Chong Xingzi looked at the foggy area in front of him with a complicated expression.
The area where the mist spreads is not large, no more than ten square meters at most.
But he knew that the space inside the mist must be more than ten square meters.
Because this is a magic circle.
Dao disciples are very sensitive to the aura of the magic circle, but what Chong Xingzi couldn't figure out was why someone could think of combining the sword energy with the magic circle, and actually succeeded. This method is really unheard of and unseen.
And think of it
When he saw the scene where Su Anran took action in the small courtyard, he felt even more frightened. It was a terrifying sword energy that he had never seen before. Even before that, he had never even imagined it - if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes,
He simply didn't expect a swordsman with sword energy to be able to achieve this level.
"Taiyimen is so terrifying." Chong Xingzi sighed with emotion.
Just in time.
The thick fog composed entirely of sword energy quietly dispersed.
Su Anran walked out with a gloomy look.
Chong Xingzi glanced into the mist and saw a huge black corpse with a metallic color all over his body lying inside, with a pool of dirty blood slowly flowing out of it. But strangely, this pool of black
The blood soon became solid again, and the surface also had a metallic luster.
"This is……"
"These parasites are very special." Su Anran said in a deep voice, "The one I met seems to call itself an 'iron-eating beast'. Its special ability is that it can strengthen its body by swallowing various metals and ores.
I don’t know what things it has swallowed, but it can block my invisible sword energy. I can only hurt it with a special sword energy, but its lethality is also relatively limited."
"Special sword energy?" Chong Xingzi glanced at the battle area. The entire ground had been cut off to a depth of more than ten meters. He didn't want to know what the so-called special sword energy was like, but he was sure.
Yes, this unlucky parasite must have received very unusual treatment during its lifetime.
"Do you still remember the maid we followed before?" Su Anran nodded to Xingzi, and then continued, "That one is the 'Poison Lady', who is good at making all kinds of poisons. Logically speaking, parasitism
The human body is actually not afraid of poison, because they can be regarded as the ancestors who play poison, but the poison prepared by this poisonous lady can kill even these parasites."
Chong Xingzi took a breath of air: "So, those two people made those insect eggs?"
"I guess it's about the same." Su Anran nodded, "The previous parasites didn't have any special abilities, but these two parasites have very special abilities, which is very unusual. What I'm worried about now is,
If we don’t have other means of detecting parasites..."
"Are you worried that there will be similar special parasites?"
Su Anran nodded.
"This is the first time I have seen this type of parasite. Judging from the current... combat situations, the individual strength of these parasites is not strong." Su Anran said, "At least, not as good as the first one I encountered before.
First-generation parasites are even less numerous than some second-generation parasites. However, these parasites have very special abilities. I have never encountered the poisonous lady because I killed it before it could react.
But this iron-eating beast..."
Su Anran looked back at Zhang Orion, who had been killed by him.
In such a short period of time, Zhang Orion's body was completely condensed into one piece. If the facial features were not still clear, it would have looked like a metal object carved into a humanoid shape, which would have a certain artistic flavor.
"If it weren't for my special sword energy, ordinary monks would probably not be able to break through the black film on its body." Su Anran said in a deep voice, "Maybe your Taoist skills can cause damage to it, but its fists and kicks...
...To be honest, I think if it could get close to you, it could send you to see Dao Ancestor with just one punch."
"Ah, this...this..." Chong Xingzi was shocked, "My black ice wall..."
"It can be broken with one punch." Su Anran shook his head, "If you have no other special defense means, you will die if you encounter it. But there is another point that I can't figure out. This parasite is very strong. Although
It has not yet entered the realm of land gods, but ordinary land gods are really no match for it, but it has little practical experience, and even its courage is a bit low..."
"Like that kind of pill residue?"
"Elixir?" Su Anran didn't know why.
"Oh, they are the kind of children from aristocratic families who only rely on taking spiritual pills to achieve breakthroughs in cultivation." Chong Xingzi shook his head, "In the past hundred years, many direct descendants of sect leaders have gradually contracted this bad habit. They
It seems that his cultivation level is very high and his strength seems to be very good, but in fact, when it comes to fighting..."
There are a lot of these second-generation immortals in the Xuan Realm, and Su Anran is not surprised at all.
"It's a bit like it." Su Anran nodded, "It's very strong, but it's more like... some kind of quick success. It's not like he practiced it step by step."
