A ruined shrine with black stains, it looks like it's been a battle!

"What's going on here?" Ampei Qingxue asked suspiciously.

"It looks like traces of battle." Akimotoji said, looking at the black marks on the ground.

"Fighting? Did someone come here in advance? Is the target also the Treasure Dragon Scale Blade? Chen Hao said suspiciously.

"Look here!" Garo said, standing on the side of the shrine.

Everyone gradually gathered over, and saw that there was some blood on the ground, although it had dried up, but they could still feel the demonic power emanating from it!

"Is this the blood of the phoenix fire? She's hurt? Chen Hao said suspiciously.

Suddenly, there was a noise in the distance, as if many people were gathering together and making noise.

"Hmm...!"

The crowd marched towards the village.

On the road, there are traces of various battles, broken trees, burned fire stains, and everything gives people a sense of unease.

"What's ahead...?" Chen Hao asked suspiciously.

"In front is Phoenix Village, a big village!" Ampei Qingxue said: "This shrine was also built by the villagers of Phoenix Village. ”

"It seems that they have enshrined the phoenix fire as a god." Qiuyuanji held the staff in his hand, looked at the village in front of him, and said slowly: "Go and see, maybe there will be some clues." ”

"What's going on?" Chen Hao stepped forward!

"Hello, masters, why are you locking up all these children?" An Pei Qingxue politely bowed her body and saluted, and asked the villagers in front of her.

"Looking at your dress, could it be that you are an onmyoji?" One of the villagers said.

"Give me back my children, and Lord Phoenix Fire will defeat those monsters."

As Chen Hao walked into the village, he saw a cage-like fence built in the center of the village, and many children were imprisoned inside, and a woman outside shouted hysterically: "Don't sacrifice my children to those monsters!" ”

"There's no way around it! Otherwise, the monsters would have slaughtered the village. The surrounding adults and villagers also said helplessly.

"It wouldn't hurt if it was just one or two youkai, Lord Phoenix Fire would definitely take care of them, but... We're dealing with a whole mountain of youkai! And... Lord Phoenix Fire who is guarding this village has fled, leaving us here to die! The villagers sighed helplessly.

"A whole mountain of youkai?" Ampei Qingxue said with some surprise.

"By the way, the Phoenix Fire Lord in your mouth is the god who guards this village? The Phoenix Shrine on the mountain must have been built by you, right? Akimotoji asked.

"I'm Ampei Qingxue from the Ampere Onmyoji family, these are all Onmyoji who are traveling with me, I don't know what happened here." Ampei Qingxue asked.

"Onmyoji? Alas, you better get out of here! You can't control the affairs of this village. The villager sighed helplessly.

"Could it be that you have encountered some powerful youkai?" Akimotoji asked.

"Maybe the Phoenix Fire Lord was moved by the sincerity of the villagers, or maybe he really wanted to find a place to stay, so he really stayed in the shrine, and the ancestors were very happy, worshipping the Phoenix Shrine day and night, and renamed the village Phoenix Village, Phoenix Fire Lord, this stay is fifty years."

"But soon, a group of monsters who called themselves Tian'e Demons came to the village, and as soon as they entered the village, they directly slaughtered them, and told all the villagers to sacrifice all the boys and girls in the village within three days, otherwise they would slaughter the village after three days, and leave all the villagers behind."

"At this time, the phoenix fire flew out of the shrine with elegant steps, and fought with these monsters in front of all the villagers, but there seems to be a very powerful leading monster among the monsters, called Tian'e Maru, who not only defeated the Phoenix Fire Lord, but also snatched the treasure Dragon Scale Blade in the hands of the Phoenix Fire, we can see that the Phoenix Fire Lord was seriously injured, and then flew directly up, and escaped from the monster in front of everyone, and escaped from here."

"It's a long story!" One of the villagers said slowly: "Legend has it that our ancestors established a village here, but in the era of our ancestors, all kinds of monsters were rampant, and they often broke into the village and ate the villagers, which was simply miserable. ”

"As a result, one day, a monster called Phoenix Fire passed by this village and saw the evil ghosts attacking the village, so the kind Phoenix Fire Lord drove away these evil spirits and saved the villagers at that time."

"In order to thank Phoenix Fire for his rescue, the villagers built a shrine for Phoenix Fire on the mountain, on the one hand, they want to thank Phoenix Fire Lord, and on the other hand, they also want Phoenix Fire Lord to stay and continue to defend the village."

"Where are those youkai?" Chen Hao asked.

"The stronghold of that group of monsters is not too far from here, just on the island of You'e in the east, you don't know when it was formed, why are you asking this? Let's get out of here! Don't lose your life. "The villagers persuaded in good faith.

"Lord Phoenix Fire will be back...!" A woman fell to her knees feebly, her expression full of sadness.

"Without the Phoenix Fire Lord to protect us, we can only sacrifice all the children in the village according to the requirements of the monsters to keep the village safe, as long as the village is still there, there will be children in the future." The villagers said such things on their lips, but they were also very reluctant in their hearts, after all, in the wall in the middle of the village, there are also many children who are their own, and it is a lie to say that forbearance is a lie, and no one is reluctant to give up their children, but in the face of the threat of monsters slaughtering the village, they can only do this.

"It's really infuriating that there are such domineering monsters." Chen Hao said dissatisfiedly.

"You'd better get out of here! It is estimated that tomorrow the group of monsters will come here to take these children away, and the village will be safe, which may be the only way. The eyes of the villagers are also full of reluctance and helplessness!

"Lord Phoenix Fire won't be coming back anymore, actually... Lord Phoenix Fire is just a monster, how could he fight for our lives? And even if Lord Phoenix Fire comes back, it will be impossible to defeat that group of monsters, and obediently listening to the words of the group of monsters is already the only way. The villagers said silently.

"I see, it looks like we're going to have to kill those monsters before we do." Chen Hao touched the ghost on his waist and said.

"Are you crazy? That's a whole island of monsters, do you want to die? Shippo said in horror as he stood on the ground.