The Legend of the Demon Hunter

At this time, the queen's nest was in a mess. Two soldier ants killed by Gu Chuan were lying at the entrance of the nest, where there was also a broken giant snake puppet. The other two soldier ants all targeted Xiao Zhu, and they formed a horn to force Xiao Zhu to the wall. Fortunately, the queen ant had no fighting power, but her constant hissing concealed a greater crisis.

One of the soldier ants rushed towards Xiao Zhu first, and Xiao Zhu dodged to the right and narrowly avoided the attack of the soldier ant. The next moment, he suddenly found that another soldier ant also pounced in the direction he was moving, stabbing Xiao Zhu's chest with its sharp horns.

These two soldier ants actually know how to fight in coordination!

Faced with the attack of the second soldier ant, Xiao Zhu, who had just landed, had no time to dodge. He could only twist his body forcibly and use the side of his body to meet the sharp horns of the soldier ant.

"Puchi!" The sharp horn pierced into Xiao Zhu's right arm. The huge impact force of the soldier ant knocked Xiao Zhu several meters away and he fell on the wall of the anthill. This impact aggravated his injury again, making him see stars and almost faint from the pain.

But he knew very well in his heart that he must not fall into a coma. If he did, both he and Xia Shi would die.

"Brother Xiao!" Xia Shi ran over dragging her injured left leg and used her Shen Yue bloodline to heal Xiao Zhu's wound. Under Xia Shi's treatment, the pain in Xiao Zhu's right arm was relieved and his brain became a little clearer.

"Brother Xiao, run by yourself and don't worry about Shi'er! If you escape by yourself, there will be a better chance of survival." Xia Shi helped Xiao Zhu up and said sincerely.

Facing two soldier ants, Xiao Zhu and Xia Shi were both injured in just two rounds, which showed that their strength was far different from that of the two soldier ants. If they continued like this, both of them would die here and become food for the queen ant.

Although this way of dying is the most terrifying thing for Xia Shi, there is no better way at the moment.

"Shi'er, stop talking. I will never abandon you!" Xiao Zhu decisively rejected Xia Shi's proposal. He barely stood up and stood in front of Xia Shi again.

At this moment, a strong rustling sound came from the cave entrance. Xiao Zhu and Xia Shi realized something terrible had happened. They hurriedly looked towards the cave entrance, only to see dozens of snow ants that had been deceived by Gu Chuan returning. They rushed into the queen ant's nest and saw the queen ant who was screaming non-stop. At the same time, they also saw two outsiders in the queen ant's nest: Xiao Zhu and Xia Shi.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Zhu and Xia Shi were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they didn't know what to do.

"Shi'er, I'm sorry. It was my fault that I trusted the evil man and implicated you." When Xiao Zhu said this, he had already given up struggling in his heart. In the face of absolute power, struggling is useless.

But Xia Shi did not answer. Surrounded by dense swarms of snow ants, she was so scared that she couldn't speak.

But at this moment, Xiao Zhu suddenly stepped on empty air. He looked down and found that there was a cave on the ground covered with corpses. The entrance of the cave was paved with neat steps. It was pitch black inside and he didn't know where it led to.

The situation at this moment did not allow Xiao Zhu to think too much. He grabbed Xia Shi, and the two of them jumped into the cave and ran down the stairs.

The next moment, two soldier ants quickly caught up, but strangely, they stopped when they reached the cave entrance and hissed threateningly into the cave. Dozens of worker ants followed closely behind, but these worker ants surrounded the cave entrance and none of them dared to go deep into the cave.

Xiao Zhu heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the snow ants didn't dare to chase them. No matter what, the two of them were temporarily out of danger.

When he first entered the ant nest, Xiao Zhu saw that the walls were flat and he suspected that the ant nest was artificially dug, but he didn't ask because the atmosphere was tense. Now seeing the neat steps, his guess was finally confirmed.

This snow ant nest was indeed man-made.

