Chengyin, Dongning, and Boqing are adjacent to each other, and have a total of one guard, or 5,600 soldiers. However, it will take some time for this force to be fully mobilized and reach the place where the King of Yue disappeared.

Now there are only more than 500 people under General Yu and more than 20 magicians and sorcerers in this river valley.

Because the final result of the magic tracing is five areas.

Therefore, after Taoist Master Zhiyuan and the others mapped out the direction and route, in order to prevent that group of evil people from finding the Yue King first, this group of people had to be divided into five teams and set off at the same time.

Guan Luoyang naturally moved with the people from the Zhenwu Temple, accompanied by a hundred households and more than a hundred soldiers. Qiu Shi was in charge of the route map, relying on magic to observe the direction and estimate the distance to avoid getting lost in the jungle.

A team of more than a hundred people is a lot. If placed in a town, it would definitely be very eye-catching. However, in this wild jungle, the deeper you go, the more insignificant you will feel.

The towering old trees far and near have lush branches and leaves. The leaves in the upper crowns touch each other, blocking a lot of sunlight, leaving only tiny spots of light falling. The tree trunks below are widely spaced apart from each other, making it difficult for people to walk on them. In the meantime, looking up, every tree looks like a very high pavilion.

Looking around, countless green plants have cut off the hustle and bustle of the world, leaving only the chirping of insects and birds, and the sound of people stepping on dead leaves and cutting off branches.

Those low trees, shrubs, and thick old vines would sometimes completely block the road ahead, and some people in the front had to hold knives at all times to clear the way.

During this process, we can see the skill of some people. When most soldiers wield their swords, the blades tend to get stuck between the wood textures, and they need to be pulled out and chopped again several times before they can cut off a small tree.

The man from Baihu used a steel knife with a thick back, which could cut through a small tree as thick as a human leg. The blade became brighter and brighter as it was sharpened, and there was no sign of any chip on the edge.

If the factors of magic are excluded, the martial arts skills of most of the Qiu generation disciples in the Zhenwu Temple are on par with this Baihu.

The general once mentioned that the group of soldiers under his command were brave soldiers who were not afraid of death despite serious injuries. Their courage and quality were much higher than those of ordinary soldiers, and they could be entrusted with important tasks. It seemed that this was not empty talk.

Guan Luoyang walked in the front, without drawing his sword, but sometimes he raised his foot and kicked off some short and large leafy shrubs that were particularly intrusive. Sometimes the sound of breaking the trees with his kick was like a muffled thunder, which shocked the surrounding insects and silenced them.

But his mind was calm, undisturbed by the nearby noises, and his ears were always attentive to listen to sounds farther away.

Qiu Shi calculated with one hand and said: "We are almost there. Ahead, a hundred feet to the left, a hundred feet to the right, and two hundred feet forward. The King of Yue is very likely to be in this area."

Suddenly, Guan Luoyang turned around, pulled out a soldier's waist knife, and threw it out. At the rear left of the team, a gray wolf figure just jumped up and was nailed through the chest and abdomen by a steel knife. It howled and fell to the side.

Although several soldiers nearby were frightened and did not panic, as they ducked sideways, several waist knives had already slashed down together, completely killing the wild wolf.

These soldiers looked at Guan Luoyang gratefully, but heard Guan Luoyang say solemnly: "Be careful, there are many wild beasts approaching."

Qiushi asked: "How much?"

"It's hard to say, at least twenty or thirty."

Guan Luoyang listened carefully and his eyes moved, "They are not coming for us, they have all gone ahead."

Most of the wild beasts in the forest lurk during the day and emerge at night. They move in groups to a certain place during the day. There is only one possibility for this abnormal behavior, that the monster is deliberately summoning them.

Several Taoist priests and hundreds of households looked at each other, and they all saw the suspicion in their hearts.

The possibility of monsters and the King of Yue being in the area ahead is extremely high, it is no longer just one in five.

"Be careful, I'll go take a look first."

Guan Luoyang stuck the sheathed sword diagonally behind his belt, took a few steps to run, and swooped up a big tree. He grabbed the thicker horizontal branch inside the crown and swung to another big tree.

The soldiers looked forward and saw only the rustling leaves falling from high places one after another, as if they were spilling out a path.

