Chapter 13: The Hunt
A day later, under the lush woods, the mountain road twists and turns, and two students wearing the uniforms of Mingkong No. 1 Middle School are standing on the edge of a mountain cliff......
"I said Yongyi, are you sure you saw a demon beast here?"
Chen Xiaobei looked at Guo Yongyi with a puzzled expression, it had been a whole day, and the two of them had not hunted a single demon beast, Chen Xiaobei couldn't help but be a little anxious.
And just now, Guo Yongyi suddenly said that he saw the traces of a demon beast, so the two of them quietly rushed to this side, but they didn't even find any trace of the demon beast's activities.
"When...... Of course!" Guo Yongyi raised his head and looked confident, "I saw with my own eyes that there was a fox with a suspicious appearance, as if it was peeking at us!"
Seeing Guo Yongyi's performance, Chen Xiaobei couldn't help but be suspicious.
From the time the two began to form a team, he felt that Guo Yongyi's behavior was very strange. He has no contact with Guo Yongyi on weekdays, why did Guo Yongyi find him to form a team?
At that time, he didn't care too much, and took it for granted that Guo Yongyi thought that no one wanted to team up with them, so he simply teamed up with the two of them, at least having a companion for each other.
But Guo Yongyi's performance throughout the day made him doubtful, Guo Yongyi's heart didn't seem to be on this practical task, and he looked preoccupied.
Chen Xiaobei was originally reluctant to team up with Guo Yongyi, seeing that he had no intention of hunting demon beasts at all, he was even more thinking about how to find an excuse to separate from Guo Yongyi.
During this period, he also vaguely mentioned it a few times, saying that he wanted to separate from Guo Yongyi, but Guo Yongyi prevaricated.
Just when he was about to take it back, Guo Yongyi suddenly said that he had found the traces of the demon beast, and actively pulled him over, which was very different from his previous performance.
Such an abnormal performance can't help but make Chen Xiaobei suspicious.
Chen Xiaobei deliberately said tentatively: "Maybe you are wrong! There is no trace here, it is better for us to look elsewhere, we don't have much time, we can't waste it here." ”
When Guo Yongyi heard this, he immediately became anxious, grabbed Chen Xiaobei and said: "I just saw it, how could it not be? It must be hiding nearby, we might as well look for it around here! You know, foxes have always been very cunning, and they hide there deliberately." And the fox often follows us, maybe it's a bad plot, and it's better to find him now!"
"I think it's you plotting against you!" Chen Xiaobei said secretly in his heart.
Guo Yongyi is not a natural actor, and his usual performance is inevitably flawed, but Chen Xiaobei didn't pay attention to it before, and after being suspicious, looking at Guo Yongyi's behavior, he suddenly found that he was deliberate everywhere.
He concluded that Guo Yongyi must have some intention, and thinking of all the previous suspicions, he guessed that Guo Yongyi must have been coerced by Zhou Haotian.
Otherwise, according to Guo Yongyi's character, how could he participate in this practice? How could he deliberately find Zhou Haotian knowing that his relationship with him was on the same page?
It's just that I don't know what Zhou Haotian has in mind, but he definitely has bad intentions.
So, Chen Xiaobei secretly planned in his heart, and came up with a plan, using the Taixu Mirror to make an illusion, leaving a fake body to stay by Guo Yongyi's side, but the real body was quietly hidden on the side, quietly observing.
The effect of the illusion in the qi refining stage is to be unexpected, and it often needs to be performed without the knowledge of others, so as not to be recognized.
If someone knows that you're using an illusion, then the illusion is basically ineffective and can be easily broken.
Where did Guo Yongyi think that he had been recognized, and he persuaded Chen Xiaobei to stay, and Chen Xiaobei was also happy to perfunctory with him to see what conspiracy they had.
So, he showed the appearance of being persuaded by him to succeed, and looked around with Guo Yongyi.
Not long after, Chen Xiaobei, who was staying in the dark, suddenly noticed that the grass not far away seemed to have a trace of movement. The movement was so small that if he was really defenseless, he would not have noticed it.
But at this time, he was on guard, and he immediately saw that someone was passing by stealthily.
Chen Xiaobei secretly said in his heart, "The show is coming", his body shrank in place, quietly observed, and he didn't dare to gasp.
The man was obviously a sneaking veteran, and quietly approached Chen Xiaobei's fake body, and when he was almost to his side, he didn't make a sound at all.
At this time, that person was secretly proud in his heart: Sure enough, he was a student baby, and he was defenseless at all! Look at my "life-killing sword"!
This person's name is Zu Feibai, a demon hunter, the best at stealth, and has escaped from the mouth of demon beasts many times by stealth, which is very good.
