“Hahaha, kid, that’s what you got. Without the treasure, you couldn’t have killed Ice Demon.”
Black mist filled the whole battlefield, where was as dark as night. The warriors could not see anything but hear Gui Sou’s triumphant laughter.
“It seemed Gui Sou was more powerful than Ding Ning. He defeated the boy so easily.”
“But where is the treasure? Did Gui Sou got it?”
“That’s sure. Gui Sou killed that boy, so, he must have got the treasure from him.”
“Oh, that’s bad. Powerful as the boy was, he was killed without a struggle. We stand no chance of getting the treasure now since it’s in the hands of Gui Sou.”
“Well, I don’t agree. That boy was killed because he was not familiar with Gui Sou’s weird techniques and was caught unguarded. It’s possible that he was stronger than Gui Sou.”
“Easy, easy. Let’s wait and see. I believe there must be some people who are unwilling to see Gui Sou get the treasure. Once someone joins the fight, we can… when there is a mess, haha.”
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The onlookers whispered to each other, and their greedy eyes now fell on Gui Sou with different intentions.
The black mist that covered the sky finally turned into Spirit-summoning Flag and returned to Gui Sou. However, the onlookers still did not see Ding Ning.
Nevertheless, Gui Sou did not look excited. Instead, he frowned deeply with a look of confusion.
Spirit-summoning Flag, a life-saving treasure he made with the ghost head to which he had fed his own essential blood for decades, had never let him down.
He knew well how horrible and terrifying the ghost head was. During these several moments, all Ding Ning left should be a pool of blood, but the problem was where the treasure was now.
He came to the place in the hope of getting the treasures, and from Ding Ning, he had sensed the aura of the underworld, which belonged to the treasure the disciples of Guiwang Tomb wanted the most.
However, after he tried so hard to kill Ding Ning, Gui Sou still failed to find any trace of the treasure, which made him very upset.
“Gui Sou, hand out the treasure!”
Ju Zhu was happier than the rest to see Ding Ning die. He was afraid of Ding Ning, but was not afraid of Gui Sou.
Therefore, the moment he saw Gui Sou kill Ding Ning with Spirit-summoning Flag, Ju Zhu gathered up his courage and launched an attack toward Gui Sou at once.
Gui Sou, who was searching for the treasure inside Spirit-summoning Flag carefully, was startled when he heard a whooshing sound. He barely dodged the blow and thundered, “I haven’t got the treasure yet, Ju Zhu.”
“Bullshit! That boy was turned into a pulp of meat by you, who else could get the treasure from him except you? I knew you wouldn’t give it to us tamely, so, I’ll just kill you and take the treasure myself.”
As the dwarf screamed excitedly, the giant under his body suddenly moved, lifting one of his legs and stamped toward Gui Sou with his big foot. Almost at the same time, the dwarf charged out like a black light and aimed at Gui Sou’s head at a high speed.
“What the fu*k! I said I didn’t get the treasure…”
Gui Sou shouted angrily as he moved quickly to dodge the attack. Each time he summoned his Spirit-summoning Flag, he had to pay the price—a drop of his essential blood, despite that it was his most powerful skill.
In other words, the ghost head was not totally under his control or his slave; they were equal. He had to feed the ghost head his essential blood to ask it for help.
Given that he had fed the ghost head a drop of his essential blood to fight Ding Ning, giving out another drop of essential blood would do much irreversible harm to his body. The harm would be as minor as causing him to feel weak for a period of time or as serious as causing a fall of his realm.
Though in the same realm as him, Ju Zhu was, in fact, two twin brothers of a dwarf and a giant, who knew each other well and cooperated with each other well. Even three warriors in the same realm as them might not be their match. As a result, Gui Sou feared the brothers the most. He did not want to come to blows with them unless it was necessary. That was why he tried to explain to them instead of fighting against them. However, at the moment, all the people present believed he had got the treasure even though he had denied it.
“Cut your crap. With so many people here, you’re not going anywhere. Hand out the treasure, or don’t blame me for being cruel.”
The dwarf yelled in a shrill voice. Huge as the giant was, he was swift and born with superhuman strength. Each time he threw out his fist, there was exploding sounds in the air.
The dwarf was short yet fast. He cooperated with the giant so perfectly that they seemed to be one person, which was the most terrifying thing to Gui Sou. Under their attacks, Gui Sou kept losing his ground and had no chance to explain. Of course, nobody would believe him even if he had a hundred mouths to defend himself.
“Let’s fight for the treasure!”
Someone shouted aloud among the crowd. Those who were eager to fight immediately charged at Gui Sou and attacked after hearing the shout.
Despite their different levels, the crowd created huge momentum seemingly powerful enough to destroy the world as they made their moves together. Gui Sou was so frightened by the scene that he fed two drops of his essential blood to the ghost head asking for its help regardless of the consequence.
The ghost head devoured the blood; however, Spirit-summoning Flag was irresponsive to Gui Sou’s summoning, at which Gui Sou was frightened out of his wits. He turned around trying to flee, but it was too late.
As bright as fireworks, the attacks from over one hundred warriors burned Gui Sou into ashes, and not even the ruins of his bones were left.
Being closest to Gui Sou, Ju Zhu seized Spirit-summoning Flag in great joy ahead of others. He then turned to flee and exclaimed to himself, “I finally got the treasure.”
“Kill him!”
“Kill him!”
“Fight for the treasure!”
“Hump! It’s us who killed Gui Sou, yet Ju Zhu tried to seize the flag from us. He is dreaming!”
…
At the fact that they killed Gui Sou so easily, the crowd realized that they were very powerful when they were together, so, they no longer feared other strong warriors.
