Peach Blossom Shrine.
Having sent the last pair of men and women out of the door, and just about to close it to return to his deep mountain lair, Hou Ping suddenly heard a tiger’s roar.
Then a foul wind howled towards him.
Tiger demon!
Coming straight for him!
Hou Ping flipped his hand and grabbed the alloy staff leaning against the door. With a casual swing, he sent the pair, who had been startled by the tiger’s roar, flying into the distance.
“Go down the mountain from the other side, run fast!”
Hou Ping shouted once, then ignored them. He let out a sharp whistle and turned his face sternly towards the direction of the shrine’s gate.
Because that tiger had already arrived.
“Roar!”
A low growl, and then a figure descended from the sky, instantly appearing in the open space in front of the Peach Blossom Shrine.
And this figure was in human form.
A burly man dressed in coarse short clothes, with a full beard, gloomy eyes, and a gaze fixed on Hou Ping full of killing intent.
The tiger’s might was astonishing, all of it pressing down on Hou Ping.
Hou Ping bared his teeth, forcibly suppressing the urge to kneel, one foot forward and one back, the long staff in his hand pointing at the burly man. “What kind of tiger demon are you, from where? State your name!”
The tiger demon was about to speak, but suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked towards the depths of the peach grove. “Hmm? Is not this just a small earth temple? How come there are so many unusual people here?”
In the next moment, several figures flashed by. It was Lu Zheng and the other three who had arrived.
“Immortal! Young Master!” Hou Ping called out in relief.
“Bloody hell!”
Lu Zheng could not help but exclaim lowly. This tiger demon had a dense aura of demon energy. It was a formidable one.
However…
Lu Zheng narrowed his eyes. Under the sensing of his “Nine Heavens Golden Palace Grotto Truth Transformation Divine Method”, this tiger’s aura was somewhat unstable. It seemed to be carrying injuries.
“What is your relation to that tiger killed yesterday?” Shen Ying asked gravely.
Upon seeing this tiger appear, she almost immediately thought of the near-demon tiger that Hou Ping had killed yesterday.
Yesterday a tiger had just been killed, and today a powerful tiger demon came looking for trouble. If Shen Ying were to believe there was no connection between the two, she would never buy it.
Hmm, although one was a tiger not yet a demon, and the other was a tiger demon more powerful than her, which made her somewhat incredulous.
“Hmph!”
The tiger demon snorted coldly, completely ignoring the question. He simply waved his hand, and a gale rose abruptly. Then he lunged forward, straight at Hou Ping.
“Rise!”
Shen Ying called out lightly, and countless strands of peach blossom煞 appeared out of thin air, blocking the tiger demon’s path.
“Illuminate!”
Zhu Yushan chanted clearly in a loud voice, and a beam of moonlight shone down on the tiger demon.
However…
The tiger demon’s physical body was too strong, and with the gale protecting him, he directly ignored the moonlight. He swept away all the peach blossom煞, and in almost a single flash, he was in front of Hou Ping.
One was a little monkey demon who had only just transformed into human form not long ago, the other a tiger demon with unknown centuries of cultivation.
The outcome seemed already predetermined.
“Open!”
“Roar!”
Another tiger roar, and then a fierce blade wind suddenly appeared, breaking through the gale around the tiger demon and slashing down from above.
“Clang!”
A light ring, and the tiger demon retreated half a step. Meanwhile, Lu Zheng on the other side borrowed the momentum to fly back, pulling Hou Ping behind him, and retreated several more zhang.
The tiger demon raised his hand, looking at the gash split open on his arm, with blood trickling out.
With his inner demon power circulating, he forced out the blade energy and sealed the wound. But when he looked up again, the killing intent in his eyes had almost solidified.
“What a terrifying tiger demon!”
Lu Zheng’s expression was grave. If not for the tiger demon’s serious injuries, this fight would hardly need to happen.
“Hou Ping!”
“Young Master?”
“You have some nerve. Just after transforming into a demon, you provoke a character like this. In another two years, will you not be ascending to the heavens?”
Hou Ping, “…”
Shen Ying, Li Hanyu, and Zhu Yushan’s expressions were all grave.
