The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

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The sound of clashing weapons came from the blood mist ahead, and the one-eyed Taoist quickened his pace.

However, he remained vigilant, stopping about ten feet away and said in a deep voice.

"Wu Mu, a fifth-rank inspector from the Department of Celestial Observation, is here. Are there any colleagues from the department ahead?!"

As soon as he shouted this, the fighting sounds in front abruptly stopped, and the street fell silent again.

The one-eyed Taoist realized something was wrong and warned, "Be careful!"

Before he finished speaking, a long sword thrust out from the blood mist, aiming directly at the one-eyed Taoist's right hand.

However, the one-eyed Taoist was prepared. Relying on the Golden Body Art, he directly raised his hand, grabbed the blade of the long sword, and then struck out with a palm.

The person was hit squarely by this palm, and a crisp sound came from their shoulder blade!

The one-eyed Taoist succeeded with one blow, slightly surprised. He was about to capture the person to find out what was happening ahead.

Unexpectedly, the person twisted their body and quickly retreated back into the blood mist.

Their movements were even faster than when they came, showing no signs of being seriously injured.

The one-eyed Taoist frowned but did not step forward to chase.

His judgment was obviously very experienced, because in the next moment, the chubby female inspector and the Inspector Ren were also attacked.

The attackers also suddenly jumped out of the blood mist, waving the weapons in their hands at the two.

Moreover, there were quite a few of them. Three people were attacking Inspector Ren alone, while the chubby female inspector had to face two enemies, one on her left and one on her right.

Fortunately, these people's attacks were only fierce at the beginning, but they failed to break through the two's Golden Body Art.

Then it was the Department of Celestial Observation's turn to counterattack.

The chubby female inspector learned from the one-eyed Taoist's lesson, took out two Flame Charms from her怀里 and threw them at the attackers' faces.

The talismans exploded with a bang the moment they touched their targets' cheeks, and then two watermelon-sized fireballs rose!

Under normal circumstances, being hit by a Flame Charm like this would at least stun them, if not kill them.

However, the two only swayed after being hit, without falling down. And like the previous person, they turned around and fled, their legs and feet very swift.

And they weren't even the most outrageous. On the other side, Inspector Ren was fighting three enemies alone but didn't fall behind. He beheaded one of the attackers, causing the headless body to fall to the ground.

As a result, when Inspector Ren turned to deal with the other two, the headless corpse stood up from the ground again, strode away, and disappeared without a trace.

"What's going on with these strange objects? Are they all immortal?"

The chubby female inspector looked solemn, "It's just that there are too many of them."

"Their skills aren't very good," Inspector Ren added after driving away the remaining two attackers, "Although they attack quite fast, it feels like they're just waving randomly, without any moves to speak of, and I didn't feel any internal force from them, just like, just like..."

"Ordinary people," the one-eyed Taoist helped him complete his sentence.

"Yes, yes," Inspector Ren nodded.

"But what kind of ordinary person can take a hit from my Flame Charm and not fall down, let alone that guy who lost his head but could still run away."

"They are being manipulated."

"Being manipulated, like wooden puppets?" The chubby female inspector thought of something, and a look of realization immediately appeared on her face, "I was wondering what was strange about them, their movements are stiff, and there's no expression on their faces... That means they really are just ordinary people."

"This is a trap," Inspector Ren said, "The fighting sounds before were obviously created by these puppets themselves, the purpose was to attract us here."

"Exactly, we came here this time to deal with those strange objects," the one-eyed Taoist paused and then continued.

"If those puppets fail to strike with one blow, they will definitely attack us again. And since they are puppets, there should be threads controlling them behind the scenes. As long as we follow those threads, we can find the mastermind."

The one-eyed Taoist was right. Only a moment later, people emerged from the blood mist again, and there were obviously more of them.

Even Lu Jing had three opponents, one of whom was an old woman who was almost seventy years old. She didn't have any decent weapons, only grabbed a pair of tailoring scissors in her hand.

Since they knew that these people were just commoners in the capital, the four members of the Department of Celestial Observation would naturally not use heavy hands again.

Lu Jing was fine. Even if he stood still, no one could break his defense, but the others had to put in a little more effort to drive away those attackers.

In the end, only a little girl of about eleven or twelve years old was left.

The one-eyed Taoist was quick-witted and quick-handed, sticking a Stasis Charm on the little girl's forehead, immobilizing her.

Then the four of them approached and carefully examined her, and found the threads that were pulling her on her fingertips and joints.

Without exception, all of these threads were transparent, and it was evening, plus the four were in the blood mist, and their vision was severely limited. Unless they put their faces close to it, it was basically impossible to see.

The chubby female inspector made a hand seal, and after a moment, a cluster of blue flames ignited on a transparent thread.

Then the flame extended all the way into the depths of the blood mist.

"Chase!" The one-eyed Taoist gave an order, and the four of them chased after the cluster of blue flames together.

After running about a hundred steps, the one-eyed Taoist first saw a leg.

It was a hairy leg, composed of seven segments, with claws at the end and bristles under the claws. It was obviously not a human leg.

"Hmm?" The one-eyed Taoist took a few more steps forward and saw the second leg, then the third, the fourth... a total of eight legs, and an oval abdomen.

"This is... a spider?!"

The chubby female inspector exclaimed, and after she finished speaking, she turned her head to look at Inspector Ren next to her and found that the latter had already stood still, his face ashen, and his chest rising and falling.

Obviously, this thing evoked some very bad memories in him.

And immediately after that, the chubby female inspector's face also changed, "Wait, the spider you're most afraid of has already appeared, so will the thing I'm afraid of also happen?"

"Step back a little, Inspector Zhong," the one-eyed Taoist said, "Let me meet this demon first."

After speaking, the one-eyed Taoist took out a Seven Stars Formation Disk from his怀里.

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