Chapter 79: Murderous Intent
Huang Shaotang followed with a team of men, all the way to Fanghua Garden, and watched Pei Xueyi enter the house.
A group of people waited outside the Pei family for a while, and soon found something was wrong. Since Pei Xueyi went in , all the lights that were originally on went out, and the whole villa was pitch black.
Two people from Section 9 sneaked over and quickly moved around several doors and windows, but they could not see anything and could not hear any sound.
Huang Shaotang discussed with Liao Huaixian for a few words and immediately led people into Pei's house. Although all the lights in the room could not be turned on, those who could follow Huang Shaotang today were all elites in the ninth department, and Night Eyes was naturally no problem, so these were not an obstacle.
But after everyone searched the entire Pei family, they found that there was no one there, even Pei Xueyi who had just entered was nowhere to be found.
Huang Shaotang also made a quick decision, and immediately ordered Cai Fei to take people to guard upstairs, while he and Liao Huai went downstairs to check the traces. But just as they went downstairs, they heard a few muffled groans from upstairs, followed by a few thuds, as if someone had fallen to the ground.
The two of them hurried upstairs and found that everyone upstairs had fallen to the ground, including Cai Fei.
It can be said that Cai Fei grew up with Huang Shaotang during his time at Huangmen. The two had known each other since childhood, so Huang Shaotang knew best what Cai Fei's abilities were.
However, with Cai Fei's level of magic, he was actually knocked down silently, which made him a little surprised.
Just as he was about to go forward to check on everyone's injuries, suddenly a black shadow flashed past the window. Huang Shaotang reacted extremely quickly and rushed to the window in an instant. He waved his hand and reached out, and immediately grabbed a ball of black hair.
As soon as the hair touched his hand, it immediately wrapped around him like a living thing.
Huang Shaotang ignored him completely. He waved his arms and the hair immediately broke into pieces. He jumped out of the window and landed on the ground. He jumped up and down and chased to the west.
Liao Huaixian was going to look after the other brothers, but Cai Fei woke up at this time and asked Liao Huaixian to quickly chase their young master. Seeing that Cai Fei was in good condition at the time, Liao Huaixian told him to be careful, then rushed out of the window and chased after him.
Later, I caught up with Huang Shaotang halfway and heard him say that he saw Pei Xueyi with another person. The two of them chased them all the way into the depths of the wetland.
"Chief, why don't we go out first?" Liao Huaixian suggested in a low voice. Since entering this wetland, they have never seen Pei Xueyi's figure again. Instead, they are chasing deeper and deeper.
And for some reason, this place gave him an extremely depressing feeling. He had been working as a mage for many years and had experienced countless things. He believed that this feeling was not without reason.
Huang Shaotang looked gloomy. He stared at the reeds for a while and said, "Back out first."
Liao Huaixian breathed a sigh of relief. Although their Section Chief Huang was arrogant and acted decisively and sharply, fortunately he was not the kind of person who would not listen to advice and was stubborn and self-willed.
This wetland is vast and consists of reed marshes and some large and small pools of water. At first glance, the terrain is similar and it is very easy to get lost if you walk around in it.
However, both of them were experienced mages and would not make mistakes in such matters. Although they had been chasing closely before, they had already memorized the route clearly.
But after walking for a while, the two realized something was wrong and they were lost.
"Chief, there is something wrong with this place." Liao Huaixian reminded him. If he was the only one who got the wrong way, it would be understandable, but now both of them had lost their way, so this could not be a coincidence.
"Yeah." Huang Shaotang stopped and looked around, then asked, "Mr. Liao, can you still tell the direction?"
Liao Huaixian frowned. When he came here, he had already clearly established the direction in his mind. No matter which way they went, he could immediately point out which direction they were facing.
But now that they are lost, it means that the direction system he established before is no longer effective.
With his ability, he could have found some clues from the shifting of the stars in the sky, but it happened to be a very cloudy day today, and the thick clouds blocked out the starlight.
"Let me think about it again." Liao Huaixian pondered for a while, walked to a puddle, squatted down, and stretched his right hand into the water. This is a secret method called "determining water patterns", which determines the direction based on the surrounding terrain pattern, and then by observing the fluctuations of water patterns and subtle changes in water surface tension.
However, this skill is extremely difficult to acquire. Even though Liao Huaixian has worked on it for decades, he is still not very confident. But in this situation, he can only take a gamble.
"Ordinarily, this side should be due west and slightly north..." He glanced in front of him, calculating in his mind, and finally muttered, "But the water is unstable, it should be slightly..."
As he was muttering to this, the wrist that was submerged in the water suddenly tightened, as if it was held by an iron hoop. A huge force came and pulled him into the water.
Calculating the direction using the "determining water pattern" method is extremely energy-consuming and there can be no slightest mistake, so Liao Huaixian put almost all his attention into the calculation. At this moment, he was suddenly attacked, and before he could react, the person had already rushed straight towards the puddle.
At this moment, he felt his shoulder tighten as someone grabbed him. Then his body flew up and he retreated backwards.
He pulled his right hand out of the water, but a ball of black stuff came out.
With Huang Shaotang dragging him back, Liao Huaixian finally had time to react. He looked carefully and found that the thing holding his arm was a little kid covered in mud. The kid was hanging on his arm, curled up in a ball, and at first glance looked like a mud ball.
After all, Liao Huaixian was an experienced wizard with many years of experience. Although the incident happened suddenly, he was not too panicked. He made a magic gesture with his left hand and slapped the mud child.
Even though this old man is quite old, he can perform this technique with great ease and agility, which even many young people cannot match.
With a crisp "snap" sound, he lashed out with three fingers, and the mud kid suddenly had three burn marks on his body as if they were branded by red-hot iron bars, and black smoke hissed out.
Then Liao Huaixian put his five fingers together and pressed the mud kid's forehead in mid-air. The kid immediately flew out and rolled into the puddle like a ball of meat with a plop.
Liao Huaixian succeeded in his first strike, and without even looking at his wrist, he immediately took a breath, stretched his arms, and held a ball in front of his chest with both hands.
Because just at the moment he escaped, two mud children with gloomy faces pounced on Huang Shaotang and were whipped away by him.
At this moment, the surrounding puddles seemed to be boiling, and black shadows jumped out one after another and pounced on them from all directions.
Liao Huaixian calmed himself down, shouted softly, took a half step forward with his left foot, twisted his waist, and suddenly shook out his arms that were clasped in front of his chest.
Guard the four directions!
The magic spell used by Liao Huaixian is officially called the "Baohe Wushuang Technique", but not many people call it by this name. Most people call it "Guarding the Four Directions".
He opened and closed his arms in front of his chest, and the black shadows that were rushing towards them from all directions suddenly somersaulted in mid-air and fell to the ground together.
Huang Shaotang seemed to have known this would happen, and he stomped his right foot hard on the ground. His foot hit the mud with only a soft "puff" sound, and there seemed to be no other movement.
However, the puddles around suddenly began to ripple, and the black shadows that fell from the sky were shaken so much that they all jumped up as soon as they touched the ground, floating in the air with their bellies turned upside down.
Huang Shaotang's body flashed quickly, and his arms thrust out continuously, each move hitting the target. Almost in the blink of an eye, all the black shadows that were floating in the air were hit.
"Something's wrong!" Liao Huaixian shouted.
Just when Huang Shaotang hit those mud kids with his arms, an extremely strange scene occurred.
There were at least ten ghost creatures among the group that pounced on him, but only three of them were knocked away by Huang Shaotang, and the rest disappeared without a trace after being hit.
