From the end of the world

Chapter 26: Psychic vs. Fallen Demon Hunter 4
The fighting that had taken place inside the community earlier was very loud, with the shock waves from my flames and the demons pulling out and projecting street lamps. In terms of the decibel level of a single noise, ordinary construction work would not have disturbed the residents to this extent.

Therefore, it didn't take long before some residents of the surrounding residential buildings began to look out from their balconies and windows.

In order to avoid being stopped, I hurriedly left the community.

At the same time, I was also keeping a close eye on the movements of the demon a kilometer away.

After diving into the river, the demon quickly noticed something unusual about itself. Just like the underwater combustion phenomenon demonstrated in middle school chemistry class, the flames wrapped around its body never went out.

The horrible goat's face suddenly revealed an expression of extreme fear and despair, and it vomited a series of panicked bubbles in the hellish burning pain. Then, it struggled to crawl out of the river to the deserted shore and let out another heart-wrenching howl.

It was obvious that it wanted to do something, but didn't know what to do. It escaped from my sight and went into the water, but that didn't put out the flames. It couldn't think calmly, either. The pain was probably boiling its brain.

Now its only escape route is the cave in the room on the fifteenth floor. If it goes under the cave, it can cut off the connection between me and the flame. But it seems that it has not thought of this, or it does not know how to open the cave and its special properties?

After howling for a while, it finally regained some sanity and started running away from the community again.

What a strong body and will to survive. If a normal person was burned to this extent, all his mental strength would be exhausted, although I haven't actually tried it.

To be honest, my expectations of the actual performance of this demon were somewhat disappointed.

From the beginning of the battle till now, it has been showing me all physical moves. The shadow attack just now was the same. Although the shadow power gave people a mysterious impression visually, it still turned into a physical blade to attack me. Isn't this usage too boring? Are there no other more bizarre skills?
Could it be that everyone in that world fought like it? Or was it just a low-level fry?

Judging from the decision it made now, it must be doubting that it is not far enough from me, so it will continue to be burned. Although it will be useless even if it escapes to the other side of the ocean, I will have to retrieve it later, so I can't let it run too far.

I stood still for a moment, raised my right palm towards the distance of one kilometer away, and then clenched it hard.

The flames wrapped around its body, including the flames on the outside of its legs, were under my control. Suddenly, they seemed to have life and rushed into the muscles.

With a loud bang, its legs exploded on the spot, and its body had no time to brake. Under the action of inertia, it crashed into the woods on the side of the road and rolled for a long distance before finally stopping.

It placed its hands on the leaf-covered dirt ground to support itself. Because I had no intention of damaging the surroundings, even though it fell on fire and fell to the ground full of flammable materials, the flames showed no sign of spreading. It looked back at its legs that had been broken by the explosion and suddenly let out a nervous laugh.

"Zhuang Cheng, are you looking at me?" It raised its head and howled madly at the empty night sky, "If you have the guts...if you have the guts, then kill me! Kill me!"

"That won't work." Although I knew it couldn't hear me, I still responded from a kilometer away, "You are still useful."

After a while, I arrived at the forest where the demon was.

It fell to the ground, motionless, its body charred like the coals of a fire. It looked dead, but I knew it was still alive. After all, apart from its legs, I only let the flames damage its skin and muscles, and deliberately did not penetrate its internal organs. I could even feel its conscious and suppressed breathing through the flames.

Perhaps it has been burned to the point where even most of its pain-sensing nerves have died. I have searched the Internet out of curiosity (let's not discuss why I searched for that kind of information), because human pain receptors are mainly distributed in the epidermis and dermis, so the depth of burns and the degree of pain are not necessarily proportional, and some patients with severe burns may not even feel much pain. I just don't know if the physiological structure of this demon in front of me is similar to that of humans in this regard.

"You are still conscious." I took the initiative to speak, "I have something to ask you. As long as you are willing to answer, I can not burn you first."

The demon didn't respond. I took a few more steps forward. When the distance between me and it was only four or five meters, it suddenly leaned on the ground with its arms, suddenly jumped up, and flew towards me.

"Zhuang Cheng——!!" It let out a hateful roar from its severely burned throat that was so unclear that I could hardly make out the specific words.

It looked like this was its last stand. I was not surprised at all because it was within my expectations. However, what happened next was beyond my expectations.

