Du Zhi died, and his death was extremely tragic.

His entire body seemed to be torn apart by some beast of infinite strength, tearing apart, his torn arms and thighs thrown aside, and his internal organs flowing to the ground.

Du Zhi's blood-drenched face was forever frozen at the moment of death, and the fear, shock, pain, and distortion of the muscles and muscles in his eyes made all the Du family members shudder after seeing it.

In the barely spacious underground space, there was no trace of the murderer, only the strong pungent smell of blood and the dark red ground.

"Who did that...... Who exactly! Duke roared angrily, but contrary to his angry and sad face, Duke was terrified to the extreme.

He looked at the green jade pendant that was still glowing on Du Zhi's waist, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.

Duke is very aware of Du Zhi's ability, Du Zhi is a monk of the high-level martial arts realm, and is famous among his peers for his outstanding body among the younger generation of the Du family, in addition, Du Zhi also once went out to practice, he was appreciated by a disciple of the inner sect of a large sect, and was given a magic weapon by the disciple of the sect - the green jade pendant on Du Zhi's waist, this thing can greatly enhance the user's light cultivation in two quarters of an hour, Du Zhi once assisted by this object, in a mission to exterminate the evil way, With his superb light skills, he circled in front of the leaders of the two cultivator realms for nearly half an hour, and became famous in a battle.

But today, Du Zhi, who used the magic weapon, actually died so miserably in the hands of the enemy in just a quarter of an hour.

Duke looked up, his bloodshot eyes staring at the narrow, dark passage where the group had arrived, as if there was a behemoth lurking there.

Duke knew very well in his heart that the one who could do this must be a master above the cultivator realm!

Behind Duke, the disciples of the Du family had already blown up.

"How so...... Senior Brother Du Zhi actually died? ”

"I'm afraid the murderer's cultivation is very high, don't forget, Senior Brother Du Zhi is a person who can escape under the attack of two cultivator realms......"

"The thieves must have discovered us!"

"The murderer is a monster hidden in the secret passage, you look at the tragic situation of Du Zhi's junior brother's body, it is obvious that it was torn apart by a beast......

"Shall we take the corpse of our junior brother and withdraw first, now the enemy is in the dark, and I am clear......"

Xu Fengshi's face was already pale, he hid his whole body behind Ma Guo's tall and big body, pretended to be calm, and stammered to Shi Cheng and asked, "Shi Gongzi, look at ...... now?"

"You can't just leave here." Shi Cheng calmly stopped the restless crowd, "If you leave now, don't think about finding some clues when you come back next time." ”

Seeing that some of the Du family members wanted to speak and stopped, Shi Cheng comforted: "Don't worry, we are all together now, and with me and the two half-step sect masters of Iron Mask here, the murderer has not yet dared to attack us again in a short period of time, what we need to do now is to search for evidence nearby as soon as possible, and then leave here with Du Zhi's body." ”

Everyone hesitated for a while, and finally Duke made the decision and agreed to Shi Cheng's proposal.

Duke arranged tasks for his disciples, with two disciples with the highest cultivation guarding the exit of the Yongdao, two disciples in charge of holding the lanterns, and the rest of the people separated to search the underground space in front of the stone gate.

Xu Fengshi, Ma Guo, and a disciple of the Du family stood guard at the door of the bronze pillar, monitoring the movement above the pillar.

The space in front of the bronze pillar was not large or small, and the search was quickly completed, and frustratingly, there were really few clues to be found.

Shi Cheng squatted in front of a floor tile about five steps away from the exit of the road, and the floor tiles that were not very well made were printed with bloody footprints that were deeply embedded in the tiles in one direction towards the road, the size of the soles of two adult men, which was the only trace left by the murderer at the scene.

"Old Wu." Shi Cheng gestured with his chin to the bloody footprints, "What do you think?" ”

"I've just looked around the walls and can be sure there are no secret passages or secret rooms. The murderer should have come from the Yongdao and then withdrew from the Yongdao. Wu Neng replied.

Shi Cheng didn't make an evaluation, he walked to the bronze pillar, poked his head into the pillar and looked up, then turned around and asked, "Is it possible to climb up from here?" After all, at the time of the incident, the ladder that transported us was parked at the top. Lao Wu said before that there are three stone slabs engraved with numbers on the mechanism device in this bronze pillar, and one stone slab corresponds to one layer, so the murderer can climb up from the bronze pillar and leave from the second floor after committing the crime, taking advantage of the fact that the ladder has not yet come down. ”

Although Duke who came with him had red eyes because of the tragic death of the disciples in the clan, he could still maintain his composure in his thinking, and he said: "I think it is unlikely, we have just checked the bronze pillar here, and we have not found any blood. Du Zhi's death was extremely miserable, he was torn open alive by the murderer, in this case, even if the murderer's martial arts are high, it is impossible for him to not have any blood stains on his body, and if the murderer escapes from the bronze pillar, he will inevitably leave traces. ”

"Here in Yongdao, in fact, there is only one footprint, and the murderer's modus operandi is probably much more neat than we thought." Shi Cheng did not directly evaluate Duke's view.

"Demonstration." Iron Mask, who hadn't spoken much, suddenly spoke.

