So it turns out I'm the demon!

"Hall Master Jiang..."

When Wang Ershang saw the person who came, he was first stunned, and then a deep sense of shame and regret welled up on his face.

If they had listened to the other side back then, or even just been more cautious, the brothers wouldn't have ended up like this.

Why did I bring this terrible situation upon myself?

"Master Jiang, you should leave now, don't worry about me!"

Blood trickled from the corner of Wang Ershang's mouth. He tried to struggle to get up, but the movement aggravated his injuries, causing him to grimace in pain.

"This demoness is at the fourth level; her physique and demonic power far surpass those of the third level. You are no match for her. While Lord Ling is holding off that great demon, hurry to the department to fetch reinforcements."

Jiang Mu glanced at Ling Ye and the Snake Mother, who were still locked in fierce combat in the distance, then returned her gaze to the maid, her expression calm:

"Fourth tier, we can give it a try."

As he spoke, he gently placed the watermelon he was carrying against the wall and earnestly instructed Wang Ershang:

"Keep an eye on this melon for me."

Wang Ershang: "..."

The maid was taken aback at first, then sneered, her eyes full of mockery:

"A mere Iron-Eagle Demon Slayer who has just entered the third realm dares to draw his sword in front of me? What, do you think your life is too long and are you rushing to give me extra food?"

Swish!

Before she finished speaking, she had already darted out like a ghost.

With five fingers forming a claw, it went straight for Jiang Mu's heart!

If this claw strikes, it can pierce through even an iron plate.

However, Jiang Mu neither dodged nor evaded, and instead slashed down with his long sword, adopting a life-for-life fighting style.

"madness!"

The maid gave a sinister laugh, her sharp claws striking Jiang Mu's chest first.

hum!

Just as the sharp claws were about to pierce through her clothes, a golden light suddenly shone from Jiang Mu's chest.

The claws seemed to have hit a barrier, making it difficult to advance any further.

amulet!

The maid's pupils contracted.

In that instant of hesitation, Jiang Mu's knife arrived.

The Eight Forms of Heaven-Shattering, Flow Interruption!

This strike had long since shed the brute force of the Body Tempering stage; the sword's momentum was smooth and fluid, with a subtle surge of energy.

scoff!

Although the maid realized something was wrong and hurriedly retreated, she was still cut open in the abdomen by the blade.

Dark red demon blood gushed out.

The maid let out a muffled groan, staggered back several steps, glanced down at her wound, and when she looked up again, her eyes were filled with malice:

"So you had a protective charm; no wonder you were so fearless."

"Too bad, a talisman can only protect you two or three times at most. Let's see how long your tortoise shell can keep you safe!"

Swish!

She pounced again.

This attack was even more cunning and ruthless, with claw shadows filling the sky, sealing off all of Jiang Mu's escape routes.

Jiang Mu swung his sword to parry.

Knives and claws clashed, sparks flying.

The human and the demon fought fiercely, battling from the main courtyard all the way to the adjacent side courtyard.

Pebbles flew everywhere, and vegetation was broken.

During the process, the maidservant launched two more fierce attacks that hit Jiang Mu, but both were blocked by the protective barrier.

"This is the third time!"

A fierce glint flashed in the maid's eyes. "The protective talisman has lost its effectiveness. Let's see if you can still stop it!"

Her figure suddenly accelerated, turning into a blue afterimage, and she slammed her claw hard against the blade that Jiang Mu had been holding horizontally!

clang--

A tremendous force struck, sending Jiang Mu flying backward.

"It's over, young man."

The maidservant slightly curled her fingers, gathering her demonic power, preparing to deliver the final blow.

However, just a moment before she made her move—

Jiang Mu, who was leaning against the corner of the wall, suddenly vanished into thin air!

The next moment, it appeared behind her.

It turns out that the teleportation anchor point of the first demonic figure was left in place the moment he flew backward.

"What?!"

The maid was startled, and a bone-chilling cold suddenly rose up from her spine.

Her instinct was to turn around and block.

But the blade was already at hand.

The sharp blade sliced ​​directly into her shoulder blade.

"ah!!"

A heart-wrenching scream rang out.

In her excruciating pain, the maidservant became enraged, forcefully twisting her body and grabbing at Jiang Mu's chest with her claws, attempting to force him back.

In her view, Jiang Mu's protective charm had failed, and she would never dare to take this attack head-on.

But she was wrong.

Jiang Mu didn't dodge at all.

hum!

The fourth golden light blinded the maid's eyes.

"Why are there still some?"

Despair finally welled up in the maid's eyes.

This is unreasonable!

puff!

The sharp blade sliced ​​into the maid's neck from behind, diagonally downwards, splitting half of her body and head in two!

The maid's body twitched a few times.

It eventually transformed into a blue snake broken in two.

