Wasteland Mountain.

It is said to be a mountain, but in fact, the mountain is very large, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a long mountain range.

From a distance, you can see that the entire wilderness mountain range is dark brown, and the vegetation is very little on the whole, basically only located at the foot of the mountain and in the valley within it, and the vegetation that grows is very drought-resistant on weekdays.

"Wasteland Mountain ......"

Chen Mu stood on a high slope and looked at the wasteland mountain in the distance.

The reason for the barrenness of this mountain range is that the soil is very arid, from the ground to the ground, and even in the rainy season, there is little rain and water in this generation, so there are no villages living nearby.

"Walk in groups and patrol the route."

Chen Mu commanded at the two black-clothed guards of the Demon Slayer Division in the rear, as well as some of the Yu family's courtyard swordsmen and Anyu County officials.

Because there are no villages near Wasteland Mountain, the patrol does not need to be close to Wasteland Mountain, but only needs to arrange fixed manpower along the line in some highlands with a wide field of vision, and move patrols in more complex places.

Chen Mu's location here is almost ten miles away from the nearest village, and this distance is basically that there are monsters infesting from the wasteland mountain, and they can roughly report layer by layer and react quickly.

"Yes, sir."

The two black-clothed guards responded respectfully, and led a group of swordsmen and servants from the Yu family to divide into two directions and go away to the left and right.

In the same place, only Chen Mu, a swordsman from the Yu family and a county official were left, standing on the high slope.

Because the vegetation in this vicinity is not luxuriant, standing on this high slope, you can basically see a large area, and you can basically see whether there are monsters or not.

The county government officer stood cautiously aside.

"Don't be too restrained, open your horizons, and don't miss the monsters that may have passed."

Chen Mu saw that the errand officer looked nervous, so he spoke in a calm tone.

“…… Be. ”

The messenger hurriedly answered.

It's no wonder that he is nervous, it's really that the status difference between Chen Mu and him is too big, but at the same time, he is inevitably a little excited in his heart, he can follow Chen Mu to do things, if he can make some contributions and enter Chen Mu's eyes, it will be a rare opportunity in his life.

The whole person was tense, his eyes swept from the high ground to all directions, observing everywhere, and he did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

In comparison,

The Yu family swordsman is much calmer.

Chen Muli watched on the high slope for a while, until the two black-clothed guards he brought disappeared into the distance, and there was no human figure at all, then he turned his head and looked at the wasteland mountain in the distance.

Suddenly.

The Yu family swordsman next to him said in a low voice: "My lord, it seems to be a monster." ”

"Well, I saw it."

Chen Mu's expression was calm, and his gaze also fell in a distant direction, and at the end of that line of sight, a somewhat vague shadow could be vaguely seen, repeatedly jumping in a deep ravine.

Although it couldn't see clearly, its movements were beyond the ability of ordinary beasts, most of them were a kind of monsters, but it was still far away, and Chen Mu only glanced at it a few times before retracting his gaze.

When the demon is chaotic, it often doesn't need to be too active, and the monster will take the initiative to rush due to mania.

Chen Mu still looked around, while the swordsman of the Yu family looked at the monster in the far direction from time to time, until about an hour later, the figure that jumped from time to time in the wasteland ravine suddenly disappeared.

When he caught his eyes again, he saw that he had left the ravine and was heading for the high ground.

The Yu family's swordsman suddenly stared.

Soon.

I saw that the monster was approaching, but it was a leopard demon with a reddish-orange body and a little black spots, and its shape was very similar to the color of this wasteland, and the speed was quite fast, and it was easy to lose sight if you didn't stare carefully.

"My lord, it seems to be a flint leopard, should I deal with it."

The Yu family swordsman didn't dare to look away, staring at the leopard demon that was getting closer and closer, and whispered to Chen Mu.

Fire Rock Leopard.

It belongs to a kind of second-order monster, and it is within the range of what he can handle.

However, his words were not answered, and when he was slightly stunned, the corner of his eye swept to the side, but he saw that Chen Mu's figure had disappeared on the rocks of the high slope at some point.

When his eyes looked at the galloping igneous leopard again, he saw that on the path it was on, Chen Mu in green clothes appeared there at some point.

"Roar!!