Just as I was about to fight back, a beam of white light flew out from behind me, brushed past me, and hit the demon's torso. The demon flew backwards like a ball shot by an athlete, and then hit a tree not far away, knocking it crooked.

This time, it seemed that the demon was no longer acting, but had truly lost consciousness.

Who did this?

I immediately looked back.

On the other side of the forest, a figure holding a sword slowly walked over.

Dark clouds floated in the night sky, and the moon finally appeared. The moonlight poured into the bamboo forest, illuminating the face of the figure. It turned out to be a person dressed like an ancient knight. This person wore a brown and black raincoat, a hat of the same color, and a black and red scabbard. The long sword was held in his hand, with the tip of the sword facing the ground diagonally, maintaining a tense temperament as if he could swing at any time.

Judging from the fact that this person just helped me, he should not be an enemy. To be honest, I think it was unnecessary, but the feeling of being helped by a mysterious person who saw injustice was also very fresh, and I couldn't have a negative view. However, even if I judged that the other party was not an enemy, the other party might not think so. Maybe I should first introduce myself and show that I have no hostility.

"Hello." I spoke first, "I'm Zhuang..."

Suddenly, the other party seemed to see my face clearly and exclaimed: "Zhuang Cheng?"

It was a young woman's voice, and I seemed to have heard it somewhere before.

"You recognize me?" I was surprised. "Who are you?"

The other party hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand, took off his hat, and revealed his true face.

I was even more surprised, even shocked. My emotions were not as high as they were when I first saw the demon. The true face of the other party turned out to be someone I knew.

In my memory, that face always looked well-behaved and docile, reminiscent of a stream, a spring, or a misty lake, as beautiful as an ink painting. In most cases, he would try his best to avoid possible conflicts in interpersonal relationships.

But now, the other party's face has not changed at all, but his temperament is completely different, just like a majestic swordsman who will always face any dispute with a straightforward and heroic attitude.

"...Zhu Shi?" I read out her name.

The person who came was Chang'an's sister, Zhu Shi.

“You are…” She looked at me hesitantly, then looked at the fallen demon not far away, her voice unbelievable, “…Did you knock this down?”

"No, this is the one you just knocked down."

In fact, I know what she means. She just wants to buy a little time so that I can calm down my inner turmoil.

"I mean, all these burns accumulated on his body..." At first, her tone was a little unacceptable.

But slowly, she regained her spirit and her tone became much calmer: "--Did you do all this?"

The way she spoke was very different from the Zhu Shi I remembered, even the tone of her voice was different. In comparison, her previous tone of voice seemed to be a bit pretentious. Perhaps what she showed now was her true character.

I had almost calmed down, and while analyzing her current state, I confirmed: "It's me."

She observed me for a moment, then took the initiative to put the sword into the scabbard on her back and asked tentatively: "Are you a demon hunter too?"

"Also? ... I don't have that kind of job." I replied, "If you must say, I should be a person with super powers."

"That's also considered a demon hunter." She actually said that.

Also? This is not the first time I have heard the term "demon hunter". It should be a profession. If you are not doing this profession, but just have extraordinary powers, can you also be called a "demon hunter"? I feel a little uncomfortable with this, and at the same time, I have an association with the three words "demon hunter".

No wonder I felt that Zhu Shi’s voice now sounded familiar. This voice was exactly the same as the witcher woman who spoke to Agent Kong on the phone during the day.

Zhu Shi is the demon hunter woman!
After being shocked, I immediately realized a problem -

The demon hunter woman—Zhu Shi is affiliated with Luo Shan, and Luo Shan is probably an official supernatural organization. Doesn’t that mean it’s difficult for me to monopolize that demon now?

Is there any way to get that demon back... No, that's shortsighted. Now the official supernatural organization has really shown its clues in front of me, and I'm still thinking about some demons of unknown origin. If there is any information about the weird world that I want to know, wouldn't it be better for me to go directly to the other party?

It just so happens that Zhu Shi is my friend’s sister. With this kind of relationship, I can only say that God is helping me!
I immediately focused all my attention on Zhu Shi.

"I forgot to introduce myself again. I am Luoshan's demon hunter, responsible for the security of this area." Zhu Shi spoke in a very formal tone. "Later, I have a lot of questions to ask you about your defeat of the fallen demon hunter. Is it convenient for you now?"

(End of this chapter)