zero o'clock

【Assaulted】

At two o'clock in the middle of the night, Chengde City, Hebei Province, Mulan Paddock.

The dense forest stretches into the distance, the sky is still sporadic with snow, and the branches covered with ice are like dead bones, stretching straight into the night.

This is the edge of the paddock, backed by Inner Mongolia, sparsely populated, and more than ten kilometers away from the nearest resort. It is the most primitive darkness as far as the eye can see, without a trace of modern lights.

Everything was silent, even the soft sound of the snow pressing on the branches was very clear. There was a wheezing sound from the depths of the dense forest. The limit is reached.

On the outskirts of the forest farm, a huge animal shadow jumped out of the darkness.

The spirit beast gave birth to a pair of emerald-colored demon pupils, its whole body was snow-white, its smooth hair was covered with no flakes of snow, and its whole body exuded a delicate and soft halo like moonlight. Its posture was arrogant and vigorous. , transformed into a young man under the larch.

Qi Jingyu's breath was steady, and his expression was as elegant as usual. He straightened the neckline of the windbreaker without a wrinkle casually. That kind of calm and unhurried aura was not at all like an unpredictable hunter, but more like a gentleman who came to an appointment.

He landed on one knee, took off the deerskin glove on his right hand, gently rolled it away with some blood on his fingertips, then put it under his nose and sniffed it - the demon blood has not yet cooled down, and the smell is fresh, the target should be right there In the woods in front of you.

Kyuubi-sama held the snow to wash off the blood on his fingers, put on his gloves again, got up and kept up, hung up the earphones and dialed the phone.

After the beep sounded for a while, the other party connected, and a man said, "Please wait a moment."

The background sound on the other end of the phone was very noisy, and you could vaguely hear the vague conversations coming from the walkie-talkie with various electric currents that interfered severely. leads to follow up.

A few minutes later, the loudspeaker slammed the door shut, followed by silence.

The man respectfully said, "Teacher, what are your orders?"

"Not finished yet?" Jing Yu lowered his voice, hid sideways in the shadow behind the tree trunk, and quietly observed the demon who stopped still more than ten meters away.

Because Xiao Ao's body was shaking non-stop, he lowered his head to lick a scabbed wound, maybe it was too painful, he couldn't help whimpering, and looked up and down, as if he was looking for something.

On the phone, the man replied: "The demon and the demon-subduing master who fought with you have just been dealt with. I asked my subordinates to bring a few demon corpses back for filing. There is an explanation from above, but there are still some left, and I will personally send it to the tea house for you to study further."

"It's not urgent," Qi Jingyu said, "Something happened at the tea house. The female demon's target is Xiao Huan, and she also encountered a group of demon subduing masters. Although it is confirmed that everyone is fine now, Ari has rushed back to take care of her, but I'm still not worried."

"This is my negligence, Chi Xiu, go back to see Xiaohuan's situation on behalf of the teacher before dawn."

"To tell you the truth, I have received the aftermath request from the group of demon-subduing masters, and I have to rush there." Shen Chixiu said: "Leave Brother Huan to me, teacher, be careful yourself."

"Don't worry." After speaking, Qi Jingyu hung up the call.

At the same time, footsteps sounded from behind the bushes not far away, and several figures appeared. Ao Yin raised his head in surprise, and ran over scrambling after seeing the person clearly.Before it had time to get close, it saw the light blue lead wire cutting the snow curtain in the air, and the little demon suddenly paused while maintaining its running posture. Under the action of the peripheral nerves, it twitched a few times, and then it was completely silent.

Demon Subduing Master?

Qi Jingyu narrowed his eyes, and looked at the figures of those people in turn. The identity of the person Aoyin was looking for was really surprising.

There were five people on the other side, except for one person who was dressed in a very neat winter hunting outfit. Visually, they were disguised as tourists who came to the paddock for vacation. Qi Jingyu spread out his five senses to search for the spiritual power in the air, and concluded that the four people were very likely It's a demon subduing master, at least a human being who can control spiritual power.

