Killing God - Chapter 174

Chapter 174 Thick Armor
In the depths of the secluded forest, there were green trees and weeds everywhere. The dense leaves blocked the warm sunlight in the sky and only shattered the sun through the cracks, illuminating the forest and landing on the figures of the group of people.

The faces of the three disciples of Xuanjian Sect were ugly at this moment. Nangong Ying, who was standing beside them, frowned slightly. From the looks of it, she was not in a good mood. At the same time, on her shoulder lay a little yellow ferret about the size of a squirrel. Her eyes flickered with black light, appearing very nimble, but she had never seen it before.

In the open space in front of them, a large hole had been dug in the ground beneath a thick tree. At this moment, the figure of a spirit sword was revealed beneath about two feet of soil.

Even though Meng Chen had scratches, this spirit sword still flashed with faint spiritual light. The sword blade was sharp. From the appearance of the sword, these people could recognize its origins, let alone clearly carve the word profound sword on the hilt of the sword.

The atmosphere in the forest was somewhat solemn and stiff. Geng Cheng’s face was heavy. He bent down and picked up the spirit sword that was buried in the soil. After carefully examining it, he nodded slightly, but his expression became even uglier. He said in a low voice, “It’s Qian Yi’s spirit sword.”

The Profound Sword Sect’s Spirit Sword was bestowed by the sect. The Profound Sword Disciples were Xiang Bu Li. At the same time, to most of the Profound Sword Disciples, the Spirit Sword was practically the most powerful spirit artifact and magic treasure on their bodies. It was impossible for them to be buried here for no reason.

In other words, if the Spirit Sword was here and Qian Yi was missing, it would be akin to two words–ominous.

Geng Cheng, Fu Junding, and the others exchanged glances. He then turned to look at Nangong Ying at the same time. Nangong Ying seemed to know what they were thinking, He shook his head and said, “Your spirit swords were made by Tianjian Palace’s Sword Cottage and were distributed to the three swords. I also cultivated in the Sword Cottage and knew that there was a kind of’red phosphorus’ in the forging spirit materials. It was born to emit a faint odor and could be smelled by the small crystals. In addition, there was no red phosphorus ore vein here, so I was able to barely find this spirit sword. But …”

She sighed lightly and shook her head. The little sable lying on her shoulder seemed to hear her name and raised its head to squeak twice. Nangong Ying turned to look at it and gently touched it.

Geng Cheng remained silent for a long time before he shouted, “The Spirit Sword is buried here for some reason and separated from Junior Brother Qian Yi. It seems that Junior Brother Qian Yi has encountered something unexpected.”

Nangong Ying did not say anything. A trace of anger flashed across the faces of Fu Jun and Ding He. Although their relationship with Qian Yi was ordinary before, they were still fellow disciples. They would greet each other at least a little. Now that Qian Yi suddenly saw that something unexpected had happened, they naturally had some hatred for each other.

“Who did this? How dare you touch the disciples of our Black Sword Sect?”

Ding He said angrily as he clenched his teeth.

Nangong Ying looked at Ding He and did not say anything. Geng Cheng stomped his foot and said to Fu Junding and the two of them, “Anyway, look around carefully.”

Since the Spirit Sword was here, perhaps Qian Yi should also be not far away. As for whether he was dead or alive, there must always be a result.

As a result, the three of them separated and continued to carefully search the forest. However, Nangong Ying did not step forward to help. She stared at the huge pit in front of her with her bright eyes. She looked at the inner wall of the pit and the new soil dug out. After pondering for a moment, she slowly squatted down.

There seemed to be a slight difference between the two layers of soil. If one didn’t look carefully, it would be difficult to tell where the humidity was loose. Perhaps it was caused by the mysterious murderer digging up the soil a few days ago? She thought for a moment and then whispered, “Little Jing, if that person really killed Qian Yi, why did he go to so much trouble to specifically bury this spirit sword? Furthermore, it was buried separately from the corpse?”

The little yellow ferret squeaked twice again, as if it was responding to something. It also seemed like it was calling out casually, and it opened its mouth to yawn.

