Chapter 22: Invisible Terror

"Then you have examined it for so long, do you have any findings that we didn't see?" Xu Xiaoyang sneered.

Qian Chen said softly, "Hero Liang is known as 'Qi-Swallowing Danxia', and his qi-refining technique is unparalleled in the world. Every time he strikes, his true qi is like Danxia rolling, with immense power. He also has the divine weapon Cloud Danxia in his hand. The only wonderful use of this divine weapon is to thicken true qi. Benefiting from this, plus Hero Liang's own vigorous true qi, his protective qi is indeed extremely powerful among us."

"This is also the reason why Hero Liang could rest assured to leave his back to the murderer."

"Therefore, the murderer's divine weapon must be powerful and must have the ability to break through protective qi."

"In other words... the murderer's divine weapon is a sharp weapon with the ability to break through protective qi?" Divine Monk Kongming interjected, "If so, finding the murderer will be simple!"

"Yes!" Master Elder Wan Shi also agreed, "Just filter out the people whose whereabouts were not confirmed during the time Hero Liang was harmed, and then determine whether their divine weapons have the ability to break through protective qi. I believe there won't be many people who overlap."

"I'll go first!" Kang Kang Qian Deng rushed to say, "I was with Brother Qian, Brother Fang... just now," he pointed out the several heroes who followed him to stop Suo Suo San Guan, and then said, "We went to the backyard together to intercept and kill the enemy, so these heroes are definitely innocent. We can prove it for each other."

At this moment, the several people who went to intercept and kill Suo Suo San Guan also interjected, "That's right, we can prove it for each other."

Divine Monk Kongming said, "I stayed in the Wuhu Hall with Master Elder Wan Shi, Hero Xu, Master Tang, Heroine Shen... to provide support, and did not leave during this period." Divine Monk Kongming also pointed out a few names, and these people also confirmed that they supervised each other, and indeed no one left.

Du Zihuai, the Bixue Danxin Sword, opened his mouth, "I went to the east to meet the enemy with Hero Liang Dou, Chief Escort Zhao Cheng of the Changfeng Escort Agency, and Old Hero Li. During this period, we were lured away by a group of mysterious people and were separated. So there are no witnesses, and we cannot prove it for each other."

"Those people should be the corpse ghosts raised by the Netherworld Palace, and there are even the famous Netherworld Cave Ghosts."

"The Tiger of the Yuan Chen—Divine Monk Corpse-Ghost is not one person!"

"It seems that the Netherworld Palace Master is Divine Monk Corpse-Ghost... no, it should be said that the Netherworld Palace Master is Divine Monk Corpse-Ghost, and the other corpse ghosts and Netherworld Cave Ghosts are all the ghosts raised by him!" Divine Monk Kongming said as such.

Others also reported their whereabouts one after another, and there were quite a few who could not be confirmed.

After Huang Yuhan's death, the Four Seas Hall's intelligence work gradually collapsed, and it could no longer effectively supervise the Four Seas Hall. Therefore, chaos arose one after another.

But after everyone analyzed it, they found that most people did not have the ability to threaten Liang Dou. The only ones who could sneak attack and kill Liang Dou successfully were Du Zihuai, the Bixue Danxin Sword, Chief Escort Zhao Cheng of the Changfeng Escort Agency, and the General-Minister Old Man Li Qianqian, who were in the same group as him. After counting everyone, Divine Monk Kongming raised his head and said, "The Quick-Tongued brothers and the Eight-Disabled Elder have not returned yet..."

Divine Monk Kongming's words had just fallen when he saw the Eight-Disabled beggar stumbling in from outside the hall, covered in blood.

He only left one sentence: "The Head, the Head has come! The Quick-Tongued brothers died in just a few moves! I couldn't beat him either... The Head, the Head..." Before he could finish, he fainted.

Hong Sihai and Divine Monk Kongming were shocked.

They had just stood up when they saw countless ghost shadows flashing outside the hall. A short while later, two blood-stained heads were thrown in. Divine Monk Kongming bent down to pick them up and identified them carefully. The blood-stained heads were shockingly the Quick-Tongued brothers. He couldn't help but shed old tears and gripped the nine-ring tin staff in his hand tightly!

The heroes had held a glimmer of hope after hearing the Eight-Disabled beggar's words.

Now, seeing the two brothers' heads with their own eyes, they knew that these two heroes, who were quick-tongued and loved to offend people but had the warmest hearts in their lives, had truly only returned as two heads.

Although the two brothers loved to be sharp-tongued and offended many people, they were also eager to help others. As long as someone in the Wu Lin asked them for help, even if they were strangers they had never met, or even servants on the street or village chiefs in the fields, they always helped enthusiastically without reservation. So they offended many people, but there were even more who were grateful for their kindness.

Even those who had once been greatly offended by them, now thinking back, still remembered their good points.

"Master Tang! Master Tang is also dead!"

The crowd exploded. Hong Sihai turned his head in rage and saw the most outstanding disciple of the younger generation of the Tang Sect, Master Tang Da, sitting quietly on the couch, no longer reacting to the noise around him.

Divine Monk Kongming stepped forward to test his breath and found that he had already breathed his last. His body was already cold!

It was just that Master Tang Da specialized in hidden weapons and poison, so everyone was a bit afraid of him, and very few people were close to him. Moreover, he had no external wounds on the surface, so he died silently. Therefore, it was only discovered now.

