Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 241 Demon God
Of course, the other wounds were nothing special, but the most horrifying thing was the horrible wound on his chest and abdomen:

Three parallel lacerations extended from the right shoulder to the left abdomen. The edges of the wounds were a strange green color, as if they had been corroded by some poison.

The white ribs were vaguely visible where the skin and flesh were rolled up, and the internal organs were in a mess.

What's even more horrifying is that the flesh near the wound was wriggling unnaturally, as if something was still moving inside.

Gong Tianwu squatted down and gently opened the wound with the tip of the knife. A foul smell immediately filled the air. His pupils suddenly shrank - deep in the wound, several black tentacles as thin as hair were slowly wriggling. The moment they were exposed to the sun, they turned into green smoke with a "hiss" and dissipated.

“It doesn’t look like a human-caused injury.”

Gong Tianwu said very straightforwardly:

"Send the signal and call all the leak-proof guards over."

Then Gong Tianwu thought about it again:
"Send someone to find that old wolf and tell him I'm looking for him. I'll give him a hundred sheep and a hundred jars of wine!"

Obviously, the old wolfhound refers to the wolf-monster Bei Li.

It can be said that it and Gong Tianwu are acquainted with each other through fighting. The two sides were originally enemies, but this treacherous monster lost itself under Gong Tianwu's sugar-coated bullets.

Its original intention was to eat the sugar coating and shoot the shells back directly, but later I gradually realized:

Oh, not bad. The shells taste good too.

Now Bei Li has changed from a skinny demon to a plump and cute animal. What he likes to do every day is to lie on the grass and sunbathe his belly. It seems that beads of oil will fall off his shiny fur at any time.
To be honest, it now looks more like a fat marmot, the kind that is good at shouting "ah".

Bei Li's daily annoyance is:

Why are five more sheep missing from my flock?
Oh my god, I ate it all. I have to eat less tomorrow.
So, under the temptation of sheep and wine, the beast quickly came over panting, with the fat on its belly trembling. After taking a look at the wound, it quickly said:
"It looks like this injury was caused by a ghoul."

Gong Tianwu said:

"Oh? It seems you know how to follow?"

The demon said:
"Wolves rarely come here within a hundred miles, only because there is a tomb of General Shi here."

Gongtian Wuqi said:
"Oh, tell me?"

The wolf-monster laughed strangely and said:
"This General Shi's Tomb was originally the burial place of a general from the previous dynasty. His surname was Shi, and he died in battle on Jingniao Mountain, sixty miles away. He was later conferred the title of Mountain God of Jingniao Mountain."

"However, more than a hundred years ago, the previous dynasty was replaced by the Langshan Kingdom, so the deity's title was of course invalidated. This mountain god lost the official luck and protection, and faced the risk of disappearing into thin air."

"He was unwilling to accept such a fate, so he turned into a demon and survived by eating blood. Every year, he had to devour the souls of 749 living people."

Gong Tianwu frowned and said:

"Isn't this place under the jurisdiction of the Shenxiao Sect? All you need to do is go to the nearest Mizhen Temple to report it, and they will send monks to wipe it out."

The demon said:
"General Shi is different from other demons in two ways. First, he was once conferred a title by the emperor and has been the legitimate mountain god here for more than a hundred years. He has a mountain god seal that he refined himself."

"With this item, as long as General Shi does not leave the Jingniao Ridge, which stretches for 300 miles, he will be very good at hiding. Even a master of foundation building will find it difficult to catch him, and even his magical powers of calculation and deduction will be ineffective."

Gong Tianwu said in surprise:
"Is it so strong?"

The wolf nodded and said:

"Not only that, General Shi was a general in command of an army when he was alive. He was good at military tactics. Even after transforming into a demon, he was quite strategic. He recruited a large number of minions and relied on them to hunt and kill blood for food."

"This guy is also extremely cautious. Once he strikes, he will leave no one alive. He often disguises it as a natural disaster such as a flash flood or landslide. Even if something goes wrong, he will let his men take the blame."

"So even though it causes severe harm, there are almost no victims causing trouble. I heard that General Shi even opened up a valley in his lair, imprisoned many humans in it, fed them well, and forced them to reproduce in it for it to devour."

After hearing what the wolf-monster said, Gong Tianwu couldn't help but secretly said in his heart:

"Fuck, if that's the case, then it also knows about scientific breeding and sustainable development?"

