Chen Yu'er's startled cry came from the barracks.
Gao Kai and Miao Zuo shot to their feet.
Whoosh…
A dark shadow flashed across their vision.
"Enemy!"
"It's Xiao Hei."
Miao Zuo and Gao Kai spoke in succession.
Just as they saw a dark figure flash into the barracks.
Hei Sha's heart skipped a beat.
He also drew out his golden handgun.
It was only when he heard Miao Zuo say it was Xiao Hei.
That he turned his gaze to where Xiao Hei had been sitting.
The spot was empty.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
If something happened to the boss of these grandfathers while in his care, their rage would surely cost him and his brothers their lives.
The main reason was his guilty conscience.
He knew all too well where the wild game they were eating came from.
His subordinate had returned and secretly told him.
They had already clashed with Tian Qi.
Moreover, they had struck first, directly eliminating a patrol team of Tian Qi.
It was the kind of situation where they were shot to death without a word.
In other words, they had started the trouble.
Tian Qi mercenary group was the second largest military force in this jungle.
Their numbers reached four to five thousand.
It was rumored that three of their four leaders were mutated individuals.
Only the leader of Tian Qi was a normal person.
However, those three leaders, despite being mutated, were not strong.
In fact, Hei Sha was also a mutated individual.
It was just that his mutations were limited to two places: his eyes and a scale on his chest.
But for him as a gunman,
It was more than enough.
In this era of firearms.
His hawk-like eyes were enough to make him invincible in the mercenary world.
No matter how strong a mutated person was, they couldn't defend against his custom-made handguns and bullets.
Before meeting Chu Tian, he believed this.
Of course, before meeting Mei Ying, he also believed that no matter how strong a mutated person was, they couldn't be faster than his bullets and draw speed.
Unless someone got within three steps.
And, before fighting Jue Sha today.
No one knew that he also had a scale on his chest, a mutated pangolin scale.
For mutated individuals, more mutations weren't necessarily better.
Jue Sha was a prime example.
He belonged to the descendants of mutated beings.
His father was a mutated pangolin, and his mother was a mutated falcon.
However, in his case, he inherited two flawed mutations.
Most of them were more human-like.
Mixed-blood mutants were universally acknowledged as a lineage unable to improve their bloodline purity.
Humans rejected them.
The martial arts world also considered them trash.
This was also one of the reasons why Hei Sha had fallen to being a mercenary.
Xiao Hei had already rushed into the barracks.
Miao Zuo followed closely behind.
Gao Kai, a beat slower, also started moving.
Hei Sha reacted at this moment.
He moved with Gao Kai.
The short fifty-meter distance was covered in the blink of an eye.
Upon reaching the doorway, Gao Kai and Hei Sha stood side by side.
Hei Sha glanced at Gao Kai, showing a hint of admiration.
He could tell that Gao Kai was just an ordinary person.
He could see a strong military bearing on him.
However, Hei Sha could also tell.
That Gao Kai had been out of military service for a long time.
There was already some excess fat on his belly.
Moreover, his age had passed its prime.
He was likely around thirty-five.
At this age, he could still keep up with his speed.
He had to consider that even though he was a semi-mutant,
His physique was much better than that of an ordinary person.
Gao Kai entered the barracks.
He saw Xiao Hei, Miao Zuo, and Chen Yu'er all standing by the bed.
Their figures blocked Gao Kai's view.
So he quickly stepped forward and looked towards the bed.
Their eyes met, and he was shocked.
Chu Tian's entire body was trembling violently again.
Moreover, a strong steam was emanating from his body.
"What's wrong?"
Gao Kai asked nervously, not addressing Chen Yu'er, who had been looking after Chu Tian.
Instead, he asked Xiao Hei.
Only Xiao Hei here should know Chu Tian's condition.
When they were eating earlier, Xiao Hei had told them.
He had already experienced a heart demon tribulation. Although he was an anomaly of the Illusionary True Qilin clan,
His attack moves were all magic-系的,
Therefore, his divine soul was naturally very powerful.
