I defeated the saint with a parry.

"Father?"

"My husband!"

Little Hongye stared blankly as Old Man Zhu transformed into a fox, while her pretty wife, Madam Zhu, was equally dumbfounded. When she sensed that Little Hongye wanted to go find her father, Madam Zhu instinctively grabbed her: "Don't go, he's not your father."

"Your father is a veteran border guard who has protected the Great Chu for many years, killing countless demon scum. How could he be a mere stinking fox!"

After Zhu Shi came to her senses from her daze, her pretty face was filled with anger. She realized something.

If Old Man Zhu's identity was taken by a fox demon, then where did the original old man go?

There can only be one answer, and that is death.

Zhu's eyes instantly reddened, but the anger on her face only intensified, and a murderous intent emanated from the tofu seller. If she hadn't been holding a little girl's hand, she probably would have charged forward to fight to the death.

"Oh! This human girl has quite the spirit, just like your crippled husband. But unfortunately, even if your husband were alive, the two of you together couldn't harm a single hair on my head."

The young fox demon spewed filth and acted extremely arrogantly.

Upon hearing this, the crowd glared angrily.

Zhong Song and Zhao Xiong were even more determined to take action, their ghostly aura erupting once more. They had already died once, so they weren't afraid of dying again.

But in this situation, it's not their turn yet. Xu Ling stood in front of Xiao Hongye and Zhu Shi with a cold smile: "You're just two dogs from the Sea-Gazing Realm, daring to bark at the entrance of the Demon Suppression Bureau in Fancheng Town. Who gave you the guts?"

Before any of the monsters could refute him, Xu Ling spoke again: "Normally you're nothing but a cowardly rat hiding in the shadows, but now you've only been forced to stand in front of us, yet you dare to spout such arrogant words."

"Do you really think my Demon Suppression Division is just for show?"

After Xu Ling finished speaking, the Moon Lion did not move, but two other figures emerged from the void.

One male and one female.

The man was clad in specially crafted black dragon armor, with two dragon whiskers adorning his hair. His aura was extremely restrained, yet it couldn't conceal the extraordinary presence of his Sea-Gazing Realm Body. He was none other than Zhao Yunhai, the Demon Suppressor known as the "Dragon-Slaying General" within the Demon Suppression Division. That dragon-scale armor and those dragon whiskers were his spoils of war.

The woman wore a light armor, which was a rare type of light armor made from the shell of a 'shellfish aquatic creature'. Judging from the aura of the armor alone, it was left by a demon race at least at the Sea-Gazing Realm.

No need to guess, this is Li Shishi, the demon-suppressing master and aquatic assassin known as "Flying Dragon General," who is on par with Zhao Yunhai.

The moment these two appeared, all the aquatic creatures within a hundred miles, regardless of rank, began to feast.

Zhao Yunhai stroked his dragon beard, his face grim: "Junior Brother Xu is right, but they are just two mad dogs barking; let's leave them to us."

Li Shishi glanced at Hongye and Zhu Shi, then silently focused her gaze on the fox demon of Guanhai Realm: "Give me that stinky fox."

As soon as she finished speaking, she rushed forward, a celestial sword appearing in her hand from nowhere, forcing the fox youth to escape into the sky.

On the other side, Zhao Yunhai was not to be outdone. He picked up his gun and started fighting with Wang the Butcher. Both of them headed towards the void.

Down here, they can't really show off their skills.

The City God Temple quieted down, and the vendors breathed a sigh of relief, though they all looked at Zhu Shi and Xiao Hongye with a degree of sympathy.

Xu Ling sensed the unusual activity on the communication talisman, and Zhang Li also sent a message.

"Damn it! I lost him. I've been keeping watch over Li Yang at the martial arts school for the past few days, and I haven't seen anything strange about him. But just now, after he went into the room, there wasn't a sound even after an incense stick had burned. When I went in to check, I found that he wasn't in the room at all. But during this time, I didn't sense any spiritual energy fluctuations, and I had no idea when he disappeared."

Zhang Li's voice was a mixture of confusion and anxiety: "No one else in the martial arts school has seen him either. What should I do next? Won't things get really bad if I can't find him?"

As soon as Zhang Li finished speaking, the sky above Fancheng changed color, and suddenly a dark aura enveloped the city, plunging it into darkness. The four cultivators at the Sea Gazing Realm who were engaged in battle also vanished without a trace.

"˶╹ꇴ╹˶!"

Zhang Li was dumbfounded and shouted into the communication talisman, "This is a formation! Someone actually buried a massive formation in Fancheng that can cover the entire city..."

Xu Ling: "Do you recognize this formation?"

