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【Darkness Comes to the World】

The headquarters of the association is hidden in a famous commercial attraction in Shanghai. In order not to affect the normal life of ordinary people, the high-level officials require every demon-subduing master who enters here to hide himself. This is why the owner of the fried shop did not notice the strange woman The reason for passing by the store.

After getting out of the car, Xing Yi took the talisman paper used by the demon master Zhang Jiang and activated it with spiritual power, propping up a small enchantment around his body.

Perhaps aware of the fluctuations in spiritual power, a young man passing by the sidewalk looked up, and then nodded very friendly out of politeness among colleagues.

Xing Yi's attitude towards outsiders has always been indifferent, and this time when he returned to his hometown, his mood was very different from when he left. He ignored the other party, locked the car door with the remote control, and walked towards the Chenghuang Temple behind the archway.The demon subduing master who was ignored was a little depressed, but he glanced casually out of the corner of his eye and saw Xing Yi carrying a travel bag in his hand.

It was an item only carried by demon subduing masters who successfully captured their prey after returning from a trip, and it must contain the monsters for this task.

There aren't many missions issued by the association recently, but this person is...

The man's stern eyebrows flashed in his mind, and the young demon subduing master only felt a little familiar. Seeing the man walking away, he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly took two steps to follow.

The sound of footsteps not far away was like a shadow, and Xing Yi calmly walked around the streets where there were few pedestrians, and then turned decisively into the nearest alley.

The Demon Subduing Master was suspicious, and followed him into the alley. The gap between the two of them was less than ten seconds, but at such a moment when his vision was blocked, the Demon Subduing Master who turned the corner was stunned. The unopened alley was empty, and the figure of the man who came in earlier was completely gone!

——A chilly feeling permeated from the bottom of his heart. In the deserted alley, he felt a horrible sense of oppression for no reason, as if he was surrounded by predators and had no escape. fleeing prey.

Realizing that something was wrong, a layer of cold sweat broke out from the forehead of the Demon Subduing Master, and his right hand subconsciously wanted to take the puppet scroll in his arms, but just when his fingers were about to touch his pocket, the movement stopped abruptly!The very familiar feeling of restraint seemed to surface in an instant, and the young man looked down in shock. He didn't know when it started. The ends of the wires were tangled around his vital joints...

is that man?

He suddenly felt panicked. The other party dared to blatantly attack his colleagues on the association's territory. What is the origin of this guy?Thinking of this, the young demon subduing master swallowed uncomfortably. He was quite puzzled, but the most disturbing thing was that the other party could set up the net in this alley so silently that he didn't even have a trace of strange spiritual power. I can't even notice the fluctuation...

People who can possess such skills today must have a high status within the association, and this move is obviously a bad one.

Could it be... a heretic trying to rebel? !

With this level of speculation, the young man immediately became vigilant.

Behind him, footsteps sounded.

Sensing the abnormal noise, the demon subduing master turned his head with great effort, and said in a deep voice, "Who are you? What are you doing in the association?"

Standing in the shadow of the alley entrance, Xing Yi still had the usual indifferent expression on his handsome face, he glanced at the man indifferently, and wrote lightly: "Is Mr. Yan satisfied with this skin? "

Hearing this, the Demon Subduing Master was stunned, and immediately realized something was wrong. Before he could speak, he saw a fat civet cat slowly walking out from the corner.The cat was very weird, it looked like an ordinary domestic cat, but the cat's face, which seemed to be smiling but not smiling, somehow gave people a shrewd and malicious feeling.

The civet cat squinted its yellow eyes, sprinted its fat body lightly, quickly passed through the lead wires with uncoordinated agility, came to the captured prey, and lowered its head to sniff.

Tanuki muttered: "This deity has always hated being possessed by the flesh of a humanoid creature."

Disliked Demon Subduing Master: "..."

Xing Yi, who disliked Mo Luo: "..."

"Hurry up," Xing Yi said coldly, "at least a human body is much more useful than your civet cat."

The civet cat shook its tail unmoved, but only lazily approached its prey after a travel bag made a "cough".

A few minutes later, all the wires in the alley were removed, and everything was at ease again.

The demon subduing master who had already changed his "core" moved his limbs briefly, then walked to the alley to meet Xing Yi, the two left the alley with umbrellas, and continued to walk towards the association.

Yan Mo reached out to catch the rainwater dripping from the edge of the umbrella, wiped it away with his fingertips, and said casually, "What are your plans after going in?"

"I'll go find Li Huan." Xing Yi said, "You can do whatever you want."

