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Chapter 117 Red Name
Chapter 117 Red Name
Night fell.
The entire camp suddenly fell into a brief silence.
Was Cai Qing killed?
A disciple at the Jinli Realm, the vice-captain of this team, had his head chopped off with a single blow?
The one who killed him was actually a disciple at the Nourishing Spirit Realm!
Moreover, he was the teammate who had signed a brotherhood contract with him!
at this time.
All the disciples in the camp, including the three from Hundred Corpse Peak, were completely dumbfounded.
Is this person crazy?
Knowing he was going to die, he wanted to take someone down with him before he died.
"Snapped!"
The headless corpse, spurting blood, collapsed to the ground.
The campfire burning not far away also made a crackling sound.
The silence was broken.
Zhang Duanyang slammed his spear into the ground with a clang, a sinister grin spreading across his face. "Junior Brother Luo, how dare you! You even dared to kill the vice-captain who had signed a brotherhood pact! It seems that even without my intervention, you won't be leaving here today."
"Bang!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
At his prompting, all the disciples in the camp reacted and immediately drew their swords!
"This kid's name has become famous!"
Ye Shuchang held a sword in one hand and took out the brotherhood contract in the other, grinning maliciously as he shouted.
Upon hearing this, the other disciples immediately took out their own brotherhood contracts.
"Haha! It really has turned red!"
"This brat is incredibly audacious! He even dared to kill Senior Brother Cai! Today, we'll tear him to pieces!"
The disciples were all excited when they saw the red names on the brotherhood contract, like a pack of hungry wolves seeing delicious food.
As for Cai Qing's death, who cares?
Killing red-named traitors can earn them substantial and real rewards!
"Let's attack together! Kill him!"
"One person, one knife—both will be rewarded!"
All the disciples in the camp excitedly gathered around.
The roaring campfire illuminated faces contorted with a mixture of excitement and anticipation as they prepared to kill.
Luo Qingchen gripped the knife, her expression calm, and retreated step by step to the iron cage.
He silently stared at the hideous faces before him, then suddenly turned and swung his knife, severing the iron lock on the first cage with a clang.
Then, he quickly cut off the locks on the other four iron cages!
"What are you going to do!"
The disciples around were startled by what they saw.
Zhang Duanyang was also taken aback, and a look of surprise and uncertainty appeared on his face.
"Aren't you going to kill me?"
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At this moment, Luo Qingchen turned around and looked at them, her expression strangely calm.
"Well then, you can come over now."
"Who goes first?"
His gaze swept across the faces before him.
There was a moment of silence in the room.
Ye Shuchang suddenly gripped his sword, stepped out from the crowd, and stood in front of him, sneering, "Junior Brother Luo, do you think you can escape by cutting the locks on the iron cage? The demonic beast is chained up, and its demonic nature has already been controlled."
Do you really think that just because you cleaned up their excrement, they'll help you?
Upon hearing this, the surrounding disciples immediately relaxed and burst into laughter.
"Click!"
Just then, the iron door of the last iron cage suddenly opened.
The black cloth covering it slowly fell down.
Then, a seductive figure draped in a thin veil and with a graceful figure walked out of the iron cage with alluring posture.
A seductive smile spread across her face, her eyes gazing at the crowd with alluring charm, as she said in a sweet, coquettish voice, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm so hungry, is there anything to eat?"
After saying that, she flashed and suddenly appeared in front of Ye Shuchang.
Ye Shuchang's expression changed drastically. Before he could react, the snake demon's slender hand suddenly stabbed into his chest with a "plop" sound!
Then he pulled out something bloody and chuckled, "This is my favorite."
"Whoosh!"
A flash of light.
Ye Shuchang's head, dripping with blood, flew off his neck.
Luo Qingchen gripped the knife, her expression remaining eerily calm as she looked at the others: "Next, who goes first?"
Suddenly, a deathly silence fell over the room.
The disciples, who were laughing heartily just a moment ago, suddenly fell silent, their faces filled with horror.
Suddenly, a terrifying shriek came from the first iron cage.
Immediately, the iron cage began to shake violently.
