inspire-indiana Chapter 70 Slaying the Heart-Eating Old Monster
Chapter 70 Slaying the Heart-Eating Old Monster
Jiang Qi delivered the final blow, shredding Li Tianren's internal organs, and then quickly began searching the room.
Before long, he found a gold note, five silver notes, seven bottles of pills, and... a thin book made of some strange leather.
The young leader of the Qingshui Gang is indeed very wealthy.
After putting his things away, Jiang Qi touched the tortoise bead in his pocket and the talisman for warding off evil spirits that Pang Zhan had given him earlier, his eyes deep and serious.
The inscription did not register, but the tortoise-shaped bead glowed faintly.
He gripped the cold blade loosely, paused only briefly, then stepped out the window, his figure disappearing into the moonlight.
Before long, they appeared inside a dungeon.
The moment you step inside, a chilling, bloody aura of death washes over you.
This is where Bloodblade Hall imprisons its enemies and adversaries, but at this moment, not a single living person can be seen.
Furthermore, not only did the tortoise-shaped beads emit a faint glow, but the talisman for warding off evil also heated up after entering the dungeon.
Jiang Qi's eyes narrowed slightly. He held a knife in his right hand and a bead in his left, and walked inside step by step.
The deeper you go, the heavier the deathly aura becomes.
After passing through the two iron doors, the temperature in the entire space dropped sharply.
Taking another step forward, the tortoise-shaped pearl suddenly became bright.
"what!"
Accompanied by a sharp female voice, a blurry image suddenly appeared ahead, frantically darting about in the darkness as if startled.
"Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer—"
The afterimage retreated to the corner of the wall, terrified.
Jiang Qi acted as if he hadn't heard, took another step forward, and pointed his cold blade forward.
"Weren't you looking for me?" he said coldly.
The aura emanating from this afterimage is exactly the same as the sinister aura of the previous night raid on the water store.
Or rather, the mastermind behind Bloodblade Hall's attack on Water Pavilion is right here.
"No...no...I won't look for you anymore...I won't look for you anymore..."
The tortoise-shaped pearl shimmered with light, illuminating the afterimage.
His hair was disheveled, his eyes were sunken, and his face was covered with blood and foam residue.
Looking down at the ground, there were gnawed limbs... severed arms... internal organs... at least a dozen people.
Jiang Qi frowned slightly and looked again at the person possessed by evil spirits, using the light of the pearl.
If I'm not mistaken, this person should be Yan Liang's first wife, that is, Yan Beifeng's mother.
This person is imprisoned here for evil spirits to devour; it is likely the work of Yan Liang and Li Tianren.
As he suspected, after Yan Beifeng's unexpected death, Yan Liang developed a strong aversion to his wife. Later, when the evil spirit appeared, he offered his wife to the evil spirit to show his loyalty.
"No...don't come any closer!" The eerie screams from inside Yan Beifeng's mother continued.
Jiang Qi didn't want to waste any more time, so he picked up the tortoise bead and slowly approached.
"Ah! No! No!"
As the distance shortened, the evil spirits grew increasingly terrified.
Until half a zhang (approximately 3.3 meters).
With a loud "bang," a wisp of black energy shot out from above her head in a panic, trying to escape.
Having learned from his previous encounters with the supernatural, Jiang Qi gave them no chance whatsoever.
The tortoise-shaped pearl was thrown out instantly, shooting straight at the black mist.
"Sizzle!"
The evil creature couldn't escape in time and was hit by the tortoise bead. It immediately twisted and roared, looking like it was going crazy, and still wanted to run away.
However, the tortoise-shaped pearl is mysterious and unpredictable, and its radiant glow acts like an invisible net, covering the black mist.
Then, with an overbearing air, it instantly contracted and gathered together.
In the blink of an eye, the evil spirit, like charcoal extinguished by water, gradually dissipated the escaping black smoke.
Before long, only a dark object remained in the original spot.
Jiang Qi first put away the tortoise bead, then used an iron knife to pick up the dark object to examine it.
It looks like a piece of black charcoal, without any sinister or eerie aura, just like an ordinary object.
After observing it several times without finding anything special, he found a cloth bag and put it inside.
This item was left behind after the evil spirits dissipated; it must be something extraordinary. I'll study it further when I get back.
"But why wasn't there anything similar to the evil creature that killed Yan Beifeng before?"
While he was pondering, he had already left the dungeon.
But at this moment,
"You thief! Prepare to die!"
