"I ...... I didn't see anything! ”

The murderer's gaze came, and the young man in brown was chilled, and he hurriedly waved his hand, wanting to run, but he couldn't move.

Lin Shouxi was too tired to ignore the person who came, he rubbed his temples, came to him, ignored the young man's frightened expression, took out an arrow from behind his waist and looked at it, it said 'ten'.

"Tenth...... It's pretty impressive. Lin Shouxi said.

From time to time, the tenth-ranked boy glanced at the head on the ground, repeatedly making sure that he was not mistaken, and the more he confirmed, the more cold his hands and feet became.

This phrase 'quite powerful' was a harsh sarcasm in his ears.

"Do you recognize me?" Lin Shouxi asked him.

Ah Shi nodded first, then he thought he was going to be killed, and immediately shook his head again.

"Do you recognize that man?" Lin Shouxi asked again.

The question he asked was simple and his tone was calm, but the more this was the case, the more frightened Ah Shi became, he swallowed his saliva before nodding, "Admit it...... Recognize, he is...... Ah Yue? ”

Ah Shi never thought that he would run into the scene where the master who killed the first demon was beheaded.

And the one who killed Ah Yue was Lin Shouxi, who they recognized as eating soft rice!

"He's been polluted by demons, it's painful, and I'm just helping him break it." Lin Shouxi looked into his eyes and explained seriously.

In order to show his sincerity, Lin Shouxi shook off the blood on the sword and inserted it back into the sheath.

Ah Shi hesitated for a moment, "Demon? ”

"Yes, there is a terrible demon in the forest, Eighteen has been killed, Twenty-Nine escaped by luck, he told me about the demon, I can take you to ask him." Lin Shouxi said.

"No...... No, I trust you. ”

Ah Shi was so frightened that he didn't even dare to be sure whether the person in front of him was a human or a demon, how could he dare to make any request?

But Lin Shouxi stubbornly took him to see Twenty-Nine.

Far away from the forest, the fog dissipated, the cold wind came, and the sky lost its pale color, and turned back to a misty gray, giving a rocky heaviness, so that the wind that swept by it really became a knife, and it blew over and over again, and cut white shavings from it, which was snow.

Through the snow forest, Lin Shouxi returned to the mouth of the cave.

Twenty-nine saw Lin Shouxi come back, and immediately showed a relieved smile.

"It's fine if you're okay." Twenty-nine breathed a sigh of relief.

"Eighteen is dead." Lin Shouxi said.

Twenty-nine's smile was fixed on his face, he lowered his head, closed his lips tightly, and his eyes turned red all of a sudden, although he had expected it, he was still sad when he really heard the news of his friend's death.

"That wood...... Are there really demons? "Ah Shi is unbelievable.

"Cry for a while, and then tell him what you have seen." Lin Shouxi said to Twenty-Nine.

Twenty-nine held back tears, and he immediately told what he had seen and heard.

Ah Shi's face turned pale when he heard this, he had long heard that there were many monsters sealed in the evil pool, but after so many years, the cover has never been loosened, and there has been nothing wrong with the evil pool demon slashing many times, how can it be ...... today

"Then Ah Yue, he ......" Ah Shi looked at Lin Shouxi and asked cautiously.

"I met Ah Yue in the forest, and at that time Ah Yue was confronting the old monster, and the old monster killed Xiao Jiu and took possession of its body."

Lin Shouxi said methodically: "Ah Yue had a vicious battle with the old monster, and in the end, it was the monster whose skills were superior and occupied Ah Yue's body, Ah Yue did not admit defeat, and forcibly imprisoned the demon with his body, and let me kill him and the monster with a sword." ”

Twenty-nine was moved when he heard this, and couldn't help but sigh: "Ah Yue's predecessor deserves to be the number one master on the killing list, this spirit is really ...... It's a pity ......"

Ah Shi was also shocked, and he also showed a sad look, "Ah Yue sacrificed himself to imprison the demon, and the genius died early, which is really regrettable." ”

He said this, but he roared in fear...... No, that's definitely not Ah Yue! How could a selfish person like Ah Yue do the act of sacrificing life and forgetting death? Lin Shouxi is deceiving people, he killed Ah Yue, he must have hidden something!

But even if he had insight into the truth, he didn't dare to ask anything, he only dared to echo and cooperate with Lin Shouxi's acting.

Lin Shouxi didn't care whether he believed it or not, his face was calm, and the sense of foreboding in his heart did not dissipate because of the death of 'Xiao Jiu', but he became more and more uneasy, as if 'Xiao Jiu' was just a cloud passing by at random, and the pouring rain was far from coming.

