After leaving the monstrous beast forest, Zhang Ergou parted ways with the Scarlet Fire Demon Slaying Squad.
Although Liu Yue and the others were reluctant to see Zhang Ergou go.
But there was nothing they could do to stop him, as they were not on the same path.
Liu Yaxuan's eyes were red, and she held back her words several times, though she desperately wanted to speak.
After parting ways with the Scarlet Fire Demon Slaying Squad, and leaving Lin Hua Town, Zhang Ergou chose a direction at random.
He wasn't moving fast, as if he were deliberately waiting for someone.
However, after two full days, no one pursued him along the way.
"Could that divine sense not have been left by Li Kongcai on his son?"
Zhang Ergou had some doubts.
But he quickly dismissed his suspicions, because when he killed Li Kuai at the time.
He had been using his divine sense to constantly monitor Li Kuai.
He clearly felt a divine sense on Li Kuai that did not belong to him.
Besides Li Kuai's own father, Zhang Ergou couldn't think of anyone else who would be so concerned about someone with such mediocre talent.
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"Brother Ergou, Brother Ergou..."
One day, as Zhang Ergou set off, he heard someone calling him from behind, their voice panicked and urgent.
Zhang Ergou turned his head and saw Liu Yaxuan, her face covered in dirt.
There were still traces of blood on her.
Originally, Liu Yaxuan had no hope. After escaping from Lin Hua Town, her heart had turned to ash.
But thinking of the tragic state of Liu Yue and the others.
Liu Yaxuan forced herself to stay on her feet and unexpectedly managed to catch up to Zhang Ergou.
"Yaxuan, what's wrong? What happened?"
Zhang Ergou quickly turned back and supported Liu Yaxuan, who was rushing towards him.
The continuous travel for several days had pushed Liu Yaxuan's body to its limit.
The next moment, Liu Yaxuan fainted.
Zhang Ergou's brows furrowed as he took Liu Yaxuan away from the spot.
"You're awake, tell me, what exactly happened?"
After feeding Liu Yaxuan a pill to replenish her spiritual energy, she woke up not long after.
"Waa..."
As soon as Liu Yaxuan woke up, she burst into tears.
"They're all dead, all of them! Big brother and everyone else were killed!"
"What?"
Zhang Ergou was shocked.
Then, Liu Yaxuan carefully recounted the entire course of events.
It turned out that after parting ways with Zhang Ergou, Liu Yue and the others had taken the blood of the blood bat to find the alchemist near the town.
This was to rescue a previously injured team member.
They needed a third-grade pill called a Bone Cleansing Pill to clear the poison from his body.
For the past year, the members of the Scarlet Fire Demon Slaying Squad had been collecting the materials needed for the Bone Cleansing Pill.
Shortly before Zhang Ergou arrived in Lin Hua Town, they had almost collected everything.
All they lacked was the blood of the blood bat.
According to the alchemist, the blood of a late-stage Golden Core blood bat was most effective and could greatly increase the success rate of his pill refinement.
Afterward, Liu Yue and the others took the blood bat's blood to the alchemist.
The alchemist kept the blood and told them to pick up the pill in two days.
But when they went to pick it up two days later.
What awaited them was a massacre.
The third-grade alchemist, after obtaining the blood, did not immediately begin refining the pill.
Instead, he revealed the news of the Scarlet Fire Demon Slaying Squad obtaining the blood bat's blood to the Flowing Sea Sect.
This was because, before Liu Yue and the others returned to Lin Hua Town.
Li Kongcai had ordered people to search for the blood bat's blood near Lin Hua Town.
When Li Kuai left the sect that day, he had told Li Kongcai that he was going to slay a late-stage Golden Core demonic beast.
That demonic beast was the blood bat.
Because the blood bat's blood had a significant effect on the cultivation technique Li Kuai practiced.
The moment Li Kongcai sensed his son's death.
He issued an order to track down the blood bat's blood.
The third-grade alchemist naturally received the notification from the Flowing Sea Sect disciples.
When Liu Yue and his team went to retrieve the pill, they were met with slaughter.
Liu Yaxuan, who had not gone with them, narrowly escaped.
Half a day later, the news of Liu Yue and the others' deaths spread throughout the small town.
Liu Yaxuan, in her panic, remembered to find Zhang Ergou and chased after him, stumbling all the way.
She never expected to actually catch up to him.
Zhang Ergou had also deliberately slowed his pace, waiting for people from the Flowing Sea Sect. Su Dan novel network
He never expected to receive this news in the end.
After listening, Zhang Ergou fell silent for a long time, the oppressive atmosphere in the air palpable.
"You're saying that Brother Liu and the others were all murdered?"
Zhang Ergou asked, his voice almost a growl.
Liu Yaxuan nodded tearfully.
"Haha, it's as I suspected, my guess was correct."
Suddenly, a thunderous voice rang out.
Liu Yaxuan looked up in astonishment and saw a middle-aged cultivator in a long robe observing her and Zhang Ergou in mid-air.
"Li Kongcai!"
Zhang Ergou stood up, staring at the person in the void.
"You know me?"
Li Kongcai stared at Zhang Ergou for a long time, but he couldn't recall where he had seen Zhang Ergou before.
"Elder Li is truly forgetful. I've never forgotten the kindness of being imprisoned in the Flowing Sea Sect's jail that day."
"It's you? You are Zhang Ergou?"
Li Kongcai exclaimed in surprise. After Zhang Ergou had escaped by unknown means that day.
After the Grand Competition between the two sects ended.
They only then learned that the young man who had been imprisoned was none other than Zhang Ergou, who had performed exceptionally well in the Grand Competition.
Furthermore, the news that Zhang Ergou had obtained an inheritance from the secret realm enraged the Sect Master even more.
Li Kongcai was subsequently reprimanded by Liu Xun.
He hadn't expected to encounter Zhang Ergou here.
Due to his improved cultivation, Zhang Ergou's appearance and demeanor had changed somewhat.
Li Kongcai hadn't recognized him at first glance.
"Haha, good, it's you."
Li Kongcai laughed in anger.
"I truly don't know if you are lucky or unlucky, boy. Since you've met me today, don't even think about leaving."
"Then let's see if you have the ability."
Zhang Ergou paid no mind to Li Kongcai's threat.
"What an arrogant brat, don't think that just because you've reached the early Nascent Soul stage, you're invincible."
Li Kongcai saw through Zhang Ergou's cultivation at a glance.
He was extremely shocked.
How long had it been since Zhang Ergou left, and he had already broken through a major realm.
If he were allowed to continue breaking through so quickly, it would not be good news for the Flowing Sea Sect.
No matter what, he had to keep Zhang Ergou here today.
"I have a question for you, did you kill my son, Li Kuai?"
Li Kongcai stared intently at Zhang Ergou.
Although the captain of the Scarlet Fire Demon Slaying Squad had reached the late stage of Golden Core, it would have been very difficult to kill Li Kuai.
Moreover, Li Kuai had several disciples from the Flowing Sea Sect with him.
They were all at the middle stage of Golden Core. For the Scarlet Fire Demon Slaying Squad to have won would have already been surprising.
Now, seeing Zhang Ergou, everything became clear.