Then, with a "whoosh," a huge, ferocious bird suddenly rushed out of the opened iron gate, its body still bound by iron chains, which were still connected to the iron cage.
It stared with bloodthirsty, scarlet eyes, its body radiating a terrifying aura of rage. With a sudden flap of its wings, the thick iron chains on its body snapped, tearing the iron cage off the carriage. Then it whistled and flew forward.
"boom!"
The heavy iron cage, carrying the demonic bird's ferocious power, slammed into the female disciple named Wang Shanshan, smashing her brains out and her body to pieces, killing her instantly!
"Aww—"
At that moment, another roar rang out!
Then, the second berserk demon bull, which was locked in an iron cage, suddenly rushed out of the cage!
With its eyes red and extremely agitated, it roared and raised its sharp, terrifying horns and fangs, charging menacingly towards the crowd!
"roar-
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Suddenly, the demonic tiger in the third iron cage and the roaring demonic boar in the fourth iron cage also went berserk, bursting out of their cages with a terrifying aura of bloodlust and rage.
"run!"
"Run!"
At this moment, the disciples finally realized what was happening. They no longer cared about killing or their mission, and turned to flee in terror.
"Kill them all, leave no one alive."
Luo Qingchen turned to the beautiful snake woman beside her and said.
"Yes, young master."
The beautiful snake's eyes, gradually turning crimson, looked at the human in front of her, who was holding a long spear, his face pale, and was retreating step by step.
Her demonic nature doesn't seem to have been fully unleashed.
But at this moment, her strength completely overwhelms any human here!
"Luo Qingchen! You little bastard, you actually colluded with these beasts!"
Zhang Duanyang gripped his spear, retreating in fear while cursing in shock and anger.
Even now, witnessing this scene with his own eyes, he still finds it hard to believe and understand how this little bastard could command these magical beasts!
"Junior Brother Zhang, Junior Brother Wang! Let's attack together!"
He suddenly shouted behind him, then grabbed one of the people behind him and threw him forcefully at the snake demon.
Immediately, he turned and ran!
The beautiful snake slapped away one of the disciples he had thrown at her, and with a flash, she chased after him.
The disciple had barely landed and hadn't even had a chance to get up when Luo Qingchen had already severed his head with a single stroke.
"Bang!"
The raging demonic bull smashed into a disciple at the Nourishing Spirit Realm, shattering him to pieces.
Luo Qingchen followed and cleaved it in two with a single stroke.
While the other disciples were fleeing for their lives, he gripped his knife and followed behind the demonic beast, wielding it to kill.
"Junior Brother Luo, spare my life!"
The disciple named Fang Qian, who was at the Nourishing Spirit Realm, had her spine broken by a single claw from the Iron-Toothed Demon Tiger. She was limp on the ground, crawling on all fours. When she saw him coming, she hurriedly cried and begged for mercy.
"Whoosh!"
With a flash of light, a head rolled away.
Luo Qingchen didn't even glance at her, and walked over to a female disciple who had been knocked away by the demonic boar, cleaving her in two with a single strike.
These magical beasts are all extremely powerful, and now they have all unleashed their berserk demonic nature.
The disciples were terrified and only cared about escaping, with no thought of resistance whatsoever. But how could they possibly outrun these raging demonic beasts?
Within moments, the camp and the surrounding woods were littered with corpses.
A disciple at the Blood Exchange Realm was hiding in a tent.
Luo Qingchen cleaved the tent in two with a single stroke.
Another disciple fled into the woods and hid in a large tree. Luo Qingchen cleaved the tree in half with a single stroke, and the man fell down, only to have his head pecked off by the strange bird.
Before he could even breathe his last, Luo Qingchen had already walked over and chopped off his head with a single stroke.
"Junior Brother Luo! It's me, spare my life!"
Suddenly, a person covered in blood crawled out of the bushes. It was Zhou Rang, the one who had asked Luo Qingchen to pay money to save his life when they came down the mountain earlier.
Looking at the young man before him, who held a knife and looked like a god of death, he hurriedly cried, "I was wrong before. I shouldn't have joined them in attacking you! I—I have silver here! I also have IOUs from many people! As long as you don't kill me, I—"
"Whoosh!"
