Killing God - Chapter 397

Chapter 397 Good And Evil

The night breeze blew coldly, and the night was desolate. Under the cold moon, it was as if this desolate mountain range was covered with a layer of cold water.

Shen Shi lowered his head and took a look.

The pile of spirit materials was piled up in front of him with blood. There were many strange parts within. Some of them were barely recognizable, and some of them were badly mutilated. Even he couldn’t see what part of the demonic beast it was originally.

Such a pile of flesh and blood fragments appeared in the middle of this cold and desolate night, and it was especially dazzling amidst the bloody aura that followed. However, Shen Shi clearly did not have any disgust or fear towards this. Perhaps the merchant-like consciousness rooted in the depths of his bloodline made him subconsciously evaluate this pile of spirit materials. Then, his gaze landed on the three most conspicuous demon cores at the top.

Those were three demon cores that were almost the same size. They were filled with gentle colors and Spiritual Energy. One could tell that they were extraordinary items. Even at the level of a Fourth Grade demon beast, these three demon cores should be considered high-grade. Although the pile of flesh and blood spirit materials below was far larger than the three demon cores in terms of quantity and volume, in terms of value alone, there was no doubt that these demon cores were the most important.

The moonlight shone down on the three demon cores. At the edge of these treasures, which had condensed the essence of the cultivation of powerful demon beasts for countless years, it reflected a dazzling and beautiful halo. Like a spiritual life, it quietly flowed and flashed, and at the same time, it was reflected in Shen Shi’s eyes.

He looked as if he was stunned for a moment, and a trace of surprise appeared on his face. He then looked at the three demon cores for a moment before slowly raising his head to look at Zhong Qingzhu.

Zhong Qingzhu sat there quietly and looked at him in the blink of an eye.

As soon as their gazes met, Shen Shi suddenly laughed and clapped his hands, “There are actually so many … Aiya!” He suddenly let out a low snort, but his hand touched his chest, and his face revealed a grin of pain.

Zhong Qingzhu was shocked. He hurriedly went over and supported Shen Shi’s body. A worried and anxious expression appeared on his face as he said, “Shitou, what’s wrong with you? Is something wrong?”

Shen Shi took a deep breath. After closing his eyes for a moment, he seemed to have recovered. He smiled bitterly and said, “I accidentally pulled on my wound just now. Oh, my chest hurts badly. I’m afraid that my bones are broken a little. I’m afraid this is going to be troublesome.”

Zhong Qingzhu bit her lips. Xiao Hei carefully supported Shen Shi to sit beside the stone. Xiao Hei also followed him. He looked around and seemed to want to help. However, in the end, he clumsily put his head on Shen Shi’s thigh. Then, he felt as if he had helped Shen Shi. He snorted twice and calmly lay down at Shen Shi’s feet.

Shen Shi sat down with his back against the stone. He relaxed and let out a long breath. Then, he looked at Zhong Qingzhu, who was nervous and worried. He smiled and said, “Alright, it’s no big deal. At most, it’ll be fine if we rest for a while.”

Cultivators cultivated the Dao and cultivated their bodies, so their physical bodies were naturally much stronger than mortals. Ordinary people were seriously injured and even had life-threatening injuries. To cultivators, most of them were actually able to endure it. Zhong Qingzhu was also a cultivator. Of course, he knew this truth. Furthermore, looking at Shen Shi’s tone of voice, although his face was still pale, it seemed that he was fine. Only then did he let out a sigh of relief. After nodding his head, he casually asked,

“Shitou, why are you so badly injured?”

Shen Shi was suddenly stunned. He seemed to be hesitant, as if he didn’t know what to say for a moment. After pondering for a moment, he hesitated for a moment and said, “Actually, I am …”

Before he could finish his sentence, Suddenly, a low roar came from beside him. The two of them were shocked. Turning around together, However, the lazy Little Hei suddenly jumped up, as if he was frightened. He raised his head in shock and looked at the forest in the distance. He kept letting out a low roar. He looked extremely nervous, not even the slightest bit inferior to when he saw the Iron-winged Black Scorpion in the daytime.

“Dong …”

As if echoing Little Hei’s sudden nervousness, a creepy low echo echoed out from the distance of the dark forest in the cold and mournful night.

Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu felt the mountain beneath their feet at the same time. Suddenly, they trembled. That voice was like a giant in the distance, slowly taking an incomparably heavy step in their direction, causing the earth to tremble.

Dark clouds suddenly rose, and the night breeze was sharp. Half of Leng Yue’s face was quietly covered by the dark clouds. The night became even more bleak, and the wind was bleak, as if a chill had seeped into her skin and flesh.

Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu looked at each other and turned to look at the forest. The trees began to shake violently in the night breeze, like a ghost dancing in the middle of the night, revealing a horrible and sinister smile in the darkness.

At this moment, a thought flashed through Shen Shi’s mind like a bolt of lightning. His body suddenly trembled, but he instantly remembered something he had neglected before. He whispered, “When you first found this place, the Iron-winged Black Scorpion seemed to have been seriously injured, but … when did you injure it in the first place?”

An Iron-winged Black Scorpion at its peak, an incomparably tyrannical Fifth Grade demonic beast, an ordinary Fourth Grade demonic beast was simply unable to contend against it. Normally, without the Heavenly Vermillion Fruit, it would be impossible for the vast majority of Tier 4 demonic beasts to surround an Iron-winged Black Scorpion.

Then, what was it that defeated the Iron-winged Black Scorpion at its peak and severely injured him in the first place?

Thinking of this, Shen Shi suddenly felt his body instantly turn cold. However, his mind was still tenacious. In the blink of an eye, he regained his senses and hurriedly said to Zhong Qingzhu,

“Qingzhu, quickly put away those things on the ground.”