"Do you still have companions?" Lin Shouxi asked Ah Shi.

"Yes......" Ah Shi did not hide it, "I was traveling with Twelve and Thirteen, I came to help them explore the way, and I met you." ”

"Hmm." Lin Shouxi nodded and said, "Now that the evil pool is not safe, you go back the same way with them and tell Yun Zhenren about the changes here." ”

"I can't go back!" Ah Shi shook his head in fear: "The door has been closed, and it will not be opened until a day later, and that stone door cannot be shaken by strength at all!" ”

Besides, if what Lin Shouxi said is true, it may not be safe to return the same way......

"Is there no way to contact someone outside?" Lin Shouxi frowned.

"Nope." Ah Shi laughed miserably, "We're just minions...... What's more, over the years, although there have been occasional accidents and the disappearance of some people, there has never really been a major incident, and the big people don't care. ”

Lin Shouxi lowered his head and pondered.

The pool was huge, and he had no way to gather people together, and if what the old monster said was true, then the killing might have already begun, and many of his disciples had already died.

I don't know what happened to Xiao He......

"Twenty-nine, you have a leg injury and can't travel far, so hide here until dawn tomorrow."

Lin Shouxi immediately made arrangements, "Ah Shi, you take me to find your friends, the evil pool has changed, we must unite to survive." ”

……

Twelve is a small boy who looks honest and honest, and Thirteen is a little girl with her hair tied and a little thin.

When they saw Ah Shi coming back with Lin Shouxi, they were all taken aback.

"How are you with him?" Thirteen was prejudiced against Lin Shouxi, and his tone was dissatisfied.

"I met on the road." Ah Shi said, "For the next trip, Lin Shouxi will be with us, and at the same time, he will also lead the road behind." ”

He had already discussed with Lin Shouxi on the way back, and in order not to cause too much alarm, they kept this secret for the time being.

"What?" Thirteen's eyes widened, "He's here to lead the way?" Ah Shi, you're not sick, are you? ”

"This is the rule of the Demon Killing Courtyard."

Ah Shiyi Ban glanced at it and said: "Vice President Sun said that when you meet in the evil pool, when you encounter a choice, you should listen to the decision of the one with the higher ranking on the demon killing list. ”

"But he's seventeen!"

"No, he is now the sixth, and Xiao He competed with him yesterday and lost."

"That's right? It's clear that the girl covered him, and I don't think he even has the level of seventeen. ”

Thirteen was even more dissatisfied and indignant, "Ah Shi, you shouldn't have been bought, right?" ”

"Rules are rules!" Ah Shiyi was a lot more severe.

Although Thirteen was extremely displeased, in the end, Ah Ten still tried his best to override the public opinion, and after a short dispute, the matter was settled.

But what happened next made Thirteen even angrier.

Instead of walking through the forest, they chose to bypass it, and entered a dark valley, which was said to be a valley, but in fact it was also a deep gorge and a high cliff, and the cliff wall was like a high wall cast here, and it was covered with moss, and the streams between the deep gorges were distributed like human meridians, and a large amount of light was blocked out.

The gloomy valley should be a place of evil, and Twelve and Thirteen are ready to kill.

Lin Shouxi stretched out his hand to stop in front of them.

"I'll help you check it out first."

Thirteen was stunned, and then said angrily: "Who wants you to go and see it?" ”

Twelve is honest and polite, "Then thank you Brother Lin." ”

Ah Shi looked solemn and had no opinion.

After about a quarter of an hour, Lin Shouxi came back, his sleeves were lowered, his face was a little paler, his sword was in the sheath, not moving at all, but there was a faint bit of blood.

"Alright, let's go." Lin Shouxi said.

They officially walked into the valley, and Thirteen hurriedly drew his sword and took out the black jade card to prepare to ward off the evil spirit, but he was at a loss.

It stands to reason that the evil rift cliff valley is clear at the moment, and even a demon can't be seen.

"This ...... What's going on? "Thirteen is confused.

Her first reaction was that Lin Shouxi had just entered here and was the first to get rid of the demon in one go, but she immediately shook her head - where did Lin Shouxi come from such a skill? Kill all the evil in a quarter of an hour, I'm afraid Ah Yue can't do it, right?

The atmosphere is eerily quiet, with only the sound of gurgling water, the monsters have been purified, the water is crystal clear, and the snowflakes falling in the sky are reflected vividly.

Is this really a pond......

Thirteen and Twelve passed through the stream in a daze, and when they reached the entrance of the next field, Lin Shouxi asked them to stop and enter it alone with a sword.

