The Fifth Book Chapter Thirty-Nine The Death of Brothers

  Yin Dao: "You're still able to live for five or six hundred years, do you need to be so anxious? Besides, aren't all the snakes listening to you, can't you just find a female snake person from within?"

  The nine heads of the nine-headed snake entwined together: "I'm not in a hurry now, didn't I say so? We'll need your help when the time comes. The women of our snake clan are useless."

  "I curiously asked: 'Why not? Aren't you of the same clan as me? Are you going to find another nine-headed snake to be your wife?'"

  The nine-headed snake sighed and said, "Where can I go to find another one? We are a single-transmitted family, you don't know, our nine-headed snake clan must find a dragon tribe female mate in order to smoothly inherit the family legacy, how can ordinary snake people withstand my enormous energy?"

  Jin exclaimed: "You want to find a dragon as your wife? With your appearance, would anyone be willing to follow you?"

  The nine-headed snake blushed with anger and said, "What's wrong with my appearance? I'm not more handsome than you guys. My mother is a dragon, and she's still in the dragon clan." As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly covered his mouth.

  "What? Your mother is still alive."

  The nine-headed snake put down its hand and said in a gloomy tone, "Yes, Mother is still alive. In the beginning, Father used his powerful strength to abduct Mother to our forest and forced her to have me. Later, after Mother gave birth to me, she returned to the Dragon Clan. The lifespan of the Dragon Clan is much longer than ours, so she must still be alive."

  "Ah, your father is a rapist?" The nine-headed snake unexpectedly didn't get angry, and sighed: "My father didn't mean to either. He once told me that the thing he regretted most in his life was raping my mother, but also the days he spent with her were what he missed the most."

  "Then you can also be like your father, when you reach the level of desperation, catching a mother dragon will not be easy, right? You still have 200 years to spare."

  The nine-headed snake shook his head and said, "Before my father died, he told me that he had wronged my mother too much in this life and did not want anything like that to happen again. He asked me to promise him that unless I could win the heart of a female dragon willingly, I would rather let our nine-headed snake clan become extinct than force them. My father was still thinking of my mother's name when he was dying, and I could see how deep his love for her was. So I promised him."

  He said: "Your father is really kind and sentimental. Since he has instructed you so, you must do it. Don't worry, we will all help you. Although the dragon may not like your appearance, I believe in the principle of sincerity moving heaven and earth, as long as you use your own sincere heart to move the other party, you can definitely achieve your goal. I think what your father hopes for most is to be with your mother till the end of his life, this wish is up to you to fulfill now. Everything must be built on strong strength, if you want to find a dragon as your wife, you must work hard."

  The nine-headed snake nodded solemnly and said: "Thank you for your understanding and support, don't worry, I won't be so lazy in the future, I will definitely work hard."

  I smiled slightly and said, "Then let's help you think of a name for now, okay?"

  "Good, good, good! I'll definitely help you come up with something more impressive, not like those common ones they have."

  Yin Pie mouth said: "What's so vulgar about our, gold and silver are precious minerals, who doesn't want to have a lot of gold coins." Jin suddenly looked very serious at the nine-headed snake: "I've thought of a name that suits you very well."

  "What?" I and the nine-headed snake asked simultaneously.

  Jin's expression remained serious and solemn as he said "Little bug". As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately fled with Silver in a flash of lightning.

  The nine-headed snake was taken aback at first, then flew into a rage: "You two bastards don't run, I'm not done with you yet." He hastily chased after the footprints of Jin and Yin. I laughed as I followed the nine-headed snake: "Don't be angry, they were just joking with you."

  The nine-headed snake chased after them, saying in a hateful tone: "These two guys are too despicable, they're here to mock me again. But don't worry, I won't really get angry, otherwise, I would have been driven to death by these two guys long ago." After finishing speaking, it accelerated its pursuit.

  From these two days of contact, I found that Jiu Tou She's temperament is very broad-minded, which is quite rare in the snake tribe.

  The power of the nine-headed snake was indeed deeper, and finally caught up with Jin Yin on a slope. Fireballs, water bullets, and wind blades were used to attack them overwhelmingly. Jin Yin had no choice but to set up a boundary to resist, and Jin shouted at me: "Lei Xiang, are you not coming to help? Are you just watching him beat us?"

  I smiled and said, "This time I won't help you. It's your fault, hurry up and apologize to the Nine-Headed Snake. I think he will forgive you."