Yan Mo gave him a sideways glance with a half-smile, and jokingly said, "Don't just think about your Li Huan, we have other business matters this time."

Xing Yi's expression remained unchanged, and he simply said: "He is my 'business'."

Master Mo Luo, who was abused for some reason, raised his brows slightly, remained silent for a few seconds, and said, "I am afraid that Chong Ye is where he is, and that dragon is the leader of all demons in the world, and even Jing Yu has to respect him three points." ——" Before finishing speaking, the travel bag moved in dissatisfaction. Yan Mo smoothed its hair patiently, without paying too much attention, and then said again, "Xing Yi, now that your demon soul is not complete, it is considered spiritual power Outstanding, the essence is just a mortal.”

"So what?" Xing Yi said, "Even if he is the leader of all monsters, when the time comes, he is just a prey on the hunting list."

While talking, the two left the commercial street and came to the stone road hanging above the water.After a fellow demon-subduing master entered the arched door and there was no one else around, Yan Mo said again: "The last battle in the spiritual domain was just a strand of its soul, and your understanding of ancient spirit beasts is far from enough. .”

Xing Yi stepped forward and pushed open the door, without turning his head, he said, "Then just take this opportunity to have a better understanding." After speaking, he walked in.Lord Mo Luo was slightly taken aback, without saying a word, followed him into the space created by the alienation of spiritual power.

Xing Yi was familiar with the internal structure of the association, so he found a secluded aisle where few people passed by, and opened the travel bag to reveal a small nine-tailed demon fox curled up in a ball.

The nine-tailed demon fox stretched its body, turned back into a human form, then turned around and tightened Yan Mo's neckline, pressing against the wall without saying a word, Qi Jingyu coldly glanced at the unfamiliar face with a familiar smile in front of him, and said word by word: " If you dare to let this deity hear such remarks as 'not as good as that dragon', Lord Mo Luo will wait to collect his body."

Yan Mo: "..."

Xing Yi threw the bag into the corner, took out the first scroll and released the monster Cheng Huang, and said to the other two: "The chairman's room is on the lake island in the middle of the courtyard. Li Huan should be there. I'll go find him."

"Okay." Qi Jingyu let go of Yan Mo, smoothed out the non-existent folds of the cuffs, and said, "I'll go find my filial disciple who came back from the dead."

"There's also Du Qiu," Xing Yi reminded, "Li Huan cares about that child, try not to let anything happen to him."

Qi Jingyu gave a "hmm" and said, "Yunhe should know where it is. I will pay attention to find out the whereabouts first, and then consider cleaning up the house."

Yan Mo, who was standing on the side, heard something in Qi Jingyu's words, and said meaningfully: "What do you mean?"

Qi Jingyu said: "When Yunhe's three souls died back then, as his teacher, I still felt something, so I still believe in the fact that he was killed by the demon master to this day."

"The method of 'deceived death' is easy to say, but Zhu Yan has a special status after all, he is not just an ordinary little demon in this world, so he has been able to operate quietly for so many years, Mo Luo—" He raised his head Meeting Yan Mo's eyes, the corners of his mouth raised, and he said with a light smile, "Don't you think this is too strange?"

Yan Mo was stunned when he heard the words, Xing Yi reacted quickly, and speculated: "You mean, he is not Zhu Yan?"

Qi Jingyu shook his head uncertainly, and corrected him, "He may be Zhu Yan, or he may be some kind of ghost borrowed from Zhu Yan's physical body. The things in this world are so mysterious that you will never know who is above you. What exactly is it?"

At the same time, the island in the middle of the lake has three floors.

The conversation between the two in the chairman's room was coming to an end, and Li Huan was shocked by Yu Chongye's almost insane deployment.

As a monster, there is no doubt that he regards the demon master as a natural enemy. He can pretend to cooperate, manipulate the president, and use clever words to confuse a living person into a demon, just to fulfill the covenant of "becoming a demon" that this guy insists on going his own way...

Li Huan didn't know how to judge this kind of behavior. He had been with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox since he was a child, and he had never had much contact with people before he met Xing Yi. The master clan is a threat to the demon's survival in this world.

But even so, he still couldn't restrain his fear of the same kind of demon in front of him!

As if sensing the change in his state of mind, the smile in Chong Ye's eyes deepened, but at this moment, there were three very abrupt knocks on the door in the silent president's room.

The two present were stunned at the same time.

Although it is said that Zhong Ye will probably use the mouth of the president to declare a high-sounding reason for this meeting, but since he knows that the president is visiting, he will come to disturb... Could it be that some accident happened?Or is the teacher here? !