It was almost a quarter of an hour, and when he came out, the field was like the sky that had been blown by a strong wind all night, so clear that people only wanted to carve the words 'beautiful mountains and clear waters'.

They passed through several mountains, forests, cliffs, and ruins, and when they were about to cross a long chain bridge, Thirteen finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart.

"What the hell are you doing?"

The little girl stood in front of Lin Shouxi, and with a sword horizontal, blocking his way.

"Thirteen!" Ah Shi sighed.

"Senior brother, what kind of ecstasy soup did he pour you, how did you become the same as Xiao He's girl?"

The little girl said indignantly, "Why should we listen to him? You don't really take the rules of the Demon Slayer Courtyard seriously, do you? ”

Looking at the honest and honest Twelve, he nodded in agreement, and said, "Yes, it's almost dark, and we haven't slaughtered a few demon turbidities in total, so we won't be able to exchange a few spiritual liquid pills for this month." ”

"That's right! What about the demons? Why are they all gone? What exactly are you doing? The little girl questioned Lin Shouxi.

Ah Shi was silent.

Thirteen even aroused his temperament and asked: "Senior brother, do you have something to hide from us?" ”

"Yes, is there anything unspeakable about Senior Brother? What the hell is going on? Twelve followed suit.

Ah Shi looked at Lin Shouxi with mixed feelings.

Along the way, he was also at war with heaven and man in his heart.

He guessed that in the forest before, it would really be Ah Yue and the monster who fought and lost both, and was benefited by Lin Shouxi's fisherman, and along the way, he was just playing tricks...... After all, when he was in the Demon Killing Courtyard, he liked to hide behind Xiao He and fake the tiger.

But speculation is just speculation, Ah Shi is very cautious and does not dare to take risks casually.

Now facing the eyes of the two partners, Ah Shi was a little speechless, he looked at Lin Shouxi, as if he wanted him to explain something.

Lin Shouxi was dressed in black, his face was pale, the chain bridge hung alone in front of him, the crimson sunset hung low on his right side, he stared at the sunset, and said, "It's getting dark, and the next road should be more dangerous." ”

"Danger? What dangers? I haven't even touched a kitten or dog along the way, where is the danger? Thirteen asked rhetorically.

Before the words fell, the word 'danger' seemed to be fulfilled, and the river behind the thirteen suddenly exploded with thunder, and the turbid waves rushed to the sky like arrows!

"Be careful!" Ah Shi immediately drank heavily.

Twelve looked behind the little girl, his eyes widened, and he retreated in fright.

Thirteen didn't know what was happening, only to feel the light of the setting sun dim instantly, as if something huge was rising behind her, obscuring the light, and it came with the turbidity and cold waves, and was about to swallow her in the blink of an eye.

Fear was overwhelming, and the menacing expression on her face had not changed before death was about to disintegrate her.

When everyone's hearts were tightened, only Lin Shouxi moved.

As if he had expected this to happen, he rushed forward, and when he drew his sword, he also pulled out the sword of Thirteen from her back with his right hand, and he held the double sword, provoked a cold light, and actually pressed back the huge black shadow that had fallen down.

A heart-wrenching roar rang out behind him, and the black shadow writhed and retreated, and the wave that had been set off before turned into a temporary rainstorm!

Thirteen turned back in horror, only to finally see what had just pounced.

It was a huge eel-like monster, black and smooth, covered with chain-like aquatic weeds, full of steel teeth, and its scarlet tongue was constantly forked, like hundreds of entangled poisonous snakes!

Lin Shouxi stood between these huge mouths, as if he was about to be caught by those hundreds of tongues at any time and swallowed in one gulp.

But the jaw could not be closed, for his upper and lower jaws were pressed against the sword.

The black qi pill in his body reversed, and the true qi instantly erupted, turning into countless snow threads that danced around the sword body, and he twisted the two swords, and the seemingly thin arms were entangled, bursting out with amazing strength.

The two swords manifested their brilliant swordsmanship and turned into dazzling white light!

Like a thunderbolt stuffed into the mouth of a giant eel, the huge monster was torn apart by several white rays of light and fell into the river.

Lin Shouxi kicked its body, rose with strength, fell back to the edge of the chain bridge, and easily inserted the sword back into the sheath of Thirteen.

Thirteen was shocked, and when the sword was sheathed, his body shook, and he suddenly came back to his senses.

"That'...... What's that? ”

After a while, she opened her mouth. She had never seen a monster like this in the Pond.

Lin Shouxi asked rhetorically: "Do you know where the demon turbidity of the evil pool came from?" ”

The three of them looked at each other and nodded one after another, it is no secret that the evil pool is sealed with many monsters.

