Chapter 82 Shadow

The Wanyu Forest in the dark night is deep and mysterious.

In the night sky, a solitary moon hangs in it like a silver plate. The empty hills are covered with a layer of cold white gauze by the moonlight. The rustling autumn wind blows by, and the shadows of a few dead leaves pass under the cold moonlight. Quiet!

Suddenly, a figure appeared silently on the empty hills. This person was wearing a huge black hooded cloak. He stood with his back in the moonlight, and a long shadow was cast in front of him.

"Calculate the time, it should be here." The man said to himself.

Suddenly, a few ear-catching bird calls pierced the silent night sky, and a few flying birds were startled in a forest not far away.

In the woods, a pair of dark green eyes greedily looked at the man on the hill, and behind his eyes was a huge, blurry black shadow.

In a rustling wave of grass and trees, a strange black shadow sneaked out of the forest and slowly approached the person on the hill.

Under the white moonlight, the black shadow had no way to hide, revealing its true appearance. It turned out to be a beast that looked like a black panther, about two meters in size.

The black panther's green eyes stared at the person on the hill, and quietly approached, five meters, four meters...

The back figure on the hill remained motionless, as if he didn't know that the danger was getting closer and closer to him.

At three meters, the black panther stopped. The hair on his shoulders stood up, and his bloody mouth opened, revealing a row of scimitar-like fangs, and a few strands of saliva fell from the corners of his grinning mouth. The person standing on the hill still stood with his back to him, and the corners of his cloak fluttered slightly in the night wind.

The black panther bent his limbs, then kicked the ground hard, and his huge body pounced on the person on the hill like the god of death crossing the night sky.

At the critical moment, the person turned his head, and the outline of half of his face was vaguely revealed under the brim of the hat covering his head, with pale blue skin and thin cheeks.

"Looking for death!"

Before he finished speaking, the man's body twisted strangely and turned around.

As their eyes met, the appearance under the cloak was completely exposed in the moonlight. What was surprising was that the other half of his face was covered with gray-white scales like snake scales.

The black panther that pounced in the air had never seen or eaten this half-snake, half-human monster, and a trace of confusion appeared in his bloodthirsty eyes.

The half-faced man suddenly stretched out his skinny right hand, and his five fingers stretched out violently and grabbed the air. As a strange blue arc flashed across his fingertips, circles of blue electric nets appeared around the black panther's body.

It seemed that there was a huge force pressing around the huge body of the black panther, and the huge body began to twist violently like dough. With a bang, the whole body turned into a bloody red mist under this pressure.

The blood mist rolled for a while, revealing the shape of a blood panther about the size of a foot.

The half-faced man grinned, stretched out a long, thin red tongue, licked the corner of his mouth, and then sucked it hard. The blood leopard in the air turned into a blood line, and was sucked into his mouth.

"This inferior spirit beast, the taste of blood soul is really bad." The half-faced man muttered to himself. After speaking, he turned his back, and in front of him was still the long dark shadow reflected by the moonlight.

The moonlight was scattered, and the hilltop returned to its previous tranquility.

Not long after, another figure came to the hilltop.

The man was tall, dressed in black clothes for night travel, with a black scarf around his face, and he seemed to be young between his eyebrows.

"Here is the reward agreed before." After speaking, the masked man handed a storage bag to the half-faced man.

The half-faced man took the storage bag, took out a list from it, and put it away after carefully examining it. He whispered: "I will arrange this matter perfectly."

"Then I'll trouble you."

Not long after, the half-faced man and the masked man both left the hilltop. There were no abrupt shadows on the flat ground, and it was as smooth as a silver beach.

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The autumn hunting activity of the Tiangui Sect was welcomed by many Tiangui Sect disciples, especially the new low-level disciples.

The daily training tasks of low-level disciples were mostly dull and boring. The autumn hunting activity, which had not been open for more than ten years, was reopened, and everyone wanted to try their skills.

On a temporary square at the edge of the Wanyu Forest, there were densely packed Tiangui Sect disciples who were ready to participate in the autumn hunting activity, about two or three hundred people.

"This autumn hunting activity has not been open for more than ten years. It is said that there are countless spiritual materials and spiritual beasts in the Wanyu Forest."

"There should be a lot of gains."

"I have recently practiced the Ruojin Mian Palm and have broken through to the third level. I can just try my skills in this activity."

"It is said that the beasts in the Wanyu Forest are extraordinary. It is better to be careful."

"I heard that there is a unique vinca in the Wanyu Forest. It is evergreen in all seasons and has the effect of keeping the face young and beautiful. I want to pick some and give it to my junior sister."

"Many people want to give gifts to my junior sister, but I am afraid it is not your turn."

...

In the square, the disciples whispered to each other.

"Little sister, this autumn hunting activity should be able to earn a lot of spiritual stones. If you earn more spiritual stones, you can pay off your debts." In the crowd, Zhu Liunian, who was fat and dressed in loose khaki clothes, said.

"Brother, you seldom participate in trial activities on weekdays, and you have too little experience in fighting with others. I didn't agree with you coming. Besides, this autumn hunting activity has not been open for many years, and the risks involved are still unknown." Zhu Liuqing, who was dressed in a green dress, replied.

