Chapter VIII. Evil sacrifices
The gloomy north wind blew the shadows of the trees, like hideous creatures. Many experiences have made Qi Rusong fearless in this vast black wilderness called the Ghost Shadow Forest in the south.
However, tonight was an exception, very different from the past, and there was an inexplicable fear in the dark curtain of the four directions, which made him feel inexplicable.
He did not inform Marven of the matter, but chose to investigate privately with Su Yu. The accusations without evidence will definitely be reversed by Wei Laogui and Xu Zhenqing's group, and they will be pushed away.
The other one, there is no basis for the words, and the truth needs to be investigated in person.
"It's almost there," Su Yu said softly, "just ahead!" ”
Damn the weather, Qi Rusong said secretly, tonight's north wind is as cold as Xuan Bing, but what really hurts is the low temperature. He and Su Yu were already shivering with cold, and their teeth chattered.
Su Yu led him through the dense bushes, climbed the gentle slope, and walked towards the ridge. The bottom of the snow is damp and muddy, making it easy to slip and stumble over rocks and hidden roots.
After walking for a long time, Su Yu stopped behind an ancient tree.
"Sir, did you see that?"
Ahead, snow-covered rocks, half-frozen streams. The moonlight fell on the clearing, reflecting on the strange altar stone antiquity.
"Get down!" Qi Rusong whispered: "Someone! ”
"It should be Old Ghost Wei!" Su Yu said.
The two of them lay on a snow-covered slope, listening intently and observing carefully.
A figure appeared silently.
"There!" Su Yu pulled the corner of his clothes: "See, it's him, Old Ghost Wei!" ”
Old Ghost Wei emerged from the darkness of the forest, holding a baby in his hand, followed by an extremely ugly-looking hound.
He slowly stepped forward, placed the baby on the altar, and finally knelt on his knees, chanting a spell that Qi Rusong had never heard before.
As the incantation was pronounced, a strange scarlet pattern began to appear under Old Ghost Wei's feet.
Soon after, the ugly hound turned into a monster with a voice as sonorous as a stone, a horn growing out of the center of its face, and five tails, and a red body, resembling a jackal.
Old Ghost Wei is raising demon beasts...
Qi Rusong has seen the record of this demon beast from ancient books, its name is Snow Monster, it belongs to the ancient snow demon breeding, and the [Demon Cultivation] is at least level three.
Demon beasts are divided into levels 1 to 10 according to [Demon Cultivation].
[Level 1-2 Open Spiritual Wisdom, can't speak, can spell magic.] Equivalent to a second-order swordsman. 】
[Level 3 - has manifested a human form, equivalent to a third-order sword master.] 】
[Level 4 can speak.] It is equivalent to a fourth-order great sword master. 】
[The fifth-sixth level body is humanoid, and the head or tail still retains the appearance of a demon beast. It is equivalent to a fifth-order sword king. 】
[Level 7 Purification Beast Removal Appearance.] It is equivalent to a sixth-order sword venerable. 】
[The eighth level is already the Great Demon level, which is equivalent to the seventh-order Sword Emperor. 】
[Ninth-level demon beasts are extremely rare, completely abandoning the habits of demon beasts, and seem to be indistinguishable from human cultivators, but they can call the wind and rain, and split mountains and rivers. 】
Then, Old Ghost Wei stopped the spell and looked up at Xue Wei with a hideous smile on his face.
The demon beast crawled up to Old Ghost Wei, and then opened its mouth.
The same sound as Qi Rusong's left hand wind acupoint came, and in less than a moment, the baby's soul was sucked clean by the snow.
What made him even more creepy was that the baby who had been sucked into a dried corpse was not let go by Xueyi. It opened its mouth and roared forward.
Without thinking, he had already guessed what was going to happen next.
Although she was prepared, Su Yu couldn't help but cover her mouth when she saw such a terrifying scene, and her body couldn't stop trembling.
Then, Old Ghost Wei's eyes emitted blue light. The eye was a color that was bluer and deeper than any human eye, burning as cold as ice.
A pale blue mist came out of his mouth and was inhaled by the snowy.
Not long after, the demon beast also spit out a light green mist-like substance from its mouth for Old Ghost Wei to inhale.
This scene shocked Qi Rusong for a long time, they were exchanging demonic energy?
