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After watching the three people leave, Zhao Jie smiled and said to the rest, "Okay, the rookies are going home. Now it's our job as veterans."
Everyone laughed, "Brother Jie, I'm afraid they will feel inferior when they see three soul beasts on my spear." "I can blow the heads of those soul beasts with one hand." "My beheading sword is thirsty."
Although everyone was laughing, Zhao Jie could clearly see that all of their hands were shaking slightly.
"Let's go and tell the soul beasts that this place is now under the jurisdiction of the Taixun Group." Zhao Jie turned around and led everyone towards the Spirit Hall checkpoint.
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"Xiao San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, have you found anything?"
In the forest, they arrived at the place where Awei disappeared, and everyone began to search for Awei's whereabouts without stopping.
"No, we can't find anything." Xiao Wu said first. She felt that this was just an ordinary soul beast forest and couldn't find any traces.
"It's the same here." Zhu Zhuqing jumped out from the shadow behind Gu You and shook her head. "There's no trace at all. There's no trace of Zhao Wei at all."
After hearing what Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing said, Gu You nodded, then looked at Tang San.
Tang San's eyes were filled with purple light. He did not use the Blue Silver Grass, but was observing the surrounding environment based on the knowledge he had learned from the Tang Sect.
After a while, Tang San closed his eyes and said in a heavy tone: "Xiao You, it's exactly as you expected."
"...Is that true?" Gu You also closed his eyes. For a moment, the only sound in his ears was the friction of leaves.
"Xiao San, cancel it."
Tang San nodded. Under the puzzled gazes of the crowd, the swaying blue silver grass slowly dissipated, the scent of the fragrant marjoram in the air slowly faded, and a damp and corrupt smell became obvious.
Lanta asked in confusion: "Brother, why did you let the third brother remove the protection?"
Gu You opened his eyes and said, "We were already hit before Xiao San used his second soul skill."
"What?!" x3
Got infected? When?
These two thoughts immediately appeared in Xiao Wu, Lanta and Meng Yiran's minds. The three of them knew the effect of Tang San's second soul skill, which could provide resistance to abnormal states. This made it almost impossible for everyone to be affected by abnormal states.
"Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, you two didn't find any traces here, right?"
The two nodded. This place was just like any other dark place they had passed by. There was no difference at all.
"Where are the traces of people, the traces of the Taixun Group members who were sent in to search?"
Hearing Gu You's words, they were shocked.
Yes, Brother Jie from the Taixun Group also sent people to search for Ah Wei's whereabouts, so they would definitely come here to look for clues. But now, there is no sign that anyone has explored it.
Apart from the traces left by the people present now, there were no traces left by anyone else, not even from the past week.
"Not only is there nothing here, but even where Lanta found the moonlight, there is no sign of recent activity."
"The Spirit Hall has sent a large number of people here to search for the 'wanted criminals', but we haven't seen anyone here."
"That is one of the few places in this Soul Beast Forest where you can see the sun. The Spirit Hall sent so many people in, but not one of them wanted to go out to bask in the sun to relieve stress. How is this possible?"
"The only explanation is that they disappeared soon after they came in and were searched by the Spirit Hall people in the forest."
"Were they imprisoned? Or were they killed? Hallucination? Coma? Misleading? What method could be used to make so many people disappear in this forest?"
Gu You kept biting the nail of his right thumb. This rare situation should have attracted everyone's attention, but now no one cared, and they were all frightened by Gu You's words.
In the eyes of everyone, the dark place now is like the mouth of a giant monster, ready to swallow all those who want to explore its secrets.
"Brother You, let's get out of here quickly and tell the Spirit Hall about the situation." Xiao Wu wanted to leave this man-eating forest as quickly as possible and never come to this damn place again.
"It's useless." Gu You shook his head. "So many soul masters have disappeared here. There must be a way for us to be unable to leave."
Poison gas? Or psychological suggestion? Does the effect increase with duration? Gu You had never been so nervous before, not even when he knew he was in the Holy Spirit Village and that Tang San and Tang Hao were in the village.
