Returning from the abyss

Chapter 269 Anxiety
A black shadow flitted across the tree at such a fast speed that people could only see a blurry shadow passing by.But this is only for ordinary people. People like Tachikawa Ryo can still capture the opponent's trajectory.

"Your Excellency, please stay."

The mouth is humble, but the knife is merciless.The twin knives carrying the thunder and lightning came out of their sheaths in an instant, and the two vertical and horizontal slashes locked the direction where the opponent intended to escape, forcing him to turn back.

Lu Ning recognized him as a demon the moment he saw him.

A black overcoat covers the body, a pair of abnormally long arms protrude from the sleeves, ten fingers are hollow straws; a strange bird mask is worn on the face, and a gentleman hat is on the head , only the darkened skin and the cracked corners of the mouth can be seen from the side.

It is not yet seven o'clock.

Lu Ning definitely wouldn't think that she was the only one who got the witch's reward, but this demon dared to commit murder in broad daylight, what was there to rely on?After all, the time for demonization is only one hour, so it should be used when you are most nervous.

"Oh? Didn't expect to meet people at this time?"

The devil spoke, his voice was hoarse and unpleasant, and he couldn't tell who it was. Li Chuanliang held a knife and looked at him, but his momentum was still overwhelmed.

In a one-on-one fight, the devil would definitely have the upper hand.

"Who are you?" Robert had already rushed over, standing a little far away, and asked the devil coldly.Of course, he didn't expect any answer, but as long as the other party was willing to speak, the information would be revealed.

"Devil, just like what you saw." The demon raised his hand and scratched his chin, "Don't you want to kill me? Now that you see it, you start to hesitate?"

"There are several of you, and you think I'll fall for it? Stop pretending! You're one of us! Just go back and check who doesn't have an alibi..."

"Alibi..." The demon laughed in a hoarse voice, "I'm afraid no one will care about these now."

"what?"

"What happened in the town?" Lu Ning reacted quickly.

"Not long ago, my companion completed an assassination of the mayor. Although he failed to kill him, the fall of the central figure caused a lot of chaos... and then took the opportunity to kill a few people, the town mayor The anger of the common people and the enemy will burn out their reason." The corners of the devil's mouth from the eyes under the mask began to rise, "Now someone has started hunting for the witch, the scene of the year is about to reappear now, and our wishes will also come true. In this case, will anyone pay attention to who is not present?"

"you……"

"Another good idea came to me."

The demon spread his hands, and the horny palms stretched out, slowly forming an arc-shaped bloodletting knife.

"If one of you dies, the rest of you will be seriously suspected, right? If two of you die, then your suspicions will not be cleared anyway. No one will believe that meeting a devil outside the town Kind of nonsense, isn't it?"

"Dangerous! Back off!"

With a loud roar, Robert threw a silver coin into the air, and a golden magic circle unfolded out of thin air, and the sudden burst of the devil's rapidity was also blocked by this formation.

"The seventh magic circle of the sun - symbolizes closure and obstruction, your power comes from the Solomon system!"

The demon laughed loudly, and then slashed at the golden magic circle.

The golden light exploded, and the silver coins also turned into a ball of silver water in the air and splashed on the ground.

"But you are too weak yourself."

Lu Ning pulled Yu Guiting back. She had already noticed that this devil's frontal combat intensity was not comparable to that of the previous one on the roof. Or, this devil had secretly accumulated several evolutions?
Ryo Li Chuan hurried to the rescue. He could indeed keep up with the speed of the demon, but only his blade speed and eyesight, if you want to say that the footsteps were far behind the ultra-high-speed movement of the demon that left an afterimage in an instant.

"Bailiu Thunder Pillar!"

With a roar, Li Chuan's swords fell straight down, and a bucket-thick indigo-colored thunder light blasted directly at the demon along the blade. This move was so powerful that the demon had to turn around slightly to deal with it.

But that's about it.

It took only a moment for the thunder pillar to approach, and the demon immediately reached out to pick up a corner of the coat, swirled it upwards vigorously, and shook out a semicircular shield. The lightning hit the clothes and was directly bounced in several directions, causing little damage Nothing happened.

The devil's laughter became even more arrogant.

