"Plop."
A dull sound of a corpse falling to the ground seemed particularly abrupt and harsh in this dead canyon.
Gao Zhuang's thick-backed sword, which was about to be chopped down, suddenly stopped in mid-air, only three inches away from Su Qingxue's neck.
He turned his head in horror and looked towards the direction from which the sound came.
He saw one of his companions lying in a pool of blood with his eyes wide open and a look of disbelief on his face. There was a ferocious blood hole in his heart, and blood was gurgling out.
Dead?
How did he die?!
"Who!?"
Gao Zhuang was frightened and angry, and let out a beast-like roar.
The True Qi all over his body burst out without reservation, forming a thick Protective Qi, and he scanned the dark corners around him vigilantly, "Who is sneaking around there! If you have the guts, get out of here!"
However, the only answer to him was his own roar that kept echoing in the canyon.
There was still deathly silence all around.
It was as if the silent fatal blow just now was just an illusion.
But the body that was still warm revealed a terrifying fact - there was a fifth person here.
A ghostly hunter!
The remaining two team members had already been frightened out of their wits. They stood tightly together back to back, their weapons trembling slightly in their hands due to fear.
The unknown is the scariest thing.
This weird scene where their companions died silently without even knowing where the enemy was, brought them psychological pressure that was hundreds of times greater than a head-on attack!
Lu Chen, who was hidden in the shadow of the rock wall, had a cold arc at the corner of his mouth.
He wants to use the most thorough fear to break down these people's defenses.
"Ah--!"
One of the team members' psychological defense collapsed first.
He felt a chill on his back, as if something was pressing against him, a biting chill coming from the depths of his soul.
He screamed, and without thinking, he turned around and slashed out with his sword!
The sword light was sharp, but it only hit an empty space.
At the moment when he turned around, he saw the most horrifying scene in his life.
A blurry black shadow seemed to stand up from his shadow, passing him by.
He didn't even see the other person's face clearly, he only felt a slight chill on his neck, as if he had been bitten by a mosquito.
He wanted to continue screaming, but found that he couldn't make any sound.
He stretched out his hand to touch his neck in horror, and there was a scorching wet heat in his hand.
He lowered his head and saw blood gushing out from between his fingers like a fountain.
His strength and consciousness quickly dissipated with the loss of blood.
The world quickly faded in his eyes and fell into eternal darkness.
Another one died!
At this moment, the only enemies still standing in the field are Gao Zhuang and the last team member.
The team member looked at his companion, clutching his throat and falling down with a whoosh. His legs softened and he knelt down with a "pop". A dark stain spread quickly on his crotch, and a foul smell filled the air.
He was so scared that he peed!
"There is a demon... it's Great Demon!..." He muttered incoherently, completely losing the courage to fight.
He suddenly jumped up from the ground, threw away the weapon in his hand, and ran towards the exit of the canyon like crazy.
However, the moment he ran less than ten feet away, a black shadow appeared in front of him without any warning, as if appearing out of thin air.
It is Lu Chen.
The team member was so frightened that his legs were still moving forward due to inertia, but he was unable to make any reaction due to extreme fear.
Lu Chen's eyes were as calm as a pool of ice that had never melted for thousands of years.
He passed by the team member, and the Shadow Short Blade in his hand, which was inconspicuous in the darkness, had been quietly sheathed.
The team member rushed forward two more steps, and his running movement suddenly froze.
The next moment, a subtle line of blood emerged from his waist and expanded rapidly.
His upper body and lower body slid apart slowly and strangely, and his internal organs and blood flowed all over the floor.
At this point, only Gao Zhuang is left.
He watched helplessly as his companions were killed one by one in such a cruel and efficient way, and his ferocious face was now covered with a heavy amount of cold sweat.
"I'll fight you!"
Gao Zhuang knew that he had no way out and there was no chance of begging for mercy.
A flash of madness like a trapped animal still fighting flashed in his eyes, and he roared like a beast.
He poured all the remaining True Qi in his body into the thick-backed sword in his hand without any reservation!
The blade buzzed, streaks of earthy-yellow light circulated on the blade, and a thick, violent aura rose into the sky.
"Mountain-Sundering Earth-Rending Slash!"
He used the secret skill of pressing the bottom of the box, holding the knife in both hands, and slashed forward!
A three-foot-long, condensed earth-yellow sword energy, carrying the power of cracking mountains and cracking rocks, let out a dull roar and slashed towards Lu Chen!
This sword was the culmination of his lifelong skills, and it was powerful enough to split a giant rock in half!
However, facing this Shi Potian shocking blow, Lu Cheng's expression did not change at all.
He didn't even make a dodge move.
He simply raised his left hand, palm forward.
Buzz--!
A mysterious black energy shield three feet in diameter, as condensed as ink, and covered with ancient mysterious tortoise shell patterns, instantly appeared in front of him.
The air shield doesn't look thick, but it gives people a sense of indestructibility and eternity.
The next moment, the violent earth-yellow sword energy struck hard on the black air shield!
"Boom!!!"
A deafening loud noise exploded in the canyon, and violent waves of energy swept around, causing sand and rocks to fly from the ground.
However, when the sword energy, which was enough to crack open monuments and rocks, struck the seemingly thin black air shield, it only caused a slight ripple on the surface of the air shield, and it instantly disintegrated and disappeared like a mud cow entering the sea.
Gao Zhuang's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of a pinhead!
His strongest attack... can't even break through the opponent's defense?!
At the moment when his old strength was exhausted due to the old moves, his mind was greatly shaken.
Lu Chen moved.
Taking one step forward, the figure disappeared on the spot.
The next moment, his ghostly figure appeared behind Gao Zhuang.
The cold short blade had quietly touched his back.
"Don't be so greedy in the next life."
The cold words, like the death sentence, rang in Gao Zhuang's ears.
The words fell.
The knife penetrates the body.
Poof!
The tip of the knife pierced the heart accurately, and the sharp True Qi exploded instantly, completely mincing his internal organs.
The madness and resentment on Gao Zhuang's face instantly solidified, replaced by endless fear and unwillingness.
He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he only spat out a large mouthful of blood mixed with broken internal organs.
The vitality is cut off.
Lu Chen pulled out the short blade with an expressionless expression, and wiped the blood on Gao Zhuang's still warm clothes cleanly.
After doing all this, he slowly turned around and walked step by step towards Su Qingxue, who had witnessed everything from beginning to end and was already scared to death.
He stopped in front of her and looked down at her condescendingly, his eyes were calm and deep, showing no emotion.
Su Qingxue struggled, using his arms to support his upper body.
She looked at this man who looked like a demon who had walked out of hell, and his cold eyes that were indifferent to life. The joy of surviving the disaster had long been replaced by a deeper and more intense fear.
Lu Chen did not help her, nor did he ask about her injuries.
He just took out a warm jade bottle from Gao Zhuang's body and weighed it casually in his hands.
Then, in an emotionless and purely transactional tone, he said to her, "Vajra Rock Ape, I killed him."
"I also saved your life."
"Now, let's talk about compensation."