61: Evil Nail

Under the dark night.

Rumbling sounds echoed continuously through the village.

The tall Martial Warrior Puppet was like a God of War.

Unleashing a merciless slaughter.

The evil spirits rushing out of the village were brutally killed one after another.

All evil spirits died with a single punch.

No matter their strength, none could withstand a single punch from the Martial Warrior Puppet.

Although Wang Luo and the others had witnessed this mysterious expert in action before, this was not their first time.

Yet, they still felt incredibly shocked.

Especially when a terrifyingly powerful Five-Mark Evil Spirit appeared among these evil spirits, and was then blasted apart by a single punch from this mysterious expert, their minds were rocked by colossal waves!

"How do I feel... this senior is even more powerful than yesterday!"

"It's obvious that this senior wasn't using his full strength yesterday."

"Too strong!!! This must be one of the top-tier existences even among those at the Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level; he killed a Five-Mark Evil Spirit with a single punch! It's terrifying!!!"

Xiao Shi also continuously exclaimed in admiration with the others.

As someone witnessing this scene for the first time, it was normal for him to appear excited and shocked.

Amidst their exclamations.

In an instant.

All the evil spirits in the village were slaughtered by the Martial Warrior Puppet.

Following that, they saw the Martial Warrior Puppet take out a cylindrical object.

Puffs of mist were released from the cylinder.

Enveloping the entire village.

After yesterday's experience, Wang Luo and the others were no longer as nervous facing this mist, but they still maintained their vigilance.

"Everyone stay put."

Wang Luo reminded everyone.

He specifically reminded Xiao Shi.

Although they couldn't see each other due to the mist.

They were not far from each other.

Once any situation arose, they would immediately huddle together.

Before long.

The mist dissipated.

Just like yesterday.

The mysterious expert disappeared with the mist.

Leaving only a ground full of corpses.

"Another day of great harvest!"

Wang Luo and the others beamed with joy.

They felt incredibly lucky to have encountered such a powerful individual.

Although there were fewer evil spirits in this village than in yesterday's village, there was a Five-Mark Evil Spirit.

Just this one Five-Mark Evil Spirit was worth seven hundred contribution points!

They immediately began collecting the corpses of these evil spirits.

However, just as they had collected all the evil spirit corpses and were about to leave the village.

"Hmm?"

Xiao Shi suddenly noticed.

A pale hand was exposed in the ruins of a collapsed house from earlier.

"Look quickly..."

He quickly called out to alert everyone.

Wang Luo and the others also looked over.

They saw the hand protruding from the ruins.

They immediately moved closer.

They dug out a corpse from the ruins.

This was the corpse of a middle-aged man.

Although he had been dead for some time, the entire corpse was well-preserved, and on his forehead, there was a black nail.

The moment he saw this black nail.

Xiao Shi's gaze immediately sharpened.

He remembered the hundreds of corpses in Fengsha Stronghold when he annihilated it that day!

Those corpses were just like this one.

Each had a black nail on the forehead!

"What is this?"

Yang Zhen and the others' attention was also focused on the black nail on the corpse's forehead.

They could all tell.

This was no ordinary nail.

"I suspect there might be more such corpses here."

Xiao Shi said in a deep voice.

Wang Luo nodded in agreement.

"Let's search around."

He suspected these corpses might be related to evil spirits.

Immediately, everyone began searching the village.

Sure enough.

In various houses throughout the village, there were some of these corpses, all with a black nail on their foreheads.

This also made their expressions turn solemn.

"These corpses must be related to evil spirits; we need to take these corpses back immediately."

Wang Luo said.

Their mission this time was not only to clear out the surrounding evil spirits.

It was also to investigate the reason for the frequent appearance of evil spirits.

These corpses might be the crucial clue.

Immediately.

They took these corpses and returned directly to the camp.

Originally, according to the rules.

They could only return to the camp after dawn.

But when Team Leader Ding heard that they had an important discovery, he immediately rushed over.

Currently, clues about the frequent appearance of evil spirits were more important than killing these evil spirits.

Soon, Team Leader Ding saw the many corpses Xiao Shi and his team had brought back.

Upon seeing the black nails on the foreheads of these corpses, Team Leader Ding's Slit-Eyes contracted.

"Evil Restraining Nails!!!"

He stared at the nails on the foreheads of these corpses.

He recognized them at a glance.

His expression was extremely grim.

"Evil Restraining Nails?"

Xiao Shi and the others were all confused.

They had never heard of such a thing.

"Evil Restraining Nails are an extremely evil artifact. Their purpose is to transform corpses into evil spirits!"

Team Leader Ding explained in a deep voice.

"Although evil spirits are usually formed from the souls of the dead, whether human or beast, any living creature, after death, has a certain probability of becoming an evil spirit..."

"As far as I know, whether one becomes an evil spirit after death mainly depends on the soul fluctuations at the time of death."

"The greater the soul fluctuations at the time of death, the easier it is to become an evil spirit."

"And these Evil Restraining Nails, once implanted into a corpse, will continuously cause soul fluctuations, thereby transforming the corpse into an evil spirit!"

"These Evil Restraining Nails... usually come from Heretical Organizations. In the past, our Seven Stars Province had no Heretical Organizations, but it seems some Heretical Organizations have secretly infiltrated our Seven Stars Province!"

Team Leader Ding's expression was grave.

"This matter is of great importance. I need to return immediately to report to the Director. The intelligence you brought back this time is very valuable; you did well! I will give you corresponding contribution points as a reward later."

After Team Leader Ding finished speaking.

That night, he took these corpses and rushed back to Jin Yun City to report to the Director.

"Heretical Organization..."

Xiao Shi pondered this thoughtfully.

Based on the information provided by Team Leader Ding, it wasn't difficult for him to deduce.

The reason for the frequent appearance of evil spirits around Jin Yun City recently was because a Heretical Organization was constantly using Evil Restraining Nails to create evil spirits there.

Especially when he recalled his discovery in Fengsha Stronghold back then... he could foresee that the Heretical Organization had most likely infiltrated some forces around Jin Yun City.

While having these forces collect corpses for them, they were also using these forces as a cover to secretly help them create evil spirits.

Having just one Senluo Organization was already troublesome enough.

Now there was an additional Heretical Organization constantly creating evil spirits.

"A troubled time!"

Xiao Shi pinched his brow.

He felt that the situation in Seven Stars Province was becoming increasingly complex.