This person is really the child they met in the deserted village before, Feng.
They were all frozen there, their heads empty, as motionless as stone sculptures. Feng is not much different from before, maybe her hair is a little messier. In terms of clothing, he has some weird "decorations" on him. It was a long dark brown chain, made of beads of equal size polished from some kind of wood. It was wrapped around Feng's body, a little messy, and twisted around to wrap around his left arm.
Feng stood up and rolled quickly from their eyes to the other side, leaning down steadily, with one hand on the ground and the other on his knees. He raised his head, his eyes glowing red, showing an unfamiliar hostility towards them.
"This skill is the same as what I saw before...it must be him." Xie Zhe came back to his senses. His eyes always fell on the long chain. Han Chang guessed that it would not be surprising at all if he was the culprit of those murders. But... wasn't Mutsuki-kun looking for him before? I wonder how Mutsuki-kun is doing.
"The string of wooden beads on his body are the Buddhist beads on Mu Yuejun's neck." Xie Zhe's frowning brows could not hide the worry in his heart, "It seems that he tried to use the Buddhist beads as a seal, but failed. No wonder... the suppressed The demon knife will do its best to squeeze the victim and make full use of every drop of blood."
The hungrier the wolf is, the more it eats its prey until nothing is left.
Han Zhang directly questioned Feng: "What happened to Mu Yue-kun?! Are you responsible for all the deaths in the city today?"
Feng seemed not to hear, his eyes still locked in their direction. Now, his eyes had nothing to do with the well-behaved boy before. Even the hollow look when he lost control was different. This time, the scarlet pupils revealed a strong killing intent. It was as if the little boy's body had been taken over by some other monster.
"It's useless," Han Chang sighed forcefully, "Oh! I really don't want to do anything to a child."
"Whether we can defeat him together is a question...think about your injuries."
"I have experience."
The two of them opened their stances, obviously intending to become Feng's enemy at this moment. And this time, they would never let him leave easily. But Feng didn't look like he was running away. He stood up and silently dusted the dirt off his body. Then, he raised his hand, and the crimson tip of the knife slowly emerged from the palm of his hand. It was not until the complete blade, hilt, and handle appeared that he turned his wrist and tightened his grip on it. At this moment, the Buddhist beads made of Liudao Wood on his body emitted a burst of dark blue light, causing the movements of his hands to pause. Even though the knife was in his hand, the beads still seemed to have an effect on him.
"Lao Xie, have you seen it?"
"I saw it. And I figured it out," he stared at the red sword blade. "The prayer beads limit the power of cutting blood and sealing the throat, so that it cannot go around killing at will. But in order to keep the blade fresh, it will also Control the child, demand human blood if necessary. It must kill - at least in the hands of this child."
"That's why those corpses..."
Before Han Zhang could finish speaking, Feng had already attacked with a knife. He turned to one side and circled the blade. His fingertips slowly slid across the blade. He felt a special burning sensation, like rubbing against a red-hot iron. Although his hand was not injured, the burning and pain were extremely real. At the same time, there was a "sizzling" sound in the air, as if a layer of his skin was being burned off.
"Damn, this sword is so evil."
"That's why you have to be more careful."
Feng passed a distance behind him, made a sharp turn inward, stepped on the wall of the building, and ran towards Xie Zhe again with the knife. Without any hesitation, he drew out Fengyun Slash, which coincidentally connected with Cutting Blood and Sealing Throat. At this moment, there was thunder and lightning without any warning. They all looked up at the sky. The night sky was still clear, there were no dense dark clouds, and there was no heavy rain that followed.
Mi Yin, who was under the same sky, naturally heard the thunder. Moreover, she clearly saw that the direction of dense thunder nets was at the location she was looking for. It was a tall building about five stories tall, like a tower, but she wasn't sure. It seemed like there wasn't anyone in this area, so he probably had some valuables from a wealthy family. However, the protection in this area is very ordinary. It seems that the deep courtyard is heavily locked. This is not important, what is important is that she has seen signs of someone fighting upstairs, it must be Xie Zhe and the others.
The courtyard wall closest to the building was very high, and it was really difficult for her to jump over it directly. The scene was very chaotic, and broken roof tiles kept flying down. Xue Miyin suddenly thought that she had seen a long bamboo ladder between the roofs of two houses before. It was long and strong. She might be able to climb there directly with the ladder. Thinking of this, she immediately went in the previous direction. Ye Lingyu, led by Amiao, was running towards this direction with difficulty. But Amiao is very smart. It will judge in advance what is needed where, such as ladders, poles, and even axes. This clever cat guides her to the nearest tools and uses them to navigate obstacles. The path Amiao planned for her was already the shortest distance possible on foot.