Having said this, Su Anran also sighed: "I can basically see the difference between these parasites and the previous first and second generation parasites."
"I can see it too." Chong Xingzi is not stupid. After hearing Su Anran explain it so clearly, he has basically figured out the abilities of these parasites.
The biggest difference between these parasites and the previous first-generation parasites is that they can maintain their own reason and wisdom, which means they still have the instinct of "self" and will not fall into the trap from time to time like the first-generation parasites.
A state of madness. Moreover, these parasites have relatively special abilities. For example, the ability of the iron-eating beast is to swallow minerals, and the ability of the poisonous lady is to make poison.
But relatively speaking, the actual combat capabilities of this type of parasites are somewhat unsatisfactory. After all, they are not as fearless and fearless as the first-generation parasites and the second-generation parasites. So with fear in their hearts, they naturally
They will produce emotions such as fear, panic, etc., which will affect their own state and strength. Therefore, facing people like Su Anran who have experienced hundreds of battles, they will be a little overwhelmed.
Judging from these observations, these parasites are indeed very different from the parasites originally created by the Soul-Splitting Demon Mountain Spider. After all, if it were not a coincidence this time, Su Anran and the others would not be able to discover that these parasites have been completely
A parasite integrated into human society.
From another perspective, these parasites can be regarded as a completely new group.
What Su Anran is worried about now is whether these parasites that have given birth to the concept of a new ethnic group are an accidental product, or whether the Soul-Splitting Demon Mountain Spider has mastered the ability to make this new parasite.
If it is the former, then as long as the Yunzhou City matter is resolved, then the matter can basically be regarded as resolved.
But if it is the latter, it means that the danger of the Soul-Splitting Demonic Mountain Spider to Tianyuan Continent has risen to a whole new level.
This is a fundamental difference.
"Master Chong Xingzi, do you have anything else to add?"
"No." Chong Xingzi shook his head, "I will give it to my disciple...I will give it to that evil beast..."
"It's okay, it's understandable." Su Anran sighed, "I was indeed careless before, otherwise it wouldn't be like this."
Chong Xingzi also sighed, and then said again: "I found the secret room, and after entering, I saw the body of that evil beast. It was indeed poisoned to death, and the body's flesh and blood also began to melt. If we hadn't discovered it earlier,
I'm afraid that even if I find the secret room later, I will only see a set of skeletons, unable to
Confirm who the corpse is... Judging from the situation in the secret room, a small-scale battle should have broken out, but I reversed the method and found that if there are no accidents, the evil beast should also have become
A very special parasite, just like the poisonous lady and iron-eating beast you mentioned before."
"Oh?" Su Anran raised an eyebrow, "Do you know what his ability is?"
"It should be shielding." Chong Xingzi's voice was also a little unsure.
"Cover?" Su Anran repeated doubtfully.
Chong Xingzi didn't explain, he just raised his hand and threw a piece of silk to cover himself, wrapping himself tightly.
Although this picture looks quite... strange, Su Anran is so smart. When he seems to realize something, he directly unfolds his consciousness, but is shocked to find that Chong Xingzi has completely disappeared from his perception.
If Su Anran observed it with the naked eye, Chong Xingzi was standing in front of him, but his spiritual perception told Su Anran that there was no one in front of him.
"this……"
"There are a total of six pieces of this kind of silk in the secret room, covering the four walls, ceiling and floor of the whole secret room." Chong Xingzi put away the silk, "I checked, this kind of silk is made of intertwined spider silk. Previously,
It is precisely because of the covering of these silks and satins that we were unable to detect the situation of the secret room... Unfortunately, I found this secret room a little late. After entering, I only rescued two pieces of silk and satin, and the rest were basically destroyed.
Just a little bit of fabric left."
Chong Xingzi said so much, but did not intend to share the silk satin, so Su Anran understood what the other party meant.
Whoever collects the loot will get it.
These two pieces of silk, which have the ability to obscure spiritual perception, belong to Chong Xingzi.
And the iron-eating beast parasite that Su Anran killed naturally belonged to Su Anran.
Thinking of this, Su Anran understood that Chong Xingzi was reminding himself that the body of the iron-eating beast that had been transformed into a metal sculpture was not ordinary. It was obviously the only special material in the world.
Su Anran turned around and returned to Zhang Orion's corpse. After careful observation, she found that the blood flowing from the other person's body seemed to have a greasy nature and was not mixed with the dust on the ground.
