Chapter 75 - 68: Terrifying Invasion, Her Lie? _2

Huo Yunfei exclaimed in shock. "I’m going in to take a look." Su Chen didn’t turn his head, but his voice was very calm. Huo Yunfei was startled and hurriedly said, "Come back quickly, it’s dangerous inside. What if something happens?" Su Chen waved his hand backward, his left hand already touching the temple door. The thick layer of dust carried the rotten smell of old wood, irritating his nose. Su Chen gently pushed, and the temple door opened instantly! Everyone was taken aback and stepped back half a step. Huo Yunfei watched Su Chen with a pounding heart, thinking, how can he be so bold? Isn’t he afraid of a hideous vampiric demon suddenly lunging out from inside? Su Chen glanced at the courtyard inside and then nonchalantly walked in. Behind him came a buzz of lively discussion... Once inside the courtyard, Su Chen discovered that the scene he saw before was incomplete. In the expansive courtyard, the ancient walls were covered with glaring bloodstains and cracks. These cracks, whether deep or shallow, long or short, all showed signs of a violent struggle. Su Chen immediately recognized it as the "masterpieces" of Master Yue Dongbei and Madam Wen Ruyu, but where were the corpses of the victims? Moreover, where had Master and the others gone, and why wasn’t anyone here? With curiosity in his heart, Su Chen slowly walked into the temple. Upon entering the temple, the stench of blood became even more intense. Su Chen frowned in disgust, covering his nose and mouth with his right hand. Looking around, the sight of the villagers lying in disarray on the ground, their bodies covered in blood, was horrifying! There were nine bodies, all drained of blood, reduced to terrifying skeleton-like figures. Their protruding eyes were filled with an extreme desire before death, and their hands clawing at the ground looked like the shriveled, sinister talons of a bird of prey. The dried husks crumpled together, unable even to support their clothing. Looking at those ghastly death masks, a deep-seated hatred rose in Su Chen’s heart for the first time. Those vampiric demons, are they truly so devoid of conscience, committing every imaginable atrocity? These were just ordinary villagers, yet why were they stripped of even the most basic right to live? Is this world truly ruled only by power, and what about the Heavenly Dao, the Human Dao? His mind churned with tumultuous emotions, completely unaware that deep within the temple, a pair of blood-red eyes were hungrily watching him. He crouched down, wanting to close the eyes of those people, but at that moment, a sharp gust of wind from behind sent a shiver down his spine! "Who’s there?" He abruptly turned around, and his face changed drastically! A monstrous creature, half-human, half-bat, shrouded in a blood-red glow, was rushing towards him with claws outstretched! The flapping wings, exposed fangs, and the expression of someone ready to devour him, made Su Chen feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar! With no escape, Su Chen’s Beast’s Qi Energy erupted instantaneously, forming a deep azure whirlpool in his palms. The whirlpool spun at several times its usual speed, its scale rapidly expanding, the azure light bursting forth, emitting a fierce hissing roar! "Roar!" The bat monster let out a surprised roar, its body being pushed back half a meter by the bizarre wind vortex, just in that fleeting moment, as Su Chen shouted in a low voice, the wind vortex in his hand vanished, and abruptly a three-inch short blade appeared. This caught the bat monster by surprise! Su Chen gritted his teeth, using all his strength, desperately thrusting towards the monster’s heart! Whoosh! The azure light flashed through the air! Su Chen stood there with a pale face, feeling once again as if he had fallen into an ice cellar! Because what he thought was a sure success with his sword was suddenly blocked by the bat monster’s wings! Utterly out of Qi energy, Su Chen was caught by the monster’s hand and lifted into the air! "Cackle, little child, your strength is still too weak..." The monster let out a hoarse, eerie laugh, its terrifying right hand clutching Su Chen’s throat, as if it was going to puncture his skin and burst his blood vessels. Su Chen’s face turned bright red, his feet kicking desperately in the air, but there was no strength left to resist, his Qi energy utterly depleted. "I didn’t