Before he could finish speaking, Luo Qingchen had already chopped off his head with a single stroke.
Then they continued their pursuit.
Now that he had been forced into this desperate situation, he naturally intended to kill them all, leaving no one alive!
In the woods, the last disciple at the Spirit Nourishing Realm, his chest shattered, was shuffling in terror through the grass. Hearing footsteps and seeing him approaching with murderous intent, he hurriedly cried out, "Junior Brother Luo, listen to me—"
"Whoosh!"
A flash of cold light, and it cleaved in two!
Luo Qingchen changed direction and chased after another disciple at the Blood Exchange Realm.
The disciple was running when he suddenly heard a whooshing sound of running horses behind him. Turning around, he was terrified and cried out in panic, "Senior Brother Luo! Spare me! I didn't mean to harm you! I just drew my sword, but—"
I just wanted to help you!
"Whoosh!"
Luo Qingchen leaped up and landed in front of him, slashing down fiercely with her horizontal sword.
The disciple hurriedly stopped his momentum and quickly dodged to the right.
Just as he dodged, the blade that had been slashing down suddenly turned horizontally and slashed towards him with lightning speed.
In a state of great alarm, he had no choice but to muster all his strength and leap upwards.
"puff!"
With a flash of light, his legs were cleanly severed.
"ah"
He let out a bloodcurdling scream and fell to the ground with a thud into the grass.
"Junior Brother Luo! No! I—"
Before he could finish speaking, the blade flashed in his pupils and cleaved him in two.
Luo Qingchen put away his storage bag and continued chasing in another direction.
Of the seven disciples in the Nourishing Spirit Realm, all but Zhang Duanyang have been killed.
There are still two disciples short of the nine disciples who have reached the Blood Transformation Realm.
In the camp, in the surrounding woods, he would approach every person, regardless of whether they had been killed by the monster, and chop off their head or split them in two with a single stroke.
He had to make sure everyone was killed!
Soon, he caught up with another disciple and chopped off his head with a single stroke.
There is only one woman left who has reached the Blood Exchange Realm!
When he caught up, he found that the female disciple only had two legs left; her entire upper body had been eaten by the two-headed iron-winged demon tiger.
At this moment, the demonic tiger was still chewing on the spot. When it saw him, its scarlet eyes immediately revealed a ferocious and bloodthirsty look, and a terrifying roar came out of its throat.
Its two heads had ferocious faces, and four fangs were sticking out of its mouths, stained with blood. It walked towards him step by step.
It also dragged a thick iron chain behind it, with one end of the chain passing through the thigh of its hind leg.
At that moment, bright red and green blood was flowing there.
"roar"
Just as it roared and prepared to pounce, Luo Qingchen stretched out his hand and immediately began to suck blood!
Blood from the tiger's wound gushed out rapidly, forming a thick column of red and green blood that instantly flowed into his palm and entered his body!
The demon tiger was clearly stunned for a moment, then turned its head to look, and was immediately shocked and horrified.
"roar""
It roared again, its face contorted in rage, and it shrank back as if about to leap up.
However, at this moment, it suddenly felt its body begin to go weak, and all its strength began to disappear rapidly.
At the same time, the violent, demonic power within him began to recede rapidly.
"Snapped!"
Suddenly, its limbs went limp and it collapsed to the ground.
As it looked bewildered and struggled to get up from the ground, its massive, imposing body began to shrink rapidly, and all its strength vanished.
Its eyes widened, and a terrified whimper escaped its throat.
At this moment, the violent demonic energy within it had vanished.
It began to regain its senses, to feel fear, and to beg for mercy, but it was too late.
The next second, it turned into a dried-up corpse.
Luo Qingchen withdrew her hand, walked over, and directly put its corpse into her storage bag along with the iron chain.
This demonic tiger is the only magical beast that does not fear him.
Because it was the first time the man and the tiger had met.
The other four demonic beasts were his old acquaintances. Back in the Demon Prison, he had deliberately aroused their demonic nature and sucked their blood several times.
So even though they've now become demonic and violent, they still keep their distance from him.
Only this demonic tiger was blind, so it has now been sucked dry and turned into a dried-up corpse.
