I am Guhuoniao, not an umbrella demon, please do not disturb me.

Li Guanren was right, it was indeed a bird demon that had arrived, but the problem was, this bird seemed far too powerful...

What happened to the promise that he wasn't very strong and had just taken human form?

What happened to the rule that only a bird would die if it entered the water?

According to the catfish spirit, if its demonic power is one, then the demonic power of this bird outside must be fifteen or more...

With no will to fight left, the catfish chickened out and burrowed into the mud without a word.

However, Li Guanren on the bank smiled, straightened his beard, and with a wave of his fat hand, dumped a cart full of children directly into the river.

The children were bound together by a single iron chain; if one fell into the water, they would all fall in like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

"The bird demon seems to have arrived. Where did that catfish spirit go?"

Li Guanren only felt a strong wind behind him, but since he had no cultivation, he knew nothing.

From the catfish demon's perspective, as the cart of children entered the water, the soaring demonic power outside doubled...

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Volume 1: Chapter 21 Killing the River God

In the eyes of these disaster victims, losing some children in exchange for an opportunity—an opportunity to have enough to eat and to live a life of wealth and luxury—is entirely worthwhile.

On the surface, they said they had no choice but to do this because they couldn't support their children during a year of famine. However, when they saw the children fall into the water, no one present felt sad or shed a tear. Their faces were filled with excitement and anticipation as they stared intently at the water, waiting for the river god to descend.

Not all of these people were the children's parents. Nearly half of the dozen or so children were taken by this group of disaster victims. In fact, the children of those present had already died, some from hunger, and some were simply eaten by the victims themselves.

When disaster strikes, those who place all their hopes on the river god, and those who flee to other towns and rob for food and houses, will not use their food for their children. As they themselves say, children only know how to eat and are of no use whatsoever, they are just a burden!

The children's cries were drowned out by the murky river water. Bound by iron chains, they could not struggle and could only sink into the water.

The river surface was calm, seemingly so, but suddenly a strong wind seemed to pick up from behind.

They were just ordinary people and couldn't sense much difference between the demonic power and the wind. They only felt a chill. Some even thought it was a blessing from the river god, who was satisfied with the offerings. They simply knelt down and wept.

In the wooden cage pulled by the carriage, the last child was about to be pulled into the river by chains. Everyone watched intently, for this was the last sacrifice. If this child fell into the water and was accepted by the river god, then their happy days would begin.

Clang!

The sound of swords rang out crisply as a longsword descended from the sky, striking the end of the chain with perfect precision and pinning it to the ground.

The last child suddenly stopped on the bank, his feet already submerged in the river, but he hadn't slipped into the water yet, which was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

A white-clad enchantress descended from the sky, her demonic power causing the hundred or so people to stagger and fall.

Bai Qingyu hated herself for arriving too late, and also hated herself for being too soft-hearted yesterday and not just chopping up these heartless bastards.

With a flick of her wrist, the longsword flew back and precisely embedded itself in the umbrella handle, while the end of the chain also fell into Bai Qingyu's hand.

This iron chain bound sixteen children.

The iron chains were icy cold, just like Bai Qingyu's heart. She never expected that these people would be so ruthless. They were just children who were only a few years old, and the chains binding them were almost as thick as their wrists.

What's infuriating is that Bai Qingyu sensed that the top of the chain must be tied with a heavy object, and the group was afraid that a group of children could escape from the mouth of a catfish demon.

Using her wings as hands, Bai Qingyu gripped the iron chains tightly and pulled with all her might. The second to last child, the third child, and several more children were dragged back. Their bodies were soaked, and some had choked on mouthfuls of muddy river water and had already fainted. If Bai Qingyu had arrived any later, they would have either been eaten or drowned.

"Catfish, if you lose a child, another child dies. Today I will skin you alive and eat your heart raw!"

Bai Qingyu spoke coldly, his heart filled with murderous intent.

I didn't want to have anything to do with this catfish spirit. You live your life and I live mine, I'm too lazy to care. Anyway, no one with a brain wouldn't go near the river. But if you use these little brats as sacrifices, you will die!

She didn't believe that the catfish spirit wasn't involved behind the scenes; these extremely ignorant people would never have dared to do such a thing without being guided by others.

