I was almost eaten at the beginning, luckily I was able to transfer the negative status

Chapter 37 Turn back and kill?

"Yes, those three were indeed killed by [Evil]."

"Then, Mr. Prefect, do you know exactly how they died?"

"Ah this..."

Magistrate Luo pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze to a captain in the crowd.

"Captain Zhang, you were the first to discover those three people. Do you know the specific circumstances of their deaths?"

"Reporting to the prefect, Mr. Zhou, I am not aware of the specific circumstances of the deaths of those three people.

When my subordinates found the three of them, they had already been dead for some time.

Apart from the fact that their necks were broken, there was nothing else that could be determined from their bodies.”

Captain Zhang, who was called out by Magistrate Luo, told all the information he knew.

Hear the words.

Zhou Heng couldn't help but frown again.

"It seems that the only way to do this is to let Yanei's [Evil] attack again in public, so that we can estimate its capabilities."

Mind this.

Zhou Heng glanced at everyone present. After a moment's thought, he slowly approached Magistrate Luo and asked in a low voice:

"Sir Prefect, does the National Destiny Formation you activated protect a certain area or a certain number of people? I wonder what the specific area or number of people is? Can it be changed?"

"The National Destiny Formation?"

Prefect Luo was slightly stunned, his mind a little confused as he didn't understand why Zhou Heng suddenly asked about this matter at this time.

However, even though he didn't understand, he didn't hide it. After a little thought and organizing his words, he directly revealed the situation of the National Destiny Array:

"When activated, the National Destiny Formation can protect all living beings within a certain range from being attacked by [evil].

The protection range of the national destiny formation I am driving now is a hundred meters in radius with me as the center.

The larger the range of protection of the formation, the more national fortune is required to maintain it.

I can freely control the protection range of the National Destiny Array, but the minimum is a hundred meters, and the maximum is the entire Pingyang Prefecture."

"I see. A hundred meters in radius..."

Zhou Heng nodded secretly, and then a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Then, he casually pointed at a few yamen runners in the crowd and ordered:

"You, you, and you, the three of you, retreat a hundred meters immediately."

"what?"

The three yamen runners who were singled out cried out in disbelief.

You know, although the conversation between Zhou Heng and Prefect Luo just now was relatively low, it was a matter of life and death for everyone.

Therefore, no matter how small the conversation between them was, those who paid close attention could still hear the general idea.

The three yamen runners who were chosen were already aware that they could not be protected by the National Destiny Array more than a hundred meters away.

Now, Zhou Heng actually wanted the three of them to retreat a hundred meters away. Wasn't this just wanting them to die? How could they not be surprised?

"Back off! Are you deaf?"

Seeing that the three men were still standing there in a daze and were reluctant to move, Zhou Heng suddenly shouted again with a cold expression.

While scolding and urging them, he slowly approached the three people.

"Sir, we"

puff!

boom! boom! boom!

Just as the three selected yamen runners were about to open their mouths to beg for mercy.

Before they could finish their plea.

Zhou Heng quickly drew his sword and pierced their hearts one after another.

Looking at the three bodies that fell to the ground with blood spurting from their chests in an instant.

Zhou Heng calmly took out a handkerchief from his bosom and wiped the scarlet blood stains on the cold sword with grace and composure, while speaking in a cold tone:

"Those who disobey orders will be killed without mercy! Do you really think I'm easy to talk to?

You, you, you, the three of you, retreat a hundred meters immediately."

While talking.

Zhou Heng raised the clean Hanfeng sword and used the cold tip of the sword to select three unlucky people from the crowd again.

"Yes."

This time, the three unlucky yamen runners who were chosen did not dare to hesitate any longer and quickly responded with trembling voices.

After all, if they agreed and retreated more than a hundred meters, there might be a slight chance of survival, but if they dared to hesitate and disobey, they would surely die immediately.

For such multiple-choice questions, they naturally know what to choose.

"Go back!"

Zhou Heng urged again in a cold voice.

Hear the words.

The three unlucky yamen runners didn't dare to delay any longer.

They hurriedly retreated with pale faces, and only stopped after retreating about a hundred meters with worried looks on their faces.

soon.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the three unlucky yamen runners, quietly waiting for the evil spirit wandering in the government office to attack them.

It seemed that the [evil] had not attacked anyone for a long time, or perhaps it was because it had always been following everyone around.

Therefore, its attack came extremely quickly.

When the three unlucky yamen runners had just left the protection range of the National Fortune Formation and stood still for just three or two breaths, one of them suddenly turned around and looked behind him.

Immediately afterwards, the head of the unlucky yamen runner who turned around to look behind him was twisted suddenly as if it was grasped by an invisible force.

Snap──

Accompanied by a crisp sound of broken bones, it echoed in the silent night.

Under the gazes of the crowd, the yamen runner who turned his head to look behind him had his neck broken and his head twisted 180 degrees behind his back, killing him.

boom!

"Ah──"

The body of the dead yamen runner fell to the ground with a loud bang, accompanied by the terrified screams of the two unlucky yamen runners beside him.

Soon, under the threat of fear of death, the two unlucky surviving yamen runners ran back towards the crowd desperately, trying to escape into the protection of the national destiny formation again.

However, just as they took a step back, the yamen runner who was a little slower to react suddenly stiffened slightly, and then turned around abruptly to look behind him.

Snap──

The sound of bones breaking rang out again in the silent night.

The yamen runner who turned around was just like the one who had just died. His head was twisted off by an invisible force and twisted to his back.

……

"Will I die if I turn back? Is this the power of that [evil]?"

No, that's not right. The fact that the two yamen runners suddenly turned around seems suspicious. Why did they suddenly turn around?

For the time being, he ignored the last yamen runner who was lucky enough to escape back to the protection of the National Fortune Array.

Looking at the two bodies of the yamen runners lying on the ground with their heads twisted behind their backs, Zhou Heng fell into deep thought.

At the same time, Jiang Yan, Liu Shiqing and others, as well as the group led by Governor Luo, were also thinking silently.

After all, whether or not they can uncover the power of [evil] is related to whether or not they can find a way to restrain [evil], and whether or not they can find a way to restrain [evil] is related to their lives.

Therefore, they had no choice but to pay attention to this matter.