Demon in the world

"Roland... When did he disappear? And how did he disappear?" Fu Guanzi struggled to digest the news he had just received. He hoped that he had heard wrong or Ah Jiu had lied.

It's a pity that the boy's eyes are so frank and sincere, "Sorry, I don't know."

The mysterious and majestic desert city has only a few records in the prehistoric history. How Roland fell and how he disappeared is unknown to future generations. The only thing known is that it ended in tragedy, otherwise it would not be left behind The horror title of a ghost domain.

"Don't be too sad. All the information I know is from the records of ancient books that have been handed down, and it may not be true. If Roland really disappeared, how could I come here?"

In other words, since Ah Jiu has arrived at Roland now, it means that Roland has not really disappeared!

"No," Fu Guanzi didn't feel at all relieved by his persuasion, but instead showed unspeakable loneliness and sadness in his eyes, "I do feel the breath of death lingering over Roland... This ominous premonition has already It's been going on for so many years that I can't even remember when it started."

He was supposed to be the High Priest who guarded Baburunel, and carried the hope of peace for all Roland's people. On the surface, he was a bridge for communication between God and man, but in reality, what he was doing was an evil deal with the devil.

On the surface, Manhattan protects Roland in the form of a god, but in fact, he enjoys the sacrifices and the hard-won food and fruits of the people unscrupulously.

It is not that no one has resisted and questioned for so many years, but the result is that they have been tortured by the forces of Manhatu invisibly and made life worse than death.

Manhatu's power, Fu Guanzi, has only been seen once. The kind of subversive power and momentum can move the sun and the moon, and human beings are undoubtedly fighting with it.

In order to avoid the death of more innocent people, Fu Guanzi took the initiative to take up the role of priest, and every month, he asked people to catch some aliens who strayed into the desert for sacrifice. Select some old, weak, sick and disabled to send in.

The stomach of Manhatu is like the boundless desert of Babulun, where greed and evil increase with the decrease of cowardly prey.

Every time after delivering the sacrifices, Fu Guanzi locked herself in the garden for several days, not wanting to eat anything or go anywhere.

His mother was originally from the south of the Central Plains, and she liked to live in a simple wooden house. She wore a casual and elegant Chinese bun, and sang lingering ditties under the window at night that no one could understand. The charming spring scene of moon mist, rain, peach blossoms, green willows and swallows flying.

In Fu Guanzi's memory: the wind in the Central Plains is soft, with cotton wool and sweet fragrance.

The sunshine in the Central Plains is soft, which can make women's skin fair and moist.

People in the Central Plains are kind, and they are always used to giving a small amount of copper coins to beggars' broken bowls, but enough to feed their hungers.

Life in the Central Plains is peaceful and comfortable, and you can spend a day leisurely in the garden with porridge and pickles...

After his mother passed away, he has been living in this house, retaining the customs of the Central Plains, and he is full of longing and longing for it. He hopes that one day he can leave this desolate and endless desert and ride in the early spring with paper kites. The awning boat goes down the water, counts wherever it goes, and enjoys all the places mentioned in the book...

But before his plan could be implemented, Manhatu came, and Roland was hidden in an unprecedented crisis.

Roland does not have so many romantic and beautiful scenery, only the endless yellow sand, the land that is always dry and water-scarce, the camels that lose their hair in the heat and the smelly mutton, and the Roland people don’t know how to embroider purses and sachets. , but he loves Roland, loves this barren and vast desert.

He couldn't go to another country by himself, leaving this city alone to be bullied and slaughtered.

After a long silence, Ah Jiu said, "Mr. Fu, what kind of person is Manhatu?"

Fu Guanzi woke up from the memory, and slowly squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "Cruel, vicious, despicable...a powerful sand demon twisted by the creator of the world."

He was originally a person who couldn't show his emotions and anger, but when he answered this question, he clenched his fists tightly, which showed that he hated this person deeply.

"How can I find him?"

"What... what did you say?" Fu Guanzi looked at him in surprise, "You want Manhatu?"

