Chapter 727: The Pursuers in the Thick Fog

The battle might stop immediately, but it would also continue for a few hours.

Sensing that it was very dangerous here, Xia De, who might be taken away by some large-scale attack, now had the idea of retreating further away.

He consciously hid himself in the dense forest, watching the thick fog and thinking about the reasons and influences of everything he saw tonight.

Confirming safety, he bent his waist and held the cat, running towards the depths of the thick fog. Fortunately, the power of the divine ritual still remained on this land, so there was no need to worry about running into evil spirits in the fog.

The thick fog made Xia De not dare to walk too fast, and he was still thinking about Joey Barton's affairs. At about 7:40 in the evening, Xia De, who was hiding in the grass and covered by illusion, ran into people running in the fog again.

Although the sound was very close, it wasn't aimed at Xia De. He ran past in the forest ten meters away.

The fog was hazy, but Xia De's eyes between the leaves still captured that it was a man dressed like a circus clown. He was tall and thin, wearing a red performance costume, and even had a red nose ball hanging on his nose.

Generally speaking, seeing this kind of person in the forest at night, the other party is definitely not normal, but the clown seemed to be just an ordinary person.

"Where did this run out from? No, it has nothing to do with me, no need to go out."

The Outlander thought in his heart, carefully putting the cat into the large pocket on the inside of his chest, preventing it from meowing and attracting attention.

The clown-dressed man, although an ordinary person, was very agile in the forest, and disappeared into the fog in a while.

At the same time, he felt a slight burning sensation on his shoulder. Subconsciously covering his right shoulder, he realized it was the Red Butterfly brand heating up, and the Red Butterfly brand actually seemed to want to detach from Xia De's shoulder. Xia De spent a lot of effort to suppress it:

"That clown, is one of the nails sent to Midhillburg by the Rift?"

Xia De thought in surprise.

This could explain why the 【Truth Society】 suddenly called Mr. Barton away. Since Joey Barton could see other people's time of death, he could discover those who died in the past.

He didn't chase immediately, because there were sounds in the foggy forest.

Dozens of seconds later, five or six men in black formal suits chased up, and Xia De actually recognized one of them. It was the 【Truth Society】 High-Ring Shushi "Professor Johnson" who killed two companions in that deserted village and escaped from Helen's hands.

The attire of the people beside him was almost the same as his, and they all looked like scholars. These people were very fast, walking through the forest like the wind, clearly borrowing supernatural power.

"People from the 【Truth Society】? They are chasing that clown? The clown took advantage of the encirclement and suppression of the Five Gods Church to run out?"

But Xia De still didn't show up, watching this group of people disappear. Because soon, the fourth batch of people caught up from behind. This time it was actually Mr. Barton.

He looked incomparably embarrassed, and because of the slight disability of his limbs, his moving speed in the forest was not fast. It was hard to say whether the clown or Mr. Barton was more terrifying in the forest at night. The weird child appearance, coupled with that strange way of walking, normal people would probably turn around and run away if they met him.

"Mr. Barton actually ran out?"

This scene was even more surprising to Xia De than the appearance of the nail. The situation this afternoon was clearly that the 【Truth Society】 was ambushed and surrounded by the Five Gods Church. And as a First-Tier Shushi, Mr. Barton was able to run to this outer area, which was really unimaginable.

Mr. Barton was moving while using arcane arts to restore the trampled branches and withered leaves in the forest to their original appearance. Compared to the reckless pursuit of those people in front, he was more afraid of being discovered.

He was stained with blood, although very slight, it was not difficult to track in the dense forest. Therefore, Xia De didn't chase immediately but weighed the pros and cons in his heart.

Narrowing his eyes to look into the distance, this time it took a full minute for the fourth batch of people to catch up. And this time, the visitors were finally the Five Gods Church.

It was a full-staff Ringed Shushi team of the Sun Church. Xia De even saw Iluna among them. She was wearing a female hunting suit convenient for movement, with a large sun-pattern holy emblem hanging on her chest, holding the 【Judge's Holy Bell】 in her left hand, a cloth-strip sword wrapped around her wrist, and a mirror harvested at the Fire Festival banquet at her waist.

A group of people tracked the traces on the ground, but because of Mr. Barton's cover-up, they couldn't find the direction of progress in the thick fog for a while.

This wasn't because the First-Tier Shushi's arcane art was very powerful, but because the forest land with fog at night was not a convenient venue for tracking.

"Iluna is here, I must help."

Thinking in his heart, Xia De released his right shoulder covered by his left hand. As the burning sensation magnified, red light appeared under his clothes. Then, a transparent red butterfly flew out from under his clothes, its wings flapping, scattering dots of red light in the air.

"Go quickly!"

Xia De pointed to Iluna's direction in a low voice, and the red butterfly actually seemed to understand and flew towards the Church team, detaching from the illusion range.

