LRAB Chapter 150 begins with the formation of a team.
Chapter 150 begins with the formation of a team.
Chapter 150 begins with the formation of a team.
"Let's go and see what's going on."
Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo exchanged a glance, their expressions turning slightly grim.
Dugu Bo nodded, and the two of them flashed at the same time, leaping like stars towards the direction from which the smell of blood was coming, crossing several streets in a few leaps.
A few minutes later, they quietly landed on a rooftop.
We arrived at a secluded alley.
Suddenly, a horrific scene came into view.
Several Soul Masters were lying haphazardly on the ground.
Their bodies were incredibly withered, as if all their blood had been drained away, like dried mummies, their skin clinging tightly to their bones, their faces frozen with the terror of impending death.
"Such a vicious method... It's clear that something drained the life force from this body." Dugu Bo squatted down to examine it carefully, his expression growing increasingly grave.
Upon hearing this, Tang Chuan also squatted down to carefully examine the corpses of these Soul Masters.
He noticed that the ribs and limb bones of several people showed unnatural fracture marks, as if they had been tightly wrapped and strangled by something thin and long.
Immediately afterwards, he raised his hand to signal Dugu Bo to come over and examine the wounds.
"This manner of death is somewhat like a snake strangling a person alive. Could the murderer's martial soul be a snake?" Dugu Bo frowned slightly after examining the body.
A look of seriousness flashed in Tang Chuan's eyes. He shook his head, then held up his hand to indicate the width of the wound, and said in a rather solemn voice:
"It shouldn't be. For example, your Azure Phosphorous Serpent King should leave a wider mark when it breaks bones. But the bones of these people that were broken are only about the thickness of a palm."
At this point, his voice suddenly paused, as if he had thought of something, and his expression gradually turned grim. "The width of this mark... it does resemble Blue Silver Grass..."
When Dugu Bo heard Tang Chuan say that these people were strangled by Blue Silver Grass, he immediately raised his head and stared at the latter with a strange look.
"Why are you looking at me like that? I was with you the whole time." Seeing this, Tang Chuan rolled his eyes and said speechlessly.
Dugu Bo shook his head, a complex expression on his aged face, and said in a deep voice, "It's not that I doubt you, but when you mentioned Blue Silver Grass, it reminded me of someone."
"You mean Tang San from Shrek Academy?" Tang Chuan raised an eyebrow.
Dugu Bo nodded, then bent down again to examine the bodies, saying, "Let's search together again to see if there are any other clues."
As they carefully examined the dried-up corpses before them, their movements suddenly froze simultaneously.
They discovered that each of the corpses had eight tiny holes neatly arranged on its back or chest in a very strange pattern.
"This is……!?"
Their pupils contracted slightly, and Dugu Bo and Tang Chuan's expressions instantly turned serious.
"This...this is a wound left by the Eight Spider Lances!? It's a pity we arrived too late, and this guy got away." Tang Chuan said with a livid face and extreme anger.
Dugu Bo nodded, a hint of regret flashing in his cloudy eyes, and said:
"There shouldn't be any mistake. Blue Silver Grass plus Eight Spider Lances... it really is Tang San from Shrek Academy. It's just that I never expected that the son of the dignified Haotian Douluo would actually go down a dark path for power and become a degenerate person that everyone hates."
"That beast!" Upon hearing this, Tang Chuan clenched his fist tightly, his knuckles cracking, veins bulging on his forehead, his voice filled with barely suppressed rage.
"Don't let me catch him red-handed, or I'll personally cripple him!"
Dugu Bo looked at Tang Chuan's unusually excited reaction with surprise and asked in confusion:
"Why are you so angry? Oh, right, I remember asking you before, you both have the surname Tang, he's Tang Hao's son, and you know Tang Hao..."
At this point, he suddenly paused, a look of realization flashing in his eyes.
"You two aren't related, are you?"
Tang Chuan abruptly turned his face away, then turned his back to Dugu Bo. He didn't choose to answer the question directly, but instead said in a low voice:
"You'll find out about my relationship with him sooner or later. I'm not telling you because I'm ashamed to have anything to do with someone like him."
"Let's go, we should go back to the academy."
After saying that, he walked out of the alley, his figure gradually disappearing into the deep night.
Watching Tang Chuan's departing figure, a glimmer of understanding flashed in Dugu Bo's eyes, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his aged face, as if he had guessed something.
...............
A month passed in the blink of an eye.
During this month, the people of Tiandou City were in a state of panic, and people were dying violently from time to time. Their bodies were all desiccated, just like the victims who were first discovered.
The Tian Dou royal family had sent people to investigate many times, but the murderer was meticulous in his actions and they had never found anything.
Even Dugu Bo and Tang Chuan went out at night several times, trying to catch Tang San in the act.
But this guy is extremely cunning; the time and place of his crimes are never fixed.
Today he's in the slums of the east city, tomorrow he might be in the aristocratic district of the west city, and the day after tomorrow he might appear on the commercial street of the north city. In the vast Tiandou City, no one can predict where he will strike next.
"It seems that catching this beast in this vast Tiandou City will be quite difficult." Standing on the rooftop overlooking the entire city, the night wind blew the stray hairs on Tang Chuan's forehead.
Dugu Bo was also standing on the roof at this moment. He turned to look at Tang Chuan and said in a deep voice, "If we want to catch this guy red-handed, I think we have to use bait to lure him in."
"A bait?" Upon hearing this, Tang Chuan waved his hand, moonlight shining on his slightly tired face, and said, "It's alright, even if we don't catch him now, we'll still have a chance later."
As he spoke, a playful smile flashed across his face.
"Given Tang San's personality, he'll definitely continue to commit crimes secretly on the field once the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament begins. At that time, we'll set a trap and catch him red-handed on the field, directly ruining his and his teacher Yu Xiaogang's reputations."
"That's one way," Dugu Bo nodded and smiled.
Then, he changed the subject.
"By the way, the Continental Elite Advanced Soul Master Tournament is starting in a few months. Seven people are needed to participate. How many do you have now?"
"How many people?" After a moment of silence, Tang Chuan unconsciously stroked his chin and said, "Me, Rui'er, your granddaughter, and Xue Qinghe's sister..."
At this point, he sighed, a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes.
"I have four people here now, and we need three more."
"No, there are still two people missing. A few days ago, Xue Qinghe told me that Ning Fengzhi will be sending his daughter to our academy soon."
As he finished speaking, the night wind blew by, and the two stood on the rooftop in silence for a moment.
Only the distant sound of the night watchman's clapper echoed slowly in the night.
"What if we're still short two people?" After a moment of contemplation, Dugu Bo frowned slightly.
Tang Chuan waved his hand, leaped off the roof, and said solemnly:
"Solving this is simple. Let's go back to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and ask the Royal Fighting Team if anyone is willing to join us."
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(End of this chapter)