Volume I: Chapter 44: The Gate of Hades (2)
The four of them followed the man out of the door, and Xiahoudun and Cao Ren got into an off-road vehicle of the Spirit Recording Bureau parked at the door and set off. And Zhang Jianyun and Ling Yuyan each rode an off-road motorcycle and followed behind the off-road vehicle.
Along the way, Xiahoudun has been analyzing the possibilities of various cases with Cao Ren. Xiahoudun lowered the seat back a little, tilted his side on the car door, looked out of the window, and said: "Is this the case, there are corpses disguised as merchants selling batik and hiding in the shop, so they are dyed with the smell of batik." β
Cao Ren opened the storage shelf on the central handrail, took out two ice wine glasses and a bottle of ice wine, poured a glass first, handed it to Xiahoudun, and said, "Impossible! Let's not talk about whether this corpse has the characteristics before corpse transformation, just saying that there are few batik shops in Xudu It is impossible to hide such a large number of corpse spirits. Moreover, even if you stay in the store for a long time, you will not get the smell of batik. β
Xiahoudun took the wine glass, nodded, and did not speak again, but quietly looked out the window and continued to think.
"Don't think about it so much, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, and it's useless to worry about it now." Cao Ren poured himself a glass of ice wine, tasted it carefully, and said, "Come and taste this wine, I specially brought it from the winery in Qindao, a limited edition." β
Xiahoudun glanced at Cao Ren, then raised his glass and drank all the ice wine in the cup, and looked at the cup in surprise after drinking, then pursed his lips, looked at Cao Ren and asked, "Sweet?" β
Cao Ren glanced at Xiahoudun helplessly, ignored him, then shook his head and tasted it alone again.
After driving a section of the provincial road, the car turned onto a small road, ready to take a shortcut up the mountain. Suddenly, the car phone rang, and the driver in the front seat picked up the phone and listened to it for a while, then hung up the phone, drove the car slowly, looked at the rearview mirror in the car and said: "Two team leaders, just now the front team members came to report that there was a problem." β
"What's the situation?" Cao Ren asked, shaking his glass.
The driver replied, "It is said that there is a magic barrier ahead, and if you continue to drive, I am afraid that you will enter the magic barrier array." β
Cao Ren smiled disdainfully, waved his hand forward, and said, "Drive into the Demon Barrier!" β
"But......" When the driver heard Cao Ren's order, he was taken aback and immediately at a loss.
"If you are told to drive in, I will drive in," Cao Ren raised his voice, "This car is produced by the Southwest Joint Research Institute of the Spirit Recording Bureau, to ensure that the people in the car are not disturbed by the magic barrier." β
"Yes, yes!" The driver took a deep breath, stepped on the accelerator, and drove towards the magic barrier.
Xiahoudun was expressionless, just pressed the button of the car walkie-talkie in the back row, and said, "Enter the magic barrier and prepare to hide." β
"Order!" An answer came over the intercom.
Xiahoudun turned his head, and saw through the rear glass that the two off-road motorcycles that were originally following the car were gone, so he turned back, straightened his collar, and said to Cao Ren: "Let's get ready." β
Cao Ren drank the little wine left in the cup, straightened his collar, and said, "Happy cooperation!" β
Suddenly, the car was stopped by a man in a black robe with a hat covering most of his face. The car stopped, and Xiahoudun and Cao Ren got out of the car. Cao Ren subconsciously lit a cigarette and stepped forward to ask, "Who is Your Excellency?" β
"People? Definitely. The man who stood in the way ripped off his black robe, revealing his true identity. I saw this man, who looked quite old, with a pure white flat head, a pure white stubble, deep and bright eyes, and a shiny and ruddy face. He wears a dark brown retro suit with a white shirt with a purple bow tie tied at the neckline, and black riding boots on his feet. He said: "The old man is the second superintendent of the 16th Army of the Tiantun Expeditionary Force-Moluo Killing Mania. I specially stopped you and others here. β
Xiahoudun looked this demon up and down, and felt a strong demonic aura, just like the roaring thunder he saw that day, giving people a sense of oppression. Xiahoudun took a few steps forward, then patted the hood of the car, signaled the driver to use the hidden array of the car to hide temporarily, not to get out of the car, and asked Mo Luo to kill madly: "Are you alone?" β
"People? Definitely. Mo Luo said disdainfully: "The old man is a demon. β
"I have a question." Xiahoudun took a few steps in the direction of the Demon Killer, "The Hades Gate can be opened anywhere, why do you choose to plant in a place?" β
"Isn't that weird?" Mo Luo smiled wildly and touched his chin with his hand, "We are demons, so naturally we have to choose to move in places where demonic qi is easy to gather, and this is the right time for my demon clan to display their abilities today." β
"I see." Xiahoudun nodded, and asked again: "Then, what is your purpose in opening the Hades Gate?" β
"You've got too many questions." Mora's right hand stretched out, and with a flash of black lightning, a long pure black knife appeared in his hand. Looking closely at the knife, there was a burst of purple smoke around the jet-black blade, the blade was not directly connected to the hilt, and the Moro was holding a black skeletal hand with a small arm, which held the sharp blade tightly, and the forearm part of the hand was the handle of the knife, and the name of the knife was "Corpse Withering". Mo Luo Slaughter frantically held up the corpse and pointed at Xiahou Xuan, and said, "The old man just wants to tell you at this time that the old man's task is to stop you from advancing. β
"Before you say a word, are you going to do it?" Cao Ren threw the cigarette butt to the ground and took a few steps forward, "It seems that he is a master of using a knife, and the knife looks good, so let's be your opponent!" β
Mo Luo turned his head to look at Cao Ren, and said with some disdain: "The old man is not picking an opponent, but stopping all of you." β
Hearing what the other party said, Xiahoudun was a little more puzzled. He knew very well that with the character of demons, they usually act on a large scale for the purpose of killing or destroying, and this demon killer has been talking about stopping himself, which is really a bit against common sense.