"Looking at it this way, your strength is really not good. As long as we know how to keep a low profile and develop in the dark for two or three days, we won't be afraid of you even if we fight head-on."

--idiot.

Lu Ning secretly scolded this devil in her heart.

She looked down on those guys who were eager to show off their power before they won the victory. The devil in front of her was so complacent that she also exposed the information that the devil's ability can continue to evolve. Isn't that just telling humans not to delay?

But she can't shout out now, and the battle ahead still looks like the devil is dominant.

Robert's magic circle couldn't take effect, but the devil took advantage of Li Chuan's failure to arrive and turned his head and slashed down with a knife.In desperation, Robert raised his arm to block it, but was still torn a few centimeters deep wound on his chest by the hand knife.

But at the same time, Robert also directly pasted another silver coin on the devil.

The fifth magic circle of Mars summoned the devil and forcibly surrendered. Although the silver coins melted quickly due to lack of power, it also completed the required task-to stop the devil for a while.

"Hundred Flows—Slash Everything!"

Ryo Li Chuan slashed his head with a knife in anger, and the demon was numb for half a second under the effect of the magic circle. However, during this half second, he failed to effectively block Ryo Li Chuan's slash.

One arm was chopped off from the shoulder, and even if he hastily avoided it, the demon could only reduce the damage to this extent.

He reached out and copied the broken arm, and quickly opened the distance.Lu Ning knew that with the recovery power of the devil, it only took a little time to heal the injury, but on the other hand... this guy actually missed the opportunity to continue attacking?

wrong!

The demon suddenly swung the severed arm, and he threw more than a dozen flying knives out of that arm, aiming at Yu Guiting and Lu Ning who were hiding behind the tree!
He knew very well that it would be more difficult to defeat Robert and Ryo Tachikawa, so the target was actually the other two auxiliary members!

This is even more stupid.

Lu Ning didn't believe that none of the other devils had been found in the past few days, but after a little thought, she could guess that there must be devils among the four people who went to the mine. As a result, everyone was listed as Attacking the target... Could it be that you want to force yourself to show up?
Fortunately she was prepared.

Relying on her extraordinary reflexes, Lu Ning directly followed Yu Guiting and climbed into a bush, then took out a bottle from the side pocket of her backpack and threw it out.The bottle was shattered by the flying knife in mid-air, and a ball of white powder exploded in the form of mist. The demon just rushed into the fog area, and immediately retreated out with a loud cry.

"Damn... what is this thing?"

The devil blocked his eyes and looked at Bai Wutuan reluctantly. As soon as he entered, he felt his eyes hurt and couldn't help crying.He was not afraid of any poison by relying on the devil's physique, and he finally realized that this physique still has some effects that cannot be exempted.

"I have lost my composure."

Li Chuanliang will not let him go, and the time of entering and exiting keeps up again. It is not difficult for the demon to get rid of him, but if he wants to attack other people, he will inevitably encounter the situation of being desperately kept.

"Aren't you guys afraid of death?"

"It's because I'm afraid of death..."

Lu Ning's figure was vaguely visible in the white mist, but the voice came through: "If you are really not afraid of Lichuan's lightning strike, then why were you detained just now? Don't tell me that you wanted to intercept him at that time." Kill us, then you haven't even seen our faces."

The demon kicked Li Chuan's blade away, flew up the tree, and looked viciously in the direction of Bai Wu.

"Delay? It will take at least two hours for these things to disappear. I think your powerful defense does not come from yourself, but from that coat, right? Is that a foreign item, or is it a gift from your devil? "

Lu Ning had a further guess in her heart. No matter what that coat is, at least it has resistance to all kinds of magic power that the devil is afraid of. If the devil is really stupid to this extent, she doesn't mind. Find an opportunity to take over.

And the other party obviously also realized that the situation was not within his control, so he immediately turned around and fled away at a fast speed.This time Li Chuan did not continue to intercept, and the strength of the two sides was obviously still a level behind. Since the opponent has been injured, then he can find out his true identity when he goes back.

"Everyone, are you okay?"

"Thanks to your potion..."

Robert had already drank the bottle of pain-relieving potion that Lu Ning gave him, and the effect was remarkable. The bleeding had stopped, and the wound was healing rapidly.

