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Chapter 278 Nan Yu's Fury
Chapter 278 Nan Yu's Fury
Ye Zi, Qiao Jian, and others are all outstanding members of the Dunhuang Garrison. They are not only exceptionally capable but also know how to obey military orders. Logically, there is no reason for them to leave the team without a word. Ye Zi's sudden departure must mean that something bad has happened to her. The reason she said she had fallen behind was simply because she didn't want to shake the morale of the troops.
Just then, a monk suddenly ran over to report: "Something's wrong! Xu Dong, who was scouting ahead, has disappeared."
Upon hearing this, Nan Yu's expression changed. The disappearance of two formidable teammates in quick succession could only mean that the demons lurking in the shadows were extremely terrifying. He immediately ordered, "The enemy numbers are probably quite large. We must leave here as soon as possible!"
"Aren't we going to save Ye Zi? How can we abandon our companion?" said the monk named Qiao Jian indignantly.
"If you all want to stay here, then go ahead and keep looking for Ye Zi's body!" Nan Yu's words were cold and ruthless.
As the team leader, she was responsible for the lives of others and couldn't risk endangering more people just to find Ye Zi. After giving the order, the group immediately left the dense Red Cloud Forest. Despite this, several of their team members still mysteriously disappeared.
It was only at this point that everyone realized how terrifying this forest was. The two of them in the front and back of the group were less than a few meters apart. The team members who suddenly disappeared were gone in an instant. Not only could they not scream, but they could not even see any blood. The only thing left was the drag marks in the fallen leaves.
Nan Yu was an extremely powerful mage. When her teammates were in danger one after another, she did not detect any demonic aura. This could only mean that the demon's strength was far superior to theirs.
When Nan Yu told the team members about this deduction, everyone was terrified. However, Qiao Jian asked in confusion, "Since that guy's strength far exceeds ours, why did he kill me one by one instead of killing them all at once?"
"It must be enjoying the torment of playing cat and mouse. If we stay here any longer, it will definitely kill us all," Nan Yu said through gritted teeth.
"What kind of hellhole is this? I'm afraid we'll be wiped out by the demons lurking in the Fire Cloud Forest before we even find the Fire Calamity Fruit," Qiao Jian couldn't help but curse.
Meanwhile, Jiang Han and Mo Fan, the three-headed pythons who were still searching in the Fire Cloud Forest, wandered aimlessly. When they got tired, they would sit down to rest for a while, and occasionally take out Fire Cloud Fruits to chill and eat to cool off.
"Jiang Han, can you smell something? It smells like blood, it's the smell of blood!" Mo Fan asked.
"Why don't you just look up at the sky and see?" Jiang Han said with a smile, munching on his chilled Fire Cloud Fruit.
Mo Fan, who had been calmly enjoying the Fire Cloud Fruit, suddenly became agitated and stammered, "Jiang...Jiang Han, don't tell me that the Three-Headed Python is right behind me."
"If the Three-Headed Serpent were really here, I could still be here chatting and laughing with you," Jiang Han sneered.
"Ugh, why the hell didn't you say so earlier?" Mo Fan said, annoyed.
Mo Fan looked up and saw a blood-soaked corpse hanging on a crimson branch above him. Blood dripped continuously from the severed arm, and the dripping blood pooled in a nearby spot. The corpse was a woman, and judging from her clothing, she was a mage named Wei.
"I didn't expect the people from the Dunhuang Garrison to arrive so quickly. You can dig a hole and sell this corpse," Jiang Han said calmly.
Although Mo Fan was unhappy about being ordered around by Jiang Han, he still went. While digging the hole, Mo Fan asked, "Jiang Han, this Fire Cloud Forest is home to many demons. What if Xin Xia and the others come in?"
"Who do you think you are? If you dare say that to Xue Ling's face, I'll call you 'Big Brother,' but do you dare?" Jiang Han said with a smile.
"Um, but speaking of which, is the little fox a match for the Three-Headed Python in a one-on-one fight?" Mo Fan continued to ask.
"It's hard to say. Although Xue Ling is now a commander-level being, she might be able to fight the Three-Headed Serpent at its peak to a standstill, but she would definitely be seriously injured if she wanted to successfully kill it," Jiang Han said after thinking for a moment.
"However, now that the Three-Headed Serpent is missing a head, it will definitely not come out on top if it really fights Xue Ling."
After burying the body, the two continued searching for the Three-Headed Serpent in the dense Fire Cloud Forest. Judging from the drag marks on the ground, the female mage had encountered the Three-Headed Serpent. So, the two followed the marks on the ground to find the Three-Headed Serpent.
But they hadn't gone far when they encountered a male corpse, also covered in blood and with bite marks all over his body.
"Mo Fan, did you notice anything?" Jiang Han asked after examining the wounds on the corpse.
"Isn't that obvious? Torturing them must be because the Three-Headed Serpent was venting its anger on them," Mo Fan said.
Jiang Han originally intended for Mo Fan to bury the body, but Mo Fan found it tiring and instead released a fireball to burn the body. As the two left, they suddenly heard a cold woman's voice coming from the woods.
"Magic Vine, Vines, Binding!"
Immediately, green vines grew rapidly beneath Jiang Han and Mo Fan's feet, as if they were alive, and wrapped around them at an extremely fast speed. Black starlight shone from Mo Fan's body, turning into a shadow and slipping away before the vines could wrap around him.
Jiang Han didn't even flinch at the entangled vines. Blue-purple flames covered his entire body, and the cyan vines turned into charcoal as soon as they wrapped around him. After dealing with the vines, silvery-white starlight shone on Jiang Han's body.
"Mind Control - Void Claw!!" The space trembled slightly as a massive spatial claw reached directly into the depths of the forest.
As Mo Fan appeared beside the tree trunk, streaks of purple lightning flashed in his palm, crackling with electricity. He then raised his hand and struck towards the depths of the forest, shouting fiercely, "Who is it? Show yourself!"
Bang! Boom! After two loud noises, the thick tree trunk was directly snapped in two by the mind-controlled claws, and Mo Fan's lightning seal also shattered a tree.
A figure clad in a mage's robe darted out from behind the fire cloud tree, then coldly looked at Jiang Han and Mo Fan, saying, "I'm the one who should be asking that question. Who are you?"
"People from the Wei Fang? Have you run out of funds for war preparations? You've come here to plunder resources," Mo Fan said with a smile.
"Hmph, what we do is none of your business, you useless hunter," Nan Yu said coldly.
While they were talking, Jiang Han, Mo Fan, and Nan Yu tacitly refrained from making any further moves. Jiang Han's earlier move was purely to force out the person hiding in the shadows. If it was a double-crossing hunter mage, Jiang Han wouldn't mind eliminating the opponent along the way.
"Looks like quite a few of your companions died. How's it going, any gains?" Mo Fan said slyly.
Upon hearing Mo Fan's words, Nan Yu's expression turned extremely ugly, his lips almost bleeding. Although Mo Fan's words displeased him, he had to admit they were true.
Their goal this time was the Fire Calamity Fruit, so they didn't collect the spirit seed fragments they encountered along the way. Who knew that not only did they not find the Fire Calamity Fruit, but many team members were also attacked and killed by demons. Do you think Nan Yu, the team leader, could feel good about that?
"Are you here for the Fire Calamity Fruit? If so, I advise you to give up. You're no match for it. As for the demon that killed your companion, we'll take care of that," Jiang Han said calmly.
"Do you know what kind of demon killed my companion? Tell me, I want to kill him!!" Nan Yu shouted angrily.
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(End of this chapter)