  The two sides were deadlocked for nearly half an hour, and the silver had already been beaten back repeatedly. Silver said: "Lei Xiang, you are too fond of novelty and tired of old things, aren't you? You see death but don't save us, hurry up, we can't hold on anymore."

  I rushed to the side of the nine-headed snake and said, "Forget it, they should have known their mistake by now. I've thought of a name for you, do you want to hear it?" Upon hearing my words, the nine-headed snake's hand relaxed, and he eagerly asked, "Quickly tell me what it is."

  Jin shouted: "Nine-headed snake, I give up, can't beat you."

  The nine-headed snake threatened: "You want to call me that name again, humph, then I'll throw another meteorite at you." Jin said: "Alright, alright, alright, let's say we're afraid of you, alright?"

  The nine-headed snake said with a pleased tone: "It's good that you know your place. Lei, think of a name for me, and don't make fun of me like those two guys did."

  "Don't worry about it. I think you're from Pan City, and with your skills, you can be considered a top-notch master, so let's just call you Pan Zong, okay?"

  "Pan Zong, Pan Zong, hmm, not bad, okay, I'll call you Pan Zong from now on. Thanks to you, Lei Xiang, you're much better than those two guys."

  I shook my head and said, "We're friends, no need to say more. Let's get going." Jin said somewhat discontentedly, "I'm exhausted from being beaten by him. What's the point of calling him Pan Zong? We might as well call him Pan Zi (a type of pancake)." The Nine-Headed Snake made a gesture as if he wanted to hit someone. Jin said, "Alright, alright, let's not make a fuss. Let's go."

  The next afternoon, we had approached the border of Sasari and Yunna. The ominous premonition in my heart grew stronger. Jinsil and Panzong had recovered most of their abilities after a day of adjustment.

  Jin Dao: "Lei Xiang, you seem a bit down. Has Pan Zong been bothering you? Let's take care of him together."

  Pan Zong glared with his eighteen eyes and said: "Only you, this stinky wolf who loves to cause trouble, would provoke Lei Xiang."

  I looked up at the sky and saw that the sun had gradually shifted to the west: "I don't know why, but I've always had a feeling of oppression in my heart, as if something was about to happen."

  Yin Dao: "You're worrying too much, with our group in the Beastman Country, who can we still be afraid of? Relax a bit." I thought about it and nodded, "Then let's hurry up, we must arrive at the gathering point before sunset to meet up with the brothers."

  I rushed all the way, carrying gold and silver, and finally arrived at the agreed meeting place on the hillside at dusk. The sun was reluctant to set in the western sky, with half of its face exposed, bringing a beautiful sunset glow. However, I didn't have any mind to appreciate it now, because my ominous premonition had come true.

  On the slope, there was no one, only a few pieces of blood that had already turned purple. I stood there in a daze, my whole body emitting a fierce killing aura. Who? Who attacked my people.

  Jin and Yin walked to my side, Jin put his arm around my shoulder and said: "Lei, don't be in a hurry, let's take a good look." Pan Zong called out from not far away: "Quickly come over here, there are also bloodstains, and a corpse too!" A corpse? I used the Crazy God Technique with all my might, and flew to Pan Zong's side at the fastest speed.

  As expected, the centaur guard lay quietly there, but his expression was filled with fear and anger. His chest abdomen had been cut open by a sharp blade, his internal organs spilled all over the ground, and his wide-open eyes were completely grayish white.

  I quietly walked to his side, squatted down, and placed my hand over his wide-open eyes, slowly closing them. My voice was devoid of any emotion, cold as the winter wind: "Brother, if you have a soul, then please tell me, who killed you? Who? Which beast used such cruel means to make you die with your eyes open?" By the end, I almost shouted it out.

  These guards have been with me for a while now. Although I wouldn't say we're extremely close, I've already considered them as my own people. They are all my brothers.

  I suddenly raised my head, staring at Pan Zong: "It was you, it was your subordinate who did it, wasn't it? It was you." I took a swift step forward, grasping the collar of Pan Zong's clothes tightly with both hands.

  Pan Zong was taken aback at first, then flew into a rage, shaking his arms and sending me flying back several steps. "What is this 'me' you're talking about?" he thundered. "How dare you say it's something I've done?"

  Jin and Yin hastily pulled me back, Jin said: "Lei, don't be impulsive, first figure out the facts before speaking."

  I struggled free from the gold and silver restraints, and let out a mournful roar: "What more do you want to investigate? This is the territory of the snake tribe, although it's close to Yunna, but your people can't possibly have any hostility towards my brothers, right? Only the snake people would be so ruthless as to slaughter my brothers. Don't you remember how a group of snake people besieged my brother back then?"

