The Legend of the Demon Hunter

Xiao Zhu looked up and saw the night sky full of stars like a huge chessboard.

checkerboard?

Xiao Zhu suddenly thought of something, and he said loudly to the empty night sky: "Elder Yi, after five years, your understanding of Yi Ling's bloodline has reached a new level!"

The sound echoed far and wide in the empty forest, but there was no echo for a long time.

Xiao Zhu closed his eyes. He knew that everything before him was an illusion. Only by closing his eyes could he see the truth.

At this moment, a white figure appeared on the distant skyline, and in the blink of an eye, the figure came in front of Xiao Zhu.

Xiao Zhu opened his eyes and looked at Sun Yi in front of him, who was wearing a white robe. He bowed and said, "I haven't seen you for five years. Elder Yi has actually completed the sixth blood awakening and has become the White-robed Archbishop of the Red Lotus Sect. I really admire you! I admire you!"

"You're not bad either. Five years ago, you were still a fledgling that hadn't grown wings yet, but now you've grown full-fledged wings. I didn't expect that with your mere spirit hunting ability, you could see through my Tianxing chess game." Sun Yi praised.

"Elder Yi brought me here today and asked me to relive Wan'er's past experiences. What's the reason? Where is Ning Zhiwan now?" Xiao Zhu's tone gradually became impolite.

Sun Yi did not directly answer Xiao Zhu's question. He turned around and walked towards the distance. With every step he took, his figure became dimmer. After he took nine steps, his figure became transparent and disappeared.

In the direction where Sun Yi disappeared, his words were carried by the wind: "I will solve the Tianxing chess game for you. The truth of all this is right in front of you."

As Sun Yi finished speaking, the surrounding images began to fluctuate like water ripples. The images in the space distorted and reorganized. Xiao Zhu closed his eyes to avoid the impact of spatial disturbances on his brain.

When he opened his eyes again, everything in front of him had completely changed.

This is a spacious underground cave. Molten magma occupies most of the cave, dyeing the background color of the entire cave red and orange. But the temperature in the cave is not scorching hot. Maybe someone has cast a powerful magic circle to restrain the heat wave of the magma.

In the middle of the cave was a spacious platform. At this moment, he was standing on the edge of the platform, with two groups of people standing in front of him.

There are eight people in the group on the left, all wearing red robes, indicating their status as cardinals.

Xiao Zhu looked to the right again. There were only three people standing there, but the aura they exuded was even more powerful than that of the people on the opposite side. They were wearing the white robes of the most prestigious Red Lotus Sect.

The three white archbishops and eight red cardinals are a force that can shake up any country or region. At this time, all their eyes are focused on Xiao Zhu.

Xiao Zhu's eyes swept across the faces of these people one by one, and he unexpectedly discovered that he actually knew three of them among these eleven people.

Among the three white-robed archbishops, two of them had dealt with him before, namely Sun Yi standing in the front and Yun Zhonghe standing in the back. Standing in the middle was a middle-aged woman with gorgeous makeup whom he had never seen before.

Among the eight cardinals opposite, Xiao Zhu only recognized one. He was standing in the middle of the eight. It was Ying. At this moment, Ying was wearing a red robe, which made Xiao Zhu feel a little unfamiliar.

Has Ying also joined the Red Lotus Sect?

Then where is Xiaoya?

At this time, a figure appeared at the other end of the platform. It was a petite woman wearing a white robe with gold edges, embroidered with a blooming red lotus, and a glittering laurel wreath on her head, symbolizing her supreme status. Both the red cardinal and the white archbishop bowed their heads devoutly to her after seeing her.

The figure walked through the crowd with light steps and slowly walked towards Xiao Zhu.

When Xiao Zhu saw her face clearly, he felt his brain buzz and almost lost his balance. It seemed that everything around him turned black and white, and only the person in front of him was in color.

Xiao Zhu had thousands of questions in his mind, but when he reached his throat, only two words remained: "Xiao Ya?"

Xiaoya stood three steps away from Xiaozhu and smiled faintly: "It's me."

"How could this happen?" Xiao Zhu was confused.

Xiaoya did not answer directly. She turned around and looked at the three archbishops in white, her eyes fixed on the gorgeous woman in the center, and said, "Aunt Jiu, help me break the illusion!"

"Yes!" The woman called Aunt Jiu answered respectfully. She walked forward and a magic wand appeared out of thin air in her hand. Aunt Jiu pricked her finger and the blood dyed the magic ball on the top of the wand red. Suddenly, three red lights formed a triangle and wrapped Xiaoya in the middle.

In the light, Xiaoya's delicate body gradually became taller and fuller, and her appearance was also changing.

After a while, the red light faded, and a familiar figure walked up to Xiao Zhu. Her beautiful face was filled with sadness, and she said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Brother Xiao, Wan'er deceived you."

After five years, Ning Zhiwan has grown taller. There is a hint of coldness on her stunning face, but under Xiao Zhu's gaze, this coldness quickly melts away and turns into tenderness like water.

"You, are you Wan'er? Or Xiaoya?" Xiao Zhu subconsciously took a step back. He couldn't believe his eyes.

"I am Wan'er. There is no Xiaoya in this world. She is a character I created using the illusion technique. In fact, back in Yuanwu City, the man named Lao Huojian saw through my illusion technique, but he was afraid that I would hurt you so he only reminded you vaguely." Ning Zhiwan said.

Xiao Zhu suddenly thought of what Lao Huojian said - "Even if it is someone you think is close to you, don't entrust your life to him/her easily." It turned out that he was referring to Xiaoya. It was a pity that he did not notice anything unusual at that time.

"Xiao Ya... Wan'er... Are you the Pope of the Red Lotus Cult?" Xiao Zhu took another step back. At this time, he had retreated to the edge of the platform. He missed a step and almost fell into the lava.

Ning Zhiwan gently raised her hand, and suddenly a soft force lifted Xiao Zhu up and sent him back to the platform.

"Brother Xiao, I know it's hard for you to accept all this all at once. But Wan'er didn't mean to hurt you by doing this. She just wanted to bring you here." Ning Zhiwan looked at Xiao Zhu and explained.

Xiao Zhu gradually calmed down. He recalled the scene when he met Xiaoya in the Demon Suppression Tower. Later, under Xiaoya's guidance, he went all the way to the Holy Maiden City. In the Holy Maiden City, Xiaoya proposed to come to the Buluolan Snowfield. The story she made up was almost flawless, which made Xiao Zhu believe it without a doubt.

Xiao Zhu suddenly thought of the scene in the Saint Maiden City where he fought against the giant skeleton summoned by Zhongli Laogui. He was clearly at the end of his rope at that time, but he managed to escape from the battle array strangely. When he woke up again, he was already in Xiaoya's house. So it seemed that the person who saved him at that time was Xiaoya, or Ning Zhiwan.

Xiao Zhu could no longer fully understand Ning Zhiwan's current strength, but judging from the fact that these three white-robed archbishops who were hunting kings were all very respectful to her, Ning Zhiwan's strength must be above theirs.

Unexpectedly, in just five years, Ning Zhiwan has completed three bloodline breakthroughs in succession and reached the realm of the Hunter King!

This means that he had been targeted by the Red Lotus Cult since he first entered the Kingdom of Ling, but he himself did not realize it.

At this point, Xiao Zhu suddenly thought of something. He raised his head and looked at Ning Zhiwan with a cold gaze. He asked, "Was Xia Shi captured by you? Where is she now?"