In late spring in March, wildflowers of all colors spread all over the Black and White Mountains, in brilliant purples and reds, and their fragrance permeates the mountains and fields.
Taoist Xuan'an, the commander of Black Pool Post, led Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang, and was patrolling the defense line where Wang Gou's D-shaped team was patrolling with his sword.
In the distance is the Qishe Mountain Range, which winds like a giant snake, and at the foot is a dense forest that blocks the sun.
"Bang, bang!"
"Ah! Ah!"
Suddenly, the roar of spells came from a distance, followed by continuous screams.
Taoist Xuan'an's expression changed, and he immediately took the two of them to fly towards the place where the incident occurred. Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang couldn't help but look at each other, something had happened.
When the three of them arrived, they saw a patchwork of fallen trees in a dense forest, filled with smoke and a mess.
A thunder-marked leopard with a human height and flashing electric light pinned a guard on the ground with one claw. The disciple under the leopard's claw was bleeding from seven holes, with less air in and more air out. There was no movement.
Not far away, there were two charred corpses with missing arms and legs. One was hanging dangling on a tree, and the other made a pit on the ground. They died in a miserable state.
This ferocious leopard of unknown species looked up and saw Taoist Xuan'an and three people flying towards him. He immediately picked up the dying patrol disciple at his feet, turned around and rushed into the forest.
Like a bolt of lightning, it was about to disappear in the dense forest in the blink of an eye. At this time, Taoist Xuan'an ignored the two people behind him and immediately showed his sword control skills and accelerated towards the ferocious leopard.
At this time, Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang did not care about the bodies of the two patrolling disciples below, and immediately accelerated to follow them.
As for the bodies of these two people, other patrolling disciples who heard the noise will come over soon to help clean them up.
However, the speed of Taoist Xuan'an and the ferocious leopard in front was too fast, and they quickly disappeared from the sight of Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang, so that the two of them would not lose track through the guidance of the sect's jade order.
Not to mention Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang, even Taoist Xuan'an could not catch up with the speed of the thunder-marked ferocious leopard. The ferocious leopard soon disappeared into the vast forest.
However, the ferocious leopard held the body of the patrolling disciple in its mouth, and through the disciple's sect jade order, Taoist Xuan'an was able to track it.
Taoist Xuan'an was making secrets with one hand and displaying the art of sword control. He was holding a "guard plate" in one hand, staring at the fast-moving red dot in the plate, and followed the direction of the red dot's movement.
Soon, the red dot on the plate stopped. Could it be that the leopard was tired from running?
Seeing that he was not far away from the red dot, Taoist Xuan'an immediately landed, put away his flying sword, and now chased him to the bottom of a steep and remote cliff in Sizu Mountain.
Judging from the display on the garrison board, the Thunder Leopard was at the bottom of the cliff ahead.
Taoist Xuan'an carefully walked among the bushes, passed through a pile of rocks and reached the bottom of the cliff. He poked his head from behind a boulder and looked towards the bottom of the cliff from a distance. He saw a natural cave in the corner of the bottom of the cliff.
The entrance of the cliff cave is very wide and overgrown with weeds, but the cave is not deep. The scorching sun is strong at this time, and the scene inside the cave can be vaguely seen through the sunshine that shines through some cracks in the cave.
The ferocious leopard that escaped before was in this cliff cave. In addition, there were two other extremely thin leopard cubs. The two leopard cubs were lying under the female leopard and drinking milk.
"Master!"
"Shh, be quieter!"
After a while, Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang, who had received instructions from Taoist Xuan'an in advance, also tiptoed behind the boulder.
In the cliff cave, two leopard cubs finished drinking milk and crawled away in the cave. After taking a few steps, they fell down. They got up and walked away again. The two leopard cubs played together in a ball.
The female leopard began to eat and take back the body of the patrolling disciple. After a while, the body of the patrolling disciple was only a pile of flesh and bones.
"Master, this is..."
"We'll talk about it later!"
When Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang saw this, they were flustered and were about to ask questions, but Taoist Xuan'an waved his hand and led the two of them back slowly, until they retreated to another mountain in the distance.
Taoist Xuan'an found a tall, flat stone, took out a pen and paper, and started writing a letter.
The female leopard just now has blue fur and thunder stripes on her body. She is not a "flower leopard" or a "black wind leopard" that is common in the mountains. She can kill three patrolling disciples in a short period of time. She is obviously a rare high-level leopard. Level spirit beast.
Thinking again of the animal painting specially issued by the sect a few months ago, and the rumor that had already spread.
"Master, does he know what kind of ferocious beast this leopard is? Could it be..." Wang Gou's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but ask.
"Half a year ago, a "Thunder Leopard" escaped from the Spiritual Beast Sect, haven't you heard about it!" Taoist Xuan'an said without raising his head as he wrote.
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"Master, you mean..." Hearing this, Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang looked shocked. It couldn't really be the Thunder Leopard that escaped from the Spiritual Beast Sect!
"This leopard has thunder markings on its body, and it belongs to the thunder leopard lineage. There is hidden thunder light all over its body when walking, as fast as lightning. I just followed up with my master and took a closer look at the animal image of this leopard that was distributed by the sect half a year ago. There is no difference between them." Taoist Xuan'an said categorically.
"Great!" Zhang Tianhuang couldn't help but said excitedly. If he reported this news to the sect, the master would definitely receive a major reward from the sect.
"Disciple, please go back to the outpost and call for help!" Wang Gou said excitedly. If he could round up these three "Thunder Leopards", one big, two small and three small, he would also have a share of the credit.
"This thunder leopard is a strange beast. It can withstand thunder and lightning and is extremely fast. Even the disciples of this institute may not be its opponent together. They can only scare the grass and scare the snake." Taoist Xuan'an said immediately.
"Then why don't disciples go to Lingya Post to invite all three of them!" Wang thought about it for a while and said carefully.
"No! If the news reaches Lingya Post, most of the credit will definitely go to their Xiahou family." Taoist Xuan'an immediately said with a look of disgust. At the same time, he put away his pen, waited for the ink to dry, and carefully sealed the written letter.
Then he handed the letter to Zhang Tianhuang who was standing aside and said, "Tianhuang, take this letter with you, rush to Beiluan City, and hand this letter to the leader of the Green Eyes Gang."
"He has a way to send this letter back to the sect as quickly as possible and put it into the hands of your Master Xuanyu, so that Master can bring someone to the outpost."
"Master, this trip will take more than a month at least. Will it be in time for Master and the old man to come from the sect? Will the Lei Guangbao escape?" Wang Gou whispered worriedly.
After such a long delay, the Thunder Leopard could escape with its cubs, but it would be all in vain and all the credit would be wasted.
"Judging from the fact that the two cubs just now are still sucking milk and are not as big as a cat, the female leopard must not have given birth to cubs for a long time. It is obvious that the cave under the cliff has been regarded as a nest. As long as the female leopard is not disturbed, I will definitely not move out of this nest in the short term." Taoist Xuan'an said calmly.
"The disciple is leaving now!" Zhang Tianhuang quickly took the letter, put it away carefully, and immediately drew a flying sword.
"Go!" Taoist Xuan'an wanted to tell him something, but in the end he just waved his hand and said.
"Disciple knows!" After saying that, he jumped on the flying sword and flew towards Beiluan City.
"Go and take the bodies of the two murdered patrol disciples back to the outpost first. Just say that you encountered a sneak attack by the fourth-order "Black Wind Leopard" and stay here to keep an eye on them for a while."
"In addition, help the master to keep an eye on the post to see if anyone notices anything. If anyone is found secretly going to Lingya Post to report, they will be locked up immediately." After Zhang Tianhuang left, Taoist Xuan'an immediately ordered Wang who was beside him. structure.
"I understand, Master!" Wang Gou then hurriedly left with his sword.
Taoist Xuan'an stood silently under the shade of the tree, looking at the retreating figure of his disciple Wang Gou with a gloomy face.
