"Don't know?"

Fang Yue's heart sank.

"Even you didn't notice anything strange… we're in danger."

An Shenyi, one of the three giants of the team, has prepared a lot of life-saving gadgets, to say the least.

But even he didn't notice the strange presence infiltrating the team, injuring someone, and leaving…

Originally, An Shenyi's thoughts were a little slow because he couldn't recall the specific memories from before.

But after hearing Fang Yue's words, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, and his face turned ugly.

"Yes, if I can't detect it, doesn't that mean that no one else in the team can detect this strange presence! All the team's vigilance and defenses are useless against it!"

"Don't panic yet. Blood Hunter, does the Jushou Xuequan (Giant-Headed Bloodhound) have any reaction?"

Fang Yue looked at the Blood Hunter, who was frowning and pondering. Hearing Fang Yue's words, he nodded.

"I have a slight clue. Just before the incident, Xue Dou had a brief, agitated reaction, but it quickly calmed down. Its agitated reaction was very short. I thought it was just in a bad mood… Now it seems, that was when the strange presence appeared!"

The Blood Hunter's words made Fang Yue's heart rejoice, but soon, he sank into thought again.

"But, the Jushou Xuequan (Giant-Headed Bloodhound) didn't lock onto the strange presence, nor did it remind us?"

"Yes, that's one of the reasons why I misjudged the situation. If there really was a strange presence, Xue Dou would definitely have alerted me!"

"...Does this mean that the Jushou Xuequan (Giant-Headed Bloodhound) only detected the strange presence for a moment, and then couldn't find it, so it assumed it had left?"

"That's possible."

Fang Yue scratched his head. Things seemed more complicated than he thought.

"Let's observe the situation first. That strange presence only injured Ma Ling'er, and then there were no further incidents. Either Ma Ling'er did something to anger the passing strange presence, or this strange presence can only injure one person at a time. Ma Ling'er wasn't killed in one hit, which shows its lethality is limited."

Fang Yue's analysis was actually a bit forced, but An Shenyi and the Blood Hunter tacitly didn't object and cooperated to inform the escort team members of this analysis as information.

"Just a strange presence with powerful concealment abilities but insufficient actual lethality, that's fine…"

"You scared me to death. I thought we had encountered some powerful strange presence."

"Look how nervous you guys are. The fact that strange presence hasn't appeared for so long after injuring Ma Ling'er already explains the problem.

"It should be fine, just rest for a while."

Using the shixuzhi (vision-blurring juice) can cause the veins around the eyes to bulge and also cause considerable damage to the eyes, which will indeed produce various sequelae, and even pain is just a side effect.

But… that's the result of frequent use in a short period. An Shenyi felt that his dosage should still be within a safe range.

But his eyes did feel uncomfortable before, so to be on the safe side, he temporarily stopped using the shixuzhi (vision-blurring juice).

"I'll do it. Ye Ge, you stand in front, I'll cover the rear, and An Shenyi will sit in the middle. If there's a situation in the team, report it immediately."

Taking the shixuzhi (vision-blurring juice) from An Shenyi, the Blood Hunter dripped it into his eyes like eyedrops, and then went to the back of the team.

"An Shenyi… be careful!"

Seeing this, Fang Yue gave an order, had someone carry Ma Ling'er onto the cart, and then went to the front to be on guard.

After Fang Yue left, the others no longer paid attention to him, and An Shenyi's expression gradually turned gloomy.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he frowned and secretly raised his right hand, bowing his head to sniff it.

Whether it was an illusion or not, he felt that his right hand faintly retained some kind of bloody smell.

In the first hour after Ma Ling'er's incident, everyone was very nervous, to the point of being extremely suspicious.

Even a small noise could startle people into screaming.

Fortunately, all the alarms turned out to be false.

The strange presence that injured Ma Ling'er seemed to have already left.

Fang Yue told the people in the team not to relax their vigilance, but their vigilance inevitably slackened a bit.

Not to mention them, after half a day passed and the team still didn't encounter any situation, Fang Yue also began to agree with the guess that the strange presence might have left.

Whether it was because they were nervous after being 'attacked' by the strange presence, the team's speed was much faster than usual.

They originally thought they would have to travel a bit at night to reach Luoye Village, but they actually arrived before dark.

"Phew… we should be safe now."

The Blood Hunter came over.

"Don't be careless."

Fang Yue gave an order, and then went to greet the people of Luoye Village.

Luoye Village is a large village similar to Manshui Village, with a relatively complete configuration of personnel.

"Everyone from Guyue Village, welcome to your long journey. Following the ancient agreement, our Luoye Village is willing to take you in for the night and guarantee your safety."

The escort team was stopped outside the village for a while.

The three captains of Luoye Village brought the guard team and all arrived.

Standing in the middle was a barrel-shaped, horizontally developed, and well-proportioned woman. She looked at Fang Yue with a smile and said.

"This is quite a new face. May I ask what position you hold in Guyue Village?"

"Captain Lin Duoduo, this is our newly appointed Vice-Captain Ye of Guyue Village. He is currently going through the captain's process, and in a few days, he will be one of the captains of Guyue Village."

A vice-captain with experience leaving the village a few times enthusiastically introduced him.

"Oh? So it's Vice-Captain Ye. Young and promising, young and promising." The barrel-shaped woman nodded, her attitude seemed to be less enthusiastic. She stared at Fang Yue's team for a while, and suddenly changed the subject.

"I wonder, why isn't my stupid younger brother leading this team? Could it be that he couldn't compete with Vice-Captain Ye?"

Stupid younger brother?

Fang Yue was a little confused.

He looked blankly at the vice-captains next to him. The vice-captain hurriedly came over to explain the situation to Fang Yue in a low voice, but the barrel-shaped woman preemptively said.

"Lin Ling, that idiot, is my cousin. Usually, when Guyue Village goes out, if they pass through Luoye Village, he will take the initiative to lead the team. Why didn't he come this time?"

Ah, this…

Lin Ling's cousin?

Fang Yue quickly restrained his judgmental thoughts.

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"So it's Brother Lin's cousin!"

"My name is Lin Duoduo, the general captain of Luoye Village. Tell me, what happened to him?"