The Legend of the Demon Hunter

"Is it her?" Xiao Zhu's mind flashed with the heroic image of Lan Jiuyin. This woman had some connection with him. Back then at Yanhui Peak, it was she who helped Xiao Zhu block Yun Zhonghe's sword and saved Xiao Zhu's life. Later, in Yuanwu City of Huanling Country, Xiao Zhu also spared the other person's life.

Although the two belong to different camps now, there is not much hatred between them, so Xiao Zhu does not have much hostility towards Lan Jiuyin.

But Xiao Zhu was very clear about Lan Jiuyin's strength. At the beginning, this woman's fighting ability was not as good as his. How could she conquer the Dusk Forest that even many hunting kings were afraid of?

Xiao Zhu realized that the Lan Jiuyin that Lin Xuemiao mentioned led tens of thousands of Red Lotus troops. In his impression, Huanling Country had a sparse population, and even though the Red Lotus Sect had a far-reaching influence, it only had a few thousand believers. How did they get together tens of thousands of troops?

"Look here." Guchuan ordered Tengshe to land on the ground and pointed at one of the corpses.

Xiao Zhu looked in the direction Gu Chuan pointed, and saw that it was the body of a Red Lotus member. He was wearing the Red Lotus robes, but his death was extremely tragic. His right arm and left leg were cut off, and a part of his head was chopped off, but his expression was very ferocious, as if he was still fighting desperately despite such serious injuries.

"What happened to him?" Xiao Zhu looked at the corpse in confusion.

Furukawa said: "The skin of this corpse is red, which obviously means that he overdrew his body before he died. And his movements also show that this person was able to fight with his opponent even though he was injured and dying. Don't you think this is abnormal?"

"You mean, the Red Lotus Cult used some secret technique to forcibly stimulate the potential of these people? That's why they were able to gather such a large army?" Xiao Zhu suddenly realized.

"Yes, if I guess correctly, they used a drug called [Sesshomaru]. Once this drug is taken, even ordinary people can have the fighting power of a demon hunter and ignore pain. Even magical beasts can't resist them. They are simply a killing machine." Furukawa explained.

Xiao Zhu's face turned cold. He thought about the origin of the Red Lotus Sect that he had seen in the Holy Maiden City. Why did this religion, which originally brought dreams and salvation, become like this now?

"If the Red Lotus Cult really uses this kind of drug on ordinary people, then they really deserve to be killed." Xiao Zhu said angrily.

At the same time, Xiao Zhu thought of Ning Zhiwan. If Ning Zhiwan was still the pope of the Red Lotus Church, would the Red Lotus Church become like this? Xiao Zhu was almost certain that it would not happen. Although Ning Zhiwan had a cold personality, he had a warm heart deep down, unlike this group of people who had completely lost their conscience.

So who is the Pope of the Red Lotus Sect now?

Is Lan Jiuyin also one of those who framed ordinary people and aided the evil?

"There are some things we don't know the answers to yet, but what is certain is that there are hunter kings in Lan Jiuyin's army, and there may be more than one. They are responsible for eliminating powerful beast kings or other magical beasts, while these civilians who were alienated by Seshomaru are responsible for dealing with other low-level magical beasts. It is because of this that they can cross the entire Dusk Forest and slaughter most of the magical beasts here."

"Slaughter most of the monsters..." Hearing this, Xiao Zhu suddenly thought of someone. He patted his forehead and said, "I may have guessed who the leader of the Red Lotus Sect is now."

"Hmm?" Gu Chuan looked at Xiao Zhu in confusion and asked, "You say."

"This man's name is Yun Zhonghe." Xiao Zhu replied, "When I first met him at Yanhui Peak, he showed strong hostility towards monsters because his wife and children were killed by monsters. After that, he joined the Red Lotus Sect and served as the White Archbishop of the Red Lotus Sect. He became one of the most capable warriors beside the then Pope Ning Zhiwan. After the trip to the Buluolan Snowfield, Ning Zhiwan and Zhulong died together. Yun Zhonghe is very likely to take the opportunity to become the Pope. He has a deep hatred for monsters. The attack on the Dusk Forest was probably his order."

"Another point is that Yun Zhonghe was once the master of Yanhui Peak. He was good at alchemy back then. The [Kishimaru] you mentioned was probably made by him." Xiao Zhu added.

After hearing Xiao Zhu's explanation, Gu Chuan was silent for a moment and said, "Your inference makes sense, but all this still needs to wait for our subsequent verification."

Xiao Zhu withdrew his gaze from the dead Red Lotus Cult member, then looked around at the corpses scattered all over the ground. There were more human corpses than monster corpses. He wondered, "But I don't understand one thing, why did Yun Zhonghe kill humans as well?"

Furukawa did not answer. Due to his personality, he never said anything he was not sure of.

Lin Xuemiao replied: "Xiao, the most difficult thing to see through in this world is human nature. How can we make inferences about a person based on speculation?"

Gu Chuan looked at the sky and said, "Now that the Red Lotus Cult has invaded the Central Plains, people in many places are fleeing to the south. This may bring some variables to our next actions. Let's set off early! In order to prevent a large number of demon hunters from pouring into the Lost Continent and affecting our plan."

"Okay!" Xiao Zhu nodded, but before leaving, I want to take a look around here first.

After saying this, Xiao Zhu turned into a ray of light and flew into the sky. He hovered and flew on the top of Luoxia Peak for a while. In fact, his purpose was to see if Yuanye Ying was also killed here. However, he searched for a long time and found no trace of Yuanye Ying.

But witnessing the hellish scene here with his own eyes made Xiao Zhu feel a chill in his heart. If the Red Lotus Sect committed such a crime, this religion would truly be a demon cult.

After turning around, Xiao Zhu returned to the original place and met up with Gu Chuan.

"By the way, there is one more thing." Furukawa said suddenly.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Zhu asked.

Furukawa hesitated, shook his head and said, "Forget it, these are not important, let's go!"

What Guchuan actually wanted to say was that Nuowan City had been captured by the Red Lotus Cult, but he realized that Xiao Zhu was too enthusiastic and had a strong sense of justice, and Nuowan City was where he had gone to school and lived for three years. If he knew about this, it might cause trouble, so he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

It was the first time that Xiao Zhu saw Gu Chuan in such a posture and he was a little confused, but he scratched his head and didn't ask any more questions.

"Where are we going next?" Xiao Zhu asked.

"I've already inquired about it. There is a small town called Suzaku Town, founded by the Suzaku branch of the Demon Hunter Association, in the southwest of the Wangtian Mountains. It can be used as a place to stay. Let's go there first. Perhaps we can learn some information about the Lost Continent. We can make plans then!"

As the three of them were talking, they stood on the back of Teng Snake. Teng Snake flapped its wings behind it and took off into the air, flying towards the south.