After seeing Gong Tianwu and the wolf demon finished their secret talk, Hasar also came over and handed over a document:
"My Lord, the mobilization order has been issued. Three hundred and eighty-six Wu Leak Guards can come, and here is the list of those who cannot come and the reasons."

Gong Tianwu nodded, and then began to take out six boxes from his storage bag:
"We should be facing demon-like monsters this time. Here are my specially made crossbows. You can distribute them after the people arrive."

Hasar nodded.

It is worth mentioning that with the production of the "Sirius" series of crossbows, Gong Tianwu began to feel that the design and development potential of crossbows had been almost fully tapped.

Unless there are stronger materials that can be obtained on a large scale in the future, it will be difficult to make significant improvements in the performance of the crossbow.

Therefore, his current development focus began to shift to crossbows and arrows, and he developed different types of crossbows and arrows according to different uses.

Moreover, all the crossbow arrows have inscriptions that will explode after hitting the target, which not only increases their power but also makes it easier to keep secret. There is no risk of crossbows being cracked once they are seized.

The crossbow arrow that Gong Tianwu took out at this time was the one engraved with the inscription "Break Evil", which was specifically designed to restrain evil creatures such as demons and ghosts.

***
About half a day later, all 343 Wuluo Guards had assembled. They moved in unison, obeyed orders, and were full of murderous intent.

Each of them carries a pitch-black wild wolf crossbow with ferocious wolf head patterns carved on it. This special crossbow is extremely powerful and when combined with their archery skills it can unleash terrifying lethality.

If they engage in close combat, the scimitars at their waists will naturally let the enemy know what cruelty is.

These standard scimitars are made of special fine steel, emitting a cold blue glow in the afterglow of the setting sun, with obvious cloud patterns. The handles are wrapped with non-slip cowhide, and the end is inlaid with a copper hammer for breaking armor.

At the same time, both the Wulou Guards and their horses wore a set of seemingly thin leather armor with dark iron plates on the vital parts.

Of course, the most exaggerated thing about this set of leather armor is that there is a simple inscription painted on the inside by Gong Tianwu: Strong.

This inscription is simple and easy to draw, and its function is also very simple, which is to enhance the strength of the material.

To put it more intuitively, the defensive power of this leather armor can even reach the defensive strength of heavy infantry armor due to its strong effect.

The confidentiality of this leather armor is also very good. For people who don’t understand inscriptions, it’s just that there are three extra black dots on the inside of the leather armor.

Unless you use a magnifying glass or a microscope, you can find out that there is something else inside these three black spots. And those who don't understand inscriptions will be confused even if they find the textures and lines inside the black spots.

Seeing these people, Gong Tianwu suddenly felt a sense of steadiness in his heart. These guys were the team he had built from scratch! !
After Hasar gave some instructions to the Wulou Guards, he began to distribute the Evil-breaking Crossbows to everyone, and according to Gong Tianwu's instructions, everyone gathered together and began to march. Gong Tianwu sat in the middle of the carriage and was guarded. He closed his eyes slightly and seemed to be resting, but in fact he had already exerted his more than fifty points of spiritual awareness to the fullest. He could see everything within a radius of two or three miles clearly.

***
After the group had traveled more than twenty miles along the road, Big Ears and Red Hair suddenly pricked up their ears and rushed towards a lonely old elm tree in the distance like an arrow, barking at it non-stop and being cautious not to get close.

“Something’s happening!”

The Wulou Guards in front rode forward one after another, their big hands already vigilantly pressing the hilts of the scimitars at their waists. They carefully checked to make sure there was no danger before signaling that they could approach.

Gong Tianwu also walked down from the sedan chair, and his boots broke a few dead branches, making crisp cracking sounds.

As you approach the old elm tree, you can smell a strong smell of blood mixed with the smell of rust. The trunk is splattered with dark red blood, forming strange patterns on the cracked bark.

Not only that, the surrounding bushes also fell down one after another, and it was obvious that a fierce battle had taken place here.

"My Lord, look at this."

A young Wuluowei soldier named Zhang Meng picked up a broken arrow from the bushes. The arrow was twisted and deformed. He frowned and said:
"This arrow shaft is our standard model, but it looks like it was bitten off alive."

Another guard, Li Hai, suddenly shouted:
“Here is a piece of leather armor!”