Shi Cheng turned his head with interest, "Tie Mian, tell me your opinion." ”

"It doesn't matter where the killer left from, after all, the entire underground passage—whether it's the second floor we haven't been to yet, or the passage when we came—is a mystery to us." Iron Mask made a rare tirade and analyzed, "The murderer was able to do so without leaving any footprints on the ground when he attacked Du Zhi. The murderer seemed to suddenly pounce out of the corridor and stepped in front of Du Zhi in one step. However, only when leaving, the murderer left a bloody footprint between the exit of the tunnel and Du Zhi's corpse, which seemed to me to be a warning to us not to go further into the underground tunnel. ”

"Makes sense." Shi Cheng nodded, and he led everyone to the bloody footprints again, "This footprint is a human footprint in shape, but ordinary people's feet are not so big." ”

"What does Shi Gongzi mean that the other party is a monster?" Duke asked with a frown.

Shi Cheng nodded, "Elder Du, let's evacuate first, the murderer's martial arts are very high, most of them are a half-step sect master, and they may not be under Shi." Besides, we don't know if it has any accomplices, so let's go back to King Kenbin City for now, gather all the forces, and then make plans. ”

"Your lost family treasure is in the hands of the murderer and his accomplices."

"Childe, you said, the murderer's martial arts...... Maybe it's not under you? Beads of sweat were pouring out of Duke's forehead.

"Oh, Elder Du, please rest assured, no matter how high the murderer's martial arts realm is, it will not reach the level of the Grandmaster realm, if the enemy has such strength, then there is no need for them to deter us with bloody footprints, just take people to surround us near the waterfall. The monks who have recently explored the forbidden area are concentrated in the west, and there are few people on our side, and even if we are killed, no one else will necessarily come to intervene. Shi Cheng gave Duke a reassuring pill in time, "But since they choose to deter, it means that the opponent is not sure to keep us here." ”

"Of course, it is really not suitable for us to continue to explore the secret passage at the moment, this is the opponent's home field after all, so for now, it is better to return to Kenbin King City to gather strength." Shi Cheng looked at Duke's eyes, "This trip to the forbidden area is not nothing, although I haven't gotten any news of the secret treasure, but the whereabouts of the secret treasure of the Guizhuang family already have a clue." ”

In addition, the movements of Du Heng before and after the accident Shi also hoped that the elder would lead someone to investigate in depth and in detail, and maybe he would be able to find out the opponent's comrades in the city. The opponent can make such a big move in the penalty area, and it is impossible not to use Wang Cheng as a fulcrum. ”

Duke nodded again and again, hugged his fists, and said: "Childe is reasonable, Du Mou will follow what Childe said, Du Heng, Du Zhi and the revenge of taking away my family's secret treasure, our Du family must avenge!" ”

After the group surveyed the scene again and confirmed that there were no other discoveries, the Du family members simply gathered Du Zhi's body in a heavy and sad atmosphere, and went up from the ladder, preparing to leave this dangerous secret passage.

"Old Wu." Before leaving, Shi Cheng quietly grabbed Wu Neng, "Didn't you make a bug that can monitor movements in the distance, can you leave one here?" ”

"Lao Shi, do you want to ......," Wu Neng understood, "but the control range of that organ insect is still limited, and at most it can only observe the scene ten miles away, and if it is far away, the painting axis will not be able to receive ......."

Speaking of this, Wu Neng's eyes suddenly lit up, "By the way, there is such a way!" I can place another trap bee as a relay ten miles away from here, and another trap bee twenty miles away, so that the observed information can be transmitted to the scroll step by step...... Hehe, I'm really a genius......"

Wu Neng muttered to himself, then patted his chest and said to Shi Cheng: "Don't worry, old Shi, this matter will be left to me." ”

Shi Cheng scratched his head, a little confused, and said, "Anyway, Lao Wu, you are an expert in this area, so I will leave it to you." ”

After some arrangement, Shi Cheng and Wu Neng followed behind everyone and went out of the secret passage together.

……

After Shi Cheng and the others left, the secret passage was quiet again and returned to darkness. In the silent space, only a small flying insect made of gold and stone lurks quietly in the corner.

I don't know how long later, a footstep as heavy as an iron palm hitting the ground and a ghostly light footstep sounded in the secret passage at the same time, and the footsteps got closer and closer, stopping at the corner where the little flying insect was lurking.

The light of the oil lamp came on, and the golden stone worm was pinched by a large hand with leather gloves.

The big hand gently crushed the small insect that wanted to flapp its wings and escape, and a man in a black robe looked at the broken insect in his hand in a daze, and said softly, "Xiao Neng...... The progress is very fast, and it has reached the realm of forging gold into insects...... It really surprised me...... You are such a smart child, if you can get the Dao Treasure hidden by the sect, I am afraid it will not be far from the realm of carving sand as a boat. ”

The black-robed man's eyes were extremely complicated, and after a long time, he let out a long sigh and said to a giant who was eight feet tall [Note 1] who was also wearing a black robe following behind him: "Watch here, I'm afraid they will come back, I'm going back to discuss new countermeasures with your people, some plans seem to have to be greatly advanced." ”

The black-robed giant didn't reply, it just slowly raised its forehead in response, and two strange green lights appeared under the hood of the black robe.

"[Note 1]: The one foot in this book is the standard used today, and one foot is equal to 33 centimeters."