When the Dragon Slayer Sect knew about this strange disease, they immediately sent disciples to investigate. They also invited many doctors to study the corpses, but other than the skin, there was nothing left.
"Did you ask the friends or relatives of the deceased?" Qin Feng asked.
Ye Zhi nodded, "Nothing special. Most of the deceased did not know each other and did not have any interactions with each other before they died. This strange disease seems to be random."
"Oh, speaking of which, the deceased had something in common. They had a huge appetite." Ye Zhi suddenly recalled.
"Huge appetite?
How big? "Qin Feng asked.
"They eat all day long." Ye Zhi said casually.
It was normal for a martial artist to have a large appetite. Practicing martial arts required a large amount of energy. Ordinary food simply couldn't provide enough energy. The higher one's cultivation, the larger one's appetite would be. Martial artists with high cultivation mostly ate heavenly treasures or elixirs.
Moreover, after seeing Yang Xi's abnormal appetite, Qin Feng did not think that these martial artists could have a huge appetite.
"I was just saying. I also don't think this strange disease has anything to do with martial artists' appetite." Ye Zhi smiled and did not take this matter to heart.
Up until now, the majority of those who had died were Channel Opening Realm martial artists. Only in the past two days had there been cases of Giant Strength Boundary martial artists dying. This strange disease should only spread among low level martial artists. True Element Boundary martial artists had true essence protecting their bodies and were immune to all diseases. This was also the reason why Ye Zhi dared to stay in this small town for so long.
"After investigating for so many days, there is still no news. Seems like I can only return to the sect." Ye Zhi sighed.
"Huala, huala!"
In a restaurant, a martial artist at the 9th level of the Giant Strength Realm was grabbing onto the leg of a demonic beast with both hands, tearing it apart with big bites.
"Waiter, why aren't you serving the dishes? Are you trying to starve me to death?" The martial artist shouted.
"Coming, coming, please forgive me. The dishes will be served immediately!"
Ye Zhi looked up and said, "Eating so much? How many days has it been since you last ate?"
The martial artist finished a jar of strong liquor and stood up abruptly. He walked down the stairs shakily.
"Guest, guest, you went the wrong way. That is the kitchen!" The waiter hurriedly followed.
However, the martial artist did not stop. Instead, he sped up and rushed into the kitchen.
"Guest … Ah!
Someone died! "The waiter who followed into the kitchen suddenly screamed.
Ye Zhi and Qin Feng looked at each other and rushed into the restaurant.
"What happened …" Ye Zhi asked.
"That … that … dead person!"
The waiter pointed at the water tank in the corner of the room in horror. A withered corpse was actually soaking in the water tank.
The chefs in the kitchen were also scared out of their wits. They collapsed to the ground. This was too strange. This was too strange.
"What exactly happened!" Ye Zhi looked around. This was the closest he had ever been to a strange illness.
"I … I don't know. This guest suddenly barged into the kitchen. When I followed him in, I saw him drinking from the water tank. Suddenly, he became like this." The waiter said.
Qin Feng fished out the corpse and said, "The flesh and blood in the body have been sucked out. Only the skin and skeleton are left."
"The same symptoms, but this strange illness is getting more and more severe!"
Ye Zhi took in a breath of cold air. 9th level Giant Strength Realm. This was the highest cultivation among the dead.
There was only a fine line between 9th level Giant Strength Realm and True Energy Realm. If even a 9th level Giant Strength Realm martial artist could not resist this strange illness, wouldn't that mean that even True Energy Realm martial artists would be in danger?
"Not good, not good, the river …" Suddenly, screams came from the small town.
"What happened to the river?"
"There are so many corpses, densely packed. The entire river is filled with corpses!"
Ye Zhi heard the conversation in the small town and his face changed. He jumped up and stood on the highest roof in the town. His face was pale. The entire river was blocked by corpses!
Qin Feng also took in a breath of cold air. The corpses in the river were exactly the same as the corpses in the small town!
"What is upstream of the river?" Qin Feng asked.
"Three Leaves Town!" Ye Zhi's eyes were filled with fear.
Three Leaves Town was the place where the strange illness first appeared. The Dragon Slaying Sect had sent a few True Energy Realm disciples there. Now that there were so many corpses upstream, the people of Three Leaves Town were probably all here.
"Curse, this must be a curse. This town has been cursed. I want to leave, I want to leave!" A martial artist screamed and ran towards the river.
Qin Feng thoughtfully looked at the martial artist. The moment the martial artist touched the water, his body instantly shriveled up and turned into a dried corpse, becoming a member of the army of dried corpses in the river.
"Water?" Qin Feng muttered to himself. The last martial artist who died in front of him also had a pool beside him.
Originally, the people of the small town were in a state of panic. Because of the Dragon Slaying Sect martial artists presiding over the situation, there was no riot. But now, with so many dried corpses in the river, the uneasiness in the hearts of the people was suddenly ignited.