"Looks like there's something unsightly up ahead." Cao Ren and Xiahoudun thought of going together, he gave Xiahoudun a look, and then said: "Brother Xiahou, you go to the front and take a look, I'll deal with this old guy." β
Xiahoudun glanced at Cao Ren, nodded, and continued to walk forward.
"Didn't you hear what the old man said? Juvenile! Seeing that Xiahoudun ignored him and wanted to move on, he slashed at it with a little anger. Unexpectedly, as soon as he took out the knife, he was stopped by a blood-colored flash.
It turned out that Cao Ren summoned the Angry Blood Blade to block the attack of the Demon Luo Killer. Cao Ren looked at Mo Luo's madness, and said a little provocatively: "From your eyes, this seat sees doubts and fears. β
Xiahoudun did not stop to watch, but continued to walk, said "Be careful, this is in the magic barrier", and walked towards the mountain.
"There are doubts, but there are fears." Mo Luo smiled maniacally, and said with a horizontal sword, "What I wonder is that as a human being, you have such speed and strength. β
Cao Ren saw that Xiahou had gone away, and the driver had also hidden, so he said: "If I hadn't just seen that Team Leader Xiahou and our driver hadn't left, I wouldn't have been so weak." β
Mo Luo glanced at Xiahoudun who was far away, and did not chase after him, but asked Cao Ren: "Young man, which is stronger between you and that young man?" β
"Your question is a bit of a discord...... Cao Ren smiled bitterly, "After all, Team Leader Xiahou is engaged in scientific research, and his martial arts are certainly not as strong as mine." β
"Oh?" When Mo Luo heard this, he suddenly became a little interested, "Then, the old man heard that there is a person named 'Lu Bu' in your human race, who is stronger between you and him?" β
After hearing this, Cao Ren looked at his opponent a little arrogantly, and a smug smile gradually appeared on his face, "As the saying goes, 'Lu Bu among people', that strength should not be underestimated, if Captain Lu does his best, I am afraid that this seat will take more than a dozen rounds to slightly beat him by one and a half moves." β
"Oh?" Mo Luo looked at Cao Ren with interest, "Then do you think you are the opponent of the old man, which one is stronger?" β
Cao Ren took out a handkerchief from his arms, wiped the angry blood blade seriously, and said, "Then you have to ask me about the knife in my hand." β
Mo Luo showed a hint of arrogance and explained: "The old man thought that when the young man was still there, you might be able to resist for a while, but now that you are alone, the old man has a chance to win." β
Cao Ren took the handkerchief that had been wiped back into his arms and asked disdainfully, "Where did you get your confidence?" β
"The reason is very simple," Mo Luo retreated with his right foot in a lunge, one hand forward, the hand holding the knife backwards, and put his hand in a starting position, ready for battle, "Because the old man has never lost a one-on-one battle!" β
"Really? Such a coincidence," Cao Ren laughed out loud, "This seat is too!" With that, Cao Ren swung his sword and moved forward.
Mo Luo frantically swung his sword to defend, but he didn't expect that Cao Ren's arm strength was amazing, although this slash was blocked, but he was beaten back two steps in a row. "Not bad, boy!" Mo Luo said wildly, raised his knife and stabbed it, the speed of the knife was extremely fast, and the purple qi around the blade rushed towards Cao Ren like a bolt of lightning with this blow.
Seeing this, Cao Ren dodged sideways, and then swung his knife again. Cao Ren's blow was particularly exquisite, holding the angry blood blade in his hand, and exerting force from the outside to the inside, although it didn't have any strength, but it was half cut and half stabbed, and it went straight to the throat of the demon Luo's madness.
