I felt that something was unusual. Last time we destroyed Crocodile Fort, we only rescued nearly half of the monks. Where did the other half go? Are the fifty people missing this time to make up for the loss in numbers last time?
I decided to sneak into the Crocodile Swamp to investigate first. Before I left, I told Wen Yan that if Elder Wenhua came again, he would say that I had agreed to their commission.
Wen Yan took my hand and said, "Brother Yeyu, are you leaving again?"
"I'm just leaving for a few days and will be back soon." I patted her hand and said.
"Can I go with you? I am now a strong man at the fifth level of ghost general." Wen Yan said proudly.
"I know that you have always been a strong person in my heart, but there are more important things to keep you here. Help me pay attention to the strong people who attended Ye Jianming's banquet in Qianzui Pavilion. If they return to Wanjian City, you will inform them , said that the battle to eliminate Crocodile Fort is not over, and I went to Crocodile Swamp to investigate the situation." I said.
Wen Yan nodded silently, as if she still had something to say. I know she is unwilling to do so, and still wants to explore the Crocodile Swamp with me, but I vaguely feel that the danger of the Crocodile Swamp this time is no less than the last time I attacked the Crocodile Fort. Taking her with me may put her in a dangerous situation. Elder Wenhua had promised her not to force her to return to Tianshui City a few days ago. I can't put her in danger. The departure of Ye Jianming and the others has left me alone. I need someone to stand by and wait for help. If I find out the reason for the monk's disappearance, I will have enough manpower to rescue them.
I quietly left Wanjian City alone and came to Crocodile Fort again. I gathered my breath and flew deep into the Crocodile Fort. I found that there was not a single monster in Crocodile Castle at this time, and there was no trace of the monster that Li Yingxue released last time after being frozen. I checked the camp where the monks were detained last time. It was empty. The camp was at the end of the entire Crocodile Fort.
I left Crocodile Castle, where did those monsters go? Is Crocodile Castle just one of those monster beasts' lairs? These questions have been swirling in my mind, and now I don’t have any clues. How should I continue to investigate? I don’t want to come back empty-handed.
A flash of inspiration suddenly occurred to me, and I suddenly thought of a simple and direct method. Aren't the monsters hunting for human monks? Why don't I use myself as bait? Then won't the monsters that catch the monks take the initiative to show up?
In the following days, I flew aimlessly through the Crocodile Swamp. After two days of flying in the Crocodile Swamp, it was not until the third day that the mastermind behind the arrest of the monk finally appeared. The mastermind was not a monster, but a human monk, which surprised me very much. His cultivation was at the seventh level of ghost general. He was wearing white clothes. His movement was as fast as lightning. I tried my best to dodge but was still hit by his punch in the abdomen. I did not release the crocodile scale suit, but simply With one punch, I was knocked back several meters and blood flowed from my mouth. His strength is even more amazing than that of monsters. Even if I reshape my bones, all the bones in my body will still be beaten by him. I am certain that his physical strength is comparable to mine. I only have the current physical strength by absorbing the essence and blood of monsters containing the blood of divine beasts. Could it be that he also absorbed the blood of divine beasts? At this moment, I can almost conclude that the missing monks were caught by him, but what is the force behind him? At this moment, I was hesitant whether I should fight him to the death or pretend to be seriously injured and be captured by him.
The moment I hesitated, he continued to attack me without hesitation. The continuous attacks left me covered with scars and my clothes were stained red with blood. I finally chose to surrender. I understand that this is an opportunity. This is an opportunity to improve my "Blue Dragon Art" to a higher level. I don't have the essence and blood of mythical beasts to absorb, but this person does. He can only continuously absorb the essence and blood of monsters containing the blood of mythical beasts. , so that I can be confident of being promoted to the realm of the Ghost King. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Under his continuous attacks, I pretended to be seriously injured and passed out.
He carried me and flew to a huge jungle at the edge of the Crocodile Swamp. I had flown over it before and found no trace of any monster. He did not fly in the air, but shuttled through the jungle, seemingly without a fixed direction. After running for about ten minutes, a small cave appeared in front of him. The entrance of the cave was only for three people walking side by side. Could this humble little cave be their home base? If you don't look carefully at close range, you won't be able to spot it at all.