It's not that Bai Qingyu looks down on these people, but he has seen how these kids behave in the past. If they can sneakily throw one into the river, that's already a lot of courage. But to haul a whole cartload of them in like this, who would believe they have no one behind them?

The river water surged, but the catfish spirit did not appear.

Behind Bai Qingyu, the hundred or so refugees couldn't bear to watch any longer.

This bird demon is actually saving people!

How could this be? These are offerings for the river god. If the river god gets angry, not only will we lose our food and wealth, but we'll also lose our lives.

Someone got anxious.

It's really urgent.

Their bright future cannot be ruined by a bird demon!

A man picked up a stone and threw it at Bai Qingyu, shouting, "Kill the bird demon and offer it to the River God!"

"Kill the bird demon and offer it to the River God!"

"Get out of here, you damned bird demon! Are you trying to kill us?!"

"Damn bird demon, prepare to die!"

With someone taking the lead, everyone picked up whatever was around them and threw it at Bai Qingyu—stones, sticks, and some even grabbed sticks and tried to rush forward.

Everything happened in a short time. By this time, fourteen of the sixteen children who had sunk into the river had been pulled out by Bai Qingyu's power, leaving only two children. However, she felt that the weight seemed a little off.

Stones rained down on her; if she hadn't been a demon, she would have been smashed to pieces long ago.

Some men were holding stones, and others were holding sticks. Bai Qingyu suddenly turned around, and a black phantom appeared from her body, standing behind the two men. Without saying a word, she drew her sword and slashed. Flesh and torso exploded, and limbs and pieces of flesh flew everywhere.

This scene indeed stunned the people behind, but just then someone stepped forward, "The bird demon has killed someone again! This is an evil demon! Everyone, kill her quickly and let the River God judge her!"

"Exterminate the demon! Exterminate the demon!"

"Exterminate the demon!"

It's as if they're doing something righteous, and they immediately become energized again after just showing signs of weakness.

Only Mr. Li, standing at the back, frowned deeply.

Now that the bird demon has arrived and is standing on the shore, why hasn't this catfish demon made a move?

Could it be that they are waiting for the right opportunity?

Li Guanren looked around, then, looking in the direction Bai Qingyu had come from, said to the servant beside him, "Go along this road and see if there's anything the bird demon left behind. Bring it to me."

Bai Qingyu couldn't bring her children to kill the catfish demon. No matter how angry she was, she had to stay rational, so she put the two kids far away and on a tree.

At this moment, Bai Qingyu was completely unaware of the situation. As the last section of the chain was pulled up, her face turned extremely gloomy.

Two children are gone.

Looking back at the frenzied refugees, Bai Qingyu used her demonic power to sweep them away, and without thinking, she grabbed her umbrella and jumped into the river.

At this moment, the catfish spirit still had a severed leg in its mouth. This was actually the child that Li Guanren had brought last night. The two children that Bai Qingyu had discovered were indeed taken away by the catfish spirit. Two catfish whiskers, one dragging one offspring.

It wasn't very intelligent. Seeing so many children go into the water, it couldn't control itself and stole two. It thought the bird demon probably wouldn't notice, since there were so many children.

Upon seeing Bai Qingyu enter the water, the catfish felt a chill in its heart. It slapped its tail, stirring up the silt in the river, and then twisted its plump body and swam away into the distance.

Even in the water, it lacked the confidence to fight Bai Qingyu; the bird's aura was simply terrifying.

The catfish spirit swam incredibly fast, and if Bai Qingyu caught it, it would be skinned, dismembered, and its bones removed.

Bai Qingyu was indeed not used to the water after entering it. The murky river water made it almost impossible to see anything more than a meter away, but she had demonic power.

The demonic power locked onto the catfish spirit, and a black phantom appeared above the catfish spirit's head, thrusting out a slash. Phantoms appeared on the left and right, slashing horizontally and vertically with their swords, without any particular technique, but the destructive power was not low at all.

The catfish demon was covered in wounds in the blink of an eye. Relying on its thick skin and flesh, it swallowed a phantom in one gulp. Its huge body crashed into the black phantom in front of it. However, at that moment, the phantom it had just swallowed cut its jaw in two, and then turned into countless flying feathers that cut through the catfish demon's mouth.

