If there was battle qi signal, it meant that there was a battle. At this moment, the battle between humans and demons or internal strife was very sensitive.
Before Mountain Lifting Hermit spoke, all the members of the team had rushed towards the knight's battle smoke as fast as lightning bolts.
Streaks of light also flew out from where the other two teams had landed and rushed towards that place.
It only took the knights 4-5 minutes to cover a distance of over 70 miles.
Flying over there, there was no need for anyone to remind them. Everyone saw a corpse lying on the ground.
The corpse had already been decapitated. It was as dead as it could be. There was a pool of blood on the ground.
After checking the surroundings, the knights landed one after another after making sure that there were no ambushes around the corpses and that there were no other people in sight.
After landing on the ground, Mountain Lifting Hermit, Zhang Anguo the grand elder of Tianlu Palace and Old Monster Qi exchanged a glance with each other before walking over there.
The three earth knights walked over there. Only after a short check, they had confirmed the identity of the deceased at once. Meanwhile, they didn't find any other clues here. Besides the corpse, they didn't find anything valuable at the scene.
"It's Sun Sheng!" Squatting on the ground, Old Monster Qi stood up as icy flames flickered in his eyes. At the same time, he glanced at Mountain Lifting Hermit and Zhang Anguo with a weird look. Because he had seen the two earth knights flying out of the camp with him just now, he didn't have a chance to launch a strike.
Mountain Lifting Hermit and Zhang Anguo also picked themselves up from the ground.
"This person was raided and killed rapidly. When his battle qi signal rose, his heart had already suffered a fatal blow. In the following battle, he only stood a few seconds before being decapitated!" Zhang Anguo said in a muffled voice.
Mountain Lifting Hermit stood up with a cold look. After throwing a glance at his team members, he remained silent.
Even in a close combat, it was not easy for an earth knight to kill a black iron knight in such a short period; however, in a sneak attack, a black iron knight could severely injure or kill a black iron knight in a very short period when the other party was unprepared.
Everyone felt a heavy and strange atmosphere begin to spread among the three teams.
"Jia Xiong, isn't Sun Sheng always with you? Why did he leave the team and come here alone?" Old Monster Qi suddenly turned around and asked a knight in his team.
After hearing Old Monster Qi's question and noticing that everyone was gazing at him, he couldn't help but become a bit nervous as he swallowed his saliva, "Sun Sheng was indeed with me one hour ago; however... however, he met... Miss Bai. After hearing that Miss Bai had not eaten anything, Sun Sheng volunteered to hunt some mice for Miss Bai. He wanted to hunt some mice for Miss Bai... therefore... therefore, he came out alone without calling me!"
"Where's Bai Suxian?" Old Monster Qi's eyes flickered as he glanced over the team and found that the woman was not there.
"Not long after Sun Sheng left, Miss Bai also left …" Someone in Old Monster Sun's team replied.
Not until now did Zhang Tie know that the name of the "young sister" was Bai Suxian. Therefore, he became speechless.
That woman was very fair, but from head to toe, there was not the slightest bit of white, not the slightest bit of immortal.
Just as he finished speaking, a stream of light flashed in the distance, and a few meteors flew over from afar. When they saw that everyone was gathered here, they landed here.
Lu Zhongming, Lin Huanxi, two women and one man from Tianlu Palace were the last ones who arrived here. Bai Suxian, the younger sister, was also here.
"The moment we arrived here, we found this person was raided and killed!" Mountain Lifting Hermit threw a glance at them as he opened his mouth calmly, emphasizing on the word "raided".
At the sight of the decapitated corpse and hearing Mountain Lifting Hermit's words, all the others changed their faces at once.
Since they were late, they were naturally suspicious.
Old Monster Qi gazed at Bai Suxian's face as he asked in a muffled voice, "Bai Suxian, where did you go just now?"
The young sister threw a glance at Old Monster Qi with a pitiful look, "Do you also think that this humble lady did it?"
"It's a matter of life and death. As you're late, of course, I have to explain it to you!" Old Monster Qi said icily.
Under the gaze of everyone else, Bai Suxian blushed at once, "This humble lady was in urgent need of a woman these days. As there were so many knights and men in the valley, this humble lady felt inconvenient; therefore, I found a place to solve it..."