This tiger demon’s aura was astonishing. In the clash just now with Lu Zheng’s blade, it had actually gained the upper hand.
However, that head-on collision with Lu Zheng had also let the group see that he was injured.
Since that was the case, they could fight!
“Lu… Brother Lu…” A weak voice rang out.
Lu Zheng turned back and saw Zhao Wenrong trembling as he shielded a woman behind him, though he himself was shaking in his boots, clearly frightened badly.
“Where did you blunder in from?” Lu Zheng said speechlessly. “Is this kind of big scene something you can get involved in?”
Zhao Wenrong looked as if he wanted to cry but had no tears. “I do not want to either. My sister Yushu and I just finished paying respects to the Peach Blossom Immortal and were preparing to return to the city.”
Lu Zheng shook his head and pushed Hou Ping towards the two. “Take them to hide in Peach Blossom Village first.”
Hou Ping was too weak and could not join this battle.
“Roar! Die for me!”
The tiger demon roared fiercely and charged at Hou Ping again.
Lu Zheng swung his long blade and stepped sideways, blocking in front of the tiger demon.
In the next moment, countless peach blossom煞 appeared in the void, surrounding the tiger demon.
Zhu Yushan formed hand seals, and beams of curse seals emitting moonlight radiance shot towards the tiger demon.
From Li Hanyu’s sleeve slid a copper pot. She uncorked it, and endless river water surged out, wrapped in streams of true energy, transforming into waves that crashed straight at the tiger demon.
Hou Ping grabbed his staff in one hand and picked up Zhao Wenrong in the other. He wrapped the woman in demon energy and leapt away towards the rear mountain Peach Blossom Village.
On the other side, the tiger demon was blocked by the four.
Looking at these four with not very high cultivation but combat strength that was in no way inferior, the tiger demon’s face also turned rather ugly.
He had originally thought it was just a remote wild earth god, whom he could kill casually. Then he would slip into the deep mountains and forests. After all, he was not a local demon. Once he finished his business, he would leave, and the Bureau of Anomalous Affairs would likely not find him.
But he had not expected that this apparent earth god woman had considerable cultivation, and there were three other cultivators besides.
One fish demon with an official background, two humans with no weak cultivation.
However…
“Do not think that just because Old Man is injured, you lot can do anything to me. Old Man will make you accompany her in death!”
The tiger demon roared in fury. A black wind rose abruptly, and the entire Peach Blossom Shrine was enveloped in billowing black winds.
At the same time,阴风 howled, ghostly shadows multiplied. One after another, humanoid black shadows drilled out from behind the tiger demon and surged towards the four.
“Fierce Tiger Vengeful Ghosts!”
Lu Zheng saw a ghost thing approaching. He immediately formed a seal with his hand.
“Supreme Command, True Cloud Breaks Evil, Hasten!”
A True Cloud Curse struck down, and the ghost shadow instantly became much more illusory. Then it let out a miserable scream and flew back at extreme speed.
After blocking the ghost shadow, Lu Zheng saw the tiger demon break through the peach blossom煞, but it was entangled by waves of water, temporarily unable to break free.
Peach blossom煞, water waves, moonlight curses.
Shen Ying, Li Hanyu, Zhu Yushan.
Shen Ying had the highest cultivation, Zhu Yushan the purest true energy, Li Hanyu the best magical treasures.
One had “Peach Yao” as her foundation, one had exceptional talent, one had the thickest background.
Each one’s combat strength exceeded their cultivation level. Once they made a move, they caught the tiger demon off guard.
Stirring up gales, releasing vengeful ghosts, the tiger demon soared into the air, intending to fly high up.
But moonlight pressed down, water vortices pulled, peach blossom煞 suppressed, and he was beaten back down from the sky.
The tiger demon stared in呆滞.
What was going on! Had the cultivators in the Central Plains all become this powerful?
On the road south, eating people, he had run into a meddlesome monk and been beaten into heavy injury. His wounds had not even healed, his business not done, and now he ran into another tough nut?
The tiger demon landed. For a moment, he could not decide whether to continue fighting these people with spells or to leave first. Then he saw the scholar with the blade who had appeared suddenly in front of him, hands clasping together.
Cloud energy gathered, Flying Cloud Breaks Evil!