"The last one————"
Luo Qingchen walked to the remaining body of the female disciple and found the storage bag lying beside her, so she immediately picked it up.
On the way back, he counted the corpses while picking up the storage bags.
"A total of seven disciples at the Nourishing Spirit Realm, nine at the Blood Exchange Realm, and one at the Strength Realm are all here—"
Back at the camp, he counted the storage bags in his hands again.
There are a total of seventeen storage bags.
Suddenly, he raised his head and looked at the woods in front of him.
A slender figure, dragging a person along, walked towards them. Upon seeing him, she giggled and said, "This person is really fast. If I hadn't run even faster, he would have gotten away."
As he spoke, he dragged the man over and threw him in front of him.
The person she captured was naturally Zhang Duanyang, the only one who hadn't been killed yet.
At this moment, Zhang Duanyang was missing not only an arm but also a leg. He was covered in blood and his face was filled with terror. He had long lost his imposing and murderous appearance from before.
"Junior Brother Luo, I was wrong, I was really wrong!"
It turns out that everyone experiences fear before they die.
At this moment, he had forgotten the hatred he had felt before, and was left only with the fear of impending death and the will to survive.
"If you spare me, we'll call it even! I'll never forgive you for colluding with the monsters tonight—"
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Before he could finish speaking, Luo Qingchen raised her knife and with a "whoosh," chopped off his head.
"Only the dead keep secrets."
"If you don't die, I will. Therefore, I've decided to kill you all!"
Luo Qingchen wiped the blood off the blade, put the knife away, and took the storage bag from his waist.
There are a total of eighteen storage bags.
These storage bags alone could fetch a considerable amount of silver, not to mention the silver and other items inside.
I have enough silver to help my sister repair the Ten Soul Banner, but—
But he can't go back now.
He took out the brotherhood contract and looked at the names on it.
The three characters "Luo Qingchen" had turned blood red.
Even so, this was all he could do.
The fact that he colluded with monsters and ambushed Cai Qing alone was enough to kill him.
Cai Qing was a disciple at the Jinli realm. He had suffered a severe injury to his neck and was unsure whether his opponent would die. If the opponent didn't die, then it would be him who died.
So without any hesitation, he chopped off the other man's head with a single stroke.
As for the others...
Those people all wanted to kill him, and they all saw him cut the iron chains and release the monster.
Therefore, none of them can be left alive.
They've already pushed him to this desperate situation. If he still cares about the brotherhood agreement and the red name, wouldn't that be foolish?
Being alive is the most important thing right now.
As for red names —
Of the two conditions for removing a red name, the first one is definitely impossible, but the second one should be achievable.
It will just take some time.
At that moment, he suddenly sensed a familiar killing intent emanating from the alluring figure in front of him.
"That demonic tiger was blind; I've already killed it. Do you want to give it a try?"
He tensed up, took a few steps back, and took out the extremely thin and strangely dried corpse of the demonic tiger from his storage.
"This—this is—"
Upon seeing the dried corpse in his hand, the beautiful snake woman couldn't recognize it for a moment.
Is this dried corpse the fierce and majestic demonic tiger?
How did it suddenly turn into this?
At this moment, she suddenly remembered what had happened in the Demon Prison, and the fearful look on the faces of those ferocious demonic beasts that had just gone berserk and avoided her.
"Young master, I just want to know, what exactly did you do to me in that prison cell?"
She immediately suppressed her murderous aura, and her face once again revealed an alluring and seductive smile.
Luo Qingchen didn't answer. She put away the dried corpse of the demonic tiger, glanced at the wounds on her body caused by the iron chains, and said, "Aren't you leaving?"
The beautiful snake hesitated for a moment, then stared at him for a few more times before giving a seductive smile and saying, "Alright, then I'll be going. Take care, young master."
After taking a few steps, she suddenly turned back and giggled, "Young master, I have already repaid your great kindness today. If we meet again in the future, I won't be so polite. At that time, I will definitely use this little tongue to taste all the good things on your body! Hehehehehehe————"
After saying that, she left with a charming laugh, entered the woods, and disappeared.
