Chapter 151

Hearing An Shenyi's words, Fang Yue paused in surprise.

"You've never seen 【Jushou Xuequan】? That thing is…"

Fang Yue fell silent mid-sentence.

It concerned the secret of Blood Hunters—he couldn't reveal anything.

But An Shenyi seemed to guess what Fang Yue wanted to say, and smiled.

"Grandfather, you misunderstand. I know about 【Jushou Xuequan】. There are often rumors in Mo Village that such a Guiliè has been spotted near the village."

"I'm not a Hunter, so I have no interest in Guiliè, and I've never encountered one—so not knowing it has this ability is perfectly normal. Each profession has its expertise. I'm sure Blood Hunters don't know how to heal or save lives either."

The Blood Hunter heard this and made no rebuttal, only said calmly:

"An Shenyi is right. Doctors save lives; Hunters hunt prey. But you're wrong about one thing: 【Jushou Xuequan】 isn't something you encounter just by being interested. Without an old Hunter's experience, just tracking their movements is already a problem, let alone hunting them. Among all the villages in our Alliance, the Hunters who can capture Guiliè are extremely rare—and I am one of them."

As the Blood Hunter spoke, there was a faint edge of confrontation in his tone, causing An Shenyi's expression to subtly tighten.

"So you're very confident."

"Without confidence, you can't subdue Guiliè."

"Good. Then how confident are you that 【Jushou Xuequan】 can stop the Chonggui Flower?"

The Blood Hunter lifted his eyelids slightly, glancing sideways at him: "Just as confident as An Shenyi."

An Shenyi smiled: "I have zero confidence."

The Blood Hunter smiled too: "Same here!"

Fang Yue: …

Luo Xin: …

Are you two playing guessing games? Neither of you has any confidence, yet you're still testing each other.

"Enough, enough. I know both of you are formidable—let's move quickly. If we wait too long, the Chonggui Flower will shift position."

"Alright."

Fang Yue spoke, and the two didn't delay—they walked toward the back of the group.

While they were discussing, the group had nearly entered the forest.

The two reached the rear of the group, stopped at the forest entrance, and began setting up.

An Shenyi stuck the Sanwei Incense into the ground and lit it.

A hiss—red light flared at the tip of the Sanwei Incense, burning into a dense, spherical cloud of smoke that floated above it, spreading outward in concentric rings.

"That's all the fog?"

Fang Yue looked concerned, but An Shenyi quickly explained:

"This is just the beginning. Once the Sanwei Incense burns longer, this mist will grow denser and spread across the entire forest entrance."

As he spoke, An Shenyi glanced at the Blood Hunter.

The Blood Hunter said nothing more, patted 【Jushou Xuequan】's head, pulled a flask-shaped object from his waist, uncorked it, and poured some into its mouth.

Soon after, 【Jushou Xuequan】 spread its legs and urinated a pool of pinkish fluid beside the Sanwei Incense, emitting a fresh, fragrant scent—almost dreamlike.

This is so masculine!

Fang Yue was stunned.

"This urine… it's different from before."

"I gave it some special diuretic liquor. It makes the Blood Dog's urine smell stronger and confuses the Guaiyi's sense of smell even more."

Fine, fine—maybe this 【Jushou Xuequan】 is female.

Fang Yue tried to sneak a glance downward, when the Blood Hunter said calmly: "Don't look. Xuedou is female."

"Uh… I, I wasn't looking."

Fang Yue scratched his head awkwardly: "Then let's retreat. While the Chonggui Flower hasn't caught up yet. Whether it works or not—we'll know when it shows up."

The group exchanged glances and nodded.

"Alright."

As everyone turned to return to the group, Fang Yue suddenly saw his friend list flashing wildly.

What's this?

He opened it.

"Ye Ge, save me! Ye Ge, save me! Ye Ge, Ye Ge, save me!!!"

Dozens of messages—all identical—all from the same person: Niu Niu.

Fang Yue froze.

If he could receive messages, didn't that mean Niu Niu was nearby?

"What's wrong?"

"Deputy Captain Ye?"

"Yeye?"

An Shenyi and the others stared at Fang Yue, who had suddenly stopped, watching as he looked around frantically.

Then, his brow furrowed, his gaze fixed on a specific direction.

Looking in that direction, they saw a tall figure sprinting toward them.

"Aba aba!"

An Shenyi:!!!

The first to react was An Shenyi—he lunged forward, but before his foot even landed, Fang Yue grabbed his right wrist and yanked him backward.

An Shenyi, still mid-step, stumbled back two paces. As he steadied himself and opened his mouth to tell Fang Yue to let go, he saw Fang Yue's grim face pointing downward, deliberately.

Beside Fang Yue, Luo Xin and the Blood Hunter both stared grimly at the ground, completely ignoring him.

An Shenyi followed the three gazes downward, and his pupils involuntarily contracted.

He saw that at the spot where he had almost stepped down a moment ago, a flower had somehow sprouted — a black flower.

Its petals formed a circular spiral pattern; staring at it for even a short while brought on dizziness and vertigo.

Heavy Ghost Flower!

It actually... caught up!

How could it be this fast!

An Shenyi's expression turned somewhat ugly, and at the same time he felt a lingering sense of dread.

If that step had landed solidly, he would have been crushed into meat paste, and might have even directly awakened the Heavy Pressure Ghost!

"Yeye, thanks."

Fang Yue said nothing, but with an ugly expression pointed in Niu Niu's direction.

Following the direction Fang Yue pointed, they could see that over by Niu Niu ahead, a shallow trench moving at high speed had appeared, about to merge with another trench to form a closed loop.

An Shenyi's face changed: "How could this be! According to the materials I've read, when a Heavy Ghost Flower burrows out of the ground, it won't release a Pressure Circle unless it is attacked! But now..."

"That means this particular Heavy Ghost Flower may have undergone a mutation, or else your materials are too outdated — already old almanacs."

The Blood Hunter snorted, and led his 【Giant-Headed Blood Hound】 running into the forest.

"Is it really fine for us to run into the forest right in front of it?"

Luo Xin followed behind the Blood Hunter, speaking with some worry.

"It's fine, the forest is so large and it's still early in the day. We can come back a second time to interfere. For now, let's just get out of its Pressure Circle range."

The four were all capable people to begin with, so they ran quite fast and quickly broke free of the Pressure Circle.

An Shenyi looked back and saw Niu Niu still sprinting madly inside the Pressure Circle, seemingly completely ignorant of how the word 'death' is written, and couldn't help but reveal an evil smile.

"You all go on ahead. I want to stay here and watch how my beloved test subject gets crushed to death. I'll catch up with you in a bit."

The Blood Hunter and Luo Xin had no objections, and continued running ahead, intending to rejoin the main force.

But Fang Yue stayed behind. He had wanted to try persuading An Shenyi, but before he could speak, it was as if he suddenly received some piece of news, and his expression drastically changed.

"No good! We can't stay here!"

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