Darkness gradually filled the sky, countless stars broke through the night and poked out, and the night moisture infiltrated the air diffusely, diffusing an inexplicable coolness.

In this quiet night, which was a little panicked, Chu Yunfan and the others set up camp in the open space outside the village entrance, except for a few people on duty who sat around the bonfire, everyone had fallen asleep peacefully, only the sound of wood crackling in the flames remained.

"Uncle Chu, why don't you go in and rest, do you have to go tomorrow morning?" Yuan Jie walked to Chu Yunfan's side, patted him on the shoulder, and said softly.

Chu Yunfan and several other Haoran Peak disciples sat around the bonfire, their eyes fell on the fire, silent, seemingly absent-minded, but in fact, they had been paying close attention to every move around them.

When Yuan Jie came over and was afraid of Chu Yunfan's shoulder, Chu Yunfan turned his head and replied softly: "It's okay Senior Brother Yuan, I'm not sleepy......"

"Look, what's that? What's that?!"

Before Chu Yunfan's words fell, he only heard a few people sitting next to Chu Yunfan shouting, their voices full of disbelief, and even with a little trembling tone.

Looking at the surprised faces of several people, their eyes were round, their eyes seemed to pop out at any time, and their mouths were wide open, enough to stuff several big buns at the same time, Chu Yunfan and Yuan Jie couldn't help but look behind them with their gaze. I saw a black cloud of objects that I didn't know what it was, like a black mist, from far and near to the place where everyone was resting.

All of this happened in an instant, and the black mist had quickly drifted in front of everyone's eyes. Several people could already fully see the true face of the black mist, accompanied by a sharp and noisy squeak.

"Hurry up, get the big guys up! Hell, where did this bat come from, why are there so many. Looking at the black pressure and the bat swarm that could not see the edge, Chu Yunfan and Yuan Jie were also taken aback, and after scolding their hearts, Yuan Jie was the first to come back to his senses and shouted.

Hearing Yuan Jie's shout, Chu Yunfan also reacted immediately, and hurriedly pulled a few people next to him, beckoning them to wake up the others who were sleeping together.

"Oh no, there's a situation, hurry up...... It's time to get up!"

"Big guy, hurry up, there's a situation. ”

......

With the shouts of Chu Yunfan and the others, everyone who was already asleep got up one after another, and before they could stand firmly, they saw a whole area of bats covered by black pressure, and they could only hurriedly make a move. In an instant, all eyes could see black bats, large and small, all kinds of sword tricks and decisive qi flew everywhere, countless bats fell down in a hurry, and after a while, everyone's feet were covered with layers of bat corpses.

"Quick, everyone leans over to me, gather together and don't separate!" Seeing that he was struggling to kill, the "black fog" that enveloped everyone did not shrink a little, it was still black, and the sharp and noisy squeaks were endless, Yuan Jie couldn't help but shout loudly in a hurry.

Although these bats are just some lowest-level demon beasts and don't cause much trouble to everyone, what worries Yuan Jie the most is what unpredictable things will happen after this.

"Senior Brother Yuan, what's the situation? Why did so many bats suddenly appear?" Liu Hanting led several junior disciples to move towards Yuan Jie and the others while struggling to kill the bats.

"I don't know, I couldn't sleep just now and wanted to go out for a walk, but I didn't expect to be attacked by a swarm of bats just after chatting with Uncle Chu and others, and I am still confused to this day. But the most important thing for the time being is to conserve our physical strength as much as possible, things are certainly not as simple as we imagined, this swarm of bats is estimated to be just used to consume our physical strength. ”

Just as the two were talking, everyone had already moved closer to Yuan Jie's side. At this time, Chu Yunfan was holding the Ben Thunder Sword in his hand, slashing the bats with all his might. The Ben Thunder Sword crossed an arc in the void, and a purple sword qi mixed with the power of thunder and lightning that came with the Ben Thunder Sword swept away the bats within a zhang in front of Chu Yunfan's eyes with the momentum of sweeping thousands of troops. But this didn't work at all, and just saw a little gap, and immediately more bats surged in, filling the previous vacancy.

