Not only was she not a human being, even the three burly men behind her were not human either.
But they are not ghosts either.
Strictly speaking, it's weird.
Facing the woman and the three strong men chasing behind her, Jiang Changkong didn't hesitate at all and directly used his sword to kill them all.
With a click of two fingers, a flash of sword intent penetrated the woman who was running towards him.
[Dao Fruit +1]
A white Dao Fruit appeared in the Sword Code space, but this white Dao Fruit was very light in color and obviously had little energy.
The woman fell to the ground and instantly turned into a piece of human skin, which then dissipated into a burst of black smoke.
The three strong men who were chasing behind them suddenly stopped and saw Jiang Changkong's expression changed drastically. They were about to turn around and run away, but Jiang Changkong killed two of them instantly.
Those two also turned into human skin, and finally dissipated into black smoke.
[White Dao Fruit +2]
These two white Dao Fruits also have little energy.
From the moment he killed the woman, Jiang Changkong knew that these people should be "ghosts".
That is, after being eaten by a tiger, it becomes a ghost commanded by the tiger and used to lure other people to be eaten by the tiger.
This is what is meant by "acting for the tiger".
It can be seen from the Dao Fruit obtained by killing them that the ghosts also belong to the weird category.
Jiang Changkong killed three and left one, just to find the tiger who controlled them.
The remaining one was about to escape when he heard Jiang Changkong say: "If you dare to run away, they will be your fate."
The man turned his head with difficulty and looked at Jiang Changkong, with a smile that was uglier than crying.
"Master——"
Jiang Changkong walked up to him and said calmly: "Take me to your master."
As he spoke, a wave of sword intent enveloped the demon ghost.
The ghost had no choice but to agree obediently.
If you don't agree, you will die immediately.
"yes."
The ghost led the way, and Jiang Changkong followed behind.
As he walked, he asked, "Who are you? How did you die?"
When the ghost heard this, he paused in his steps and looked confused, as if he was trying hard to recall the past.
But the more I thought about it, the more painful it became, and his face gradually turned hideous.
"Okay, don't think about it."
Jiang Changkong said calmly.
He was really afraid that this guy would lose his head.
The sword intention touched the body of the demon ghost, causing the demon ghost's face to change drastically, and he suddenly woke up again.
I don't know if the sword intention stimulated his soul, but the ghost suddenly remembered some memories.
"Sir, I am a bandit from Feicui Ridge. That day, our boss took a group of master brothers to Nanping Town to pick up guests... Not long after they left, the tiger came, and then several of our brothers were eaten. ...Sir, I died unjustly. I still have a 80% new daughter-in-law at home...My wife was eaten by a tiger just after she was pregnant...I wanted to save my wife, but she was also eaten by a tiger... …None of us want to die…”
After talking about it, his words became incoherent, and then his face became ferocious again, and black gas even began to emit from the top of his head.
Seeing that he was about to collapse, Jiang Changkong had no choice but to use his sword power to give him an 'intensified stimulus' again to wake him up immediately.
But this time my sobriety was a bit sluggish.
Jiang Changkong guessed that this should be because his soul power was consumed too much.
"Okay, take me to see your master."
"yes."
The ghost walked in front, and Jiang Changkong followed behind. He was no longer irritated, but he had some understanding of the cause and effect of the matter.
Especially the huge tiger footprints I encountered in Emerald Ridge, and I finally knew the cause.
The so-called tiger may have become a demon, which is why it is so huge.
This was also the reason why he saw the huge tiger footprints in Emerald Ridge.
After becoming a demon, he also became a scourge in this area.
What makes Jiang Changkong confused is that Emerald Ridge is far away from here, more than a hundred miles away.
Is the scope of activity of this demon tiger already so large?
If it is really that big, it will be a huge threat to Nanping Town, not to mention the area around Qingshan Stream.
The demon looks a little sluggish, but his speed is not slow.
After all, he is not human and his body weighs almost nothing.
Under the mountain breeze at night, the speed is much faster than ordinary people.
Even catching up with ordinary warriors.
Following the mountain road, we soon came to a cave.