"Your Excellency is seriously injured, do you need help?" Li Chuanliang helped him treat the wound a little.Robert curled his lips and shook his head: "I'm not that weak... Now we still have to seize the opportunity to go back and find that devil. Even if the recovery is strong, it's impossible to leave no trace of that kind of injury!"

"But the town is in chaos right now?" Yu Guiting asked.

"We have to confirm this kind of thing with our own eyes, but there are not many chances to find the devil." Lu Ning threw another neutralizing medicine to disperse the white mist, exchanged a look with Li Chuan, and then the four of them used the last Hurry to the town at a fast speed.

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The chaos in Baihu Town reached its peak around noon, and even tourists had to rely on their own abilities.Shen Lishu had a good relationship with several key families in the town, and even kept Yiluo and Ye Chuqing safe, but others were not so lucky.

Fujii Yukine's suspiciousness was magnified again after the mayor was assassinated, and even Kiyotaro Asayama and others were also suspected.The innkeeper had to invite some members of the Turner family to sit in the lobby of the inn to prevent the townspeople from rushing in for the time being.

On the other hand, Qu Siyuan and Pan Haishu disappeared after the assassination, and no one knew where they went. Although this matter was not known by the townspeople, the tourists began to suspect it.On the contrary, Luo Nan and his party and Karl received the best treatment. They were the victims and played a very leading role in actively hunting down the witch. Now they are also scattered in the town trying to rectify the order of the townspeople.

Zhu You sat on her bed, aiming the shotgun at the patch of sunlight cast by the setting sun outside the window, resting on her lap, motionless.She had been in this position for more than ten minutes, and Qiu Yiyun, who was frightened and ran into her room, did not dare to disturb her.

"Aren't you going back?" Zhu You suddenly asked.

"I... I don't want to leave, can you let me spend the night here? It's too scary, the people outside have already made several stakes..."

"They still have this blood in their bodies."

"what?"

"It's nothing, I just sigh. I have experienced many scenes, and there are many occasions where I need to stand in line. It is easiest to distinguish between good and evil, and it is easy to choose between different positions that have nothing to do with good and evil. I have never encountered such two sides. It’s not a good thing.”

"You... what did you say?" Qiu Yiyun asked blankly.

"I'm just a hunter and traveler from other places. For people like me, it doesn't matter what the result is." Zhu You glanced at Qiu Yiyun, "My standard of survival is safety. advantage, I will help her in exchange for the final survival, this is my code of conduct. And you, if you are still confused now, it is best to make a decision, after all, it will determine whether we will be enemies or friends in the future."

"You, you want to help the witch?"

"There is no option to bury the witch in the mission, right? Do you need me to review it for you? Looking for clues to the devil, killing the devil, personal secrets, even if it is optional, there is a requirement to solve the root cause of the devil. ...But I don't have to choose." Zhu You flicked her finger, and a bullet flew into the air, then she stretched out her hand and pressed it into the barrel of the gun.

"Aren't you afraid I'll tell others?"

"This is human nature... Besides, I am planning to leave now, and this place makes me feel uneasy." Zhu You got off the bed and walked to the door.

"You have to go! At a time like this..."

"It's a good way to fish in troubled waters. Don't follow, the sun is going to set, it's almost... seven o'clock." Zhu You took off his round hat from the coat rack at the door and put it on top of his head, turned around to warn Qiu Yiyun, and then Quickly left the room.

With the setting sun sinking, the night sky was soaked in the day, and dots of torches appeared in the town, and people's vigilance was raised to another level.Feng Hui led a group of people and Peng Morong met at the south entrance of the town, shaking their heads at each other.

Just relying on these few people seems to be too difficult to change the out-of-control situation in the town, and without the mayor, the other four core figures can only restrain those people under their jurisdiction, and the townspeople spontaneously behave them Uncontrollable.

But before parting, Feng Hui whispered something to Peng Morong.

"I saw the message that Ms. Fujii left me before, you find a way to leave, go to the west warehouse and take her to some safe place."

Peng Morong nodded.After that, he led the team to the vicinity of the tavern, and said that he had something to do and wanted to leave.

"Peng seems to have a lot of things to do today?"

"That's true, he looks busier than us as a foreigner."

(End of this chapter)