Luo Qingchen stood there, her whole body tense. After waiting for a while, seeing that he had indeed left, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and her tense nerves finally relaxed a little.
Although he could suck blood, his opponent's speed was too unpredictable. Now that the chains and cage were no longer in control, he was really afraid of being killed in one move.
The horses in the camp had been scared away by the monsters, and several of them had been torn in half by them.
He didn't linger any longer and immediately disappeared into the woods on the right, taking a detour towards the direction of the Monster Forest.
He has now become the target of the entire Demon Control Sect's hunt.
There is nowhere left to go.
Therefore, he could only go to the Monster Forest.
Only in the Monster Forest could he have a chance to survive.
Moreover, only there could he have a continuous supply of magical beast blood for cultivation.
Only by breaking through to the Qi Realm can he return to the sect.
The second condition for removing the red name is to break through to the next realm before being hunted by the entire sect.
After breaking through to the next level, one's status and position will change.
The name and title on the brotherhood contract will no longer match him, so the red name will be removed.
Furthermore, a living, talented disciple who advances is definitely more valuable than several dead disciples.
These are the rules of the Demonic Sect.
However, it is said that there are very few red-named individuals who can break through quickly before being hunted down by the entire sect.
Because once someone becomes a red name, they will be relentlessly hunted down, both inside and outside the sect.
In that situation, how can one focus on cultivation and break through to the next level?
They didn't even have the place or the opportunity to take a medicinal bath.
Fortunately, he can still go to the Monster Forest.
That place was a place of fear and dread for everyone, but he thrived there.
only----
Hopefully, the Ten Soul Banner can hold on.
The white-haired youth once told him, when he helped him collect his sister's soul, that it would be best to drip two drops of his essence blood every day to maintain the space inside the Ten Soul Banner.
At that time, the Ten Soul Banner was almost completely destroyed.
Now that the Ten Soul Banner has been repaired, it is unknown whether the effect will be even better if it is dripped with essence blood every day.
Once he found a place to stay, he decided to give it a try immediately.
As long as he can hold on until he breaks through to the next level, he can immediately go and repair it with better materials.
I've gained a lot, but I haven't had time to take stock of it yet.
He quickened his pace and continued on his way.
The wound on his waist seemed to have reopened, but he dared not slow down.
At this time, Jiang Yuan and Tian Feng were probably already on their way on horseback.
Without the help of magical beasts, he would absolutely be no match for a disciple at the Strength Realm.
This time, he first found himself in a desperate situation, then launched a counterattack and gained a lot, but he was also forced into an even more dangerous situation where everyone wanted to kill him.
He now only has one path to take.
That is to break through to the next realm as soon as possible and become the most core and powerful disciple of the outer sect!
We traveled swiftly, traversing mountains and valleys.
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at the same time.
Jiang Yuan and Tian Feng were riding horses on their way to the camp.
In a forest about seven or eight miles from the camp, Jiang Yuan suddenly saw a somewhat familiar figure ahead and quickly disappeared into the nearby woods.
"Hey, that person—"
"It seems to be Junior Sister Lian from Hehuan Peak."
Tian Feng, who was standing nearby, also saw the figure.
Because that junior sister Lian was good-looking, had a great figure, and was a disciple of Hehuan Peak, many disciples talked about her in private along the way.
"She does look like Junior Sister Lian, but why is she here alone?"
"Could the group be just ahead?"
Jiang Yuan immediately rode over and called out into the woods, "Junior Sister Lian!"
As soon as the words were spoken, a figure appeared from behind a large tree in the woods. It first peeked out and looked around before running out.
"Senior Brother Jiang! It really is you!"
This person was Lian Hongpei, who had escaped from the camp before the monsters launched their attack.
She was on her way when she saw someone coming from the road. Fearing they were bad people, she immediately hid in the woods.
Jiang Yuan looked at her and asked, "Is the team setting up camp up ahead?"
Lian Hongpei shook her head and said, "It's still about seven or eight miles ahead."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan asked with a puzzled look, "Then why are you here all alone? Where are you planning to go?"
Lian Hongpei looked embarrassed, hesitated for a moment, and lowered her head, saying, "I—I'm preparing to return to the sect."