The interior of the cave is very huge. Groups of monster beasts are patrolling the cave. I am 100% sure at this moment that this is the lair of the monster beasts. I can also clearly feel that there are four huge crocodiles with the blood of mythical beasts nearby. The monster is the one we killed in Crocodile Castle before. what do I do? Escape or continue to explore the situation inside the monster's lair? I carefully analyzed the current situation. If I wanted to escape, I would have to deal with so many monsters and this monk who was as strong as me. If we escape safely, will the human monks imprisoned here be transferred? I think they will definitely be transferred, then my mission will have failed. In this Crazy Crocodile Swamp that is occupied by monsters, they are the masters here. It is basically impossible to find the imprisoned monks again. If I fail to escape, I will definitely expose my true strength, which will definitely be detrimental to my future exploration of the monster's lair. The purpose of my coming here is firstly to obtain the demonic beast essence blood containing the bloodline of the divine beast, and secondly to investigate the specific circumstances of the monk's arrest. Now that I haven't even seen the arrested monk, I finally decided not to act rashly for the time being.
After flying in the cave for nearly an hour, there were about fifty teams of monsters encountered on the road. Each team was composed of a hundred monster beasts in the ghost general realm, and five thousand monster beasts in the ghost general realm. There are many more monsters than we encountered in Crocodile Castle before. Whether it is attacking or escaping, it requires huge combat power. Even if Ye Jianming and the others are all present, they may not be able to succeed. Last time we were almost annihilated in order to kill four crocodile beasts with the blood of divine beasts. But in this lair, there are far more than four. I can sense ten of them, and maybe there are more in other corners. . I felt a little regretful at this time. I regretted that I was too confident in my own strength and put myself in such a dangerous situation. But there is no regret medicine in the world, you can only take it one step at a time.
I was dropped into a huge camp, more like a small village than a camp. The captured monks lived in this village and were not imprisoned in cages like Crocodile Fort. I felt somewhat relieved that I finally found out the whereabouts of the missing monks.
I fell in the middle of the road. A girl about 20 years old with a dirty face carried me to a thatched house and put me on the bed. This sloppy-looking girl turned out to be at the fourth level of the ghost general. Cultivation. At such an age and with such cultivation, she is simply a genius. In my impression, only Liu Hanshan and Wenjian of the Tianjian Sect can rival her. I guess she might be the daughter of heaven from some major sect.
I lay in bed for three hours, pretending to wake up from a coma. When the girl saw that I was awake, her big eyes flickered, and then she asked: "Brother, are your injuries better? What's your name?"
"Much better. My name is Ye Yu. What's your name? Which sect do you belong to?" I said. In fact, the injuries on my body had recovered as before when I was captured.
"My name is Lin Xue, and I am the granddaughter of the leader of the Wild Fire Sect. The Wild Fire Sect is a small sect. Brother Ye Yu must have never heard of it," the girl said.
"Although I have never heard of the name of the Wild Fire Sect, I know that you are a genius. At your age, I am afraid that at most I only have the strength of the ghost soldier realm." I said. Lin Xue smiled at me sheepishly and did not answer my words.
"Lin Xue, since he is awake, ask him to hand over the storage bag!" Suddenly five people broke into the small hut and said.
"Brother Yeyu's injury hasn't healed yet, so you can't take away his things." Lin Xue said.
"Brother Yeyu? You are calling him very affectionate! You should know the rules here. As long as the person who is brought in wakes up, any of us can take his storage bag. If he doesn't hand it over, we will beat him until he does it. ." said the leader.
Four of these five people are at the fifth level of ghost generals, and the leader is at the sixth level of ghost generals. Lin Xue stood in front of them and released five balls of flames to attack the five of them. The leader waved his hand and the flames disappeared without a trace. Then he directly attacked Lin Xue with a sword energy. I dodged towards the sword. Qi simply punched away the sword energy.
"If you want to go out and fight, I'll accompany you!" I said.
"Boy, you have some skills, but this is not enough." The leader said.
We came to the middle of the road and stood facing each other. All the monks in the small village gathered around us. I took a rough look and saw that there were about three hundred people. The total number of people who disappeared last time and those who disappeared this time was only about a hundred, and there were actually three hundred people here. Could it be that the disappearance of the monk from the Crazy Crocodile Swamp happened by chance? Instead, monks have been missing all the time, but this time the missing people are all disciples of those major sects. Wanjiange can't explain it so they asked me to find out the reason for their disappearance? I feel like I'm trapped in a huge whirlpool, and I still have no clue as to which force is behind this incident.
"Brother Ye Yu, let me help you deal with them." Lin Xue shouted anxiously.
"Lin Xue, I don't need your help. I can deal with these drunken people by myself." I said.
"What? He actually called us a loser, brother, kill him and let him see the power of our Blood Knife Formation!" said one of them.
