Chapter 39: The Fugitive's Journey

  "Let me go! I don't want to drag you down with me!" Shi Yan roared in agony, trying to struggle free from Lei Luo's grasp.

  In recent days, he has been intercepted by the enemy many times, narrowly escaping each time. After escaping, he was quickly caught up again and continued his new escape.

  The wounds on his body, with the passage of time, not only did not heal, but the wound continued to rot. An arm and leg had become mangled flesh. He knew that the footsteps of death were getting closer and closer to him.

  "Shut up! Let's save everyone's lives first!" Lelou tightly grasped the stubborn young man's arm and dragged him forward.

  Behind Leilo, a pale and wan spirit girl followed closely.

  "They want me! Leave me behind and you'll be safe." Shi Yan said with a wry smile. He didn't want to implicate two innocent people in his death.

  "Now that I've lent a hand to save you, I won't abandon you." Lei Luo said sternly.

  A few days ago, Lelouch escorted the spirit girl back to the spirit forest according to Nunnally's instructions.

  This little spirit girl named Xiao, after being bought by Huā Jiè Lèi, had been in low spirits all along. Although Huā Jiè Lèi treated her like a sister, she felt as if she had lost her soul after leaving the Spirit Forest. In the end, Huā Jiè Lèi could only ask Lei Luo to send her back home.

  Lei Luo met Shi Yan on the road when Shi Yan was being chased by several people wearing blood-stained clothes. When Lei Luo found that the blood-colored clothes were dripping with human blood, he decisively stepped in to save Shi Yan. Afterwards, the three of them suffered constant pursuit by the blood-clothed men and embarked on a journey of fleeing for their lives.

  "Uncle Lei, just a few more miles and we'll reach the Monster Forest. Once inside, we'll be safer." The elf girl said breathlessly.

  "Hmm, once we're inside, they won't be able to find us easily. I really don't know what kind of evil spirits this kid has provoked." Lei Luo said in a low voice.

  "I don't know either. Their weapons are all coated with a potent toxin that causes the flesh around the wound to rot nonstop. The blood on their clothes is the same," Shi Yan said, lifting his injured arm.

  The wound had exposed white bones, and the flesh around the wound was turning black bit by bit, crawling outward and spreading out, and the blackened flesh quickly turned into foul-smelling black liquid dripping down.

  "Hold on! Get through the Monster Forest and back to the Elf Forest, we'll be saved!"

  Looking at the desperate world, the spirit girl said sadly, "If it weren't for saving me, you wouldn't have been so seriously injured."

  Lei Luo didn't say a word and quickly took the two of them towards the direction of the Demon Beast Forest.

  Although he had traveled across the continent for many years, he had never heard of any mysterious organization that cultivated these terrifying Bloodclothed Men.

  They are all poisonous, and in battle they completely violate the normal principles of martial arts, using a nearly self-mutilating method to seek injury to their enemies. Even with the strength of a great swordsman, he feels chilled when facing this group of people.

  But when Shi Yan blocked a sword for the spirit girl with his body, he knew he hadn't saved the wrong person.

  "Xiao Xiao, don't be afraid. I'll risk my life to protect both of you." Lei Luo spoke to comfort the spirit girl.

  The sixteenth mood, extremely unpleasant at this moment. What was originally a simple task became a series of failures due to the unexpectedly powerful martial arts of his prey. And the sudden appearance of a great sword master halfway through made the blood-robed men under him either injured or dead.

  Looking at the subordinate standing in front of him, Fan Shiliu's blood-soaked clothes fluttered, and his face, like that of a malevolent ghost from the nine hells, was filled with rising anger, his crimson eyes flashing with cold light.

  "Listen up, they won't get far. If you can't take down these three in the Monster Forest, I'll turn all of you into Blood Demons." A chill, sinister voice squeezed out from between Ban Sixteen's teeth.

  At the edge of the Wysteria Forest, Raylo and his two companions encountered the Crimson Cloaks once again.

  Lei Lo handed Xiyan over to Xiaoxiao.

  "Take him and go first."

  After finishing speaking, a loud roar, the whole body silver light made. The long sword danced, a sharp sword energy broke through the air and struck horizontally, covering all the blood-clothed people inside.

  Xiao Xiao turned back, looked at Lei Luo with tears in her eyes, gritted her teeth and dragged Shi Yan to the Spirit Forest.

