Chapter 91: The Devil

  The surroundings were in a mess, and finally, the chaotic situation subsided. Huo Hai also let out a sigh of relief. As he relaxed, Huo Hai immediately felt a wave of fatigue wash over him. The exhaustion that had accumulated over the past few days all surged up to his heart.

  "Ah, I should head back now. Fortunately, nothing's broken." The luggage was still by the roadside, and with the help of the starlight, it was quickly found. The water bottle was in good condition, undamaged, and the items inside the backpack were also fine. Especially when he saw that Xiaodie's cocoon was still intact, Huo Hai finally felt at ease. This time's gains were all here.

  After careful consideration, the gains from this trip have far exceeded his expectations. After being hunted down, Huo Hai deeply felt that his strength was insufficient and needed to be improved as soon as possible. Moreover, Huo Hai did not want to go deeper for the time being.

  Who would have thought that there was still something here, thinking back, my luck is really good. If the Ice and Fire Bird had wanted to turn itself into food instead of killing itself directly, if it weren't for the tall trees around, Hao Hai would not have survived.

  The Frostfire Bird is not that easy to evade, a spiritual realm spirit beast, really wants to kill itself, and itself has no good means of defense, how can it last so long. At the same time, this battle exposed many problems, its own means are insufficient, which is one of the most serious ones. When facing the Frostfire Bird, the Star Numbness cannot be used, and it actually has no means at all.

  With only one San Yan Jin Chan in hand, it can launch a remote attack, but because there is only one of itself and the launch speed is extremely slow, it is easily dodged by the opponent. The means of attack are really too few.

  Huo Hai decided that this time when he went back, after he had cultivated the Bone Spirit Formation, he would definitely cultivate a few more insects. Something like this happening once was already enough, Huo Hai absolutely did not want it to happen a second time.

  Before long, the Ice Fire Bird had been eaten by the Gu insects until it was almost gone. What remained were only some larger feathers and a piece of ice blue crystal. "Ice Fire Crystal, this is indeed an Ice Fire Crystal. En, I'll leave it for my sister to use." Holding the ice blue crystal in his hand, looking at the pale blue flame-like energy within the crystal, Huo Hai expressed great satisfaction.

  The value of this thing is extremely high and can determine the direction of breaking through the spiritual realm in the future. A truly rare and superior material, not only can it determine the direction, but also greatly expand one's potential in the future.

  No matter whether the future direction of becoming a spirit master is a technique spirit master or a battle spirit master, this ice flame's power is extremely strong.

  Unfortunately, the direction I need to develop is still related to insects. This thing has no use for me anymore. To be honest, if I were to give it to someone else, Ho Hai would really miss it, and only Yun'er would be happy.

  The other materials on Binghuo Niao's body, due to their small quantity, were probably useless, so Hao Hai simply let Xing Huang eat them directly. If this could lead to a beneficial mutation, that would be even better; if not, it didn't matter either way.

  Gather up the largest feathers. Looking at his own tattered clothes, Huo Hai couldn't help but carefully wrap the Ice Flame Crystal in a bundle and put it in the backpack on his back. Putting everything back on himself, Huo Hai muttered to himself: "Let's go, let's go, we're going back. This time, the loss is really so great, what a losing deal."

  Just as Huo Hai decided to set off back to the academy, his brow suddenly furrowed: "Someone's coming, I wonder who it could be. Apart from people from the Imperial City Academy, nobody else would come to a place like this. But aren't the students unwilling to come here?"

  Huo Hai furrowed his brow, sensing the information transmitted from Xing Huan. Indeed, there were people, and Xing Huan wasn't so careless as to not recognize them at all. Moreover, the information he had sent to Huo Hai told him that these people seemed extremely dangerous.

  I don't know what's going on, but Huo Hai's curiosity was suddenly piqued. He moved his body and decided to take a closer look at who it was, with the help of the Star Gu's observation. Because he had just suffered a loss earlier, Huo Hai was extremely cautious this time, not daring to make any noise along the way. He understood that his strength was not as strong as he had imagined.

  After more than ten minutes, Huo Hai finally approached the location of these people. Under the guidance of Xing Huang, Huo Hai quietly approached and secretly observed these people. There were over a dozen of them, all dressed in black hermit attire.

  What they look like, which faction they belong to, can't be seen at all. It's undeniable that each of these people has the strength of a spiritual realm, not even one with a spiritual bone realm. Huo Hai didn't dare to show any disrespect.

