Chapter 11: Fighting the Cultists
On a tall tree in Funiupo, Wei Zeng and Gu Cha, who were heavily armed, crouched on the high part of the tree branch and looked around, and it was already the afternoon of the next day. Last night, Wei Zeng and Gu Chayi were on the slope of the wild land where Wei Zhen often visited, shouting Wei Zhen's name, and searched for a whole night.
Thinking of the information about the missing girl talked about by the pedestrians on the road, Wei Zeng targeted Gufen Village and Funiupo, and learned that several young girls had disappeared in Gufen Village recently, and now Gufen Village is wary of outsiders. Hearing that the two were also looking for the missing girl, the villager looked a little slower and provided information to the two.
From the mouth of an old sheep herder, he learned that he had indeed seen a girl in green with a basket and a knife to collect medicine on the Barberry slope yesterday afternoon. And Weizhen came out yesterday wearing a green coat. With the news that Wei Zhen had been to Funiupo, the two narrowed down the scope of their search. But I heard someone say that seeing several strangers in Tsing Yi had purchased daily materials in the village, Wei Zeng's heart tightened. Thinking of Wendi's experience a few months ago and the outfit of the followers of the Demon Sect in circulation, Wei Zeng felt that this was not a simple human trafficking.
"Do you suspect that the cultists kidnapped Weizhen? But this place is so close to Guiwucheng, aren't the cultists all in the deep mountains and old forests far away from the people? As soon as Gu Cha heard Wei Zeng's analysis, he expressed the doubts in his heart.
"It's hard to say, what can't those cultists do with their extreme evil? Especially these demon believers in green clothes and ghost faces, they are sacrificed by living people. If it really falls into their hands, it will be really dangerous. You don't realize that these missing people are all teenage girls, and they are missing one after another. I suspect that the person who robbed Weizhen must still be nearby, after all, he can't get far in a day. And the government didn't make any big moves, so there was no need for them to escape. Wei Zeng calmly analyzed.
"So what are we going to do, do we report to the police? Or find it yourself. Gu Chayi asked.
"If you report to the official, if you find it, I'm afraid it will be a corpse long ago. We find a hidden place where we can observe the things around us, and as long as we find someone with suspicious shapes, we will follow them, hoping to find clues and find the truth. Wei Zeng responded.
So Wei Zeng and Gu Cha inspected Funiu Slope for a week, and found this tall tree with vertical and horizontal branches, and new leaves had grown, and people could not find any trace on it without looking carefully. Wei Zeng and Gu Cha hadn't slept all night, and now they were tense and probing around, their eyes were already blood-red filaments, their eyes were wide open, their faces were white and black, and their faces were tense, really like evil ghosts who had escaped from hell.
If it was almost a day, the two of them couldn't stop watching while eating dry food. Finally, when the two of them were about to despair, Wei Zeng and Gu Chayi both discovered some abnormalities on the east side.
I saw two cyan figures moving slowly on the background of the verdant mountains on the east side, that blurry appearance, I couldn't see it at all if I didn't look carefully, I saw a figure as if he was carrying something, and the other was looking around. I saw a light flash from the waist of a person, like the reflection of a sword made of steel.
As soon as Wei Zeng and Gu Cha hurriedly slid down from the tree, they ran to the distance where they found the movement, and when they got to the place, there were still people. However, Wei Zeng is good at catching animals, so he naturally accumulated experience in tracking. With a small grass that had been trampled on, footprints on the ground that had just melted in early spring, a broken branch, and young leaves scattered on the ground, Wei Zeng and Gu Chayi gradually walked towards the depths of the mountain.
After walking for about an hour, he finally found a few simple wooden huts in a mountain basin, and a few demonic cultists in green clothes and ghost faces patrolled around the huts.
This place is a small mountain basin, surrounded by high mountains and dense forests, only the 20 meters around the cabin has been cleaned up, if you do not follow the traces of the cultists, it is really difficult to find this hidden place. Under Wei Zeng's guidance, the two of them went around in opposite directions to reconnoiter the situation of the hut. When the two met again, they exchanged information and found that there were a total of ten cultists here, three of whom were stationed in three places and guarded the surrounding area, and the three of them could see each other in pairs from the position where they stood. Another man walked around the hut, occasionally conversing with the three standing men during his rounds. After a while, four people exchanged vigilance with the outsiders. There were also two who seemed to be leaders, and did not go out to be on guard. There were three huts, one of the two chiefs and the other eight, and the low cries of maidens and the shouts of men were heard in one room.