Unwilling to let Ju Zhu take away Spirit-summoning Flag, the warriors shouted with their eyes bloodshot and launched attacks toward Ju Zhu at the same time.
Ju Zhu moaned to himself. However, he would not give out the treasure since he had got it. He kept ordering the giant to dodge the attacks.
The warriors all had gone mad for the treasure. Though they had not allied long, they were a strong force, under which, Ju Zhu was forced to corner and had to flee helter-skelter.
“Ahh!”
A sharp scream sounded. Demon of Fire finally managed to kill Blood Demon through so much effort.
Though one level lower than Demon of Fire, Blood Demon was a tough enemy, especially after he got the Blood Tusk from Yun Yi’s corpse despite his injuries. He even once managed to force Demon of Fire into danger and make him suffer.
Demon of Fire did not know what kind of a weapon Blood Tusk exactly was, but he had a feeling that the weapon was very dangerous. He tried so hard to dodge the weapon that he looked awkward at the moment.
Fortunately, Demon of Fire’s skills were related to fire and had great restraint on Blood Demon’s attacks, plus Blood Demon was continuously weakened as he was injured and the blood that flew out of his wounds was evaporated by Demon of Fire’s technique, Demon of Fire gradually gained the upper hand.
Demon of Fire got impatient as he had not defeated Blood Demon for such a long time. At last, he displayed his fatal move—Fire Burning the Sky at the cost of consuming lots of his True Qi, and killed Blood Demon.
“Clang!”
Blood Demon’s eyes, which were full of ressentiment, gradually lost their radiance and turned grey, blood flowing down the corner of his mouth. He fell to the ground, dead, Blood Tusk slipping out of his hand.
Demon of Fire gasped heavily. He went forward trying to pick up Blood Tusk, which was precious to him.
“It doesn’t belong to you.”
As a flat voice sounded, Blood Tusk flew upward and fell into the hands of Night Lone Ranger, who watched the fight with a cold expression all along.
“Is that Skill of Telekinesis?”
Demon of Fire’s pupils shrank sharply. He shouted at Night Lone Ranger in a voice of anger and ressentiment, “Who are you? That’s my trophy.”
“Who I’m is none of your business. You only need to know I represent Bureau of Religions and that this weapon has killed six ordinary men.”
Night Lone Ranger looked calm as if she had not seen Demon of Fire’s fierce eyes.
“That’s not fair! This weapon is my trophy, you have no right to take it from me. How can you prove your identity? Hump! That excuse sounds ridiculous,” said Demon of Fire with fierce eyes while clenching his fists. .
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Night Lone Ranger sneered at the words and said, “Well, since you said it was not fair and the weapon belonged to you as a trophy, will it be fair if I kill you now and claim the weapon as my trophy?”
“Well…”
Demon of Fire was angry and speechless after hearing the words, the expression on his face keeping changing. Judging from the Night Lone Ranger’s Skill of Telekinesis, he knew he was not Night Lone Ranger’s match even at his peak status, let alone at the moment when he had consumed most of his True Qi. As a result, he dared not provoke her at all.
“Life is more valuable than treasures, isn’t it? Your disciples, the Seven Demons of Cangnan, committed countless crimes under your connivance, yet, you still helped them escape from their punishment. Hump, how dare you to ask me to be fair when I haven’t settled the accounts with you?”
As Night Lone Ranger snorted, her will power spread around and repressed and shocked Demon of Fire, whose forehead was covered with sweats. Demon of Fire then said hurriedly, “I give up, I give up. Since this weapon is one of a crime, take it as you please, Your Honor.”
“Good sense.”
Night Lone Ranger withdrew her will power and put Blood Tusk in her pocket before walking to Luoxue gracefully to protect her.
Demon of Fire wept the sweats off his forehead, and his eyes were full of fear when he looked at Night Lone Ranger. He could not help but wonder from when there had been such a powerful expert in Bureau of Religions.
Seeing the scene, Zhuo Bufan looked toward Night Lone Ranger in confusion. “Is this young girl from Bureau of Religions? How could it be possible? Why I haven’t seen her even once before?”
Zhuo Bufan shook his head with a bitter smile and suspected that Night Lone Ranger, tempted by Blood Tusk, fabricated her identity just to take the weapon for her own.
However, Zhuo Bufan was wrong. As other special departments failed to clear up the case of vampire murdering people, which provoked much discussion, Bureau of Religions took the case over. After all, Bureau of Religions was responsible for finding out the truth behind the murders committed either by vampires in the Western world or warriors of ancient martial world.
After she reached the realm of Sky Martial Arts, Bureau of Religions became the top one expert among the young generation of Bureau of Religions. As a result, the responsibility of finding out the murderer fall on her shoulders.
Of course, she had rights to say no to the arrangement, but she still accepted it after a moment of hesitation because she remembered Ding Ning told her to visit him in Ninghai if she wanted.
To her surprise, before she could find a chance to see Ding Ning in secret, she received the news that new treasure appeared. She then came to the place to try her luck but unexpectedly met Ding Ning there and solved the cases of vampires by accident.
Had not been for that Yun Yi killed the youngest one of Seven Demons of Cangnan with Blood Tusk, she would not have been so certain that Yun Yi was the murderer of those cases. Now that Yun Yi was dead, Blood Tusk became the only evidence of the case; therefore, she had to take it back with her. That was also why she had seized Blood Tusk from Demon of Fire, who remained silent in anger.
As for Zhuo Bufan, he was only the deputy director of Bureau of Religions’s branch in Ninghai. He had a higher position than her, but his cultivation level was much lower than hers. Thus, she naturally had not told him her real identity before.
“After I complete this mission, I’ll have enough experience points and no longer be threatened by Bureau of Religions.” Night Lone Ranger smiled as she thought. She felt really happy to solve the case of vampire killing people.