Ah Jiu nodded, "I came to Roland based on the advice of my ancestors. Although I don't understand what he means, but if you encounter such a powerful monster, you should go and have a look."

Fu Guanzi looked complicated and said: "Although I begged you to go to Manhatu just now, if you really go, I'm afraid it will not be so easy to come back."

"It doesn't matter, I have a fight, if there is danger, it will run very fast."

"Crazy fight?"

Ah Jiu reached into the Qiankun bag and touched it a few times, and there was a furry black dog in his palm, "That's it."

Fu Guanzi couldn't see the power of the little guy wagging his tail, but he also felt that it was not something to be taken lightly, so he said: "Manhatu ordered people to build a group of worship towers in the center of the Babuluner Desert , there is the largest oasis in Roland, and it is a forbidden area with a radius of hundreds of miles. We will send sacrifices there once a month, and the closest is tomorrow. After arriving at the sacrifice tower, the gate will automatically open. Leave me alone to listen to Manhatu's latest orders."

While listening quietly, Ah Jiu took out a small plate and candle from the Qiankun bag, lit the scented wax and stuck it on the plate. Huo Dou in his hand immediately rushed over, threw himself into the candle flame and began to lick it. With the speed of eating, the body shape is also getting bigger and bigger.

After eating the two scented waxes, Fu Dou was already the size of a calf, but he was leaning against Ah Jiu with the same gentle expression as before.

Fu Guanzi saw that their master and servant had no heart, and thought that if they lost this time, they might not be happy today, and their hearts were full of emotions for a while, so they solemnly told, "When you leave this door, don't mention it again. Manhatu, this monster regards himself as a god, and he doesn't like others to call him a common name. Let alone talk about today's events, he has a six-eared wind monster under his command, which can hear thousands of miles, if he finds out, it may cause unreasonable disasters."

Ah Jiu smiled, and put Fu Dou back into the Qiankun bag.

The next day, when the sky was dark, Fu Guanzi set off, leading the camel team to the center of Babuluner.

Ah Jiu did not ride in the Chinese chariot with him, but returned to the iron cage like an ordinary sacrificial offering.

Because there is no cover outside, the field of vision is very wide. After a while, the sky turns red, and a round sun rises slowly from the undulating horizon. Ah Jiu saw the most beautiful desert sunrise.

The camel team walked smoothly and quietly. No one spoke along the way. When the sun rose higher and higher, the cold air on the ground gradually receded, replaced by a hot feeling that burned the skin. The sun was like thousands of steel needles, piercing There is pain everywhere in the body.

There are rolling hills in the desert, as if the giants of the earth are showing their muscles, stretching out to the distance.Occasionally, a few Haloxylon trees and poisonous phlox will emerge from the sand, and a mottled and strong rattlesnake hides underneath, raising its triangular head to peep at the nearby herd of antelope.

All this makes Ah Jiu very interesting. He likes these small animals that grow in difficult areas, whether it is poisonous snakes or stubborn plants.

Under the sun like a charcoal stove, the camel team stopped from time to time to rest their feet. At this time, someone would feed the slaves water with sheepskin bags across the iron cage. It was not out of concern, but because they were worried that they would die on the way or Fear of being scolded by God that the food is not fresh enough.

During the whole journey, Fu Guanzi didn't look back at Ah Jiu. He was sitting on the camel in white clothes, with a white gauze covering his head, so he couldn't see his expression clearly. From Ah Jiu's angle, he could only see his straight body. The back, as if motionless like a sculpture.

In the evening, before sunset, they arrived at the Tower of Sacrifice, a tall wooden tower covered with huge iron chains and copper locks, and colorful long prayer flags hanging from the top, fluttering gently with the breeze, so weird. The distinctive buildings stand in the center of the desert, but it is creepy to look at.

The faces of the people in the camel team became more and more serious. They took black and white masks from their pockets and put them on their faces, standing like nails, waiting for the high priest to dispatch them at any time.

Fu Guanzi jumped off the camel's back and raised his hand to signal them to lift up the iron cage.

