novel-bin Chapter 69 Orc Soul Master
Chapter 69 Orc Soul Master
At this moment, everyone was of one mind and had a common goal, no longer blindly searching for the traces left by Mi'er like headless flies.
“Since he wasn’t accepted by the academy back then and had to struggle alone in this Soul Beast Forest, people can’t live without water, which means his laboratory must be very close to a water source!” Dugu Yan analyzed calmly, as if her brain was a sophisticated instrument.
Sure enough, a short while later, the group found a babbling brook about 20 minutes away in the northeast corner.
On a rock that had been eroded by water for years, Yu Tianheng actually found a rock with a pattern roughly similar to that described by Wu Heyi, like finding a needle in a haystack.
"Wu Heyi, come here quickly and take a look, is this the pattern?"
Upon hearing Yu Tianheng's call, Wu Heyi perked up as if he had been injected with chicken blood, and rushed to his side in a few strides.
Upon taking the stone, the pattern of the mark was exactly the same as the one that Wu Heyi and Mi'er had agreed upon three years ago.
Wu Heyi instructed Yu Tianheng to put the stones back in their original positions, exactly as they had been placed.
Because behind this special pattern lies a set of compass-like logic, after restoring the stone to its original position, Wu Heyi gazed at the pattern on the stone once more.
Then he looked at the stream again, and after confirming that the stone could not possibly have been washed here by the stream, he immediately pointed in a certain direction.
Many soul beasts had been roaring in that direction since they came, but they didn't pay much attention at first because the sounds were so far away.
However, after Wu Heyi pointed them in that direction so firmly, they felt that the screams of those soul beasts were somewhat unusual.
Without hesitation, the five of them sped off in that direction like arrows released from a bow.
The roars of beasts, which were originally out of reach, gradually became clearer as the five of them moved quickly. More and more cries of different soul beasts intertwined, like a stirring symphony!
Wu Heyi found a high vantage point for everyone, and they all lay down, silently scouting the camp ahead like cheetahs.
However, before the investigation even began, the scene that greeted him was like a raging fire, instantly igniting Wu Heyi's originally peaceful state of mind and making him extremely irritable.
What came into view was an absolutely horrific scene of purgatory.
Seeing Wu Heyi's serious and angry expression, everyone was bewildered and had no idea what had happened. However, they could clearly see that when Wu Heyi was angry, his whole body trembled like a candle in the wind.
The other four also carefully made their way to the high point, and looking out, they all felt that this was simply hell on earth.
On the far right side of the valley, a dozen or so people were tied up. Some were like untouched flowers, whole and intact; others were like dried meat, drained of all life, barely clothed.
Mi'er was in the very center. If she were standing in the center for a group photo, it might be a pleasant sight. But at this moment, they were firmly fixed in place by crosses. Being arranged in this formation was only creepy.
"Who did this? Don't let me find out!"
The poison emanating from Dugu Yan's body was like a wild horse, uncontrollable. The poison surged and raged within her, seemingly waiting only for Wu Heyi's command before she would rush down to kill the enemy and rescue them without hesitation.
However, Wu Heyi would never issue such an order, which would be tantamount to walking into a trap, since at present they could only see the area where the hostages were located, but had not yet found any trace of the murderer.
Just as the group was about to grope their way down, a frog-man emerged from the inner room like a ghost.
His upper body resembled an ugly frog, while his lower body resembled a human. However, as he walked, his appearance changed as if by magic, transforming him into a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child.
The frog headgear, like a chameleon, instantly transformed into his martial spirit. He walked over to the people whose life force he had drained.
He lifted the lid of a large vat, inside which seemed to lie a sea of crimson blood, its intense energy surging forth like a rolling wave of heat. He gently stirred a ladle, inhaling the rich, potent energy, a look of intoxication on his face as if he were savoring the most precious elixir in the world. Then, he cautiously took a sip, and instantly, he sensed from the fluctuations in his soul power that his cultivation level had soared by a rocket to a new level!
"Those essence blood were undoubtedly forcibly extracted from those hostages!" Ye Lingling's words were like a sharp sword, piercing through the thin veil of unspoken secrets in everyone's hearts.
"However, what's puzzling is that even a level 40 Soul Master teacher couldn't escape having his essence blood extracted, but Mi'er, apart from being tied up, didn't suffer any harm whatsoever." Wu Heyi waited anxiously for another half hour, finally confirming that there was only that one mutated beastman in the entire valley. However, judging from the fluctuations in soul power, this beastman's strength was at most at the Soul Venerable level.
With such low cultivation levels, there should be absolutely no way they could defeat Mi'er and her accompanying teacher. So, is there an even more powerful being lurking among them? Wu Heyi couldn't wait to investigate this.
Because he saw it: the boy used his long, slender index finger, like a snake, to hook Mi'er's chin, his face filled with greed and desire. But in the end, although he didn't actually make a move, Wu Heyi had already shot out like an arrow, so fast that no one could stop him.
As soon as Wu Heyi appeared, the boy's eyes immediately shone like burning embers, and he seemed to be muttering something, but unfortunately, his voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz, making it difficult to hear.
Just then, Mi'er's weak voice rang out: "Brother Heyi, run! We're no match for them!"
Upon hearing that weak voice, as faint as a candle flickering in the wind, Wu Heyi felt a nameless fire ignite within him, and he no longer cared about anything else.
He vowed to take the person away no matter who came today.
He heard a rustling sound behind him.
Wu Heyi turned around abruptly, and the scene was absolutely horrifying.
There stood a row of orcs, each with a different shape and form, like a series of failed experiments.
Immediately afterwards, a voice was heard coming from behind the row of orcs.
"Welcome to my humble abode."
Then, a lizardman slowly walked out.
What's most terrifying is that the opponent is actually a Soul Master, whose Soul Power level has reached an astonishing 59!