From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star

The afterglow of the setting sun slowly sank into the horizon, and dusk gradually rose, casting a layer of strangeness and bleakness on the earth.

Outside the sewer exit northwest of Stone Hammer Castle.

Lu Heng held the Aurora Blade and silently counted three numbers in his heart: "3, 2, 1..."

As soon as the three sounds came, a blood shadow rushed out of the sewer exit like a wild horse.

The blood shadow began to twist rapidly in mid-air and returned to the hideous and terrifying body of the Blood Shadow Demon.

He had proud horns on his head, and was about to roar to the sky to mock the weakness of the Stone Hammer Castle's guards.

At this moment, Lu Heng swung a sword, and the sharp sword light appeared like a silver dragon, slashing across the Blood Shadow Demon's body and cutting it into two pieces.

The Blood Shadow Demon was caught off guard and was severely injured by the sword. The originally arrogant long roar turned into a piercing scream in an instant, and his body split into two pools of dirty blood falling to the ground.

However, the Blood Shadow Demon did not die. One of the pools of dirty blood twisted and gathered into his upper body again.

He roared angrily, squirmed his body, dragged the broken lower body over, and spliced ​​it together.

In an instant, the two blood shadows merged into one and stood up again.

Lu Heng chased after him and attacked with his sword again.

The Blood Shadow Demon was prepared this time, and condensed an arm blade made of blood and black mist on his arm to block the attack.

The sword blade and the arm blade collided, making a sound of metal collision and splashing sparks.

One man and one demon started a head-on battle.

After several rounds of fighting, Lu Heng tested the approximate combat power of this Blood Shadow Demon.

This is indeed a high-level Blood Shadow Demon, with a level above 18, and attributes such as strength and agility are around 40 points.

If it was three days ago, Lu Heng would really not be his opponent.

It is different now. After reaching level 17, Lu Heng has 43 points of super agility, and is not inferior to the Blood Shadow Demon in speed and reaction ability.

Moreover, the sword just cut it into two pieces. Although it did not cause fatal injuries, it has already seriously injured it.

The Blood Shadow Demon is good at the elusive Blood Shadow Escape, and has a tenacious vitality that is difficult to kill with swords, but it is not good at head-on combat.

Moreover, the Blood Shadow Demon has a fatal weakness, that is, it is afraid of lightning and fire.

Lu Heng tested the combat power of the Blood Shadow Demon, and the Blood Shadow Demon also found that Lu Heng was not easy to deal with.

Therefore, after the Blood Shadow Demon waved the Blood Shadow Arm Blade to force Lu Heng back, it turned around and turned into a blood shadow again, and fled quickly along the ground.

Lu Heng was about to start the Wind Step to chase.

At this time, an eagle cry came from the sky.

The scout eagle swooped down and hit the blood shadow, and the energy properties changed, turning into dark thorns, growing out of the void, and entangled the Blood Shadow Demon.

The Blood Shadow Demon struggled to break free from the restraints. Although he broke free from the dark thorn trap, his Blood Shadow Escape was also interrupted and he could not escape.

He could only turn around and swing his arm blade to fight Lu Heng head-on.

After ten rounds of fighting, Lu Heng stepped back to avoid his arm blade slash, then bounced back with his legs, using the Zhenyue style of the Seven-section Step Sword Style, and slashed out the skill [Thunder Strike].

Boom!

With a sword slash, thunder ran wild.

The violent electric current raged on the Blood Shadow Demon.

Ouch!

The Blood Shadow Demon howled in pain, and his blood body was burned by the power of thunder and lightning, emitting a pungent smell of burning.

On his face made of blood, a horrified expression appeared, and he turned around and wanted to escape.

However, under the burning of thunder and lightning energy, his body became paralyzed, causing his speed to drop greatly, so how could he escape from Lu Heng's palm?

Lu Heng raised the Aurora Blade and swung the sword again, destroying it with the power of thunder.

[Kill the Blood Shadow Demon and absorb 180 points of demonic energy. ]

[Source energy level increased to level 18, all attributes +2, agility attribute additional +0.6]

The blood of the Blood Shadow Demon curled up, and a skill crystal core and a gem were extracted.

Lu Heng picked up the two things and quickly took a look at the attribute data.

