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It was located on the roadside, a few miles from Muyang.

Several wrecked carriages were scattered around, and more than a dozen corpses lay haphazardly on the ground, all dressed in ordinary clothes, like ordinary merchants.

Around the wreckage of the carriage were five people dressed in the uniforms of the Demon Slayer Bureau.

One woman and four men.

They are still alive, but their condition is not very good.

If Mu Yang were here, he would definitely recognize the woman in the lead as Li Xiulian, the second-class demon-hunting captain who stood with Qin Yuan on the day he joined the company.

Yesterday, Li Xiulian led the newcomers in her team to complete their first mission. Today, on their way back, they happened to encounter a deer demon attacking the caravan.

As a member of the Demon Slayer Division, I naturally had to draw my sword to help in this situation.

Of the five of them, only the three new recruits were at the early stage of Qi Condensation Realm.

The other two are a mid-stage Qi Condensation Realm cultivator and a veteran third-class demon-hunting captain.

The other one, Li Xiulian, who is the team leader, has a cultivation level of late-stage Qi Condensation Realm.

With the combined efforts of the five, they were not afraid of even ordinary fourth-order perfected demons.

Unexpectedly, this deer demon was no ordinary monster.

Not only is it extremely fast, far exceeding Li Xiulian's speed at the late stage of Qi Condensation Realm, but it can also unleash wind blade attacks.

Not only does it have a long range, but its power is so great that it can cause serious injury upon contact.

Even a mid-stage Qi Condensation Realm martial artist who had cultivated external martial arts could not withstand it head-on.

As a result, the caravan couldn't be protected either, and all five of them suffered varying degrees of injury, nearly dying there.

The three newcomers were as pale as paper. One of them had his thigh bent unnaturally, clearly because he had broken a bone. The other two were also covered in blood, their black uniforms stained red, and their wounds were so deep that the bone was visible.

As for the seasoned, experienced third-class demon-hunting captain, his injuries worsened because he was distracted by taking care of the three new recruits.

His abdomen, chest, and right arm were all stained red with blood, and his chest was pounding wildly like a broken bellows.

He is able to stand up at this moment only because of sheer willpower.

Even Li Xiulian, who had the highest cultivation level, was not in a good state at the moment.

The cuff of his left arm was torn, and blood gushed out. Several nicks appeared on the long sword in his hand, with cracks spreading outwards.

"team leader!"

An atmosphere of despair filled the group.

After easily completing their first mission, the new recruits thought that the Demon Slayer Division, which was rumored to have an extremely high mortality rate, was nothing special.

I never expected it to turn out like this today.

"Stop yelling, Old Tang, get them out of here!"

Without turning her head, Li Xiulian gave a low, harsh shout, her voice hoarse yet carrying an undeniable force: "Hurry up, don't hold me back!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a gray-brown figure leaped out from the tree canopy.

It was a slender, agile deer demon with a pair of antlers on its head that resembled lush branches, thick and heavy.

The surface of the horn also had a faint bluish sheen.

After emerging from the tree canopy, its dark eyes instantly locked onto Li Xiulian, who was standing at the very front.

A surge of demonic energy erupted, and a strong wind suddenly arose from the corner.

A crescent-shaped wind blade instantly formed and flew straight towards Li Xiulian and the several seriously injured people behind her!

"Damn it!!"

This was clearly not the first time the deer demon had done this; Li Xiulian made her judgment almost the instant the wind blades shot out.

The men under her command were all seriously injured, and if they were hit again, they would probably not survive.

Ignoring the pain from her wounds, she channeled her inner energy, took a step forward, and slashed horizontally, raising her sword to meet the wind blade.

The blade collided with the wind blade, producing a piercing metallic scraping sound and sparks flying everywhere.

The wind blades were quickly cleaved apart by the blades imbued with true energy.

The power of a single wind blade is actually not great, at most equivalent to the level of a mid-stage Qi Condensation Realm cultivator swinging their sword with all their might.

However, the deer demon could not withstand the speed at which it could condense wind blades.

At its fastest, it could unleash two or three wind blades with almost every breath, keeping them constantly on the run.

Even the long sword in Li Xiulian's hand had a nick.

If she hadn't also cultivated a swift blade technique, she probably would have fallen long ago to the deer demon's disgusting wind blade attacks.

"Whoosh!!"

Just as Li Xiulian shattered the first wind blade, another wind blade formed from the large antlers on the deer demon's head.

Li Xiulian gritted her teeth and met the attack again.

The deer demon didn't seem to be in a hurry to deal with them. It just moved left and right as if it were teasing a cricket, its eyes full of mockery.

Yes, it is taking revenge.

Ever since its meal was disturbed by someone wearing this uniform and it was almost hurt, it has held a grudge against the person wearing this skin.

"Whoosh—!!"

Another wind blade was shot out by the deer demon, aimed directly at the group of people behind Li Xiulian who were preparing to retreat.

Because Li Xiulian was a fraction too slow, one of the newcomers was struck in the back of the knee.

With a crack, the sound of bone breaking came from the man's knee.

"Grass!"

Li Xiulian muttered a curse under her breath, then drew her knife and charged towards the deer demon.

Seeing Li Xiulian charging angrily towards him, the deer demon didn't confront her head-on. Instead, it leaped back lightly with its four hooves, even having time to unleash two wind blades.

Li Xiulian was already slower than the deer demon, and now that her condition has greatly deteriorated, she is even less able to catch up.

After barely managing to block the wind blades with her sword, the long sword in her hand suddenly let out a mournful cry and broke in two.

"Whoosh!!"

The deer demon seized the opportunity to attack, and wind blades came straight at it.

Finished!

Without her longsword, she couldn't block the wind blades at all!

Li Xiulian's eyes darkened, and a sense of despair rose uncontrollably in her heart.

However, just as the wind blade was about to sever her neck, a golden streak of light suddenly flashed before her eyes.

That was a rare, black-gold weapon—a mace!

The wind blade struck the mace like waves crashing against rocks, shattering into countless tiny vortexes with a muffled thud and dissipating into the air.

Li Xiulian paused for a moment, then turned to look in the direction from which the long mace had come.

It was a figure that was both somewhat unfamiliar and yet felt familiar to her. Tall and upright, he wore the same dark uniform as her, the hem of which fluttered in the wind like a hunting eagle.

"Muyang?"

Soon, the person's name came to mind.

She remembered that this person seemed to have joined the team on the same day as the three newcomers in her team.

He is a newcomer in Qin Yuan's team.

That's great! If Old Qin were here, at least he could drive this deer demon away!

However, after waiting and waiting, no one else appeared behind Mu Yang.

The startled deer demon was relieved to see that only Mu Yang was there.

"Another one, hehehe, well, let's all stay together then!"

The deer demon swung its large antlers, unleashing three swift wind blades.

Where did this fool come from? Without a weapon, how will you withstand my attack...?

As the deer demon was thinking, his gaze suddenly froze.

Mu Yang raised his arm, which was covered by a dark black uniform, slightly, and tilted his fair and large palm forward with his five fingers together.

Then......

"Bang!!"

The wind blades dissipated!

Deer Demon: !!!

Li Xiulian: ? ? ?