  Silver suddenly landed a heavy punch on my face, the enormous force sent me flying up, violently crashing into a large tree, thunderously falling to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.

  She angrily scolded: "Lei, you bastard, don't you believe in us at all? Why let us follow you then. You haven't even investigated clearly and jumped to conclusions. Even if it was really the Snake Clan's doing, you should get evidence before settling accounts with them. What is this now?"

  After hearing Yin's words, the nine snake heads of Panzong simultaneously showed a grateful expression, but he didn't speak. Jin struggled to control their shared body, not letting Yin continue to beat me up: "Lei, come to your senses, those little rascals under your command may not be top-notch, but can twenty people together hurt a group of snake people?"

  I covered my painful cheek and slowly stood up, looking at Jin Yin and then at Pan Zong, with a desolate expression on my face.

  "Silver, thank you. Your punch just woke me up. My brother's death had me momentarily blinded by anger."

  I walked up to Panzong, bowed deeply and then stared into his eyes: "Sorry, Panzong, I was too impulsive earlier. However, if it's really your subordinate who did this, I won't let the Snake People off." After finishing speaking, I turned around and walked towards the Centaur guard's corpse, squatting down again. Now that I had sobered up, I naturally wanted to find some things I needed from his body. Panzong glanced at Jinsil and shook his head helplessly.

  Jin Dao: "Lei Xiang, you check the body first, we'll search around to see if there are any clues left behind." I nodded and carefully examined the centaur guard's corpse. Suddenly, I discovered that his wounds had signs of decay. From the bloodstains on the ground and other parts of his body, it seemed he should have died no more than three days ago. But why were his wounds rotting? The weather has already cooled down, logically speaking, this shouldn't be happening.

  "Lei, there are also corpses here." Jin's voice came. In a bush less than 100 meters away from the centaur guard corpse, we found four more corpses, all of whom were my guards. Their deaths were even more miserable than that of the centaur guard. Two of them had their heads cut off and were slightly better off. The remaining two had been dismembered into over a dozen pieces, which Jin Xian had barely managed to reassemble. Purple bloodstains covered an area of about five meters in diameter.

  I circulated the Tianmo Qu to its limit, using the dark magic's icy airflow to suppress the sorrow and anger in my heart. I raised my head and looked at Pan Zong, who thought I was going to trouble him again, subconsciously taking a step back and revealing a cautious expression.

  "Pan Zong big brother, I'm sorry. I sincerely apologize for my previous actions. I think that the ones who killed your subordinates were not our people, the Snake Clan."

  Pan Zong was taken aback and said: "How did you determine that it wasn't us snake people who did this? I couldn't see anything."

  I let out a long sigh and said, "These subordinates of mine are all trained by me personally, I'm very clear about their abilities. You've also seen that until now, we've only found the corpses of my guards, but not any traces of the enemy. This shows the gap between them and the opponent. Being able to kill so many of my brothers so quickly without being killed by their resistance, this murderer's skills are probably not inferior to mine, and there must be more than one. I think that among your snake people, except for you, there shouldn't be anyone with such good skills. And you, have never left the city, so I'm sure these murderers can't be your snake people, nor will they be wolf people, or any beast people. Among the beast people, only my father has this kind of strength, but he absolutely won't come here to kill people for no reason."

  Yin's eyes were like gold, and he put his arm around my shoulder, saying softly: "Lei, you've finally come to. Your analysis was very thorough, so tell me, who do you think was behind the poisoning?"

  "Wow, Yin, I can smell the scent of a woman on you for the first time," Jin exclaimed in surprise. "Lei, I'm getting jealous." Yin withdrew her hand from my shoulder and punched Jin's stomach, angrily saying, "How could this lady not have any feminine charm?"

  I looked at them with gratitude, I understood that Jin wanted to distract me from my grief, but the comrades and brothers who had fought alongside me had died in vain, how could I not be sad?

  I took a deep breath of the fresh air brought by the grass and trees, and said: "I think, probably none of my subordinates will survive. Come on, let's take a look and see if we can find some clues, at least we should be able to find their bodies."

  After searching for several hours, we found a total of eighteen corpses, each with a strange and cruel death, almost none of them were intact. However, there was still no clue left by the enemy. Those who were not found were Wolf and Monk, nor was Black Dragon. I gathered their bodies together, staring at them with red eyes.

