"I also thought he had... No, did he really spend a day and night alone in the wilderness?"
“It’s incredible!”
"Something doesn't feel right."
…
In the dense forest, in front of the corpses of sub-monsters all over the ground, the rangers gathered in a circle, talking in low voices, with strange, dignified eyes that revealed vigilance.
The excited young man who was hugging the one-eyed wolf tightly, you can guess his identity even if you think about it - he was the one who drew the map of the stronghold and asked his temporary contract partner to return to the barrier to send a message for help.
Sanyouxia, Qi Chengjie.
In the previous discussion and analysis, everyone agreed that Qi Chengjie sacrificed himself at the last moment to attract firepower, which gave the injured Ironback Wolf a chance to escape back to the fortress.
But the strange scene in front of them made them doubt their own judgment.
What made them even more confused was that this place was located in the hinterland of the wilderness, and before they arrived, Qi Chengjie was sleeping among the corpses of high-level sub-monster fire-poison bats all over the ground. Although there were scars on his body, the injuries did not seem serious.
A squad leader with a cultivation level as high as the fifth level frowned and asked in a low voice: "Are you Qi Chengjie? The contract partner of this iron-backed wolf?"
Qi Chengjie's expression was still a little dazed. He was holding the iron-backed wolf in his arms that he thought he would never see again. In his mind, he replayed the battle he just "saw" frame by frame. The four profound Mo Mo
The mysterious cultivator...especially their leader, the young man in white robe with unparalleled methods.
He was already dead.
He actually managed to save himself.
This kind of method is really like the gods in ancient legends.
"Qi Chengjie?"
"Why are you so stunned?"
"What's going on with him? He can't be cheating, right?"
"Look at these footprints, it's obvious that many sub-monsters came near him, but they didn't hurt him!"
"Oops! I fell into a trap! He is a pawn!"
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the forest became tense.
The corpses on the ground, Qi Chengjie who was stunned, and the weird paw prints, large and small, buried in the mud of fallen leaves, made everything here look so weird.
The glances directed at Qi Chengjie began to become subtle and alert, revealing fear and resentment.
"This is all a trap!"
I don't know who gritted his teeth and roared, and the tense atmosphere finally broke.
Almost everyone moved their chanting seals and aimed at Qi Chengjie, who was motionless and had a strange expression.
"roar!"
The single-eyed iron-backed wolf blocked Qi Chengjie's path, grinning at the crowd and roaring continuously.
Qi Chengjie came to his senses and said quickly: "Stop! I am not a puppet!"
"Humph, how can you prove it!"
"There is no one in your stronghold on the map, and yet you are lying here strangely, with no injuries at all. It's not a bait!"
"How do you explain that after lying in the wilderness for a day and a night, you didn't become a sub-monster's meal?"
No injuries at all?
Qi Chengjie was startled, and quickly looked down at his legs. The scar where the leg bone was severed was still there, but the scab had begun to heal, and the broken bones were completely rejoined.
It's him...
Qi Chengjie felt strange feelings in his heart. The young man who looked like a god not only saved himself, but also healed his injuries!
Feeling more and more malice around him, Qi Chengjie hesitated for a moment and finally decided to tell the truth.
"I was indeed dead. But not long ago... probably a few hours ago, I was revived by an expert."
After Qi Chengjie finished speaking, the suspicion in the eyes of everyone around him not only did not diminish, but became even more intense.
Rescue? Bring the dead back to life?
Make up a story!
"Everything I said is true!"
Qi Chengjie was anxious, his eyes swept across the fire poisonous bats on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "These sub-monsters were also killed by one of them... No, to be precise, they were killed by the spiritual pet companions summoned by the two of them.
, it only took less than five minutes from beginning to end. And those two miraculous creatures should be extraordinary species!"
"Hmph! The more you make it up, the more bizarre it becomes! Let's take him back and let's talk about it later!"
A squad leader was about to take action.
The woman Qingyue's voice sounded: "Brother Qi, can you still remember the face of the person who saved you?"
It was Qiong Haiqing who asked the question.
"Of course I remember." Qi Chengjie said, then suddenly remembered something and frowned slightly.
At this time, the girl standing next to Qiong Haiqing asked: "When you saw him, did he look familiar?"
Qi Chengjie frowned: "Yes, when you said that, I remembered it. It looks familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere before."
Gu Ruoxi and Qiong Haiqing looked at each other and could see the throbbing in each other's eyes.