Soon after Bai Suxian finished her words, Old Monster Qi's eyes had shone as he instantly came to Bai Suxian's side. Before Bai Suxian made any response, he had caught her wrist. Bai Suxian was shocked as she wanted to counterattack; however, after catching her wrist, Old Monster Qi moved away as fast as a lightning bolt. This movement was completed in a split second. When Bai Suxian realized what happened, her face turned pale at once. Old Monster Qi also moved away.
Old Monster Qi's movement was similar to a sneak attack. It was true that Bai Suxian was caught off guard; however, it also exposed Old Monster Qi's powerful battle strength and domineering style as an earth knight. Everybody else's heart pounded at the sight of this.
"I've checked your pulse just now. It's indeed the response of a woman's geranium. You're not lying!" Old Monster Qi opened his mouth. Not until then did the others know why he caught Bai Suxian's wrist just now.
Watching Old Monster Qi's movement, Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi were shocked at once as they stealthily moved a bit away from Old Monster Qi. Lu Zhongming shielded his wife behind him as he put one hand on the hilt of his sword. After throwing a glance at the others, he said in a muffled voice, "We were looking for some rare underground plant seeds in the valley. When we return to Minling Swordsmanship Sect, we would sow those seeds in the underground mountain cave of Minling Swordsmanship Sect so as to create a cultivation environment similar to that in the Earth-elements Realm for our disciples..."
"It's the first time for some young elders to come to the Earth-elements Realm. As we're free these days, I let them be familiar with the environment here. I know that they've left the camp!" Zhang Anguo opened his mouth as he explained the reason why the three people of Tianlu Palace were late. At this moment, anyone who dared find trouble with Tianlu Palace would be the enemy of the entire Tianlu Palace.
Everybody became silent at once.
Old Monster Qi sneered as he watched Mountain Lifting Hermit and Zhang Anguo, "We've told you that we're forbidden to fight each other. However, in less than half a day, one of our team members has been killed. What do you think we should do?"
"The one who killed Sun Sheng might not be us!" Mountain Lifting Hermit opened his mouth.
"What do you mean?"
"Because none of us had a motive. Even if someone wanted to do it, he would have to wait until Sun Sheng came out of the hieron ruins. Only when there was profit would someone take the risk. Now, Sun Sheng hadn't entered the hieron ruins yet, so he didn't have anything on him that was worth killing. He didn't have any grievances with us. Why would someone want to kill him here? Moreover, he would risk being attacked by everyone for something that would bring no benefit to him at all. Old Monster Qi, don't forget that we're in the Earth-elements Realm. Besides us, some demon knights are also wandering in the Earth-elements Realm. "
After exchanging a glance with each other, their hearts pounded once again...
...
After the corpses of human knights were buried on the spot, the three teams of human knights returned to their own camps in a weird atmosphere.
It was Zhang Tie's first time to see a human knight being killed in front of him in the Earth-elements Realm. Therefore, he was a bit moved.
Mountain Lifting Hermit's words were reasonable; however, Zhang Tie was not sure whether the one who killed Sun Sheng was a demon knight or not. Because the human heart was the most unpredictable thing in this world.
Zhang Tie had a deep understanding about the latter point...
Because of this uncertainty, Zhang Tie released a lot of tracing tentacles and attached them to the soles of each knight's shoes when they left, including Bai Suxian, Old Monster Qi and those people of Tianlu Palace.
The greatest function of tracing tentacles was that Zhang Tie could grasp each person's trace and locate each knight's position at any time.
No matter whether Sun Sheng was killed by one of the three teams or by a demon knight, it was not a good news for them at all. Because it meant that many variables had appeared in this action. Additionally, a dangerous enemy was loitering on their side.
The atmosphere in the temporary camp became a bit depressing and weird. Many people looked at Lu Zhongming and his wife with a different meaning in their eyes.
No matter what, Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi were suspects. At this critical moment, when a knight was killed, everyone would be a bit alert more or less.
Now that Sun Sheng could be raided and killed, it meant that all the others at present might be raided and killed. Nobody could guarantee that they would not be the next one.
...
"These days, if we need to go out, let's go out together. Nobody should act alone..." Gong Ziyao told Zhang Tie secretly when they returned to the camp.
Zhang Tie nodded.
...
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
Nothing happened in the past two days. During these two days, all the knights replenished their supplies in the valley. After two days, they were ready and came to the front of the magma sea once again.
When the time came, the terrifying hurricane in the abyss gradually weakened and finally disappeared...
"Let's go!" Mountain Lifting Hermit whispered. Closely after that, all the others followed Mountain Lifting Hermit towards the center of the magma sea...
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