"Oh, it's all my fault that I owe a lot of spiritual stones from gambling. I've been relying on you to scrape together the money these days. I'm really sorry for you. I hope I can do my part this time. I'm really worried about you always letting you come out alone to participate in risky trials."

"Brother, we depend on each other for survival. Your business is my business. It should be so. You are kind-hearted. Stay away from gambling houses and stop gambling in the future."

"Sister is right. I will never gamble again." Zhu Liunian said self-reproachfully.

At this time, the bustling crowd suddenly quieted down, and everyone's eyes were all looking at one end of the square.

Several sturdy disciples of the Tiangui Sect came to the square with a sturdy man. This man was twice as big as an ordinary person, standing in the center of the square like an iron tower.

The big man looked at the many disciples in the square, nodded, and then said loudly: "This autumn hunting event is hosted by me, Zhan Tianba. I hope that the disciples participating in this event will put their own safety first, and then support me more. I won't say much about the rest."

"The master of the Mangui Hall, the first physical cultivator of the Tiangui Sect, has an extraordinary aura." Xu Yang praised in a low voice.

Nangong Chongshan in the crowd saw Zhan Tianba appear and cast away his admiring eyes. He said proudly: "The master is an unattainable existence for physical cultivators, and he is also one of the people I, Nangong Chongshan, admire the most."

At this time, a handsome young deacon beside Zhan Tianba began to read aloud the description of the autumn hunting event in his hand.

"In recent days, spirit beasts from the Wanyu Forest have invaded border villages, causing damage to the lives and homes of many people. At the request of the King of the Great Wei Kingdom, the leader of the Tiangui Sect has issued an order to organize this autumn hunting event. The event is hosted by Zhan Tianba, the leader of the Mangui Hall, with the intention of expelling the spirit beasts in the Wanyu Forest near the Great Wei Kingdom back to the center of the Wanyu Forest, so that the people can live and work in peace. The power of our Tiangui Sect is invincible."

"The power of the Tian-Gui-Zong is invincible!" Many disciples in the audience raised their arms and shouted in unison, the sound was deafening. Like soldiers waiting to go into battle, they were all ready to fight and their morale was high.

"This operation is divided into three teams, entering the Wanyu Forest in three directions. The teams in each team are composed of disciples from various branches or sub-branches to coordinate operations. The disciples of the Mangui Hall will not form teams alone, but will be dispersed into various teams so that they can keep in touch with the host of this event at any time. The duration of this event is seven days, and we will meet here again after seven days." After the young deacon finished speaking, he retreated to Zhan Tianba's side.

"The autumn hunting event is about to begin." Zhan Tianba gave an order, and the many disciples on the square quickly formed three teams in an orderly manner according to the plan, and entered the Wanyu Forest in three directions: left, middle and right.

Nangong Chongshan came to the Mulingyuan team at Xu Yang's invitation in advance. In addition to Xu Yang and Zhu Liunian, there are seven other disciples from the Mulingyuan who participated in this event. Because the Mulingyuan is not a special combat branch, the number of places for this event is limited to ten people. As disciples of the seven major battle halls of the Tiangui Sect, they are the main combat force of this autumn hunting event.

According to the prior plan, the people of the Mulingyuan team began to move towards the target area.

Two hours later, Xu Yang and his group reached the designated area safely.

"How come we didn't encounter a single spirit beast along the way?" A well-behaved female disciple from the Muling Academy team said nervously.

Seeing someone asking questions, Nangong Chongshan replied, "This junior sister's name is Yun'er, right? Don't be nervous, because three days ago, the routes of each team were cleared by our disciples of the Mangui Hall in advance, so that everyone can reach the designated location smoothly and complete the planned tasks. From now on, the area to be searched will be very large. Because the danger level of this activity is not high, only a few disciples of Peiyuan Realm participated in this activity, and most of them are disciples of Ruling Realm and Huaxu Realm. It is better for everyone to act cautiously."

Nangong Chongshan pointed to a black triangular flag with the word "Man" written on it stuck on the trunk of a big tree not far away.

"I planted this flag here three days ago."

"Oh, so that's how it is."

After hearing this, the ten disciples of the Wood Spirit Academy, including Xu Yang, all nodded and expressed their admiration for the orderly preparation of the Mangui Hall for organizing this autumn hunting activity.

Nangong Chongshan looked carefully at the ten people in front of him and said, "There are eleven people in total, including me. In order to complete the task within seven days, we need to divide into four teams. Divide the teams evenly according to the combat power. I will form a group with this Junior Sister Yuner. The remaining nine people will be divided into three groups. We will locate the teammates around us according to the compass in our hands. The four groups will keep a certain distance. If one of the teams is in danger, send out a distress signal in time and move closer to the neighboring team to support each other.

Ever since Nangong Chongshan rescued Zhu Liuqing on the ring last time, Zhu Liuqing has been quite fond of Nangong Chongshan's loyalty and ability. Seeing that Nangong Chongshan was brave and resourceful, he couldn't help but cast a look of approval on Nangong Chongshan.