Wei Zeng and Gu Chayi lurked in the shadows, setting traps, preparing for an opportunity to eliminate the cultists and rescue Wei Zhen after dark.
When it got dark, the patrolling cultists walked up to the sentry that had been stomping their feet, and only heard the two of them talk.
"Brother, bear with me for a while, and I'll have a drink when the whistle changes."
"It's okay, anyway, I've caught enough ten people today, and after the sacrificial ceremony is held at noon tomorrow, I can leave this ghost place."
"After all, it is an annual sacrificial gift, and if it is not completed, it will be punished by the top, then who is willing to accept the punishment. Why don't we get so close to the main city? If you are caught by officers and soldiers, who will still live. ”
"It's almost over anyway, I'll go back tomorrow."
With that, the patrolling cultists walked away, leaving one to continue to stomp their feet. Suddenly, he heard a sound in the dense forest in front of him, and the cultist became vigilant, pulled out the long sword at his waist and slowly touched the sound, only to see a mouse squeak and disappear.
"Damn, it's a mouse, but I'm jumping." After saying that, he let his guard down and walked back.
When Gu Cha saw that this man was walking very slowly when he slowly touched forward, he did not dare to tighten the rope in his hand, and his heart was very anxious. When he saw the cultist return, he let his guard down, and when he knew that the opportunity had come, he pulled the rope tightly, and tripped the cultist to the ground. Wei Zeng took the opportunity to clench the steel staff with both hands, and his body jumped up and slammed the steel staff into the back of the head of the fallen cultist from top to bottom. The cultist just snorted, and was killed by Wei Zeng before he even had time to shout.
When the other two sentry cultists saw the man in the woods, they thought he was just a little relieved and didn't pay much attention. When the patrol went to the sentry on the right and found that a person was missing, he asked the reason for waiting for the person to leave for too long, so he went to visit the sentry on the right.
Wei Zeng and Gu Cha squatted in the grass and looked at each other when they saw two cultists walking towards their hiding place. Then Wei Zeng aimed at one person with a javelin, and Gu Cha aimed at one person with a bow and arrow, and when they were only a few meters apart, they suddenly attacked. A javelin was seen in the chest, striking a cultist in the chest and knocking him to the ground; Another cultist was shot with an arrow in the chest, and when he saw his companion fall to the ground, he turned around and was about to flee.
Wei Zeng and Gu Cha were only a few meters away from the two of them, and how could a sneak attack allow them to escape. I saw Wei Zeng hit the bridge of the nose of the fallen cultist with a stick, and the man was finished; As soon as Gucha picked up his spear, he stabbed the fleeing man in the back of the heart, and the man ended his life with a wail. But this sound alarmed the last sentry and the people in the house.
As soon as Gucha saw the sentry rushing with a sword, he also rushed over with a gun and fought with him. Wei Zeng was afraid of its danger, and when he saw the people in the house rushing out, he also followed.
One of the people in the house heard his companion crying and rushed out first. I saw a young man with a gun fighting with a companion, and another boy rushed to him and threw an object. The man only felt a chill in his chest, and his body fell to the ground involuntarily, losing strength and having difficulty breathing.
Wei Zeng knocked down the cultists who rushed out first with a javelin, and then fired several flying knives in succession to block the way of the others, causing the others to dodge one after another and not dare to come to the rescue.
Gu Chayi was particularly excited, and the marksmanship he learned from Yan Hudun made the tiger popular. The sentry was attacked by a sneak attack, and he was in a hurry, and when he saw his companion fall to the ground, he was weak in his heart, and he was stabbed to the ground in just a few dozen moves in a battle with Gu Cha. Gu Cha killed one person head-on, and his mood was high. Seeing a person holding a shield in his left hand and a steel hammer in his right hand, blocking Wei Zeng's flying knife, he posted towards Wei Zeng step by step, and the other cultists also walked forward under the cover of this person. And he took his spear in his hand, and slew the shield guard.
