The group hovered in the sky over ten li away, suppressing their auras and hiding their breaths, looking towards the distant village.
This village was separated from the outer town by only a small hill. The village was not small, with nearly a hundred households and several hundred people.
It was now afternoon at sunset. People in the village were returning from the fields one after another. Villagers greeted each other. Cooking smoke rose in the mountain village. It looked peaceful and warm.
No one would think that a terrifying demon hid in the village.
“How to strike?” Lu Zheng asked.
He truly had no experience fighting a powerful enemy among ordinary people.
“I and Master Jue Xuan will assault the ancestral hall first. Please, Young Master Lu and Fairy Shen, along with Mage Guang Yue, protect the villagers and keep them far away.” Chu Jin said.
Lu Zheng could not help raising an eyebrow. This battle plan was indeed direct.
“Act!”
From Lu Zheng’s mirror, they saw the demon still in the ancestral hall. The mountain village environment in the mirror matched the real scene before them exactly. Master Jue Xuan could no longer hold back.
With a loud shout, Master Jue Xuan’s whole body blazed with golden light, like a meteor streaking across the sky, plummeting straight towards the mountain village ancestral hall.
At the same time, Chu Jin’s blood qi surged like a bull charging the sky. He drew a long spear with a backhand, chasing right behind Master Jue Xuan, sealing off all positions except the front. If that demon dared to flee, it would surely taste his spear.
The next moment, the ancestral hall was instantly shrouded in demonic qi. With a shrill howl, dozens of black shadows shot out from the hall, scattering in all directions.
“Where to run!”
Master Jue Xuan roared angrily. Golden light flashed around his body. His Zen staff swung through the air. Then the staff seemed to multiply into thousands, carrying heavy momentum down onto each black shadow’s head.
“Bang bang bang”
A series of explosions. Those black shadows all turned to ash under Master Jue Xuan’s single staff strike.
But the next moment, another black shadow appeared from nowhere, shooting straight at Master Jue Xuan’s chest.
Master Jue Xuan did not dodge or evade. He simply puffed out his chest, ready to take it head-on.
“Hit!”
At that instant, Chu Jin had arrived. His long spear turned into a streak of light, stabbing straight into the black shadow.
“Sizzle!”
A light sound. The mist on the black shadow was torn apart by the spear’s force by half. But the other half still struck Master Jue Xuan’s chest.
“Bang!”
Master Jue Xuan’s golden light did not even tremble. It shook away all the remaining black mist.
Chu Jin could not help praising. “What an impressive Vajra Indestructible Body!”
“Where to run!”
On the other side, Lu Zheng gave a clear shout. A white cloud giant hand seal appeared in the sky behind the ancestral hall, pressing down.
Chu Jin and Master Jue Xuan looked over. Under the white cloud giant hand seal, a twisted black shadow skimmed the ground in rapid flight, trying to escape. But with the hand seal’s pressure rising, it sealed half the sky and earth, leaving no way out.
For a moment, both felt a bit awkward.
They had just said they would assault and entangle, yet almost let the enemy escape.
Chu Jin thrust his spear forward. Master Jue Xuan also swung his Zen staff. The two flew down, one left one right, trapping the black shadow in the middle.
The next moment, the black shadow dispersed the black demonic mist around it, revealing its form. It was a black-clothed man with a hawk face and vulture form.
Eyes bulging, sharp fangs and beak, long hands and feet. It did not look human at all.
“Town Anomalies Office? You came quickly. How did you find me?” The black-clothed man had a hoarse voice, speaking viciously.
“Ask your Demon Ancestor after you die!”
Master Jue Xuan planted his staff. He swung it over with a wave.
Chu Jin’s spear was like a venomous dragon, helping Master Jue Xuan cover any gaps.
With the two working together, even as the demon’s qi soared to the sky, it could not break their encirclement. But the two also struggled to pin it in place unmoving.
