Chapter 97: The Earth-Cracking Monster Beast Appears
At first, some experienced hunters looked at the remains and thought it was the work of wild beasts.
Searched specifically for this.
But when those searching disappeared without a trace on the second night, everyone knew that things were not simple.
You know, those who are searching are all good hunters in the town.
With so many people together, let alone ferocious beasts, even tigers may not be able to kill them all.
But now none of them have come back, which shows that the troublemakers are not as simple as wild beasts.
On the third day, after another family was killed in the town, the whole town became so noisy that no one even dared to go out at night.
But this did not stop the unknown existence from wreaking havoc.
Whenever there was any movement at home, they were attacked one after another at night.
As time passed, everyone figured out the rules.
That thing only appears at night and attacks by following the sound.
When the old man said this, Hou Jiuming immediately thought of the monster in the cracked earth.
That thing also only appeared at night, and had no eyes or nose, so it relied on hearing to judge.
"Is there a crack in the ground nearby?" Hou Jiuming thought in his mind, and couldn't help but ask, "Have you heard of any big cracks in the ground nearby recently?"
The old man who was pouring out his sorrows didn't think much when he heard the inquiry. He opened his mouth and said: "Some time ago, there was an earthquake in Pingcheng. I heard that a big crack was caused by the earthquake?"
As an inn owner who receives businessmen, he is very well-informed. After the earthquake, he knew where a huge crack had appeared.
At the beginning, he didn't believe it, but after someone mentioned it one after another, he really believed it. But what puzzled him was why the crack was mentioned at this time.
"Could it be that the monster is related to the crack?"
After receiving the confirmation, Hou Jiuming also understood what was going on.
The monster must have escaped from the crack in the ground.
"However, this place is not far from the Huating Sect, so why are there still monsters running out?"
With such doubts, Hou Jiuming followed the old man to choose a room.
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It was a good night, the moon was bright and the clouds were thin, and the earth fell into silence.
To the west of the town, in a wilderness a thousand meters away, a dozen black figures were running quickly.
They had a clear goal and headed straight for the town.
For ordinary people, it would take a long time to walk, but in just a few blinks, these dark figures arrived on the streets of the small town.
Through the moonlight, you can clearly see that these black figures are flesh-colored and have bone spurs on their backs.
As soon as they entered the town, they dispersed, running and jumping around the streets of the town, tilting their heads, as if they were listening to something.
At the same time, Hou Jiuming, who was recovering his magic power, was awakened by the movement outside.
"Are you here?" Opening his eyes, Hou Jiuming's eyes flashed with light.
The old man said that because of what happened in the town, the residents of the town would remain absolutely quiet at night and dare not make any noise.
Afraid of causing trouble.
Now, there were sounds of running outside one after another, and it didn't look like people were running.
Obviously, the culprit who caused all this has appeared.
"I want to see what kind of monsters are in this crack in the earth."
After making up his mind, Hou Jiuming got up and got out of bed, carefully went to the window, and wrapped the window shaft with magic power to prevent any noise and cause trouble to the innkeeper.
He opened the window, jumped lightly, and landed in the alley behind the house as lightly as a swallow.
After that, instead of following the sound, he ran towards the outside of the town as fast as possible.
There is no masking of sound in this process.
The sound of huge footsteps immediately alerted the earth-shattering monster beasts that were originally searching for prey.
"Huu~" the sounds of forced exhalation sounded one after another,
Then, I saw those earth-shattering demonic beasts changing direction and all chasing Hou Jiuming.
"Shua~shua~"
A series of piercing sounds echoed in the small town.
Looking down from a high altitude, you will find that Hou Jiuming is running in front alone, while the earth-splitting monsters behind him are chasing him in a fan shape.
After a few breaths, in a remote forest in the north of the town, Hou Jiuming stood firmly on the top of a big tree, looking down at the chasing monsters.
"It's really ugly!"
I just heard Ji Huan describe it, and although the image was very strong, when I saw it with my own eyes, I realized it was even more disgusting than the description.
On the bald head, a purple-black mouth is located in the middle, with two corners extending to the ears.
Although the abdomen has two rows of fangs as Ji Huan said, it is round and bulging, like a starving ghost who has eaten too much, with veins showing through.
"Woo..."
As the Earth-Cracking Monsters approached, strange roars that sounded like cries came from their ferocious mouths.
And, I don’t know what they base their position on,
As soon as the monster at the front arrived, it looked like it had eyes and pounced on Hou Jiuming who was standing on the treetop.
Before he arrived, Hou Jiuming felt a fishy wind blowing towards his face.
"Looks like it's not just nausea!" Holding his breath, his consciousness moved, and the phantom blade hidden in the dark night flew out from behind him like a ghost.
"Whoosh~"
Just hearing a slight sound breaking through the air, I saw a scarlet blood splash exploding on the shoulder of the earth-cracking monster not far away.
"Ouch..."
The severe pain caused the attacking Earth Fissure Monster to freeze momentarily.
But then, it seemed to become more violent because of the pain. Instead of retreating, it opened its blood basin and roared, and continued to pounce on Hou Jiuming.
Hou Jiuming, who was standing on the treetop, frowned and jumped back after the Phantom Blade took effect.
The reason why he frowned was because the blow just now did not achieve the expected effect.
The phantom blade was originally aimed at the neck of the earth-shattering beast, but when it was about to hit, it noticed and deflected its head at the critical moment, causing the phantom blade to miss it.
In the process of jumping back, Hou Jiuming flicked his right hand on his waist, and two high-grade ice arrow talismans appeared without any pause.
"Poof~" The talisman with a faint blue light disintegrated inch by inch under the dazzling spiritual light. The water vapor in the surrounding air quickly gathered and condensed, and the temperature also dropped inexplicably.
Immediately afterwards, transparent ice arrows appeared in front of Hou Jiu Ming. As soon as they formed, they shot swarm at the ground cracking monster that had already rushed to where he was standing.
"Whoosh~whoosh~whoosh~"
The violent sound of breaking through the air was loud, and the Earth Splitting Demonic Beast was instantly aware of it, and its body also moved accordingly, trying to avoid it.
But this time there were too many ice arrows, and all routes up, down, left, and in front were blocked, leaving no chance to dodge.
Hou Jiuming stood firm on the top of another tree more than ten meters away from the Earth Splitting Monster, and looked at the scene in front of him with confidence.