Chu Yunfan has been standing beside Yuan Jie, the two turned their backs to each other, Chu Yunfan said worriedly: "Yuan Jie, if this continues, everyone's physical strength will be greatly consumed, and the situation is very bad." ”

"Yes, Senior Brother Yuan, Senior Uncle Chu is right, a few of us are fine, but Senior Uncle Chu and the other disciples ...... I think I'll divide you into two groups. One of the groups formed a circle on the periphery and slaughtered the beasts. The other group of people rests in the circle, and the two groups take turns to alternate positions and take turns to rest, which can greatly save energy. Zhao Siyuan still had that expressionless appearance, but the worry in his eyes betrayed his true thoughts.

"Well, Senior Brother Zhao's idea is good, so let's do it. Yuan Jie nodded heavily, thinking deeply, and said loudly to everyone: "Everyone is divided into two groups, one of them is in a circle to defend against the enemy, and the other group stays inside to rest." The two groups alternate positions in turn, taking turns to rest. ”

Meng Tianhui, Zhang Hongyu, Zhang Hongfeng...... You and I and Senior Brother Zhao will go to the top first, and the rest of us will retreat to the middle to rest. After hearing this, Liu Hanting immediately made a decision, and immediately shouted loudly without waiting for Yuan Jie to continue to command.

"Yes, brother. "The disciples of the Zixiao Sect who were named by Liu Hanting were born one after another.

Chu Yunfan was not named by Liu Hanting, so he had to hide in the circle surrounded by Liu Hanting and others with the others to rest for a while and recover his strength.

As time passed, the bat carcasses under everyone's feet had been stacked in a thick layer, densely packed. However, due to the coping strategies adopted by everyone, the physical exertion was not too great.

After dividing into two groups and taking turns to rest a few times, Chu Yunfan stood in the outer circle again and replaced the other group from the front. At this time, it was Yuan Jie standing on his right, Yuan Jie did not let go of his original worries because things had improved, and took a closer look through the faint moonlight, only to see that the melancholy in his eyes did not decrease but increased.

Suddenly, the bats, which were still dense and overwhelming, began to retreat in all directions, as if the people of the Zixiao Sect who were originally fragrant buns had now turned into terrifying beasts, making people dare not take half a step closer.

"Senior Brother Yuan, it seems that the other party can't wait and is going to make a move. Sun Qianping, who was standing on Yuan Jie's right hand, saw the bats retreating, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he turned his head to Yuan Jie and said in a deep voice.

"The other party is definitely not simple, since we already know that the bats can't consume our physical strength too much, and there is no point in continuing, I think the other party has known it for a long time. Yuan Jie's eyes stared at the front tightly, without squinting, and said lightly: "If you come, you will be safe." Now that it is clear that the other party is fully prepared, we can only see the move. ”

At the moment when things changed, everyone who was still resting also came up, Liu Hanting and Zhao Siyuan came directly to Yuan Jie to stand still, and the rest of the people stood silently behind a few people.

"What's that, such a fast speed!" Zhang Hongyu, who was standing beside Chu Yunfan, suddenly exclaimed.

As the exclamation sounded, everyone fixed their eyes, and a black shadow shot from not far away, pulling out the remnants of the Dao in the air. At this moment, the bats had not completely receded, and everyone's vision was blocked by the bats, and it would not be so easy to find this black shadow if it wasn't for the chance that the disciple would have seen it.

"Everyone, be careful!"

Just when everyone was speculating about what the black shadow of this speed was so urgent, as if it was a remote arrow, the huge body of the black shadow had already struck in front of everyone, and even Yuan Jie only had time to shout to remind everyone to be careful.

"Whoosh......"

With a strong and sharp sound of breaking the sky, a huge black shadow struck directly towards Zhang Hongyu, who had just exclaimed.

Things came too suddenly, because the black shadow came from behind everyone, except for Zhang Hongyu and Chu Yunfan, who happened to turn around, everyone else turned their heads after hearing the exclamation, so they didn't have time to react at all.

Chu Yunfan couldn't see what kind of monster the black afterimage was at all, only to see a flower in front of him, and the black shadow rushed straight to Zhang Hongyu who was standing beside him from top to bottom.

"Ah......h

Zhang Hongyu's face was pale, his eyes were wide open, full of horror, and he couldn't help but scream in fear. The trembling body couldn't react at all, and even the most basic defenses were abandoned.