  Lailo's powerful sword energy forced a group of Bloodcloaks to retreat several steps, but they quickly surrounded him again. Although his martial skills were superior to his opponents', the relentless blood drops and poisonous swords greatly restricted Lailo's movements.

  Lightning-fast sword strikes, Reylo launched a surprise attack on a blood-clad man, cutting off one of his arms. There was no imagined scream, nor any hint of pain, but instead, a cruel smile appeared on the blood-clad man's ferocious face.

  Lei Luo hastily flew back in a hurry, but it was already too late. The blood-clothed person's sword lightly swept across his shoulder, bringing up a wisp of bloody flowers.

  Then, Leilo's shoulder felt a sharp pain of gnawing bones, and soon he felt the flesh around the wound begin to squirm. He raised his hand and cut off the rotten flesh on his shoulder with one sword, and then charged forward again.

  Watching his prey run away, Leilo began to struggle desperately. Fan Shiliu suddenly became furious and pounced on Leilo.

  "Blood is splashing everywhere!" A flash of blood light, accompanied by Fan Shiliu's roar, enveloped Lei Luo.

  The strength of the sixteenth, is unable to contend with Le Lo. He uses a third-rate move, pouring out an entire large bottle of poisonous blood. At the same time, in order to cover up his shamelessness, he also gave this move a good-sounding name.

  Lei Luo danced up a sword light to protect his body, but his clothes were still stained with quite a few bloodstains.

  As soon as they entered the Monster Forest, the elf girl fell to the ground with Shi Yan.

  "Xiao Xiao, I can't abandon Uncle Lei and escape on my own." Shi Yan shouted at the spirit girl in a stern voice.

  "Stay, and we'll be accompanying you to death. If you can survive, there's a chance for revenge!" The spirit girl struggled to get up from the ground and pulled Sheng Yan up again. The young girl under threat of death became exceptionally calm.

  "If I can survive, I will crush all these evil people to dust!" Shiyan said with tears in his eyes as he looked at the fierce battle outside the forest.

  Lao Ka lay in the tent, eating roasted meat and drinking fine wine, counting the large handfuls of magical crystal stones beside him, his heart was simply overjoyed.

  "I never thought I'd have so many crystals one day, I'm too rich." Old Ka sighed.

  "Those aren't your crystals, that's the boss's gold coins. You old man, stop dreaming." Little Ka said gruffly from outside the tent as he busied himself roasting meat.

  "Good heavens, you don't know that a magician's greatest dream is to count magic crystals until their hands go numb?"

  Lao Ka said loudly, "Of course, Bird Master's dream is to raise birds until old age."

  Xiao Ka raised the roasted meat in his hand and threw it at Lao Ka.

  Liu Yun seemed to have gotten used to the two of them bickering. He squatted outside the tent, gnawing on a piece of roasted meat, holding a brush and scribbling away.

  "These students' performance is much stronger than when Hipo and the others first came in. It seems that the Beast Camp training has really paid off." Old Ka stretched his waist and sighed.

  This time entering the Magic Beast Forest, the performance of the disciples can be seen from the number of magic beast crystals in front of Old Card. Old Card is no longer as tired as before and has some spare time to enjoy himself.

  Suddenly, the forest became silent, a thick sorrowful atmosphere, like air, filled every corner of the forest. Immediately after, a fierce fighting sound came again.

  The old card, however, felt that all the magical elements around him were becoming disordered and rushing towards a certain place in the forest.

  "Alright guys, gather 'round." No sooner had Liú Yún spoken than Iverson and Walker appeared beside him.

  "We'll take a look below," he said, and then led Iverson and Walker in the direction of the fight. Little Ca followed closely behind.

  Soon, Liú Yún and others saw a tragic and desolate scene.

  A young man lay on the ground, covered in blood, with a long sword piercing through his body, seemingly dead. His arms, legs and chest were all severely injured, with wounds so deep that bones could be seen, clearly showing that he had undergone intense fighting before his death and endured immense suffering.

  In front of him, a young girl knelt down, gently stroking his face, like a mother comforting a sleeping child. Those pearl-like tears kept falling on his body, as if the spring rain, wanting to nourish a withered sapling.

  A burly man covered in blood let out waves of mournful howls, and a group of people clad in bloody clothes fought to the death to protect the two behind him. The enemy's long sword occasionally swept across his body, bringing up some blood and fire, but he seemed to feel nothing.