Guan Luoyang's eyesight is precise. With a glance, he can find branches that are strong enough to bear his own weight. He steps on them or grabs them. He quickly moves through the branches and leaves, swinging away to a distant place. His movements are more flexible than that of an ape.

Wow!!!!

The large green leaves shook and dispersed, revealing Guan Luoyang's figure. He bent a horizontal branch under his feet, held the trunk of the tree with his palms, and looked at the corpses of the wolves below.

These corpses were almost formed into an irregular circle, with sputtering blood scattered in all directions. At a glance, one could think of a scene where a pack of wolves pounced on them, and then were killed by a circular knife shadow in one breath.

From here, the traces of the battle are already very obvious. The tracks of monster activity appear again. The layer of dead leaves on the ground is pushed down, and long ditches of overturned bushes extend out.

There are many large trees with lush branches. Originally, their crowns were densely covered, like a lower, lush cloud layer.

But at this time, Guan Luoyang looked with all his eyes, and it seemed that a long and sparse road had been squeezed out between the "blue clouds", allowing a large amount of sunlight to shine directly.

That's because the trunks of many big trees were tilted by huge forces, and the crowns of the trees were deflected to both sides, resulting in such a strange scene.

Wild wolves, monkeys, poisonous snakes and even tigers in the jungle gathered from all directions and rushed along this track. The scattered leaves and dust were particularly clear in the sunlight.

At the forefront of these beasts, human corpses and beast corpses were constantly being discarded. There were very few people, and they were reduced to the end. Only two were still alive and capable of fighting.

It can be said that the plants in this area have been greatly damaged.

Within a radius of fifty steps, all the tall trees had been broken down, leaving behind stumps of varying heights and heights.

Some of the shorter shrubs were uprooted, and some seemed to have been crushed. The layer of dead leaves on the ground rolled up the deepest moist soil.

The sun shines here, and the smell of blood, soil, and fresh plants surrounds every active figure.

A man wears a purple robe, a golden hair crown, and a jade belt around his waist. His temples are all white, and his beard is completely black. When he wields his sword, he is majestic and as powerful as a dragon.

He can stab a monkey when he climbs a tree stump, and the monkey will be gone as soon as the light of his sword hits it. When the monkey falls down, the figure of the person has already arrived under the tree on the other side. Once poisonous snakes of all sizes come close, he will kill them all with his feet. His sword will arc across the moon and kill them. Kill them all.

However, the clothes on this man's body were already torn, and his hair was scattered in front of his forehead. Especially on the right side of his waist, there was a scratched wound, and blood dripped from time to time, making him look embarrassed.

On the other side, large beasts such as wild wolves and even tigers and leopards were all chopped down by a Taoist holding a Daguan Dao.

After pulling out the blade from the side of a tiger, the Taoist walked around in a circle with the knife, using the knife like a large ink pen, pouring blood on the ground, carving out runes connected end to end.

As soon as the circle was drawn, some venomous snakes and wild wolves were frightened around them and hurriedly turned to avoid them, hesitating.

The Taoist sword struck the ground, and the Taoist raised his head. He had thick eyebrows and a square face. It was Jiuying.

The King of Yue fell into this circle and took a breath: "How long can I rest this time?"

"Twenty-two wild wolves and the power of the essence and blood of a ferocious tiger are still useless against the pressure of the hidden monster, maybe half a quarter of an hour at most."

Jiuying was panting heavily, and his eyelids were slightly pressed, as if he was so exhausted that even his breathing was no longer strong, "The jungle is vast, and there are countless wild beasts and poisonous snakes. As long as that monster is alive, it can summon it wherever it goes."

The wild beasts nearby are attacking us, but if we kill it, it will be so frightening that these wild beasts will burst into pieces and scatter in a rush."

"But that monster is very cunning and has hidden itself. It only uses these things to consume our physical strength..."

The King of Yue said, and suddenly laughed at himself, "Haha, I have been planning for a long time. This time I want to stabilize the south in one fell swoop and eradicate the last nest of rats. Who would have thought that I was forced to this point by a snake, and the Diwei army was also destroyed.

so many."

There seemed to be a bit of decadence in his words, but he did not need to be persuaded by others. After smiling, he calmed down and said calmly, "But beasts are beasts after all. I can see that this monster is psychic, after all, it is wild and untamed. As long as

If I suffer more injuries and become weak enough, it will definitely be unable to hold on and take the initiative to attack."