The killing intent under Feng Dao remains the same as before. It seems that the power of the Buddha beads is limited after all. Or perhaps, Cutting Blood and Sealing Throat is already more powerful than ever before, and it is Mutsuki-kun's beads that control its power. Xie Zhe and Han Zhang didn't even think about it, they were too tired to deal with the red and white swords and lights. Here, Han Zhang could not use the power of fire at will, so he had to fight with the dagger given to him by the Lord of the Bones. He has gradually discovered that this weapon is very heat-resistant, and sometimes his spell fails to control it and is transmitted to the blade. Ordinary metals have long been melted by him, but this is not the case with this short sword. Instead, it can transform the power of fire into the sharpness of the sword itself. Even if it was just a simple backhand stab, he could feel the powerful sword energy of the dagger. Is this the power possessed by divine beings from heaven?
After a lot of back and forth, both of them felt exhausted. Fighting with Feng consumes the most stamina, because the sword's stance is too fierce, its killing intent is too strong, and it can often use unexpected moves, which is very energy-consuming. Finally, they gathered at one end again, distanced themselves from Feng, and tried their best to adjust their breathing.
"This knife is so willful that it will kill the child as well." Han Chang thrust the sword into the wall on the side and inserted it as easily as cutting a cake.
"Cutting the blood and sealing the throat now consumes the blood it draws. Later, I'm afraid it will have to forcibly extract power from Feng's body." Xie Zhe was tired and anxious, "It is such a demon sword. Except for Fu Song, As long as the wind is waiting for me, I am afraid no one can control it."
Xue Miyin dragged the long ladder. It took a lot of time to throw away the messy cloth clothes hanging on it. When she finally moved here, she found that the distance was still not enough. Although this ladder is not longer than the siege ladder used to climb the city wall during the war, it is faster than the third floor of the building. However, this high courtyard wall was still far away from where Xie Zhe and the others were. She thought for a moment and pushed half of the ladder away from the wall, balancing it at its midpoint. Then she stepped back a few steps on the second half of the ladder, causing it to tilt backwards and the front end to tilt up. Then she suddenly burst out with strength and climbed up the stairs. Feng saw her at a glance and rushed towards her with a knife without ceremony. Xie Zhe was still far away from being able to help Mi Yin and could not catch up. However, he pierced the roof tiles under his feet with Fengyun Slash. A huge crack collapsed forward. He was extremely fast and immediately hit Feng. feet. The tile he stepped on suddenly broke and collapsed, and he fell into the building with the knife.
Miyin stepped on the edge of the eaves. It was too brittle there and collapsed immediately. Fortunately, Han Zhang trusted Xie Zhe enough just now and was just in time to take advantage of her. Xie Zhe breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as he pulled Fengyun Slash out of the tile, it immediately collapsed under his feet. Hanshang and Miyin hurriedly jumped down to check the situation.
A burst of smoke filled the surrounding area. The space on this floor is relatively spacious and houses many valuable calligraphy and paintings of its owner. But soon, they will be involved in this endless battle. Sure enough, before the dust dispersed, they felt a strong murderous intent coming from the front. Xue Miyin took a few steps back and pressed against the wall. The shamisen on his back even scratched off a hanging painting. But she didn't have time to care about that. She moved the shamisen to the front, slipped the pick out of her sleeve, held it in her hand, and immediately strummed the strings.
The smoke became much lighter, and the killing intent also dissipated as the vision became clearer. It hasn't completely disappeared, though. Xie Zhe and Han Zhang clearly saw that the light from the string of Buddhist beads on Feng's body was even stronger than before. The entire string of beads tightened, strangling the child painfully. Each bead exerted a downward force, making every movement he made extremely heavy. He still had an unknown hatred for something in his eyes, and his hands were still holding the handle of the knife, but his arms were tightly strangled by this invisible force, and he was unable to swing the knife to attack as he wished. Xie Zhe raised his sword, which did not hurt him, but created a burst of fierce sword energy. The sword energy pushed him away like a storm, and he fell viciously to the wall on the other side. The prayer beads that went around Feng's back were very strong, and they made a deep crack in the wall along the direction of the beads.
"Keep playing!" Han Zhang said to Mi Yin behind him. And Miyin has no intention of stopping.
Xie Zhe held his sword and slowly approached Feng. Han Chang tried to stop him, but Xie Zhe pushed his arm away. A little bit of night light slanted through the cracked roof hole, slightly bringing out the colors of some of the furnishings in the house. And Feng huddled together on the ground in pain, as if the rope of the prayer beads was deliberately trying to strangle him. His whole body was in pain, almost falling apart, but even so, he didn't let go of the handle of the knife. As long as the weapon is still in his hand, the danger will never be eliminated.
"Child, throw away the knife." Xie Zhe advised carefully.
"Uh... ugh——"
Feng still didn't speak. It would be better to say that he had not spoken a word since they met tonight. The sound he made now was nothing more than the whine that anyone would make in pain. He is really pitiful. His young age and body have endured too many things that should not belong to him. And these are all from this knife...
Although Miyin was playing the piano in his hand, he said this:
"If there is really no other way, just use his hand..."
"Absolutely not." Xie Zhe objected sternly, "We can think of other ways."
Xie Zhe stepped forward step by step, stretched out his sword, and was about to knock Feng's sword away. At the moment, a beam of fire burst into the room from the crack in the roof. The field of vision brightened briefly, but the time was not long enough for people to see anything clearly, and they only felt dizzy.