But it's very obscene, often relying on no one to recognize his sneaking, hiding aside when others are fighting with demon beasts, and when the demon beasts are almost hunting, they suddenly appear, and suddenly "grab people's heads", and then put away the corpse of the demon beast and run.
His behavior has caused many demon hunters to hold grudges, but he is quite smart, and most of the targets he chooses are demon hunters who refine qi and cultivate, and he has elusive stealth kung fu, so he is still alive and well.
Some time ago, Zu Feibai caught Zhou Haotian out of nowhere, and immediately saddled up the horse and waited for dispatch. It happened that Zhou Haotian was thinking about how to rectify Chen Xiaobei, and seeing that his stealth skills were good, he asked him to take the opportunity to practice before the high school entrance examination and kill Chen Xiaobei.
Zu Feibai naturally did everything, and immediately patted his chest to ensure that the task was completed.
During the practice before the high school entrance examination, Zu Feibai used the communication device prepared in advance to contact Guo Yongyi, and it took a lot of effort until he finally found Chen Xiaobei a day later.
Zu Feibai didn't notice that Chen Xiaobei in front of him was a fake body, so he took up his mental technique, combined his body and sword, and flew towards Chen Xiaobei.
Chen Xiaobei, who was hiding on the side, saw a streamer flash, and his fake body was cut in half with a knife, and he suddenly felt cold all over his body, and secretly said that he was lucky.
If he hadn't realized it earlier, even if he was lucky enough not to die with this sword, I am afraid that he would have been seriously injured and would not have escaped death.
Guo Yongyi on the side was taken aback, he only told Zu Feibai their location, and he didn't know when Zu Feibai would arrive.
At this time, a streamer suddenly flashed, Chen Xiaobei's body turned into two halves, and a middle-aged man with an obscene appearance appeared on the side, and he was suddenly so frightened that he stood in place and kept trembling.
Zu Feibai ignored Guo Yongyi, but looked at Chen Xiaobei's fake body with a solemn expression, his face was shocked, and he muttered to himself: "Illusion?"
After fighting for a long time, Zu Feibai immediately saw the flaws in the death scene created by Chen Xiaobei's illusion, and his heart immediately increased his vigilance and beware of sneak attacks at any time.
After a while, seeing that there was no wind and grass around him, Zu Feibai knew it in his heart, hehe sneered, and recited a spell in his mouth, and suddenly a strong wind blew, and the surrounding scene shook like water waves.
Zu Feibai saw a strange place not far away, hehe sneered, a sword qi flew away, and then shouted: "Don't get out of here yet!"
Seeing this, Chen Xiaobei jumped forward, came out of the hiding place, dodged the sword qi, and faced Zu Feibai directly, dark and dignified, but without losing confidence.
From the moment Zu Feibai appeared, he secretly said bad in his heart.
In his original conjecture, Zhou Haotian would find a few junior high school students who listened to him at most, teach him a lesson, and even beat him up.
Because only the students here will listen to him, and few students will kill for him.
But he didn't expect that Zhou Haotian actually found a master in the society to trouble him, and as soon as he made a move, it was a nirvana, obviously to kill him!
He didn't have absolute certainty of defeating Zu Feibai, so after Zu Feibai killed his fake body, he deceived Zu Feibai with an illusion, but he didn't expect Jiang to be old and spicy, Zu Feibai immediately saw through his illusion and forced him out.
"Who are you? Did Zhou Haotian send you to kill me?" Chen Xiaobei stared at Zu Feibai, and asked while being on guard.
Zu Feibai smiled: "You are really smart, you guessed it right at once! Indeed, it was Zhou Gongzi who asked me to kill you, who made you offend Zhou Gongzi, no matter how smart you are, you still have to die!"
After listening to Zu Feibai's words, Chen Xiaobei was not surprised at all, and said lightly: "I guessed this, but I don't understand a little, why you can enter Shanyang Valley, this area should be blocked by masters from all walks of life!"
The corners of Zu Feibai's mouth curled slightly, and he said with a smile: "You are really still a student! Do you think that those masters are blocking this area just for you group of junior high school students? Wrong! This is a hunting operation that belongs to all the Qi refining cultivators! And you are just a part of it! It's just that compared to other places, you are more closely protected here! However, you don't think that someone will come to save you, this place has already stepped out of your junior high school third grade protection area, and no one will come to save you!"
Hearing this, Chen Xiaobei was shocked, but then shouted: "You lie to me! If it involves all the Qi refining cultivators in the city, then with such a big move, would the demon clan just watch us humans hunt down those low-level demon beasts?"