Chu Yunfan secretly shouted that it was not good, and he didn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly took a step to the left and blocked in front of Zhang Hongyu. Urging the spiritual power of the whole body, he held the Ben Thunder Sword with both hands, and slashed at the black shadow.

Chu Yunfan's cultivation time is still short, and he has not yet learned any swordsmanship and sword moves, so he can only inject all the spiritual power of his whole body into the Benlei Sword regardless of the three seven twenty-one and fight desperately.

"Bang"

The scene was chaotic in an instant, mixed with Zhang Hongyu's screams of fear, the strange screams of black shadows, and the sound of fierce collision of gold and iron, and even a low muffled sound, which made people chuckle in their hearts, and various thoughts appeared in their minds, not knowing what was going on.

All this happened in an instant, and when everyone came back to their senses, the black shadow had already flown away from everyone at a faster speed, swept into the sky, hovering back and forth above themselves and the others, looking for an opportunity to attack again.

"Uncle Chu, are you okay?" Yuan Jie took a few steps and made a step, hurriedly ran to Chu Yunfan's side, and asked with concern.

Although Chu Yunfan tried his best, it was still to no avail, the black shadow was too fierce and could not be stopped by himself. I slashed at it with all my might, but it was like a gold and iron strike, and it didn't work at all. With a strong attack, Chu Yunfan and Zhang Hongyu behind him were violently knocked away by the black shadow, and popped up several feet away. Fortunately, it was Chu Yunfan, his body was stronger than others, if other people were hit like this, I am afraid that all internal organs would be shattered.

When Yuan Jie arrived, Chu Yunfan had already climbed up, and everyone found that the Thunder Sword he was holding tightly in his right hand had a trace of blood. But seeing that Chu Yunfan's right hand cracked, a trace of blood flowed out of it, and slowly dripped to the ground along the long sword.

"Don't worry, I'm fine". Looking at Yuan Jie's concerned expression, Chu Yunfan shook his head slightly and said. Then he turned to look at Zhang Hongyu, who was lying beside him, and said, "Hongyu, are you okay?"

Zhang Hongyu was finally pulled back to his senses by Chu Yunfan's question, hurriedly stood up, and said gratefully to Chu Yunfan: "Thank you Uncle Chu for coming to the rescue, otherwise I would have died here." ”

"What do you say, if I'm in danger, you'll definitely take action. Chu Yunfan smiled faintly, then tightened the Thunder Sword in his hand again, and stared straight at the huge black shadow that had been hovering above the heads of him and the others, looking for an opportunity to attack again.

This behemoth turned out to be a big bat four or five feet long, covered in black and oily, with a layer of soft fluff, a round head, with two long pointed ears, and a pair of eyes under the ears were wide open, staring at everyone. The two wings are large and thin, and the bones inside can be clearly seen, and the two sharp claws at the end of the wings are black and shiny, like a pair of black and gold iron claws. From time to time, he opened his mouth wide, revealing a mouth full of sharp fangs, and let out a piercing and high-pitched squeak, which made people feel intimidated.

"This bat demon is so huge and so powerful, it's really hard to deal with. Sun Qianping said as he and Zhao Siyuan also leaned over.

"If only this bat demon can handle it, I'm afraid ......" Yuan Jie's tone was still full of worry, and he said in a low voice.

"It's not a bat demon. While Yuan Jie was still groaning, Liu Hanting had already said loudly: "This is a fierce beast. ”

"What?fierce beast?" As soon as Yuan Jie's voice fell, even Zhao Siyuan, who usually did not smile and had a serious face, also looked surprised and said movingly.

"Yes, the moment Senior Uncle Chu fought with that fierce beast just now, I clearly saw that there was a faint blood red in the eyes of that fierce beast, and I couldn't see a trace of clear consciousness. If it is a demon beast, with its current strength, it should be above the late stage of contemplation, and it is only one step away from stepping into the realm of returning to the void and turning into a human form. Even if you haven't transformed yet, you've already turned on your spiritual intelligence, and it won't be like this. ”

Yuan Jie's face became more and more gloomy, and he said, "If this is a fierce beast, then there is some trouble. ”

"Yes, this beast alone is enough for us to do our work, but if there is really someone behind the scenes, who can instruct a beast to attack us, it really makes people think about it more and more terrifying. Sun Qianping, who was a little relaxed, raised his brows again.

