felt that he had the strength of the Six Realms.

"Really...... The last time it was Mogan of the Ten Realms, and this time he was cornered by more than a dozen Five or Six Realms...... Am I going to open that secret method again?"

Never mind...... It's better to open than not to open, and maybe there is hope to solve the current dilemma.

Little Wukong made a decision immediately, and he had to recite the mantra silently.

And at this moment, the group of people in front of him suddenly stirred.

The attention of the leader was still on Little Wukong, but he turned his head slightly and scolded:

"What are you doing! What are you going to do all of a sudden!"

A person in the rear hurriedly responded: "Back to the boss, he is a 'clever ghost'...... He ......"

He didn't say more, his voice trembling incessantly.

"What's wrong with the 'clever ghost'?" said the man, who was revered as the boss, impatient.

"He was stabbed in the back...... I don't know who did it...... It's out of breath now......"

"What?!" the man looked back abruptly.

I saw that his subordinates were surrounding a figure lying on the ground, which was the "clever ghost". It's just that it has no breath, and it really has a short blade stuck in its back.

On top of the short blade, a large amount of blood flowed down, and in a short time, a small pool of blood was formed, surrounding the whole person.

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Something to say: Isn't this magic map very familiar?