Zu Feibai: "So you are too naïve! This hunting operation is not only the hunting of demon beasts by human beings, but also the hunting of demon beasts by human Qi refining period cultivators! This can be said to be the unwritten agreement between humans and demon clans, competing with each other for the strength of the younger generation! However, you are not the protagonist of this hunt, so you know a lot less. ”
Only then did Chen Xiaobei think that it was rumored that middle and high schools would go out of the city once a year to practice, and it seemed that the date was also in these few days, could it really be as he said that this was the hunting operation of the Qi refining period cultivators in the whole city?
If this is the case, then the foundation building masters from all walks of life may not come at all, as he said.
No wonder Instructor **** Xuan will emphasize that they will not be allowed to go far, because this will get out of the protected area of the third grade of junior high school!
However, most of the people in the class should know about this kind of thing!
Therefore, most people listened to the instructor's words, and only a very small number of masters and people like Chen Xiaobei who didn't know anything about the inside story would come out of the area.
Before that, he thought that those students usually listen to the words of the instructor and teacher, but now they are obedient and obedient, because they are actually very timid in their hearts!
It turns out that only he is a fool!
He sighed in his heart, the real poverty is not only the lack of material, but also the blockage of information.
There is no shortage of students from the declining rich families in the school, but the other students have never discriminated against them, and it is clear that their temporary poverty is not everything, because they have the information.
However, now is not the time to sigh about these things, judging from the strength of Zu Feibai's attack just now, Zu Feibai's cultivation should be the eighth layer of qi refining.
And his current strength is just approaching the fifth layer of qi refining, and he has not yet broken through.
There was a huge disparity in strength in this battle, but he had no intention of escaping. It's not his character to be timid before fighting, and you always have to try to know how strong it is. Besides, escaping is not a good strategy, he is not good at escaping.
"Look at the sword!"
Now that he had made up his mind in his heart, Chen Xiaobei immediately decided to strike first, and use the newly learned Baihong swordsmanship to directly take the middle palace and test Zu Feibai's swordsmanship.
A hint of surprise appeared in Zu Feibai's eyes, looking at Chen Xiaobei's swordsmanship, he went straight to the middle palace, and the score was exactly the same, and there were countless back-ups, and the advance and retreat were well-founded, obviously the foundation was very good.
He didn't dare to underestimate Chen Xiaobei, and used his swordsmanship with all his might, treating him as an equal opponent.
After three or four rounds, Chen Xiaobei breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, although Zu Feibai's swordsmanship was excellent and experienced, it had not yet reached the level that he could not resist.
As long as it wasn't a one-sided situation, he asked himself if he could rely on his solid swordsmanship to deal with it.
Zu Feibai saw that he couldn't take down Chen Xiaobei for a while, and he was a little anxious.
It was only because he was still able to suppress it with his experience at the beginning, but the more he went on, the more he found that Chen Xiaobei's swordsmanship was improving rapidly.
Gradually, he could no longer suppress him in swordsmanship, and could only force him to confront him with himself, but in this way, Chen Xiaobei could always find a way to deal with it, not to touch his sword, or to stab a sword from a tricky place that he couldn't think of at all, or simply hit his sword body from the side and destroy his sword path.
In fact, Zu Feibai is not good at swordsmanship.
His elder is just the sword that kills, sneaking and sneaking attack, invincible. But if he talks about facing people head-on, he may not have this ability.
And Chen Xiaobei has a solid foundation, and he has recently learned the superior swordsmanship of Baihong swordsmanship. Recently, he has been practicing hard day and night, and finally achieved results, but what he lacks is experience.
And experience is a very good thing to make up for it, under the huge pressure of Zu Feibai, Chen Xiaobei's swordsmanship is naturally rising.
Zu Feibai thought about using other means to take down Chen Xiaobei.
All his skills are in stealth and the deadly sword, but over the years, he has been obscene and "snatching people's heads", but he has also saved a lot of belongings.
However, these were all things that he would save his life, and he couldn't help but hesitate a little if he didn't use them easily.
But he thought about it again, if he did this thing for Zhou Haotian today, and followed Zhou Haotian in the future, it would not be a good thing to eat and drink spicy.
So, I made up my mind and prepared to take out a killer feature from the storage bag.
Chen Xiaobei was fighting with him with a sword, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he naturally devoted himself to fighting swords. Zu Feibai's mind moved, and the pressure on his side was light, and he immediately noticed it.
He naturally didn't think that Zu Feibai was going to let him go, so he took the time to glance at Zu Feibai, and saw that he had a hesitant look on his face, as if something was undecided, and he suddenly felt ominous in his heart.