You must know that fierce beasts don't have the slightest bit of intelligence, and for some reason, even if they cultivate to become powerful fierce beasts, they only have the most primitive beast instincts, which is also the most fundamental difference between fierce beasts and demon beasts. With the improvement of cultivation, the demon beast will gradually open the spiritual wisdom and turn into a human form, and as the demon beast has the spiritual wisdom, it will gradually divide its territory and occupy the mountain as the king, which is why there is a demon clan.

"Whew......"

There was another rapid sound of breaking the sky, and the black bat beast's wings shook vigorously, and it swooped down rapidly, opening its bloody mouth, revealing the neat and sharp fangs inside, which was very terrifying.

"Well done. Liu Hanting stepped heavily on his right foot, his body rose up, his right hand flipped over, and the long sword was slightly raised in the air, and he shot away towards the huge bat beast.

"Senior Brother Liu, I'm here to help you. Sun Qianping's speed was not slow, and with a wave of his right hand, he sacrificed a boxy golden seal, which was about ten inches long, and was held firmly in the palm of Sun Qianping's hand, which looked slightly heavy.

"Go. Sun Qianping's right hand holding the golden seal was slightly forced, and he sent it forward, throwing the big seal into the air. I saw that the golden seal rose in mid-air against the wind, and in an instant, it had risen from a dozen inches in size to a hundred or so inches of golden square seal. With Sun Qianping's loud shout, the golden seal, which had been firmly in mid-air, smashed towards the bat beast.

"Bang"

Liu Hanting was in mid-air, and a sword swung out, cutting through the void and slashing vigorously at the head of the bat beast. Chu Yunfan saw it clearly, and thought that Liu Hanting's sword would split the bat's head in two, but the result greatly surprised him.

The bat beast that was struck in the head by Liu Hanting's sword suddenly felt pain, screamed loudly, and hit its head forward, Liu Hanting flew out upside down at a faster speed, but the beast was unharmed, and only a shallow scar was revealed on the head where it was struck by Liu Hanting's long sword.

At the moment when he was knocked away by the fierce beast, Liu Hanting's long sword was horizontal and blocked in front of him, but he still couldn't resist the strong force coming from the sword, and the whole person flew out upside down. After a painful scream, the eyes of the bat beast were full of blood red, full of anger, and its wings flapped hard, bringing gusts of wind, and chased Liu Hanting again.

During the pursuit, the bat beast opened its mouth wide and emitted a silent sound wave, spreading towards Liu Hanting.

Liu Hanting's body flew rapidly upside down in mid-air, and the scenery on both sides quickly swept backwards. Seeing that the bat beast was in hot pursuit, killing again, Liu Hanting's eyes showed a look of horror, and he hurriedly lifted the long sword, turned his right wrist, and the long sword drew a big circle in the air, and then the tip of the sword was lightly in the center of the circle. Streams of blue spiritual power spread out from the tip of the sword in circles and circles, forming a dark blue circular barrier, separating Liu Hanting from the bat beast.

The silent sound waves emitted by the bat beast that were visible to the naked eye followed the trajectory to the blue barrier, but it quickly melted away as if the ice and snow had met a blazing fire, like a mud cow entering the sea, without the slightest ripple on the blue barrier.

Liu Hanting did not let his guard down because of this, because the bat beast had already followed, and its two sharp claws were aimed at Liu Hanting's head and grabbed straight down. The blue barrier that easily resisted the sound waves just now didn't play a role at all, and it looked so small and fragile under the claws of the bat beast. The beast went straight through the blue barrier, which was as fragile as a tissue paper in front of the beast's claws, and it was torn apart at the slightest touch.

Liu Hanting watched the fierce beast easily break through the barrier he had set up, although he had already made some preparations in his heart, but the truth was still beyond his expectations. I thought that even if this dark blue barrier couldn't stop this bat beast, it could also play a role in hindering it and buy a little time for myself. As long as there is a little time, he can land safely, and when he stands firm, he will be afraid of this beast, and now he is still in mid-air, and he has nowhere to borrow strength, it is really difficult to deal with the ruthless blow of this bat beast.