"What you just saw is one of the sealed monsters."

Lin Shouxi said bluntly: "The seal has been loosened, and these monsters are going to escape, but fortunately, they have become extremely weak now, otherwise we would definitely die here today." ”

"Incomparably weak......" Ah Shi's throat itched.

Compared to their peak, these monsters are indeed extremely weak, but even in the face of them, they are still weak.

"You mean...... The sealed youkai escaped? Thirteen couldn't believe it.

"Then why do we go deeper! Shouldn't we go back......" Twelve's voice was hoarse.

"The stone gate will not open until tomorrow, if these monsters completely break free from the seal, they will definitely gather towards the stone gate, although they are not particularly powerful, but if they gather, we will definitely die."

Lin Shouxi said solemnly: "If we want to survive, we must clear all the nearby monsters and hold out until tomorrow morning." ”

"Just us?"

"Of course we don't have enough." Lin Shouxi said: "We have to make peace with other disciples, and then destroy these monsters individually, instead of us scattered among the evil pools and killed by the monsters one by one." ”

"But how do we find the others?" Ah Shi asked.

"I made an appointment with Xiao He to meet in the north." Lin Shouxi said, "Everyone should have noticed the changes in the evil pool, and Xiao He may have brought a group of people." ”

"Xiao He......" Ah Shi was a little flustered, "She won't have an accident, right?" ”

"I believe her." Lin Shouxi said.

"But something has happened to the evil pool, will she go to the place agreed with you?" Ah Shi asked again.

"She believed in me, too."

Lin Shouxi said, walking onto the chain bridge across the river.

Thirteen trembled and asked, "We...... Can't we find a secluded place to hide? ”

"At this time, there are enemies on all sides, where can you hide?" Lin Shouxi asked.

Thirteen was shocked, and she suddenly understood why Lin Shouxi wanted to hide it from them in the first place.

Before, they still had a way to retreat, so they could choose to go back the way they came, and find a place to hide near the white wall, but now they had no way to retreat deep into the hinterland, so they had to go on hard.

The three of them looked at each other, and finally chose to keep up with Lin Shouxi's footsteps.

"Just now, every time you entered a party, you made us wait outside first, but in fact, you went to kill the monsters there?" Ah Shi asked.

"Yes." Lin Shouxi did not deny it.

"Why don't you let us help you?" Ah Shi asked.

"Don't make a mess." Lin Shouxi said.

"......" Ah Shi was speechless.

The four of them walked across the rickety chain bridge, the turbid waves rushed under their feet, the setting sun fell in the distance, the wisps of light were swallowed up, and the already dry wind became colder and colder.

Twelve followed behind them, bowing his head in shame, "I didn't expect you to be so powerful...... If you're so powerful, why are you hiding it? ”

"I didn't hide, I'm the sixth on the demon killing list, and my ranking is acceptable." Lin Shouxi said.

"But ......"

Thirteen wanted to speak and stopped, but she couldn't refute it for a while, and she also muttered: "I didn't expect you to be so powerful......"

"Vice President Sun and Yun Zhenren are both suspicious, you are still hiding clumsy in the end, you must be careful."

Ah Shi kindly reminded, "They won't be soft on anyone who is even the slightest suspicious." ”

"I am the chosen one of God, and since I am the one chosen by the gods, no matter what incredible actions I make, it is reasonable." Lin Shouxi said calmly.

He said this just to reassure Ah Shi, he knew very well that after the three young ladies of the son finished picking people, Yun Zhenren would never be soft on himself.

Along the way, the three of them already had full trust in Lin Shouxi, even when he cut Ah Yue's neck, Ah Shi completely believed it and secretly vowed to keep it a secret.

The sky was dark, and there were cyan dead fireflies flying in the low sky, like lingering spirits.

Lin Shouxi walked in the front, not walking fast, he gave orders from time to time, asking everyone to stop or explore the terrain separately, looking for the existence of monsters, and then Lin Shouxi killed it with a sword.

In the dark night, they couldn't see Lin Shouxi's sword clearly, and they could only feel a devouring killing intent sweeping across the four fields, like a goshawk passing by, and weak birds scaring away on the ground.

What kind of swordsmanship is this, is it within the swordsmanship system of the Wu family......

Questions popped up in everyone's hearts one after another, but no one dared to speak, Lin Shouxi's words became less and less, and the atmosphere of the four became more and more solemn.

Suddenly, Lin Shouxi listened to his footsteps.

He lay on the ground, his ears on the ground, listening intently, his brow furrowing tighter and tighter.