"Brother Xu! You think too highly of me. I just do clerical work and know a little more than that. What makes you think I would recognize such a grand formation? This level of formation is far beyond our level." Zhang Li didn't say a word, which was that it was uncertain whether the garrison commander could even see through it.

"It seems that as soon as the stage is set up, the people behind can't wait. Brother Zhang, come find me at the City God Temple in the north of the city quickly, let's go catch ghosts together."

He turned to look at the frightened Xiao Hongye.

Xu Ling asked softly, "Is Hongye very scared?"

Little Red Leaf shook her head, but hugged her mother even tighter.

From the moment that great formation began, the sky over Fancheng changed, and Zhao Xiong and Zhong Song's physical bodies also underwent changes.

Originally, the two of them were no different from ordinary people, except for their emotional changes. But now, their faces were completely bloodless, and they were shrouded in a wisp of black mist. The cold aura that was gradually spreading in the bustling city seemed to have come for them.

Even their eyes have changed; the pupils have lost their black color and are transforming into a whitish-gray hue.

This is what Xu Ling thought ghosts and monsters should look like.

"How are your two senior brothers?"

Zhong Song chuckled twice: "It couldn't be better. The changes in Fancheng seem to be beneficial to us."

Zhao Xiong clenched his fist: "I feel my cultivation level is rising. At this rate, if this formation continues, it's only a matter of time before we break through to the Spirit Platform Realm."

"It seems this formation is beneficial to ghosts."

No wonder Xu Ling felt eerie all around, as if he were facing the Yin-Yang Road of Jin Yu Lou.

He had a bad feeling that Jin Yulou might also have gotten involved in this performance. Such a sinister formation couldn't have been accomplished without Jin Yulou's involvement.

At this moment, two figures, one from the south and one from the north, were rapidly approaching Xu Ling.

Zhang Li came from the south, while Wang Dachui came from the north. He had noticed the commotion that had occurred earlier in Guanhaijing.

When Zhang Li saw Zhong Song and Zhao Xiong, he wasn't surprised, clearly having already known the news. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the two looked at Wang Dachui, who had just arrived.

"Brothers, something terrible has happened!"

I just came from the North Gate. The array's edge extends dozens of miles into the mountains, turning the bustling city into an isolated one, completely cutting it off from the outside world. Even the senior demon-suppressing masters at the Spirit Platform Realm guarding the city can't decipher its origins. Moreover, a large number of demons and ghosts have appeared outside the city, seemingly preparing to attack. I also observed the arrays in the other directions from afar, and they seemed to be even further away, suggesting that ghosts and demons were also attacking the city there.

This suddenly appearing formation is definitely aimed at eliminating all members of the Fancheng clan. Good heavens, who knows when the person who set it up started preparing? The key now is to find the formation's core.

Wang Dachui, being very casual, glanced around and then subconsciously looked at Xu Ling.

Among them, Xu Ling was the strongest in combat, and with the presence of the Guardian Order, Xu Ling had become the backbone.

Xu Ling looked at the two Sulong lions: "My two lion masters, it's time for you to step up your game."

"This formation is of an extremely high level, and it's daytime now, so we can only do our best."

After the two lions finished speaking, they released all the returning demon slayers, a total of more than twenty. As soon as they landed, they, like Zhong Song and the other two, were affected by the formation and began to show their ghostly forms.

The good thing is that even if these soldiers of the Demon Suppression Division die and return, they are still the same as before. When they hear about the current situation in Fancheng, their first reaction is to rush out of the city to slay demons and monsters.

"With Master Lion here, there's no need for you to lift a finger."

Upon hearing that these guys wanted to guard the city gate, the two moon lions cursed, "If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. Since I came to Fancheng with Xu Huaixu, I have never laid a hand on anything. Today, I'll show you guys that I'm not just all talk."

The two kittens rose gradually on their four paws. Before they could finish speaking, they regained their massive size as a Sulong, with moonlight flowing across their bodies. Two unique racial runes belonging to the Sulong race emerged from their bodies and flew straight into the sky.

Two moon lions followed closely behind, transforming into moonlight in the air and disappearing into the two inscriptions.

The inscriptions shone brightly and flew to the north and south of the city, respectively. They quickly hovered above the city gate, and a huge barrier, with the two inscriptions as the boundary, rapidly took shape and enveloped the entire city.

The phantoms of two lions could be faintly seen on the barrier, wandering and roaming around it.

At this moment, the barrier beast is the barrier itself, and the barrier is also the barrier beast.

If you want to cross this realm, you don't even need to think about it if you don't have a cultivation level of at least the Sea-Gazing Realm.

"Lion Lord is awesome! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧"

The crowd shouted in unison.

Even with the barrier in place, some of the effects of the formation were isolated, but the visible yin energy still kept rising from the ground.

"It seems that the foundation of this formation comes from underground."