The tongue was almost shredded, and the soft flesh inside the mouth was minced into rotten meat.

The catfish spirit was in great pain, its body convulsing.

Meanwhile, the black phantom that it was charging towards had shifted its position with Bai Qingyu. Facing the oncoming behemoth, Bai Qingyu pointed with his umbrella.

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On the riverbank, the refugees gathered together, cursing Bai Qingyu, saying that Bai Qingyu deserved to die again, that a bird demon dared to go into the water and cause trouble for the river god.

"Good riddance! That bird demon committed countless evils; let the river god take her away!"

"You deserve to die!"

"That arrogant bird demon, hmph, it's probably begging for mercy now."

"Beg for mercy? We absolutely cannot let her go. Let's throw these offerings back first."

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Volume 1: Chapter 22 Bai Qingyu's Slaughter

Three minutes had passed since Bai Qingyu jumped into the river, and the surface remained calm with no significant ripples. Upon seeing this, the refugees on the bank immediately concluded that the bird demon must have been eaten by the river god. They cheered loudly, but when it came to throwing the child that Bai Qingyu had just rescued back into the river, not a single person dared to step forward.

They shouted loudly, but in reality, they were all quite afraid of death. Especially when they saw the two pools of mangled flesh and corpses on the riverbank, they dared not go any closer. In fact, they were all somewhat frightened. If it weren't for the large number of people cheering them on, they would have dispersed long ago.

Seeing that no one dared to go down voluntarily, other voices appeared in the crowd besides those denouncing Bai Qingyu. They were probably saying that everything should wait for the River God's instructions, and that they could not move the offerings without the River God's permission, thus excusing themselves.

If Bai Qingyu had seen this scene from the shore, he would have laughed out loud, mocking and ridiculing it. A bunch of greedy but cowardly good-for-nothings, wanting to be clever and cunning, snatching other people's children as sacrifices, and now they've backed down and are even hypnotizing themselves.

They acted as if the river god was truly omnipotent, and pretended to be believers of the river god for many years.

At this moment, the so-called river god was howling in pain underwater. His mouth was not only ripped apart by demonic power, but also pinned down by a long sword from above, making it impossible for him to open his mouth and forcing him to hold it in.

Seeing that he couldn't escape, the catfish spirit became desperate. Since he was going to die anyway, he might as well fight to the death!

The idea was good. The two catfish whiskers curled towards the beautiful figure in front of them. The catfish whiskers, which were usually powerful and useful, were useless at this moment. As soon as they reached out, they were blown apart by an umbrella. The demonic power that had been gathered on them was completely devoured by the bird demon's extremely domineering demonic power.

The catfish spirit's mouth was overflowing with blood, indicating a backlash!

It was shocked; this was simply outrageous.

It could sense that although Bai Qingyu's demonic power overwhelmed it, she was not actually at the level of a thousand-year-old demon. However, the demonic power on her body was far too domineering and powerful. Its own demonic power was like encountering a natural enemy when facing her demonic power. The gap was already huge, and before they even started fighting, its own demonic power had already withered by half.

The giant catfish tail propelled the water towards Bai Qingyu, and the catfish spirit itself used this action and posture to turn around and try to run away.

Bai Qingyu's killing intent was already present. He mobilized all his demonic power and gently pointed his wooden umbrella forward. The speed seemed slow but was actually quite fast. The surrounding river water could not affect him in the slightest. The moment the tip of the umbrella touched the catfish demon's tail, Bai Qingyu's body suddenly disappeared and exploded into a sky full of black feathers.

More than a dozen semi-transparent black phantoms appeared around the catfish demon, each holding an umbrella sword.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Countless black sword beams slashed across the catfish demon's body. Because Bai Qingyu deliberately controlled them, these countless blades, which were originally enough to dismember the catfish demon, were forcibly turned into slow slicing. In the end, these phantoms gathered in the sky to form Bai Qingyu's true form.

The catfish spirit was going crazy. The excruciating pain was almost bursting its walnut-sized brain. The last bit of hope and anger in its heart was replaced by the will to survive. Now it just wanted to live, no matter what the cost.