Chapter 676
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Chapter 676 Enchanting Woman
Very soon, six creatures appeared in Fang Yu and Bai Ran’s field of vision.
They were four-limbed beings that stood upright, looking somewhat like apes, but without fur. Instead, they were covered with withered yellow scales similar in color to the surrounding soil.
They maintained an upright posture, with their arms hanging down, oval-shaped heads, and faces that only had two large eyes and a big mouth with a protruding half-tongue.
Judging by the head alone, they resembled snakes.
But combined with their ape-like standing posture, they were quite bizarre.
“What are these things?” Bai Ran frowned.
Fang Yu, looking at the creatures before him, was also a bit confused.
A few thousand years ago, he seemed to have seen beings similar to these creatures, but not exactly the same.
Based on their similar appearance, he could tentatively classify them as one type.
Eighth-rank demon beasts, Lizard Demon People.
Considering the surrounding environment, it matched the habitat of this type of demon beast.
“Were these people killed by these monsters?” Bai Ran asked doubtfully.
This possibility existed.
Guo Cuiyun, leading four disciples, had tracked to this place and encountered eighth-rank demon beasts, naturally being no match for them.
But in Fang Yu’s impression, Lizard Demon People didn’t have the habit of devouring human internal organs.
However, he couldn’t be certain that these six creatures before him were indeed Lizard Demon People.
“Ka…”
While Fang Yu and Bai Ran were thinking, the six creatures resembling Lizard Demon People made a piercing sound and charged forward simultaneously!
They moved extremely fast, almost flying off the ground, and in an instant, they were in front of Fang Yu and Bai Ran.
They extended their heads like venomous snakes hunting prey, aiming directly at Fang Yu and Bai Ran’s necks, with speed, precision, and ferocity!
“Mr. Fang, let me handle this!”
Bai Ran’s internal true energy erupted as he clenched his fist, ready to strike!
“Boom!”
At that moment, Bai Ran felt a gust of fierce wind in front of him.
Five of the six strange creatures that had just approached were blown back together.
“Bang…”
These five creatures exploded in mid-air as they were blown back, with green liquid splashing everywhere.
Afterward, five mutilated bodies fell to the ground, rolling several times before becoming motionless.
The only surviving creature was being held by the neck by Fang Yu, struggling violently.
Fang Yu released his divine consciousness, scanning the creature’s entire body, but found no unusual markings.
This confirmed that these creatures were not under anyone’s control.
As for whether they ate internal organs, this was difficult for Fang Yu to verify.
But at least after scanning with his divine consciousness, Fang Yu didn’t find any human internal organs in its stomach, nor did he detect any human aura from it.
In other words, these creatures were likely unrelated to the deaths of Guo Cuiyun’s group.
“Whoosh!”
A bright red flame ignited in Fang Yu’s right hand, instantly burning the creature he was holding into ashes.
Afterward, he stood in place, stroking his chin in thought.
“That’s it!”
Fang Yu remembered that Guo Cuiyun had a magical treasure that could track the location of tokens.
So, he immediately released his divine consciousness, searching the entire ground.
Soon, he discovered a white stone about the size of a fist near a dismembered corpse in the distance.
Fang Yu walked forward, picked up the blood-stained stone, held it in his hand, and infused true energy into it.
Sure enough, as soon as the true energy entered the stone, it responded!
This was indeed that magical treasure!
Holding the stone, Fang Yu could feel a trace of energy emanating from it, pointing forward.
This must be indicating the direction of the token on Ling’er!
“Let’s go,” Fang Yu said to Bai Ran, who was standing dumbfounded.
After speaking, Fang Yu retrieved the Dayan Lamp from the air with his Void Ring and rushed in the direction indicated by the stone in his hand.
Bai Ran came to his senses and immediately followed.
…
Xi City was a very special metropolis.
It was located at the junction of the southwestern and northwestern regions, so it could be said to be half in the southwest and half in the northwest.
Because of this geographical location, it became the central city of both the southwestern and northwestern regions, belonging to both major areas.
