Blind Spot
Chapter 425 - 389 Madness 3

Chapter 425: 389 Madness 3

The second day at dawn.

Outside Xinmeng Town.

On the winding yellow dirt road, three figures clad in black tin-like leather armor, draped in dusty wide cloaks, carrying long sabers on their backs, carefully patrolled farther along the road step by step.

"Who would’ve thought that the Blood Creatures have invaded so close... I hope the Blood Guard arrives soon... Relying on us alone, I’m afraid we won’t last long,"

the leading figure spoke in a deep voice, his tone aged.

"Was it really an invasion?" Another person suddenly asked from behind.

The other two fell silent.

After walking a hundred meters, the leader spoke again.

"Better speak less of such things in the future."

"Heh... I heard that Elder Sun from North Second Street, suddenly disappeared a while back. Her husband, two sons, and a daughter, all found dead at home, looked like they were beaten to death with clubs. After it was reported to the authorities, Head Constable Wang was about to investigate, but was stopped by the town..."

"Be careful with your words! Liu Zhao, there are some things, even in the wilderness, it’s best not to mention," the elder leader interrupted sternly, his voice grave.

"....." Liu Zhao’s face under his helmet grew gloomy, he twitched his mouth, but after all, did not speak again.

After they had walked three hundred meters, the leading elder slowly drew the slender silver saber from his back.

The blade was thick on one side and sharp on the other, a single-edged saber.

The tip was ingeniously designed with a curved hook shape so that once it penetrated a wound, it could hook out a large piece of flesh and blood.

It was extremely vicious.

All three carried sabers just like this.

Holding the nearly two-meter-long silver single-edged saber in their hands, it was clear they felt much safer.

"From here on out, stay vigilant at all times. Hold your Iron Gate Broad Sabers steady!" the elder leader cautioned.

"Yes!"

The other two responded.

The sabers in their hands, named Iron Gate Broad Sabers, were specialized weapons for patrolmen to confront the Blood Creatures.

The three men continued forward in silence, approaching the location where Wang Yichen and the caravan had suffered an incident.

A chilly breeze blew, and from the black soil, the faint cries of crows could be heard emanating from some of the withered trees.

At this point, the three men were two kilometers away from the town.

This place was still far from where the caravan had been attacked.

But inexplicably, a certain indescribable, peculiar atmosphere began to permeate the hearts of the three men.

They were all skilled practitioners of the Iron Gate Broad Saber Technique, the strongest in Xinmeng Town apart from the Town General and a very few elders.

After all, more real-world combat meant more experience, and faster improvement of their martial arts.

On a normal day, even the fierce blood beasts posed no more than a small challenge to them.

But now...

Swish!

A red shadow flashed by in the blink of an eye.

"Attack!!"

The elder leader gripped his saber with both hands, his muscles suddenly bulging, slightly swelling.

One of the moves from their saber technique, ’Meeting and Turning Four Shutters,’ he ferociously slashed forward with four streaks of silver light.

At the same moment, the other two men executed the same move, a total of twelve saber lights covering their surroundings in a large circle.

Clang clang!

Just then, two of the sabers accurately struck something.

Before the pair could rejoice, a colossal Giant Strength pulled the two men away in an instant.

Ahh!!

The scream didn’t last a second before it was abruptly cut off.

The remaining elder leader staggered backward, panting heavily, his eyes beneath the helmet filled with terror.

"How could it have entered its complete form so quickly!?"

Cold sweat quickly seeped from all over his body, soaking his inner garments.

Just then, a red shadow appeared next to him with the swiftness of Instantaneous Movement.

Fast!

Incomparably fast!

As if weightless, the red shadow suddenly materialized to the elder’s left, raising its hand and thrusting.

Thrust!

Blood spattered all over the ground.

Soon, the sound of a body thudding to the earth followed.

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At the Wang Family.

Li Chengyi sat at a stone table in the backyard, looking up at the blood-colored morning sun outside. Even the morning sun here gave off an uncomfortable, sticky feel.

Unlike the sunrise from his original reality that had clear morning energy, the one here, despite just rising, still carried a sense of duskiness.

He was dressed in simple gray cotton underwear, with a black rat-fur cloak draped around him to block the wind.

Sitting in the courtyard, he sipped the ginger tea which his body’s mother had just brewed and delivered.

The steaming ginger tea, with added dates and goji berries, made him realize that the basic food ingredients in this place seemed similar to those elsewhere.

"How are you feeling today? Are you a bit recovered?"

Head Constable Wang Yifeng walked into the courtyard, wearing tall black boots, his body dressed in dark red and white-edged tight attire, a thick-backed Official Sword slung at his waist, and a square black hat with jade on his head, his face covered with thick flesh.

"Much better. Thanks to the ginger tea mother brewed for me," replied Li Chengyi, adopting Wang Yichen’s tone and standing up respectfully.

"That’s good. Focus on your martial arts from now on and don’t rashly go out getting into trouble. These times are unlike any before. Even highwaymen and bandits dare not linger outside and are starting to fortify and build outposts. If you encounter Madness, you wouldn’t even know how you died," Wang Yifeng advised.

"Father, what exactly is Madness? If you encountered it, could you kill it?" Li Chengyi asked, his face showing seriousness.

"I don’t know..." Wang Yifeng shook his head, "All I know is, this disease spreads solely through blood. That means you have no chance to hurt the other party. If that thing flings some blood at you... And if you get stained... That’s as good as a death sentence."

He paused.

"Besides, Madness typically has three stages: Latent Phase, Red Eye, and Blood Body. Each stage manifests utterly different, terrifying strengths. Your old man here has practiced the Pine Deer Blade Technique for nearly twenty years, handling Latent Phase is no problem. Beyond that, they are not something we can handle, only the Blood Guard can."