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a white figure walking through the trees. He turned his head and saw a white shadow in the darkness, then vanished again. The branches throbbed slightly in the wind, and the outstretched wooden fingers scratched at each other.
He tried to look for the figure, but found dead silence all around.
Maybe I'm wrong, he thought to himself.
When he looked at the altar again, he found that the old ghost Wei and the snow monster were gone.
"Lord Qi, I saw it." Su Yu asked softly.
Qi Rusong took a deep breath, "Yes, I will tell Lord Marven all this, go back now." ”
However, as soon as he turned around, he found several very tall, emaciated, resolute and skin-like humanoids like dry bones, pale as milk, blocking their path...
Their armor seems to change color as they move, sometimes as white as fresh snow, sometimes as black as a shadow, and here and there are esoteric gray-green dots of the forest. With each step, the pattern on it changes like the sparkling moonlight on the water.
These are exactly the same as the corpse of Marven attacked by the Demon Hunter Gate!!
Qi Rusong subconsciously held the demon sword dragon light and protected the girl behind him. The wind has stopped, and the cold is bone-chilling.
In an instant, a corpse demon was already less than five steps away from him.
The corpse ran quietly forward, sword in hand. Qi Rusong had never seen a similar weapon.
It was a translucent sword, not made of human metal at all, more like a very thin shard of crystal, which reflected the moonlight, and there was a faint and strange blue light around the sword.
He condensed his spiritual power and attached it to the tip of his sword, and bravely stepped forward.
The white sword shattered through the air with a sharp sound. When the two swords clashed, it was not a metal collision, but a strange sound that he had never heard before.
The corpse blocked the second attack, followed by the third, and then took a step back. After another flash of swords, it retreated again.
Five swords in a row, but the corpse demon did not fall. On the contrary, Qi Rusong felt soreness in his right arm.
The corpse demon in front of him had at least the strength of the [second-order sword envoy] or above, and this realization made him feel a chill down his spine.
Not only that, but behind the corpse demons who fought with him, six identical-looking corpse demons quietly emerged from the shadows.
The corpses came around and killed them. Qi Rusong could not protect Su Yu, and he was one against seven.
"Die!" He shouted, and a dark black sword qi slashed out from the tip of the sword, and the sword qi slashed through the head of the corpse demon that rushed to the front, and then crashed into a giant tree behind him.
The giant tree swayed, shaking the snow from its branches to the ground.
This is the first time Qi Rusong has used sword qi to resist the enemy, and the sword qi is strong, but it consumes too much spiritual energy.
With just one blow, he felt short of breath.
When the second corpse demon rushed in front of him, it was difficult for the aura to condense again.
Without the slightest hesitation, he raised his sword and stabbed.
With this blow, the demon sword dragon light pierced the armor of the corpse demon, but no blood flowed out, and the corpse demon did not feel any pain.
Their heads must be attacked!!
Although the corpse demon is strong, with Qi Rusong's current strength, he will definitely not be at a disadvantage. But the girl behind him distracted him from time to time, and it made him feel more and more difficult.
The battle continued until Su Yu tried to cover her ears, and she could no longer stand the screeching and strange sound of the weapons colliding.
Qi Rusong's breathing began to be rapid, and the exhaled breath steamed like smoke in the moonlight. His sword was covered with white frost, and the corpse sword's sword still shone blue.
At this time, Qi Rusong slapped a beat slowly, and the miserable white sword suddenly bit through the ring armor under his armpit. He cried out in pain, and the red-hot blood vaporized haze in the cold air, dripping into the pool of blood in the snow, red as fire.
He stretched out his left hand and pressed the wound, and the leather gloves were soaked bright red.
Suddenly, he noticed that his left hand was shaking.
I have a wind hole... Can suck souls!
The corpse demons in front of them are obviously much stronger than the last encounter, will it be possible to weaken them by sucking their souls?
So he quickly took off his gloves and spread his left hand forward.
"Get out of the way to hell!"
The wind cave emitted a strong suction, and milky white souls struggled out of the corpse demon's body.
It works... Their speed slowed down significantly.
Qi Rusong withdrew his left hand, and then held the sword in both hands to condense spiritual power and aimed it at their heads.
The wails echoed in the forest in the middle of the night, and the long swords of the corpse demons fell to the ground one after another, scattered like a shower of needles. The dead body fell to the ground again.
After that, the forest fell silent.