Chapter 270 Killing and Taking Bones.
"The sound is coming from over there."
Hearing the shrill scream, Ryder, who reacted the fastest, narrowed his eyes and was the first to identify the direction from which the sound came. He then pointed to a very secluded alley in the distance.
Of course, Xuanmo and the others weren't the only ones who heard the sound.
"What's going on? Who's screaming so terribly?"
"I don't know? But something must have happened."
"Isn't that obvious? Let's hurry and notify the Spirit Hall."
"..."
Hearing the discussions around them, everyone turned their gaze to Xuanmo, clearly wanting him to make the decision about whether or not to go and take a look.
Seeing everyone rushing towards the alley, Xuanmo narrowed his eyes and slowly shook his head. "This matter shouldn't be anything serious. It's better to avoid trouble. Let's just not get involved."
Faced with Xuanmo's decision, everyone naturally had no objections.
However, at this moment, Ryder trembled all over.
Then, a voice appeared in his ears.
"...Blood...Holy Son...Icon...Guidance..."
The same ethereal voice echoed in his mind.
The last time he heard such a sound was when he went to a spirit beast forest to hunt for his fifth spirit ring; it was incredibly cold, chilling, and bloody.
Of course, after hunting for the spirit ring, he encountered a group of dead people, their deaths varied greatly.
"Ryder, what's wrong?"
At this moment, Xuan Mo's voice suddenly broke through Ryder's thoughts, pulling him back to reality.
"Did you hear anything just now?"
Hearing Ryder's question, everyone looked puzzled, except for Xuan Mo, who stood frozen to the side, looking at Ryder with a serious expression.
He didn't think Ryder, with his temperament, would ask such a strange question unless he had truly heard something they hadn't.
Or perhaps, only Ryder could hear it.
Then this matter was definitely not simple.
"Ryder, what did you hear?"
Faced with Xuanmo's serious expression, Ryder didn't decide to tell him what he heard right away, because he needed to confirm something, so... "I think we have to go check it out."
With that, he ran towards the alley, his previous icy demeanor completely gone.
Everyone was taken aback by Ryder's urgency, but Xuanmo was the first to react, saying in a deep voice, "Everyone, follow him and see what's going on..."
At this moment, the alley was already surrounded by a large crowd, clearly a group eager for a spectacle.
"Do you know? It seems like two people have died up ahead."
"And apparently, the smell of blood is very strong, no one's going near it..."
Amidst the surrounding chatter and exclamations, Xuanmo and the others could only follow Ryder closely, squeezing through the crowd outside the alley while constantly pushing their way in.
Of course, there were inevitable complaints from those around them.
"Brother Ryder, what are we going to do…"
"Fatty, don't speak yet."
Ryder wasn't focused on Xuan Mo stopping Ma Hongjun; instead, he concentrated on trying to hear that ethereal yet chilling voice again.
A moment later, the group had squeezed through the crowd.
But before they could take more than a few steps, a strong smell of blood mixed with a stench assaulted their nostrils, making their stomachs churn.
"What's that smell? How disgusting!!"
Ma Hongjun and the others instinctively took a step back, pinching their noses to block out the nauseating odor.
Suddenly, Ma Hongjun and the others noticed that Ryder, who was at the front, had frozen in place. Even Xuan Mo and Mu Lin, who were blocking their way, were staring intently at the alley ahead.
Oscar, seeing this, poked his head out and gasped at the horrifying scene in the alley.
"People are really dead here!"
Two corpses lay before them, their heads smashed like watermelons, blood and gore splattered everywhere.
"These two look familiar, like I've seen them somewhere before?"
Ma Hongjun frowned, then suddenly realized, "These are the two Sea Soul Masters we fought at the beginning!"
"Wait, so that means..."
"Perhaps it was for the Soul Bone, or for..."
At this moment, Ryder stepped forward, and without any disgust, took out a handkerchief and began to examine the skinny Sea Soul Master's head. Seeing the mark beneath the skinny man's body, he said with a grim expression, "Or... just for the Soul Bone."
"What did you find?"
At this moment, Xuan Mo walked to Ryder's side and, at his suggestion, saw the blood patterns beneath the corpse.
"This is... could it be!?"
Upon seeing the blood-formed patterns, Xuanmo's pupils constricted sharply. But what puzzled him was that the patterns showed no fluctuation of energy, as if they had been drawn casually.
Hearing Xuanmo's surprised exclamation, Ryder couldn't help but ask, "Do you recognize these patterns? Or have you seen them somewhere before?"
"I do have a feeling about these patterns, but I can't be sure,"
Xuanmo said, looking at Ryder beside him. "What did you just hear? Why are you so emotionally affected?"
"It's not the time to talk about that now, but please trust me."
Ryder shook his head, refusing to reveal what he had heard, as he needed further confirmation, as he also had some unresolved questions.
Xuanmo and the others, hearing Ryder's words, didn't press him further, because, as Ryder said, they would choose to believe each member.
Unless…
Just then, Mulin, standing in the middle of the group, said, "We're afraid we have to go first."
At this moment, not only him, but everyone else had already heard a series of heavy footsteps approaching from not far away in the alley. This was precisely because the Spirit Hall had already mobilized.
Therefore, if they remained here, it might cause unnecessary trouble.
"Let's go."
Although this attack seemed shrouded in mystery, its purpose was most likely for the soul bone, and certainly had nothing to do with them. So they decided to put this matter aside for now and deal with it later.
After all, being caught by the Spirit Hall now would be more troublesome than this.
As Xuan Mo finished speaking, the group didn't hesitate, immediately ducking and squeezing into the crowd, their figures gradually disappearing into the sea of people.
Shortly after they left, the Spirit Hall's people quickly arrived, dispersed the crowd, and immediately sealed off the alley...
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