Before they could speak again, Qi Chengjie's body suddenly trembled, and the expression on his face changed drastically: "I remembered!"
Gu Ruoxi, Qiong Haiqing, Guan Ningying and Ma Jizu all had complex expressions of hope in their eyes.
The other four team captains exchanged looks. Although they didn't know what Qiong Haiqing and Gu Ruoxi were asking, they could vaguely feel that the truth of the matter was not that simple.
"Remember, who is he?" Gu Ruoxi clenched her fists and asked softly.
Qi Chengjie took a deep breath and said:
"If I admit it correctly, he is the man who single-handedly defeated the Lei Family God and Demon Sect two and a half years ago in front of everyone."
As soon as the words fell, the whole place was in an uproar.
Some were shocked, some were excited, and some didn't believe it.
Guan Ningying, Qiong Haiqing, and Ma Jizu had indescribable enthusiasm in their eyes at the same time, and then they turned to look at Gu Ruoxi.
Gu Ruoxi also didn't speak, but quietly stroked the impatient Zhu Mu bird.
"Let's keep going."
Five minutes later, the rangers followed Gu Ruoxi and her Zhumu Bird and continued westward.
Compared to five minutes ago, there was one more person in the team - Qi Chengjie, who claimed to have been rescued by members of the Immortal Organization.
An inexplicable atmosphere lingers in this incomplete yet isolated ranger group.
There is tension and worry.
There is also a hint of expectation that no one has ever mentioned but that is unspoken.
Most people's memories of the mysterious behind-the-scenes organization that made a sudden appearance two and a half years ago and left various legends in the Federation and even the world are already very faint.
However, as the war has fallen into a quagmire, in the past six months, one or two rumors about the Immortal Organization have occasionally appeared, often appearing when the cultivators are most desperate and exhausted.
Whether it is a legend or exaggerated, for people, it is at least a hope.
At this time, in another world beyond the reach of the young spirit masters, the miraculous creatures were also discussing fiercely.
…
"Master National Preceptor is so amazing! He actually saved my wolf's human partner! Hahaha, I'm so happy! So excited!"
"Hey, that human seems to be just your temporary contract partner. Is it necessary to be so excited?"
"Tch, what do you know! I have already decided. After meeting with Zhou Guoshi, I will sign a formal contract with him!"
"Why do you have to see Master Zhou?"
"My comrades of the same race told me that the National Master seemed to be secretly planning a large-scale war and secretly cultivating strong human spiritual masters. Of course, this wolf went to ask the National Master to allow our human partners to join.
.By the way, Master Youyou, Master Ah She, what is your relationship with Master National Preceptor like? Can you put in a good word for us then?"
"The relationship between the two of us and cooking... Bah, bah, the relationship with the Imperial Master is definitely beyond your imagination. Don't worry, it will be taken care of by the two of us."
"Yes, all the abilities of this Snake and Youyou were passed down from the National Preceptor and his top master, Senior Hei Wuchang. In order to save us two, the National Preceptor personally destroyed a criminal group. There is no need to speak of such a relationship.
?”
Feeling the envy, jealousy, and adoration of the miraculous creatures around them, Yoyo and Ah She held their heads high and raised their tails high.
"Huh? That's not right. Isn't Lord Black Cat under the Imperial Preceptor His Majesty Black Tenshou, the new king of the south? How come he has become the legendary Lord Black Wuchang again?"
"Oh my God, is this the Imperial Master who has been hiding the truth!"
"What a big gossip! The new king of the southern black cat clan is actually a fake!"
The eyes of the Zhumu Bird and the Golden-winged Snake were dull, and their expressions gradually became ugly.
"Ashe, did we... talk too much?"
"It's not much, but it seems...that I let it slip?"
"Oops! Will the cooking union settle the old and new accounts together?"
"Old accounts...what do you mean?"
"Of course it's because we stole his essence before!"
"Ah, this snake actually forgot about this. How about we two escape first?"
…
"roar!"
An angry roar came from a distance, breaking the silence in the ranger group and the heated discussion in the spiritual pet group.
"Something happened again?"
"Let's go! Go and have a look!"
The Rangers began to pick up speed.
An hour and a half later, they arrived at a ruins that looked like a giant crater on the edge of the jungle.
There was a look of shock on everyone's face.
What appeared in front of them was an upgraded version of the previous dense forest.