A furious roar exploded from the outside like thunder.
The powerful energy and murderous intent contained within the roar shook the roof tiles.
Immediately afterwards, a terrifying aura far stronger than that of Yan Liang and Qin Lie suddenly swept over.
Jiang Qi's eyes sharpened.
Strengthening Bones Realm?!
Before they could think any further, the roaring man was incredibly fast and closed in instantly.
Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Qi immediately retreated rapidly, and at the same time, he flipped his left hand and threw out the Yin Thunder Pearl.
boom!
A deafening explosion rang out in front of the building.
Blinding flames and violent shockwaves instantly engulfed the night, and countless poisoned steel needles shot indiscriminately in all directions.
Thick smoke and dust filled the air!
"The Yin Thunder Pearl?! The Blackwater Camp!"
Amidst the smoke and dust, came the even more furious roar of the expert at the Strong Bone Realm, along with the sharp whistling of blade energy piercing the air.
Jiang Qi ignored it, leaped onto the wall, and then touched the eaves with his toes.
The perfect characteristic of "Wind Chaser Step" is Windwalking!
His body rose and turned twice, as if he had the ability to hang in the air, and instantly leaped more than ten feet away, landing on another rooftop.
Without pausing, it disappeared into the deep night with a few leaps.
boom!
Almost the instant he disappeared, several incredibly sharp blades shattered the second rooftop he had just landed on.
As the smoke and dust cleared, a tall, middle-aged man stood like a demon god at the edge of the ruins, wielding a massive blade with a handle as wide as a door panel.
His beard and hair stood on end, his eyes were bloodshot, and he exuded a suffocating aura of strength and power.
This man is Dai Haishan, one of the two vice leaders of the Qingshui Gang, known as "Broken Mountain Blade"!
Dai Haishan looked in the direction where the man in black had disappeared, then looked down at the ruins beneath his feet, his eyes blazing with fury.
"Blackwater Camp!"
......
at the same time.
Licheng, a grand mansion.
The stench of blood mingled with a sinister atmosphere, and the ground was littered with corpses, some decapitated, others with missing limbs.
In the center, a shriveled corpse stands out in particular.
Rather than a corpse, it would be more accurate to describe it as a skin and paper bag.
Because the corpse was as thin as a shadow, it was stuck to a curtain.
In front of the curtain, Shen Yi, the city patrol envoy of the Demon Suppression Division, stood with his sword hanging, his brows slowly relaxing.
Before him stood several imposing demon-suppressing guards, each bearing injuries.
"My lord, all the shadow puppets and phantoms have been completely wiped out," a garrison commander reported with his hands behind his back.
"Okay," Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief, "Clean up the scene, take all the remnants of the Shadow Ghost back to the department."
"Yes." The Zhenxie Commandant bowed, then looked at Shen Yi's left arm. "My lord, are you... alright?"
His left arm was cracked, and black energy swirled around his elbow.
"It's alright, this old monster has been destroyed. The remaining eerie aura can be cleared away when we return to the bureau," Shen Yi said calmly.
According to the plan, this shadow monster should have been killed three months ago, but due to problems within the department, it has been delayed until now.
Fortunately, one of the three old monsters who escaped from the Demon Suppression Division was finally killed.
He glanced at the injury and the eerie aura on his left arm, then raised his eyes and gazed at the night sky.
"The only ones left are the two old monsters, the Heart Eater and the Skin Painter... Hmm?!"
Shen Yi's expression suddenly changed.
The Heart-Eating Demon is gone?!
......
Waterworks.
The night was as still as water, and an oil lamp in the room cast Jiang Qi's shadow, making it appear both long and short.
He took off his night clothes, crumpled up the blood-stained garments, and stuffed them into the stove.
Then I fetched water and washed my hands and face. The cool well water washed away my fatigue and also diluted the faint smell of blood on my body.
On the table lay a pile of spoils.
Jiang Qi didn't look at it, but instead took out some liquor and poured a bowl of it.
Moonlight streamed through the window, spilling onto the amber-colored wine, causing it to ripple slightly.
"Guardian Bear, please."
With a slight tilt of his wrist, the cool liquor spilled onto the ground, its stench filling his nostrils and stirring a restless feeling within him.
"The true Bone Strengthening Realm is indeed formidable..." Jiang Qi felt lingering fear as he recalled the scene of retreating from Blood Blade Hall.
"Strong Bone Realm... Green Robe Gang... Evil and unpredictable..."