"Return to the sect?"
Jiang Yuan was taken aback by this and asked, "The mission isn't complete yet, why are you returning to the sect?"
Lian Hongpei raised her head, looking somewhat aggrieved, and said, "Senior Brother Jiang, the three senior brothers from Hundred Corpse Peak caught up with our group and wanted to kill Senior Brother Luo at the camp. But Senior Brother Cai completely ignored it."
Jiang Yuan frowned and said, "What does their killing have to do with you?"
Lian Hongpei paused for a moment, glanced at him, and couldn't help but sigh, saying, "They slandered me, saying I had a relationship with Senior Brother Luo, and kept hurling insults at me. Senior Brother Cai and the other senior brothers and sisters all know that those three from Hundred Corpse Peak are going to kill Senior Brother Luo, but no one stopped them. I was afraid that those three would also try to kill me, and that no one would help me, so I secretly ran away."
Jiang Yuan and Tian Feng exchanged a glance, pondered for a moment, and said, "Let's go back with us. With me here, no one will dare to hurt you."
Lian Hongpei's eyes lit up, and she asked, "Will Senior Brother Jiang help Senior Brother Luo?"
Jiang Yuan smiled faintly and said, "If Junior Brother Luo can hold on until I arrive, I will naturally not allow anyone else to kill the members of our team."
Upon hearing this, Lian Hongpei's expression darkened, and she sighed, "I'm afraid it's too late. When I left, I saw the three from Hundred Corpse Peak preparing to make their move. Also, there are several other people in our group who are ready to help the three from Hundred Corpse Peak."
Jiang Yuan's face remained expressionless as he said, "Let's go. Whether he lives or dies is up to him."
He then glanced at her slender figure and asked, "Junior Sister Lian, would you like to ride on my horse or Junior Brother Tian's?"
Lian Hongpei said somewhat embarrassedly, "Senior Brother Jiang, I have my own horse, which is in the woods ahead. I saw you from afar just now and was afraid it was someone else, so I led my horse into the woods."
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"I'm going to ride it!"
Having said that, he immediately went back into the woods and ran forward.
Jiang Yuan glanced at her retreating figure again, then spurred his horse and continued onward.
Soon, all three of them mounted their horses and began to gallop along the road.
When they were still three or four miles from the camp, Jiang Yuan suddenly reined in his horse, twitched his nose, and looked towards the woods on his left. His expression grave, he said, "There's a smell of blood!"
With that, he immediately dismounted, drew his knife, and headed towards the woods on the left.
"This is----"
As he got closer, his expression changed drastically.
In the bushes ahead, there was half a bloody corpse. The head and chest of the corpse had been bitten off by something.
Traces of fangs can be seen at the break.
"This person's clothes... they seem a bit like—"
Tian Feng also came over, and his expression changed when he saw the corpse.
"He's a disciple in the group!"
Jiang Yuan's body stiffened, and he immediately rushed out of the woods, saying, "Quick, let's go! Something might have happened to the team!"
Tian Feng quickly followed him out.
The three men spurred their horses on and rode for a while longer, only to find yet another corpse by the roadside!
The corpse was cleaved in two, but the black robes of the Demon Exorcism Sect that he was wearing were clearly visible.
"It's Junior Brother Wu!"
Jiang Yuan's face turned pale.
Just then, Lian Hongpei suddenly pointed to the woods on the right and said, "Senior Brother Jiang, there are more over here!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan immediately rushed over with Tian Feng.
Under a large tree in the woods on the right, a female disciple lay sprawled, her eyes wide with terror, her head flying several meters away from the corpse!
"It's Senior Sister Zhang!"
Lian Hongpei turned deathly pale with fright and stammered, "Senior Brother Jiang, those three from Hundred Corpse Peak are ruthless! Not only did they kill Senior Brother Luo, but they also killed so many other people!"
Jiang Yuan was both shocked and furious. He immediately gripped his knife and ran forward.
The two hurriedly followed behind him.
"There are more here! It's Senior Sister Xu!"
"Ah! There's one here too! It's Senior Brother Chen!"