"Let's do this. I'll relax a little later and let a few monkeys scratch me, and then let the wild wolves bite my limbs. You can recharge your batteries on the side and wait for the opportunity. Once the monster appears, you will strike decisively."

Jiuying disagreed and said: "It is too dangerous to take the initiative to be bitten. People who practice Taoism must keep their nature safe. How can they aggravate the danger themselves? Even if you have no choice but to choose this strategy, it should be used by a poor Taoist."

"After you were picked up by me, you were unconscious until you woke up two days ago, and you fought all the way. Can you really control the size of the bite?"

The King of Yue shook his head and said, "Besides, you are good at heavy swordsmanship, but I am agile with my sword. I have to rely on a split second to seriously injure or even kill the monster. It is obviously reasonable for you to do it."

Jiuying said: "But you are more important, the situation in Jiaozhi..."

The King of Yue vibrated his long sword, the fine iron trembled, and said decisively: "Brother, when doing important things, you must not look forward and backward. You are too polite. Are you going to keep arguing with me like you did on the mountain, wasting your words?

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Jiuying's eyelids moved: "It's up to you."

As soon as these three words were said, both of them shut up and calmed down.

Jiuying could not move his sword. The King of Yue shook the sword in his hand and glanced around, as if he was picking and choosing which wolf to bite him.

They all know that further away, deep in the jungle, where the sun cannot reach directly, the monster is waiting, forcing and urging these beasts through the monster's ability.

But unexpectedly, there was a whistle-like sound in the air, and the first thing that struck was a ball of green poisonous fire that exploded out of thin air!

The King of Yue turned sideways and stretched out his arms. His body was like a purple cloud and he was running fast. When he moved the sword, his wrists were as soft as cotton. The sword turned as if it was sticky. He was stirred in the poisonous fire and then flung out.

The invisible and qualityless poisonous fire could not escape the stickiness on his sword, and some clues of the Wudang Tai Chi swordsmanship were revealed.

One wolf was unable to dodge, and its tail was rubbed by the poisonous fire. The fire immediately spread and burned all over its body. In the midst of howling, it panicked and crashed into a tree stump.

But there was more than just a ball of poisonous fire. Some figures emerged from the woods on the west side. They were all short and well-dressed. They held an iron pipe in their right hand and took out white meatballs from the bag on their waist with their left hand.

Enter the end of the iron pipe.

With a flick of their right arm, the ball rolled in the iron pipe. With the last moment of power, it flew out from the front of the iron pipe, turned into a ball of poisonous fire, and fell towards the target.

However, the dozens of poisonous fires that fell in batches were all pulled away by the Yue King's sword and fell towards the surrounding beasts. The Tai Chi Sword was able to defend it without leakage.

Puffs of green fire burned on the surrounding ground. Wild wolves, poisonous snakes, and monkeys ran away to escape, and some of them pounced directly into the woods to the west.

However, the iron pipes in the hands of those well-dressed men have sharpened front ends, so they have no fear in close combat. Even if wolves or monkeys get close, they can be killed with just one stab.

In addition to the warlocks with their own backgrounds, Hanaya also has two backgrounds. One is the cloaked men who can dig tunnels with bare hands, and the other is this team of poisonous fire swordsmen.

There were fifty Poison Fire Swordsmen who came here.

While they were dealing with the beasts, they continued to throw poisonous fire at the Yue King. Some people put the end of an iron pipe to their lips and blew a very long and sharp whistle.

The King of Yue's eyes turned slightly, his thoughts changing, and when he was about to take the initiative to step out of the circle of runes, a shadow suddenly flashed above him.

That shadow was as fast as a swallow flying into the sky. In the blink of an eye, it fell into the woods on the west side and bumped into the body of a well-dressed man.

Bang!!!

The well-dressed man's back hit the tree, and a palm-sized mark was dented on his chest. His eyes bulged and his head dropped.

The sound of breaking through the air reached my ears, and two sharp iron pipes pierced the tree from the left and right.

Guan Luoyang raised his hands, and the iron pipe was flattened by him and stuck on both sides of the tree. He circled his feet, grabbed the collar of the man on the left, and hit the man on the right of the tree.
To be continued...