Both Master Jue Xuan and Chu Jin favoured close combat, so Lu Zheng did not intervene. He just watched from afar, guarding the flanks for them.
Shen Ying and Guang Yue gathered the villagers, sending them out of the village one by one, instructing them to hide far away to avoid harming innocents.
…
“Cackle cackle cackle!”
The black-clothed man let out eerie laughs. Demonic qi swirled around him, fending off and protecting. At the same time, waves of demonic thoughts like tides, demonic sounds piercing ears, surged towards Chu Jin and Master Jue Xuan. Even the nearby Lu Zheng was affected.
Even though Shen Ying and Guang Yue acted quickly, already sending the villagers two li away, the demonic sounds still rang in their ears. The many villagers suddenly became dazed and confused. Their eyes towards Shen Ying and Guang Yue showed murderous intent.
“Great Sun Golden Light, illuminating the world!”
Guang Yue sacrificed the Bright Sarira. Rays of Great Sun golden light shot out, enveloping all the villagers in Buddhist light.
“Buzz buzz buzz!”
The Great Sun golden light trembled. It seemed it would break at any moment.
Shen Ying waved her hand. Illusory peach blossom shadows filled the sky and fields, pink mist spreading. Outside the Buddhist light, it added another layer of protection, finally blocking the demonic sounds and thoughts together.
Even Shen Ying and Guang Yue faced this. The battlefield centre was naturally more intense.
But fortunately, all were experts. Chu Jin’s will was firm. Lu Zheng cultivated the “Golden Palace Mysterious Transformation Divine Method”. Master Jue Xuan was a high monk of Great Vajra Temple, his cultivation even above the demon’s.
No matter how the demon cast spells, it could not shake the three in the least.
“Cackle cackle cackle!”
The more powerless, the more anxious the demon became. Demonic qi soared to the sky. It dodged Master Jue Xuan’s staff, then took Chu Jin’s spear head-on, breaking out of the circle, rushing straight to the back mountain.
Lu Zheng appeared instantly, backhand a Flying Cloud Evil-Breaking Curse.
“Young Friend Lu, careful, it is illusion!” Master Jue Xuan saw through it at a glance, hurrying to warn.
“Puff!”
A light sound. The figure burst like a bubble.
Lu Zheng’s eyes flashed. His form sank, vanishing in an instant.
And in the instant he vanished, a sharp claw slashed through the spot, grabbing empty.
But the black shadow’s momentum did not stop. It instantly revealed its form, continuing to flee.
However…
A red jade sword burst from the soil, appearing extremely abruptly. Before it could react, it thrust up between its legs.
The demon focused on guarding against Master Jue Xuan and Chu Jin chasing. Who would think Lu Zheng, just escaping danger, could counterattack?
Caught off guard, fate sealed.
“Awooo!”
Not only did the demon wail in agony. Even Chu Jin, seeing this, felt a chill in his crotch. The nearby Master Jue Xuan paused for a beat.
The demon endured the pain fiercely, backhand pulling out the red jade sword from its body. Then demonic qi surged in its hand, actually snapping the sword directly.
True qi connected. Lu Zheng grunted, taking some backlash. Fortunately, the flying sword’s power was not strong now, and his cultivation high, so the backlash was not severe.
But this delay gave Master Jue Xuan and Chu Jin time to surround again.
…
One had to say, demonic art cultivators were indeed tougher in fights. This demon’s cultivation was clearly lower than Master Jue Xuan and Chu Jin’s, yet it held out for so long under them, even nearly breaking through and escaping.
But no matter how tough, there were limits. With Lu Zheng occasionally aiding with a Flying Cloud Evil-Breaking Curse or Pivot Machine Divine Thunder, the demon was ultimately smashed, head and soul together, by Master Jue Xuan’s staff.
“Buzz!”
Over two hundred points of destiny light entered the account, matching its several hundred years of cultivation.