Compared to inland and coastal regions, most parts of the southwestern and northwestern regions were poorly developed, even worse than some remote small cities in the Jiangnan area of Xiangcheng.
But Xi City was not inferior to any metropolis!
This was why it could be included among the four major cities of east, west, south, and north.
Fang Yu and Bai Ran traveled at full speed, taking nearly an hour to reach Xi City.
Standing on the bustling street, Bai Ran looked fresh and excited, as this was his first time in Xi City.
Fang Yu, however, was frowning deeply.
Because the stone in his hand had stopped providing guidance once they reached this place.
Fang Yu released his divine consciousness, then walked toward a trash can beside the street. Under the surprised gazes of passersby, he reached inside.
When he withdrew his hand, he was holding a wooden token identical to the one in Jiang Ruolan’s possession.
This must be the token that was on Ling’er.
The reason it appeared in the trash can might be because the old man who abducted Ling’er discovered the item that could be tracked only after arriving here…
No, that’s not right.
If he only discovered the token at this point, it would mean that the old man who abducted Ling’er never encountered Guo Cuiyun and the four disciples who were pursuing him.
But the tragic fate of Guo Cuiyun and the four disciples proved that they likely had caught up with the old man.
“If the two parties had already met, the old man would definitely know about the trackable item on Ling’er, and should have discarded the token at that time. Since he didn’t discard it… it means the old man didn’t care about being tracked because he had already killed Guo Cuiyun and the others who were pursuing him.”
“Did he throw away the token only after reaching this place because of a handover?”
“He wanted to transfer Ling’er to someone else, and to avoid unnecessary trouble, he remembered to discard this token,” Fang Yu analyzed in his mind.
But after all this analysis, he couldn’t guarantee that this was actually what happened.
After all, it was entirely possible that the old man only discovered the token’s existence after reaching this place and hurriedly threw it away.
In any case, after reaching this street in Xi City, the trail had completely gone cold.
Since Xi City served as the center for both the southwestern and northwestern regions, its area was extremely vast.
Finding Ling’er in this sea of people would be extremely difficult, requiring a lot of time, and might even be a futile effort.
“Damn, why didn’t they embed each disciple’s aura into the tokens?” Fang Yu thought, looking at the token in his hand.
If the token contained Ling’er’s aura, they wouldn’t be at such a loss now.
“Hey handsome guys, are you looking for someone?”
Just then, a female voice sounded beside them.
Fang Yu looked up and saw a seductively dressed woman with a large expanse of fair skin exposed at her shoulders and neck, walking up to him.
“You don’t look like locals. First time in Xi City?” the alluring woman asked with a cigarette between her fingers, her enchanting eyes scanning Fang Yu and Bai Ran as she smiled lightly.
“Yes, we’re looking for someone,” Fang Yu nodded.
“Who are you looking for? You can tell me, maybe I can help,” the alluring woman said, taking a drag from her cigarette and exhaling smoke.
“A girl, she was abducted by an old man who looks like a beggar…” Bai Ran said without much thought.
Fang Yu glanced at Bai Ran but didn’t say anything.
Having been confined in the Li family for so many years without any chance to interact with the outside world, Bai Ran naturally didn’t understand human affairs or the darkness and dangers that existed in the world.
Hearing Bai Ran’s words, the alluring woman’s eyes flickered as she licked her flame-red lips and said, “A girl… Has she appeared around here?”
“Probably…” Bai Ran looked at Fang Yu, and seeing no reaction from him, continued.
“That makes it easier. I have a brother who works as a bouncer at the bar across the street. If that girl and old man really appeared here, he would have definitely noticed,” the alluring woman smiled.
“Really!?” Bai Ran’s face lit up with joy.
“Yes, come with me, I’ll take you to him,” the alluring woman said, turning around with a cold, sinister gleam in her eyes.
Bai Ran, however, was delighted and said to Fang Yu, “Mr. Fang, we’re in luck… we might have a lead.”
Fang Yu didn’t say anything, watching the alluring woman’s graceful and seductive figure as he followed her.
Bai Ran immediately followed as well.
The alluring woman led Fang Yu and Bai Ran into the bar across the street.