Nangong Ying ignored it. After pondering for a moment, she stood up again. Looking around the dense forest, she seemed to be lost in contemplation.

What kind of person was it? After killing Qian Yi, he didn’t immediately run away and abandon the corpse. Instead, he appeared to be so worried about the consequences that he carefully tried to cover up and erase all traces of the corpse?

Her gaze swept across the forest and looked in the direction that Xuanjian Sect’s three disciples were searching for. However, at this moment, Ding He’s voice suddenly came from the front and shouted, “Senior Brother, hurry up and come over. There seems to be traces of a fight here.”

Nangong Ying raised her eyebrows. He immediately walked over, Geng Cheng and Fu Jun were even more anxious. He arrived a step earlier than her, Following Ding He’s direction, they saw some traces of broken branches and fallen leaves and earth rolling on the ground in an open space. That night, Shen Shi and Qian Yi fought intensely in the forest. The commotion was not small. Although Shen Shi had carefully concealed it afterwards, it was impossible to completely erase all traces no matter what.

Nangong Ying looked at the territory. Her bright eyes turned, Suddenly, she walked to the side of a small tree the size of a wrist. There was a scorched black mark on it. She stared at it for a moment, and her fair finger lightly drew in mid-air. She swept up a little. It looked like an invisible Spiritual Energy flew through the air along her hand gesture, passing through the edge of the small tree, and then gently rubbed against the tree trunk.

Her eyebrows slowly wrinkled. There seemed to be a hint of doubt in her eyes as she whispered, “Fireball technique?”

At the same time, a few shouts rang out from the side. It was Geng Cheng and the others who immediately discovered the remnants of the Five Elements Technique. But after that, Geng Cheng and the others looked at each other. His expression was peculiar. One had to know that Qian Yi was already at the Origin Condensation Realm. In battles with him, it was almost impossible for these low-level Five Elements Spells to appear. It was almost useless for others to cast them on Qian Yi, and Qian Yi himself would not cast them either, because when he reached the Origin Condensation Realm, he had divine abilities that were stronger and more effective than these Five Elements Spells, such as the Spirit Sword.

Could it be that this was the wrong place for Qian Yi to attack?

The faces of the three disciples of the Black Sword Sect turned ugly. Suddenly, they heard that Geng Xing recalled something and said, “When we separated a few days ago, the one who was with Qian Yi was the disciple of the Soaring Firmament Sect. What’s his name again?”

Fu Jun said, “Shen Shi.”

Geng Cheng nodded and frowned, “Why don’t we go ask him …”

Before he could finish his sentence, Ding He said angrily, “Senior Brother, do you think that fellow who is only at the Qi Refining Realm can kill Qian Yi? What did he use to kill him? He relied on those Five Elements Techniques?”

Geng Cheng silently smiled bitterly and shook his head. Obviously, even he himself did not believe it. He sighed and did not mention this matter again. However, at this moment, Nangong Ying, who had been silent, suddenly frowned. After pondering for a moment, she said,

“No, let’s go find this person.”

“Huh?” Geng Cheng and the other three were all shocked. They turned around to look at her. Nangong Ying did not say anything else. Her gaze swept past the traces of the Five Elements Spells around her, and her eyes were also slightly puzzled.

‘”Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak,” the little yellow sable on her shoulder called Little Crystal, for some reason, called out a few more times.

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Beside Silvermoon Lake, amidst the reeds.

A moist wind blew past the reeds, causing ripples to appear like lake water. In front of Shen Shi and the little black pig, a fierce-eyed demonic beast slowly walked out.

He had gray-brown fur, a sharp mouth, and small eyes. His mouth revealed two fangs. He let out a low roar. He looked like a giant rat, but his body was extremely large. It was about the size of a big dog. The most conspicuous part was that there was a fist-sized sarcoma on his back. It trembled slightly as the demonic beast moved. At this moment, this strange rat demonic beast was staring fiercely at Shen Shi, its gaze sweeping across the white rootstock that he was still holding in his hand from time to time.

“Gray tumor mouse!”

