Chapter 118: The Only Clue

As night deepened, Qingliang Peak fell into silence; most of the visitors had already returned satisfied. Though some people occasionally camped in these mountains at night, that was only during spring and summer. Now that early winter was approaching, temperatures in the mountains would surely drop below zero. No normal person would choose to camp at an altitude of 1,700 meters at such a time.
Under the cover of darkness, Ye Feng and the others could see everything clearly without needing any light.
Kongxu Daoren deactivated the hidden formation, and the massive beast reappeared before them.
Under the moonlight, the demonic wolf appeared even more ferocious, its black fur taking on a faint silver glow.
“What’s going on?” Long Tian, who wasn’t quite sure what was happening, turned to Ye Feng beside him.
“It’s nothing. It’s normal. Most wolves can absorb moonlight for cultivation. The stronger they are, the more pronounced this phenomenon becomes!” Ye Feng said nonchalantly. “At its level, it doesn’t even need to deliberately absorb moonlight—its body does it automatically at night. We don’t need to worry about it. Let’s get started!”
After hearing Ye Feng’s explanation, everyone finally calmed down.
Wudao stepped forward, climbed onto the demonic wolf’s back, and placed his hands on its head.
“Let’s see why you appeared in the Ghost Market!” As soon as Wudao spoke, a milky-white ribbon drifted out from the wolf’s head, slowly gathering in midair to form a huge circular mirror.
The crowd looked up at the mirror in the air, feeling both nervous and excited.
…
That day, as the king of that forest, it was happily enjoying its prey—a steel-armored pig. Suddenly, two uninvited guests appeared in its line of sight: two humans dressed in black robes. Their long robes covered everything, and the hats on top hid their faces.
It tried to intimidate them, warning them that this was its territory, but it had no effect.
Then, the battle began.
The two men’s weapons were strange—they weren’t ordinary swords or knives used by humans, but long needles that emitted a purple glow in the moonlight. It was unclear what material those needles were made of, but they could easily cut through its fur.

After several encounters, only a few shallow wounds remained on its body, but it felt dizzy and its head grew heavy. It immediately realized that some kind of drug had been applied to those needle-like weapons, and it knew it had been completely defeated this time. Seeing it gradually calm down, the two men knew the drug had taken effect and approached confidently. It waited patiently for them to get closer, determined to use its last bit of strength to launch one final attack. The two men indeed grew careless, with one of them even arrogantly touching his own head. A killing intent flashed in its eyes, and its sharp fangs prepared to bite off that man’s head without mercy. Unexpectedly, the man reacted quickly, bursting backward, only tearing his robe apart, yet remaining unharmed. Unfortunately, it couldn’t see the man’s face clearly; it only faintly saw a silver metallic glint from the covering on his face under the moonlight. Then everything went dark, and it lost consciousness. When it woke up again, it was already placed in a special cage, with its limbs, fangs, and even tail completely secured. No matter how hard it tried, it couldn’t break free at all. It could do nothing but open and close its eyes. The cage was covered with a huge black cloth, so it couldn’t see anything outside or hear any sounds. It didn’t know how much time had passed when the black cloth was suddenly pulled away. It finally saw what was around—it was a strange place surrounded by mountains, completely different from its own territory. At that moment, the two men reappeared, still wearing their loose black robes, their faces still invisible. One of them opened the cage’s door, while the other threw a dagger to cut the strange rope securing its mouth. After doing this, the two men fled into the distance. Filled with anger, it bit through the ropes binding its limbs and tail and chased after them. Unexpectedly, after taking a few steps, it was surrounded by another group of people who blocked its path. One of the fleeing men stood on a distant mountain peak, seemingly watching from afar. It became even angrier, growling at the crowd blocking it, trying to warn them to make way. But its growls only attracted more people.

Finally, someone attacked first—it could take it no longer; these guys, weaker than itself, dared to provoke it like this. After the first attack, followed by those from the second and third person. At this point, it couldn’t even bother chasing after the two humans who had captured it here and poured all its anger on the people before it. With its mid-Yuan Ying level strength, those human warriors at the Golden Dan or even just Condensing Dan stage were nothing but playthings to it. No one, no attack, could threaten it. Its fury grew even more insane after seeing the crimson blood, and it began a bloody massacre. In less than half an hour, almost no living beings remained in the entire valley, the ground stained red. It looked up and saw the human who had been standing on the mountain peak earlier—glancing at it provocatively before spreading its wings and flying away. It chased after that direction. After chasing for a while, finding no trace of them, it gave up and found a mountain range with food to hide in… Next was the story of what Ye Feng and the others did next… “Are those wings?” Mu Rong asked. “That’s right. Though it’s hard to see clearly, it should be a vampire!” Ye Feng nodded. “This is the only clue we have. Those two were wearing black robes and probably silver metal masks as well.” “Those corpses are different from when we went! Did those two in black robes return to clean up the bodies?” Ji Mo, another witness in the valley, asked Ye Feng. “Exactly. Not only did they return, but they also killed everyone left, stole all the items meant for sale in the ghost market, and piled the corpses together to burn them, trying to cover up evidence.” Ye Feng frowned. “To be honest, this tactic seems quite effective so far!” “Ye Feng, could that vampire be Nikola?” Although Long Tian had no evidence, the only vampire count they knew of was Nikola. “Unlikely. It takes more than a day or two to recover internal injuries. You beat him up badly last time—it would take at least ten days to half a month for him to be able to move normally. It’s only been a couple of days!” Ye Feng shook his head, disagreeing with Long Tian’s view. “But I wouldn’t mind paying him a visit! Maybe he knows something about that vampire!”

“Do you think he’ll tell us anything?” Long Tian felt that Ye Feng seemed to be oversimplifying the issue. He turned to look at the others. “Is there anyone else here who knows vampires?”
“I know one,” Mu Rong stepped forward as everyone shook their heads. “But he doesn’t even have a title; he’s a novice who doesn’t know much about vampires’ basic knowledge… He probably won’t be of much help.”
“Never mind. From what you say, he surely knows less than we do who’ve had contact with vampire counts. It’s a waste of time to ask him!” Long Tian said helplessly. “It seems we really need to go back to Canada! Just ask Nikola directly! If he refuses to speak, find a way to make him talk!”
“What should we do with this monster? Ye Feng, since you caught it, you have the authority to decide its fate!” Empty Taoist Priest looked at the dying demon wolf and said to Ye Feng.
“Kill it! I’ve already destroyed its cervical spine and the surrounding nerves. It can’t move even if it’s alive. Although it wasn’t its intention, it still caused a massacre. Killing it will at least give some closure to the relatives of those who died!” Ye Feng glanced at the others. Seeing that no one seemed to object, he slowly walked up to the demon wolf.
“I’m sorry, but for you now, death must be a relief!” After saying that, Ye Feng went around to its cervical spine and placed one hand where he had been standing. The faint silver light on the demon wolf gradually faded, its fierce aura calmed down, and its red eyes also dimmed…