Jiang Changkong could sense that the cave was very deep.
You can clearly feel the violent aura of demons from the cave, but at this time, the tiger demon was not found inside.
After the ghost brought Jiang Changkong here, he became very respectful and a little dull.
But he was just stunned for a moment, and then walked towards the cave.
What makes Jiang Changkong a little strange is that the demon did not enter the cave, but walked towards the wall of the cave.
Jiang Changkong watched helplessly as the body of the demon was half submerged into the stone wall, which was very surprising.
At the same time, I was also enlightened.
It turns out that walls are the home of ghosts.
In other words, the world of ghosts and humans are not the same world.
But he didn't really let the demon escape this disaster.
If you are dead, you are dead. If you cannot enter reincarnation, you cannot harm others in the world.
With a casual move, the sword intent instantly penetrated into the body of the demon ghost, directly crushing it. The demon ghost that had not yet completely entered the wall turned into a burst of black smoke and dissipated.
[Dao Fruit +1]
At this moment, a huge tiger roar came from a distance, and the sound seemed to be filled with anger.
Except for the roar of tigers, there was no other sound in the entire forest.
Obviously, Jiang Changkong finally made the tiger controlling them aware of Jiang Changkong's killing.
Jiang Changkong released his sword intention and soon sensed a huge tiger rushing towards him from one direction.
The black and yellow fur all over the body gives people a terrifying aura in the mountains and forests.
The giant tiger's strides were very long, and coupled with its running, it was like a fast-moving black and yellow fortress. The distance of several hundred meters was quickly reached.
What surprised Jiang Changkong was that one of the tiger's eyes was blood red and the other was amber.
Two eyes of different colors, this is the first time I have seen them.
Mutation?
However, this tiger is really big.
Bigger than he imagined.
I don’t know if I have grown up recently.
With such a big body, I wonder if this guy's whip is also very big... Jiang Changkong glanced around and found that it was really big down there.
The corner of Jiang Changkong's mouth curved: "This thing...I heard it's very tonic!"
However, this is a demon, and eating the flesh of a demon requires professional removal of the demonic aura, otherwise it will be contaminated by the demonic aura.
So it looks like a great supplement, but it's actually poison.
Jiang Changkong didn't really plan to eat this stuff.
But the fur, teeth and claws of this tiger demon are good things and can be sold for a high price.
As for flesh and blood, it must be completely burned.
Otherwise, the flesh and blood may cause other beasts to evolve or become crazy, thus creating new scourges.
As if sensing Jiang Changkong's strong malice, the giant tiger that was rushing towards Jiang Changkong became furious and opened its bloody mouth.
The wind follows the tiger, and the clouds follow the dragon.
The giant tiger pounced, bringing up a huge whirlwind. In an instant, sand and rocks were flying, and huge trees were tilted this way and that.
At the same time, a huge roar erupted from its open mouth.
The huge tiger roar formed a sound wave visible to the naked eye and struck Jiang Changkong.
The wind was howling, and Jiang Changkong was almost deafened by the sudden tiger roar.
Suddenly furious.
Clang!
The green steel sword was unsheathed.
Draw the sword!
The true energy exploded and the sword intent was strong, instantly piercing the giant tiger's forehead.
The majestic sword intent crushed the giant tiger's soul in an instant.
Kill with one sword!
The giant tiger's flying posture was still there, but it just jumped in front of Jiang Changkong and died, with blood spurting out from its forehead.
A light green Dao Fruit appeared in the Sword Code Space, which was larger than the one originating from Guan Yulong.
Jiang Changkong showed a look of satisfaction on his face.
The next step is to skin and decompose the giant tiger.
Although the giant tiger was dead at this time, it was still dead with eyes wide open.
Especially that amber eye, which seemed to be staring at him all the time, giving him the feeling of... a surveillance camera.
Jiang Changkong stared at this eye, and this eye was also "staring" at him.
Jiang Changkong naturally knew that the giant tiger was dead. Logically speaking, it was just an illusion that the giant tiger was still staring at him, but he instinctively felt that things might not be as simple as imagined.