  Jin Dao: "Lei, let's search again. Judging from the position of the corpse just now, they should have run eastward. There are still two people who haven't been found yet, maybe they're still alive."

  I nodded heavily and followed He Panzong and Jinying as they continued to search eastward. Jinying, relying on her keen sense of smell, led the way with the scent of blood.

  After walking for nearly ten miles, Jin and Yin suddenly stopped. Jin pointed to the left and said: "Over there." I followed his direction and found it was a huge boulder.

  Yin pointed at the stone and I looked at her in confusion, saying: "You said it's underneath?" Jin and Yin nodded together.

  I flexed my arms, shouting "Open!" as the Crazy God's aura burst out and easily pushed the massive stone weighing over a thousand catties away. As soon as the boulder left its original position, a familiar voice roared: "You bunch of bastards, I'm going to take you down with me!" A frenzied figure charged out from under the rock, wielding two enormous snow-white crescent moons that slashed towards me with incredible force.

  I saw the master of the crescent moon clearly, and my heart was overjoyed. I dodged to the side while shouting loudly: "Meng Ke, stop! It's me!" The crazed figure heard my voice and immediately stopped its attack. With two loud clangs, Meng Ke's two large axes fell to the ground. He threw himself to the ground and wailed: "Young Master, why have you only just returned now?!"

  I hastily helped Meng Ke up and pressed his wrist, fortunately, he was only slightly injured on the body, physically exhausted and a little weak due to not eating for a long time.

  "Master, you have to save Wolf quickly, he's dying!" Meng Ke panted heavily.

  "What? Where is he?"

  "He is right inside that cave."

  I handed Meng Ke over to Pan Zong and took a step forward into the cave.

  The space here is very small, just enough for three adult beastmen to crouch down.

  Wolff was left with only one arm draped over his chest, fresh blood staining his warrior's uniform, his left leg severed at the root, and his eyes had already turned a deathly gray. Although the bleeding had stopped, if I had arrived a moment later, he might have been gone from me. I hastily pulled out the green jade stone and placed it on his chest, unleashing an intense burst of pure and unadulterated divine energy. Wolff's body shook violently, and a faint flush appeared on his face.

  But I didn't feel any excitement at all. His injuries were too severe, not only was the external wound serious, but he also had very severe internal injuries. It's a miracle that he could hold on until now.

  Jin and Yin jumped to my side, Jin said: "How is it? Is there any hope?" I shook my head gloomily and said: "His injury is really too serious, although I have injected a lot of life force into him, his internal organs have been damaged in many places, I don't dare to treat him now, we can only wait and see if he will wake up."

  Yin put his hand on Wolf's, sighed and said: "This guy is really a tough man, he has suffered such serious injuries but still managed to hold on until now without dying, it's truly a miracle."

  Hearing her say that, I knew there was no hope left. From my bosom, I took out the chicken blood stone and once again channeled energy into him.

  Wolff shuddered again, coughed up a few mouthfuls of bloody foam, and slowly came to.

  When he saw me, his eyes were filled with spirit, and his spirits suddenly improved a lot, but my heart kept sinking, I knew very well that this was a sign of the last glow before the darkness.

  Wolff's pale face revealed a faint smile, weakly saying: "Young... Master, you... have finally... returned."

  Tears uncontrollably dripped from my eyes as I grabbed Wolf's hand, choking with sobs: "Wolf, I'm sorry to you all, I came back late."

  Wolf shook his head slightly and said, "This... this is not strange... You, you... must have important things to do, I know, you've always been thinking about us. Meng Ke... Meng Ke? How is he?"

  "He's up there, he's fine, I'll call him down."

  Wolff's voice grew weaker and the red glow on his face gradually faded away. He struggled a few times, and I hurriedly wrapped my arms around his body to help him sit up.

  He looked at me and said, "No need... Young Master, do you know? In my heart, you are the best friend. I'm not afraid of you blaming me, I've always treated you as a friend. Although your appearance is cold, I know that your inner heart is extremely passionate, especially towards us brothers. Even though they all left, I believe none of them will regret following you. Young Master, thank you for your care towards us."

  Overwhelmed with grief, I burst into tears and exclaimed: "Don't say that, Wolf, my brother, you must pull yourself together, I will definitely cure you."

  Wolff's eyes were calm, and he smiled: "Young master, I... my own... situation... I myself know, I... am about to... die. Before I die, can I... ask you to help me with two things?"

