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Under the light of the torch.
Cheng Jing pressed his leg down, causing a dull sound to break through the air.
She is also a master who has broken through Qi and blood once. Her leg skills are on point and her movements are calm and unhurried. Although it is a semi-attack, her posture, strength and precision are quite impressive in all aspects.
Wei He was caught off guard. He was so aroused by the opponent's words that he lost his initiative. He had to block with his fists in front of him to protect his head and chest.
Bang!
The long legs, carrying the smell of muddy soles, hit Wei He's arms hard.
The strength of the legs is generally much stronger than that of the hands. Even if Cheng Jing is a woman and is slightly weaker, her legs are still stronger than Wei He's hands.
This kick hit him squarely, knocking Wei He back several steps.
"Nothing more than that!"
A trace of contempt flashed in Cheng Qing's eyes, and she was about to take the opportunity to pursue him.
Suddenly, a gust of wind roared past not far away.
ah!
An escort standing outside suddenly screamed and fell to the ground. His hands desperately scratched the ground and grabbed a large piece of dirt and turf.
But it was to no avail. There seemed to be a strong force in the darkness, which quickly dragged him into the darkness. In the blink of an eye, his screams disappeared, and then stopped abruptly.
Everything is quiet again.
The bodyguards didn't care to watch the competition and quickly raised their torches to light up the situation.
Unfortunately, it can only show the finger scratches left on the ground and a pool of fresh blood.
"What!" "Old Sun was dragged away!"
"How is that possible!? Sun Zhu's strength is one of the best among us!"
"I saw a dark shadow, grabbed his legs and ran backwards! I wanted to hit him with something, but the dark shadow was so fast that I didn't even react, so..."
One of the escorts was trembling all over, not sure if it was fear or regret that your sister was able to save someone in time just now.
Wei He and Cheng Jing didn't care about fighting and hurriedly approached.
At this time, Cheng Kai had already squatted down at that place to check.
With a cold face and solemn eyes, he reached out and touched the ground behind the scratches and blood stains, then put it to his nose and smelled it.
"It's a black lunatic! Everyone, get in the house quickly!!" His expression suddenly changed and he shouted loudly.
ah!!
Before he could finish his words, there was another scream from the other side.
Another escort was dragged by his legs and disappeared into the darkness in an instant.
"Go to hell!!" A new escort took a torch and threw it at the black figure.
But it's still a lot slower.
The torch only had time to illuminate the small half of the black figure's body.
Everyone took a surprised look and saw clearly that it was a strange creature with a black and red head.
This thing has a black and red bird head, white eyes, and is over two meters long. Half of its body is in the dark, and half of its body is exposed to the firelight.
The thing's two front paws were like human beings, with five fingers, and the nails were so sharp that they sparkled like metal.
As soon as the monster grabbed the escort's legs and pulled him back, the huge force dragged him down on the spot, then pulled him into the darkness and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Get in the room! Hurry!!" Cheng Kai roared angrily, immediately waking up the stunned escorts.
The group of people quickly backed up and entered the bridge room, then closed the door and blocked the two window holes with thick wooden boards from the escort car.
Most people squatted down quickly, kept quiet, and suppressed their breathing.
Some newcomers were frightened and couldn't help but let out violent gasps. In this environment, it was as clear as ears.
Immediately, the old man reached out and covered the newcomer's mouth with a towel.
Wei He was also frightened. The monster just moved like the wind and was extremely fast. Even he could only see a shadow.
He thought to himself that if he was attacked and dragged away or broke away, the chances would be about half.
Everyone was silent, and there were only two bonfires burning continuously in the house. The firewood exploded from time to time in the quiet environment, echoing the whistling wind outside, making it even more quiet.
Wei He looked around and suddenly found that the man who was carving wood next to him had disappeared. There was only a small bag of luggage left by him on the ground.
His heart felt cold and he quickly looked around.
He remembered that man's face. In the team of more than twenty people, he was familiar with most of them after spending the past few days together.
But after checking at this time, he still couldn't find the person carving the wood.
The only trace left by that man was the baggage placed on the ground next to Wei He.
An old escort on the side noticed his thoughts, lowered his eyes and sighed slightly.
"Life and death are impermanent..."
Bang!!
Suddenly, the wooden board of the window hole was hit hard.
The huge force almost knocked over the two escorts who were holding the door. It was the other two who pressed forward and blocked it.
The old escort turned pale with fright. He was only halfway through his slight muttering when he was frightened back again.
Wei He was also frightened, but after all, he was a man who had seen blood and dealt with cruelty. Now he was much more courageous. He forced himself to calm down.
"fire!"
Cheng Kai stood up and shouted.
Someone picked up a torch, lit it next to the bonfire, and quickly handed it over.
Cheng Kai reached out to pick it up.
Bang!!
Suddenly the window board was knocked open, and a black shadow rushed in. It just knocked away the torch Cheng Kai wanted to catch.
"Get out!"
The two bodyguards, together with Cheng Jing, swung their swords from three directions at the same time.
