Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1296 Descendants of the Demon Cult

Wen Rong took advantage of the heavy rain to escape into the woods. She was sure that the man who attacked her had been stopped by the masters.

But she still walked step by step into the depths of the forest. She pulled out the imitation magic sword "Qie Yue" from her back, and the blue light lingered on the sword, like a lonely moon under dark clouds and heavy rain.

She looked at the dark woods in a daze. There was no doubt that there were terrifying things in the woods, but another emotion was in her mind, that was curiosity. She had a strong curiosity about what was in the woods.

"Weird..."

Wen Rong stopped, her fear overcame her curiosity. However, at this moment she had already walked quite a distance into the woods. Looking back, she couldn't even find the way she came.

"Uh... wet... no..." Wen Rong touched his head. The keyhole in his eyes occasionally appeared, but eventually dimmed.

At this time, some vine-like things fell from the tree and fell on Wen Rong's shoulders——

"Wen Rong!"

Lu Ning rushed over through the woods, and Wen Rong turned around upon hearing the sound, and immediately noticed the vines floating down from above her head. She was so scared that she swept out with her sword, and the blue-green light instantly cut off all the vines. With the help of the light, Lu Ning saw that these "vines" were exactly what had jumped out of the belly of the deputy chief of the mountain gang.

"Why are these things here!" Wen Rong was horrified. The sword in his hand turned into a beam of light and he ran back in a panic. Lu Ning also released some bacterial colonies. In this dark and humid environment, the fungi reproduced faster and soon decomposed several "vines".

"Why are you here?" Lu Ning pulled Wen Rong and hurried back.

"How should I know? I was so panicked that I didn't know where to go. By the time I realized what was happening, I was already here! How would I know if the person chasing me was a human or a demon? What if I - be careful!"

Wen Rong braked suddenly, while Lu Ning kicked the tree next to her, forcibly changing her direction of movement. A dart that was almost invisible on a rainy night flew out from the side and pierced into a tree behind.

Lu Ning also took the sudden attack into consideration. She immediately ordered the bacteria colony to spread in the direction of the dart, but after extending for a certain distance, the reaction of the bacteria colony immediately disappeared.

"No one!" Wen Rong shouted from behind the tree, "That guy ran away after missing the first shot! Very cautious!"

"How do you know?" Lu Ning asked.

"Never mind, let's go back quickly. The man might have gone to the next place to ambush us. It's safer for us to go back to the villa. Hasn't the man been lured out?" Wen Rong said.

"Maybe it was a mistake."

"What?"

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In the abandoned courtyard, the captured man had been released. While stretching his muscles, he asked with a smile: "So, this is your plan to catch the real thief?"

Lou Lingzhu nodded: "It was a mistake that we arrested Young Master Yuchi. It was really a misunderstanding."

"Ha, I heard so many people shouting, thinking that it's finally time for me, Yuchi Long, to become famous." The young man sat on the steps and touched his shoulder, "Who is the master who used the grappling hand? I was caught without any resistance."

"An elder from Lancheng Sect."

"People from the eight major sects, no wonder." Yuchi Long stretched his legs and stood up, "I'm sorry, maybe there's something wrong with your plan?"

"We didn't think it through." Lou Lingzhu said, "I just don't know if you have seen any suspicious people on your way here?"

Yuchi Long scratched his hair and said, "It's hard to notice anyone in this kind of weather. I was able to intercept him because I heard a voice... Oh, I did see someone. He didn't hide in the house in such heavy rain, but came out like you guys."

"Who is it?" Lou Lingzhu asked.

"I just saw her from a distance, but I didn't care at the time. Maybe there are people who like to get wet in the rain?" Yuchi Long said, "Anyway, it looks like a woman."

"Where did you see it?"

"Near Juqueyuan."

Lou Lingzhu nodded and bowed to Yuchi Long: "Thank you for telling me, young man. I still have something important to do. I will come back to apologize to you after I catch the thief."

"No need. Besides, you don't have much skills... Oh, why did you leave?"

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Lu Ning and Wen Rong parted the bushes. There were still lights on in Zhenjian Villa, but she felt that she and Wen Rong had been walking for quite some time but still hadn't gotten close to the lights.

"Lu Ning, are we trapped in a maze?" Wen Rong asked from the side.

"It's probably some kind of trick. Do you have any ideas?"

"Open the door and go out." Wen Rong said breathlessly, "Let me find the edge here. My key can pry open any enclosed space."

