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Chapter 292: Chapter 258: Ambush (4300 words)

A moment later, Guo Youliang’s body had become a mess of decay, beyond recognition.

It wasn’t until then that Yan Long felt a sense of balance in his heart. He gasped heavily, threw the stone away, glanced at Mo Da’s resting place, and then walked over.

Arriving at Mo Da’s side, Yan Long pulled out a packet of black powder. He unfolded the paper packet and poured the powder on Mo Da’s nose and mouth.

About a minute later, the black powder moved in unison as if it were magnetic, seemingly drawn by a suction force, and burrowed into Mo Da’s nostrils.

Soon, all the black powder vanished without a trace.

Mo Da’s body twitched, and his closed eyes reopened, lifelessly scanning the surroundings.

Yan Long knew that the smoke emitted by the second Incense Cup was still affecting Mo Da, allowing him to temporally obey instructions without question. Whether it was the medicine previously fed to him during the fight or the black powder just now, both served to strengthen Yan Long’s control over Mo Da.

Turning around, after a while, Yan Long found Mo Da’s severed arm on the ground, still clutching the ancient sword.

The break in the arm was jagged, which meant that even if it were reattached, Mo Da would be left with mismatched arms, not aligning symmetrically.

His anger towards Guo Youliang resurfaced, and Yan Long glanced at the remains of Guo Youliang that now resembled nothing but minced flesh and then suddenly sharpened his gaze toward the distance.

Under the moonlight, it seemed someone’s shadow was moving near the eaves of a distant house.

Witnessing this, Yan Long immediately lay flat on the ground, using hands and feet to crawl over to Mo Da.

At the moment, Mo Da was still lying down. Yan Long took the ancient sword from the gripping severed arm and placed it into Mo Da’s other intact hand, whispering, “No matter who approaches, kill them at first sight, then we must leave this place quickly.”

Mo Da silently gripped the ancient sword as though he were a puppet.

Yan Long adopted a side-lying position, facing the direction from which the shadow had appeared, and closed his eyes, not moving an inch.

About four or five minutes later, two men approached one after the other.

One was the middle-aged leader, and the other a young Exorcist, looking naive and probably only seventeen or eighteen years old.

If it weren’t for a special constitution, able to integrate with or tolerate Magnetic Force, a boy so young could not possibly have become an Exorcist.

Because the middle-aged leader knew that Guo Youliang’s last farewell coincided with a violent disturbance in the east side of the village, he had come here deliberately, reaching this area faster than the others.

On the way, the middle-aged leader had encountered this young man and another companion from his group. That companion had suddenly needed to relieve himself and had gone to find a spot, so the middle-aged leader arrived earlier with this youngster.

Out of everyone, only this three-star Exorcist middle-aged leader knew clearly the importance of finding Guo Youliang’s body. The other Exorcists didn’t dare to ask questions; they simply followed orders.

As the two men drew near, the man who had gone to relieve himself hurried from behind, trotting and looking around as he said, “Boss, Liang, wait for me. Eh, what the hell happened here? The ground feels like it’s caved in.”

The middle-aged leader turned back and said, “De, you sure are quick on your feet!”

The youngster beside him, Liang, also looked around and exclaimed, “Boss, it’s not just caved in here, there’s someone lying over there.”

The middle-aged leader was startled and immediately reached out to stop Liang’s impulsiveness to go for a closer look. He took out his Spirit Detector, turned it on, and scanned the area, finding no anomalies.

The man named De also pulled out his Spirit Detector to check, with the same result of no anomalies found.

Taking a few steps forward, the three of them were shocked to see a blur of flesh and blood lying on the ground in a concave area, unrecognizable.@@novelbin@@

The intense stench of blood wafted through the air, causing their stomachs to churn involuntarily.

The youngster named Liang gagged and quickly stepped to the side, daring not to look any further.

De looked toward the middle-aged leader with a shocked expression. The leader’s face was somber, his gaze fixed on the corpse on the ground.

The body was nearly unrecognizable; not only the face but every part of the body seemed to have been bludgeoned with a blunt object. However, from the clothing, the middle-aged leader could confirm that it was undoubtedly Guo Youliang.

With the body destroyed, even having found it now was useless. The leader felt dead inside, staring at Guo Youliang’s remains, then a sudden wave of anger surged within him.

At the same moment, Liang, who was retching to the side, suddenly uttered a noise.

“Boss, there are two more bodies here.”

The middle-aged leader craned his neck to look and noticed the lower terrain that had obscured his view, so he quickly walked a few steps forward.

Indeed, below in the depression, one body was lying on its back and another was slumped to the side.

The middle-aged leader then focused on the body lying flat. It appeared uncommon, but the moonlight was too dim to make out the details clearly.

He took another couple of steps to get a closer look.

At this point, Liang, who had discovered the body, had already walked over and was nearing the one lying on its back.

The middle-aged leader’s gaze suddenly sharpened; only now he could see clearly that the body was dressed in ancient clothes. He couldn’t help but blurt out, “Liang, be careful…”

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