Earlier, someone saw that the crowd in the Wuhu Hall was excited, but Master Tang Da was motionless. It was only after calling him twice without response that they realized something was wrong.

"Master Tang Da is the leader of the younger generation of the Tang Sect. Who could kill him silently?" Kang Kang Qian Deng said in disbelief, "Is the one who killed him a person or a ghost?"

"Master Tang Da died silently and had no external wounds. Could it be the Spirit of Longevity, Divine Monk Chengwu..."

"Master Tang Da is the person among us most proficient in medical and poison arts. If even he was silently poisoned to death by Divine Monk Chengwu, then who else can escape?"

An invisible terror spread among the heroes. Many people were covered in cold sweat, scared out of their wits.

"Master Tang Da is known as 'Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes'... Thousand Eyes checked all directions. Back then, the Eight-Armed God Ape committed crimes in Tianfu and was blocked by Master Tang Da. Within one breath, the Eight-Armed God Ape fired thirteen gold coin darts, nine flying knives, three flying locust stones, twenty-four heart-drilling nails, one hundred and eighty-six cow-hair small needles, and his own unique hidden weapon, the Soul-Severing Heart-Breaking Arrow. Yet they were all caught by Master Tang Da..."

"And the Thirteen Interlocking Strongholds of the Great River robbed a batch of medicinal materials from the Tang family and were killed by Master Tang Da. All thirteen strongholds, up and down, nine thousand people, all vomited and had diarrhea, and their bodies couldn't lift any strength. It was only after the Green Forest Chief personally went to the Tang family to beg for mercy that they were spared."

"After these two events, Master Tang Da was hailed as the leader of the younger generation of the Tang family. He had the reputation of 'Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes'... Thousand Eyes can detect hidden weapons, and Thousand Hands can poison all directions," Kang Kang Qian Deng explained to Qian Chen, his tone unable to hide his inner shock: "No matter who is sneak-attacked, it shouldn't be Master Tang Da!"

"Could it be..."

Everyone speculated, and there was no sense of security left.

Hong Sihai saw that many people were lost and terrified by the Twelve Yuan Chen's methods, having lost their will to fight, and had to roar, "Everyone!"

"Yuhan was assassinated in the heavily guarded mourning hall, Hero Liang was sneak-attacked by a villain, Tang Zhen died silently, and the Quick-Tongued brothers were unfortunately killed. Plus the blood feud of my sworn brother Bi Tiantong... the Sha family brothers, and even the blood debts of more Four Seas Hall disciples... I will settle these one by one with the Twelve Yuan Chen," Hong Sihai untied the bandage wrapped around his right fist.

"But I am not afraid!" Hong Sihai said, "A real man, it's just death. What's difficult about death? The living are the ones who are difficult, because they have to avenge the dead!"

"Avenge!" the remaining disciples of the Four Seas Hall shouted in unison.

Clearly, they had already made up their minds to die!

Divine Monk Kongming lifted his tin staff, and he also had the determination of a Vajra's anger. He put his palms together and prayed, "Buddha, please forgive this disciple for the sin of mass killing, just because hell is empty and evil ghosts are in the human world. This disciple's cultivation is shallow, and I cannot save all the evil ghosts and demon heads. All I can do is send them back to hell!"

"Namo Battle-Winning Buddha!"

After the Buddhist name was chanted, Divine Monk Kongming looked sideways, but saw that the heroes behind him were mostly flustered. At this time, there were not only masters in the main hall, but many ordinary martial arts figures who had come to attend the birthday banquet had also fled here to take refuge. Divine Monk Kongming saw a hero known as the Iron Fist of Guansi, who was now huddled in the corner with two apprentices, shivering, looking at the hurried ghost shadows outside the hall door, scared out of his wits.

Expecting these people to fight for their lives was not as good as expecting them not to surrender and beg for their lives.

Fortunately, most of the masters still had the courage to fight. It was just that they could no longer trust each other or entrust their backs to each other! Divine Monk Kongming sighed, "The Wu Lin heroes have ultimately become a plate of loose sand!"

At this moment, Divine Monk Kongming saw a figure that surprised him. That Medicine King descendant was putting away his umbrella, and even hung a red gourd on the umbrella... Was he going to go home with an umbrella because it was raining, or was he packing his bags and leaving?

Divine Monk Kongming was somewhat dumbfounded. He really wanted to grab him, wake him up, and tell him that when the Twelve Yuan Chen do things, they leave no chicken or dog alive!

It was better to save this bit of strength. It would be better to splash them with blood when fighting for their lives later!

Kang Kang Qian Deng looked at Qian Chen, who was calm and indifferent, carrying his umbrella on his back. He thought of the Horned Fighting Divine Monk who had been easily killed by Qian Chen, and the pressure that made him unable to breathe before the great battle inexplicably dissipated a lot.

"Brother Qian is truly hiding his light!"

"I have heard that peerless swordsmen often use the ritual of respecting the sword before a great battle to calm their inner selves. Either they hold the long sword across their knees and think deeply; or they sharpen the sword day after day, sharpening the sword outside their body, and also sharpening the sword in their heart; or they burn incense to sacrifice to the sword; or they sleep with the sword... Brother Qian is putting away his umbrella before the battle now, and this umbrella is his divine weapon."

"I think it must have the same effect as the ritual of respecting the sword!" ===== CHAPTER 23 =====