Witch, don't do anything reckless!

Upon learning that a large number of demons had appeared at the West Gate, Li Chuqiu hurriedly bid farewell to his second uncle and led his men to the location.

When they arrived at the scene, they discovered that the situation was more serious than they had imagined.

The area around the city gate was in a mess, with signs of destruction everywhere, panicked civilians scattered, and city defense patrols and Tianxuan Division constables trying to maintain order.

Among the crowd, Li Chuqiu saw many injured civilians and colleagues from the Tianxuan Division, with several corpses lying on the ground. Some were constables from the Tianxuan Division, while others were ordinary civilians.

These monsters are far too audacious, daring to injure people in broad daylight within Yuhua City!

"head."

Someone called out, and Li Chuqiu looked up and quickly walked towards the crowd.

Chen San'er was sitting on the ground, clutching his shoulder which was stained with blood, his face pale.

"What happened?"

Chen San'er grinned and said, "We heard about monsters here while we were patrolling the streets. We ran into them when we arrived, and we got a few minor injuries during the fight, but they weren't serious."

Li Chuqiu examined Chen San'er's shoulder injury and confirmed that it was indeed caused by the demon's claws, with the wound tinged with black aura.

"What kind of monster is it? How many are there? What is its origin?"

"There are about seven or eight of them. Their strength is neither particularly high nor low, around the seventh or eighth realm. Their origins are still unclear."

Li Chuqiu tossed a bottle of medicine to Chen San'er and asked, "Where are Zhang Man and the others?"

"They were all here just now. We didn't have enough manpower to stop those demons. We killed a few demons, but some of them have already broken out of the city. I just saw Zhang Man and the others go out of the city to chase after them."

Have they left the city?

Li Chuqiu looked up towards the city gate, which was wide open. The soldiers guarding the city there were also seriously injured. Ordinary soldiers who had not entered the city were almost powerless against these monsters.

"Boss, you need to go check on this right away."

After taking the medicine, Chen San'er's complexion improved a bit: "I just saw Xie An and his group leave the city. Zhang Man is a brainless person. If he gets into a conflict with them outside the city, he'll probably suffer."

Within the Tianxuan Division, cliques are extremely prevalent, and while things may appear peaceful on the surface within the city, once outside the city and into the surrounding territories, anything can happen.

The so-called prohibition against internal strife and harming colleagues was limited to the city.

Although Xie An most likely didn't have the guts, Li Chuqiu nodded just in case: "You go back and rest to recover, I'll go check on him!"

With that, Li Chuqiu, carrying her sword, headed out of the city. After leaving the city, she followed the path outside the city.

The scenery outside the city was completely different from that inside. The paths were overgrown with weeds and trees, and along the way, one could see many messy footsteps and traces of fighting.

It seems that quite a few constables from the Tianxuan Division chased after the monster and engaged in a fierce battle with it.

Today's situation is indeed somewhat unbelievable. How could these monsters force their way out of the city in broad daylight?

Even if Yuhua City is in a bad state, with the Tianxuan Division stationed there, it is not a place where these ordinary demons can run rampant.

Li Chuqiu followed the path and soon heard the sounds of fighting ahead.

He concealed his presence and followed after them.

Soon, they saw Zhang Man fighting a monster in a forest.

Zhang Manren, true to his name, was a burly man who wielded a large sword, which he was currently swinging with a whooshing sound.

As Li Chuqiu's top general, Zhang Man has reached the strength of the quasi-seventh realm at a young age. Although he has not yet opened his sea of ​​consciousness, he is already considered to have extraordinary talent within the Tianxuan Division. This is why Xie An is so wary of Zhang Man.

Opposite Zhang Man at this moment was a demon shrouded in a black robe, its body exuding a strong demonic aura, with a strength of about the seventh realm. It was emitting strange cries of "heh heh" and was handling Zhang Man's attacks with ease, seemingly showing a tendency to suppress Zhang Man.

After all, they were at a lower cultivation level. Even though Zhang Man possessed immense strength, he had not yet opened his sea of ​​consciousness and could not utilize his spiritual energy. Facing this demon, he gradually became powerless. As his strength waned, his sword began to slow down, and he fell further and further behind in the battle against the demon.