The giant tiger has become a monster, and the blood-red eyes are normal, but the amber eyes... no matter how you look at it, this thing looks like a magic weapon.
He did not touch it rashly with his hands, but provoked it with his sword.
By the way, use the sword's heart to stare at it.
Just when his sword touched the amber eyes, the eyes suddenly exploded.
Exploded!
Jiang Changkong's eyes suddenly shot out two sword lights.
Sure enough there is a problem!
He really guessed it right, this thing is really a spying "camera"!
Installing the 'camera' in the eye socket of the demon giant tiger and making it fuse into one body is not something that ordinary people can do.
Warriors generally don't have this ability.
Most of this kind of situation can only be accomplished by some people from the heretical way of doing things, or those who are cultivating immortals or cultivating demons.
Especially for immortal cultivators and demon cultivators, their cultivation systems are different from those of warriors.
The true energy that warriors cultivate, and the mana they cultivate, they can use the mana to refine some magic weapons.
Judging from the current situation, it does not look like a cultivator of immortality, because cultivators of immortality have always shown themselves as not participating in the affairs of the human world, and naturally they will not control demons.
"Could it be...that this was done by a demon cultivator?"
Jiang Changkong frowned slightly.
Demon cultivators have no scruples and can do anything.
But in most cases, he still abides by the agreement with the court, and under normal circumstances will not cause any unpleasantness with the human court.
However, this does not represent all demon cultivators, just as some immortal cultivators do not represent the entire world of immortal cultivators.
There are always people who will break the rules, just like the Blood God Cult...
Huh? Blood God Cult! ! !
Thinking of this, Jiang Changkong's eyes suddenly lit up.
Could this be the fault of the Blood God Cult?
Several things I encountered recently in Nanping Town were all related to the Blood God Cult.
When I killed Guan Yulong before, I saw the transaction between the Blood God Sect and Guan Yulong from the remaining energy picture of the magic weapon.
Ji Rong’s one too.
"Could this be done by someone from the Blood God Cult?"
Jiang Changkong felt that he had probably found the source of the matter.
Just like deciding a case, first make a guess, then prove the guess, and finally form a clear judgment.
All he had to do now was prove this conjecture.
"if……"
"If it is really what the Blood God Cult did...or even Mr. Lan did it..."
"Then the giant tiger was controlled by him, attacked Emerald Ridge, and devoured the blood essence of countless people in Emerald Ridge to replenish his body. This hypothesis is logically established."
"The giant tiger controlled the ghost in Qingshan Stream and kept attacking some passers-by to provide Mr. Lan with energy and blood... This conclusion is also very reasonable."
"Since the giant tiger has lived in Qingshan Stream for a long time, Mr. Lan is probably also in Qingshan Stream, because he cannot be too far away from his puppet giant tiger, otherwise he will definitely not be able to control it..."
"Since he is in Qingshan Stream...then where will he hide?"
Jiang Changkong's eyes were sharp, and he immediately released his sword intent and looked around to the maximum extent.
Not to mention, he also found some clues.
The water of Qingshan Stream winds through the mountains. It is normal for the tiger's den to be not far from the water's edge.
After all, tigers need to drink water too.
However, there is a deep pool next to the running water about five hundred meters away.
According to what Jiang Changkong sensed, he found that the water in the deep pool was different from the water in other places. The water in the deep pool was very cold.
What are corpses most afraid of? Naturally, they are afraid of rot due to high temperatures.
If the temperature is low, it will reduce the rate of rot... Of course, this is only the case under normal conditions.
For those experts who can already refine corpses, the situation of rot due to high temperatures may be avoided.
Jiang Changkong didn't know exactly whether this was the case. He was just speculating from an ordinary person's perspective.
Therefore, he also knew that this kind of speculation could not be used as a basis.
But he felt a familiar breath from the water vapor in the deep pool.
It was an evil aura that was very similar to the Blood God sculpture.
Just because of this, it shows that his guess is correct.
In other words, the other party is nearby!
even……
Maybe it's in the deep pool! ! !
Thinking about this, Jiang Changkong's eyes brightened, and he immediately used his sword steps to rush toward the deep pool without hesitation.