"Does your key still have this function?"

"Uh... there are a lot of functions. Can you please stop asking?" Wen Rong said a little embarrassedly, "I'm not used to sharing this kind of thing."

"Well, go ahead and look for it. I'll be on the side to support you." Lu Ning knew very well that there might be a demon lurking in the woods that controlled the woods. It probably had strong combat power in this environment, but it had not launched any decent attack so far.

But Lu Ning's demon eyes were greatly affected. Because the demon made the surrounding environment full of demon colors, which also blocked the reactions of other demons under the demon eyes. She was able to find Wen Rong because the color of the person was different, but if a demon ambushed her like just now, she couldn't use the demon eyes to directly find the other party's location.

She gradually felt that the few props she brought into the scene were no longer enough, and she needed more means to deal with the problems she might encounter.

"found it!"

With a slight click, Wen Rong seemed to pop a bubble, opening the invisible barrier that blocked the two from returning to the villa. Lu Ning immediately rushed over, followed by Wen Rong. This time, it didn't take long for the two to enter Zhenjian Villa.

At this time, there were still people running around in the villa. Wen Rong was a little confused: "Lu Ning, are you still going to act? I don't seem to have played any role..."

"Not quite right." Lu Ning asked Wen Rong to put away the forged sword first, "They seem to be chasing something..."

Suddenly, five demonic auras rising into the sky filled Lu Ning's vision. She saw that the demonic auras echoed each other, and the five colors of white, green, blue, red and yellow combined in the air to form a huge formation. Wen Rong, who could not see the demonic auras, seemed to sense something and squatted down and found a corner to hide in.

"Lu Ning, this isn't right? Didn't we ask them to capture the five people who were responsible for setting up the rift?" "Obviously there are backup measures." Lu Ning was not surprised, "Or, the few people who were found were originally sent to deliver them."

Just then, she heard a scream.

"What, what's going on? Why do I hear someone..."

"I have to take a look." Lu Ning said, "Do you want to go?"

"No!" Wen Rong answered firmly.

Lu Ning rushed to the direction of the screams. She was not very fast. Many other people who heard the screams also came here, including many disciples of Zhenjian Villa. The screams came from the lunch place. When everyone rushed to the door, they saw a man standing on the roof with something in his hand.

"Big Brother!"

Lu Ning heard a cry of grief. Under the light of the lantern swaying in the rain, a headless body fell in front of the steps. Blood had already flowed down the steps and mixed with the rain on the ground. The man was wearing the clothes of Zhenjian Villa. If we infer from the man's cry just now, the dead person might be the real manager of Zhenjian Villa and Luan Tianyin's biological son Luan Yucheng.

Before everyone could rush forward, the man on the roof spoke loudly.

"Those who seek fame and reputation and bully others by taking advantage of their power, I hereby inform all the major sects in the world that claim to be righteous - the descendants of the Demon Sect, that we will definitely avenge the blood debt of that day!"

After saying this, the man jumped back and disappeared behind the room. Immediately, several people with extraordinary light skills chased after him, but Lu Ning did not have any hope of catching up.

She walked towards the corpse. Several people from Zhenjian Villa had already confirmed the identity of the corpse. The clothing styles of Luan Yucheng's generation of disciples were slightly different from those of other disciples, so they would not make a mistake.

But Lu Ning was more concerned about the wound surface - the man's head was not chopped off by a sharp weapon, but torn off by brute force. However, even for a martial artist, it is not easy to tear off a person's head, at least not with Lu Ning's current internal strength.

  Could it be that the man who claimed to be a member of the Demon Cult had already reached the realm of a top-notch martial arts master? Or was there also a shadow of a member of the Demon Cult behind the assassins from Southern Xinjiang this time?

"A Ning."

Lu Qingxu had also arrived, and Peng Yujian was also nearby. Seeing the situation at the scene, he was also a little panicked, but Lu Qingxu immediately ordered his attendants to leave. Han Younian also had some experience in solving cases. He walked to the body, checked the situation first, and then asked, "Can you confirm that the deceased is Luan Yucheng?"

"The eldest brother has a sword wound under his ribs, which was left over from when he was young and doing chivalrous work and fighting for justice. The scar looks like a crescent moon and is easy to identify," said Peng Yujian.

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingxu nodded to Han Younian. Han Younian reached out and tore open the clothes of the corpse, and indeed saw the wound.

"This thief actually killed our senior brother..." Peng Yujian's face turned pale, "How can we explain this to our master..."