When he was alive, there was a layer of black film on his body that isolated all dust.
Su Anran tried to lift the corpse, and was surprised to find that the weight of the corpse was very light, probably less than ten kilograms.
Then he tried to throw out a sword energy with his fingers together, intending to cut off some material to see what happened.
But when the sword energy hit the corpse, it only exploded with a burst of sparks, leaving no trace of damage to the corpse, not even a white mark.
Then Su Anran began to gradually increase the strength, and even used the sword energy abilities of Su Shiyun and Su Jianyong, but it only left a mark. Without a certain amount of water grinding, it might not be possible to cut off a piece.
This discovery made Su Anran realize that Zhang Orion's body was anything but simple. It was probably the most advanced magic weapon forging material.
Thinking of this, he felt a little annoyed. He killed the poisonous lady too quickly, and he also used the sword energy to directly crush the opponent's bones and ashes. Otherwise, he should be able to leave some very special materials.
Su Anran felt very sorry.
However, he still collected the corpse and planned to return to Taiyimen later and then throw it to the Seventh Senior Sister for study.
"Now that the mastermind behind this has been solved, what do you think we should do next?" Chong Xingzi asked.
"The restriction cannot be lifted for the time being, and the city lockdown will continue." Su Anran shook her head, "But the mastermind behind the scenes has been solved, and the next thing should be much simpler. The spirit developed by Miss Qingyu in response to this infection incident
Dan, we already have some ideas, and it is estimated that it will only take ten days and a half at most, but if we have the help of real people, we should be able to speed up the development time."
"You should do your best." Chong Xingzi also knew that Qingyu was a very powerful alchemist. He was able to develop targeted elixirs in such a short period of time. It is not certain whether this elixir skill is better than those of the alchemists in Yaowang Valley.
, but the alchemy masters in their Kunlun sect are absolutely incomparable.
"As long as we can identify whether there are other lurking parasites in the city and find these parasites and solve them, then the problem this time will be solved." Su Anran nodded, and then said, "But
Real person, have you figured out the shipping channels for those accounts?"
At this point, Chong Xingzi looked embarrassed: "I'm really not good at deciphering."
In one sentence, Su Anran knew what it meant.
Those account books are recorded in secret language, and only people from the Qiyuan family can understand them. So now that the Qiyuan family has not sent anyone over, naturally no one can understand those account books.
But this kind of thing is normal. After all, how could a big family not have some precautions?
After all, the Nanahara family is not the only one who has merchants stationed here in the Great Crane Country.
"Then forget it. After the matter in Yunzhou City is resolved, we will leave the prescription and elixir to the Qiyuan family and let them clean up this mess by themselves."
"That's all it can do." Chong Xingzi nodded.
"ah--"
But just as the two were about to leave, extremely sad screams suddenly came from several houses in the north of the city.
Su Anran and Chong Xingzi's expressions changed, and they suddenly rose into the air.
At this moment, they saw at least dozens of houses in the north of the city, with crazy-looking people breaking out of them and starting to attack all the creatures they saw along the way.
But this is not the end, it is just the beginning!
Almost in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen houses in the north of the city began to have people break into them.
The only one missing is one person, both male and female.
And if there are more, there may be a family of three or a family of five.
In just an instant, the entire north of the city began to fall into turmoil.
But the northern part of the city is only in turmoil and chaos, while the southern part of the city has gone completely crazy - in the entire southern part of the city, almost no one can still remain sane, and at least ten to dozens of people can run out of almost every mansion.
The madmen who didn't wait even began to gather into a frenzy and began to surge towards the north of the city.
The entire Yunzhou City is in complete chaos!
Su Anran and Chong Xingzi looked at each other and immediately understood what the other wanted to express from their eyes.
Parasite!
These are all infected parasites.
"This... this, how could this happen!" Chong Xingzi was shocked.
Su Anran's face also became ugly: "It's probably because I killed the iron-eating beast that these parasites got out of control."
"There is no reason." Chong Xingzi said in surprise, "Do these parasites have more than two abilities?"
"You mean..." Su Anran suddenly realized, "There is also a special parasite? After sensing the death of the poisonous lady and the iron-eating beast, it completely transformed these infected people into parasites, and made them
Have they turned into irrational monsters?"
"It is..." Chong Xingzi also said with an ugly expression, "It wants to force us to massacre the city!"