The shield guard is one of the two leaders, and the shield strike technique is very powerful. Seeing Gu Cha stabbing one by one, he raised his shield to block the gun, and then struck forward with his shield, hitting Gu Cha in the chest and mouth, knocking Gu Cha to the ground, and lifting the steel hammer with his right hand to hit Gu Cha in the chest. As soon as Gu Cha rolled on the ground, he could dodge and attack the steel hammer. Wei Zeng shot another flying knife, and the leader raised his shield to block, and let Gu Chayi go.
I saw Wei Zeng run, raised his javelin, and the tip of the spear shot down to the underside of the leader's shield; Rushing to the leader, he lifted his foot and stepped on the javelin, and with all his weight he stepped on the leader's shield; In his right hand, he struck the leader's Celestial Spirit Cover with a rod and shattered his Celestial Spirit Cover. It was learned from Yan Hudun, the javelin shield breaking method.
The leader was struck by a javelin, and his body was struck; Seeing Wei Zeng rushing towards him suicidally, he raised his shield to block it, and then exploded Wei Zeng's head with a hammer; I didn't want the shield to be stepped on, so I leaned forward, and my head was exposed under Wei Zeng's staff, and the steel hammer that was raised high didn't wait to fall, and my life passed away with the wind.
The remaining three Demon Sect members were shocked when they saw that the leader had been killed, and they actually stayed there. As soon as he was reprimanded by the living leader, he went to Wei Zenghe.
As soon as Gu Cha escaped from the shield guard, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and after a lifetime of death, his mind calmed down. Seeing that Wei Zeng was about to be surrounded after killing the shield guard, he raised his bow and arrows to support Wei Zeng.
As soon as the cultist held a sword, he was about to stab Wei Zeng, and was shot in the arm by Gu Cha's arrow, grinning there. Wei Zeng took the opportunity to hit the man's jaw with a cane, hitting the man's head back from the bottom up, his mouth full of broken teeth and blood, and he fell to the ground.
Another person stabbed Wei Zeng with a gun, Wei Zeng rolled to the side, dodged, and threw a flying knife in his left hand, hitting the person in the heart, resulting in the person's life.
The last Demon Sect member couldn't help but tremble when he saw that his two companions were killed and wounded and had lost their combat effectiveness. One by one, Gucha shot arrows into his arms. The man screamed, and the spear in his hand fell, and he sat on the ground, and his spirit collapsed, and he couldn't fight.
The last leader kicked the demon sect member to the ground, and said to Wei Zeng and Gu Cha, "Very good, very good. Holding a steel knife, he fought with Wei Zeng, and the arrow shot by Gu Cha was also blocked by him, and he couldn't hurt anyone. Wei Zeng sent a flying knife from time to time, but he couldn't hurt anyone. It can be seen that this leader is extremely strong.
It didn't take long for Wei Zeng's flying knife and Gu Chayi's arrows to shoot out, but the leader was still at ease. Wei Zeng and Gu Cha have gone through a series of battles, and now they are very tired, and if they continue, they will definitely be defeated and killed.
Wei increased his staff, Gu Cha held a gun, and joined forces with the last leader, leaving a few knife marks on his body, but it was not fatal. The leader also had a few wounds from the two, but it was exactly as if it were all right.
Gucha stabbed with a spear, and the leader blocked with a splitting knife. Wei Zeng suddenly threw his staff into the air, and went straight to the leader's front door. The leader raised his left arm to cover it, and was in pain. Gucha gave up his spear and wrapped his arms around the leader's arms. The leader was in a hurry, and he threw Gu Chayi to the ground with all his strength. At this time, Wei Zeng's last javelin shot out, piercing the leader's head in one fell swoop. The leader's body, after a few steps back, fell to the ground.
After Wei Zeng and Gu Chayi tied up the cultists who were still alive. They both collapsed to the ground, resting for a while before recovering their strength. Break the chains that lock the house, and enter the door to rescue the captured girl, only Zhen is here.
As soon as Wei Zeng and Gu Cha, who looked like blood, entered the door, several girls screamed. Wei Zhen recognized the two, and finally couldn't help but throw himself into Wei Zeng's arms, crying bitterly, and crying and taking out a plantain from his arms. Seeing this, Wei Zeng's heart was sour, so he hugged Wei Zhen tightly.
At dawn the next day, Wei Zeng and Gu Chayi took the rescued girl and escorted the kidnapped cultists back to the city. The girls were sent home, and the cultists were sent to the office. Wei Zeng and Gu Cha won a bounty and were praised by their neighbors.