Thunder Martial

In this battle, You Gui's defeat was somewhat beyond Zi Chen's expectations.

It also made him a lot easier.

The ghosts fled in all directions, smartly not in the same direction, it was a bit difficult for Zi Chen to chase and kill them.

But he doesn't care.

A ghost managed to evade Zi Chen's pursuit, escaped all the way, and finally saw the towering gate.

As long as he gets out of here, he's safe.

He glanced behind him, Zi Chen didn't catch up, so there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

But when he turned around, the smile froze.

A black light flashed past his eyes.

He didn't even see what it was.

Blood gushed out from his neck, and he fell into a pool of blood, lifeless.

'Hope', who was killed with one blow, continued to hide.

When Zichen arrived here, there were already several corpses here.

He gave Hope a thumbs up.

Zichen didn't deal with the corpses on the ground, because it was completely unnecessary. Apollo, the leader of this faction, would pay attention to such a big incident, so what awaited Zichen next would be a devastating blow.

He walked forward until he reached the door.

He was ready for a fierce battle to happen.

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There was still no news about the place of captivity, and no one came out of it, which made the ghosts among the Apollo forces worry in their hearts.

Gall came to the residence of Apollo, the leader, and informed the seriousness of the matter.

"My lord, something must have happened inside." Gal said confidently.

The leader of the ghosts named Apollo,

But he waved his hand indifferently and said, "What could happen? You are worrying too much."

Garr said in a deep voice: "The people who left last time have not returned until now, and more than forty people have never returned from the captivity. Something big must have happened inside."

Apollo said: "In this case, you should take a few people inside to have a look."

Gal shook his head and said, "A few people are not enough."

"Then bring ten people in. I don't believe that there is any danger in our captivity."

Gal said goodbye and left, Apollo was still sitting there, his eyes were looking out of the window, only those bright black eyes looked human.

He seemed to be caught in reminiscence, his eyes gradually became complicated, and finally he took out a golden nail.

If Zichen were here, he would definitely be able to recognize this piece of armor, which is almost exactly the same as the one he can transform into a knife.

After observing carefully for a while, he put away the armor again.

As a leader, he doesn't seem to be worried about the captivity at all, even a fool can tell that something has happened there.

And it's no small thing.

Because recently, the number of ghosts has almost halved.

Gal brought people into the captivity. For safety reasons, he took more than a dozen people in, but none of them came back.

Apollo walked out of the room and began to inspect his territory.

The territory is huge, and there are a lot of ghosts. As he walked, he came to the altar castle, so he walked in.

There are four ghosts sitting in the town. They sit cross-legged, and when they see Apollo walk in, they stand up immediately.

Apollo waved his hand, indicating that they don't need to be polite.

The four ghosts still stood up. Apollo didn't come to this place very often. Maybe he had something to explain when he came here this time.

"Boss, I heard that there was an accident in our territory? Someone died for no reason?" one of the ghosts asked.

"It is true that some people are missing, but I have asked Gal to check." Apollo said lightly: "It should not be a big deal."

"If you dare to attack our territory, no matter who it is, you must not let him go!" The ghost said again, and the other three ghosts were also very angry.

Apollo looked at the altar with a complicated expression for a long time, then turned and left.

Then, he wandered around the territory again, but it was actually more like a dying king inspecting his territory for the last time, with a bit of tragic meaning.

After one lap, he continued to return to his residence.

Before Cal came back, he guessed that Cal would not come back, but he still didn't send anyone to check.

Everything in this territory is normal, only the number of ghosts is decreasing.

Until Apollo smelled a faint smell of blood.

Even if he became a ghost and was only interested in the soul, Apollo was still very sensitive to the smell of blood wafting here.

At this moment, his expression was complicated, but there was also a hint of relief.

There was a sudden exclamation from the outside world, followed by the sound of fighting, but it only lasted for a moment before everything returned to calm.

Apollo didn't leave the room until his door was pushed open, and a shadow appeared in the field of vision.

In front of the shadow is a person standing.

A human with a knife with blood on his body.

Apollo was still sitting there, like a master, stretched out his hand and said calmly: "Sit."

Zi Chen, who was standing outside the door, walked in after a little hesitation.

During this period, he looked around keenly, worried about an ambush.

Apollo looked at Zichen quietly, taking every expression in his eyes.

Zi Chen sat across from Apollo, looking at him as well. In his hand, the golden knife was tightly clenched, with blood dripping down the tip of the knife.

The atmosphere was silent and a little weird.

