The divine manifestations began at the Gongwei Division.

boom.

A flame burst forth from Zhou Heng's fingertips.

A flame landed on the spider web.

The spider silk, which remained unscathed even under the slashes of the Dragon Sparrow Blade, turned black and charred in an instant, turning into powder and falling to the ground.

All things in heaven and earth are mutually generative and mutually destructive.

Fire is just the right thing to do to control these spider silks.

Just as flames burst from Zhou Heng's fingertips, Madam Seven felt a bad feeling welling up inside her.

Seeing Zhou Heng escape, it immediately realized the error in its intelligence.

This garrison commander of the Imperial Guard actually knows magic!

Moreover, it's a fire-type immortal technique specifically designed to counter it!

This is a trap!

A thought popped into the Seventh Madam's mind.

Without any hesitation, it let out a sharp screech and its body instantly swung outwards.

"Fire! Start it!"

Zhou Heng snorted coldly, slung the Dragon Sparrow Blade behind his back, and pointed his left-hand sword finger forward.

boom!

A burst of flame shot out and landed on the spider silk that formed a dense web.

The inn was surrounded by a dense network of spider webs.

Originally, the plan was to completely trap the people in the inn, but now it saves Zhou Heng the trouble.

Flames scattered everywhere and ignited directly.

The fire started instantly.

Countless flames fell on the Seventh Madam, causing her to let out a shrill scream.

But it dared not linger, and in the blink of an eye it swung out of the inn, its sixteen legs moving as if flying, disappearing into the darkness in the blink of an eye.

Even faster than the Seventh Madam was the raccoon dog.

Before the remaining monsters could react, they had already disappeared one after another.

At this moment, Zhou Heng slowly walked out of the flames, and the Dragon Sparrow Blade in his hand transformed into a beam of light that fell among the monsters.

Swish!Swish!Swish!

When Lin Qingshan and the others were rescued from the fire by Zhou Heng, they only saw that the courtyard of the inn was full of monster corpses.

The flames that were originally burning fiercely were extinguished by raindrops falling from the sky when Zhou Heng waved his fingers.

They can turn their hands to make clouds or rain.

Lin Qingshan and the others were stunned.

"Chief镖林, you'll cover the inn's losses, is that alright?"

Zhou Heng said casually.

This shipment was worth a thousand taels of gold, and Zhou Heng had no qualms about taking advantage of the wealthy.

The main problem is that even if you ask Zhou Heng to pay compensation, he can't come up with the money.

Who would have thought that the dignified Garrison Commander was actually a penniless pauper!

This is not Zhou Heng's fault.

Zhou Heng has only been a garrison commander for a short time, and hasn't even received his salary yet.

"No problem, no problem!"

Lin Qingshan quickly replied.

If it weren't for Zhou Heng, they wouldn't even be alive.

What's a little money?

Besides, Commander Zhou set fire to the inn to save them.

Lin Qingshan led the group of bodyguards to finish up, while Zhou Heng walked straight to a caravan, jumped on it, and sat down on the box.

[You used your magic to frighten away the Seventh Lady, a fifth-rank demon, and survived a deadly crisis. You have been rewarded with the Wind-Stabilizing Pearl.]

Zhou Heng flipped his wrist, and a bright green bead appeared in his palm.

The bead was about two or three inches in diameter, crystal clear. When it appeared in Zhou Heng's hand, Zhou Heng clearly felt the wind around him avoid him.

"The Wind-Fixing Pearl—that's interesting."

Zhou Heng muttered to himself, "In the future, when I have no choice but to sleep outdoors, I won't have to worry about the wind anymore. With this in hand, everywhere is a windless area."

Zhou Heng silently put the Wind-Fixing Pearl into his pocket, still feeling a little regretful.

If we're talking about the rewards for the countdown to danger, his favorite is cultivation level, followed by martial arts techniques.

These magical artifacts, well, they're better than nothing.

It wasn't until dawn that Lin Qingshan and the others finished packing up.

He brought the breakfast to Zhou Heng and said in a low voice, "Everything is ready."

I've already spoken to the local officials, and the inn's losses have been fully assessed.

Such a commotion would naturally alarm the local government.

Following Zhou Heng's instructions, Lin Qingshan did not mention the demons causing trouble, but only claimed that there was a fire.

The innkeeper would certainly not mention the existence of demons, otherwise there would be no guests even if the inn was rebuilt.

Besides, he also benefited from Lin Qingshan's influence.

After dealing with the government officials, Lin Qingshan went through the innkeeper and managed to sell all the monster corpses.

"The corpses of those monsters sold for a total of six hundred taels of silver, and they're all here."

Lin Qingshan handed a silver note to Zhou Heng, saying, "This is a silver note from Datong Bank. You can withdraw silver with this note, and it's accepted throughout the country."

Zhou Heng didn't stand on ceremony and directly put the silver note into his pocket.

He was short of money, and these six hundred taels would be just the right thing to solve his immediate problem.

Once we reach Shu Prefecture, we won't have to worry about money anymore.

"Shall we continue on our way?"

Lin Qingshan asked for instructions.

Let's keep going.

Zhou Heng casually remarked that he was still thinking about the words used when calculating the danger countdown.

"Averted a deadly crisis."

Deadly crisis.

The phrase "danger countdown" is not used lightly, which suggests that the Seventh Madam could actually pose a fatal threat to him.

It just didn't expect that it would possess magical powers.

Given the suddenness of the incident, did it retreat out of caution?

Actually, its strength surpasses his own?

Zhou Heng followed the caravan, pondering to himself.

It seems that I must be more cautious next time I face it, and I must not hold back at all; I must go all out.

…………

In the mountains and forests.

The Seventh Madam's face was ashen.

Apart from the raccoon dog monster, all of its subordinate monsters died in the inn.

"It really was a trap!"

The Seventh Madam said coldly, "Otherwise, a mere garrison commander could never have killed so many of my demons!"

"Madam, shall we return to the mountain and ask the King for help?"

The raccoon monster whispered, "Zhou Heng is too strong; we really can't deal with him."

With him around, we can forget about getting the Demon King's Bone.

It had already fought Zhou Heng twice, and both times it suffered a crushing defeat.

He escaped by sheer luck both times.

Although we didn't fight this time, I almost died.

The saying goes, "Things shouldn't happen more than three times," and it was truly afraid.

"If I go back now, won't that vixen laugh at my incompetence?"

The Seventh Madam said coldly, "I am determined to obtain the Demon King's Bone!"

Before I left, the king bestowed upon me a magical artifact.

I just fell into his trap, so I didn't dare use this magic weapon.

Now, he's in the open, I'm in the shadows. Once I use this magical artifact to ambush him, he'll be dead for sure!

A confident look appeared on the Seventh Madam's face.

The raccoon demon asked curiously, "Madam, what magical treasure did the King bestow upon you?"

Are you sure you can really kill Zhou Heng?

Zhou Heng is not only a martial artist, but as you saw, he also knows immortal techniques. Those flames are no ordinary flames—”

It glanced at the Seventh Madam, who still bore the marks of burns from the flames.

"The King's roaming freely in the mountains and forests owes much to this magical artifact."

The Seventh Madam said smugly, "If I weren't favored, how could I have been rewarded with this magical treasure?"

"It is the tiger-striped pouch that the Great King crafted using his innate divine power. Once opened, it will release a white-haired whirlwind that will make people emaciated!"