  "Go ahead, even if you want the sun in the sky, I'll find a way to pluck it down for you." Wolf's voice was already very weak, his eyes were having trouble staying open, I put my ear to his mouth: "Young master, Meng Ke is...my...best...brother, from now on...please...help me...take care of him."

  I nodded, and big drops of tears fell onto his hand.

  "Less... Young Master, don't be sad. No matter what living thing, it will always die, right? Moreover, I'll soon be able to see my brothers again, and I'll ask them about you for you. There's also something else, I have a younger sister named Vorma, she was separated from me when we were young. She should also have the other half of this jade pendant that can be combined with mine. Now it's unknown whether she's alive or dead, help me find her, okay?"

  I nodded vigorously, sobbing uncontrollably: "I will, I will. As long as she's still alive, I'll definitely find her and take care of her like my own sister. Don't worry."

  I suddenly felt Wolf's hand slipping down limply, and his head leaned onto my shoulder. I shook my head, shaking off the tears in front of me, and looked down to see that Wolf had closed his eyes, leaning peacefully on my shoulder, with a crystal tear hanging from the corner of his still smiling eye.

  My entire body shook violently, I understood that he had passed away with tears in his eyes, and I would never be able to hear his loud voice again. I looked up at the sky and roared: "No!" My body was changing rapidly without any warning, I completely lost control, my hair and eyes quickly turned red, my muscles suddenly bulged, filled with explosive power.

  But I remained very clear-headed, the dark magic was trying to control my emotions as much as possible. I felt that this time's frenzy was different from before, it brought me greater power, and there were no signs of exhaustion or depletion.

  Long before I shouted, Meng Ke had already walked over with Pan Zong's support.

  Although I look scary, Wolf's death made him forget everything. He knelt down on Wolf's body and burst into tears: "Wolf, my brother, how could you go like this? It's all my fault, you were protecting me and that's why you ended up like this. Wolf..."

  He was so excited that he fainted.

  Fierce red Dou Qi rampaged around me, a massive force tore the clothes on my upper body to shreds, revealing sturdy muscles like those of a demon god.

  Jin and Yin, the Pan Zong, felt the immense pressure on me and unconsciously took a few steps back. I raised my hand and sent out a red energy shield towards Meng Ke, Meng Ke's whole body trembled and slowly came to.

  "My voice was abnormally cold: 'Tell me, what's going on? Who attacked you? I swear by the blood of my brothers that no matter who it is, I will make them pay with their lives. Deceased brothers, your spirits are not far away, use your souls to bless me and help me find those murderers!' A fierce red light shot out from my body, shooting straight into the sky."

  Under my deliberate control, the corpses of Meng Ke and Wu were covered in a defensive boundary, without suffering any damage. I stared fiercely at Meng Ke: "Speak."

  Meng Ke climbed up, holding Wolf's head in his arms, and a hint of fear flashed in his eyes: "About seven days after you left, that is, two days ago, five humans suddenly came, four men and one woman. The woman was not very old, extremely beautiful, and her figure was even more stunning. She seemed to be their leader. They looked very friendly. Because they resembled you somewhat, we didn't pay much attention to them. One of the middle-aged men in his 40s walked over and spoke to us. A brother told them that we were messengers of the Beast God Sect, specializing in helping beastmen brothers solve their troubles. The eyes of the middle-aged man flashed with a hint of light, and he turned back to say to his people that it should be them. At that time, I felt very strange when I heard this sentence, but I didn't ask. The woman walked over, and all the brothers were enchanted by her charming appearance. She suddenly discovered the black dragon, let out a cry of surprise: 'Could it be him.' She grabbed one brother's collar and asked who our leader was. Of course, we wouldn't tell her, and the brother whose clothes were grabbed shook his power, shaking her back several steps, scolding her. The woman's expression suddenly turned very gloomy, and she asked us: 'Really won't say?' We of course said no. She then said: 'Fine, since you are so stubborn, kill them, that guy will naturally come out, we received news that the beastmen have made some kind of Beast God Sect, since you don't want to tell me I'll let you go die.' She ordered her subordinates: 'Take action.' Our nightmare began with her sentence. The five of them simultaneously said a strange incantation, and then an anomaly occurred - they all changed their appearance, growing a pair of long wings full of black feathers on their backs, and their eyes and hair turned black as well. The woman didn't take action, ordering the four men to start attacking us while she herself pounced towards the black dragon."

  "They're incantation starts with 'Darkness condenses soul'."

  Meng Ke thought for a moment and nodded: "It seems so." Jin and Yin exclaimed in unison: "Fallen Angel."