Chapter 104 Trap

Fang Yue's pupils contracted, and his face turned gloomy.

He had a pretty good impression of Luo Xin.

Although this vice-captain was a bit long-winded, it was a sign of responsibility. For the sake of the villagers' safety, he even dared to confront a figure like Doctor An, which was truly conscientious.

Before setting off, Fang Yue thought that Luo Xin was specially arranged by Lin Ling, so he should take care of him and not let him die on the road.

But now…

"Night, look ahead!"

Fang Yue looked forward in the direction Niu Niu pointed, his face dark, and immediately saw the bodies of many escort team members scattered there.

They looked like they had rushed out to fight the strange creature in order to cover the retreat, only to die miserably.

The state of the corpses was the same as Luo Xin's, showing a bizarre distortion, as if their bones had been forcibly twisted into various shapes by some strange force and thrown on the ground.

"It should be killed by that Xu Gui (Void Ghoul)! When the Dong Nu (Cave Woman) who chased me earlier was dragged away, she looked like this too!"

Niu Niu hesitated whether to continue moving forward, obviously there was great danger ahead.

But Fang Yue ignored him and ran straight past him.

Seeing this, Niu Niu was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and followed.

Most importantly, judging from the direction in which these supplies were scattered, the main force seemed to have deviated from the initially designated straight route and had fled deeper into the forest.

Tall trees blocked the sunlight, and the messy, intertwined branches and shrubs looked like a giant mouth opening in the darkness, making one feel fearful.

"Night, they… seem to have fled in this direction."

"..."

Fang Yue didn't speak, seemingly hesitant. Suddenly, he sniffed his nose, and a slightly familiar fragrance entered his nostrils. Following the source of the scent, he saw a faint pink liquid lying next to a horse's corpse, forming a not-so-obvious arrow shape.

And this direction had a certain degree of deviation from the direction of going deep into the forest.

"Let's go this way!"

Fang Yue's eyes lit up, and he ran without hesitation in the direction indicated by the pink liquid. Niu Niu followed at a distance, seemingly afraid that some strange creature would suddenly appear.

Fang Yue ignored him. Along the way, he saw three more pools of pink arrow liquid. The whole journey was very peaceful, with no signs of fighting.

Judging from the traces of the last pool of liquid, it should have been made not long ago, which meant that their speed of action was faster than the people in front.

If it was just a small group of people, or just Doctor An's team of blood hunters, their speed would never be so slow.

If there were no accidents… the real direction of the main force's escape was ahead!

Just as Fang Yue was thinking about this, he suddenly stepped on something while running. With a whoosh, some kind of rope directly wrapped around his right foot and sent him flying upside down.

Fang Yue didn't even hesitate and directly pulled out his saber and slashed at the rope with a backhand, falling down.

Meanwhile, out of the corner of his eye, he could see a shadow suddenly窜g out of the grass next to him, seemingly about to attack Fang Yue, who had just been caught by the trap.

A fierce glint flashed in Fang Yue's eyes, and he gripped the hilt of the saber with both hands, stabbing straight down!

"What is it!"

"Vice-Captain Night?!"

The two voices sounded almost simultaneously.

Clang!!

In the next moment, blood splattered on the ground!

The straight-edged Leng Yue (Cold Moon) saber stabbed heavily into the ground, tearing through the man's cheek, leaving a deep knife wound.

But the man trembled all over, afraid to move rashly.

"Night, Vice-Captain Night… It's me, Gao Kai, the leader of the seventh squad of the escort team…"

"… Luckily you shouted quickly, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to hold back this strike."

Fang Yue composed himself, pulled out the Leng Yue saber stuck in the ground and sheathed it, reaching out his hand and saying, "Are you okay? Where are the others now?"

Niu Niu, who was lagging behind, finally reacted at this moment.

Fang Yue's swift and decisive actions just now, with his smoothness off the charts, had really frightened him a bit.

If it had been him, he definitely wouldn't have been able to react when he was pulled up by the trap, let alone cut the rope and counterattack.

But it could also be seen that Night was angry in his heart. Could this be the legendary "sliding tackle to break the trap and counterattack" when someone is extremely angry?

Just as Niu Niu was daydreaming, he suddenly noticed the sound of footsteps gradually surrounding him.

"Night, something's wrong! There's something around…"

Niu Niu stopped sending the message before he could finish speaking.

Because he saw people.

Doctor An, the blood hunters, Wei Ba (Tail), Wu Wu, the 3 vice-captains, and the villagers, everyone in the team was there!

"Night Night!"

"Vice-Captain Night!"

"It's Vice-Captain Night!"

"That's great! Vice-Captain Night is still alive! Wuwuwu!"

Many people were so excited that they wiped away their tears. This made Fang Yue feel somewhat touched. Unknowingly, he seemed to have become the soul of Gu Yue Village, like a Ding Hai Shen Zhen (lit. Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle; a pillar of strength), as long as he was there, the villagers and team members could feel at ease.

"Vice-Captain Night, you found us by following Xue Dou's (Blood Fight) urination markings, right?"

The blood hunter and Doctor An leaned over, their faces filled with joy.

"That's right, but…"

Fang Yue frowned, "Why are there so few people in the team? After I was knocked away by the strange creature, what exactly happened?"

The blood hunter and Doctor An exchanged glances and sighed. The expressions of the others were also somewhat dim.

In the end, Doctor An opened his mouth.

"Night Night, although you were knocked away before, you still bought us some time. That Chong Gui Hua (Replicated Ghoul Flower) actually used the skill of shrinking the earth to an inch (缩地). It dodged the Xu Gui's (Void Ghoul) attack and disappeared without a trace."

"This is a situation I have never seen before. This Chong Gui Hua (Replicated Ghoul Flower) has a completely different behavior pattern from the information I have seen in books. Perhaps the blood hunter is right, the books I have read can no longer keep up with the mutation speed of the strange creatures. I can no longer speculate on their actions based on book knowledge."

"Without a target, the Xu Gui (Void Ghoul) naturally set its sights on us. We didn't dare to stay and turned around to run, quickly catching up with the main force."

"But the speed of the Xu Gui (Void Ghoul)… you know, it's impossible for our team to outrun it."

"In a moment of desperation, we brought up the idea of splitting up and escaping again, but Luo Xin refused. Since the matter has already passed, I won't hide it from you. The reason I wanted the team to split up was to let a group of people be scapegoats to lure away the Xu Gui (Void Ghoul) - this method is the most convenient and effective way to avoid being chased by strange creatures in the wild."

"But Luo Xin strongly opposed it, wanting everyone to survive. In the end, he called on a group of people to cover the retreat. I don't know what happened after that."

"However, judging from the fact that the Xu Gui (Void Ghoul) caught up again later, they should be in grave danger."