Somewhere in a crypt in an icy canyon.

The crypt was pitch black, and the dry stone walls were filled with countless black blood beasts. In the deepest part of the crypt is a large pool of blood, and in the center of the pool of blood is a fleshy cocoon the size of a humanoid.

From time to time, the hordes of Blood Beasts that fly into the crypt and collect their blood into a pool of blood for use in the Cocoon. The meat cocoon is the sleeping blood beast mother beast, and when she wakes up again, she will become a demon beast in the innate realm.

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Somewhere in a cedar forest not far from the crypt.

Shangguan Yan and the others didn't know about the situation of the mother beast at this time, and they were still acting according to the original plan. And this cedar forest is where the Northern Cold Weapons Company found traces of blood beasts.

Shangguan Yan went all the way and found a bad phenomenon. The number of demon beasts in this area of the Frozen Canyon seems to have decreased sharply, and he has only encountered a few demon beasts along the way. This shows that the strength of the blood beast may exceed his expectations.

Wu Kunchong, who was walking in front of the team, shouted behind him: "It's getting late, camp in place and rest." ”

After settling everything, Wu Kun walked over to Shangguan Yan, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, and said, "The strength of the blood beast may have been further improved. You should have noticed the anomalies along the way. ”

Shangguan Yan looked at Wu Kun in surprise, but he didn't expect him to notice it: "It's not a loss to be the shopkeeper of Wu." That's right, I noticed it too. We've been in the frozen canyon for three days now, and the probability of encountering monsters is at least forty percent lower than before. ”

Wu Kun said: "I have an uncertain guess. That female beast may have already begun to advance to the Innate Realm, and there is a high probability that it is in the cocoon transformation stage at this time. The roar of the demon beast heard on the first night should be that the blood beast was collecting fresh blood, which also corroborated this speculation from the side. ”

"A swarm of blood beasts flew in the distance. ”

Wu Kun's kite flying subordinate shouted. The rest of the people had all drawn their weapons, and the odds of them encountering the Blood Beasts had been getting higher and higher in the past three days. This means that they are approaching the lair of the blood beast.

Shangguan Yan stood up and grabbed Wu Kun, who was about to organize an attack: "Shopkeeper Wu." We shouldn't waste any more time on these beasts. I have a secret method to cover our breath, but with a few side effects. ”

When Wu Kun heard Shangguan Yan's words, he thought that he really shouldn't waste time, the female beast is about to advance, and time is life. He turned around and said, "Then there is Miss Lao Shangguan." ”

Shangguan Yan closed her eyes and sealed her hands, and the extremely cold qi was running. As the extremely cold qi continued to gather on her forehead, Shangguan Yan's eyebrows began to spread out circles of dark blue light.

Secret method ~ without a trace.

Shangguan Yan opened her eyes, and blue light flew from her handprint into the center of everyone's eyebrows. After doing this, Shangguan Yan's strength was consumed by more than half, her face was a little pale, and her breath was slightly unstable.

Shangguan Yan explained to Wu Kun: "This trick can temporarily pry open a trace of a person's meta-mystical hide, allowing them to cover their whereabouts with spontaneously overflowing divine consciousness within three days. But the price is that after three days, there will be half a day of unconsciousness. ”

Wu Kun's face showed joy: "Miss Shangguan's martial arts attainments are really extraordinary. Rest assured, three days is enough time for us to find out the whereabouts of the she-beast. ”

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Night gradually covered the sky, and night fell. Darkness shrouded the vast cedar forests of the frozen canyons, and silence was silent.

Since passing by the cedar forest where the demon beast was slaughtered yesterday, Zhao An and his party have truly realized the horror of the frozen canyon. The ground of that cedar forest was covered with the corpses of demon beasts whose blood had been drained, and the number of corpses was roughly estimated to be three hundred.

After a short time for dinner, it was time for the vigil again. One of the night watchmen mentioned working in pairs, which was also a no-brainer. The inexplicable slaughter of more than three hundred demon beasts was enough to raise their vigilance.

Zhao An and Qiaoqiao are in a group, Song Lei and Gao Mu are in a group, and Mo Qi and Li Ang are in a group. The three hours after dinner were kept vigil by Zhao An and Qiaoqiao, while the others seized the time to rest. After the others went to sleep, Zhao An and Qiaoqiao began their vigil.

Qiaoqiao looked at the full moon and stars in the sky, and said, "Zhao An." Do you think my mother will miss me when I'm away?"

Zhao An gently tapped Qiaoqiao's head with his hand, and said, "Of course I will think about it! There is no one in the world who is not worried about his children." ”

Usually I only know how to eat food all day long, and I think she doesn't remember her mother anymore. Thinking of this, Zhao An recalled the past with his relatives, and couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.

Seeing that Zhao An's face became a little sad, he thought that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly asked, "Zhao An." Am I saying something wrong?"

Zhao An rubbed his eyes to prevent tears from flowing out. I'm not a person who sheds tears easily. "It's fine. It's not a coincidence, it's just that I'm reminded of some of the past. ”

It was just a small episode, and the next three hours of boredom followed. Three hours is not long, and Zhao An and Qiaoqiao chatted cluelessly, and the day passed. The next vigil was Gao Mu and Song Lei.