He picked up a piece of leather with a jagged edge with the tip of his knife:

"The tear marks look like they were torn by sharp claws!"

Zhang Meng stepped forward and took the leather armor fragment. He felt a sticky sensation on his fingertips. He sniffed it and frowned.

“It smells like rust, mixed with horse sweat.”

Hasar took the leather armor fragment and said decisively:
"He's one of ours!"

Then Hasar said to Gong Tianwu:

"My Lord, in order to avoid embarrassment this time, I am sending Hualu, Mayang, and Wanghu to go."

"They are old horse thieves who have been around for many years. Although they cannot bear the constraints of the Wuluo Guards and have no discipline, their loyalty is beyond doubt, and their abilities are top-notch."

"This leather armor is the top-grade product I distributed to them. Although it is not as good as the armor of our Wulou Guards, it is also a top-grade product."

At this moment, Red Hair suddenly growled towards the northeast, and Big Ears sniffed it, then rushed towards that direction, digging the soil frantically with his claws, revealing a half-hidden copper waist badge underneath.

"It's Wang Hu's badge!"

Hasar grabbed it and his face changed suddenly:
"That kid has always regarded this brand as his lifeblood."

Soon after, the group saw that two or three meters away from where the badge was found, there were several clear footprints on the soft soil.

Hasar immediately strode forward, squatted down and took a closer look:

"These footprints are deep in the front and shallow in the back, as if they were carrying a heavy load."

He suddenly pointed to a place:
"Look here, the footprints suddenly deepened, and then returned to normal. It looks like someone was carrying something for a while."

"Look here, this footprint is obviously not human."

Zhang Meng suddenly said:
“They are carrying the wounded.”

Then he quickly walked towards the bushes nearby and carefully examined the bloodstains on the blades of grass:
"Sir, the blood trail went northeast, and..."

He picked up a bloody blade of grass:
"The blood hasn't completely coagulated yet."

Hearing what Zhang Meng said, Hasar's face suddenly showed joy:
"That's right! Didn't Mr. Bei say before that General Shi, this evildoer, has the habit of raising people? Hualu, Mayang, Wanghu and others are very likely still alive!"

"Then let's go!!" Gong Tianwu said, "Let's go pick up our brothers and take them home!!"

At this point, Gong Tianwu cast his gaze towards the locust tree next to him:
"I heard that the locust tree is the ghost among trees and is the best at gathering Yin energy. The edges of the leaves of this old locust tree are slightly red, which should be a phenomenon that occurs when it absorbs a large amount of blood food."

"So, cut it down for me, and then dig around the roots!"

Gong Tianwu gave an order and immediately a dozen murderous Wulou guards surrounded them.

The leaves of the old locust tree suddenly moved without wind. A faint whimpering sound was heard in the air, and a light mist appeared around. A timid man or woman would probably be scared away immediately.

However, these Wu Leak Guards are all powerful figures with several or even dozens of lives on their hands. They have also cultivated the Wu Leak Body and reached the level of a martial artist or a dark force master. They have strong Qi and blood, and their essence and murderous aura are mixed together as if they are real. Ordinary ghosts will retreat when they see them.

Therefore, all these mysterious things that Old Sophora japonica tree came up with are of no use to these people.

They cut down the old locust tree in no time and found that the sap flowing out of the tree seemed to be mixed with blood, with a distinct bright red color and a pungent fishy smell.

At the same time, there was a sobbing sound coming from the broken tree trunk, as if a woman was weeping.

After digging under the tree roots, they found a large number of bones, some white bones, some half-rotten, with roots tightly entangled on them.

Most of these skeletons are from wild animals, such as rabbits, marmots, etc., but there are also human bones.

If one used evil methods to obtain some materials from such an evil thing, the consequences would be very serious, so Gong Tianwu burned it.

Now that bloodstains and footprints were found, Big Ears and Red Hair came in handy, running quickly in front to lead the way.

Gong Tianwu used all his strength to activate his spiritual sense to prevent any traps.

As a result, after walking two miles, they felt that there was something obviously different about a place. It seemed that a vortex of negative energy had formed there, and the temperature was obviously five or six degrees lower.

After walking over and taking a look, Gong Tianwu discovered that there was an old mulberry tree there.

"Sang" is homophonic with the word "sang", so this tree is also regarded as an unlucky tree and farmers will not plant it in their own yards.

"Chopped!"

(End of this chapter)