It’s not so much a ruin as it is a giant tomb!
As far as the eye can see, in the pit and outside the pit, there are the corpses of sub-monsters. There are flying sub-monsters, shape-shifting sub-monsters, tentacle-type sub-monsters, crustacean sub-monsters... At a glance, there are at least six kinds.
The remains of different types of sub-monsters, with thousands of each type, were piled all over the floor with colorful blood and fishy-smelling organs, which would make one's scalp numb and his liver and gallbladder split apart.
Anyone who can join the Ranger Group has already taken life and death lightly and is fearless.
But the scene in front of them still caused deep fear in the hearts of many people.
The entire ranger group and garrison group of Nanjiang Fortress may not be able to kill so many sub-monsters in more than half a year.
Even the Ming family siblings, who are at the top of the rankings in the Battle of Spiritual Paths, may not have killed as many sub-monsters in total.
"Look! There's someone there!"
"What are they doing there?"
"Wait a minute, are they the escaped prisoners that Qi Chengjie found before?"
Qi Chengjie also saw the people standing in the only clean place in the center of the corpse pit with a radius of one kilometer. He took a closer look and his expression changed: "It's them! That's right!"
After saying that, Qi Chengjie controlled the iron-backed wolf and flew into the corpse pit.
Guan Ningying frowned: "Wait! Be careful of fraud..."
Before he finished speaking, a snow-white feather shadow passed by him, but it was Gu Ruoxi who drove the Zhumu Bird to follow Qi Chengjie and fly towards the group of people in the center of the corpse pit.
Guan Ningying looked at the backs of the two people, stunned, with a complicated look on her face.
…
"Who are you? Do you have an organization?"
"Lin Chao, from the 612 squad, with a full strength of twenty people, and now there are nine people... Jiang Jian, from the 584 squad, with a full strength of twenty people, and now there are six people... Yu Xixuan, from the 635 squad, with a full strength of twenty people,
There is only one person left..."
Under the ruins, under the interrogation of Qiong Haiqing and other five squad leaders, the rescued prisoners reported their names and squad numbers one by one. After verification in the database, they were matched one by one.
Gu Ruoxi and Qi Chengjie stood aside, waiting patiently.
It wasn't until the information was verified that Qi Chengjie asked, "Why do you want to move your hidden stronghold?"
No one answered.
Nearly a hundred prisoners looked bleak and their eyes were dull. Only a little fear and despair could be seen deep in their eyes.
After a long while, the former squad leader named Lin Chao's cheeks trembled slightly, and his voice was hoarse and he said: "It's the sub-monster... that moved us here again..."
Qi Chengjie was stunned for a moment, his lips pursed, and finally said nothing.
The expressions of the surrounding team captains all changed.
Ma Jizu snorted coldly: "Transfer? Haha, it really is a bait! You bunch of damn people!"
"What, they have all turned into puppets?"
"Oops! Is there an ambush outside?"
"If there is still an ambush, then the bodies of the sub-monsters that died in the past few days are nothing!"
"No matter what, these traitorous scum colluded with the sub-monsters to try to lure us into the bait! They are extremely despicable! No one can be spared!"
Nearly a hundred prisoners were inundated with hateful looks and curses.
The expressions of the captives were still numb. All of them, including Lin Chao, remained motionless, as if they were soulless wooden stakes, allowing the Rangers to vent their anger.
I don’t know how long it took, but the scolding gradually became quieter.
The eyes of the members of the Ranger Group were still full of dissatisfaction, but they were a little more complicated.
A female spirit guard suddenly covered her mouth to block the cry, but failed to block the tears that flowed from her eyes.
The yelling and cursing gradually stopped.
Many people have red eyes.
The group of "minions" in front of them were once their brothers and sisters, and their fighting partners. However, after being captured by the sub-monsters, their spiritual world was polluted and twisted into the walking zombies who helped evil.
No one knows what they went through after being captured.
The "minions" who were rescued refused to tell them about their experiences no matter how they pressed and persuaded them.
And the vast majority of them will commit suicide within half a month after being rescued.
In the cool forest breeze, the soft voice of the girl rang out.
"Then what happened next?"
Lin Chao's body trembled slightly when he heard the words, and he slowly raised his head, looking at the ruins of the city dozens of miles away shrouded in blood-colored fog. Two lines of turbid tears suddenly flowed down his stiff and expressionless cheeks.