The demon seemed to have seen through Zhang Man's secrets. After noticing that Zhang Man's swordsmanship had slowed down, a sharp glint flashed in its dark eyes. In the moment when Zhang Man's sword missed its mark and he was stunned, the sharp claws under the black robe suddenly slashed fiercely at Zhang Man's neck!

Zhang Man was terrified. It was too late to dodge, and he could only watch helplessly as the sharp claws came at him.

"Ding!"

A clear and melodious sound rang out.

Li Chuqiu, who was hiding in the grass, leaped out, drew his sword, and slashed down.

The sharp blade landed precisely on the monster's outstretched claws, producing a crisp clang.

Then, the claws were instantly severed by the horizontal blade.

"ah!!"

A sharp scream rang out, and the monster howled in agony.

Li Chuqiu didn't give the monster a second chance to bark. Just as the monster opened its mouth to let out another scream, Li Chuqiu slashed upwards with his sword.

Before the monster could even react, Li Chuqiu severed its neck with a single stroke.

The sound stopped abruptly!

The black-robed demon froze on the spot, then collapsed with a thud.

Do not look down.

He didn't realize how he died until he stopped breathing.

This man... he's too fast!

"head……"

Zhang Man, who thought he was going to die here today, stared blankly at the head that suddenly fell from the sky, and then looked at the demon that was dead with its eyes wide open. His expression was somewhat dazed.

That's way too fast!

His swordsmanship seems to have improved again!

So fast? This is unacceptable!

Let alone the demon, Zhang Man himself hadn't even seen it clearly before his head had already instantly killed it...

As Zhang Man gradually came to her senses, she subconsciously swallowed.

That's a genuine seventh-realm demon!

If Zhang Man hadn't known that his master couldn't cultivate, he would have suspected that his master had secretly advanced to the middle three realms.

But then I thought, not even reaching the middle three realms... that seems even more absurd, doesn't it?!

This means that Tou's knife skills have truly reached a level of unparalleled mastery.

"You're not dead yet, are you?"

Li Chuqiu's voice pulled Zhang Man back to reality: "Boss, I'm fine!"

He was just severely exhausted, but not injured.

Li Chuqiu ignored him and went off to search the corpse.

The seventh-realm demon's spiritual power was quite dense, and as soon as Li Chuqiu approached, his body instinctively began to absorb it. As the spiritual power entered his body, Li Chuqiu vaguely felt that he was only one step away from breaking through the 'Sea of ​​Consciousness'.

But this one step away has held him back for a long time.

I just couldn't figure it out.

Even though enough spiritual energy had been gathered, the entrance to the cave could not be found.

This made Li Chuqiu scratch her head in frustration!

However, although his strength has not improved, this mental power has enhanced Li Chuqiu's senses. It is no exaggeration to say that his perception of his surroundings is now no weaker than that of cultivators in the middle three realms.

After searching around, Li Chuqiu found nothing useful. This monster didn't seem to be anything important; it didn't even have many spirit stones on it, but it was tattered and broken. Li Chuqiu tossed it to Zhang Man and then took out the monster's demon core.

The most valuable thing about demons is their demon cores, which are refined when they transform into human form. Demon cores can be used in medicine, or as materials to refine various talismans and pills to fight demons. Some powerful demon cores can even assist humans in their cultivation.

The raw material for the Qi Condensation Pills in Tianxuan Division is the demon cores of these demonic creatures.

It's fair to say that humans have come up with all sorts of creative ways to use demon cores.

Therefore, these demon cores are not cheap on the black market.

Li Chuqiu carefully stored away the demon core and was about to leave with Zhang Man when a series of footsteps sounded. Seven or eight people appeared in the woods and bumped into Li Chuqiu.

The elegantly dressed young man at the head of the group was none other than Qin Yan. Naturally, Xie An, his lackey, was also by his side.

Seven or eight people, all old enemies!

Hey, it really is like a persistent ghost!