"It's a snake demon again."

Jiang Mu frowned and flicked the blood off the knife.

Combining this with what Ling Ye had just mentioned about "peeling the snake's skin," he understood.

This master and servant duo share the same origin as the snake demons of Black Soil Village, and the woman is a sixth-tier female snake who escaped the net.

Jiang Mu skillfully dissected the snake's corpse and extracted a demon core.

A wisp of pure demonic energy was drawn into the demonic tank.

Unfortunately, no new snake demon appeared this time.

Jiang Mu carried the snake demon's corpse out of the side courtyard, returned to Wang Ershang, and casually threw the snake corpse on the ground.

Do you have any healing pills on you?

He asked.

Wang Ershang stared blankly at the snake demon's corpse on the ground, as if petrified, his face filled with disbelief.

"Dead...dead?"

Although he had just heard the monster's screams, he still couldn't believe that Jiang Mu could actually kill a fourth-tier monster single-handedly.

After all, they're a whole realm apart.

"Alright, I'll lend it to you first, remember to return it."

Seeing that the other party was stunned and didn't speak, Jiang Mu took out a bottle of pills from his pocket, poured out two pills, and stuffed them into Wang Ershang's mouth.

Despite past grievances, they are now comrades-in-arms fighting side by side against demons.

He then fed pills to two other severely injured demon slayers.

At this moment, the sounds of Ling Ye and the Snake Mother fighting in the distance gradually faded.

Jiang Mu picked up the watermelon and said to Wang Ershang:

"I'll go check on Lord Ling first. You all recover your strength and then head back. Oh, by the way—"

He pointed to the snake demon's corpse on the ground.

"This isn't for you guys to snag. Keep an eye on it for me. If you manage to steal it again this time, I'll really be angry."

After saying that, he rushed towards the direction of the fight.

Wang Ershang opened his mouth, as if to say something, but the other person had already walked away.

He stared blankly at the snake corpse, muttering to himself, "What kind of monster is this...?"

……

The streets were deathly silent.

A human and a demon stand in confrontation across the distance.

The snake mother held a scarlet blood-red knife in her hand, and only half of her beautiful skin was barely hanging on her face, making her look particularly eerie in the moonlight.

Because she forcibly interrupted her breakthrough, her breathing became somewhat disordered.

opposite.

The veil on Ling Ye's face was no longer visible.

She revealed a slightly pale, yet coldly beautiful and exquisite face.

The dress was torn in several places, revealing glimpses of the fair skin beneath, stained with specks of blood.

Strangely, despite the fierce battle between the two, the surrounding houses and streets were not significantly damaged.

Upon closer inspection, one can see several pale golden talismans floating faintly on the ground and in mid-air.

These talismans are interconnected, forming a huge barrier.

To isolate it from the outside world.

"Hmph! I have to worry about protecting these ants from being affected, maintain the barrier, and fight to the death with them..."

The snake mother sneered.

"Ling Ye, do you still think of yourself as that proud and arrogant phoenix from back then?"

Wake up! You're nothing but a pathetic pheasant now.

"Whether it's a pheasant or a phoenix."

Ling Ye's expression was cold and indifferent, exuding a chilling aura. "Killing you is enough!"

"enough?"

The snake mother seemed to have heard a joke.

"Three years ago, I might have been a little afraid of you. But now... I've already touched the threshold of the seventh rank! What do you think you can use to kill me? Your crippled body?"

Ling Ye said calmly:

"It's a pity you only made it halfway. Believe me, if I had arrived just a moment later, you might have actually succeeded."

But now... your half-baked skills will only hasten your demise.

These words struck a nerve with the snake mother.

With the help of the Painted Skin Demon's innate supernatural abilities, she finally found an opportunity to break through to the seventh rank.

Everything was going smoothly.

Who knew that this nemesis would come knocking on my door.

All our efforts were in vain!

"What will it take for you, surnamed Ling, to let me go?"

The snake mother gritted her teeth.

"It's just that they ate a few people and slaughtered a village. These lowly people under your Daqing rule are all doomed anyway, so what difference does it make whether they die sooner or later?!"

Ling Ye slowly raised his ice sword, the tip pointing towards the distance:

"As long as you are a demon, I will never let you go."

"What are you pretending to be, some saint!"

The Snake Mother sneered, "Back then, your master, who was hailed as the 'Number One Beauty of Daqing,' was imprisoned under the Divine Lake because she fell in love with a demon and willingly degenerated."

What right do you have to put on such a righteous and awe-inspiring face here!

Ling Ye's hand holding the sword trembled slightly.

"By the way, what was the name of that great demon who bewitched her?"

The Snake Mother smiled knowingly. "Her name is Jiang Chaoxi, right?"

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P.S.: That's right, a three-in-a-row.