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The flame was burning, and the red tongue of flame was devouring the peaceful darkness. Tian Xin'er curled up her body and finally closed her sleepy eyes under the youth's warmth.

Flames illuminated the surrounding area of the lake, a faint red mist pervaded the surface of the water, drifting to a few people. It seemed as if there was an invisible barrier that separated the red mist from the surrounding area, slowly dispersing to both sides of the lake, condensing within a radius of a few dozen feet of the bonfire.

Tie Qingyi stared into the distance. At the end of his line of sight was a pitch black darkness that couldn't be torn apart by the flames. The young man stared at her for a long time as if he was lost in thought. He carefully put the girl down, his movements gentle and slow. It was as if he was afraid of waking up the sleeping beauty with a peaceful face.

After sitting for a while longer, seeing that the girl had no signs of waking up, he reached into her belt and gently took out a porcelain bottle. He placed it between the girl and Leng Qing and used a stone to secure it firmly. Only then did he get up and pick up a torch from beside the fire. He circulated the Four Qi Fusion Technique around his body. The purple qi surrounded him as he walked into the cave.

Not long later, they arrived next to the two skeletons. Tie Qingyi did not stop and directly walked to a spot ten feet away from the skeleton before stopping and squatting down to watch.

In front of him was a hard stone flat surface. It was probably a huge rock buried underground. The side that was close to the ground just happened to be a flat area.

Tie Qingyi's eyes were fixed at the spot where the crowd was gathered. Surprisingly, a huge hoof print that was several times larger than an ordinary person's footprint was imprinted on the stone surface.

It was because he had already noticed this abnormality that he chose to retreat in order to avoid causing panic among the girls and Leng Qing. He waited until the two of them were fast asleep before coming forward to check on them.

At this moment, under the light of the fire, one could see that the hoof print was actually left with six fingers, and each finger was as thick as a child's arm. It was about a foot long, and as deep as a few inches.

Tie Qingyi's face suddenly changed color as he thought to himself: "I wonder what kind of strange fellow he is. Just from the hoof prints, I can imagine that this guy's body is huge and his strength is not weak."

He got up and returned to the two skeletons. His eyes stopped at the throat area of the two. The throats of the two men were crushed into pieces, as if they had been struck by a heavy object.

The young man's eyes were wide open, he had long suspected that the two of them did not die in human hands, but after seeing the hoof prints, he was even more sure of his previous idea, and he was horrified, "Could it be that that thing actually killed the two of them before they even managed to pull out their swords? "It seems that not only is this guy extremely powerful, his speed is also extremely fast."

And then he thought, "There is only one mark within a radius of ten meters between the two of them. Could it be that this thing attacked from a distance of ten feet?" But why was there only one hoof print? Was it a one-legged beast? I'm afraid that there might be hoof prints in front of us. "

With layers of doubts in his mind, Tie Qingyi removed the five fingerbones from the hilt of her sword and drew out the long sword at the waist of her black armor.

He had only taken a few steps when he noticed that the road ahead was full of rocks. He climbed up a short hill and found another hoof print.

Tie Qingyi raised her torch and shone it forward. There were a few broken swords and six corpses scattered on the ground. Tie Qingyi bent down to inspect. Around the skeleton, there were actually six hoof prints. Clearly, an extremely intense battle had occurred here.

One of the skeletons was facing the wall, its right hand holding onto the hilt of its sword. The blade was stuck in the stone wall, and the back of its neck was also smashed. A sword pierced through stone. This person's power was not weak. It seemed like he wasn't a nameless person when he was alive.

Tie Qingyi sighed. These skeletons in mystical armor must have been martial arts experts of some standing when they were alive. To think that they had all been killed and buried here.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind. Tie Qingyi suddenly understood that this cave definitely had something to do with Li Longzi. He had designed himself to be trapped inside the cave, so he must have some understanding of the situation inside and planned on using the mysterious monster's power to deal with him.

Just as he was deep in thought, a strange sound came from behind him. Tie Qingyi suddenly turned around, and a gust of strong wind blew on his face.

The torchlight shone, and while he was panicking, Tie Qingyi saw an ape-like giant monster pouncing towards him. The furry giant palm had already reached his chest, and with a low shout, he used the Starcloud Steps and flew out.

