Chapter 2516: Attack

Outside Bamboo Village, the large bamboo forest was lush and green. Su Xiao sat by a small river, recalling what happened last night.

When he was in the cave, he judged that the opponent was Chief Qingzhang as soon as they exchanged blows. Everyone's aura was unique. The auras between direct relatives might be similar, but they would never be exactly the same.

Not only that, the overall feeling Bamboo Village gave Su Xiao was also very different. It felt as if it were isolated from the outside world. He judged this point because of the items in the white-clad teenager Liu's room.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang scouted that in Liu's room, there was a set of clothes, several ornaments made of a mixture of gold and unknown metal, and a set of armor.

The style of these things was completely different from the ornaments in Bamboo Village, especially that set of armor. Conservatively estimated, the owner of that armor was over 2 meters tall and very strong. The emblem on the armor was a dragon-like creature with wings spread—Su Xiao felt this thing was very similar to the image of an Ancient Dragon: fleshy wings, vertical pupils, and a scaled tail.

The most critical thing now was to figure out what was hidden in Bamboo Village and what was observing around Bamboo Village, waiting for an opportunity.

Just as Su Xiao was pondering, Baja flew over, bringing a piece of news: something had happened in Bamboo Village.

When Su Xiao returned to Bamboo Village, he saw dozens of villagers surrounding a courtyard. Seeing Su Xiao walking over, these villagers blocked the way, not letting Su Xiao enter the courtyard.

"Let him in."

The chief's voice came from within the crowd. Although the villagers were somewhat unwilling, they didn't defy the chief.

Taking Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baja into the small courtyard, a bloody smell drifted over. This bloody smell was a bit strange, emitting a faint sour odor.

A corpse was lying in the courtyard, dying miserably. This villager had fought before he died, holding a half-meter-long short blade in each hand.

The corpse lying on the ground was male, thin, in his early thirties, with no family. He was the village tailor. These actually didn't matter; what was shocking was that his organs had been hollowed out, and the blood hole in his chest was a bite mark, with the wound being very irregular.

The area around the wound was full of blood, and more of it was a fluorescent blue liquid. Su Xiao squatted beside the corpse, hesitated for a moment, and touched the fluorescent blue liquid on the corpse with his finger.

There was no corrosive sensation, nor was there any energy intrusion. This fluorescent blue liquid was more like some kind of biological saliva.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang sniffed after getting close and barked, meaning it was similar to the scent of the guy who gnawed on the door frame last night, but there were also differences.

There was more than one source of the strange things. Su Xiao's gaze turned to the chief. The chief frowned. A moment later, he shook his head slightly, implicitly indicating that the strange things in the village had nothing to do with the 'Withered Moon Tree' underground. That was his secret, a secret he would never reveal to outsiders.

"Based on your experience, how big is this thing...?"

The chief spoke in a low voice, looking thoughtfully at the corpse on the ground.

"About 3 meters tall, with fangs over five centimeters long. The two rows of teeth are serrated and tightly closed. Humanoid posture. Judging by the... fingers, this thing has great strength but isn't very strong. It's fast, and its outer skin is tough. It likely attacked around 12:00 last night, and the battle ended within 20 seconds."

Su Xiao's preliminary judgment made the chief's heart skip a beat. He was already considering what Su Xiao used to do.

"The purpose of this thing seems to be the organs of living creatures, or perhaps the energy within the organs..."

"That's enough. Knowing this is sufficient."

The chief interrupted Su Xiao. Su Xiao glanced at the chief. There was one thing he didn't say: the thing that attacked might have already become impatient.

The villagers carried away the corpse and buried it in an open space outside the village. Strangely, the chief ordered the villagers to burn the corpse first and then bury the ashes.

Returning to the chief's courtyard, Liu was sitting on the steps in a daze, his eyes vacant, clearly somewhat uneasy, hugging his knees with both hands.

