"Death's Evil Soil!"

Upon seeing the black soil in Xiao Mu's hand, Qing Songzi blurted out.

"Mr. Qing Songzi, do you recognize this soil?"

Xiao Mu curiously looked at Qing Songzi.

Qing Songzi nodded, and explained, "I do, it is a special type of soil that was discovered three days ago during Mr. Zhao's exploration of the R region of Qiwu Mountain."

"This soil was caused by mutations; it seems to have mutated from the soil in the cemetery and is filled with the breath of death. It should not be touched casually."

"Oh!"

Xiao Mu nodded slightly.

Holding Death's Evil Soil in his hand, he indeed sensed a breath of death. This sinister energy was eroding his fingers, desperately transferring the aura of death into his hand.

Luckily, this deathly aura was not strong, and it wouldn't cause him any harm.

"So, this deathly black soil belongs to Zhao the explorer?"

Xiao Mu immediately asked.

"It should be."

Qing Songzi responded, "It is said that Zhao the explorer brought back a box of deathly black soil that time. This must be the deathly black soil he brought back."

Xiao Mu nodded, wondering to himself why Zhao Jingyuan would throw a pinch of Death's Evil Soil underground?

Was it deliberately left as a clue?

Telling others that he was kidnapped and taken somewhere?

It's possible!

"Mr. Mu, have you found anything?"

Qing Songzi asked aloud.

"Just some speculation."

Xiao Mu shared his thoughts, focusing on the situation where the Blood Demon had appeared in this room before.

Then he said, "This pinch of Death's Evil Soil, I suspect it was an intentional clue left by the Zhao the explorer. Just now, Mr. Qing Songzi, you mentioned that this deathly black soil came from the R region of Qiwu Mountain. Perhaps, the Blood Demon took Zhao the explorer and brought him to this so-called R region."

"Mr. Mu's reasoning makes sense, I'll immediately send people to check the surveillance footage along the way."

Qing Songzi's face turned serious, and he immediately ordered the workers to start investigating.

The Alliance worked very efficiently, and within less than half an hour, new information was reported.

Last night, around one or two o'clock in the morning, a car was seen heading to Qiwu Mountain from the outskirts of Linmu Village on surveillance, with passengers not only including Zhao Jingyuan, but also a blue Blood Demon.

Qing Songzi's face grew more serious, filled with confusion, "The direction of Linmu village is indeed the road leading to the R region of Qiwu Mountain. It's strange, why would the Evil Ghost kidnap Zhao the explorer?"

He was completely stumped as to why the Evil Ghost would kidnap Zhao Jingyuan.

The Evil Ghost and humans are mortal enemies. If Zhao Jingyuan was seen as a threat, shouldn't the Evil Ghost simply kill him? Why kidnap him instead?

"Zhao the explorer's main ability is Treasure Hunting. Perhaps the Evil Ghost kidnapped him because it had some treasure to find and needed his help."

Xiao Mu took over the conversation, offering his speculation.

"That's highly possible!"

Qing Songzi was taken aback.

But immediately, he was filled with concern, "The treasure that the Evil Ghost is looking for must be extraordinary. That's why it took the risk of infiltrating Nanke City and kidnapped Zhao the explorer."

"Mr. Qing Songzi, please, you must save my father."

Zhao Meiyin, who had been eavesdropping on Xiao Mu and Qing Songzi's conversation, suddenly cried out, pleading for Qing Songzi to save her father.

"Little girl, don't panic, I will do everything in my power to rescue your father."

Qing Songzi made a promise.

Zhao Meiyin became anxious and sobbed, "The Evil Ghost took my father and made him help find treasures. Once the treasures are found, it will definitely kill him immediately."

Qing Songzi furrowed his brows on hearing this.

Zhao Meiyin's reasoning was sound. If the Evil Ghost had indeed kidnapped Zhao Jingyuan to force him to help find treasures, it would definitely kill him once the treasure was found and not leave the tiger to return to the mountain.

"This..."

Qing Songzi became anxious.

All of his capable men were assigned tasks, leaving only him available at the moment.

Unable to resist, he turned his gaze to Xiao Mu, on the brink of saying something.

On the spot, Xiao Mu figured out Qing Songzi's intentions, "As it happens, I'm headed towards Qiwu Mountain. How about I make a detour and should I come across field specialist Zhao, I'll rescue him."

"I appreciate it, Mr. Mu."

Qing Songzi sincerely expressed his gratitude.

"Thank you, thank you so much!"

Zhao Meiyin's face was full of gratitude.

"Don't mention it, Mr. Qing Songzi. Could you arrange it for me, and give me a map of area R while you're at it."

Xiao Mu gestured nonchalantly.

"Please wait a moment, Mr. Mu. I'll have someone take you by helicopter to the vicinity of Area R right away."

Qing Songzi immediately acted, arranging a helicopter for Xiao Mu to head towards Area R.

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Deeper into Qiwu Mountain, in Area R, there lay a chillingly desolate gorge.

"Move it!"

Smack!

A savage whip covered in thorns mercilessly struck a group of ordinary people. Ignoring their wailing, a few evil ghosts drove them into the gorge.

In the gorge, near a pitch-black cliff, an eerily dark doorway flickered into and out of existence.

A green-blooded ghost stood in the distance, appearing to be the leader of these evil ghosts.

This green-blooded ghost made a light swipe with its ghost claw.

"Hehe!"

A ghastly ghost floated over with a spiteful grin. It stretched its ghost-claw forward and seized an ordinary person who was in front.

"Don't kill me, I beg of you, Ghost King, don't kill me!"

This man, now in the prime of his life, was snatched up by the ferocious ghost. Overcome by terror, he wailed and begged for mercy.

The ferocious ghost, however, completely ignored the pleading middle-aged man. Amidst the man's screams, it dragged him to the dark, flickering doorway.

Swiftly following, from the ghost's claw, a black rusted dagger imbued with an evil aura suddenly appeared.

"No, ah!"

Accompanied by the middle-aged man's screams, the ghost slashed its dagger across his throat, severing the artery.

Blood gushed out from the wound and splashed onto the phantom-like dark door.

An infinite evil power radiated from the door. It quickly seeped through, absorbing the fresh blood completely.

With the absorption of the blood, the phantom-like dark door became noticeably more substantial.

"Next!"

The green-blooded ghost waved its ghost claw once more.

Immediately, the evil ghosts came forward. An evil ghost grabbed an ordinary individual. Amidst the agonized screams of the ordinary people, without any hesitation, they used the rusted wicked daggers to sever these people's arteries, one by one. The blood that gushed from the wounds splashed onto the door and was absorbed.

Finally, when the last ordinary person was killed, the dark door turned completely solid, transforming into a real door.

"Haha! Hahaha!"

From behind the door, the sound of crazed laughter rang out, like the screeching of scraping metal, absolutely ear-piercing.

"All hail the Great Qi!"

All the ghosts, including the green-blooded ghost, dropped to their knees before the main door.

"Haha! Hahaha!"

In the midst of the wild laughter, the dark door was slowly pushed open with a creaking sound.

A dark-purple blood ghost emerged from the door. With every blink, blood-red lights akin to swords, over a meter long, shot out from its eyes -- a horrifying and intimidating sight.

Looking down at the group of ghost from above, its face was filled with cruelty. It was icy-cold, radiating a chilling killing intent as it asked, "Where is that human?"

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