The Fire Rock Leopard's pair of demon pupils were manic, and he let out a fierce roar at Chen Mu, and then his body jumped high, rushing towards Chen Mu with a strong wind, waving his claws, trying to tear Chen Mu apart.

Click!

There was an extremely slight movement.

Seeing that Chen Mu's right hand was a knife, he lightly slashed at the neck of the fire rock leopard, and with just one blow, the fire rock leopard's posture of swooping suddenly stiffened, and after falling to the ground, the body began to twitch for a while, and gradually lost its vitality.

Chen Mu reached out and picked up the flint leopard's still twitching and not yet dead body, like lifting a kitten, carrying it all the way back to the high slope and throwing it aside.

"Tidy up and roast it for the night."

Chen Mu commanded plainly.

The swordsman of the Yu family hurriedly responded and stepped forward to deal with the corpse of the igneous leopard.

After the Yu family swordsman finished disposing of the corpse of the igneous leopard, Chen Mu casually picked up a piece of roasted meat and tasted it, the taste was slightly average, making him frown slightly, but he still ate the whole piece of meat.

As the sun sets, it gradually enters the night.

The Yu family's swordsman relaxed a little in his heart.

During the great drought, the monsters who fell into a manic state were often calmer at night, so there was no need to worry too much about patrolling at night, but he and the errand still took turns patrolling the high slopes.

Chen Mu's figure disappeared into the night from time to time, until the next morning, when the sun rose again, the Yu family swordsman came to the high slope to look at the past, but Chen Mu's figure was nowhere to be seen in all directions.

"Your Excellency is gone."

The county official whispered.

When he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, after the nervousness disappeared, he felt a little regretful that he couldn't make any contributions, but Chen Mu must have gone to inspect the Quartet, and it is estimated that he will return here after a while.

……

Between the wasteland hills.

Chen Mu walked along, occasionally a monster approached from afar, and suddenly launched a surprise attack from behind, but he just waved his hand, and these low-level monsters were directly killed by him on the spot.

After sorting out only the most valuable things, the rest are discarded, and there is no time to bring them back one by one.

"There are fewer high-level monsters than I thought."

After Chen Mu took off a piece of the demon deer's antlers, he looked at the corpse of the demon deer and shook his head slightly.

He patrolled day and night, and basically dealt with some first-order and second-order monsters, and so far he had never seen any third-order monsters, which was not quite what he expected, but maybe it was just because of the early stage of the demon chaos.

When I was thinking about it.

Suddenly.

A sharp whistle broke the clouds in the distance, and the whistle soared into the sky.

"A whistle?"

Chen Mu glanced in that direction, then turned his pace and walked in the direction where the whistle came.

Need to use the communication whistle,It's generally more troublesome.,A situation that can't be handled at all.,One of the whistles represents a monster that can't be dealt with.,Often a higher rank.,This kind of whistle will only spread in one place.,Led by the Tsing Yi Guard.。

The second sound represents a large number of monsters, which cannot be stopped, and when they cross the inspection line, this situation will continue to respond, and the two whistles will be transmitted to the township one by one, and the person in charge of the command will deploy troops to suppress it.

Finally, there are three rings.

Representing the most serious situation, it is necessary to gather the people of the township, and even depending on the severity of the situation, it may be necessary to request reinforcements from the county government.

Chen Mu's figure moved quickly, and the soles of the whole person's feet were a little on the wasteland, and he jumped out of a large distance, and the whole person quickly swept over the earth like an afterimage, and soon approached the direction where the communication whistle was.

At this time.

On the high ground of the mountain rock, a black-clothed guard of the Demon Slayer Division was lying behind the rock with a nervous expression, staring closely at the hills in the distance, only to see a yellow-brown snake winding all the way.

This is a third-order monster, a rock-scaled demon snake, its scale armor is almost as hard as a mountain rock, and weaker attacks are even difficult to leave traces on its surface, and it belongs to a monster that the black-clothed guard can't deal with.

Even.

Tsing Yi Wei may not be able to take it, so he can only confront it constantly and consume his physical strength, and find a way to force it to retreat.

He had already used the 'Hidden Incense', and when he hid tightly and didn't make a sound, ordinary monsters basically couldn't find him, but this time he was very unlucky, and he encountered a snake monster like the Rock Scale Demon Snake.