Qin Yan was clearly surprised to run into Li Chuqiu here. He paused for a moment, then scanned his surroundings and quickly noticed the corpse of a demon on the ground. A fight had just taken place nearby, and Li Chuqiu was only accompanied by one of her subordinates…

He instantly understood what had happened, his eyes narrowed, and he sneered, "What a coincidence to run into you here!"

Li Chuqiu ignored the guy and glanced back at Zhang Man: "Let's go, go back and collect your reward."

Zhang Man sized up the group of people around him with a wary and unfriendly look, preparing to take the monster back to claim the reward, but Qin Yan stopped him.

Did I tell you to leave?

As soon as he finished speaking, several people behind Qin Yan surrounded the two of them. Xie An, in particular, had a look of anger in his eyes.

"Young Master Qin didn't let you leave!"

Li Chuqiu paused, glancing at Qin Yan: "You want internal strife?"

Qin Yan said slowly and deliberately, "Since we are all from the Tianxuan Division, I won't make things difficult for you. Hand over the demon's inner core and what you've obtained. Kneel down to me twice more, and I'll let you leave."

Before Li Chuqiu could even speak, Zhang Man behind her erupted in anger: "You, surnamed Qin, you think you're so great? Do you believe I'll kill you?!"

Qin Yan ignored Zhang Man and stared at Li Chuqiu, a barely perceptible murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

If it weren't for the lingering fear that this young man might have some connection with Xu Jinghong, Qin Yan would have already harbored murderous intent. ...But even if he couldn't kill this young man, he still wanted to thoroughly humiliate him to vent his anger.

Li Chuqiu felt helpless.

Even though he tried his best to avoid conflicts with these idiotic villains, trouble still inexplicably came knocking on his door.

A large part of the reason he didn't want to deal with Qin Yan was not only because he didn't take the guy seriously, but also because he couldn't eliminate him completely.

Li Chuqiu's style of doing things has always been very simple: either don't offend anyone, or if you do, eliminate them completely, even the yolk of the egg.

As colleagues in the Tianxuan Division, Qin Yan has connections in the capital and is quite influential. A conflict with him could have dire consequences.

But unfortunately, Li Chuqiu couldn't just kill him. If he died here for no apparent reason, Li Chuqiu would definitely become a suspect.

Once you get involved with these scions of powerful and influential families, they're like a persistent leech that you can't shake off.

Therefore, Li Chuqiu really didn't want to talk to him. Even if there were conflicts, Li Chuqiu tried her best to avoid direct confrontation with him.

But unfortunately, they couldn't stop the other party from coming to them on their own.

"So, there's no room for negotiation?"

Li Chuqiu simply asked him a question, then lowered her eyes and gently wiped the hilt of the knife in her hand.

For some reason, Qin Yan suddenly felt a strong sense of unease and almost instinctively placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"call out!"

With a flash of cold light, and sharp swordplay, a white figure suddenly appeared in front of Qin Yan.

Qin Yan's pupils suddenly contracted, and his expression turned horrified.

There wasn't even time to react.

"Bang!"

"boom!"

First came a crisp cracking sound, followed by an explosion.

Li Chuqiu's sword landed in front of Qin Yan, but was blocked by an invisible current of air.

But then the airflow exploded, forcing Li Chuqiu back two steps. Qin Yan, who was caught in the explosion, turned pale and trembled violently.

"And there's a magical artifact protecting you?"

Li Chuqiu immediately realized that his strike had hit Qin Yan's protective magic weapon.

Young masters from such prominent families naturally possess some treasures.

However, although Qin Yan had a protective magic treasure, his own cultivation level was low, and his spiritual energy was insufficient to support the use of the protective magic treasure. As a result, the protective magic treasure's instinctive protection was triggered, temporarily repelling Li Chuqiu.

However, this also temporarily rendered his protective magic item ineffective.

Qin Yan was still a little confused and didn't realize what was going on.

He didn't even see how Li Chuqiu made his move until the instinctive protection of his protective magic weapon, the kitchen, and the intense impact brought him back to his senses!

"You attacked me from behind?!"

A flash of anger crossed Qin Yan's eyes, and he abruptly drew his sword: "You asked for it..."

Before he could finish speaking, another white shadow flashed before his eyes. The next second, a long horizontal blade was already precisely pressed against his neck.