"The Demon Cult has slipped through the net." Lu Qingxu frowned, "Brother Peng, this matter is not the responsibility of one person. The Demon Cult brought disaster to the world in the past, and now it has revived, and it will definitely do its utmost to retaliate. The death of Hero Luan is certainly important, but we must take this opportunity to inform the heroes of the world about this matter."

"Yes... yes, let's bury Brother's body first. Besides, we also need to take back Brother's head!"

Lu Ning quietly withdrew from the crowd and turned around to see Lou Lingzhu standing behind her with an umbrella.

"Failed?" Lou Lingzhu asked.

"It was basically a failure. When Wen Rong entered the sword cellar, he was followed by the demons. Later, when he left, he encountered an accident. Someone took action before the assassins and demons." Lu Ning said, "We did make a plan full of mistakes."

"The arrival of the remnants of the Demon Cult was truly unexpected."

Lu Ning looked up at the demonic energy tangling in the sky and asked, "How is the capture of those people going?"

"Of course they were caught." Lou Lingzhu said, "Those people are not good at martial arts. As long as we don't give them the chance to use poison, they can be easily caught."

"Where are the cracks?" Lu Ning asked.

Lou Lingzhu was stunned for a moment: "Cracks?"

"We have captured the person, but where is the crack? As you said, their martial arts skills are not very high. Even if they poisoned, there are sects such as the Qihuang Sect that are famous for their medical skills. The real threat is the 'crack' in their hands. Now, where is the crack?"

"We didn't know what the cracks looked like, so we were indeed careless about this matter." Lou Lingzhu shook his head. "In our haste, we made a lot of mistakes."

"It's just some attempts. After all, this matter was not given to us to solve from the beginning." Lu Ning also felt a little regretful. She watched the evil spirit entangled together, but she had no way to stop it. Ning Ke should also be nearby. Since she didn't make a move, it meant that this was not a situation she could destroy.

The ground suddenly shook, and everyone present felt it and looked around. In the rain, the lanterns hanging under the eaves began to shake in unison, and a thunderbolt sounded in their ears, adding to the uneasiness in everyone's hearts.

"Earthquake!"

Someone shouted loudly, and then there was another violent shaking. Those with less martial arts skills even lost their balance and fell to the ground. Some tiles fell from the roof and hit the ground, making a crisp shattering sound.

"Sword cellar." Lu Ning looked down and vaguely saw a stream of earthy yellow air rushing towards the direction of the sword cellar. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for her to use her demon eyes to see through the thick strata to the monsters below. If she could, it was because the strata had become thin enough.

The moment she reacted, she rushed into the crowd and pulled Lu Qingxu out. It was not difficult at the moment when many people fell. Lu Ning almost carried Lu Qingxu on her back and rushed out of the courtyard in two steps. Although Lou Lingzhu didn't know what was going on, she saw Lu Ning running out so quickly, so she immediately got up and ran out.

The third earthquake followed, and the ground cracked into countless cracks. A golden flying insect drilled out from the ground, carrying a large amount of mud and sand, and instantly smashed all the lanterns. Several people with strong martial arts skills flew up, but their skills of hearing and locating the position were of no use in this environment, and they had no enemies to subdue.

When the ground collapsed, Qu Hongzhu underground also rushed into the sword vault which had a crack due to structural damage. She grabbed two swords and hung them on the sword buckles that had been prepared on her back, then went straight to the magic sword "Que Yue" in the center.

"Mission accomplished!"

Qu Hongzhu grabbed the hilt of the sword, but found that the sword was fixed very firmly, completely different from the two swords she had just touched.

"Is this thing really impossible to take away?" Qu Hongzhu turned his head and glanced behind him. Then he sneered, pulled out a sword, and whispered, "Attribute transformation."

The sword made a humming sound, and Qu Hongzhu chopped the sword stone of "Que Yue" with one sword. The sword and the sword stone shattered together. She threw away the scrapped sword, and then slowly pulled out the magic sword from the sword stone.

"Haha, there is nothing I, Qu Hongzhu, can't snatch away!"

"Cooperator, you should abide by the agreement." A voice suddenly sounded.

"I know, Taiping Lock. According to the agreement, the magic sword belongs to you, and I can take the rest." Qu Hongzhu said with a smile, "But you didn't abide by the agreement. After entering here, you didn't do anything? It took the cooperation of me and the mud lice to make such a big fuss."