bookcurios Chapter 743: Hunter and Prey
Chapter 743: Hunter and Prey
"There's really nothing I can do about you."
After laughing foolishly for a while, Xiao Bai led Ling'er to a rope and looked down at the scene.
Disciples from various factions surrounded the area in layers, with several pieces of Mirror Light Sect disciple clothing in the center. The human skins were of both men and women, and the victims had only recently died. Strangely, no traces were left on the ground.
Xiao Bai sniffed. "There's no smell, and there's a powerful array blocking it. How did they manage that?"
Generally speaking, to break through a large formation, one either needs to have a formation plaque or break the formation patterns.
Either of these would alert the disciples within the array, as the opponent would have silently carried out the kill, completely violating the common sense of martial arts cultivation.
"Damn it, who is it?"
"How dare you attack my Mirror Light Sect? Do you think my sect is weak and easily bullied?"
The disciples of the Mirror Light Sect were extremely angry, but their anger was useless; they couldn't find the attackers at all.
The chaos lasted for a long time before the disciples from various factions finally dispersed, their hearts heavy with worry.
Seeing that the patrol had yielded no results, Xiao Bai took Xiao Ling'er back to continue sleeping.
Not long after the two lay down, another incident occurred on the outskirts. Dozens of disciples from a small sect had died. When everyone rushed over, the sect's human skin and clothes were scattered everywhere.
The disciples from all factions fell silent, as if a great terror was watching them from the shadows; the unseen enemy is the most terrifying.
Even with Ling'er's carefree personality, she felt a sense of unease.
Xiao Bai said cheerfully, "Little Ling'er, don't be afraid. With Xiao Bai here, anyone who dares to have a bad idea will have their head knocked off."
"Yes, Auntie is the best, Ling'er isn't afraid at all."
As she spoke, Ling'er hugged Xiaobai even tighter, her big, watery eyes frequently scanning the void. She had a strange feeling that her father seemed to be hiding nearby, watching her.
The little girl's bloodline perception was very accurate; Chen Futu had indeed just returned.
He had been following a few old fogies, thinking they were up to something, but it turned out that the group of old men had actually crossed over to the still untouched giant city and went to the most luxurious Miaoyin Pavilion, which catered exclusively to high-level martial artists, to play with girls.
"Damn it, I should have never gone. I almost got a sty."
Chen Futu was seething with hatred; he had missed the guy who had secretly made the move.
"Gentlemen, we are in the open while the enemy is in the dark. If things really come to a bad end, let's not go back to our rooms. Why don't we all stay together on the street for a while? That way, if anything unexpected happens, we can react in time."
A woman in red from Danshan spoke up. Her name was Luo Hongchou, a core disciple of the previous generation and now a steward of the Holy King.
The disciples from other factions had no objections upon hearing this, and this was the best solution.
In this way, people lit bonfires in the streets and gathered in groups.
With so many eyes watching, the mastermind hiding in the shadows will likely never have another chance to kill.
But Xiaobai didn't care about any of that and still took Ling'er back to the attic to sleep.
Luo Hongchou counted the number of people in Danshan and found that Xiaobai and Xiaoling'er were not there, so he came looking for them.
Xiao Bai popped a strawberry-flavored pill into Ling'er's mouth and shouted, "We're not going to sleep on the street, you don't need to worry about us."
Luo Hongchou said seriously, "Junior sisters, the villains hiding in the shadows are extremely dangerous. I suggest you stay with the rest of us."
"Yes, Junior Sister Bai, it's safer for everyone to stick together for warmth than for the two of you girls to be together."
Another male Saint King from Danshan arrived; he was also an elder in charge, named Sun Lei.
Xiaobai had a decent impression of the two men, but she was confident in dealing with the guy hiding in the shadows, so no matter what they said, she disagreed.
Luo Hongchou and Sun Lei had no choice but to discuss it. They couldn't just ignore the two little ones, so they left one of them on the balcony to keep an eye on the street and the room from a high vantage point to prevent any further accidents. If something happened to the two little ones, they wouldn't be able to explain it to Caotang.
In the end, Sun Lei was the one left on the balcony. He set up a table, prepared some snacks to go with drinks, and kept a close watch.
The bustling neighborhood had several thousand people, and such a scene brought a sense of peace.
Chen Futu sat cross-legged in the void, the earth's energy covering the city. This time, he had to see clearly what exactly was hiding in the shadows.
Time passed slowly until the streets below returned to calm, when Chen Futu suddenly sensed a slight movement somewhere.
With a thought, Chen Futu suddenly appeared in the dark courtyard, where the skins of some poultry were scattered on the ground, as if they had just been drained of their life force.
Chen Futu stared at the animal hides scattered on the ground. Using his senses of the earth's veins, he heard a faint sound of flowing water appear for a moment, then disappear.
"Where did the sound of running water come from, and it only lasted for a moment?"
With Chen Futu's limited experience, he could not comprehend this illogical situation.
At the same time, on the balcony where Xiaobai and Xiaoling'er were, a fine, mercury-like stream of water clung to the cracks in the wall, climbed the steps, and slowly flowed towards the room where the two were.
Xiao Bai lay sprawled on the bed, while Xiao Ling'er drooled as she slept soundly in her arms.
Under normal circumstances, high-level martial artists do not need to sleep. However, most martial artists retain their sleep habits and will not sleep for a long time unless they are in a critical period of breaking through a realm. Normally, they will live according to their sleep schedule. Not to mention someone like Xiaobai who is naturally a bit dim-witted, not letting her sleep is more painful than killing her.
Neither Xiaobai nor Ling'er noticed anything dirty flowing into the room through the door crack. The fine silver water flowed silently, and after entering the room, it quietly condensed into a human shape, first the feet, then the legs, and then the torso.
Chen Futu, suspended in mid-air, stared intently at the strange object in the room, his heart churning with turmoil. "Venom?"
This world actually has monsters that appear in movies; it truly deserves to be called a parallel dimension of Earth.
Chen Futu didn't rush to make a move. Seeing that the mentally challenged girl Xiaobai was still fast asleep with her mouth open, he was amused and immediately raised his hand and slapped Xiaobai's butt through the air!
A seemingly lifeless palm strike sent Little White sprawling to his feet, shouting, "Who hit Little White!"
The moment those words were spoken, the room fell into a deathly silence.
The abstract shadow that had just materialized into a human shape froze, and Sun Lei, who was sitting outside so sleepy that his eyelids were drooping, was also stunned.
Sun Lei saw the strange creature and was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out. Just as he was about to say something, the distorted figure bared its teeth at him and then turned into a silver light and poured into his mouth.
Caught off guard, Sun Lei's mouth bulged up to his throat, making it impossible for him to make a sound. He tried to pull the thing out of his mouth, but all he managed to grab was a clump of water.
In the blink of an eye, Sun Lei's head was stretched into a ball, his eyeballs bursting out of their sockets. Then, silvery water covered his eyeballs, and his head shriveled up at a visible speed. His body, which had been stretched into a ball, also collapsed rapidly. He was almost completely drained in a single breath, and then the silvery water rushed out of his skin and gathered in the room.