Pan Xiaogu and his party had three horses, all of them were spirit horses, and they were the most outstanding of the five thousand spirit horses, and there were several strongholds along the way that supplied spirit grass in unlimited quantities, so the speed of travel was fast, and they traveled nearly 500 kilometers in three days to Yanggu Township, which is located in the big valley - if it weren't for the influence of the snow, Pan Xiaogu felt that they should have arrived at their destination, the big camp on the east side of the big valley.

The reason why Pan Xiaogu was so anxious was because his contact with the Wuhe region was cut off!

Even the news of the attack was also brought by Cheng Yun and their letter harrier, if it weren't for the fact that the scale of the attack was not large, only three people were killed and six or seven people were injured, and there was no abnormal information in the territory panel, Pan Xiaogu would not have returned with only twenty personal guards, maybe he would have given up just after capturing Canalan and returned with the whole army, after all, the system territory is his foundation.

When he arrived in Yanggu Township, it was already dark, and most of the next mountain roads were not suitable for moving forward in the dark, so Pan Xiaogu decided to change the route to Yanggu Village to rest for a night, and then set off at dawn.

Yanggu Village is the only settlement established in Yanggu Territory, and the village is located by the river, not next to the mountain road out of the valley, but for better maintenance, a little detour is not a big deal.

After arriving in Yanggu Village, Pan Xiaogu unexpectedly met the messengers sent by the Tanikou battalion, and these messengers had just arrived in Yanggu Village.

Pan Xiaogu was very happy that the messenger appeared in Yanggu Village, which meant that the contact with the Wuhe area had been reopened.

Pan Xiaogu arranged for his guards to take care of the horses, and he couldn't wait to learn from the messenger about the specific situation of the attack on the camp.

"The attack happened seven days ago in the evening, when everyone was ready to go to bed, suddenly we heard a cry from the south of the camp, when we rushed over, we found that a workshop in the south had collapsed, the fence of the camp was torn open a big hole, several men ran out after a black shadow, but the black light outside was blinding, they did not have time to prepare torches, they soon chased after them, so they had to come back, I heard a few people say that one of the workers in their shed was taken away by the black shadow."

The messenger shook his head and sighed, his face was sad, most of the people in charge of dredging the river were from Xianyue Township, everyone was a fellow villager, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad when he saw his neighbors suffering.

"After daybreak, everyone found that the fence and the shed had been scratched by claws. Everyone thought that the hungry Xiong had done it, and Zhao Dajiang sent people to look for the traces of the person who was taken away at night, but found nothing. Everyone can only repair the fence and be careful, Zhao Dajiang also arranged for someone to patrol, everyone thought it was okay, but they didn't expect that night, the black shadow came with his companions, captured two patrolling men, injured several, and then fled, but everyone saw clearly this time, it was not a bear at all, but a monster that had never been seen. The messenger seemed to remember something terrible, and his face turned pale, as if the youkai were standing before him at this time.

Hibernating bears sometimes wake up and go out looking for food, Pan Xiaogu had heard about it before, so he was not too surprised, he was more interested in the 'monsters' that could scare the messenger into a pale face, he remembered the skulls of unknown creatures found by Zhao Wu earlier and the legend of Death Valley that circulated in Persia.

Could it be that this monster is the origin of the legend of Death Valley? The Great Valley is actually the lair of this kind of youkai?

Thinking of this possibility, Pan Xiaogu couldn't sit still and hurriedly asked

"What does this monster look like?"

Others can't recognize the yokai's body, but he's 'well-informed' and should be able to recognize it.

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Only by figuring out the identity of the monster can we deal with it in a targeted manner.

The messenger was confused for a moment, then immediately shouted in realization

"Look? Ah, I almost forgot, Master Zhao drew a figure of a monster, let me wait for the lord to identify, and I will take it. ”

The messenger hurriedly took his own backpack, and turned out a waterproof leather bucket from it, about a foot long, and after opening the lid, it revealed that there were some rolled drawing papers inside, presumably the monster graphics drawn by Zhao Dajiang.

"Master Zhao is very powerful, he can draw the monster after only looking at it two or three times......" The messenger carefully took out the monster figure, and muttered as he inadvertently mentioned a piece of information that caught Pan Xiaogu's attention

"Youkai have been to camp again?" Earlier, he had received news that only three people had died in the camp, and if the youkai had come back later, the casualties would have been even greater!

The messenger replied while carefully unfolding the monster figure drawn by Master Zhao

"yes, youkai have been coming every night since then, and there are more and more of them."

Pan Xiaogu's heart tightened when he heard this, he regretted a little that he didn't bring more people back, but there were too many prisoners of war on the Persian side, and he couldn't draw more manpower.

"So what's going on in the camp these days, and are there any casualties?"

Zhao Dajiang drew not just one figure, but three, and the messenger was busy unfolding the last one, and sighed and answered when he heard the question

"Why didn't there be any deaths, eight more people died and more than a dozen were injured in the past few days, but everyone was prepared, so most of the corpses were snatched back, and only two were taken away by the monsters, but the number of monsters is increasing, there were a total of five last night, and I don't know how many will come tonight."

When Pan Xiaogu heard that the casualties were not large, he breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, and turned his gaze to the three pictures of the monsters.

The style of the three drawings is very realistic, with a full-length picture of the front of the youkai, a full-body view of the side, and a close-up of the head, and a person is drawn next to the front as a reference for height.

Through comparison, it can be seen that the 'yokai' is about two meters tall, with short legs and long arms, a slightly hunched upper body, and a head poking forward.

The body is covered with scales, and there are pouts between the palms and soles of the feet, which looks a bit like an upright frog, but it has dorsal fins on its back.

The monster has no neck, its head grows directly on its body, its mouth is full of triangular sharp teeth, and its two eyes are protruding outward, Pan Xiaogu feels that the appearance of the monster is familiar, and after looking at it repeatedly for a while, he finally recognized the identity of the monster!

"Isn't this the fish-man of Azeroth!" Pan Xiaogu is indeed well-informed, and this creature in the original product of Azeroth is probably the only one he can recognize.

However, it seems that the average fish-man is not so tall, nor is it as strong as in the picture, and the fish-man can use weapons, not with bare hands.

"It may be the fishman of the Phantom Star World, so it's not the same as the one in the World of Warcraft." Pan Xiaogu guessed in his heart.

"This is a fish-man, a kind of youkai that lives in the water..."