Mortal counterattack

In Zhou Chen's shocked eyes, the middle-aged man was directly penetrated by golden light, and his body instantly turned into nothingness.

The demon-suppressing guards who were caught in the whirlwind were lying on the ground with injuries all over their bodies. Although they looked miserable, they were still breathing.

At this time, a simple old man stood on the house in the distance. He waved his big hand and a golden light shone on several people, and their injuries recovered instantly.

"The external injuries are not serious, but the internal injuries still need to be rested for a period of time."

The old man glanced at the direction where the middle-aged man was just now and said, "He doesn't have what you are looking for. He probably came out deliberately to attract your attention. The real thief should have escaped from Wu'an County." After that, the old man left. .

Zhou Chen didn't recognize this old man, but after asking the surrounding demon-suppressing guards, Zhou Chen got the answer. This man was the governor of Wu'an County.

At this time, a man appeared in front of everyone. This man was wearing the official uniform of the Demon Suppressor. His official uniform was different from Zhou Chen and others. There was a Suzaku pattern on the clothes. This man was the master of the Suzaku Hall.

He looked up into the distance and said, "Go back when you wake up." Then his figure disappeared. This was the first time Zhou Chen saw the hall master. He couldn't help but activate his skills to see his attributes. The result was... It looked like a question mark.

On the third day, Zhou Chen received the order. Since Team 19 had not completed the task this month, Qinglong forced them to arrange a task.

Due to the difficulty of the task, Qinglong asked Zhou Chen to complete it with them. The content of the task was that a monster on the most wanted list of Daxia monsters had appeared in Xinghua Village outside the city. Their task was to kill this monster. The monster is captured and brought to justice, of course, life or death.

Xinghua Village is far away from Wu'an County. Zhou Chen and the others rode horses for four days before arriving at Xinghua Village. Xinghua Village is a very large village, but their life is very difficult. The villagers Most of the houses are built with thatch.

The villagers sitting chatting at the entrance of the village looked curiously at the three people in gorgeous clothes. For them, the clothes they wore were ordinary, but for the poor villagers, they were already very luxurious.

Seeing the three people's gazes, the villagers were so frightened that they immediately retracted their gazes, for fear of offending the three people in front of them. According to the news, the monster was hiding in this village.

Although he is a sixth-level monster, his actual combat power is not strong. What is strong is his disguise ability. He has escaped countless pursuits by virtue of this ability.

Zhou Chen reached out and touched the jade pendant on his waist, injecting a trace of internal energy into it. The jade pendant, which was nourished by the true energy, instantly emitted a trace of warmth.

This is another function of the jade pendant. When injecting Qi, if there is a monster nearby, it will react. Now the warmth on the jade pendant means that there is a monster nearby, but I don't know where it is specifically.

Zhou Chen dismounted and handed the reins to Leng Ningshuang. He stepped forward and asked, "Does this lady know if there is a place to stay in the village?"

"We are all poor people here. We don't have an inn or anything like that. But if you don't mind, you can stay in my house. But my little one can only have one room available."

Zhou Chen took out a tael of silver and handed it over and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, aunt. I wonder if aunt can help us find a room in another villager's home. The rent will definitely be paid."

The aunt immediately smiled from ear to ear when she saw the silver in her hand. When the villagers chatting next to her saw that they had money, they all immediately said, "This young man can live in my house."

The others also invited separately. Zhou Chen finally chose a house that was close to live in. Now that it was getting late, the aunt took the three of them to the residence, and the other room was next door to the aunt. Home.

Their home was not far from the entrance of the village, and soon the three of them arrived at the aunt's house. The aunt enthusiastically cooked dinner for the three of them. Although it was all vegetarian food, the three of them didn't care too much.

Apart from the old couple, there is only a six-year-old child in the eldest wife's family. He didn't notice it at first. It wasn't until they were halfway through eating that Zhou Chen noticed that this little guy was standing in the distance. Looking at the three of them.

To be precise, looking at the food in the bowls of three people, Zhou Chen put down the bowls and chopsticks and said with a smile, "Come here, little guy." After saying that, Zhou Chen took out a pack of peach blossom cakes from his storage bag, which he had shared with him before. Leng Yiyao bought it when she was shopping and forgot to take it out when she got home. Now it's just for this little guy.

Children are afraid of strangers and dare not go forward to pick them up. However, children are greedy and reluctant to leave.

When the aunt saw this scene, she said, "Young Master, no need, Hu Zi doesn't like eating this food."

After hearing this, Zhou Chen stood up with a smile and came to Hu Zi. When Hu Zi saw Zhou Chen coming, he was so scared that he stood there and did not dare to leave. Zhou Chen directly picked up a peach blossom cake and put it in front of his eyes, "Eat it. ".

Huzi glanced at his mother who was standing aside, and when he saw her nodding, he opened his mouth and took a bite. The expression on Zhou Chen's face changed when he saw him eating, and then he stuffed the thing into his arms with a smile. The little guy took the things and ran into the house.

Seeing Madam Huzi's helpless smile as she left, Zhou Chen returned to his seat and asked, "By the way, Madam, have any strangers come to our village recently?"

The aunt thought about it carefully and then shook her head and said, "No, apart from you three, no strangers have come to our village for more than ten months." Zhou Chen nodded and said nothing more. After finishing the meal, the aunt began to clear away the dishes.

Zhou Chen and the other three returned to the room and began to discuss their mission. Leng Ningshuang wondered, "Is the information wrong? No one has come to this village for almost a year. How could that monster be here? He would I won’t leave here anymore.”

Zhou Chen touched the jade pendant on his waist, "No, the information should be correct. There is indeed evil spirit in this village." Although the two of them did not have the jade pendant, they knew the existence and function of this thing.

"Huanli's ability is disguise. Maybe he entered the village disguised as a villager"?

The three of them wandered around the village for the next few days, but they did not find anyone suspicious. If Yupei hadn't reacted, Zhou Chen would have thought that Huanli had left here long ago.

Unfortunately, everyone can only stay here temporarily. Fortunately, there is no time limit for this mission, and they are not in a hurry.

One night five days later, Zhou Chen was sleeping soundly when he suddenly heard a scream, and then Zhou Chen quickly rushed in the direction of the sound.

When he rushed over, the surroundings were already surrounded by villagers. Zhou Chen squeezed in and saw that a villager's entire family had been killed. The killing method was quite spicy, and Zhou Chen found that the blood on their bodies had been drained.

At this time, Leng Ningshuang and the others had already rushed over. Listening to the discussions of the surrounding villagers, Wang Yong stepped forward and took a look at their wounds, "It was caused by monsters."

His voice was not loud, but some villagers with sensitive ears still heard his words, "What kind of monster?" It didn't matter if he didn't say it, the surrounding villagers immediately ran away in fear.

Zhou Chen ignored them and continued to look at the corpses, hoping to find clues on them.

Wang Yong said directly, "Sir, let me do it."

After hearing his words, Zhou Chen took a few steps back, and then saw Wang Yong take out a talisman, recite a few mantras and then throw the talisman towards the five people on the ground.