  It's clear that with so many high-level spiritual realm experts, once they take action, even without special abilities, it's not something one can withstand. As for the Star Gu's defense, Huo Hai is no longer blindly confident. When encountering something as powerful as Bing Yan, which can directly burn the Star Gu to death, the defensive method would only make the Star Gu die a little faster.

  Moreover, these people exuded a very strange black aura all over their bodies. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't see it. But once you stared at them closely and looked seriously, you could see the faint black aura. Huo Hai suspected that he had seen wrongly.

  After repeated observations, it was finally discovered that these black auras were absolutely real and existed. It seemed that this kind of black aura had been seen somewhere before. Huo Hai furrowed his brow, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.

  "Hey, I really don't know why the messenger brought us to such a dangerous and desolate place. Is it true that there's an Ice Fire Bird here? This thing is just a record, how can it be real?" A man in black suddenly spoke up.

  Huo Hai was taken aback, and from this sentence, he knew that they were looking for the Ice Fire Bird. He had just hunted one down not long ago. And then there was the messenger, Huo Hai didn't understand what was going on either. The Imperial City Academy absolutely did not have a position like a messenger, so it could be said that these people were not from the Imperial City Academy. But they were people from an organization, a very powerful organization.

  "Could it be that there's still an organization here that can rival the Imperial City Academy?" Huo Hai was filled with doubt, as the Imperial City Academy represented the imperial family, and the imperial family was naturally the strongest in the Southern Cloud Empire. How could something similar possibly appear?

  Even if it's a large family in Nanyun country, there aren't many who have the courage to bring out such a team. Even if it's a team composed of all high-level spiritual practitioners, entering the depths of Miga Mountain would still easily result in casualties.

  "Hmph, these things don't concern us. The Envoy's affairs are none of our business. In short, if this matter is handled well, our status will definitely rise greatly afterwards, and we can also get on good terms with the Envoy." At this time, another black-clad man suddenly spoke up. What was strange was that in the entire group, only these two people were speaking, or even eating.

  What's going on with those people behind, why aren't they moving at all. Huo Hai took a closer look and finally discovered that he could only see the black gas around the people who looked like statues behind him, and there was no black gas around the two people in front of him.

  They can't see any dark energy on them, but that doesn't mean they're not dangerous. On the contrary, among the people in front of him, these two are far more dangerous than those strange people behind them. Huo Hai was relieved that he was still relatively far away, otherwise it would be troublesome.

  At this time, Huo Hai Ke didn't dare to move at all. He didn't know when it started, but the birds and beasts around him had left, even the insects stopped making any noise. The surroundings fell into an eerie silence. If he made any slight movement or sound, those black-clothed men would discover something was amiss. How could Huo Hai still dare to move?

  After a while, the two men in black stood up: "Let's go, it's time to find the Ice and Fire Bird. This mission is very dangerous, and I don't know if the demons we brought are enough. If they're not enough, we'll have to take their place ourselves."

  The black-clad man beside him stood up, saying in a cold voice: "Our authority and contribution can only be obtained from these demons. If you want more, just complete the task." The Ice Fire Bird is an extremely dangerous spiritual beast. This kind of spiritual beast with special abilities can even pose a threat to high-ranking masters at times, making it truly terrifying.

  Huo Hai furrowed his brow instead. Demon? What is this thing? Is it saying that the one behind isn't human, or not a normal person?

  I remember in the records of refining Gu, there is indeed a record of refining human Gu. This kind of human Gu is somewhat similar to the poisonous person in legend, but it is made by refining people using the method of refining Gu. The method is extremely cruel and unbearable.

  In a strict sense, all living things can be considered as insects. The five kinds of insects between heaven and earth include all living things except plants, and even some special plants are included.

  Humans, of course, are also one of them, and belong to the first category. Since they are insects, they can naturally be refined. However, this refining method is really too cruel and disgusting, and Hohai cannot accept it, and has only learned about it. But the poisonous person in front of him makes Hohai think that using humans to refine things is not just limited to Gu people.

  Even the legendary necromancer, didn't use human corpses. These poisonous people always gave Hao Hai a bad feeling, making him extremely uneasy and even repulsed. This kind of feeling had never happened before.

  These people are looking for the Ice and Fire Bird, absolutely not a good thing. Unfortunately, I am not their opponent, otherwise, I would have eliminated these people. "Hmph, you're lucky this time, next time I see you, I won't let you off easy."

  Demon, heaven knows if it's really true that they're using human-made evil things. If so, these people can't be left alive. But if so, my own Gu worms might not have any effect on them either. Adding new worms, increasing my combat methods, enhancing my strength, has become urgent once again.

  After seeing these guys, Huo Hai's heart became increasingly uneasy, always feeling that something big would happen.