Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter 557 Gathering Beasts (Part 1)

Bang!

Ice shards danced in the air, shimmering like magical fluorescent dust sprinkled by fairies in the sunlight.

"If possible, I want to be a good person..."

The sigh faded with the wind, and Han Yi's figure vanished in a flash.

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As evening fell and the sun set, its crimson rays, like blood, stained a large part of the sky.

As the sun approached sunset, the white mist in the forest thickened once more.

"Second sister, can you spot any clues? If I hadn't suddenly decided to come over, I wouldn't have known something had happened!"

Qiu Xiaoxiao looked at the corpses near the cave with a furious expression.

"The ambushers are all dead... but we haven't found Ye Tianjun..." Xia Yingying sighed, "His chances of survival are slim..."

The woman's appearance was somewhat similar to Qiu Xiaoxiao's, except that she looked older and was blind in one eye. She carried a green jade sword on her back.

Like Qiu Xiaoxiao, Xia Yingying is also one of the highest leaders of the Green Clothes Alliance.

"Who on earth is it that keeps attacking my Green Robe Alliance members!" Qiu Xiaoxiao was unusually angry.

She had only gone out to run some errands, and when she came back, she found out that something terrible had happened.

It doesn't matter if these peripheral gang members die; they were just expendable resources anyway, like straw in the rain, growing one crop after another. Tan Ying is the same; let her die if she wants. She was just an accessory to Ye Tianjun anyway.

But Ye Tianke was different. He was Qiu Xiaoxiao's trusted general and one of the most promising successors of the Green Robe Alliance. Yet, he inexplicably ran into trouble.

"Look at these corpses..."

With a wave of her hand, Xia Yingying summoned the corpse into the air, bringing it right in front of the two of them.

"The blood hasn't clotted yet; it's still somewhat active... It seems this happened during the day..."

She squinted her one eye and stared intently.

"Second sister, do you have any clues?" Qiu Xiaoxiao asked anxiously.

"Don't rush..." Xia Yingying observed carefully.

After a long while, she shook her head.

"No, it was just a simple throat snap, no trace of any special technique or strength... The person who did it was very cautious, using only the simplest method..."

"I remember there are a few ambush sites around here. Let's go! See if there are any clues."

Qiu Xiaoxiao didn't wait for her second sister's reply and took action ahead of time.

The second ambush location.

The two people here died even more gruesome deaths, with a huge gash in their chests, where mosquitoes, flies, and other insects were constantly crawling in and out.

Upon seeing this, Qiu Xiaoxiao's expression turned even more unpleasant.

As she reached out, visible green light waves emanated from her palm and struck the corpse.

Sizzle...

A sound like a slight current flowing could be heard.

In an instant, the gash on the corpse's chest changed from a dark blue-green to the color of normal flesh, and the torn muscles began to stir, as if they were about to heal. The mosquitoes and flies, needless to say, had long since been reduced to ashes by this power.

Then, Xia Yingying shook her head again, indicating that she had found nothing.

Next are the third and fourth ambush locations.

After seeing all this, Xia Yingying closed her eyes and began to ponder.

A short while later, she slowly opened her eyes: "The person who did this... was extremely meticulous and careful, leaving no suspicious clues. These people died simply by being strangled with force..."

"So, that person knew they killed someone from our Green Robe Alliance and was afraid of leaving traces and being found out, which is why they were so careful? Then, this person is very likely from one of the nearby forces," Qiu Xiaoxiao analyzed.

“That’s possible,” Xia Yingying nodded. “However, we can’t rule out the possibility that outsiders want to take action against us. There’s been a lot of commotion in Huayang City recently, with a large number of powerful outsiders arriving. It could also be the work of a foreign powerhouse.”

"It's unlikely. I've been keeping an eye on Huayang City. Those powerful figures from outside haven't had time to go out lately. This is just some of our peripheral personnel. It's not worth their time to make a move," Qiu Xiaoxiao retorted. "Besides, if a powerful demonic figure were to come, who wouldn't know the backing of our Green Robe Alliance? There's practically no one who would dare to make a move."

“If that’s the case, then the scope is much smaller.” Xia Yingying nodded. “Excluding outsiders, the only ones left who could do it are the three major families, or people from Jingtian Manor.”

The way these corpses died suggests that an ordinary martial artist wouldn't possess such power without exerting force. It would require at least a master of inscription, approaching the grandmaster level, or even a grandmaster-level expert to have done it.

"How is that possible?" Qiu Xiaoxiao frowned. "I've had people keeping an eye on those four forces, and they shouldn't be here!"

"So, what we need to do now is find Tan Ying and Ye Tianjun. Whether they are alive or dead, it will give us crucial clues," Xia Yingying said calmly.

Even a corpse could potentially reveal the killer's techniques, strength, and affiliation.

"Okay." Qiu Xiaoxiao nodded and immediately sat down cross-legged.

She closed her eyes, and a soft green light gradually emanated from her body, fresh and natural.

"Gather the beasts! Summon them! Imperial decree!"

She suddenly opened her eyes, and the green light shattered instantly, turning into countless green light spots that scattered randomly in all directions.

Whoosh!

Before long, a big, fat white rabbit hopped out of the grass and quietly lay down at Qiu Xiaoxiao's feet.

Then a plump squirrel jumped down from the tree, and two large, black-furred rats scurried out of the tree hole.

A short while later, many larger and more distant animals also came to the scene, including monkeys, bison, goats, wolves, white tigers, and so on.

Strangely, these animals, who were usually enemies and even prey on each other, showed no reaction upon meeting and lay peacefully and amicably in front of Qiu Xiaoxiao.

If future generations were to witness this scene, they would likely be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.

This completely violates the food chain and the most basic food relationship.

Qiu Xiaoxiao looked around and knew that her "Gathering Beasts Divine Power" had almost reached its limit. She slowly stood up.

As she moved, all the animals slowly raised their eyes to stare at her.

"Go find two people... Ye Tianjun... Tan Ying..." She slowly recited the most obvious physical characteristics of the two people in her mind.

After a burst of noisy animal calls, the herd scattered and went off to search the surrounding dense forest.

"Third Sister, your Beast Gathering Divine Skill seems to be getting more and more refined..." Xia Yingying exclaimed in admiration.

"Compared to my eldest sister, I'm still far behind..." Qiu Xiaoxiao shook her head. "If my eldest sister were here, she could summon demonic beasts directly, while at best, I could only summon a group of ordinary wild animals."

"Monsters are intelligent. If we could summon one, it might be able to describe the physical characteristics of the murderer..."