Chapter 82: Make a final push and leap forward!
The next day, outside the prefectural government office, shrunken corpses were placed on the ground.
Prefect Li Mu's face was livid. This was already the fifth batch of corpses.
The first batch of corpses appeared a few months ago, but no one took it seriously at the time.
After all, there were many refugees at the time, and people were dying every day. What did a few more corpses matter?
But then the second batch appeared, and then the third and fourth batches.
A batch of corpses appeared almost every month.
And the intervals between the appearances of the subsequent corpses became shorter and shorter, which made the prefect realize that something was wrong.
So Li Mu asked the coroner to carefully examine the corpses, and finally made an amazing discovery.
These corpses did not seem to be killed by humans or beasts.
"Demon warriors!"
"It must be the work of the demon warriors in the legend."
"When a country is about to perish, there must be evil spirits! Now even demon warriors have appeared..."
Li Mu had a headache.
Demon warriors are almost legendary existences.
But the government has actually always had records about demon warriors.
Every time a demon warrior appears, it is a disaster for the world. Generally, demon warriors will appear in large numbers at the end of the dynasty.
It has been more than 300 years since the founding of the Dayu Dynasty. It is indeed the end of the dynasty.
"Sir... Sir, if it is really a demon warrior, what should the government do?"
The constable asked tremblingly.
Legend has it that demon warriors are actually human beings, but after practicing demon martial arts, some can even "demonize", thus turning themselves into terrifying monsters that are neither human nor ghost.
However, demon warriors are usually like normal people, hiding very deeply and difficult to find.
Now that demon warriors have appeared in Nanyang Prefecture, if they are really asked to investigate, they dare not investigate at all.
It's okay if they don't find it. Once they find it, these constables will definitely die without a burial place.
Li Mu said coldly: "Nanyang Prefecture has so many martial arts schools and sects, and there are many warriors recruited by wealthy merchants, including some warriors in the Refining Zang Realm."
"Gather them all and let them investigate."
"Humph, it's fine that they didn't contribute to the last matter of the Thirteen Riders of the Desert, but now that the demon warriors have appeared, they still don't want to contribute, but they can't do it!"
Li Mu was quite dissatisfied with these forces.
Although the world is in chaos now, Nanyang Prefecture has not been affected much, and the court still controls Nanyang Prefecture.
As a prefect, his words still carry a lot of weight.
So, the government office began to post notices everywhere, offering rewards for some strange warriors or people with suspicious behavior.
Lu Changsheng passed by the government office.
He saw that everyone was gathered together, so he squeezed in, and then saw the corpses all over the ground and the notices posted by the government office.
"Demon warriors?"
Lu Changsheng was slightly startled.
He knew about warriors, but what about demon warriors? This was the first time he heard of them.
However, judging from the notice posted by the government office, it was clear that they knew about the existence of demon warriors.
Lu Changsheng took another look at the corpses on the ground.
The corpses were very shriveled, which made Lu Changsheng's eyes narrow slightly, and he immediately thought of the corpses he encountered last night.
"Could those corpses be killed by demon warriors?"
Lu Changsheng took a deep look at the corpses on the ground, and then came to Miaorentang.
In Miaorentang, many apprentices were also discussing the demon warriors.
Lu Changsheng glanced at Wang Ruhai, who was considered an old man with a lot of experience.
So, Lu Changsheng couldn't help asking: "Doctor Wang, do you know what a demon warrior is?"
Wang Ruhai shook his head and sighed: "Demon warriors, they haven't appeared for many years. Anyway, things about demon warriors are just legends."
"I have heard some legends since I was a child. Demon warriors were once human, but they practiced evil skills and thus possessed some strange abilities of demons."
"Many demons will use living people to practice. Or devour the flesh and blood of living people, which is very terrifying. Only warriors above the divine power realm can deal with demon warriors."
Lu Changsheng was thoughtful.
"Doctor Wang, I heard that the source of demon warriors is demons. Have you seen demons?"
Lu Changsheng asked again.
"Demons? I've never seen them, or even heard of them."
"Perhaps demons are just rumors. Where are demons? They are just made up by people. And demon warriors are just a group of people who practice evil skills. Because they are too evil, they practice with living people, so they are called demon warriors."
Wang Ruhai didn't seem to believe that there were demons.
He even thought that demon warriors were just "stigmatized."
Or it would be more appropriate to call them "evil warriors."
Lu Changsheng didn't ask any more.
He felt that if he wanted to know more about demon warriors, he had to go to the prefectural government.
As the prefect, Li Mu must know more about demon warriors.
However, Li Mu was the prefect, and Lu Changsheng couldn't ask Li Mu to give him information about demon warriors.
But "Zhuang Shisan" was not necessarily the case.
At dusk, Lu Changsheng quickly returned to Miaoshou Garden.