There were about 200 slaves sent this time. All of them were given dumb drugs before leaving. Maybe it was because of the fatigue of the journey, or maybe they felt the call of death from the tower, but they all obediently and no one struggled to resist.

"Creak!" The tower door opened slowly, and the old wooden door made a sharp and piercing sound, which made people suddenly nervous.

Ah Jiu was lifted up by two men wrapped in white towels, and walked slowly towards the tower gate.

The tower is very dark, and I'm afraid I can't see anything with human eyesight. Even Ah Jiu, who is a monster, can only look at the empty walls. The inside of the tower is in a spiral shape, and it will make people look careless when looking up. The horrible illusion of being sucked in.

There was a faint stench in the air, and there was also an indescribable strange smell, Ah Jiu intuitively thought it was a monster.

All the cages were brought in and piled up layer by layer. Ah Jiu was placed at the front. He was wearing ragged clothes, laying motionless on the board, looking like a very weak slave, no different from others .

The sending-off team raised their hands to their foreheads to show awe, and exited the tower backwards in an orderly manner. Only Fu Guanzi was left as a free person in the entire space, and the tower door slowly closed.

Fu Guanzi suddenly changed into a different person, and his voice was both respectful and fearful, "Babulun is the supreme god, the people of Roland have dedicated this month's sacrifice to you, please enjoy it with peace of mind."

"Boom!" All the wall lamps in the tower lit up, and Ah Jiu saw a huge strange man on the empty seat on the tower.

It is more appropriate to say that it is a human, rather than a monster. Although the human figure and facial features can be barely seen, the whole body is maroon, and there is no smooth spot on the skin. The eyes are like two empty black holes, huge The mouth stretched from the left ear to under the right ear, and the fat lips were turned out to reveal muddy mucus.

In the empty slot next to his seat, stood two ugly guys, one was a lion-faced curly-haired monster with sharp ears and sharp claws, and two curved horns protruding from his forehead.

The other was a giant three times larger than an ordinary person, with his upper body bare and his chest covered with densely closed eyes.

According to their positions, it is not difficult to guess that it is the one in the middle, Hamantu, who is hated by Fu Guanzi.

Hamantu said lazily, his voice was like a murky broken bell, "How many sacrifices have been sent in total this time?"

Fu Guanzi said: "Back to Roland, great and wise god, as you ordered before, there are a total of two hundred, all of which are alive."

"Very good," Ha Mantu clapped his hands on his mouth and yawned, "From next month, it will be changed to five hundred."

Fu Guanzi's body visibly vibrated, but he didn't respond for a while.

"Why, you don't want to?"

"No, it's not."

"That's good. In addition to the [-] living people, there are another [-] livestock. I have a good appetite recently, and I always feel that I am not full."

"……Yes."

Manhatu waved his hand impatiently, "It's none of your business, step back."

Fu Guanzi couldn't help looking at Ah Jiu, seeing that he was still motionless, he felt faintly worried.

Seeing his hesitation, Manhatu said displeasedly: "What are you still doing here? Could it be that you want to disturb our meal?"

Fu Guanzi didn't dare to stay longer, and carefully raised her hand to her forehead and retreated.

After Fu Guanzi left, the lion-masked guy suddenly shrugged his nose, "I seem to smell something terrible..."

Manhatucci asked, "What's the smell?"

"I can't put it into words. I've smelled this smell in the Central Plains many years ago, but it doesn't quite resemble it." He jumped down, looked at the iron cages one by one, and rubbed them against his pet as if picking food. Knead and sniff.

"You suspicious and timid griffin, with us and Manhatu here, who else can make waves?" The giant also jumped down, and made a loud noise when it landed on the ground, shaking the entire tower. They all shook a few times.

The Griffin didn't take his confidence seriously, and continued to sniff around to find the target, "It's better to be careful, I don't know why, I always feel that the expression of the high priest just now is a little strange."

"You care too much," Manhatu said impatiently at his suspiciousness, "get out of the way quickly, don't affect my appetite."

