"In terms of personnel, the troops lost a total of twenty-four men, of which five were missing, thirteen were lightly wounded, seven were seriously wounded, and less than half of the physicians survived, and in terms of materiel, a heavy wagon was destroyed, and fifteen tents were burned and trampled, but a few more could be pieced together from the parts that were still intact, and a small part of the bread and cured meats were also lost, and I made a rough estimate, if the mission was not delayed, it would barely be able to support our return to the border, but if the mission was delayed, then the last few days of the return journey, We will face food shortages. ”

Yang Shen reported the summary of the situation to Shen Dutong one by one, Shen Dutong also fell into deep thought after hearing it, the whole team was hit like this at the beginning of the mission, it was really a bit unexpected to him, this newly opened passage had indeed not been sufficiently pre-detected before, but such a high frequency of demon beast attacks did make the soldiers exhausted, not to mention the demon flower they killed together last night.

That demon flower doesn't look to be afraid, but in fact, its strength is close to Qingxu, not only can it release toxic and violent gases, but it also has dozens of thick branches, the power of each swing is almost comparable to that of the Jade Void Monk, the whole body is extremely hard, and it is not afraid of water and fire, even if Lin Xiaotian's attack of the fire swallowing spell is helpless against it, forcing Shen Dutong to take action in person, and use the eight Yaoyin flying blades to perform the Bagua Sixty-four Slashes, before the demon flower was killed, and after killing the demon flower, they found out, This demon flower is not only incredibly large, its roots have spread to a large area of the surrounding land, but it also has a huge stomach pouch inside, which is full of human and animal bones, and I don't know how many living beings have been devoured so far.

Last night's fierce battle has become a thing of the past, and now they should be concerned about the matter in front of them, Shen Dutong said: "I understand what you mean, the loss of the carriage and tent is still within an acceptable range, but those breads and cured meat are a bit of a headache, but I have already told you before, several monks, including me, have magic weapons that can open up independent space and store a large amount of food, so you don't have to worry about the problem of food, it is still distributed according to the standard quantity." ”

While the two were discussing other matters, a soldier with a panicked look hurriedly ran over, he got down on one knee, and said breathlessly, "Tell all the ,...... The imprisoned hunter was gone, as were the soldiers guarding him...... They were all sacrificed. ”

Shen Dutong's face changed slightly, and a trace of hatred appeared in his eyes, "Where is the place where he is being held?" Take me there! ”

The soldier seemed to be frightened by Shen Dutong's eyes, he hurriedly stood up and led the two of them to the place where the hunter was held, in order to prevent the hunter from escaping, the place where the hunter was held was deliberately placed in a more central position of the camp, and it was not very far from the area where the Luo family convoy was stationed, it was said that there were not many demon beasts attacking here, after all, the Luo family convoy not far away had almost no losses except for a few unlucky unlucky eggs.

However, the reality is diametrically opposed to the imaginary situation, the place where the hunter is held seems to have been trampled by a hundred-haired elephant, the ground is scattered with the trampled corpses of soldiers, the armor on their bodies is twisted and deformed, and the crushed internal organs are splashed out of their mouths and noses, it seems that some kind of extraordinarily large demon beast has attacked here, which allowed the hunter to escape, but the residual mana fluctuations on the scene reveal the true identity of the hunter, he is not a hunter in the Netherworld at all, but a fake Jade Void monk, And there is a high probability that it is the upper level of Yuxu!

Needless to say, this hunter is the ghost of the whole team, before meeting him, the team was attacked by the spiced birds, and then after he was caught, the team's camp was broken by the demon beast at night, Shen Dutong forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and his momentary misjudgment caused so many brothers to die in vain.

Yang Shen found a broken rope on the ground, he picked it up and checked it, the rope port was uneven, and the surface was covered with blood, it seemed that the use of that kind of devastating magic power also caused damage to the hunter himself, looking at the range of blood splashing on the ground, the hunter's injury was definitely not light, so he didn't run out far.