Along the road, in the woods on both sides, there were bloody corpses, some decapitated, some cleaved in two, their deaths extremely gruesome!
Jiang Yuan, his entire body radiating murderous intent, gritted his teeth and said, "Zhang Duanyang! If anything happens to the magical beast, I, Jiang Yuan, will slaughter my way up Hundred Corpse Peak and take your dog's life!"
Soon, the three of them saw the tent ahead and the campfire that was still burning.
Jiang Yuan gripped the knife and immediately charged forward, his killing intent palpable.
However, when he arrived at the camp and saw the empty wagons, the broken iron cages, and the corpses all over the ground, he froze on the spot, his face turned ashen, and he was completely dumbfounded!
—Are all the people dead?
Warcraft—have they all run away?
Lian Hongpei trembled with fear as she looked at the corpses scattered on the ground, their heads severed and their bodies split in two.
Thank goodness—thank goodness she just ran away—
"It was Senior Brother Luo who reminded me!"
She woke up with a start and immediately went to find the body of her senior brother, Luo.
"Senior Brother Jiang! Come quick, look here!"
Tian Feng suddenly shouted beside an empty carriage.
Jiang Yuan snapped out of his daze and immediately rushed over.
Tian Feng pointed to the dismembered corpse on the ground and said, "Senior Brother Cai was also killed. He was at the Strength Realm. If it were Zhang Duanyang and the others, it's impossible—"
Jiang Yuan suddenly knelt down on the corpse, his gaze fixed on the bloody hole in its neck. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's a demonic beast! A demonic beast has escaped! Who did this?!"
Tian Feng speculated, "Could it be that Zhang Duanyang and his two companions came to kill Junior Brother Luo, and during the fight, they accidentally broke the iron cage, releasing the demonic beast? And then the beast started killing everyone here?"
Jiang Yuan shook his head, his face grim, and said, "Impossible. Those magical beasts were fed drugs to suppress their power, and they also had iron chains piercing their bones. Even if the iron cage was broken, they couldn't possibly kill so many people at once!"
At this moment, Lian Hongpei suddenly pointed to a corpse and said, "Senior Brother Jiang, come and see! This person looks like—is it Zhang Duanyang from Hundred Corpse Peak?"
"Zhang Duanyang?"
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Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan and Tian Feng immediately rushed over.
On the ground, a bloodied head lay crooked, and next to it was a mangled corpse missing an arm or a leg.
But upon closer inspection of his wide-eyed, terrified face, it was indeed Zhang Duanyang, one of the Four Fiends of Hundred Corpse Peak!
"He—wasn't he here to kill Senior Brother Luo? How come he—is dead too?"
Lian Hongpei looked completely stunned.
Jiang Yuan also looked surprised and uncertain.
At this moment, Tian Feng suddenly seemed to think of something, and his expression began to change drastically.
A somewhat crazy idea suddenly popped into his head.
"Could it be—"
"Impossible—impossible—"
"He's all alone, how could that be—"
He immediately looked up at the other corpses in the camp, then quickly walked to the nearest corpse and examined them one by one.
After examining all the corpses in the camp, his expression suddenly became extremely strange and incredulous.
"Senior Brother Jiang————"
His mind was buzzing as he walked toward Jiang Yuan, wanting to tell him his terrible conjecture.
Jiang Yuan seemed not to hear him. He suddenly took out the brotherhood contract from his pocket and looked at the name on it.
Upon seeing that blood-red name, the muscles in his face twitched violently several times. Then, the expression on his face immediately became extremely strange and unbelievable, just like Tian Feng's earlier expression.
"Senior Brother Jiang?"
Tian Feng came to his side and noticed that the expression on his face was not right. He was stunned for a moment and then quickly looked at the brotherhood contract in his hand.
Upon seeing this, he was immediately shocked.
Among the densely packed names on the contract, a name as bright red as blood suddenly appeared!
A black phoenix peak, Luo Qingchen.
"Senior Brother Jiang, Senior Brother Tian, what's wrong?"
At this moment, Lian Hongpei also noticed that the two people's expressions were not right, so she quickly came over and looked at the names on the contract.
When she saw that bright red name, she froze on the spot, just like the other two, her face filled with astonishment and disbelief.