Seeing Chong Ye on the opposite side also had a different expression, Li Huan's mind turned quickly, knowing that this person must be unexpected!So at this point, my heart beats a little faster.

Chong Ye frowned slightly, and did not speak, as if he wanted to wait for the person outside the door to report the reason.But the other party didn't speak for a long time, but seeing no one answered, they knocked on the door panel three times after waiting for a while.

Li Huan said, "Do you have guests?"

"Today, the deity only made an appointment with you." When he said this, Chong Ye's tone was slightly hesitant, and after a long silence, he told Li Huan, "Go and open the door."

Li Huan turned around and walked to the door without compromising, just as he put his fingers on the doorknob, he heard a man's voice from behind, saying, "You know where this place is, and you also know what kind of person I am. Monster, in front of this deity, obedience is the smartest thing to do."

"As long as you obey my arrangement and replace Feng Chi as the Qingluan Huofeng by my side, this deity can guarantee that in this mortal world, no matter how many thousands of years, whether it is a demon or a demon, you will always be under me alone."

Li Huan turned his back to Chongye's direction, and did not answer. The five fingers holding the doorknob tightened involuntarily, so that the tendons in his hands bulged and his joints turned white.

The time was close to nine o'clock in the morning. According to the agreement with Xing Yi in the early morning, they should have arrived here. I don't know if anything went wrong during this period, and I don't know whose face will appear behind this door...

Within a few seconds of hesitation, the unhurried knock on the door sounded again.

Li Huan came back to his senses, and subconsciously pressed the doorknob.

With a soft "click", the door opened, and through the crack of the door, Li Huan immediately noticed that the front of the door was empty, and he was stunned for a moment.Immediately afterwards, a yellow animal shadow jumped up, as if to show its existence, and wagged its tail obediently after landing.

It's Cheng Huang!

Li Huan was overjoyed, but he didn't dare to express it. He still maintained the movement of opening the door, his eyes quickly wandered around every possible hiding corner in his field of vision, and then looked at the little beast squatting on the ground, and asked silently with his mouth. :"Where are you?"

Cheng Huang tilted his head, and also mouthed back: "Aww~"

Li Huan was so nervous that his nerves were tense, but he couldn't help laughing when he saw this.

"Who is it?" Chong Ye asked.

Stuck in a blind spot of vision, Cheng Huang retracted his small front paws and jumped into Li Huan's arms.Right now, he only saw the puppet but not the puppet master. Li Huan was not sure what Xing Yi's plan was. After thinking about it, he said without turning his head: "There is no one outside."

After he finished speaking, Chong Ye, who was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looked awe-inspiring for a moment.

Behind him, the surface of the water surrounding the small island seemed to be disturbed by something, the green lake water set off waves, the next moment, shadows shrouded down, and the sharp birdsong rang through the sky.

Li Huan never expected that Xing Yi's methods would be so simple and rude!Hastily turned around and looked out the window——

The Chongming Bird's huge body covered the sky and covered the sun, with its wingspan fluttering, it swooped down under the traction of hundreds of leads, and finally hovered steadily outside the chairman's room. Hitomi narrowed her eyes dangerously, watching Zhong Ye's back with a condescending attitude.

At that moment, the inside and outside of the house seemed to be plunged into a bone-chilling deep pool at the same time, and everything was silent.

Li Huan's heart was beating extremely fast, and for some reason, the reappearance of the puppet not only failed to make him feel at ease, but a very cold sense of uneasiness became more and more intense.

"Remember what I said just now, Li Huan?"

Chong Mingniao was behind, but Chong Ye quietly looked at Li Huan at the other end of the room, with a deep and calm voice.

"You shouldn't try to go against the wishes of the deity."

"No!" Li Huan raised his voice resolutely, tightened his brows, and raised his head to meet the opponent's eyes, "Chong Ye, it's because you live too arrogantly! You want everything in the world to be reduced to a puppet controlled by you. You will live, and you will die if you order it, but it is a pity that Feng Chi, who obeyed your wishes, has been ruined by your own hands, and now, Qingluan has nothing to do with you!"

"—It's you, you shouldn't try to control me!"

After Li Huan finished speaking, the Chongming bird raised its neck and raised its head to the sky, singing a long cry.

The sound was so loud that the glass window on one side of the chairman's room burst.

Seeing this, Chongye transformed into a green dragon and jumped straight up from the roof, Chongming Bird swaggered up and followed closely, and the two monsters directly volleyed into the air to fight.

