Xuanxia

Chapter 158 Monster
Hearing the voice, Fu Qingzhou was overjoyed.

There's not even a bug to be seen in this damn place. The sound means there's a living creature, maybe even Qiu Chan!
He hurriedly followed the sound, leaning on his longbow and limping step by step.

Finally, after turning a corner, he came to where the sound came from - it was a small cave.

With the help of the light of the fluorescent talisman, Fu Qingzhou could see the scene in the cave clearly at a glance.

His pupils shrank instantly.

In the cave, there was a "person" with a big head and a small body, only slightly taller than a child. He was knocking two stones in his hands. It looked like he wanted to use one stone to knock the other into a stone knife.

This thing...it's really hard to call it a human being.

Its entire body was red, without any clothes on, its skin was rough all over, and there were several sharp horns of varying lengths on its head. Its eyes were frighteningly large, taking up half of its face, and the lower half of its face was a huge mouth that stretched from ear to ear, full of sharp teeth.

If I have to describe it, it's like a combination of Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" and the little devil in Western mythology.

And behind this monster was the unconscious Qiu Chan!
She closed her eyes tightly and did not move. Her clothes were torn and covered with scars. There was a dragging mark around her extending towards the other exit of the cave. She must have been dragged here by the monster!
Fu Qingzhou and the monster who broke into the cave were both stunned for two seconds, and their eyes widened in the physical sense.

Two seconds later, the monster let out an extremely sharp roar, raised two stones in its hands and pounced forward!

Its speed was not fast and its steps were weak. Even a warrior who had just opened the first level of martial arts might be stronger than it. However, Fu Qingzhou was extremely weak and exhausted at this time, and his body was covered with wounds. He was no better than an ordinary person.

He could only lean against the stone wall and swing his longbow at the monster.

The longbow was swung and hit the monster on the head, but his blow was too weak. The monster just let out a strange cry and pounced on him again.

Fu Qingzhou gritted his teeth and had to retreat while moving the longbow to his right elbow and using his left hand to pull out the wave-cutting knife at his waist.

"What the hell is this!"

In his mind, Fu Qingzhou asked, "Old man, have you seen this thing?"

"What... disturbing my sleep..."

The Smoker's voice muttered, and then he was surprised: "Oh my god, this is the Red Devil?"

"What demon?"

Fu Qingzhou didn't hear clearly, he swung his dagger weakly at the monster - fortunately, this monster didn't have any fighting skills, it was just swinging its fist with two stones, and Fu Qingzhou was well-trained after all.

To put it another way, although his equipment was not good and his hands were injured when he was playing the game, at least he had a strong awareness!
As soon as you stick your butt out, people will know what you are going to fart.

The knife easily avoided the stone and slashed the monster's right wrist, cutting its skin and causing a streak of green blood to flow out.

The monster let out a scream, threw away the stone, jumped back suddenly, half-crouched on the ground, staring at Fu Qingzhou with bared fangs.

Fu Qingzhou was a little stunned.

This wave-cutting knife only cut its skin?
Although this knife was not as sharp as Qiu Chan's soft sword, it could still cut iron like mud! He had just expected that this knife would be able to cut the monster's tendons - if it had any.

In any case, he estimated that it would at least inflict a bone-deep wound.

"Red Devil, just treat it as a monster."

The voice of the smoker sounded at this time: "I don't know the origin of this thing, but in my time, this thing was quite scary. It appeared in groups, killing and eating people everywhere, and then it would hide in the mountains and disappear."

"Some princes have gathered their armies to chase these creatures, but most of them just killed a few and left it at that. No one knows where they are hiding. However, their overall number is not large, and the damage they cause is limited, so no one takes it too seriously."

At this point, it was a little confused: "This thing in front of me looks like the Red Devil, but it seems to be much weaker?"

Fu Qingzhou stared at the monster in front of him that was grinning and might pounce again at any time, and sneered: "Are there still monsters in this world?"

"How not?"

The Smoker said lazily: "Have you forgotten why there was a civil strife in Wandu Mountain back then?" Fu Qingzhou blinked... Yes, didn't the countless elite warriors in Wandu Mountain run to the edge of Shiwan Mountains to resist the monsters?
It seems that there really are monsters in this world, but the area under the rule of the Dayan court is relatively peaceful.

"Okay, this thing is so weak, there's nothing to be afraid of."

The smoker said calmly, "Just be careful not to touch its blood, its blood is highly poisonous... That's it, I'm going to sleep."

As it spoke, it fell silent again.

Fu Qingzhou smiled helplessly. Being trapped in an underground cave was bad enough, but he also had to fight monsters? What kind of thing was this?

In the short time that he was communicating with the Smoker's consciousness, the monster Red Devil once again plucked up his courage and pounced forward!
Fu Qingzhou held his breath and clenched the wave-cutting knife in his hand.

When the monster came forward, he hit it with the stone and slashed it with his knife.

The stone hit his shoulder, causing a sharp pain in his broken bones, but the knife also cut a big hole in the monster's chest. The monster let out a strange cry, fell to the ground, and a look of fear appeared in its eyes.

"Are you coming again?"

Fu Qingzhou endured the pain and shouted loudly: "Come on!"

As he spoke, he waved the knife again.

This... is like facing a vicious dog that doesn't know what's good for it.

But that's how battles between animals are. You can't just fight, you also have to shout. The volume of the voice is one of the criteria used by wild beasts to judge each other's strength. And at the moment, it seems that there is no difference between this monster and a wild beast.

The monster, which was injured and roared at, became even more frightened. It took a few steps back, turned its head hesitantly to look at Qiu Chan, turned around abruptly, and used all four limbs to half crawl and half run to escape from another exit of the cave.

Fu Qingzhou breathed a sigh of relief.

Fighting to the death with this monster is not a good idea at the moment. The right thing to do is to scare it away first.

This thing probably saw Qiu Chan was unconscious and wanted to catch her and eat her, but it had no idea that Qiu Chan had a sword on her, so it was thinking of using a stone to knock out a stone knife...

Based on this inference, the conclusions drawn are both good and bad.

The good thing is that since this place can feed a monster, it means there must be food, water, and even a passage to the outside world. If this monster has never eaten humans, it probably doesn't even know that human flesh is edible. This also shows that this place is more or less connected to some inhabited area.

The bad thing is, Smoker said that red devils usually travel in groups. A monster appeared here, and I wonder if there are other monsters? A monster living alone would hardly know how to make a tool like a stone knife. I'm afraid... it really has a tribe.

The next best option is to find a way to avoid these monsters and find a way out.

With a hint of worry, Fu Qingzhou came to Qiu Chan.

She was still unconscious, but fortunately her breathing was even and her pulse was steady. Her injuries looked much lighter than mine, except that her legs were unnaturally bent at the knees, so she was afraid that her legs were broken.

Two injured...

Fu Qingzhou smiled helplessly.

He squatted down and gently patted Qiu Chan's face: "Hey, hey, stop sleeping, wake up."

Qiu Chan frowned slightly but didn't wake up.

Fu Qingzhou wanted to hit harder, but he didn't have the strength.

So he moved closer and whispered in his ear: "Your master knows that you have done something bad and is here to catch you."

"Ah?! Master, please don't hit me. I was wrong!"

Qiu Chan was shocked and opened her eyes suddenly. She raised her head with force and hit Fu Qingzhou's mouth hard, knocking him backwards.

Thanks to book friend Dingfengniaosanchang for the reward!
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