Gao Wu: I grow stronger with each death.

Chapter 42 The King is Dead

"Whoosh—"

As soon as Wang Sheng finished speaking, Shou Chong and Lu Guan ran off in different directions.

That way at least one of them will survive!

They both thought the same thing at the same time.

Wang Sheng reacted extremely quickly, almost simultaneously with their running.

whoosh-

He first ran towards the faster beast.

"None of you will escape."

He said coldly, and his speed suddenly increased to the maximum, catching up with the beast in less than two seconds.

Hand up, knife down.

With one stroke, he severed the beast's spine; with another, he beheaded it, blood splattering everywhere and staining Wang Sheng's body.

Without lingering, Wang Sheng suddenly turned around, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, and ran towards Lu Guan, who had already run a hundred meters away.

Although Wang Sheng was not a high-level Bronze Bone cultivator and did not have a significant speed advantage.

However, Lu Guan was injured and lost blood, and his physical strength was also greatly depleted. Moreover, his endurance was far inferior to Wang Sheng's, so it was easy to imagine how this chase would end.

Less than twenty seconds after giving chase, Lu Guan, in a moment of panic and hampered by his injuries, stumbled and fell into a mud pit in the dark.

He had just scrambled out of the pit in a panic when he saw a figure already standing in front of him.

"Brother Lu, stop running, it's tiring."

Wang Sheng, carrying a knife, walked slowly toward Lu Guan in a relaxed tone.

At this moment, Lu Guan no longer had any thought of resistance, only regret on his face. He said tremblingly:

"What exactly are you...?"

Wang Sheng smiled:

"Go guess in hell."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Guan's pupils suddenly dilated, and he looked at Wang Sheng's back with a look of horror.

Wang Sheng frowned immediately, but before he could react, a sudden change occurred.

"Pfft!"

A hand pierced through Wang Sheng's chest from behind! He then spat out a mouthful of blood onto Lu Guan's face!

Wang Sheng endured the excruciating pain and looked down, only to see that the blood-stained, thick, sharp claws were gripping his beating heart.

"Snapped!"

With his heart shattered, Wang Sheng slowly lost consciousness.

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"No, no, don't go any further..."

Jiang Xi trembled all over, as if he were afraid of the cold, and tightened his coat.

"They were all scared, blood... so much blood..."

His legs were so weak he could no longer stand.

"What happened? What on earth happened?"

He Yunwei quickly stepped forward and patted him.

She knew that Jiang Xi's special ability had a flaw: when communicating with plants, he could sense their emotions. At that moment, a tremendous sense of fear was sweeping in from the front, and Jiang Xi felt it as well.

However, normally, one shouldn't be that afraid.

After all, they had seen wild animals hunting along the way, but Jiang Xi did not show any obvious emotional changes.

"...Dead."

After a long pause, Jiang Xi spoke.

"They said those three people were all dead, beheaded, their hearts ripped out... and their bodies were dragged away."

"Dead? Dead? Was it done by a werewolf?"

He Yunwei pressed for an answer.

At this moment, Chiang Hsi finally came to his senses:

"Yeah, that's about right. They were all dead in almost a minute... Luckily, the werewolves didn't find us; they just dragged their bodies away."

He felt as if he had been granted a pardon, and began to breathe heavily.

"Honestly, this was definitely the closest we've ever come to death. Any deeper and we would have... He Yunwei, what are you doing?!"

Seeing He Yunwei continue walking forward, Jiang Xi shouted anxiously.

"Didn't you say the werewolf had already left?"

He Yunwei replied in a low voice, "I need to go and see if it really is Wang Sheng who is dead."

"Don't be silly. We've been following them all the way. Do you really think we joined the wrong team from the start? Don't take any risks! Our mission has failed this time. Let's think about how to explain it to Senior Wenjing."

"No."

He Yunwei stubbornly said:

"What if? We haven't even seen their faces since we came in. What if we've followed the wrong group? I'm going. I don't believe Wang Sheng is really dead!"

He Yunwei herself didn't know why she was so obsessive.

Was it love at first sight for Wang Sheng? That's unlikely.

You can't really feel anything just by looking at him from afar. At most, you might think, "He's so handsome, and it's a pity that such a talented young man died."

Is it because you felt guilty for not completing what your senior asked you to do?

While it's not uncommon for school missions to fail, it's not usually that serious.

Perhaps, it's a mix of regret and self-blame.

This promising young man died because of his own wrong choice. If she could justify it by saying "he's dead, so be it," then she wouldn't deserve to be called a human being.

"If I hadn't chosen to watch from afar, but instead chased after them and walked together, would this have prevented this from happening?"

Thinking it over, she stopped paying attention to Jiang Xi behind her and walked into the depths of the forest without looking back.

"Wait a minute."

He Yunwei ignored Jiang Xi's words coming from behind her.

"Why are you walking so fast? Wait for me, you old hag!"

He Yunwei was taken aback and turned to look at Jiang Xi who was walking towards her.

"Without my reconnaissance ability, you idiot, you'd probably end up walking right into the werewolf's lair. Wait here, I'll go scout ahead."

After saying this, Jiang Xi quickly walked to the front.

He Yunwei felt a warmth in her heart and didn't say anything more.

More than ten minutes later.

"Everything is safe."

Jiang Xi emerged first from the bushes, gesturing for He Yunwei to follow.

"We should have arrived at our destination."

The two stood up and quickly smelled the blood in the air.

The ground was a dark patch, which seemed to be the source of the foul stench.

"It's a head."

He Yunwei had sharp eyes; she showed no fear and went straight forward to check.

"But it was popped like a balloon, making it impossible to identify the person... Apart from this head, there were drag marks all around."

The two did not follow the trail of blood deeper into the area; instead, they focused their attention on a glistening object reflecting the moonlight not far away.

"...It's a medicine."

Jiang Xi remained silent for a while before speaking.

At this point, the truth seems to have been revealed.

The second- and even third-grade tonifying and nourishing liquids scattered on the ground did indeed belong to Wang Sheng.

"Wang Sheng's travel bag is also there, and the style is exactly the same."

Jiang Xi then picked up the backpack from the ground.

At this moment, He Yunwei could no longer bear to look, but suddenly, a discordant bright light shone into her vision from the lawn.

"Huh? What's that?"

He Yunwei stepped forward, bent down, and picked up the item:

"Locator?"

This thing is fixed to my left hand, how did it end up here?

and......

"Do you think it's possible that Wang Sheng is still alive?"

She suddenly spoke.

The locator had no bloodstains or damage, so it didn't seem like it had been dropped during a fierce battle. In particular, the fact that it was still locked made it even more suspicious.

Who would remove the GPS tracker and then re-fasten it without wearing it? What exactly happened on the scene?

"Impossible."

Jiang Xi stroked the grass and slowly shook his head, saying:

"Come with me, over there."

The two quickly walked to a spot a hundred meters away and found traces near a mud pit.

"The other two were dragged away from here, making a total of three people. Even if you don't believe the plants, you can still see from the traces that three people were indeed dragged away."

"well......"

He Yunwei couldn't help but sigh.

"Let's go, let's pack up Wang Sheng's belongings. These things need to be returned to his family..."

"Um."

Jiang Xi nodded solemnly in response.

After quickly tidying up the scene, the two hurried towards the outer perimeter.

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You died at the hands of the "Rift" clan of the "Primordial Star" Tailtooth Clan.

You have obtained...