This nervousness was probably second only to when he first discovered he had traveled through time.
"Calm down, calm down. You haven't read so many mystery novels in vain. Use your brain, Gu You." Gu You forced himself to calm down and think about how to break the impasse.
"First of all, the Dark Land is a soul beast forest without thousand-year soul beasts. So the person who did this can't be too high-level, maybe only a soul master or soul ancestor. Otherwise, he can go to a soul beast forest with stronger people."
"Secondly, we have been here for a few days and have not had any hallucinations. First, although Xiao San's soul skills cannot remove the abnormal state after being attacked, they can suppress the attack. The possibility of poison gas is higher. Second, his actions may have come to an end, and he no longer needs so many soul masters, so he did not actively induce it, so we can stay awake."
Thinking of this, Gu You made a decision.
"Everyone, relax, we will take the initiative to go find him."
Everyone didn't understand Gu You's choice, but they still followed his request and forced themselves to relax. Soon, except for Gu You and Tang San, everyone else's eyes became hazy, as if they saw something, and walked in the same direction.
The two people who stayed where they were looked at each other, nodded, and followed silently.
"It seems to be related to mental power." Gu You thought silently.
Soon, following the footsteps of the four people, everyone arrived at the foot of a mountain. Tang San threw a few pills to Gu You, then waved his hand and used blue silver grass to tie up the people who wanted to enter the cave.
Seeing everyone struggling, Gu You rushed over, stuffed the pills into their mouths, and covered their mouths.
The medicine mainly composed of mint and supplemented with other stimulants is really useful. "Woo!" Soon, everyone woke up.
"What happened just now?" Noticing that the scene around her had changed and that she was tied up by blue silver grass, Meng Yiran hurriedly asked Gu You in a low voice.
Gu You explained the situation just now. Everyone looked at the cave with eyes as sharp as swords.
"Huh?" Gu You stepped on his feet and felt like something hard was pricking his feet. He squatted down to take a look.
"It's the token of the Taixun Group, and it's golden."
Looking at the token in his hand, Gu You took out the token that Zhao Jie gave him, and when comparing the two, they found that they were exactly the same.
"Mouth?" Turning over the back of the token, Gu You was surprised to find that the word "mouth" was engraved on the back, and it was the traces of being rubbed with stone, and the surrounding area was all damaged.
Although he didn't understand what it meant, Gu You still put the token away.
"Be prepared to fight. We may have to fight at any time."
Gu You was the first to complete the martial soul possession, but his soul ring did not appear. He walked into the cave first, and everyone hurriedly followed.
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Chapter 145 The Origin of Fear
The cave was very long, and as the exploration went deeper, the light became less and less as we got further away from the cave entrance. If it weren't for the lightning wrapped around Gu You, it would have been only Tang San's Soul Guide Bone Piercing Nail that could have cleared the way.
After walking for nearly ten minutes, Gu You found a light ahead. He winked at Zhu Zhuqing behind him, and Zhu Zhuqing understood and activated her second soul skill "Shadow Attack" to hide in Gu You's shadow.
Xiao Wu activated her second soul skill, and after a while, she said to everyone who looked alert, "There is no sign of any life activity inside."
Gu You frowned. This was not normal. How could someone who could hide in this place for at least half a year suddenly leave?
Could it be that his goal was accomplished?
"Also," Xiao Wu's expression was very unpleasant, "the smell of blood is very strong."
Hearing this, Gu You immediately rushed to the depths, and everyone followed closely behind him, wanting to know what was going on inside.
"This... this is..." Gu You's pupils trembled and his voice trembled slightly.
Hell on earth. Only hell on earth can describe the scene before us.
In the deepest empty area, the ground was densely packed with people. Fear, despair, madness, these expressions appeared on everyone's face. All of their bodies were covered with various wounds. They were not caused by fighting, but more like self-injury in madness.
The skin on his face was completely torn off, revealing muscles and bones. There were only holes where his eyes were, and a few relatively intact eyeballs remained among the scattered flesh.