"No, you can't eat it yet," Griffin walked up to Ah Jiu, stretched out his claws and picked up his collar, and carefully brought his nose closer.

"You bloody lion, what the hell did you find to scare you like this!"

"Dragon," the Griffon paused, narrowed its eyes, and said in a low voice, "I seem to smell the Eastern Dragon."

When it traveled to the Central Plains many years ago, it had unintentionally seen the scene of the Dongfang dragon preying on it. The earth-shattering aura shocked it so much that it still can't forget it until now.And its smell is firmly in my mind, that smell... just like the smell now.

"Ah!" The griffin suddenly stepped back, pointing at the cage in shock, "That's it!"

The giant took two steps closer curiously, looked at Ah Jiu and then laughed, "Griffin, you are making too much of a fuss, this is just an ordinary human being."

"No, although he has a little human aura, but he can't hide the monster aura that dragons have!"

"Just an ordinary human!"

"No, it's a monster!"

The two looked at Manhatu with red faces, "Please help us judge whose judgment was wrong!"

Manhatu spread his hand, just stretched out his fingers, and the cage where Ah Jiu was held flew towards him immediately.

He turned the cage in his hand like a toy to watch, his ugly face showed an intoxicated expression, "I cannibalize countless people, and I have never smelled such a wonderful and strange aroma... Both of you are wrong, this should indeed be a bird The monster is not a dragon, but a little monster with unknown origin."

Ajiu was born of the combination of dragon and pearl ointment, and there is still a bit of pearl ointment on her body, but it is very light and similar to the fragrance of milk, so ordinary people can't distinguish it at all.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Ah Jiu has no point in pretending. He turned over and sat up, put one hand on the ground to make a defensive posture of an animal, and stared closely at Manhatu, which was several times his size.

What kind of ability does this toad-like monster have, so that the whole Roland is helpless and driven by it?

Manhatu licked the cage with his tongue, showing a disgusting and terrifying smile, "Little guy, what is your origin? What is the purpose of mixing with this sacrifice today?"

Although he didn't want to pay attention to him, Ah Jiu still responded to him politely, "My name is Ah Jiu, and I just came here to see what the so-called god looks like."

"Then what do you see now?"

"I saw three ugly monsters, deceiving human beings in the name of God."

Manhatu has been the overlord of Roland for many years, and has never experienced being contradicted by others. When Ah Jiu said this, he was furious, and scolded through gritted teeth: "Ignorant boy, how dare you dare to be presumptuous in front of the true god Roland, I will tear you up!" Damn you, let's see how rampant you are!"

He put the iron cage in his left hand, raised his right hand high, and struck hard. Seeing that Ah Jiu was about to become a meatloaf, the iron cage was suddenly cut open by Ah Jiu's claws, and a black lightning shot out quickly, carrying Ah Jiu floating in the air. In front of Manhatu.

Manhatu yelled, the whole tower shook, and the giant with eyes all over jumped over, nervously stood in front of Manhatu and said: "Please don't be angry, calm down first, this little monster is better to leave it to me Come clean up."

After saying that, he suddenly inserted his palm into his chest, and opened the crack with both hands to reveal his internal organs. After the intestines were exposed, he formed a double-sawed steel knife, which was taller than himself, and he grabbed it in his hand and slashed at Ah Jiu.

The two are not big in size, and the fighting speed is extremely fast, so it is very convenient to dodge, even if the opponent swings the steel knife tightly, they can still deal with it with ease.After a few back and forths, the giant went crazy, threw away the steel knife and peeled off the leather wristbands, exposing the blue eyes of both arms, roared at Ah Jiu, and opened all the eyes on the chest in an instant, and shot out from the pupils. Thick golden needles came out and hit Ah Jiu like a wall.

There were eyes on the giant's chest, back, arms, and Fudou had to escape to the top of his head, but he never thought that his bald head would suddenly split open, revealing a bowl-sized black eye. The needles that have grown eyes pierce like a rain.