Zhong Qingzhu was shocked by his sudden cry. However, looking at Shen Shi’s serious and uneasy expression, she clearly knew that things seemed to be going wrong. Moreover, she also seemed to believe in Shen Shi very much. Without hesitation, she nodded and agreed. She immediately squatted down and retrieved the three demon cores and all the other flesh and spirit materials on the ground into Ruyi Bag.

Dong!

Another sound of footsteps that seemed to be treading heavily on the ground caused the entire dark forest to tremble. In the depths of the darkness in the distance, the tall peak of the forest seemed to have slowly cracked open and surged to both sides like a wave.

It was as if the enormous ancient mountain forest was trembling with fear, making way for a path.

The night suddenly shouted, and the night wind swept across the world. The miserable sound of the wind swept through the forests at the top of the mountain, as sharp as a knife, as cold as ice and snow. On the hill, a wisp of bloody aura drifted with the wind. It was the aura that had just drifted from those blood-stained flesh spirit materials. The heavy footsteps were like the footsteps of a ghost. They were still extremely heavy and carried a suffocating aura as they slowly walked through the forest.

Who was that?

To possess such a terrifying aura in this darkness?

The Hundred Ridges and Thousand Mountains were all silent, as if the darkness had surrendered in front of that unknown creature.

The sound of tall trees snapping rumbled as the forest trembled closer and closer. Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu felt their breathing suddenly become so urgent and tense that they felt an oppressive pressure that they could hardly breathe.

A moment later, in front of their nervous line of sight, a row of trees suddenly fell to the side in a lush forest. The sound was like flowing water and like thunder, revealing the deepest darkness.

In the depths of the forest, at the height of a towering tree, a huge shadow seemed to appear. It merged with the darkness around it. It was impossible to see what it looked like. It could only vaguely see the enormous silhouette, as well as the two enormous eyes that flickered with a cold light.

Within that pair of giant eyes, there was an icy coldness and solemnity, as if there wasn’t the slightest bit of emotion from the human world. Standing in the darkness, he coldly looked towards this place.

He swept through everything like an ant.

Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu’s hearts skipped a beat as they were swept over by the giant eyes. In an instant, their entire bodies were soaked in ice water, and a chill filled their entire bodies. The unknown but terrifying creature swept its gaze across the hill. As the night wind blew by, it seemed to be searching for something.

Shen Shi felt that his hands and feet were cold. The huge object in front of him was so terrifying that it was even stronger than the Iron-winged Black Scorpion. It was simply not something that the two of them could resist. At this moment, his sternum was broken, and he couldn’t even escape. A trace of despair even flashed through his heart.

He gritted his teeth and abruptly turned to look at Zhong Qingzhu. “Qingzhu, this monster is too strong. Hurry up and leave, don’t worry about it …” he said anxiously.

However, at this moment, a blur suddenly appeared in front of him. Zhong Qingzhu took a step forward and blocked Shen Shi’s path. He used his own body to block Shen Shi’s path.

Under the cold moonlight, her face was so pale, and her body seemed to be trembling slightly. However, she still stood in front of him, with no intention of retreating.

Shen Shi was so shocked that he couldn’t even care about the pain in his chest. He intertwined shock and anger and said, “Are you crazy?”

Zhong Qingzhu did not agree. She only bit her lips tightly, her back facing Shen Shi and facing the seemingly endless darkness in front of her, as well as the tall and ferocious black figure that looked like a mountain.

The cold night breeze blew on her face, as cold as a knife, as if it was going to cut open her tender skin in the next moment and bleed from it. Her eyes were confronting the darkness coldly. Fear and despair rose and fell like a tide, but for some reason, there seemed to be a trace of inexplicable pleasure in the deepest depths of her eyes.

Had he finally reached the end of his madness, yet at this moment, he felt a little relaxed.

She closed her eyes and stretched out her arms, blocking the man behind her, blocking the darkness.

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The darker the night was, the taller the black shadow suddenly stopped for some reason. It was as if an enormous head had sniffed in the darkness for a few times, seemingly confused.

After a while, the terrifying giant monster suddenly turned around and paid no attention to the ant-like man and woman beneath its feet. Following the thumping sound of footsteps, it stopped on the other side of the hill.

“Boom!”

A loud explosion rang out. It was like thunder in the dark night. The earth shook and the entire hill trembled violently. The monster used some unknown method to make a huge hole in the ground and went straight into the abdomen of the mountain.

Looking from afar, Shen Shi calculated in his heart and discovered that the location of the mysterious cave seemed to be very consistent with the location of the cave.

The giant monster in the darkness slowly lowered its body. It seemed to have reached into the dark cave and was searching for something. After a moment, its body moved and then its arm retracted. Very quickly, a strange and sour chewing sound came from the thick darkness.

It took Zhong Qingzhu a long time to recover from the shock. He hurriedly helped Shen Shi up. At this moment, he couldn’t care less about the serious injuries on Shen Shi’s chest. The two of them staggered down the hill from the other direction with the similarly nervous Blackie and quickly left the terrifying giant monster.

However, on the way to escape, Zhong Qingzhu held Shen Shi tightly with both his hands and his arms almost close to his. Suddenly, he asked softly, “Shi Shi, you haven’t told me how you got hurt yet.”

After a moment of silence, Shen Shi said, “It was after I went down that hole that I discovered that the Iron-winged Black Scorpion still had a broken body. Before dying, it ambushed me and hit me in the chest with its claws.”

Zhong Qingzhu nodded without saying anything.

The two silhouettes quietly disappeared into the darkness of the night.