[Blood Shadow Arm Blade: Use source energy to condense a Blood Shadow Arm Blade on the arm. When attacking, absorb the target's blood, with X points of bleeding damage, and the wound cannot stop bleeding. Damage coefficient = 2×strength attribute. Skill consumption: 20 points of source energy. Skill level: C level. ]

[Shadow Orb: When the orb is close to a creature, it can reflect the appearance of the creature. Use the orb to transform into the appearance of the reflected creature. Item level: B level. ]

Seeing this shape-shifting gem, Lu Heng finally knew how the Blood Shadow Demon turned into Mia.

Then.

Su Muyu flew out with the scout eagle. Seeing that the battle was over, she landed gently and asked, "Are you not injured?"

She could see that the blood shadow demon was of a high level, so she was still a little worried.

"It's okay, let's go back." Lu Heng pulled her back.

On the way back to Stone Hammer Castle, Lu Heng kept thinking about what happened today, and always felt that something was wrong.

"How is Mia?" Lu Heng thought of Mia and wondered if this brave female warrior of the Bansel tribe was okay.

"She's fine, and she's not injured." Su Muyu had already visited Mia before rushing over.

"I always feel that something is wrong."

Lu Heng lowered his head to think, then looked back at the place where the blood shadow demon fell, his pupils shrank, and said, "No! It wasn't the blood shadow demon that triggered your trap!"

Su Muyu also instantly thought of the reason: "There are other demons in Stone Hammer Castle!"

After the two of them figured this out, they immediately quickened their pace and ran towards the gate of Stone Hammer Castle.

Why didn't the Blood Shadow Demon trigger the trap?

The reason is very simple, because of the blood on the ground.

After the Blood Shadow Demon's body is cut off, it can be reassembled, and the blood is his body.

Even if the blood drips on the ground, it can be retracted into the body.

Therefore, if the Blood Shadow Demon triggered the Dark Thorn Trap, it is impossible to leave blood at the scene.

Then there is only one possibility, someone else triggered the trap.

Lu Heng thought about the problem more cautiously and corrected: "It may not be a demon, it may also be a human."

"But Mia said that those drops of blood are demon blood." Su Muyu looked puzzled.

"The reason why Mia said it was demon blood is because there is a demon's breath in the blood. If a human psychic receives the energy of the evil god, it will also produce blood with a demon's breath." The more Lu Heng thought about it, the more he felt that today's matter was very difficult.

"If this is the case, then things are even more complicated." Su Muyu was also frowning and thinking, trying to find a way to sort out the clues.

Human psychics can indeed produce blood with a demon's breath.

Especially for humans who have triggered the "betrayer mission" and fallen into the abyss agent, there is usually a demonic breath in their blood.

After returning to Stone Hammer Castle.

Lu Heng first went to the meeting hall and met Mia, and found that she was fine, and she didn't even know that a demon had formed her appearance.

"Did you really see a demon who looks exactly like me? Really? I want to see it too." Mia was very curious when she heard people around her say so.

"When did you have your appearance copied by the demon? Do you know?" Lu Heng asked the key question.

Mia shook her head, looking confused: "I don't know. I was leading the team to search for demons just now. I don't know anything."

The Iron Arm leader asked with concern: "Mia, think about it again. The blood shadow demon took on your appearance and I almost didn't recognize it."

Mia still shook her head: "No, I haven't encountered any demons today."

Lu Heng suddenly thought of something and said: "It wasn't copied today. The blood shadow demon copied the appearance with your crossbow, but you gave the crossbow to Mu Yu today. This means that the blood shadow demon copied the appearance before you gave the crossbow to Mu Yu."

Mia nodded vigorously: "Yes, why didn't I think of it."

Lu Heng then asked: "Then when do you think it was copied?"

Mia frowned and thought, still shaking her head: "Since I came back, I have been acting with everyone..."

Lu Heng immediately understood what was going on: "That means it was copied in the dungeon."

"In the dungeon? But it's been many days." Mia's eyes widened immediately.

Lu Heng turned to Tiebi and told him his inference:

"Leader, there is another suspicious point. The Blood Shadow Demon could have used Blood Shadow Escape to escape directly from Stone Hammer Castle through the sewer, but he chose to pass through the square.

"The leader was in the square at the time. There was something wrong with the route he chose. It was like he was deliberately trying to attract your attention.

"I suspect he was covering the evacuation of other demons or betrayers.

"Plus, the demon copied Mia's appearance several days ago, so the demon's actions today must have other purposes.

"Is there anything in Stone Hammer Castle that is particularly important for tonight's resurrection ceremony?"

"This..."

Tiebi's expression froze, and then he slammed his fist as if he had suddenly realized something, and said, "I understand. These damn demons are coming for the treasures of our tribe."