"I want to leave, I don't want to die here!"
"This is not an illness, it's a curse, a curse!"
"I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"
Ye Zhi helplessly looked at the people who were constantly running away. Even he looked at his own body uneasily. Was it really not an illness but a curse? Would he be cursed as well?
At the age of 23, he was already a Second Stage True Element Realm martial artist. Among the Dragon Slaying Sect, he was a rare genius. His future was limitless. He did not want to die here.
Suddenly, Ye Zhi's face changed greatly. With a few jumps, he appeared by the river. Looking at the corpse in the sea of dried corpses, he shouted, "Senior Brother Yun!"
Dead, the True Element Realm martial artist sent by the Dragon Slaying Sect to Three Leaf Town was also dead!
At this moment, a chill enveloped Ye Zhi. He would die, if he stayed here, he would also die. Leave, he had to leave!
Qin Feng looked at the town that had turned into a sea of fire and helplessly shook his head. This matter was indeed too strange.
When Qin Feng walked along the river, dried corpses constantly flowed down from the top of the river.
Three Leaf Town had turned into a ghost town. There were no longer any living people here. Not only martial artists, but even ordinary people and livestock had been sucked dry of their flesh and blood.
Without exception, these corpses that had been sucked dry of flesh and blood were lying in the water or near the water source.
"Is it related to the water?"
Qin Feng's palm reached into the pool. Flames rose up and the pool instantly evaporated. There was nothing special left in the dried up pool.
"Could it be that I guessed wrong?" Qin Feng shook his head and left Three Leaf Town.
After Qin Feng left Three Leaf Town, a withered body wobbled towards the river. When the body was immersed in the river, it unexpectedly became plump and full of life.
The body opened its arms and let out a long roar. Within the river water, there were actually transparent insects. When these insects entered the body, the blood and Qi in their bodies were actually fed back to the body. In the blink of an eye, the body broke through from an ordinary person to a True Element Boundary martial artist.
A bloody light flashed in the eyes of the body. The body began to leave the river. Looking at the direction Qin Feng left, the body opened its mouth: "Ga … Si … Yi!"
A series of meaningless strange sounds. After trying many times, the body seemed to have mastered the technique of making sounds.
"What a delicious human!" After saying this, it licked its lips.
It took a set of clothes from a dried corpse and put them on. The body followed Qin Feng's footsteps.
At the same time, countless transparent insects entered the river and entered other waters. When these transparent insects entered a person's body, they would slowly swallow their blood!
However, who knew about this matter. Perhaps one day someone would discover this secret, but at that time, these transparent insects wouldn't be something they could deal with.
"That's right, let's give it a human name, Spirit Insect!" The body gave a laugh and quickly followed him.
Qin Feng was leaning against a large tree. Beside him was a flying sword that kept spinning.
"After following me for so long, you should show yourself!" Qin Feng pointed with his finger and the flying sword pierced through several ancient trees.
"Ding!" The flying sword slightly trembled. The Spirit Insect slowly walked out and caught the flying sword with two fingers.
"Brother shouldn't be too angry, I'm just going the same way as you." The Spirit Insect laughed.
Qin Feng waved his hand and the flying sword returned to his hand, "What are you following me for?"
"I've said it before, I'm just going the same way as brother!" The Spirit Insect's expression didn't change as he spoke.
Qin Feng stared at the Spirit Insect, but he didn't feel anything from the Spirit Insect. The Thunder Fire Source Spirit Wings spread and he turned into a bolt of lightning as he disappeared into the horizon.
The Spirit Insect was stunned for a bit, "This is a human martial skill. Now that I'm a human martial artist, I should be able to learn this martial skill. I'll find a human sect to join and learn from."
The Spirit Insect looked at his body and it seemed like he was a bit older. His body suddenly squirmed and turned into a pile of minced meat. Then this pile of minced meat reformed and turned into a seven-eight year old child.
The destruction of several cities caused the Black Dragon Territory to fall into panic. However, this strange disease came quickly and left quickly. In the panic of countless martial artists, this strange disease had actually disappeared.
Some people guessed that this was a plague that specifically targeted martial artists. Once the martial artists infected with the plague died, this plague would disappear.
This guess was very unreliable, but who cared? Who cared if it was a plague or not, it was fine as long as it didn't affect them.
No one knew that a flood dragon had swum into the sea from the river. This flood dragon was instantly sucked dry of flesh and blood and countless transparent insects drilled out of the flood dragon's body, drilling into the body of a small fish.
Very quickly, the small fish was eaten by the big fish, the big fish was eaten by the sea serpent, and the sea serpent was eaten by a Demonic Beast. These transparent worms were constantly accumulating in the bodies of various creatures, and finally sucking out the flesh and blood of these creatures!