Among all the monsters, except for the one that can fly, snakes are almost also quite troublesome types, because they have different kinds of perceptions, some have an extremely keen sense of hearing, some rely on smell, and some can even sense body heat.

Sizzle.

The Rock Scale Demon Snake came to the vicinity of the black-clothed guard, and spat out the snake letter, seemingly hesitating.

The black-clothed guard stiffened and did not dare to make any sound.

But at this moment, an errand who was also lying on the ground behind him, holding the rock nervously with his hand, accidentally broke off the corner of the rock and made a 'pop' sound.

Bad!

The black-clothed guard's face changed.

I saw that the rock-scaled demon snake that was hesitating suddenly bowed its body, facing the direction where several people were hiding, and then bulleted up, like a brown arrow, coming against the mountain rock, and the speed was terrifying.

But just when the black-clothed guard's face was ugly, and the officer behind him turned pale with fright, a sharp sound of breaking the air came from behind, and he saw a beam of sword light coming from afar, drawing a long rainbow and slashing towards the speeding rock-scaled demon snake.

Sou!

The movements of the rock-scaled demon snake were quite sharp, obviously one moment it was still moving straight forward, the next moment it came abruptly, and together with the head, nearly one-third of the snake's body suddenly rose upward.

With a click, the beam of knife light finally fell, and it landed less than three inches in front of the demon snake, but it was a fine iron knife that was thrown over, and at this time, the blade of the knife penetrated through the entire body and sank into the rock.

"Hiss!"

The rock-scaled demon snake man stood up, and the snake letter trembled, looking extremely angry.

At this time, he didn't care about the black-clothed guard and the others, but turned his head all of a sudden, and pounced on the figure below the mountain rock.

"Hmph."

Chen Mu snorted coldly, although he was empty-handed at this time, he was not afraid, his right hand and finger were used as a sword, and a blow hit the top of the snake's head that was biting, and his swift body shrank down.

"The hardness is okay."

Chen Mu looked at the rock-scale demon snake that had only paused slightly and had no obvious injuries after receiving his blow, and commented lightly, and then turned his pace, and had come to the top of the mountain rock, holding the handle of the knife that was only a small section exposed outside the mountain rock.

With a bang, he pulled out the fine iron knife, and then suddenly turned around and struck a blow, colliding with the rock-scaled demon snake that attacked again, and slashed directly at its head, sparks splashed all over the place, accompanied by a crisp resonance of gold and iron.

Under the shocked gaze of the black-clothed guard, he saw the blade of the fine iron knife in Chen Mu's hand, and slashed into it!

"Hiss!!"

The rock-scaled demon snake hissed in pain, its body retracted back suddenly, a stream of blood rushed out from its head, and the mania and ferocity in a pair of demon eyes suddenly subsided a lot, and as soon as its body turned, it tried to escape.

But Chen Mu's movements did not stop at all, his eyes stepped forward indifferently, stepped on his tail, and the fine iron knife in his hand was horizontal, and with a click, his body was cut into two!

The lower half of the body of the rock-scale demon snake twisted all of a sudden, wrapping around Chen Mu's ankle, and the upper half of the body erupted with ferocity again, viciously pounced on Chen Mu again, but it had no effect, and was cut into several knots by Chen Mu three or two.

It's so strong!

The black-clothed guard of the Demon Slayer Division on the side looked at this scene, and couldn't help but take a sharp breath in his heart, he had encountered the rock-scale demon snake once before, and knew that this kind of demon snake was tough because of its scale armor, and sometimes the white-clothed guard who was easy to complete the muscles, if the weapon in his hand was not good enough, it was often difficult to forcibly break the defense, at most he could only consume his physical strength, and finally repelled it.

Chen Mu here relied on the standard fine iron knife of the Demon Slashing Division, and cut it into several knots in three or five strokes, this strength and knife technique, no wonder Xu Hongyu paid so much attention to it, and even made decisions in the council hall.

"Thank you for your rescue!"

The black-clothed guard got up from the mountain rock and saluted respectfully at Chen Mu, his eyes full of awe.

Chen Muzheng swung his knife to dispose of the corpse of the rock-scaled demon snake, extracting gall, heart, and blood from it, and finally abandoned the lowest value snake meat in place, looked at the black-clothed guard and said lightly: "Continue to inspect." ”

(End of chapter)