"What's the matter, is there a powerful youkai awake?" Ah Shi asked softly.

Lin Shouxi shook his head, he stared at the ground, and said, "No, it's not a monster, it's just an ordinary monster." ”

Ah Shi just breathed a sigh of relief, but heard Lin Shouxi continue: "But there are extremely large numbers. ”

"How much?" Ah Eleven was shocked.

Lin Shouxi was silent for a moment, and finally said, "It's hard to count." ”

Thirteen's face turned pale with fright, "We...... Go back, shall we? ”

Lin Shouxi didn't answer, but just said, "I'll go open the way, you follow me and guard both sides for me." ”

Even if the three disciples were afraid, they agreed one after another. Lin Shouxi's determined tone can give them some sense of security.

Then, in the sparse woodland ahead, countless distorted demons climbed up the stone cliff, either like beetles or like evil beasts, and they jumped and jumped over, their pupils burning with different fires, forming a dark tide.

Lin Shouxi cut all the way, although he seemed calm, in fact, he was already physically and mentally exhausted.

But he still provoked the cold sword light for the first time and rushed into the tide of demons.

The arc of sword qi lit up in the dark night, and Lin Shouxi's murderous aura was like a wall erected, and the wall was pushed flat and rolled away, unstoppable.

The sound of worms being crushed, the crunch of flesh being cut, the sound of bodies being cut off, the roars, wails, and roars...... For a time, they were in hell, surrounded by ghosts and ghosts, and the terrible sounds were endless.

"How can there be so many demons?"

Twelve slaughtered those fish that slipped through the net on the side, waving his sword left and right with both hands, he was already numb, and it was conceivable what kind of pressure Lin Shouxi was under under under the head of the demon tide.

"They're all coming in from the north......"

"Is there something big going on in the north?"

"I don't know...... But when I look at the appearance of these demons, it doesn't seem that the desire to attack us is not very strong. ”

"I also think they're more like they're ...... Run away? ”

“……”

Lin Shouxi listened to the discussion of the three disciples behind him, and he didn't have time to distinguish too much, so he only turned the sword meridian to squeeze the true qi, and tried his best to split the tide in front of him.

He wielded his sword like this, slashing all the way, his arms becoming more and more numb, and the true qi of the qi pill was constantly squeezed, almost exhausted.

When the manpower is finally exhausted, the surging of demonic turbidity is endless, and if it goes on like this, when will it be the end?

Lin Shouxi jumped to a tall tree, took a few breaths in the gap, and slashed down with his blade again, sweeping away countless demons.

Even the ghost fire around was invisible, it was pitch black, Ah Shi and their realm was still shallow, and they couldn't keep up with his pace, and they were temporarily dispersed by the demon tide.

Lin Shouxi was thinking about countermeasures, and a cold murderous aura cut from his side.

It was a sword, a blazing fast sword!

When Lin Shouxi reacted, the killing intent had already come to him. Lin Shouxi was very calm, he clenched the hilt of the sword, and blocked it with the horizontal sword style of the Standing Armor Sword Imperial Technique.

Ding——

Suddenly, the sound of blades striking abruptly sounded.

The two of them staggered through the darkness, barely having any respite, and the second sword had followed!

The other party is a master......

Lin Shouxi was attacked by surprise, so his sword moves were suppressed at the first time, and he could only defend first and stop the opponent's attack.

The effect of his penance cultivation of the Standing Sword Imperial Technique suddenly became significant, the horizontal sword, the standing sword, the back sword, the three styles overlapped, and the opponent's attack was impermeable!

After flicking the sword away with his back sword, Lin Shouxi wanted to fight back, but found that the other party had stopped.

"Senior brother?"

The girl's shocked voice came from the darkness.

Xiao He was also fighting against the demon tide, she felt the sword aura full of murderous intent, thinking that it was another monster waking up, so she attacked at night, but after three moves, she found that the other party's sword moves were extremely familiar.

Who else can use the turtle defense technique so naturally, but his own cheap senior brother?

"Xiao He?"

Lin Shouxi was also stunned.

They got closer, their true qi converging their pupils, and they saw each other's appearances clearly.

Before you know it, they're together!

Along the way, I saw a lot of strange-shaped monsters and monsters, and at this moment the girl with snow-haired shawls was close in front of her, and she was already beautiful in such a dark night.

The two quickly confirmed each other's identities, and there was no time to communicate more, in the dark, the danger was far from dissipating, and the demon tide was still surging towards them.

Lin Shouxi and Xiao He each held their swords, standing facing each other, their backs almost leaning together.

But they weren't afraid.

Because this time it's two people dealing with this dark night together.