But who on earth secretly opened up this cave, which is so big that it almost hollowed out the entire East Mountain. In the past few days, Xiao Zhu has gradually accepted the fact of Warcraft and Demon Hunters, but he has never heard that someone can live with Warcraft.

The person who opened up this place is truly powerful!

In this light, it makes sense that Furukawa would risk his life to look for the scroll. With his extensive knowledge, he might have already known the information recorded in the scroll. It must be an extremely rare magic weapon or secret book.

However, the ant queen's nest was too dangerous, and he had no chance of winning alone, so he asked Xiao Zhu and Xia Shi to come together. Before, Xiao Zhu mistakenly thought that Gu Chuan rescued him out of kindness, but in fact, Gu Chuan's choice to rescue Xiao Zhu was just part of his plan to go to the ant nest to find the secret book.

Gu Chuan declined the invitation of Fang Zhiyuan and Xia Meitao, and finally chose Xiao Zhu and Xia Shi, two inexperienced demon hunters, because he was afraid that his plan would be discovered by the two experienced old demon hunters. It was safest to choose them to cooperate with him in implementing the plan.

Furukawa, who is only fifteen or sixteen years old, is so shrewd and cunning!

However, even Furukawa did not guess that there was a secret room hidden behind the queen ant's nest.

Xiao Zhu used the fire magic that Fang Zhiyuan taught him to ignite a flame. With the light of the fire in his hand, Xiao Zhu saw that he and Xia Shi were in a small room, about ten meters square, with a bed, a table and chairs, and an altar. Except that the furniture was all made of stone, this place was no different from an ordinary family room.

Xiao Zhu and Xia Shi first noticed the altar in the middle of the room, where an incense burner and a statue were placed. The statue was very strange. Due to the passage of time, its head was missing, but the body looked like a tall and graceful woman. Xiao Zhu had never heard of such a god.

The table and chairs were empty, and the two of them looked towards the stone bed.

"Ah!" Xia Shi let out a soft cry and suddenly hugged Xiao Zhu's arms.

On that bed, lay a skeleton.

Even though they had seen the scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood outside, seeing a skeleton at such a close distance not only scared Xia Shi, but Xiao Zhu also felt a little nervous.

It seems that this person is the one who opened up this cave.

The next moment, Xiao Zhu was attracted by a sheepskin scroll next to the skull. The appearance of the scroll was the same as the one Gu Chuan took away. He picked up the scroll curiously and saw that although the sheepskin was old, the words written on it were still clear. The first thing that caught his eye was a line of large characters - "Warcraft Records".

"What is this?" Xia Shi asked puzzledly.

"They should be some notes about Warcraft left by this senior!" Xiao Zhu replied.

Hearing this, a trace of disappointment flashed across Xia Shi's beautiful face. Now, even the peerless secret book would be of no help to them. The only way to have hope was to leave here.

Xia Shi looked away from the scroll and said, "Let's find out if there is an exit!"

"Yeah." Xiao Zhu nodded.

The room was very small, and the two of them searched every corner in a short while, but could not find any trace of an exit.

Xia Shi felt frustrated, but she was still unwilling to give up and kept knocking around. When she knocked on the wall behind the altar, she heard a "dong dong dong" sound.

"Brother Xiao, come and see!" Xia Shi said in surprise.

Xiao Zhu came over and tried to knock on the wall, then said with certainty: "It is indeed empty behind this."

Now that they had discovered something strange, it became much easier to find the mechanism. They soon discovered that the incense burner was fixed on the altar. They turned the incense burner hard, and the wall behind the altar made a rumbling sound. Sure enough, a hole appeared in front of them, and there was a faint light coming out of the hole.

"Let's go!" Xiao Zhu and Xia Shi were overjoyed, and they walked into the cave without hesitation. When they left, Xiao Zhu took the sheepskin scroll and the strange statue with him.

......

Night falls at Xia's house.