General Yang quickly informed Shen Dutong of the situation, Shen Dutong thought for a moment, and said: "This hunter is a monk, the monks of the faction will attract his attention, and he can only send a tracking team to carry out this task, and if he is not dealt with in time, it will not only reveal our whereabouts, but also more likely to cause some unpredictable effects, and at the same time, we will immediately set off and move towards the mission goal, we need to complete the task as soon as possible, and then return, I also have an ominous premonition, the identity of this hunter is not so simple, He must have some kind of spell in his hands to attract demon beasts, so we must leave immediately now to avoid any trouble. ”

The officers moved quickly to get the scattered captains and chiefs back into the ranks, and let them select the right people from among the defenders and forwards

There are a lot of candidates who can be qualified for this task, but they must also try to ensure that the elite strength of the large army is not missing too much, the guard of the guard Ji Wu Chang took the initiative to carry out this task, and proposed to bring Yan Zheng in their team, Yan Zheng, who had outstanding performance in the battle just now, naturally became a suitable candidate, plus he also had experience in exploration operations, after Ji Wu Chang put forward this suggestion, the staff general also expressed his approval, Guo Shen General talked to him about this soldier, saying that his ability is improving quickly, He also survived alone in the secluded realm for a long time, and in terms of tracking, there is another warrior named Hong Fei who can be competent, his family has been a hunter for generations, he has rich tracking experience, and recommended a few fighters with rich combat experience and good physical strength on weekdays, and soon formed a seven-person team, and the general told the candidate to the capital, and the commander agreed after listening, he ordered the general to concentrate the personnel as soon as possible, and he had something to tell these people,

Yan Zheng was sharpening his knife with a whetstone, and Yan Zheng, who was still resting, received an order, he quickly stood up, put the whetstone away, and put the long knife behind his back.

After a while, the seven-person team came to Du Tong, Du Tong looked at the soldiers who had experienced a fight in front of him, but his eyes were still full of spirit, and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart, he let the seven people perform the task very dangerous, and it was even tantamount to suicide, because they not only had to track the hunters, but also faced the attack of the demon beasts, it seemed that because of the hunters, the demon beasts in this area became extremely violent, but they still stood up without hesitation, because they only removed all the hidden dangers, so that more people could come back alive.

Du Tong took out a firecracker-like thing from his arms and solemnly put it in the hands of Ji Wuchang, "After you find this hunter, you must not send a head-on conflict with him, and immediately use this thing to send a signal, this thing is engraved with my mark, only I can perceive it, I will come immediately after I perceive it, and all you have to do is to send a signal and immediately retreat, go to the destination to join the large army, understand?" ”

"My subordinates understand!" Ji Wuchang saluted to Du Tong, and the others also saluted with him.

They all waved their hands in unison, "Go, you must return safely." ”

Under the leadership of Captain Ji, the seven of them set off lightly, and their figures gradually disappeared into the lush woods.

"Dutong, my subordinates don't understand your considerations for doing this, not to mention whether you can track down the hunter by relying on these seven people, can you still go there in person after finding the hunter?" The general said.

"Even if their tracking can make the hunter tired, I scanned it with my divine sense just now, and the hunter's escape obviously had a deliberate direction, indicating that there must be his accomplices in that direction, and my divine sense was also disturbed by something inexplicable, and I can't always track his location, I suspect that he was not accidentally caught by us, but followed us from the moment we set off, but was accidentally exposed because of the attack of the spiced bird." All of them expressed their speculations.

The general thought carefully for a while, and his face suddenly became very ugly, because he thought of an unlikely possibility, that is, someone was deliberately obstructing their exploration action, and he didn't know what the specific situation of the fifty-seventh exploration operation was, but now the situation they are facing is very unusual, many demon beasts will take the initiative to attack, but like this high-frequency and different kinds of monster beasts have never happened before, the only reasonable explanation is that someone is making trouble behind the scenes, And what is the purpose of the ghost behind it, which makes people think about it very scary.

"Don't think about it, we must complete this mission as soon as possible, inform Luo Ting, let them get ready, and we will leave immediately."

Luo Ting's face was also full of sadness, even if he made a move, but there was still a carriage damaged, the people on the carriage were also killed or wounded, and the things loaded in the carriage were scattered all over the ground, fortunately, it was just a tool for observation, it was not in the way, it would only slow down their completion of the task slightly.