Chapter 1191 Shadow
Chapter 1191 Shadow
But soon, Xiang Nan saw a strange scene. This general was very enthusiastic towards him, but the other soldiers were very disdainful of him.
Only after careful inquiry did he realize that the generals guarding Skyfire Island were only at the fifth level of the Heavenly Yuan Realm. Moreover, they had died on the island, and only half of their corpses had been found.
The Dongling army realized that the situation was serious, so they sent this young master general of the Fortune First Layer over.
He was new, and Xiang Nan was also new. Naturally, the two sides could easily warm up.
However, those soldiers who had experienced battles disdained Xiang Nan's realm.
No one greeted Xiang Nan, and no one looked at him.
The general immediately brought Xiang Nan into the camp and drilled into the tent.
"My name is Wu Jun. You are not a soldier. Just call me Big Brother Wu." The general patted Xiang Nan's shoulder and said, "Young and promising. Looks like my little brother is only in his thirties, but he is already at the ninth level of Heaven Scryer. The disciples of the Guild are indeed extraordinary."
A martial artist's appearance was very slow to age, so it was difficult to judge their age from their appearance. Most of them guessed their age according to their cultivation realm.
Xiang Nan did not explain anything and said, "Big Brother Wu, can you tell me what happened on the island?"
"Alright, Brother Xiang is indeed swift and fierce. I'll tell you right now."
In the beginning, there were only a few patrolling soldiers on Skyfire Island who mysteriously disappeared. They would probably disappear one or two in three to four days.
Later on, the number began to increase, and almost every day three or four of them would disappear.
At first, the military thought that they had encountered a small-scale sneak attack from demonic beasts, but they didn't pay much attention to it. They only sent some more men to defend themselves.
But then the problem got worse.
Wu Jun pointed at the map and said, "We have 5,000 people stationed in the four corners of Heavenly Fire Island, north, south, east and west, observing the movements of the demonic beasts in all directions."
"But strangely, none of the four camps were attacked. All of the dead were patrols patrolling the island."
"We suspect that there are powerful demonic beasts roaming the core area of the island, so we sent more people to investigate. However, none of those who entered will be able to return alive."
"We even began to send some late Heaven Origin Realm and even early Heaven Scryer Realm experts in, but they will never return."
"At this time, we still thought that it was a demonic beast that caused trouble, but we slowly discovered that things weren't that simple."
Wu Jun pointed to several areas on the map. "Demonic beasts usually have a strong sense of territory and won't easily step out of their territory."
"However, the place we were attacked is scattered in different areas. This shows that it is very likely that it was caused by humans."
"Mm" Xiang Nan pondered for a moment before nodding. "Where are the people sent by our guild?"
Wu Jun said, "They also went in, but the result was the same. No one came out."
"However, something different has appeared this time. The mysterious enemy has begun to attack."
"Camp East and Camp West have all been ambushed. More than a hundred people are missing for some reason."
Wu Jun raised his head and looked at Xiang Nan. "If it was the demonic beasts' revenge, they would definitely not just do this. Instead, they would directly take down the camp and eat all the humans."
"That makes sense." Xiang Nan nodded.
Wu Jun added, "So we are even more certain that this is not an act of revenge by a demonic beast, but a warning from a human!"
"Up until yesterday, no one dared to patrol the depths of the island. That place has faintly become a forbidden area."
Xiang Nan said, "Give me a map and mark out all the known accident sites. I want to go take a look."
Wu Jun took the map and marked seven death spots for Xiang Nan. However, in reality, there weren't so few real death spots. It was just that Wu Jun and the others hadn't found out where many people had died.
The three batches of warriors from Ziye Peak hadn't even found their corpses yet.
Xiang Nan took the map and was about to set off, but was stopped by Wu Jun.
"It's getting late." Wu Jun shook his head and said, "As a dense demonic aura at night, it is not suitable for scouting. Demonic aura will envelop your perception."
Xiang Nan thought for a moment and felt that what he said made sense, so he chose to act after dawn.
Without the sunlight, the demonic energy would have grown like crazy. In this kind of environment, it was extremely difficult to sense the spiritual energy fluctuations of a human martial artist.
Xiang Nan and Wu Jun sat in the tent and drank wine. After chatting about some trivial matters, they both fell asleep.
Since the last mission, Xiang Nan hadn't slept for a minute, so he took the opportunity to replenish his sleep.
This place was situated in the southern camp of the island. The tents of the army stood on the ground one by one. The tightly guarded soldiers traveled back and forth between the camps, waiting in a tight formation.
It was late at night, and a full moon was hanging in front of him. Under the demonic aura, the moon looked very strange and silver-gray.
A group of soldiers wandered outside the camp, just in time to change shifts with another group.
At this moment, Xiang Nan suddenly opened his eyes and charged out without saying a word.
Wu Jun's reaction was only slightly slower than Xiang Nan's. He also grabbed his spear and rushed out after Xiang Nan.
"You also feel it?" Wu Jun glanced at Xiang Nan.
"I feel it!" Xiang Nan nodded.
The two of them rushed out of the barracks and arrived at the place where the Spiritual Energy fluctuated abnormally.
However, when they saw this scene, both of them frowned.
There was supposed to be a patrol here, but at this moment, it was empty. On the ground, in the trees, in the air, there wasn't even the slightest trace of a fight. There wasn't even any Spiritual Energy fluctuations.
Xiang Nan's expression was solemn. "Just now, when I was asleep, I felt the auras of five people disappear out of thin air. Only then did I wake up."
Wu Jun looked at the scene with a puzzled expression, "No, even if it was a sneak attack, how could it not leave behind even the fluctuations of spiritual energy?"
"Is it really a demonic beast?" Xiang Nan sniffed.
There was no spiritual energy, only demonic energy, which meant that no humans had been here before.
Wu Jun firmly shook his head, "Impossible! Without such high intelligence, how could demonic beasts do things so cleanly?"
"Furthermore, my soldiers are trained strictly, and demonic beasts only know how to chase after them. They definitely won't let the scene be so clean."
Xiang Nan was also surprised. What Wu Jun said was correct. The missing soldier looked like a killer. The demonic beast did not have such a sneak attack consciousness.
"But what if it's a demonic beast controlled by humans?" Xiang Nan pondered for a moment before proposing another idea.
If it was controlled by humans, then the demonic beast's behavior would be no different from that of humans.
"The possibility is very low." Wu Jun still shook his head, "Even if humans tamed demonic beasts, demonic beasts could only obey orders. However, they were unable to behave exactly like humans."
"Look at this ground. Not to mention the traces of a fight, there aren't even messy footprints."
The neat footprints on the ground showed that the patrol had suddenly disappeared from the ground.
Just as the two of them were still doubtful, Xiang Nan held the hilt of the saber behind him.
Wu Jun was stunned.
Xiang Nan gave Wu Jun a look and said softly, "Don't speak. He's still here."
The night breeze howled, and the grey moonlight shone down. The dense leaves rustled around them.
Apart from the auras of Xiang Nan and Wu Jun, there was not the slightest bit of noise.
Xiang Nan's face slowly turned to a tree.
There was a shadow lying on the tree.
This shadow didn't move at all. There was no fluctuation of breathing, no fluctuation of spiritual energy, no fluctuation of demonic energy.
Xiang Nan lowered his head and held the saber weapon, not moving at all.
Wu Jun swallowed a mouthful of saliva and didn't say anything.