The poisonous needles are distributed in front, back, left, and right, and Huo Dou saw that there was no way to avoid it, but Ah Jiu suddenly stretched out his hand that turned into a claw, and did not dodge when he encountered the rain of needles, as if he could not feel the pain. down.

In the light of the calcium carbide fire, the giant fell to the ground with a bang, and Fudou avoided the last wave of needle rain just in time.

Ah Jiu lowered his hand, and the dark red blood dripped down the needle bit by bit. Under the astonished gaze of the griffin, he raised his hand, bit off the golden needle stuck on his hand with his teeth, and then gently licked it with his tongue. with a wound.

The monster's saliva has the effect of healing and detoxification, which Jai Zi once told him when he was in Wuji Mountain.

Manhatu's eyes turned red because of the situation beyond his control, "Griffin, what are you still doing!"

The Griffin just woke up, arched its body and formed wings on its back, raised its sharpened head and let out a roar. With its wings and the strength of its limbs, its speed was no less than that of Fudou.

After licking her right hand, Ah Jiu also transformed into a beast shape and let out a roar. Although there was a huge difference in size between the two, they had the same momentum.

He once asked Yazi when he was hunting before, why animals always like to yell at each other before fighting.

Yazi replied that the voice represents the momentum, and the fight can be lost, but the momentum must not be overwhelmed, and the roar is a very important test indicator in the strength of monsters, usually the louder the sound, the stronger the ability.

At that time, Ah Jiu always felt that his throat was tight when facing rabbits and squirrels, and he couldn't yell.

Now after being yelled at by others, I yelled back, and it didn't feel bad, as if my chest had been opened, exhaling the stagnant qi stagnated in my chest, which was very refreshing.

Seeing that the sound was suppressed, the griffin was very upset, tightened its abdomen and let out a louder roar again.

Not to be outdone, Ah Jiu raised her legs, stretched her hips, raised her neck and spoke, and immediately roared back with trembling hair.

Manhatu saw that they were louder than the other, and only made his eardrums buzz, but he had no intention of doing anything, as if pouring a pot of oil on a hot pan, and he was very angry to do it himself. The griffin was sent flying with a slap, "Go away, useless waste!"

Before Ah Jiu realized what was going on, the opponent changed from a griffin to a manhatu in a muddy state.

Manhatu is huge in size, but it is surprisingly flexible to move. It is extremely powerful and destructive, coupled with its quick response, it will be difficult for Ah Jiu and Fudou to cooperate with Palma.

This is the most difficult enemy Ah Jiu has ever met You Shi Yiyi. Not only does he look like a lump of mud, but his body structure is also like mud. Ah Jiu's attacks have no effect on him. Even if he is lucky enough to tear a wound, it will quickly self-healing.

"With your little ability, you still want to challenge the true god of Baburul, boy, I want you to pay the eternal price for today's arrogance!"

Ah Jiu and Fu Dou were soon forced into a corner of the tower by his hill-like figure, and gradually realized that they were definitely not Manhatu's opponents in the limited space, so they tried to destroy the tower of sacrifice, hoping to move the battlefield to a wider place, However, this seemingly crumbling tower has been cast with some kind of magic at this time, and it has become indestructible. No matter what kind of attack it makes, it only increases the shaking range, and does not cause a single scar on the tower body.

With the loss of physical strength, Ah Jiu's reaction became slower and slower, and he even began to wonder if he would die in this darkened tower.

If he really died here, would the brothers know?Will Yazi feel sad?At that time, will he forgive himself?And Lanyin Temple... He suddenly wanted to go back to see Kongxiang whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and his senior brother Shenghua who was always smiling.

Fudou sensed his strangeness, sobbed to remind him, deep uneasiness and anxiety flowed out of his round eyes.

At this critical moment, there was a loud bang and bang from outside the tower, and it turned out that the tower door fell in without warning.

There was a man in white clothes at the door, his clothes were rattling by the night wind.

Because of the moonlight on his back, Ah Jiu couldn't see his expression, but he recognized who it was, Fu Guanzi.

In Manhatu's anger, Fu Guanzi walked in steadily step by step, and said to Ah Jiu, "Are you all right?"