A cold touch and a sharp killing intent enveloped him.

Qin Yan trembled violently, his pupils widened infinitely, staring blankly at the cold and stern face that suddenly appeared in front of him.

How could he...?

How could I... not be able to stop it?!

Too fast!

I can't see it at all...

Do you know why I've been too lazy to talk to you?

Li Chuqiu's voice rang in Qin Yan's ears, finally bringing him back to his senses. He met those nonchalant, even indifferent eyes, as if they had never taken him seriously.

"Because you're a piece of trash, a complete... abandoned here by your family, utterly shameless, killing you would only dirty my blade... trash!"

"Utterly useless!"

"..."

The words, spoken casually, resonated deafeningly in Qin Yan's ears.

In that instant, intense shame and anger surged within him. He stared intently at Li Chuqiu, his eyes reddening: "You..."

Injured by the protective magic weapon and now subjected to extreme humiliation by Li Chuqiu's words, he was consumed by rage.

"puff!"

Qin Yan suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his vision went black, and he fainted on the spot.

"?"

Is that all the mental fortitude you have?

No wonder he's a good-for-nothing.

Li Chuqiu sheathed his sword, looked up, and met several pairs of horrified gazes.

Xie An, in particular, was deathly pale and trembling all over: "You, you..."

As Qin Yan's number one lackey, he knew Qin Gongzi's strength and cultivation level better than anyone else. At such a young age, Qin Gongzi was already at the peak of the seventh realm.

Although there are rumors that Young Master Qin raised his cultivation level by force using pills given by his family, and that cultivation level and actual combat are not the same thing... no matter what, he is still only one step away from the middle three realms!

Just like that, he was instantly defeated?

One cut, and it's gone?

Xie An felt his worldview had been shaken!

At the same time, I felt a chill run down my spine. What kind of monster had I provoked?

Xie An stared blankly at Li Chuqiu, who was now staring at him like a demon with a sword in hand, and at the motionless Qin Gongzi lying on the ground beside him.

Xie An completely broke down and cried out in horror.

"You, you actually killed Young Master Qin?!"

"Run!"

"Run, everyone!!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Xie An, his legs trembling, scrambled and crawled, running wildly without looking back.

They were terrified that if they hesitated even a moment, Li Chuqiu would kill them with a knife.

The others were startled by Xie An's shout. When they came to their senses, they turned and scrambled away.

"Dead?"

Li Chuqiu turned around in confusion, glanced at Qin Yan on the ground, and patted his face with the scabbard.

It's still breathing, isn't it?

Turning back, he saw his subordinate Zhang Man standing there, staring at him with a mixture of fervor and admiration.

"Boss, you..."

Zhang Man's voice was a little hoarse, "You're too intense... I can't keep up."

Li Chuqiu: "?"

"roll!"

Li Chuqiu kicked him in annoyance and was about to speak when two figures sped past in the distance.

"Oh, it's Vice Commander Liu and Lord Xu?!"

Zhang Man realized what was happening: "Where are they going?!"

In sight, Liu Xu and Xu Jinghong were seen rushing off in the same direction, one after the other, seemingly in a hurry.

What are they going to do?

Could it be that another powerful demon has appeared?

After thinking for a moment, Li Chuqiu decided to follow and join in the fun: "You take the monster back first to collect the reward, and then share the reward with the brothers. I'll go check the situation."

After saying that, Li Chuqiu quickly and silently followed.

Zhang Man was left to clean up the scene, picked up the monster, and then looked back at Qin Yan, who was lying unconscious on the ground. He spat on him, kicked him twice, and then left satisfied.

I couldn't care less whether he lived or died, since he wouldn't die anyway.

Shortly after Zhang Man left, a strange aura enveloped the air, distorting and warping the surrounding atmosphere. Then, a cloud of black mist silently appeared, staring at the unconscious Qin Yan on the ground, its voice hoarse and excited: "What a perfect body!"

Within the black mist, a pair of burning eyes and an ugly, distorted face gradually emerged.

It was vaguely visible that it was the Blood Demon that had appeared in Yuhua City not long ago!

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