He waited until dark before he changed his appearance into "Zhuang Shisan", quickly left Miaoshou Garden, and rushed to the prefectural government.
At this moment, the prefectural government office was brightly lit.
Li Mu had just gathered the wealthy merchants and the underworld forces in Nanyang Prefecture during the day, and used all kinds of methods to get the forces to take action and track down the whereabouts of the demon warrior.
However, he was still worried.
What should he do after finding the demon warrior?
The government office doesn't have any warriors in the divine power realm.
And it is rumored that only warriors in the divine power realm can deal with demon warriors.
Nanyang Prefecture actually has warriors in the divine power realm, but Li Mu can't mobilize them.
"Squeak".
At this time, the door was gently pushed open, and a warm breeze blew in from outside.
Li Mu was upset and shouted loudly: "Didn't I tell you not to come in..."
Before Li Mu finished speaking, he felt something was wrong.
"Shua".
He turned around abruptly, but saw a familiar figure.
"Zhuang... Zhuang Xia?"
Li Mu was slightly startled, but then he was ecstatic.
Isn't Zhuang Shisan a warrior in the divine power realm?
Moreover, others don't know about Zhuang Shisan, but Li Mu knows it clearly.
Zhuang Shisan recently went to Yancheng, and he was very powerful.
Not only did he kill the leader of the Black Water Gang, Zhang Tianwu, but he also killed the guardian elder of the Ten Thousand Poison Sect, Zhao Wuji, and directly took down the stronghold of the Ten Thousand Poison Sect in Yancheng.
This is really too fierce.
Even though Li Mu doesn't know martial arts, he knows what Zhuang Shisan's record means.
One Yan Jiansheng, one Zhang Tianwu, and one Zhao Wuji.
These are three masters of the divine power realm, and they all died in the hands of Zhuang Shisan.
It shows how strong Zhuang Shisan is, and he can be called a master among the martial artists in the divine power realm.
"Sir Li, I came here uninvited, please forgive me."
Lu Changsheng said lightly.
For a martial artist like him, it is actually a taboo to appear silently in front of an official like Li Mu.
But now the world is in chaos, how can Li Mu care so much?
Of course, the more important reason is that Zhuang Shisan has an excellent reputation and is known as "Zhuang Daxia", who hates evil and is chivalrous and brave.
"Zhuang Daxia, what are you doing at the prefectural government office this time?"
Li Mu asked.
"Recently, demon warriors have appeared in Nanyang Prefecture. Zhuang is very interested in demon warriors. I heard that the prefectural government has some information about demon warriors. Zhuang wants to hear about it."
Lu Changsheng directly stated the purpose of this trip.
"Demon warriors?"
Li Mu was delighted.
He was just worrying about what to do if the government found demon warriors, but he didn't expect Zhuang Shisan to come.
Isn't this "Zhuang hero" a powerful divine power realm warrior?
"Zhuang hero, all the information and information about demon warriors, you can read anything you want."
Li Mu seemed very enthusiastic and immediately gave orders to have a large number of books brought.
There were some records of the deeds and information about "demon warriors".
Lu Changsheng was not in a hurry, but sat down and checked slowly.
It took two hours to read.
After two hours, Lu Changsheng basically understood the situation of demon warriors.
According to the records in the books, no one knew when the demon warriors appeared. But once the demon warriors appeared, they would definitely cause chaos.
Demon warriors cultivate "demon blood essence". The more blood essence, the stronger the demon warrior.
Demon warriors have a very important watershed, that is, demonization.
Demon warriors who can be demonized are equivalent to warriors in the realm of divine power.
Demon warriors who cannot be demonized, although they are also very powerful, and sometimes can even kill warriors in the realm of divine power, are ultimately not as good as those who can be demonized.
And the demon warriors' desire to be demonized seems to be related to humans.
In other words, they need to constantly "hunt" certain things on humans to promote the demon warriors to awaken their "demonization" ability.
For example, some demon warriors like to gnaw on hearts.
Some demon warriors like to gnaw on heads.
There are even demon warriors who like to gnaw on human faces.
The purpose is to be able to awaken the "demonization" ability.
Lu Changsheng immediately thought of the corpses that appeared this time.
There was not a drop of blood in the corpses.
Obviously, this demon warrior is very likely not to have awakened the "demonization" ability.
Its "demonization" seems to be related to human blood, so it hunts ordinary people everywhere and devours blood.
"Master Li."
Lu Changsheng closed the book.
Li Mu's eyes were red and bloodshot.
In terms of energy, ordinary people like Li Mu would definitely not be able to survive Lu Changsheng.
"Have you finished reading, Master Zhuang?"
"Yes, I have finished reading. Thank you Master Li for your convenience."
After saying that, Lu Changsheng was ready to leave.