Was Senior Brother Luo not killed?
These heads and corpses all over the ground, were all—all cut down by him?
"Big event! Big event!"
"Luo Qingchen, a core disciple of Black Phoenix Peak, violated the brotherhood pact yesterday at the foot of the mountain, brutally murdering fifteen fellow disciples! The sect has now issued a mission to hunt down this traitor, with generous rewards! Generous rewards!"
The next day.
As soon as dawn broke, news of Luo Qingchen's murder swept across all the peaks of the outer sect.
Excitement and enthusiastic discussion filled the air.
"I heard that this traitor hunting mission will reward you with 10,000 taels of silver! And also the blood of magical beasts needed for half a year of cultivation!"
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"Really? That's so generous!"
"I heard that the hunting quests for this event are posted everywhere – on the main peak's quest board, at the entrances to each peak, and all over the mountain!"
"Let's go take a look!"
Early in the morning, the main peak task board was already crowded with people.
It was completely sealed off, inside and out.
All eyes turned to the bright red hunting quest at the top of the quest log.
The portrait of Luo Qingchen is also painted on it in a lifelike manner.
The reward is written below.
"Tsk tsk, a reward of ten thousand taels of silver! And enough demonic beast blood for six months of cultivation! The sect really went all out this time!"
"Isn't that kid just a disciple in the Spirit Nourishing Realm? Why is he so valuable?"
"Hehe, you don't know this, do you? Their mission down the mountain this time was no simple matter. I heard that all five extremely precious magical beasts escaped! The entire team consisted of nineteen disciples: two at the Strength Realm, seven at the Spirit Nourishing Realm, and ten at the Blood Exchange Realm! Apart from him and three other disciples, all the other disciples are dead!"
"My God! He killed them all by himself?"
"How could that be? The notice didn't say who killed those people. Maybe he colluded with the Blood Eagle Sect, or maybe the escaped magical beasts did it, but he must have taken the opportunity to kill people as well, otherwise his name wouldn't have turned red—"
"Is he only at the Nourishing Spirit Realm?"
"Yes, that's the cultivation level of the Nourishing Spirit Realm."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get ready and form a team to go down the mountain! Ten thousand taels of silver!"
After reading it, the disciples discussed it animatedly, all with excited expressions.
Many disciples couldn't wait any longer and immediately began forming teams to descend the mountain.
Even several inner disciples, upon learning of the generous reward, immediately inquired about the man's appearance and descended the mountain one after another.
In an instant, the entire Ten Thousand Bones Peak became incredibly lively.
Some wealthy disciples, even those who looked down on the rewards, joined the hunting party.
For them, hunting a disciple is much more interesting than hunting magical beasts, especially when so many people are hunting together.
Just like gambling with dice, whoever is lucky enough to encounter it first is more likely to succeed in hunting it.
The news spread like wildfire, reaching not only the entire outer sect within a single day, but also the Medicine Man Town at the foot of the mountain. It even reached Qinghe City through disciples who went down the mountain to complete missions, and then spread to other sects through disciples from various factions stationed in the city.
Even the Snow Jade Palace, stationed in the northern border thousands of miles away, received the news at dusk.
"Hmph, which disciple of the Demon-Suppressing Sect isn't a demon?"
"They have always been fighting amongst themselves, and many of them often boast about it outside."
"Is that disciple just an outer disciple? He's quite bold."
"Hmm, Luo Qingchen, why does that name sound familiar? I feel like I've heard it somewhere before."
After a while.
In a garden filled with ice sculptures and falling snow, a round-faced girl suddenly ran in, her face beaming with excitement, "Fei Xue! Fei Xue! Great news! Your childhood sweetheart fiancé is about to be murdered! You don't need to break off the engagement anymore!"
In a corner of the garden, a girl wearing a snow-white fox fur coat was squatting on the ground, earnestly building a snowman.
She did not turn around when she heard the shouts.
While continuing to work on the snowman's head, he casually replied, "Oh."
The north wind howled.
Snowflakes fluttered down, instantly covering the entire garden.
In front of the girl, two snowmen tilted their heads and huddled together.