From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 67 Blood Shadow Demon

Stone Hammer Castle had been infiltrated by a demon, which was a very dangerous signal for the Bansel Tribe.

This sturdy fortress was built against the mountains, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Each entrance was guarded by soldiers, and under normal circumstances, demons simply couldn't get in.

However, the blood dripping from the Dark Thorn Trap was filled with the scent of demons, signaling that a demon had indeed infiltrated Stone Hammer Castle.

In the history of the Bansel Clan, there were very few instances of demons sneaking into their territory.

Each occurrence had brought significant crises to the Bansel Tribe.

Therefore, when Mia sounded the alarm, the whole of Stone Hammer Castle was alerted, triggering the highest level of alarm.

All warriors of the Bansel Clan grabbed their weapons, rushed out of their dwellings, found their teams, and began searching throughout Stone Hammer Castle.

Mia ran to the council hall to inform her father of the situation.

The Iron Arm Leader personally appeared in the square of Stone Hammer Castle, arranging for different teams to search various areas, vowing to find the demon.

Clearly, the warriors of the Bansel Clan had rehearsed for situations like this, so the chaos didn't last long, and dozens of guard teams dispersed to search each critical area.

By the time Lu Heng reached the square, the Iron Arm Leader had already assigned the search tasks.

Turning around and seeing Lu Heng, the Iron Arm Leader asked, "Mia says it was you who discovered the demon?"

Lu Heng nodded and replied, "Yes, I set a trap, and one demon stepped into it. This demon must be of a high level because it managed to escape from the Dark Thorn Trap."

The Iron Arm Leader pondered, "If it's broken free from the Dark Thorn Trap, its level is indeed not low. We must be extremely careful."

"I'll help with the search as well," Lu Heng said, concerned that the demon lurking inside Stone Hammer Castle might have other purposes; finding it seemed more reassuring.

"That would be great; your help would be appreciated," the Iron Arm Leader said, feeling that at a time like this, the more people that helped, the quicker they would find the demon.

Lu Heng and Su Muyu acted together, following their intuition to search various parts of Stone Hammer Castle.

Su Muyu released a scout hawk to detect every possible hiding spot for the demon.

After reaching her First Transition Class, her scout hawk's range for Detecting Invisibility had increased to 8× her Perception.

With 34 points in Perception, the detection range had expanded to 272 meters.

This detection distance was vast, equivalent to being able to detect hidden units on the ground from atop a hundred-story skyscraper.

The scout hawk just needed to fly overhead, and no hidden units on the ground could escape Su Muyu's perception.

"Where might this demon be hiding?" Su Muyu pondered while searching.

"To have infiltrated Stone Hammer Castle, it definitely won't be simple; we must search thoroughly," Lu Heng observed every corner of Stone Hammer Castle for anything unusual.

The entire Stone Hammer Castle was brightly lit, with every torch ablaze, illuminating the corridors surrounding the square.

All the members of the Bansel Clan were searching for the demon hidden within Stone Hammer Castle, but it remained elusive for a long time.

Even the Beast Tamers of the Bansel Clan, leading their Hellhounds in search of the scent, found nothing.

Lu Heng and his companion followed the fortress's moat, observing the situation at the bottom of the water.

As they were searching, they encountered Mia head-on.

Mia, carrying a Warhammer and with a Crossbow strapped to her back, led a team of guards running towards them.

Su Muyu waved and greeted her, "Did you find it?"

"Not yet, but I'm determined to find that damned demon," Mia responded firmly and then led the guards toward the square.

"Keep it up!" Su Muyu gave her an encouraging fist pump.

After Mia passed by, Lu Heng and his companion continued along the moat.

After about ten steps, both stopped in their tracks, looked at each other, and simultaneously voiced three words, "The Crossbow!"

Mia had the Crossbow on her back as she ran past them.

This wouldn't have been a problem, but half an hour earlier, Mia had given her Crossbow to Su Muyu.

