Fire Monster

Chapter 19 The Role of Liberal Arts Students

"By the way, can you do it?"

The martial arts student holding the bronze bell frowned and took a look. He felt like he was being held back by this kid.

"No problem. My name is Zhao Guanshan. Everyone, please get to know me."

Zhao Guanshan said quickly that among these nine martial arts students, except for the team leader who was a 9th-level martial arts student in the same class as him, the rest were only 8th-level martial arts students, and none of them even had their own natal talisman.

Even with this, he dared to challenge the fourth-level evil demon and even dared to spend the night in the demon village. It can only be said that he is as courageous as Zhao Guanshan.

"Forget it, no need to try to get close to us. Our goal is to find the fourth-level evil demon today and see if we can kill it. Then we will ring the bronze bell. We will definitely not spend the night in the Demon Village. You'd better make sure you don't hold us back, otherwise we won't feel guilty even if you die."

The captain sneered.

The other martial arts students did not respond either, only the short and strong Han Erzi grinned at Zhao Guanshan.

At this moment, as the ten people walked quickly towards the gray fog, suddenly without any warning, a blood-red line appeared on the ground in front of them, extending to the left and right for an unknown distance. It was so bright red that it made people think of a decapitated head that was sewn up.

There is a weird sense of distortion.

At this moment, Zhao Guanshan even felt that he was hallucinating. Not only was there a sea of ​​blood, but he also seemed to be beheaded.

It was not until his chest suddenly felt hot and a warm breath swept through his body that he woke up.

Then he felt his whole body frozen, his hands and feet were cold, and his mind went blank, as if his heart had stopped for a few minutes.

It took several seconds for him to calm down.

Looking at the others, they performed much better than him.

Especially the captain, since he had already engraved his natal talisman, he didn't even feel anything. He just turned around, looked down at everyone with a sneer, and a sense of superiority arose spontaneously.

As for the blood-red line on the ground, its color had faded and it no longer looked eerie.

But when I looked back, I could no longer see those martial arts teachers, nor the original space, as if I had entered a new space directly.

What appeared before them was a small town covering a large area with dilapidated buildings everywhere. Their group of ten people happened to be standing at the entrance of the town.

"This is the Demon Village!"

Zhao Guanshan felt a chill in his heart.

As for the Demon Village, he had come into contact with related concepts during his first stage of study in the Taoist Academy.

It was probably that after the divine punishment came, the entire world of immortal cultivation was shattered, the devil's fire raged, and there was no place to stay.

The original mountains, rivers and land became fragments floating above the magic fire.

For example, Linjiang Prefecture was also a relatively large piece of debris. Later, under the management of the Taoist Palace, it became a large ship floating on the magic fire. The Demon Village was a piece of earth fragment salvaged by the large ship. Some of the fragments had nothing on them, while others still retained some of the buildings.

After these fragments were salvaged, they were bound and pieced together by the Taoist Palace using secret methods.

So it became a demon village under Linjiang Prefecture.

Now it has become a prop used by the Taoist temple for bounty assessment.

Considering the blood-red thread just now, that should be the secret method of binding and splicing the magic village.

At this moment, there didn't seem to be any gloomy atmosphere in this demon village. There was even a sun overhead which was not very bright or warm, but at least allowed for an unrestricted view.

"Strange, this demon village is different!"

Some martial arts students were muttering to themselves that their plan was to find the fourth-order evil demon, rush up to fight it, and if they could die, that would be the best. If they couldn't win, they would ring the bell. It was quick and easy and didn't require any brainpower.

I never thought that this so-called magic village looked quite serious.

“Everyone should not act separately, but also not too close together.”

"Han Erzi, you go forward along the road in the middle of the town and find out what's going on. Song Ye, Wang Zhang, you two stay ten steps behind him and provide support."

"Chen Su, Zhao Zhuo, the two of you climb up to the highest archway and observe the surroundings. If there is any situation, call for help." "The rest of you follow me and search the houses on both sides of the middle road first."