Then he looked at the guy who stood in the middle and looked a little abrupt.

The man was wearing a fox fur cloak, and his whole face was hidden under the hood. Although he was wearing thick clothes, it was not difficult to see that his figure was very thin, like a seriously ill patient who would collapse at any time, but what really caught Qi Jingyu's attention was It was his strangely clean aura——

There is no spiritual power, no evil spirit, and even no scent of flesh and blood that is unique to living people.

He was protected in the center by the other four people, who obviously had no sense of existence, yet they took all the attention of the voyeurs.

Qi Jingyu stared at the shadow formed by the hood, and an indescribable complex emotion suddenly appeared in those indifferent eyes that had been silent for thousands of years.

At this moment, a plump woman withdrew the lead wire, sealed the puppet released for investigation into the animal skin scroll, then turned to face the man in the fox fur cloak, bowed respectfully, and said, "Master, the search has been done." , only this one came back."

"Unexpectedly," the voice from under the hood was unusually young, "the other party left alive, and it seems that he followed."

"What does the master mean... kill that tail?" the woman asked tentatively.

"Kill?" The man repeated in a low voice, "Take his life, I'm afraid you are not qualified."

A puzzled look appeared on the woman's face.

"Wanrou, do you know who is following?"

"Subordinate...I don't know."

The man didn't answer in a hurry, he raised his hood, and glanced behind the woman who called Wanrou from a distance.

At that moment, Qi Jingyu, who was hiding behind the shadow, seemed to have a glow on his back!

"It's Nine Tails." That person said.

Hearing this, Wang Wanrou's expression changed in shock, and she subconsciously wanted to summon the puppet beast, but she had just touched the scroll buckle, and before she had time to untie it, a cold and rough hand pressed the back of her hand first, and pressed down gently.

"Don't meddle." After the words fell, the snow foamed up, and the man in the cloak disappeared in an instant. The dense forest was silent, and suddenly there was a piercing cry of sharp knives unsheathed out of thin air.

Sensing the abnormal movement, Qi Jingyu hurriedly dodged sideways, and in a flash, the sharp blade stuck close to his cheek and pierced into the tree trunk. With a loud bang, the tree body trembled violently, shaking all the snow covered on the tree fork down. Under the shadow covered by the cap, the corner of the man's mouth curled up into a smile, and through the swirling snowflakes, he quietly stared at the drop of demon blood slowly rolling down the side of Jing Yu's face.

At this time, Qi Jingyu's attention was all attracted by the opponent's knife.

The blade is as thin as a cicada's wing, but it is hard and extremely sharp. The blade shows a dark red color after quenching blood. The black gold on the blade is carved into the shape of a bird's tail feather. Hold it firmly with the hand with pale golden scales.

"Phoenix Blood Blade——" The nine-tailed demon fox slowly showed a shocking expression on his face that has not changed for thousands of years. He looked up at the person holding the knife, "Who the hell are you?"

"Me?" The man smiled, and a cold demon force dissipated, "If you talk about the past, I might be one of the few demons in this world who have the ability to take your life, dear brother, how do you do that?" Can you forget me?"

Qi Jingyu was startled when he heard this.

The man seized the moment of hesitation for half a second and flipped the blade. The Phoenix Blood Blade immediately pierced Jing Yu's heart and protruded from the back, and then he gouged it out forcefully as if punishing him.

Qi Jingyu's face lost all color, and he took half a step back in pain.

The blue-purple demon blood dripped down the blade, and fell drop by drop into the snow under their feet.

"you……"

"Brother Yu, you lost your two souls, your reaction is so slow that it's more than 01:30." The man smiled and said, "Today is considered to be a formal greeting, and it's the end between the brothers. You should think carefully after you go back. We will meet later."

After speaking, he pulled out the blood blade, lowered his head and gently licked the blood on the blade, then put the blade back into its sheath, swung his cloak, and walked away without looking back.

Hundreds of kilometers away, Li Huan opened his eyes under a burst of severe pain in his chest.

- To Be Continued