Ah Jiu shook his head and looked at him puzzled, "Why did you come in? Shouldn't you go back?"

Fu Guanzi smiled at him, "Well, I already went back, but I regretted it halfway, because I found that I was a very irresponsible person. Roland is our own, how can we foolishly rely on him?" It is protected by the power of outsiders."

Ah Jiu didn't quite understand what he meant. The purpose of left and right was to protect Roland. Aren't their abilities different?

Manhatu laughed angrily, "I should have known that you ordered this little monster to sneak into the sacrifice, but I didn't expect that you would be so stupid, Fu Guanzi, you have to run here to seek death after leaving a good dog behind. Do you really think your life is too long?"

His words were vicious, but Fu Guanzi was not annoyed. Instead, he put his palms together in front of his chest, and then turned them up and down to form a word. The ring finger of his left hand and the little finger gradually bent, and he murmured a spell, a pentagram The patterns slowly spread out at the foot of Manhatu.

"Ah Jiu, leave Roland and go back to where you came from." Fu Guanzi said.

Ah Jiu licked the blood at the corner of his mouth with the tip of his tongue, his black eyes became brighter, "No, I won't go."

"If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave again when Manhatu breaks free from the shackles."

Let's go now, what should I say when I go back to Qingqiu and meet my brothers?He said that he had arrived at the legendary Roland, but it was occupied by monsters, and he couldn't beat it, so he fled back in despair!

That Xuanwu who wanted to see his own jokes might still be there, and then he might even laugh at him for being useless except to eat, so what would Yazi think of him?Ah Jiu can ignore what others think, but he can't stand his contempt.

He is Long Jiu, how could he be frightened by a toad-like monster and run away with his tail between his legs?No!Ah Jiu subconsciously shook his head.

Manhatu was trapped inside the pentagram, but he showed no fear at all. He struggled hard and said, "The entire Babulun Desert is in the palm of my hand, and none of you can escape!"

The sand-white moonlight shone in from the fallen tower door, reflecting on Manhatu's gloomy blue eyes, and the air seemed to cool down quickly, condensing together and turning into hoarfrost!

The pentagram suddenly tightened in the movement of Fu Guanzi's slightly trembling fingers, but it burst instantly with Manhatu's roar, like shattered jade fragments, scattered everywhere.

Fu Guanzi said helplessly to Ah Jiu: "Even if you want to leave now, you can't."

Manhatu raised his arm and brought a gust of wind, and Fu Guanzi, who was a human, flew out like a piece of paper in the wind.

"Mr. Fu!"

"Come on, little guy, it's your turn now. Judging by your white skin and clean appearance, you must taste different. I just got tired of eating human beings recently, so it's good to change the taste..."

Ah Jiu held her breath and slowly backed away, "Don't talk big, it's not certain who will eat."

At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, I taught it that if anyone wants to bite it, he must bite it back first, and if anyone wants to eat it, he must eat it back first!

It kept restraining its appetite at Mr. Fu's place yesterday, for fear of scaring the friends it had just met. In addition, it has not eaten all day today, so it is really hungry.

Although this monster looks a little ugly, but fortunately, it is bigger and ugly like a crab and a lobster, but the meat is extremely delicious. Maybe this manhatu has been peeled, and there is no telling if there is white and tender meat inside!

Meat!A big piece of meat!A large piece of fresh and delicious meat... Ah Jiu's mouth began to secrete saliva unconsciously, as if he had already smelled the aroma of the cooked prey...

In view of the principle that the food should be eaten fresh, I have to try my best to catch it alive. After successful capture, should I eat it raw in the original ecology, or eat it on fire, or boil it in soy sauce, or steam it... or separate the meat, Try every cooking method, share it when the time comes, and taste each one, wow, it's so beautiful to enjoy!

Manhatu, who was in the confrontation, suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing. For some reason, he saw the little beast in front of him suddenly become energetic, and from time to time he stuck out his tongue to lick the corner of the shiny mouth. For some reason, he suddenly had an ominous premonition...