expect such a gifted little child like you to be my snack. Hehe, it wasn’t a mistake to veer back into this ruined temple after all." With a twisted face and frenzied expression, the monster’s pockmarked face still had drops of fresh red blood on it. The blood beads slid continuously down its coarse, ugly skin. Su Chen felt like he was about to die, the half-human, half-beast creature before him was clearly a blood-attribute Beast Cultivator above the level of Beast Sovereign! How did he get into a fight with him? But it was too late for regrets, a deep despair surged over him like a tide, and Su Chen closed his eyes, ready to give up resisting and face death. And just at that moment, the creature that was about to twist his neck suddenly paused and uttered in surprise, "Eh, what’s this thing?" Su Chen managed to breathe again, his complexion improved somewhat, but his gaze followed the creature’s eyes. Unexpectedly, the creature’s astonished gaze was locked onto his neck! He looked down! He discovered a mass of eerie red light slowly spreading out, and instantly, an incredibly cold sensation enveloped his body, making him almost immobile! "Haha, it turns out you, little brat, have such a mysterious treasure on you, truly heaven-sent for me!" The bat-like creature reached out its left hand towards Su Chen’s neck. The icy fingertips brushed past Su Chen’s neck, easily severing the red thread. Su Chen’s breath hitched; he felt the ring hanging around his neck being ruthlessly taken away! Anger surged in him, and he shouted, "Give it back!" The bat-like creature ignored him completely; its fingertips touched the ring that emitted eerie red light all over, eyes gleaming with greed and satisfaction, "Hahaha, what a beautiful treasure, little brat, you’re truly my lucky star!" Su Chen was almost in tears with anxiety; although the ring was neither ancestral nor gifted by his father, he had risked great danger to pick it up from the battlefield of two top Beast Demon experts of the time. It was his trophy, and now it was about to be stolen by this creature that was neither man nor ghost, he was extremely unwilling. "You can’t take it away!" Agitated and furious, Su Chen blurted out! "What?" The creature’s face turned cold, and the smile vanished instantly. Its menacing gaze fixated on Su Chen, lingering for a long time before letting out a hoarse and unpleasant laugh, "Hahaha, good, you have guts. Originally, I planned to spare your life, but now, I’ll drain your blood dry!" It then threw the ring into its palm, opened its mouth, revealing sharp, pointed fangs! But just as it was about to bite Su Chen, the ring in its palm released a burst of extreme heat! This heat was bone-chilling, forcing the bat-like creature to let out an earth-shattering roar! "Aow!" The sound waves shook, terrifying everyone outside Yongde Temple! Even the couple, Yue Dongbei and Wen Ruyu, who were walking back outside Yongde Temple, were shocked! "It’s coming from Yongde Temple’s direction, let’s go!" With a stern shout, Yue Dongbei vanished in a flash of green light, followed closely by Wen Ruyu, who dashed like lightning. Su Chen watched the scene in front of him in horror, completely stunned. The red light from the ring receded, continuously absorbing the blood glow from the bat-like creature’s body, making the thick veins swell, pulsing as if they would burst! The creature let out miserable howls, its whole body uncontrollably convulsing violently, until finally falling to the ground, limbs twitching, allowing all its blood to be completely drained, powerless to resist! The ring, satiated with blood, emitted a dazzling red light, flew back to Su Chen’s neck. And the thread that had been severed automatically mended itself, with its color turning even more transparent! Instinctively, Su Chen reached out and touched, finding the ring hanging at his chest, concealed by his training robe, almost unnoticeable from the outside. With the thread becoming transparent, it became even harder for outsiders to detect. He felt the bone-chilling coldness, his body trembling severely. What on earth is happening? In his thoughts, two azure shadows suddenly shot down from the sky, appearing before him. "Master!" Su Chen called out in a trembling voice. Yue Dongbei quickly approached, his face somber, glanced at the desiccated corpse of the bat-like creature on the ground, and spoke in a low voice, "What exactly happened?"