Gao Mu and Song Lei took over his and Qiaoqiao's work after being woken up by Zhao An. The night watchman is always bored, and chatting is the only way to relieve his fatigue. Gao Mu and the others are naturally no exception.

Gao Mu hesitated for a moment and asked Song Lei, "Brother Song." Why are you helping me?"

Song Lei couldn't help but be stunned, and then said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness Princess." Didn't I already say it when I was in the Black Ice Mountain Range? It is the duty of a warrior like us to be chivalrous and righteous, not to mention that the crown prince Gao Yang has a bad plot and cooperates with the Demon Sect in a vain attempt to kill the king. ”

Gao Mu asked rhetorically, "I was abrupt!" I am sorry for this. ”

Although Gao Mu said this verbally, he already had a feeling of distrust of Song Lei in his heart. There is no explanation for this feeling, it can only be said that it is a woman's sixth sense.

Before I knew it, three hours had passed. Gao Mu has a feeling of liberation, after all, he has been in a hurry during the day, and he can only sleep for six hours at night, and sleeping has become Gao Mu's favorite thing.

Gao Mu got up and walked to the camp, but she didn't know that Song Lei was looking at him with a sneer behind her back.

Song Lei shook his head, this is really a good little girl. It's a pity, I've already received orders from my master.

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It was already early in the morning, and the last group to keep vigil were Mo Qi and Li Ang, but they did not stay at the vigil location at this time. During the day, Mo Qi's Seven Star Division Baihu Yuhuan sensed the breath of Lao Hei. The breath was very weak, like a candle in the wind, and it seemed that he was seriously injured and his life was in danger.

Mo Qi and Li Ang followed Yuhuan's guidance to a crypt. There are a large number of crypts in the frozen canyon, and these cavemen are all dug by cavemen.

Mo Qi and Leon walked into the crypt. A middle-aged man in black covered in injuries was leaning against the stone wall, half-lying on the ground, his breath almost disappeared, he was Mo Qi's subordinate Lao Hei.

The two hurriedly walked to Lao Hei's side. Just as Li Ang was about to squat down and reach out to help Lao Hei up, Mo Qi suddenly stopped him: "Wait." ”

Li Ang stopped, turned his head and asked, "What's wrong with Master Mo?"

Mo Qi replied, "He may have poison in his body. ”

Leon turned his head and leaned over to take a closer look at Lao Hei's appearance, and found that his superficial blood vessels were pale green. Li Ang was very sad in his heart, and originally had a glimmer of hope for saving Lao Hei, but he didn't expect that he was still highly poisoned.

Lao Hei, who was dying on the ground, heard the voices present that it was Mo Qi and Li Ang, and his mind, which was still in a daze, suddenly cleared up, and he used all his strength to speak: "Lord Mo." This place is dangerous, and you should quickly notify Lord Sima. ”

Hearing that Lao Hei on the ground actually spoke, Mo Qi pushed Li Ang away, squatted down and asked, "What is the danger?"

"There are ...... here" Before he could finish speaking, Lao Hei's last breath was broken. The two of them tearfully buried Lao Hei in the corner of the crypt.

Back at the camp, Mo Qi and the two resumed their vigil, and neither of them spoke. Lao Hei suffered an accident, which means that Xiaojin basically ended up in the same fate.

Leon sat beside the cedar tree, in a depressed mood. And Mo Qi was thinking about a series of things he had encountered in the past two days, there must be a connection between the killing of two subordinates and the killing of more than 300 demon beasts, is the murderer a human or a demon beast?

Mo Qi was a little annoyed, he had never encountered such a tricky situation since he served as the Seven Star Division Hundred Households. Before he could do anything to Zhao An, he was embattled, maybe it was providence.

Time passed slowly, and the horizon in the distance gradually brightened a little, and there was still an hour before it was completely dawn.

Mo Qi saw that Li Ang was dozing off, so he changed his mouth and said, "Li Ang, you go to sleep first! ”

This sentence cleared Li Ang's mind a little, how could he doze off in front of adults, and hurriedly shook his head and refused: "Lord Mo." It's okay, I'll hold on. ”

Mo Qi chuckled and said, "Don't hold on, go to sleep." It's okay!"

Seeing that Mo Qi was like this, Li Ang was not holding on, so he walked in the direction of the camp. Mo Qi saw Li Ang leaving, and shouted: "It's okay to say goodbye for a while, don't sleep too much." ”

Leon didn't respond, he was too sleepy to hear. Mo Qi used to be sleepy when he participated in the missions of the Seven Star Division, after all, everyone is human, and he doesn't care much about the rudeness of his subordinates.

Just as Li Ang had just fallen asleep, Mo Qi suddenly heard the sound of Suo Suo coming from the cedar not far away. Mo Qi looked in the direction where the voice came from, and a terrifying scene came into his eyes.

Behind the cedars, a dense mass of large mosquitoes flew towards their camp, and the number was probably in the thousands. I'm afraid they're the ones who killed Lao Hei Xiaojin and those demon beasts.

Mo Qi swallowed a deep mouthful of saliva, dispelled his fear with the strong will he had exercised over the years, and turned back to the people in the camp and shouted:

"Wake up, there's an enemy attack!"

"Wake up, there's an enemy attack!"

"There's an enemy attack!"

He shouted three times in a row. This may be the loudest shouting Mo Qi has ever shouted in his life, and his voice is almost hoarse.