The chief didn't return; he was mobilizing the villagers to do something. Through the previous incident, Su Xiao discovered that the overall strength of the villagers in the village wasn't very strong. Only the chief was strong. Because the clothing style of the villagers was similar to the chief's, it gave people the illusion that the combat power of everyone in the village was strong.

However, there was a guy named Woqifu who was an outlier. Just hearing the name, one knew this was an outsider. This guy's physique wasn't strong, but he hung two short-handled axes at his waist every day, wore a somewhat worn-out foot helmet on his head, and his attire was completely different from the villagers in Bamboo Village.

Woqifu was very maverick. Sometimes he would hunt, and sometimes he would go to the surroundings to chop bamboo, exchanging it for food with the villagers in Bamboo Village.

Su Xiao had seen Woqifu from a distance before. Without needing to perceive, Su Xiao knew this was a reckless man.

The sky was overcast, and sure enough, at five o'clock that afternoon, a torrential rain poured down.

Bamboo Village fell silent. Tonight, there was no scene of smoke curling from chimneys. Muffled thunder sounded from time to time in the dark sky. In the torrential rain, two villagers, braving the heavy rain, took the children in the village and walked quickly.

In the room where Su Xiao was, with a creak, the door was pushed open. A soaking wet Amu walked into the room.

In the house at the innermost part of the courtyard, the chief sitting on the ground opened his eyes. A moment later, he closed them, not pursuing where Amu came from.

Boom!

A flash of lightning tore through the rainy night. It was already ten o'clock at night. The torrential rain gradually eased and eventually stopped.

Patter, patter...

Two large feet covered in mud were walking. A flash of lightning streaked across, illuminating the surrounding bamboo forest. Over a hundred figures, over three meters tall, with rough skin showing a blue tint, appeared.

The clothes on them were already worn out. From the silhouette, one could see that these clothes were originally loose, with wide sleeves, but the specific style couldn't be distinguished because they were too worn out.

"Return the Origin to us."

In the dark night, pairs of fluorescent blue eyes looked very terrifying.

"The Origin is in their blood."

"The Origin belongs only to us."

These humanoid monsters held various weapons. Some were quite simple, just a wooden stick with half a broken sword tied to the tip.

Although simple, these weapons were covered in dried blood. Among them, a humanoid monster whose clothes were relatively complete carried a giant axe nearly three meters long. The axe head alone was the size of a bucket, and in the center of the heavy single-edged axe was a beating blue heart.

"This is the last village. Kill them all."

The monster leader gripped the long-handled giant axe behind him. He swung the giant axe, and a crisp metallic clashing sound spread.

"Roar!"

With a roar, over a hundred humanoid monsters rushed out. Their movements were very agile, and they could even leap among the green bamboo.

Boom.

A crisp sound came. A slender arrow tore through the night. This arrow was nearly two meters long, with three-colored feathers at the tail, and the metal arrowhead was slender and long, overall diamond-shaped.

With a squelch, the arrow nailed into the forehead of a humanoid monster. He retreated a few steps, his tall figure crouching on the ground.

On the roof at the edge of Bamboo Village, a young girl held a longbow. The bowstring woven from various materials vibrated slightly. The arrow just now was shot by her.

The girl's name was Ji. She was the one who told Su Xiao to leave as soon as possible last night. At this moment, she was standing on the front line because this was her village, and she had to defend it herself. Moreover, she had great confidence in her own speed and was prepared to kite the enemies.

Ji pulled an arrow from the quiver at her waist and drew the bowstring again. In the dark night, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly. After ten years of bitter training, today, her skills could finally be used.

Boom.

Ji's fingers released the bowstring. For some reason, she felt her hands were completely relaxed.

With a patter, a longbow and two broken arms fell onto the roof. A humanoid monster holding a long-handled giant axe was standing beside Ji, looking at her. Blood dripped down the sharp axe blade.

"Wait..."

After a dizzying spin, Ji knew nothing more. The monster leader grabbed Ji's remains with one hand, and fluorescent blue light particles drifted from Ji's remains, merging into the giant axe in the monster leader's hand. The heart in the center of the axe head became even more fluorescent blue.

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