"Finally let me see a different existence."

Apollo chuckled lightly, but the smile was too ferocious, because he was a ghost.

Zichen was still silent, because Apollo was too calm, not surprised, not surprised, not even a little bit of killing intent.

He is like a gentleman looking at a friend he has known for many years.

Although Zichen felt that this word was not accurate.

After all, what is in front of you is a ghost, who lives by devouring, and obviously has nothing to do with a gentleman.

"You killed all my people?" Then, Apollo asked this question, his tone was still so calm.

Zi Chen's expression changed.

It seems that the other party knows everything.

He stood up abruptly, with bulging veins on the back of his hand, the golden knife trembling slightly in his hand, humming, a killing intent dissipated, as if the knife would be thrown at any moment.

Apollo didn't seem to care, but asked, "How did you do it?"

Zi Chen looked slightly startled.

"You are clearly in the devouring state, how did you manage to maintain your human state?"

Apollo continued to ask, his expression, which had always been calm, changed for the first time at this moment.

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Apollo's expression changed a lot, it can be seen that he is very concerned about this matter.

"Tell me, how did you do it? How could you survive in a human body?"

Apollo, whose expression had been calm before, asked eagerly.

Zi Chen said: "It's very simple, just don't devour it."

Apollo shook his head and said, "No, it's not easy at all. If you don't devour it, you will die."

Zi Chen said: "Then am I still alive?"

"You mean, you suppressed the devouring heart, how is this possible?" Apollo looked unbelievable.

"That's what it is."

Zi Chen said: "Suppress the idea of ​​devouring, and if you don't devour human beings, you will naturally not become ghosts."

Apollo glanced at the blood-dripping long knife in Zichen's hand, "It's easy to say, but it's almost impossible to accomplish. I did many experiments during the period, but none of them succeeded. The idea of ​​devouring, It will erode every part of the body, and it cannot be suppressed at all until it becomes a ghost."

Apollo smiled wryly, "And after becoming a ghost, the idea of ​​devouring will fade away instead. I have even wondered whether the state of devouring is a hurdle deliberately set by God for human beings. As long as we cross that hurdle , and become a ghost."

Apollo looked Zi Chen up and down, and said after a while: "I didn't realize that everything was not like this until I saw you. At least, you are a miracle. No, not only a miracle, but also a unique existence .Maybe, you are not from our world."

Zi Chen shook his head and said: "I'm not a miracle. There was still a person who was by my side all the time. He was also in the devouring state, and he was also a human being, and he didn't become a ghost either."

With a slight pause on his face, Zi Chen said: "Besides, I'm also from here, born and bred here, no different from you."

There was a look of surprise in Apollo's eyes, but he didn't dwell on this issue too much. He sighed and said, "I used to be very ambitious, hoping to enter the holy land all the way. Who knows, the journey ahead The road actually ends here."

"Sacred place?" Zi Chen's expression changed slightly, this is a strange place.

"A legendary place is in the depths of this world. It is said that if you keep going forward, you will eventually find it."

Apollo's eyes were full of longing, "And once he successfully reaches that place, he will become the master of this world!"

Zichen had never heard of that place, but when he heard Apollo's words at this moment, he had an urgent expectation for that sanctified place in his heart.

It seemed that there was a voice deep in his heart telling him that he had to go there.

"Why are you telling me?"

Zi Chen suppressed the impulse in his heart and asked out the doubts in his heart.

This time, the process of solving the ghosts in this place went too smoothly. Zi Chen, who originally thought that he would encounter a siege, did not expect to be killed here so quickly.

He had all sorts of speculations in his mind before, but through this conversation, he knew that Apollo was not an arrogant leader, he already knew about it.

"Because I can't move forward, but you can. Maybe you can finally see what I want to see, but can never see."

Apollo, who had been sitting there all this time, suddenly stood up, and a powerful aura suddenly released from his body, "But you think you can go deep in this way, then you are completely wrong, you destroyed my territory, today we One of the two must die here."

It was a peaceful conversation before, but the most violent battle happened the next moment.

The two are facing each other in life and death.

The sound of fierce fighting came from the room, which lasted for about a quarter of an hour.

After a quarter of an hour, the sound of fierce fighting disappeared.

It was time for another cup of tea, and Zi Chen walked out of the room clutching his abdomen.

Blood flowed from his fingers, his face was extremely pale, and the injury was serious.

In his other hand, he was holding two blood-stained golden armor pieces.

ps: an update today.