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The five exchanged a glance and followed.
They walked through several alleys and arrived at a secluded place.
Suddenly, they lost track of the old man.
"That's strange, I clearly saw him coming this way," Kiyo said, puzzled. "How could he disappear in the blink of an eye?"
Wan San looked around and said, "I saw him too, it was as if he had suddenly disappeared."
Yan Hongsha suddenly choked up: "We...we're not seeing ghosts, are we?"
"Ah!" Cao Yanhua was startled. "Don't scare me. I'm terrified of ghosts."
Just then, several tentacles suddenly emerged from the darkness and silently approached them.
Before the five people could react, their legs were tightly bound by tentacles.
"Everyone be careful!" Luo Ren shouted, pulling out his dagger and slashing at the tentacles.
However, the tentacles did not seem to be afraid of being cut by the knife; they only retreated slightly before continuing to wrap around the creature.
Kiyo also took the opportunity to make a move.
Once Mu Dai and Luo Ren broke free.
What they saw was Wan San, Cao Yanhua, and Yan Hongsha tightly wrapped around some snake-like tentacles.
The three people's faces were filled with fear and helplessness.
"Help...help me!" the three cried out with all their might, their voices filled with despair.
Without any hesitation, Mu Dai and Luo Ren rushed forward immediately.
He used all his strength to tear off those tentacles.
Although the tentacles were sticky, they were finally torn apart little by little with the help of the two of them.
When the last tentacle was torn off Cao Yanhua's body.
He collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.
"What the hell is this thing?" Cao Yanhua asked, panting heavily.
Kiyo frowned, looking at the tentacles wriggling on the ground, and pondered for a moment before saying:
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the tentacles of some kind of creature."
Luo Ren looked around warily and said in a deep voice:
"Everyone be careful, there's something strange about this thing."
The five of them looked around cautiously, afraid that something else might suddenly appear.
Just then, the old man who had disappeared earlier reappeared in their sight.
He is the old clam from before.
He looked at the five of them with a ferocious smile on his face.
"As expected of a descendant of the Five Elements, you actually managed to escape my restraints." The old clam's voice was hoarse and deep.
Wan San stared at him wide-eyed and asked loudly, "Old man, what exactly are you?"
The old clam chuckled, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth: "Things? I'm neither a thing nor a person."
Cao Yanhua looked at him and loudly questioned, "We have no grudge against you, why did you hurt us?"
The smile on the old clam's face vanished instantly.
He looked coldly at the five people: "I'm asking you, where is Xin Jian? Hand over Xin Jian!"
Upon hearing Lao Bang mention Xin Jian, the five immediately understood.
It turns out that all of this was for Xin Jian.
Luo Ren looked at the old clam and said in a deep voice, "You also have Xin Jian inside your body."
"This is none of your business," the old clam's voice seemed to come from the depths of hell, chilling to the bone. "All you need to do is hand over the Heart Scroll?"
Kiyo was always a woman of action. She sneered, "Want to know? Get past me first!"
Before she finished speaking, she had already dashed off like an arrow.
Behind it, countless tree roots seemed to come alive, bursting out of the soil and rapidly coiling around the old clam.
Old Clam didn't seem surprised; he just sneered and his body trembled slightly.
The tree roots were as if they had been bounced back by a tremendous force, and scattered in all directions in an instant.
Undeterred, Mu Dai thrust her dagger, gleaming coldly, straight at the old clam's throat.
However, just as the dagger was about to touch the old clam's skin...
A powerful force surged from the old clam, directly blasting Mu Dai away.
With a loud bang, Mudai's body slammed heavily to the ground, sending dust flying.
Upon seeing this, a cold glint flashed in Luo Ren's eyes.
The dagger in his hand suddenly emitted a dazzling golden light, as if it had transformed into an indestructible divine weapon.
He flashed and appeared behind the old clam like a ghost.
The dagger, carrying a sharp gust of wind, pierced straight at the old clam's back.
The old clam seemed to sense Luo Ren's threat.
His body suddenly became as hard as steel, and he crashed directly into Luo Ren's dagger.
.... ..... ....
"Keng!"
A deafening clang of metal clashing
Luo Ren felt a sudden, violent jolt in his arm, almost causing him to drop the dagger.
He was startled and quickly dodged.
At the same time, he gathered all his strength to prepare to withstand the impact of the old clam.
However, the old clam's strength seemed to far exceed his imagination.
Luo Ren felt an irresistible force surging towards him.
His body was struck as if by a giant hammer, and he was sent flying backward instantly.
"This guy's shell is really hard," Luo Ren thought to himself.
"Let's all work together."
Mu Dai shouted loudly, and in a flash, he rushed in front of the old clam.
Her hands quickly formed a hand seal, and a surge of green wood-elemental energy flowed from her palms.
They transformed into vines, wrapping around the old clam.
At the same time, Wan San, Cao Yanhua, and Yan Hongsha also activated the power of the five elements within their bodies.
In an instant, the energies of the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—intertwined, creating a dazzling and colorful spectacle, like a rainbow.
These energies converged into a powerful torrent, surging mightily towards the old clam.
Sensing this powerful energy fluctuation, the old clam frowned slightly.
He flashed and transformed into a streak of light.
We must escape this dangerous place.
However, the five were already prepared, and they moved in an instant.
They surrounded the old clam even faster.
"Trying to run? Not so easy!" Mudai sneered.
The five people simultaneously activated the energy within their bodies, and five beams of light pierced towards the old clam like sharp swords.
Boom! ...
Then, a series of explosions rang out.
The ground around it trembled violently.
When the light faded, the five people only saw some strange skin fragments scattered on the ground.
These fragments are still pulsating, as if they were alive.
"Is this the essence of simplicity?"
Luo Ren stepped forward, observed carefully for a moment, and then spoke.
He cut his finger, and a drop of blood landed on Xin Jian.
Instantly, Xin Jian felt as if she had been exorcised.
It stopped beating and lay quietly on the ground.
The five carefully put away the heart scroll and then quickly left the place.
Meanwhile, in a secluded spot some distance away, Zhang Guanghua and the others also sensed the shockwave from the explosion that had killed Lao Bang.
"It looks like the old clam failed."
Zhang Guanghua frowned and said, "We'll be working together now."
“No problem.” Lian Shu nodded and said, “I know Luo Ren, maybe I can lure them out.”
"Never mind, I'll do it." Suddenly a voice rang out, and a woman appeared: "Luo Ren and I are old friends."
Chapter 103: Kiyo becomes an employee, and the Cheetah appears!
At this moment, the five members of Kishiro had returned to the coffee shop.
Their eyes were all focused on a small glass fish tank.
The Heart Jade floated quietly inside, its dark red light shimmering within the glass tank.