The Crossbow now on Mia's back looked identical to the one she had given to Su Muyu.

Finding two crossbows of the same design wasn't strange in itself, but if both crossbows were engraved with Mia's name, that was problematic.

"Mia, wait a second!" Lu Heng called out, trying to stop her.

Mia didn't turn back; instead, she suddenly exerted force and charged forward.

A sharp glint flashed in Lu Heng's eyes as he activated Gale Step and chased after her.

Both dashed along the main channel. Mia's speed was astonishingly fast; there were even several occasions when she jumped onto the walls of Stone Hammer Castle to run.

Lu Heng followed close behind, wall-climbing as he ran and shouting simultaneously, "Stop her! This Mia is fake!"

The warriors of the Bansel Clan all recognized Mia and felt something was off seeing her now jumping and running on the walls.

However, they were uncertain whether Mia was possessed by something, so they dared not shoot at her with crossbow bolts.

Lu Heng pursued her tenaciously as Mia crossed the main channel and ran all the way to Stone Hammer Castle Square.

The square faced the main gate, and once she crossed it, she could escape from Stone Hammer Castle.

This "Mia's" speed was extremely fast, so fast that even with Lu Heng's boosted pace from Gale Step, he could only follow without stopping her.

As "Mia" reached the square, the Iron Arm Leader, hearing the shouts, immediately confronted her.

When he saw "Mia," he was initially startled, then bellowed and moved to intercept this "Mia."

As a father, he instantly recognized that this "Mia" was not his daughter.

Therefore, he charged in front of "Mia," raised his palm, and slapped it across.

Pow!

"Mia" was sent flying by the slap, crashing into the western wall of the square and tumbling a dozen meters away.

Upon hitting the wall, "Mia's" body squeezed into a misshapen red liquid, slid to the ground, and revealed its true form.

The true body of this creature was actually a pool of blood.

Lu Heng immediately recognized it as a High Rank Blood Shadow Demon.

"Damn Demon!"

The Iron Arm's face was filled with rage upon realizing that this demon had transformed into the likeness of Mia.

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He cursed and charged forward, swinging his warhammer, attempting to crush this High Rank Blood Shadow Demon.

The slap from before had knocked the Blood Shadow Demon out of its disguise but hadn't inflicted any serious injury.

The Blood Shadow Demon instantly became a streak of blood shadow and dove into the sewer next to the square, fleeing outside.

The Iron Arm's hammer struck the ground without hitting its target, and immediately he reached into the sewer entrance to grab, but caught nothing, "Damn it!"

After a brief pause, Lu Heng quickly said, "Iron Arm Leader, you go check on Mia, I'll pursue."

"Okay!"

Concerned for his daughter's safety, the Iron Arm agreed immediately and turned to find Mia.

The sewer entrance was very narrow; ordinary people simply couldn't fit through.

The Blood Shadow Demon was able to escape as a blood shadow, thus it could flee out of Stone Hammer Castle through the sewer.

Although Lu Heng couldn't fit into the sewer, he had another way and directly activated the Essential Skill "Shadow Traversal," immediately within shadows, ignoring all physical collisions and gaining wall penetration capabilities.

After Shadow Escape, Lu Heng followed the sewer forward in pursuit.

In the state of "Shadow Traversal," movement speed increased by 300%. Combined with a second burst of speed from Gale Step, the speed boost shot up to 500%.

With a fivefold acceleration, Lu Heng caught up to the Blood Shadow Demon in the blink of an eye.

However, Lu Heng didn't reveal his form; he continued to hide within the walls, monitoring the Blood Shadow Demon's movements using Shadow Vision.

The "Shadow Traversal" state could only last for 15 seconds.

The time was short, but enough.

The Blood Shadow Demon had no idea that it was still being pursued from behind; thus, it hurried along the sewer, retreating toward the outside of Stone Hammer Castle at a very fast pace.

Lu Heng confirmed the direction of its escape, then accelerated forward, reaching the sewer exit first and drawing the Aurora Blade to wait.