"Master Craftsman!"

Zhao Yan's face slightly changed.

Master Craftsmen, especially those who attained mutations after the World Mutation, each have unique abilities. They hold tremendous value for humans, Evil Ghosts, and even Zombies.

Presently, a large number of craftsmen have suddenly gone missing, either due to the Evil Ghosts or the Zombies, and even possibly because of humans.

Regardless, the simultaneous disappearance of many craftsmen is a significant move.

"Do you know the cause?"

Zhao Yan quickly pressed on.

Xiao Mu shook his head, the exact cause has not yet been investigated by Qing Songzi. He doesn't even have any leads on how these craftsmen disappeared.

"I do hope it's not the Evil Ghosts or Zombies."

Zhao Yan voiced in a low tone, her anxiety apparent.

Even with such hopes, she had no confidence in her heart. The disappearance of the craftsmen was most likely the doing of the Evil Ghosts or Zombies.

The abduction of the craftsmen by the Evil Ghosts or Zombies, is undoubtedly for the same purpose as when they abducted Zhao Jingyuan in the past.

If a large number of craftsmen are imprisoned by Evil Ghosts or Zombies, their strength would inevitably increase significantly.

"Boss Mu, what's going on?"

Unable to resist hearing the conversation between Xiao Mu and Zhao Yan, Wang Tong turned his head to inquire.

After Xiao Mu informed him of the situation, Wang Tong immediately declared, "It must be the work of the Evil Ghosts."

"Oh?"

Xiao Mu didn't understand why his companion was so certain. He couldn't help but glance, a look of inquiry on his face.

Wang Tong gave a dry laugh, "Hehe, I'm just guessing, just guessing."

He was just speaking off the top of his head. He didn't expect that Xiao Mu would take him seriously.

Zhao Yan couldn't help but give Wang Tong a side-eye.

Don't expect too much from this rash ruffian; he would never come up with good ideas.

"There's an Evil Ghost Camp nearby. It's not very large, probably only a few dozen Evil Ghosts around seventy kilometers due east from here. I think we can go check it out."

Xiao Mu was checking the map and quickly found a suitable Evil Ghost Camp.

A camp with a few dozen Evil Ghosts was indeed not large, most importantly, there was no Curse Ghost presence.

"What are we waiting for, let's get going!"

Wang Tong joyfully exclaimed.

A camp of a few dozen Evil Ghosts was quite a gathering. After killing them all, there would definitely be some good pickings.

He could get both the Secret Manual and the Energy Fruits.

Zhao Yan glanced at Wang Tong slightly, then looked back at Xiao Mu. For such important decisions, it was still up to Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu smiled faintly, waved his hand and announced, "Let's go!"

The Fire Dragon Vehicle and Yin Wind Carriage started up at the same time, heading due east.

"What's this?"

"Wait, there seem to be traces of a battle. Recently, someone fought an Evil Ghost here."

But before they traveled far, barely ten kilometers or so, they stumbled upon a new discovery.

In the dangerous forest, one can clearly see traces of the battle, trees were destroyed and even withered.

This was undoubtedly a battle between an Evil Ghost and a person. The baleful aura emanating from the Evil Ghost affected the surrounding trees, causing them to wilt.

"The fight was fierce, between humans and Evil Ghosts, there were a total of twenty to thirty of them."

Zhao Yan opened her Detective Eyes and gazed at the ground.

"From the degree of terrain damage, both the Evil Ghosts and humans were powerful, all of them have reached the Third Realm, at least the mid Third Realm."

Currently, as the World Mutation continued, the strength of the Mutated Beings was increasing again. High-level beings were becoming more and more common. In the past, the mid Third Realm, the realm of the Blue Blood Ghost, was a top tier being. Now, a large number of Mutated Beings have stepped into this realm.

The mid Third Realm already seemed ordinary, even the late Third Realm had a large number of Mutated Beings stepping into it.

"Such a strong smell of blood!"

Xiao Mu sniffed his nose, making a new discovery.

"The smell of blood!"

Zhao Yan and Wang Tong both turned to Xiao Mu in surprise.

They didn't catch the smell of blood Xiao Mu mentioned.

Xiao Mu nodded. The smell of blood he mentioned was not real blood, but the Curse Blood that emanates from the Evil Ghosts.

However, the Curse Blood this time was clearly different from before, much stronger.

Could a powerful Evil Ghost be nearby?

"Mu, did you find anything?"

Zhao Yan asked, surprised.

The landscape here is unique with an abundance of Evil Ghosts, their evil aura is everywhere. Consequently, despite the orthodox Taoist Law that Xiao Mu was practicing, his sensing was suppressed. Normally, it's challenging to sense the presence of the Evil Ghosts.

But this time was clearly out of the ordinary. Even under the dense evil aura, Xiao Mu could sense the strong blood aura.

Not only Zhao Yan, but Wang Tong was also shocked.

Xiao Mu confirmed with a serious nod, "It should be a Blood Demon, most likely a purple-black Blood Demon."

"Purple-black Blood Demon."

Zhao Yan and Wang Tong looked at each other. Just a Purple-Black Blood Demon doesn't seem to warrant such serious attention, does it?

They killed quite a few Purple-Black Blood Demons in recent days.

They couldn't understand how a single Purple-Black Blood Demon could cause such a commotion and emit such an aura under the dense evil aura that Xiao Mu could sense.

"This Purple-Black Blood Demon is not ordinary; perhaps there's more to it."

Xiao Mu made a conjecture.

An ordinary Purple-Black Blood Demon would not be able to cause such a sensation under these circumstances, but a special Purple-Black Blood Demon would be another story.

"So, what should we do? Should we search for it?"

Zhao Yan cautiously asked.

Could there be any special benefits to killing a special Purple-Black Blood Demon? For now, she didn't have an answer. But Zhao Yan's first reaction was not to let go.

"Yeah, Boss Mu, shall we look for it? A Purple-Black Blood Demon that can evoke your senses must be extraordinary."

Wang Tong immediately suggested.

Indeed, a Purple-Black Blood Demon that would catch Xiao Mu's attention under these circumstances would undoubtedly not be an ordinary Purple-Black Blood Demon.

"We can try. It should be to the front and right."

Xiao Mu pointed out, suddenly turning his head to look towards the front right.

The scent of the unusual Purple-Black Blood Demon he sensed came from the front right.

"Let's go and have a look then."

Zhao Yan enthusiastically suggested.

Xiao Mu didn't delay. He immediately drove the Fire Dragon Vehicle forward, followed closely by the Ghost Servant driving the Yin Wind Carriage.

Both vehicles continued towards the right front.

"Ah~"

Zhao Yan suddenly gasped, staring at the terrain ahead.

The traces of the battle we found earlier between the martial artists and Evil Ghosts have lead to here, it looks like they were fighting while retreating."

"Looking at the situation, the martial artists seem to be stronger, and the Evil Ghosts retreated due to defeat."

Xiao Mu glanced at the traces left by the death of a Blood Demon and added, "A Blood Demon was killed here, so the martial artists indeed had the upper hand."

Upon hearing this, Wang Tong worried: "They aren't heading in the same direction as us, are they?"

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