Shen Shi recognized the origin of this demonic beast and frowned slightly. This kind of rat demon was a Second Grade demonic beast. Its movements were agile and its temper was gluttonous and brutal. It was not easy to deal with. Moreover, looking at its appearance, it seemed to be very interested in the white rootstock in its hands.

Thinking about it, it was also true that not all demonic beasts were stupid. Some high-grade demonic beasts that condensed demonic cores had even activated their intelligence. Moreover, many demonic beasts loved to forage for spirit herbs, because the spirit energy contained in spirit herbs was the great tonic that they naturally loved.

However, Shen Shi didn’t have the slightest intention of transferring the second-grade spirit herbs in his hands. He flipped his palm slightly. In an instant, Bai Logan disappeared from his palm and landed in Ruyi Bag.

Seeing the delicious white logan suddenly disappear, the gray tumor mouse instantly became furious and roared at Shen Shi. It didn’t care about the Little Hei pig that was watching it vigilantly on the way, it pounced towards Shen Shi.

The Little Hei pig was stunned for a moment. At first, it was nervous, but then it realized that the target of this ferocious-looking gray tumor mouse was not him. It heaved a sigh of relief, then quickly turned around and ran, preparing to dive into the reeds at the side.

Unexpectedly, a blur suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. It was Shen Shi who had rushed over at an unknown time. His expression was as if a smile wasn’t a smile. He picked up the Little Hei pig and said, “I heard that you are very hard. Don’t be lazy, go and try.”

After saying that, he ignored the pig’s hurried, angry and shrill scream and threw the pig at the gray tumor mouse that was roaring angrily.

A black shadow smashed towards him. The gray tumor mouse jumped in fright and subconsciously took a step back. However, it was clear that it was a Little Hei pig that looked smooth and shiny. It did not even have fangs. It looked harmless and timid. It immediately roared and opened its mouth to bite.

The little black pig was so scared that it hugged its head and yelled, His voice was mournful. Shen Shi frowned and took a step forward. He wondered if he had seen wrongly. Just as he was about to rescue the little black pig, a faint grey glow suddenly appeared on its body. Under its skin and flesh, grey armor the size of a palm appeared vaguely.

Shen Shi’s body paused. He stopped and looked at the Little Hei pig in front of him. There was a complicated expression in his eyes. He seemed to be happy, but there was also some inexplicable sadness and nostalgia in his eyes. He sighed softly and whispered,

“Sure enough, it’s thick armor.”

Normally, besides foraging for spiritual herbs, the gray tumor rats would also hunt for meat. After all, there weren’t many spiritual herbs, so it was impossible to find them frequently. The black pig in front of him was simply a delicacy that was delivered to his door. He immediately bit the back of the Little Hei pig without any courtesy.

However, when it entered, the feeling was different from when it usually bit its prey. It didn’t have the pleasure of penetrating deep into its flesh and blood. Instead, it felt as if its fangs had sunk into an incomparably tough layer of thick skin. No matter how hard it tried, it couldn’t penetrate through it.

The gray tumor mouse was shocked. It took a step back and stared at the Little Hei pig curled up on the ground with its head cupped. It thought to itself, “What kind of pig is this? Such a tough and thick pig skin is truly the only pig I’ve ever seen in my life!”

The Little Hei pig slowly raised its head, as if it had sensed something. At first glance, it hurriedly turned its head to look at its body. Apart from a few white marks on the pig skin, there were no other scars left on its skin. The Little Hei pig was also stunned for a moment, but after waking up for a moment, it was overjoyed. It turned around to look at the gray tumor mouse and shouted twice arrogantly, as if it was proud and fearless.

At this moment, a strong wind suddenly blew from behind, Shen Shi appeared behind the Little Hei pig and kicked the little pig, whose skin was thick and fleshy, and even a Second Grade demonic beast could not do anything about it. He flew directly towards the gray tumor mouse. The little black pig turned around in midair and cried out angrily, but only heard the owner standing on the spot with a ball of fire ignited in his hand. He seemed to be very happy as he said,

“When we fight in the future, you stand in front while I cast a spell behind …”