The monster's blood-red eyes shone like the Nine Pylorus Demon's Corpse. After missing its first attack, it was four to five meters tall and reached out with its other hand.

Instead of retreating, Tie Qingyi advanced, her sword transforming into a ball of dim light, she shouted: "Good devilspawn, how dare you sneak attack! "Since it was arranged by Li Longzi, I would like to see what did it!"

He infused the Four Qi Miasma Technique into the sword blade. The long sword hummed as if it was a thunderbolt. Tie Qingyi shouted loudly and hacked down. The monster seemed to be able to recognize its prey. It let out a fierce howl that sounded like an ape's roar or an owl's cry. Then, it abruptly retracted its arm.

Tie Qingyi held the sword in her hand, and her aura spread in all directions. Her wrist suddenly turned, and the tip of the sword slashed towards the monster's five fingers, causing blood to spurt out.

Tie Qingyi infused his inner strength into the sword and hacked down. His Qi could break apart gold and stone, and was as fast as chasing after the stars and moon. Even though the monster had retreated like lightning, it could not avoid the attack. It cut off all five of its fingers, let out a roar, and quickly retreated.

Tie Qingyi's torch was held high up in the air, just in time to see the monster run into the cave with a frightened expression. In the blink of an eye, the monster disappeared into the darkness.

However, with merely a single glance, he was able to clearly see that it truly did look like a Golden Fur Blue Ape. Its ears were snow-white, but he had never seen such a huge ape in the mortal world.

"Little White Robe, is that you? What happened? " The sounds of fighting and shouting echoed in the empty cave for a long time, waking Tian Xin'er and Leng Qing by the pool. The lady got up and disappeared from Tie Qingyi's sight. She quickly pulled up Leng Qing, each of them holding a torch, and ran towards the source of the sound.

As the beauty finished speaking, she suddenly saw the hoof prints and a puddle of blood on the ground. She then asked anxiously, "What is this thing? Little White, you … Are you hurt? "

Tie Qingyi smiled as he held his sword horizontally and said proudly: "Let that guy run away, I cut off his five fingers."

Tian Xin'er lowered her head to take a closer look, and sure enough, a few furry fingers were scattered around the bloodstain. They were much thicker and thicker than a normal person's fingers, and she exclaimed, "What exactly is that thing? You actually left such a big hoof print? "

Tie Qingyi crouched down and shook her head: "This hoof print wasn't left behind by it." He pointed at a few shallow marks on the side of the hoof print and said, "These are the ones that guy just left."

Tian Xin'er also squatted down and raised the fire. The few shallow marks on the ground were all in the shape of a person's feet, but they were a bit large. She asked in confusion, "Is it a person?"

Tie Qingyi thought for a moment and slowly said: "Not a human. If my guess is correct, this thing should be a [O]." According to the ancient records, this thing was like an ape. It had a pair of white ears, and its flying speed made it seem as if it could split apart tigers and leopards. However, according to the legends, this creature lived in a group and roamed around the valley, so why would it appear here? "

Tian Xin'er looked at the mysterious armor on the ground and frowned, "These people were all killed by that guy called 'O'?"

Tie Qingyi thought about it and did not answer. Just now, he had cut off five of his fingers, and so on. With his current strength, it was impossible for him to kill so many martial arts experts in one fell swoop. These Black Armored Corpses must have been caused by those mysterious monsters with huge hoof prints. However, afraid that the two of them would be frightened, he nodded slightly and did not expose them.

On this side, Leng Qing saw hooves, severed fingers, skeletons, all of them were fearsome. Her little face was deathly pale as she said with a trembling voice, "Iron …" Brother Tie, we should still... Shall we go back? "

"Coward, what are you afraid of? All the monsters have escaped to your big brother Tie! " The lady said with a chuckle.

With that, she lightly stepped forward and held onto the young man's arm with her soft and soft little hand. As she raised her head, her face suddenly changed as she pointed behind Tie Qingyi and said in a hoarse voice, "Then … What is that thing? "

At the same time, Tie Qingyi heard a series of screeching sounds coming from behind her. The screeching sounds were as loud as an owl's cry, startling her.