Heart demons only targeted those whose divine soul power reached a certain level.
If Chu Tian were awake and heard Xiao Hei's words,
He would surely connect the concept of soul cultivators' heart demons with the widely held belief in the martial arts world that soul cultivators were inauspicious.
When he first learned that he was a soul cultivator,
Ye Ling had mentioned this notion many times.
She had even said that the most powerful soul cultivator at present was the director of the Ninth Office.
The helmsman of the Primitive faction, Elder Xu.
Furthermore, he was a soul cultivator who had not yet experienced any ill fortune.
In reality, Elder Xu was the greatest ill fortune.
All of this was indeed caused by heart demons.
Causing him to kill his brother, defile his sister-in-law, and slaughter his disciples!
Heart demons were the darkest parts of a person's heart.
If you steadfastly maintained your original intention, you could naturally resist them.
However, what Chu Tian had triggered this time was not a heart demon.
This was where Xiao Hei had made a mistake.
Because Chu Tian was a reborn individual, a cycle-taker.
He had triggered a fixation.
It was a fixation from his previous life.
This was also why, in legends, after death, souls had to drink Meng Po's soup before reincarnation.
There is a realm of death, a road for souls, stretching eight hundred li.
Devoid of flowers and leaves, covered in yellow sand, flowing and rippling endlessly, hence the name Huang Quan (Yellow Springs).
Within it dwell demons, named Meng Po Shi, all female, possessing great wisdom and cunning, of exceptional beauty, fond of eating ghosts, and skilled at cooking soup.
Meng Po's soup, made with eight tears as a base, took a long time to perfect. Its exotic fragrance could reach the highest heavens. Any ghost who drank it would have their past affairs completely erased.
Precisely because of this, Chu Tian had, in a sense, transmigrated and reborn.
Carrying the memories of his previous life.
All fixations remained…
Gao Kai's question to Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei frowned without moving.
The heat from Chu Tian's body, which was initially white,
Gradually turned red.
The emanating aura forced Gao Kai, Chen Yu'er, and Hei Sha to step back two paces before they felt somewhat better.
Soon, Chu Tian's skin turned like a cooked shrimp.
Even his hair changed from black to blood red.
From the corners of his closed eyes, threads of blood-red aura leaked out.
"Xiao Hei, are you sure… Brother Tian is going through a heart demon tribulation? It looks to me like Brother Tian is being boiled alive."
Miao Zuo swallowed hard.
Pop…
Before Xiao Hei could speak.
The waterbed Chu Tian was lying on suddenly sounded like it was leaking.
Hiss… hiss…
The waterbed, unable to withstand the heat, actually developed a small hole.
A torrent of water surged up.
Upon touching Chu Tian's body, it was instantly evaporated.
"Something's not right. Didn't you notice that the boss is emitting Killing Intent…"
Xiao Hei narrowed his eyes.
"I knew it a long time ago. It is indeed killing intent.
But why is it so hot?
When the boss used to exude killing intent, it was a bone-chilling cold, you know that!"
Miao Zuo shot Xiao Hei a look. Xiao Hei was acting all serious now.
At a time like this, why was this guy still playing mysterious?
So Miao Zuo didn't fall for it and didn't ask him further.
Instead, he voiced what Xiao Hei intended to say.
Xiao Hei immediately looked resentful.
He thought to himself: Why aren't things going according to the script?
If Miao Zuo and Gao Kai knew what he was thinking,
They would probably curse him at this moment.
Script, who the hell wrote a script for you?
"I'm not sure exactly what's happening. The heart demon chains haven't shown any movement, so the boss should be fine. Hey you..."
Xiao Hei beckoned to Hei Sha.
Hei Sha quickly approached.
"Take us to the ice cellar!"
As Xiao Hei spoke, he reached out and pulled Chu Tian up.
Chu Tian had been soaking in water earlier.
His twitching had improved significantly.
His body temperature had also dropped quite a bit.
His brow relaxed, looking much more comfortable.