The Legend of the Demon Hunter

a year ago.

Xia Shi left quietly without saying goodbye, nor did she leave any information about her whereabouts.

After Xia Shi left, Xiao Zhu lived alone in Nuowan College. The reason he stayed here was not because he had something to do, but because he simply didn't know where to go.

Ever since receiving the blessing of the power of wind and thunder in the Shenxue Sect, Xiao Zhu had vaguely felt that he was on the verge of his fifth blood awakening, so he simply chose to stay in Nuowan College and attempt his fifth blood awakening.

He chose to go into seclusion in the secret room on the lake island of Novan College, because not only was the five elements of spiritual power abundant here, but it was also extremely quiet, making it a good place for seclusion.

A year later, Xiao Zhu walked out of the secret room, and this blood awakening was completely declared a failure.

The reason for his failure was, on the one hand, that his cultivation was not yet up to par, and on the other hand, because of his breakup with Xia Shi, he was unable to fully concentrate on his cultivation.

However, within this year, Xiao Zhu had figured out his next plan. He decided to head east to visit the Tide Country, which he had never been to before.

The reason why Xiao Zhu chose Tide Country was because he heard that the headquarters of the Demon Hunter Association was located there. Now that he had the president's token of the Xuanwu branch given to him by Lao Huojian, he should go to the headquarters and meet the president of the association.

As for the president of the Xuanwu branch, Xiao Zhu was not very interested. He wanted to return the president's token to the Demon Hunter Association and let them choose another president.

It takes three countries to get from the Rhine Empire to the Tide Country. It is a long journey. With the speed of an ordinary person, it would probably take half a year, and even riding a horse would take more than two months. But with Xiao Zhu's current cultivation, he can get there in about seven or eight days.

But Xiao Zhu was not in a hurry, as he didn't have any goals.

He went back to Heshan Village where he grew up. He landed on the top of Nanshan Mountain in Heshan Village and saw the smoke rising from the village. This isolated village was extremely lucky not to be invaded by the roaming monsters. Xiao Zhu felt very relieved. However, he did not choose to go back to the village. He knew that from the moment he became a monster hunter, he and the villagers were completely from two different worlds.

Xiao Zhu quietly set up a defensive barrier for Heshan Village. This barrier was not very powerful and could only defend against the invasion of first-level monsters. However, it had the function of slowly absorbing natural spiritual power to replenish the consumption of the formation, and could last for hundreds of years.

After finishing all this, Xiao Zhu went to Fuguang Town again. It had completely become the territory of monsters. Almost no building in the town was intact. Looking around, there were only some first and second level monsters roaming around in the town.

Xiao Zhu took a look at the old house of the Xia family in the east of the city. It was already in ruins. He sighed, then turned into a ray of light and flew away.

After flying for another five days, Xiao Zhu finally arrived at the border between Tianfang Kingdom and Chaoxi Kingdom.

It was a sunny day with clear skies. Xiao Zhu was flying while looking down at the scenery on the ground. There was a long official road on the ground. Xiao Zhu deliberately lowered the flying altitude. He knew that as long as he flew along the official road, he would soon reach his destination.

Just then, Xiao Zhu saw that something seemed to have happened ahead.

A caravan was attacked by magical beasts. The caravan was very large, with more than a dozen vehicles and forty to fifty people. It should be a merchant caravan traveling between the Tianfang Kingdom and the Tide Kingdom.

The convoy was attacked by a group of purple crystal poisonous scorpions, a third-level magical beast that likes to live in groups. Its most threatening feature is its highly poisonous scorpion tail. Once stung by it, ordinary people will die from flesh rot in a short period of time.

Seeing more than a dozen wild dog-sized purple crystal scorpions crawling out from the ground, everyone in the caravan suddenly panicked. Even the horses pulling the carts neighed in fear, and two horses even broke free and ran away.

Caravans like this that transport goods across regions usually hire several demon hunters to escort them, but among this group of forty or fifty people, there are only seven demon hunters, and only one of them is a senior demon hunter, and the remaining six are mid-level demon hunters.

It’s not that the caravan doesn’t want to hire more high-level demon hunters, it’s mainly because the hiring cost of a high-level demon hunter is more than ten times that of a mid-level demon hunter. If they hire two more, the entire caravan’s profits will be lost.

What's more, the official roads all avoid places where magical beasts live. Occasionally, some first or second level magical beasts will appear, but it is extremely rare for groups of third level magical beasts to besiege a caravan together.

The boss of the caravan was an old man in his sixties, who was also a mid-level demon hunter. When he saw the dozen or so purple crystal poisonous scorpions surrounding him, he was terrified.

However, the senior demon hunter he hired was very moral. Even when he saw the group of purple crystal scorpions surrounding him, he still stood in front of the old man.

"Mr. Luo Lou, please go and protect Rou'er first! I can handle it here by myself." The old man said, pointing to a carriage with a curtain beside him.

The senior demon hunter called Luo Lou said "hmm" and then stood in front of the carriage.

At this moment, a scream of "Ah" was heard, and a member of the caravan was attacked by a purple crystal scorpion and his life was taken away instantly.

With the death of the first person, the Amethyst Scorpion became bloodthirsty. The ordinary people in the caravan were like sick rabbits encountering a tiger in front of the monster. They didn't even have the strength to struggle. Even the second-level demon hunters were no match for the monster. They were killed by the Amethyst Scorpion's poison after two or three rounds.

In a short while, only a dozen people were left in the convoy of forty or fifty people. These people were crowded next to the carriage with curtains, and the Amethyst Scorpion's encirclement was gradually narrowed.

At this moment, a purple crystal scorpion leaped up and landed on the top of a carriage in the middle of the crowd.

The crowd was in chaos in an instant, and a woman's terrified scream was heard from the carriage.

At the same time, two more purple crystal scorpions pounced on the old man and another middle-aged woman.

The senior demon hunter Luo Lou was about to step out to protect him when he discovered that three purple crystal scorpions were rushing towards him at the same time. This group of scorpions were intelligent and they realized that Luo Lou was the strongest, so they chose to unite and attack him.

Faced with three purple crystal scorpions, Luo Lou was unable to take care of himself, let alone others.

In fact, he knew in his heart that in today's situation, no one could escape death. However, as a demon hunter, he was mentally prepared to sacrifice at any time. As a member of the Demon Hunter Association, he believed in the saying: "The heroic spirit of the demon hunter is immortal."

At this moment, a white flame suddenly flashed in front of him, and Luo Lou felt a gust of cold air coming towards him. The air was so cold that he shivered.

But when he looked up, he saw an unbelievable scene - the three purple crystal poisonous scorpions rushing towards him were instantly frozen into icicles. Before Luo Lou understood what was happening, he hurriedly turned his head to look at the purple crystal demon scorpions that pounced on the crowd, only to see that those purple crystal demon scorpions were all frozen into icicles as well.

At the same time, the dozen or so purple crystal scorpions surrounding them were all frozen into ice pillars and stood still.

Next, a dozen golden vines grew out of thin air on the ground. Each vine accurately wrapped around an icicle transformed from a purple crystal scorpion. The golden vines tightened as they grew. In a short while, the icicles were shattered by the vines' strangulation. They, along with the bodies of the purple crystal scorpions, shattered into a pile of ice chips on the ground.

More than a dozen level three monsters were all wiped out in the blink of an eye.