Chapter 112: Chapter 109: So, Who Could It Be?_1

The sunset was near.

The warm wind gently blew as Yingxia strode through the forest, stepping on the shadow of the setting sun.

She would look up at the sky above her head from time to time, then listen to the whispers of insects close to her ears. Her peaceful face was as calm as water, and the troubles of the mundane world seemed to disappear at this moment.

"Baaah~~~"

"Moo~~~"

"Quack quack quack~~~"

A group of lambs, a group of calves, a group of ducks... They fled back from the north in a somewhat flustered manner.

Yingxia found it strange and carefully counted the number of the flocks. None was missing.

She frowned, heading for the north.

A large purple frog with pores all over its body followed her, bouncing after her.

"Huh?"

After about ten minutes, Yingxia’s pupils constricted abruptly.

She saw a beast lying in a puddle of blood. The streamlined dorsal line, the yellow-brown pattern, and the two iconic horns... Could it be the "Two-horned leopard?"

"Ribbit!!"

The Sound Frog became alert.

It let out a strange rhythmic noise, and waves of invisible sound waves swept around.

A few seconds later, it turned its head, looking at its master blankly.

Yingxia confirmed there was no danger, stepped forward slowly, then squatted down and touched the skin of the Two-horned leopard with her fingers.

Was it really dead?

If the Contracted Spirit Fond Spirits died, then its Patron...

Yingxia pursed her lips, heading north again on foot.

After a short while, Tian Sai, who was also lying in a puddle of blood, came into view.

Checking the injuries, they were all neck fractures, killed instantly.

A strong sense of crisis surfaced, Yingxia’s breathing unconsciously slowed down, and her nerves were stretched to their limit.

Tian Sai was a hunter...

He was an expert in wild hunting, and his Contracted Spirit Fond Spirits was the fast-attack type of Two-horned leopard.

If even he didn’t have a chance to react, couldn’t escape, couldn’t give a warning, and just died on the spot...

This probably meant that a creature far beyond his level had crossed the boundary from the other side of Black Stone Mountain.

It might even have invaded the Trial Ground...

Thinking of this, Yingxia dared not hesitate.

She pulled out a special fireworks gun, raised the muzzle, and aimed at the sky.

"Bang!"

A red light shot into the sky, and after reaching high altitude, it exploded, forming a red "danger" that lingered for a long time.

At a distance of hundreds of miles away, Dong Xuan and Zhi Zhengqing, who were hovering over the central area, looked up at the source of the signal.

Such a long distance, they actually couldn’t see very clearly, but that strange red dot was particularly conspicuous as dusk fell.

"Something happened?"

Dong Xuan showed a serious look, he and Zhi Zhengqing looked at each other from afar.

Without much communication, Dong Xuan released another red firework.

This firework didn’t form any text, it looked beautiful, but it was actually reminding the assistants in the area to be fully alert and not to be careless.

At that time, Zhi Zhengqing mounted the Magic Giant Eagle and flew towards Black Stone Mountain.

He didn’t make a detour; it was a straight line.

All the plants and animals trembled where he passed.

Even while heading to his destination, he didn’t forget to pay attention to any unusual things and kept investigating the cause of the anomaly.

"Hehe, the bait is hooked, get ready to act."

In the Trial Ground area, towards the west.

Four cloaked figures, who had somehow changed their location, blended into the night with the hazy fog.

...

"Fireworks?"

"Red fireworks?"

Ye Hanjun, who had just finished hunting a rock python with the 6th squad and was still dissecting it to collect its gall, suddenly looked up and saw the bright red in the not-so-distant sky. It was too eye-catching to ignore.

The students’ fireworks... should be blue.

Red... This seems to be the way of communication between the staff.

Ye Hanjun pondered, he was not fully involved in the task of the assistant, so he had only a half understanding of the related information.

However, while he was still analyzing and thinking, his temples suddenly started throbbing.

The perception granted by Super Spirituality became extremely agitated, but why?

"Everyone... Stop dissecting!"

"In the direction of northeast 30°, I remember there’s a sunken cave that belonged to a deceased Fond Spirit."

"Now, everyone will be on high alert and head there at full speed."

"Hide inside until the situation becomes clear. No matter what happens outside, do not peek out!"

The concise orders left the four students dumbfounded at first.

They too saw the gradually fading red fireworks, and were perplexed.

While still discussing the reason behind it, they suddenly saw Master Han with an icy expression, emanating an aura of indisputable authority and unyielding coldness, which was starkly different from his usual calm demeanor even when facing a collapsing mountain.

Su Mei, Zhao Li, Huang Dengshan, and Zhang Wu, their hearts immediately jumped to their throats.

Master Han had never shown such an expression before, even when confronted by a Crawler!

The four of them didn’t dare to ask or think more.

They abandoned the rock python that hadn’t been fully harvested, either riding their own Fond Spirits or running with light steps towards the cave Master Han had described.

On the way, some creatures were startled.

If they could kill any enemy with focused attacks, they would; if they couldn’t, they would rather detour than stay and fight.