"Miss Beiyasi!"

The full-staff team of the Five Gods Church had their own action duty division. The Ringed Shushi responsible for searching the forward direction soon discovered the red shadow in the thick fog. Then the shadow got closer and closer, and what came from the white fog was actually a transparent red butterfly.

"Red Butterfly?"

The red butterfly stopped at a position not far from them, and then repeatedly pulled the distance closer and further, hoping they would follow in the fog. But out of caution, the group didn't follow immediately, and even Iluna looked a bit hesitant.

Xia De, hiding in the grass, shook his head, dispersed the illusion, and then patted Mia's head lightly.

"Meow~"

The slight cat meow couldn't spread very far in the forest, because this was the near suburbs of the city, so even if someone heard this sound, they wouldn't feel strange.

Iluna's ears moved, she looked suspiciously at the thick fog around, a look of sudden realization appeared on her face, and then she pointed to the red butterfly:

"Follow it, it is leading the way for us."

Others didn't question Iluna's decision, so the group followed the transparent red butterfly and went far away.

"Don't make any sound for a while."

Xia De in the shadow behind the tree whispered to the cat he was holding in his hands. Mia, who was squatting, widened her amber eyes and nodded very obediently, so Xia De put her on his shoulder, confirmed that no one appeared in the fog this time, and then followed into the thick fog.

After passing through this private forest land belonging to a local noble, he arrived at the lake at the foot of the mountain. Xia De had seen this lake on the sand table of the Red Water Camp. The mountain stream originating from the mountain-top lake gathered into this lake at the foot of the mountain and connected to the nearby water system. This lake was called "Bena Lake." One side of the lake was forest land, and the other side was two small hills.

Perhaps because of the water vapor, the thick fog by the lake dissipated a lot. He could see the moon at this time, just stopping between the hills, reflecting the three-colored moonlight on the lake surface, making the sparkling waves have more texture.

When Xia De followed the Church team to the lakeside, the battle had already occurred.

The battle venue was on the lake surface. I don't know who used arcane arts to freeze the lake on a large scale. Everyone was standing on the ice at this moment, and the two sides of the battle were actually that ordinary clown and three Ringed Shushi of the 【Truth Society】.

"Hee hee hee ha ha ha..."

The chaotic laughter became clearer and clearer as Xia De approached the edge of the forest land. The clown was still not a Ringed Shushi, but the concentration of Whispering Elements on his body far exceeded most of the relics Xia De had seen.

On the lake under the moon, he laughed crazily, and his shadow gradually faded until it disappeared. Two extra hands stretched out from behind, and the four hands were holding Rhodes cards, a red nose ball, a black short knife, and an old-fashioned flintlock gun respectively.

The crazy laughter even caused cracks to appear on the ice surface, and with the laughter, his figure in the moon kept disappearing and appearing. This was actually a space movement ability.

Xia De didn't fight him head-on and couldn't judge his danger level, but the Ringed Shushi of the 【Truth Society】 were still being suppressed by him even though their life rings had appeared. Of course, this was also related to their level.

Only two of them were Middle-Tier, and the others were Low-Tier. And that professor who was originally High-Tier actually had red butterfly-like rust on his life ring. Clearly, Helen letting him run away didn't worry that he could cause other trouble.

The Rhodes cards in the clown's hand seemed to be inexhaustible, scattering towards the surroundings like a machine gun. No one dared to touch the paper cards attached with curse power. And once the thrown nose ball touched an object, it would make the object collapse like a building block puzzle; the black short knife was extremely sharp, not only could it throw black blade light, but it could even cut off the spiritual weapons in the hands of High-Tier Shushi; and that old-fashioned flintlock gun was even more exaggerated. Although it needed an interval of more than 20 seconds to fire a shot, once it roared, cracks even appeared in the space.

"It turns out that the 'nail' who knew his identity is so terrifying..."

Xia De was very glad that the woman in the deserted village hadn't had time to show her power before being caught. And considering that the fewer the nails, the stronger the power of the remaining nails, I am afraid that things will be more difficult later.

Iluna's party had arrived at the lakeside following the red butterfly, and of course, the people on the lake noticed them.

It didn't even take the three people of the 【Truth Society】 to lead the clown to them. The clown actually split himself under the moon. The flesh expanded, and then, under the entanglement of disgusting black mucus, two identical clowns split from the expanded body, one left and one right.

One continued to fight with the 【Truth Society】, and one appeared beside Iluna in crazy laughter:

"You all have to die!"

The holy bell rang lightly, and Iluna responded to him with a sunlight gun.

The scene became more and more chaotic. The clown seemed to be able to adjust his power according to the number of his opponents. Even if he was facing a whole Ringed Shushi team alone, he still didn't fall into a disadvantage. ===== CHAPTER 728 =====