The three machetes hit the black figure hard and then smashed it back.
Immediately, someone picked up a torch and threw it at the black figure.
After all, the black shadow was a little afraid of fire, so it used its strength to quickly retreat, jumped out, and disappeared from the window.
Huh...huh...
Everyone was panting heavily, and under the firelight, everyone's face was pale.
Cheng Jing and the others dropped their knives, only to realize that their jaws were already bloody and bloody, having been injured by the shock just now.
"It's a black lunatic... Block the windows and keep guarding! Wait for daybreak!" Cheng Kai shouted loudly.
He was the one who just picked up the torch.
At this time, his face was also slightly pale, but there was no fear, only calmness.
The old man in the escort quickly obeyed the order and lifted up the heavy wooden board to block the window hole again.
This wooden board is not ordinary wood, but has been processed using a special method. It is also wrapped with many tough vines and leather ropes, making it extremely strong.
Even if it was hit hard by the monster several times, there would only be a small dent in the middle and it could still be used.
The window hole was blocked for a while, and Cheng Kai signaled for someone to leave some gaps in the wooden boards to allow air to flow in.
There were so many people here in a confined space, and there were two pairs of bonfires, but it only took a short while for some people to feel stuffy and have trouble breathing.
As soon as the gap opened, a slight whistling sound came from outside. The cold mountain breeze, accompanied by a hint of blood, drifted into the bridge room.
It also made everyone feel a lot heavier.
No one spoke, and those who tried to speak were restrained by the old man beside them, reminding them not to make any sound.
Everyone is holding back.
The people behind the wooden boards were replaced every now and then. Wei He also came up and rotated twice.
Repeatedly.
Finally, a touch of fish belly white gradually appeared in the sky outside.
A faint chirping of birds filtered in through the gap, immediately making everyone's hearts beat.
Some of the bird calls are sharp, some are deep, and some are as loud as pecking at wood. Sometimes they are close, sometimes they are far, and sometimes they are continuous.
"It's dawn. Open the door and I'll go take a look." Cheng Kai ordered in a deep voice.
Immediately, without saying a word, an old escort slowly opened the wooden door a crack.
Cheng Kai moved and rushed out as quickly as a cunning rabbit.
The door closed quickly.
Everyone waited slowly, and soon, Cheng Kai's tired voice came from outside.
"It's okay, everyone, come out."
After a moment of silence, the escorts moved away from the window and door openings and walked out of the bridge room one after another.
At this time, two pools of blood were clearly visible on the ground outside, hanging on the grass.
The blood seemed to have been licked by some animal, and was a little thin in the middle.
But combined with the surrounding traces, we can still see how hard the two people who were dragged away last night struggled before they died.
Wei He walked to the edge of the blood stain and squatted down to examine the traces carefully.
He soon felt four claw marks that were much deeper than the scratches of human hands. Each claw mark was made by five fingers digging deeply into the grass, all the way to a very deep position.
At the same time, imprinted in the middle of the claw marks, there are also clear and small lines like palm prints.
Not far away, Cheng Kai and several bodyguards made a simple graveyard using the luggage and clothes of the two people who had been dragged away, and then marked it with objects that were not easily corrupted.
This is the only trace left by the two of them.
Everyone quickly packed up the escort car, without stopping, quickly took their things across the bridge and left the place.
Before leaving, some people toasted the two tombs with water instead of wine, and someone silently placed something on the tomb.
Everyone fell silent, stopped talking, packed up quietly, and drove away quietly.
When they left, Wei He discovered that there was also one missing horse. It was probably dragged away by the monster Black Maniac last night.
Cross the long and ancient stone bridge until you reach the destination town.
After everyone handed over the escort, they felt a little more relaxed.
There was no talking all the way back, because without the escort, everyone traveled lightly and the speed was much faster.
It took eight days to go, but only six days to come back. This saved me two days.
It's just that everyone is no longer interested in chatting and fighting, and only occasionally talks and exchanges according to the rules.
On the way back, when they passed the stone bridge again, they crossed quickly without any further stop.
When we were about to arrive at Feiye City, we took a short break on the way.
Wei He saw Cheng Kai take out a simple hand-drawn map and mark the stone bridge heavily with something like a red crayon.
He glanced at it and saw that there were at least a dozen red dots densely packed along the road on the map.
However, they did not encounter so many dangers along the way, and the bridgehead at the end should be a new point that they had not encountered before.
"Do you feel that we are not in so many dangers?" Cheng Qing sat down next to him and whispered.
When we got here, everyone was in a better mood and had time to talk.
"..." Wei He glanced at her and didn't know how to reply.
"Every red dot on the map represents a place where someone died." Cheng Jing whispered, "The reason why we were able to get through most of the time smoothly is because of the leadership of the big escort leader."
“How to avoid every red dot, when is the best time to travel, and what preparations are needed, these escort leaders know it well.
I've seen maps like this before, and there are so many escort agencies." Cheng Qing compared the thickness with both hands, which was about as long as a palm.