The Legend of the Demon Hunter

This place was a sparse forest. Xiao Zhu stood in the forest and stared at the tall tower in the distance. Suddenly, he felt a slight fluctuation of spiritual power around him.

"Who is it!" Xiao Zhu said sternly.

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Zhu rushed to the front right at a high speed. On the crown of a big tree where Xiao Zhu's eyes were pointing, a figure jumped down with a "swoosh". He was about to escape, but suddenly two vines tied up his waist and legs. He lost his balance and fell to the ground with a "thump".

"Senior, please spare my life, senior, please spare my life!" The person who fell to the ground kept begging Xiao Zhu for mercy.

"Hey, are you a demon hunter too?" Xiao Zhu asked in confusion as he felt the spiritual power fluctuations from the other party.

"Senior, you have a keen eye. I am only here to investigate. I am not an accomplice of those greedy and evil men in the Demon-Suppressing Tower. Please spare my life." The man continued to beg for mercy.

"Raise your head and speak." Xiao Zhu said to the man.

The man was obedient and looked at Xiao Zhu as he was told. Xiao Zhu saw the man's face clearly in the moonlight. He was a young man in his early twenties with a handsome face. He could reach the level of an intermediate demon hunter at this age, which showed that he had great potential.

When the young man saw that Xiao Zhu was so young, he couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise, but he was restrained at the moment and didn't dare to say much, and then he immediately lowered his head.

"What's your name? Why are you lurking here in the middle of the night?" Xiao Zhu asked.

"My name is Ding Xiaoyao. I came here to investigate the situation of the three people in the Demon-Suppressing Tower." The young man replied.

"I just heard you say that the three people living in the tower are greedy and evil people, but when I came from Shangliu Village, the villagers called them messengers of God, and said that they drove away the monsters and defended the peace of the area." Xiao Zhu asked puzzledly.

"Bah!" Ding Xiaoyao looked at Xiao Zhu and saw that he had no intention of hurting him, so he spoke freely: "Those three villains bewitched people, committed murder for money, and even pretended to be saints. It's really disgusting."

"Oh? It seems that you know a lot of things. Tell me in detail." Xiao Zhu untied the vines that bound Ding Xiaoyao and simply sat on the ground facing him. With his current strength, he was naturally not afraid that Ding Xiaoyao would deceive him or escape.

Ding Xiaoyao also sat up, patted the dust off his chest, and said, "I have no sect or school, and I travel all over the world. I accidentally traveled here a month ago and heard the legend of the local Demon Suppression Tower and the three messengers of God. At that time, I was just like my predecessors, half believing and half doubting about this matter. According to local customs, villagers are strictly prohibited from going out on the night of the full moon, but I couldn't suppress my curiosity, so I lurked here on the fifteenth night of last month to observe. Guess what I saw?"

"What?" Xiao Zhu was puzzled.

"Those three villains sneaked out in the middle of the night and kidnapped a 15 or 16-year-old girl two hours later. And that girl never came out after entering the tower. I guess there's a high probability that she was murdered." Ding Xiaoyao said gritting his teeth.

Ever since Xia Shi disappeared, Xiao Zhu's heart was tense whenever he heard the news that a woman had been kidnapped. However, it has only been less than half a month since Xia Shi disappeared. Obviously, the woman who was kidnapped last month was not her, but this month is not certain!

"I'll go to the tower to find out what's going on." Just as Xiao Zhu was about to take action, Ding Xiaoyao hurriedly stopped him: "Senior, don't be anxious yet, listen to me and tell you everything in detail."

"Okay!" Xiao Zhu also calmed down.

"Since I saw this scene that day, I secretly sneaked into the surrounding villages to inquire, and then I learned that there were cases of missing girls in the surrounding villages every month. However, because there are so many people in these villages, and the three villains in the tower take turns to attack different villages every month, the villagers did not connect the disappearance of the girls with this tower." Ding Xiaoyao said.

"Then why do they capture these women? And why do they always do it on a full moon night?" Xiao Zhu asked puzzled.

Hearing this, Ding Xiaoyao shook his head and said, "I don't know. This information can probably only be obtained by entering the tower. I tried to sneak in a few days ago, but the three people in the tower were stronger than me. Not only did I fail, I was almost discovered by them, so I had to give up. These villains are trying to murder the girl's life while defrauding the villagers of their money. They are really full of evil!" At the end, Ding Xiaoyao looked angry.

Xiao Zhu admired Ding Xiaoyao's straightforward character and asked, "Do you want to go into the tower?"

Ding Xiaoyao looked at Xiao Zhu and realized that he was going to help him get in. However, being inside the tower was risky after all. He hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily: "Of course, if I can get your help, I will be very grateful. But after today's sacrifice, this tower has been surrounded by very powerful restrictions. If we break in without permission, it will definitely alert the people inside. I suggest we come back tomorrow night when the moon is full. At that time, they will be out, so the formation will be open. We can take the opportunity to enter and catch them in the act."

Xiao Zhu thought what Ding Xiaoyao said made sense, so he nodded and said, "Okay."

The two left the vicinity of the Demon Suppressing Tower. Xiao Zhu took the opportunity to ask Ding Xiaoyao about the situation in Ling Country. He then learned that there was a city called "Yuanwu City" about two thousand miles east of here. It was the most prosperous area in this area. It was also said that Yuanwu City was the place where the Xuanwu branch of the Demon Hunter Association settled in Huanling Country.

At the same time, Xiao Zhu also asked Ding Xiaoyao about the situation of the Red Lotus Sect. Regarding this mysterious and huge organization, Ding Xiaoyao said that he had only heard of it in name and he did not know any more.

Time soon came to the next day, and in the evening, the two came to the Demon Suppression Tower again. Xiao Zhu could feel that the restrictions around the Demon Suppression Tower had been lifted. He took Ding Xiaoyao and sneaked in through the window on the first floor of the Demon Suppression Tower without alarming anyone in the tower.

The first floor of the Demon-Suppressing Tower was empty. The two continued to go up the stairs. The two floors above were the same. When they reached the sixth floor, the situation changed. This floor was filled with gold, silver and treasures. The two continued to go up. The situation on the seventh and eighth floors was exactly the same as the one below. Moreover, the higher the level, the more precious the gold, silver and treasures stored were.

Seeing this, Ding Xiaoyao said angrily: "These villains usually pretend to be upright and not greedy for money, but secretly looted all the property of several villages. It's really disgusting."

Xiao Zhu inadvertently thought of the middle-aged man from Shangliu Village who was penniless but worshipped the Demon-Suppressing Tower devoutly, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The two passed through the eighth floor and finally arrived at the top floor of the tower, the ninth floor. What they didn't expect was that the situation on this floor was completely different from the previous eight floors.