In an instant, strong winds flew over with glass and debris.Li Huan was caught off guard, and there was nowhere to avoid him.

Just at this moment, the long-lost breath suddenly approached, and the man's muscular arm wrapped around his side, and then pressed firmly on his other shoulder.Li Huan's eyes widened suddenly, and the force exerted on his body was as tough and domineering as ever, without giving him any time to adapt, the moment his fingers clenched, he was directly pressed into his arms.

Xing Yi, who was hugging Li Huan, turned his back decisively, and at the same time glass shards whizzed towards him.

When everything was still and the smell of blood wafted out, someone nestled in Mr. Demon Subduing Master's arms sighed, rubbed his furry head coquettishly, then reached out his hand to grope the other person's back, and unceremoniously removed it. The first piece of broken glass.

Xing Yi's body trembled in pain, he let go of Li Huan and took a rough look at him: "Is it not hurt?"

Li Huan frowned, weighed the piece of glass in his hand in front of Xing Yi, and said, "My heart hurts."

Xing Yi took away the piece of glass that was in the way and threw it away, and said calmly, "Endure it."

Li Huan: "..."

After doing this, nearly one-third of the buildings on the island in the middle of the lake were destroyed, and they became crumbling. It was obvious that they could no longer withstand a second setback. Xing Yi manipulated Chong Mingniao and Chong Ye to procrastinate for time, and at the same time evacuated with Li Huan This dangerous building.

Due to the transformation of the green dragon into its main body, the power of the dragon dispersed, and under the influence of this strong evil spirit, all the barriers protecting the headquarters of the association broke apart.When the space created by the alienation of spiritual power connects with the real world, the sunlight dissipates and the icy rainstorm pours down.

The sky was gloomy, dark clouds rolled, and a bright lightning split the sky.

The five-clawed green dragon opened its bloody mouth, twisted its body and bit the puppet's heavy wings, pierced the bird's belly with its sharp claws, and then tore it apart vigorously.The Chongming bird screamed, and the broken internal organs and demon blood splashed down in the air. After losing one wing, it was difficult to maintain balance immediately.

The scuffle happened suddenly, and the demon-subduing masters who had just arrived at the association were completely unaware of it, and rushed out to check the situation, but saw that the building where the chairman's room was located had been destroyed, and the high-level puppet in the air, Chongming Bird, was glued to a dragon-shaped monster. Everyone was shocked!

Now that the life and death of the president is unknown, the top management of the association immediately dispatched manpower to assist the demon subduing master who manipulated the puppet to subdue the monsters. People in several main buildings rushed in and out, and no one cared about the two outsiders who were going against the current at this time.

On the fourth basement floor of the scientific research building, the red indicator light symbolizing no entry filled the dark passage, and the commotion on the surface became negligible here. After the alarm sounded, the scientific researchers here had already evacuated safely in accordance with the emergency measures.

Qi Jingyu stopped in front of a metal door that was locked by a combination lock. There was a nameplate on the white wall next to that door, with the words [Puppet Cultivation Base] written on it.

Yan Mo stood behind him, glanced down at the words on the sign, and said clearly, "So it's the place where half-demons are cultivated." He looked at Qi Jingyu while talking, "Why do you think Zhu Yan is here?"

"If I were Chongye, then there are only two places that must be mastered in the entire Demon Subduing Masters Association." Qi Jingyu smiled and said calmly, "One is the current president with a high concentration of power. With him, you can indirectly control The vast majority of demon subduing masters here. The second is the man-made half-demon technology that was managed by him with great difficulty and finally realized by the hands of demon subduing masters."

Yan Mo answered, "Do you think Yan Mo personally controlled the current chairman, so he must hand over this place to Zhu Yan?"

Qi Jingyu: "Yes."

In the darkness, the ending was elongated eerily and infinitely.

After a while, the man's low laughter sounded, Su Yunhe stood in the dark corner where the light of the indicator light could not reach, quietly staring at the bright place with a pair of half-smiling eyes without any surprise, obviously he had noticed his existence long ago of two people.

He said: "It's really unexpected that even after such a long time, you can still clearly remember everyone's way of thinking. You are indeed a demon fox with nine tails."

There was a smile in Yan Mo's eyes, and he squinted lightly, his tone was a bit teasing: "Jing Yu, you three apprentices don't know how to respect the teacher, so it's possible that something really took over your body Is it?"

"It seems to be." Qi Jingyu was very calm, "and he is also a person who knows me and Chong Ye quite well."

——inued