Soon, the five of them entered the cave.

Ye Hanjun instructed his students to temporarily withdraw their Contracted Spirit Fond Spirits, and then use the mud from the chubby earthworm to cover their exposed skin as much as possible.

Until now, Ye Hanjun still didn’t know what kind of problem the intuition gifted by spiritual power was hinting at.

But his feeling of unease was getting stronger, as if an ominous whisper was echoing in his ears:

——Run, run quickly!

——Get as far away from here as possible!

"Boom!!!"

There was an explosion that could break through rocks and shatter gold. It was as if a divine thunderbolt had struck the earth from the nine heavens, causing the earth to shake.

Su Mei, Zhao Li, Huang Dengshan, Zhang Wu, their faces all changed color!

Covered in mud, they were hiding in the deepest corner of the cave. All they could smell was the rotten, fishy smell of the earth, every cell in their body was rebelling against it.

But this discomfort did not last long.

The explosion from a certain area on the ground was so massive that the aftershock swept over them, completely overwhelming the hearts and minds of the four students.

Their eyes could not hide the fear deep in their hearts.

Even though they thought they had experienced a lot and had matured from youths into adults over these days.

But when an unfamiliar change descended upon them, that terror could easily corrode their souls.

"You all hide here."

"Unless there is a risk of the cave collapsing, never come out!"

Ye Hanjun reiterated his warnings, then he gave a reassuring nod to Su Mei, who seemed to have regained a little composure after the panic.

Then, he did not hesitate and left the cave alone, roughly covering its entrance with dead vines and rubble.

"Whoosh~~~"

For some unknown reason, a large amount of white fog drifted over from the direction west of the trial ground.

The night was still young, the moonlight was just bright.

Because of the fog, the night scene was even more obscure and enchanting.

Ye Hanjun activated the Darkest Demon Eye. The glow in his pupils quickly dimmed, and even his sclera rapidly turned pitch black.

His aura completely changed from beginning to end.

Just now, if he had behaved like a human.

But now, if he chose not to hide his aura and released it all, what would be circling around him would be cold, proud, and numb indifference-like aura towering above all beings.

"Yoo——"

The darkness enveloped Ye Hanjun’s body like a living entity.

In an instant, his entire body became obscure and semi-ethereal, like a wisp of smoke merging into the twilight.

With this cloaking state, Ye Hanjun began to attempt to explore the core area of the trial grounds.

He was different from his students after all.

The students could hide and dodge. Even if they were completely ignorant about what was happening around them, it would not matter.

But if it were him, leaving everything to fate feels like being tormented by thousands of insects invading his heart.

How could he pray for the crisis not to involve him when he hasn’t yet discerned the situation?

Such naive thoughts were extinguished by his family when he was very young.

"Whoosh!"

Ye Hanjun suddenly halted his rapid run. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Ten meters away, a human body hugging a Contracted Spirit Fond Spirit. The corpse, if he was not mistaken, it should be "Chen Gui".

He was a member of Liu Xin’s team.

Before he joined Liu Xin’s team, he was once fooled by Piao Chenlong. The two of them together speculated about Ye Hanjun’s unfathomable power.

Now, he died here.

He died here, in this trial ground, which was initially called "highly safe".

Cause of death —— impact!

He and his Contracted Spirit Fond Spirit, all of the bones in their body were shattered.

On his abdomen, there was a mark left by something wrapped tightly around it.

And on the tree trunk behind him, a human-shaped pit was an unquestionable trace of Chen Gui being slapped onto the tree and killed in one blow.

The enemy...

...It’s very strong!

This is not within the power of a Clay Body, it must be a Fond Spirit above the Clay Body, truly established on a Rainbow Light Fetus.

So, who could it be?

The silent Ye Hanjun was listening to the sounds of the night.

He could confirm that the commotion happened in various places, not just in one place.

And the disturbance he felt, completely unlike a swarm or plague of beasts.

It was more like... A few powerful Fond Spirits, were sweeping across the trial ground’s core area, recklessly slaughtering, destroying what they could destroy, killing what they could kill.

In their eyes, life is even more insignificant than grass leaves.

This feeling was something Ye Hanjun was extremely familiar with.

Fuse the ability of Super Spirituality, half of my previous form, which was "Evil Perception".

Death, pain, despair, hatred, anger, darkness, killing, spirits of the deceased, hell, bloodshed, corpses, demons, sin...

The vast majority of negative emotions, most brutal acts, and most evil living beings.

Ye Hanjun, the controller of the Demon Servant, had a perception ability that was dozens of times more than an ordinary person.

Even if... Without this ability.

From his childhood to now, were not the scenes of his brothers and sisters, the scenes of rivers of blood and mountains of corpses, visible whenever he closed his eyes?

Ye Hanjun opened his eyes!

Those darkest pupils, empty as tombstones, silent as an abyss.

His dark locks, fluttering in the wind, their curves were like the evil grin of a demon.

He once again disappeared into the darkness, silently.