Li Mu was anxious. He cooperated with Zhuang Shisan so much, and was even so enthusiastic, not just really "enthusiastic".
He needed Zhuang Shisan to deal with the demon warriors.
"Hero Zhuang, wait a minute."
"This time the government is searching for demon warriors, and has mobilized the forces of all the major forces in Nanyang Prefecture."
"But once demon warriors are found, the government and the warriors of the major forces may not be able to kill them."
"So, I hope that hero Zhuang can come forward to search for demon warriors..."
Before Li Mu finished speaking, Lu Changsheng waved his hand and said, "These are the affairs of your government. Zhuang is just a warrior. How can he take on such a heavy responsibility?"
"However, if demon warriors cause chaos in Nanyang, Zhuang will take action."
"Sir Li, goodbye..."
Li Mu wanted to say something, but Lu Changsheng's figure flashed and disappeared into the night.
"Hero Zhuang..."
Li Mu opened his mouth and finally sighed.
"It's a pity that Zhuang Shisan didn't come forward."
"However, it's enough to have Zhuang Shisan's words. If the demon warrior is really found, Nanyang Prefecture will not be in chaos!"
Thinking of this, Li Mu also felt refreshed.
It seemed that the haze of the past few days was swept away.
The major forces in Nanyang Prefecture were completely mobilized and began to search for the whereabouts of the demon warrior.
The huge Nanyang Prefecture was almost turned upside down, but the demon warrior was not found.
There was not even a clue.
As time went by, the matter of the demon warrior gradually subsided.
In the blink of an eye, another month passed.
Lu Changsheng has been resting recently.
It has been two or three months since he last jumped over the Dragon Gate.
The "loss" of his last leap over the Dragon Gate has been completely made up.
It's even better.
After all, Lu Changsheng refined the four-eyed toad treasure, changed his marrow and blood once, and his own foundation is even deeper.
However, Lu Changsheng was not in a hurry.
He was still waiting slowly.
Leaping over the Dragon Gate must be done in one go, and you must be absolutely sure of it.
Otherwise, once you fail, it may take a long time.
Even more, if you fail too many times and develop a psychological shadow, that is, the "heart demon" of a warrior, then you can never think of leaping over the Dragon Gate again.
Lu Changsheng is waiting for the Blood Crystal Secret to be perfected.
He can feel that the day when the Blood Crystal Secret is perfected may be in these few days.
It is still morning, the sun is rising, and everything is full of vitality.
Lu Changsheng looked at the red sun, and his mood reached its peak. He immediately started to operate the Blood Crystal Secret.
The next moment, a line of small words appeared in front of his eyes.
"The Blood Crystal Secret is perfected, and the comprehension points are increased by 10."
"Swish".
Lu Changsheng opened his eyes.
"The Blood Crystal Secret is finally perfected!"
Lu Changsheng showed a smile on his face.
He stretched out his palm, and in his palm was a piece of blood crystal.
This is one of the five blood crystals he got from the Blood Demon Sect.
As long as the blood crystal secret method is perfect, a blood crystal can be refined.
Lu Changsheng controlled the skin in his palm, and the next moment, the skin automatically cracked and a blood mark appeared.
A trace of blood in the blood mark gradually flowed on the blood crystal.
Suddenly, the blood crystal seemed to "melt", and the volume began to shrink, and gradually merged into the body through the blood mark wound in the palm.
When the blood crystal was completely integrated into the body, circulated throughout the body, and reached the bone marrow, Lu Changsheng immediately operated the perfect blood crystal secret method.
"Boom".
Lu Changsheng was shocked.
It started, the fifth marrow exchange!
Lu Changsheng was already familiar with the marrow exchange.
Therefore, there was almost no accident during this marrow exchange.
It even took only one hour to completely exchange the marrow.
Lu Changsheng felt the surging power in his body, which was a full fifty tripods of power!
However, this is not over yet.
"Jump over the Dragon Gate in one go!"
Lu Changsheng originally wanted to reach the peak state after the fifth blood exchange with the help of refining blood crystals, and then jump over the Dragon Gate in one go.
This is the peak moment of Lu Changsheng's body and spirit.
If this can't jump over the second Dragon Gate, I'm afraid no one can jump over the second Dragon Gate again.
Lu Changsheng activated the Nine-Layered Fish Leaping Dragon Gate Skill, and he seemed to have turned into a carp in an instant.
And bathed in the fiery red sunrise, it seemed to be full of infinite power and infinite hope.
He jumped hard, jumped out of the water in an instant, and jumped towards the second Dragon Gate!
The fiery red sunrise, the warm sunshine, Lu Changsheng seemed to be a fish, wandering in the world and the sea.
In his eyes, there was only the Dragon Gate that was getting closer and closer!
"Boom".
Finally, the carp incarnated by Lu Changsheng successfully jumped over the second Dragon Gate in one go.