"Remember, don't go too far."

The captain gave orders quickly, looking very experienced.

The other martial arts students were not careless or lazy either. They all perked up. After all, what they learned in the martial arts department was to deal with evil spirits. Under such circumstances, there was no place for poor students.

Among the crowd, the only one who didn't quite adapt and looked a little stupid was Zhao Guanshan.

Ever since he entered this devil's village, he has been looking around, wishing to see everything in front of him clearly. In particular, he also paid extra attention to the overall situation, looking for other exits.

And a large amount of information was constantly accumulated because of his observations.

"The town is surrounded by thick grey fog. I can't see if there are any additional exits. I'm not sure if the fourth-level demon is hiding in there."

"There are no reference points around the town. We can only determine the approximate direction by the sun in the sky and the direction of the buildings. What we can be sure of now is that we are on the west side of the town."

"The town is long and narrow, about two kilometers from east to west, and about five hundred meters from north to south. The terrain is slightly higher in the east and lower in the west, which is a bit disadvantageous."

"Most of the buildings in the town are made of wood and a small amount of stone. The degree of damage is not consistent. Some houses are still intact, while others have collapsed. Some places are charred, which obviously means there has been a fire, but there is always a sense of disharmony that does not conform to the architectural aesthetics."

“It’s like a patchwork.”

"Just like a house that has completely collapsed, if it was caused by a natural disaster such as an earthquake or a mudslide, there should be an obvious trace. If it was destroyed by some kind of evil demonic violence, there should also be the same trace."

"Especially the fire in that area of ​​houses. How come the fire stopped so abruptly? Shouldn't it have burned down completely?"

……

Zhao Guanshan was thinking when he suddenly heard a martial arts student shout in surprise: "Come and see what I found?"

When everyone heard the sound and looked, they saw him struggling to drag out a gray psychic heavy shield from a house beside the street, the main structure of which was still intact. No, it was the frame of the psychic heavy shield, which was still missing many important parts.

Zhao Guanshan blinked, and suddenly a bold and absurd idea came into his mind. He immediately rushed into the house. Many of the parts of psychic weapons might not be recognized by martial arts students, but they would definitely not be difficult for him.

As he expected, in this house, he actually found parts of three more psychic weapons in several inconspicuous corners. They were covered with cobwebs and were gray. They were very inconspicuous and could be easily missed by those who were not paying attention or did not understand.

Unfortunately, these three parts are from the psychic spear.

However, one thing can be confirmed, that the Taoist temple has indeed invested a lot of money and put a lot of thought into the newly added Demon Village bounty mission, and even adopted the chicken battle royale mode.

All we can say is that great minds think alike.

At this time, other martial arts students also more or less found some food, clean water and accessories for psychic weapons from the houses on both sides of the street, but none of them were complete and all needed to be assembled.

At this time, everyone who was surprised also realized the problem. When Zhao Guanshan walked out, they all looked over there.

"Zhao Guanshan, can you assemble these psychic weapons?"

The captain asked, and his feeling now could only be described as having found a treasure.

"Yes, but it's difficult, because these psychic weapons are without exception lacking the most core spiritual supply array. However, there must be one in this demon village. It depends on whether we can find it."

"However, this demon village is so big, how long do you plan to take to find it? Also, is it possible that the evil demons are hiding in the houses and will launch a surprise attack when you are concentrating on searching?"

"If we raise our vigilance, the efficiency of the search will drop significantly."

"It's still bright outside, and it looks like those demons won't easily come out during the day. But have you ever thought about what you're going to do if you don't find that fourth-level demon all day, and night is about to fall? Ring the bell and leave, only to return empty-handed?"

Zhao Guanshan asked a series of questions.

If it had happened before, he would have been rejected and despised by these martial arts students if he had said just one more word, let alone asked a question in return.

Only at this moment, when he reached the field where liberal arts students excelled, did he finally have a certain say.

(End of this chapter)