Mo Luo Killer hurriedly retreated, thinking, there is such a knife technique? It seems to be a non-naΓ―ve, and it seems to be a chop. Although it looks like a wild way, one move and one style are well-founded, and it is really hard to figure out. But at this time, there was no room for much thought, Mo Luo raised his knife and slashed at Cao Ren, Cao Ren violently swung his knife to block, and the two fought together.
After a few rounds, Cao Ren found that something was wrong, although he was attacking, and the other party only had the power to parry, but the demon Luo killing madness obviously did not use all his strength, as if he was deliberately delaying time, could it be some conspiracy? If you continue like this, you will only lose your physical strength fearlessly. This made Cao Ren a little worried, and he wanted to end this fight as soon as possible.
Mo Luo was crazy, but his face was relaxed, he gradually figured out Cao Ren's routine, looked at Cao Ren proudly, and said to him a little provocatively: "Why, the shot has become slower, is it said that your physical strength is not as good as that of an old man?" β
Cao Ren didn't speak, just looked at Mo Luo Killing Madness with disdain, and then pointed at him with the sword finger in his left hand, chanting "Red Dragon Array", and suddenly a fire dragon flew out from Cao Ren's fingers, flew towards Mo Luo Killing Madness, and then hovered above his head.
Without waiting for the fire dragon to swoop down, Moluo took the initiative to attack, swung his knife upward, and actually cut off the fire dragon.
Seeing this, Cao Ren wanted to take advantage of the short time when the opponent collected the knife to attack, but he didn't expect that the demon Luo was so fast that he didn't wait to cut him, but he was stabbed in the abdomen first. Cao Ren covered his abdomen and took a few steps back, bleeding from the corners of his mouth, thinking to himself, it seems that this "Demon Barrier Array" has played a role and weakened his strength.
Mo Luo didn't give Cao Ren a chance to adjust, and stepped forward with a roundabout kick and kicked Cao Ren to the ground, and said arrogantly: "Originally, I just wanted to stop you from advancing, but you were too uncooperative, so the old man had to be ruthless." β
"It seems that it is difficult to defeat you without the sword unsheathed." Cao Ren got up from the ground and gasped.
After hearing this, Mo Luo did not rush to continue the attack, but felt puzzled and curious, and asked, "Isn't your knife out of the sheath?" β
"Humph!" Cao Ren sneered, held the knife across his chest, and held the end of the blade with his other hand in a gesture of drawing. Then, Cao Ren's hand holding the blade of the knife began to slowly move towards the tip of the knife, and the blade cut through his hand, and the blood stained the blade red as the hand moved. As soon as his hand left the blade, Cao Ren's side suddenly surrounded a blood-colored storm, which blew faster and faster, rolling up the surrounding dust and debris, making Mo Luo Killing unable to open his eyes for a while. After a while, the storm slowly dissipated, and when he looked at it again, Cao Ren's eyes had turned blood-red, and the blood on the knife of the "Angry Blood Blade" in his hand had also merged with the blade, turning into a blood-colored long knife wrapped in a red mist. Cao Ren raised his knife and pointed at Mo Luo and said, "See clearly, this is what the angry blood blade looks like when it comes out of its sheath." β
Moro Killer still had a disdainful expression, "In the old man's opinion, it's just stained red by your blood. β
"Really!" Cao Ren didn't say much, and a teleportation came behind Mo Luo's madness and slashed at his face.
Moro Killing Madness blocked the sword.
But who knew that although Cao Ren's blade was blocked, a cone-shaped blood light appeared on each side of the angry blood blade and was not blocked, just like two fangs, stabbing Mo Luo's shoulders with the trajectory of the angry blood blade.
"What move?" Moro was wounded, his hands weakened, and he almost lost his weapon.
Cao Ren did not allow his opponent to react and shot again.
This time, Mo Luo saw the trajectory of the Angry Blood Blade clearly and made an effective defense, and Cao Ren's strength improved too much, even if he blocked the attack, the hand holding the knife still trembled unconsciously, and a knife wound appeared on the right calf inexplicably. Mo Luo couldn't figure out Cao Ren's routine for a while, so he stopped, "I really underestimate you, you can actually tie with the old man in the demon barrier array." β
"Tie?" Although Cao Ren was injured, his mental state did not weaken at all, and he raised his knife to point at Mo Luo Killing Madness, "If you keep dodging like this, can it be considered a shot?" Again! Watch me cut you with a knife! β
"No need to fight anymore." Mora Killer put away the corpse and put his hands in his pockets, "My mission is complete. β
Hearing this, Cao Ren couldn't help but become more vigilant, "What do you mean by this?" β
Mo Luo turned around slightly, turned his head to look in the direction of the top of the mountain, and said proudly, "The Hades Gate is open. β