Meng Yiran stumbled to the ground and felt as if he touched something sticky with his hand. He raised his hand in front of his eyes and saw a dark red color on his palm.
"what!!!!"
Meng Yiran's scream interrupted the silence in the cave. The three people who had never seen such a scene vomited while leaning against the rock wall. Xiao Wu went to comfort them. Gu You immediately rushed in to see if there were any survivors. Tang San called out the Blue Silver Grass and activated his second soul skill. The aroma of the healing power filled the cave, slightly suppressing the strong smell of blood.
"Damn bastard!" Gu You gritted his teeth after failing to find any survivors. The words squeezed out from his teeth were full of anger. He now wanted to crush the jaw of the person who did this, and then start from the fingers, grinding the bones into powder bit by bit.
"Brother You, come here quickly, there's someone wrong here!"
Xiao Wu's words woke Gu You up. He followed the sound and saw a group of people surrounding a corpse with blood all over its pale feet.
Ranta and the other two were also there, their faces were still a little pale, but they forced themselves to observe the situation on the scene.
"What happened?" Gu You asked. The ground was full of corpses and he didn't know what Xiao Wu had discovered.
Hearing Gu You's voice, everyone dispersed to let Gu You in. Xiao Wu pointed and said, "Look for yourself."
Seeing the person on the ground, Gu You’s eyes widened.
Although his face was covered in blood and there were two holes where his eyes were, he was different from everyone else in that he did not have a horrified expression on his face. Instead, his mouth was tightly shut and his brows were furrowed.
After quickly comparing this person's features, Gu You said in disbelief: "This is...Ah Wei?!"
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"kill!!!!"
"Idiot, don't rush forward, back off."
Zhao Jie's body was covered in blood, the bristles on his arms were missing in patches, and the ring finger and little finger on his left hand were missing. There were three scratches on his face, and blood was trickling down.
"Brother Jie, save me! I don't want to die!" There was fear on his face and the words he shouted were also filled with fear, but his movements were strange as he rushed towards the group of soul beasts.
His figure was covered by the swarm of soul beasts and disappeared from everyone's sight, leaving only the blood and flesh splattering out.
"Damn it!" Zhao Jie roared, using his teeth to pick up several soul beasts around him and rushed over there. After a few steps, more soul beasts rushed up, and Zhao Jie had no choice but to retreat.
Watching his team members die in front of him, unable to do anything, Zhao Jie yelled at the Spirit Masters next to him: "Damn it, what's wrong with you? Why did it become like this?!"
"We don't know either!" The soul master from the Spirit Hall nearby looked as if he was about to cry. His two soul rings, one white and one yellow, flashed alternately. The round shield on his arm accurately knocked away any approaching soul beasts.
"The Palace Master asked us to organize a small team to go in. We only need to leave a minimum number of people outside. The others will go into the Soul Beast Forest."
"Where are they!!!"
"We don't know either! At the beginning, some people came out to get supplies, but fewer and fewer people came out every day. No one came out a month and a half ago!"
"Damn it!" Zhao Wei rammed the soul beast in front of him and sent it flying. The soul beast screamed and fell to the ground, and several white soul rings appeared. "Didn't you send anyone in to look for it?"
"Yes, but they are missing too." The Spirit Hall soul master shouted, took off the shield on his arm, and threw it at the soul beast behind Zhao Jie that was preparing to attack. After knocking the soul beast away, it bounced back to his hand accurately.
"Well done, Rogers." Zhao Jie didn't even turn his head and used his tooth pick to sweep away the soul beasts. "Where is your hall master? How come he didn't show up for such a big event?"
Rogers used his shield to block the attack of the coyote dog, and threw away the shadow lizard that was lying on him. "We sent someone to look for him, but he's not in the office."
"He has been here for a year, and I haven't seen him." Zhao Jie spat a mouthful of blood foam to the side, and the fangs on both sides were already stained with the blood of soul beasts. "He didn't run away, did he?"