The head of the family, Xia Meitao, paced back and forth in the lobby, feeling uneasy. Xia Shi, Fang Zhiyuan and the others had been on the road for a whole day, but none of them had returned. In addition, he was upset by the Ouyang family's proposal during the day, so he wanted to go out and look for her himself.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the lobby. Xia Meitao was shocked and immediately went to meet them. Fang Zhiyuan walked in briskly.

"Mr. Fang, what's the situation?" Xia Meitao asked.

"What? The lady hasn't come back yet?" Fang Zhiyuan asked puzzledly.

Xia Meitao looked worried and replied, "Ah! Yes, it's been a whole day, I'm really worried."

"I said goodbye to the three of them at the East Mountain of Heshan. It's almost time for us to return now." Fang Zhi said, "But I have already found out the matter that the Sect Master arranged."

"Have you completed the background check on those two people?" Xia Meitao asked seriously.

"That Xiao Zhu is indeed a native of Heshan Village. According to the villagers, he was picked up by an old man named Xiao Chengren more than ten years ago and has never left Heshan Village since then. But this Gu Chuan is very strange. He came to Heshan Village half a year ago and has lived in an abandoned house since then. He doesn't interact with the villagers on weekdays and rarely goes out. I don't know what he is busy with. I have also visited the house where Gu Chuan lived. It is ordinary and there is nothing unusual. It's just..."

"Just what?" Xia Meitao asked hurriedly.

Fang Zhiyuan was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "This Guchuan is very knowledgeable and cunning. Not to mention an ordinary teenager, even I am ashamed of myself. I once tried to ask him about his background, but he cleverly avoided the question. This boy must be guarded against."

Xia Meitao nodded slowly, his brows furrowed involuntarily.

At this moment, the doorman hurried in, shouting as he ran: "Master, the young lady is back!"

Xia Meitao was overjoyed and asked, "How is Shi'er?"

The concierge replied hurriedly: "The lady seems to be injured, and there is blood on her clothes."

Xia Meitao's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he hurried to the door. He saw Xiao Zhu and Xia Shi had already walked into the courtyard. Xia Meitao could tell at a glance that Xia Shi looked unhappy, and there was an obvious bloodstain on her thigh.

"Shi'er, how are you?" Xia Meitao held Xia Shi's shoulders and asked with concern.

"Dad, Shi'er is fine, thanks to Brother Xiao for saving her." Xia Shi answered pretending to be strong.

Xia Meitao then noticed Xiao Zhu beside her. Xiao Zhu also had a wound on his right arm. Xia Meitao said gratefully, "Thank you for taking care of Shi'er. Please come in."

After they walked into the room and sat down, Xia Meitao asked, "What happened? Where is Gu Chuan?"

"Dad, there is no Acacia flower at all. This is all a scam designed by Gu Chuan. Brother Xiao and I are just his pawns." Xia Shi's pretty face was gloomy and she sighed softly.

For the next half hour, Xiao Zhu and Xia Shi told Xia Meitao and Fang Zhiyuan in detail everything that happened in the Heshan anthill.

As he listened, Xia Meitao's face kept changing. When he finished listening, he said with a look of self-blame: "It's all my fault. When I heard there was a way to save Shi'er, I lost my mind and gave that evil villain an opportunity to take advantage of me."

Xia Meitao expressed his deep gratitude to Xiao Zhu and said, "Xiao Zhu, you saved Shi'er, which means you have done a favor to my Xia family. You are the same age as Shi'er, so if you don't mind, you can call me uncle from now on. I promise to treat you like my own son or nephew."

"Yes, Uncle Xia." Xiao Zhu had been an orphan since childhood, so he immediately agreed to Xia Meitao's kindness.

"It's getting late. You two have worked hard all day. Go back and rest first!" Xia Meitao said gently to Xiao Zhu and the others.

When Xiao Zhu and Xia Shi returned to their rooms, Xia Meitao's face darkened. Fang Zhiyuan had known him for many years and noticed something was wrong. He asked in confusion, "Master, do you have any other questions?"

Xia Meitao snorted and said, "Today, the Ouyang family arranged for someone to come here..."