At night.
All sounds were hushed. The inn was so quiet it was unnerving.
Xu Xian sat by the window overlooking the river, flipping through a book filled with demon scripts by the faint light of the Nether water.
Since many things were inconvenient to ask others—and to avoid bringing unnecessary trouble—reading from books naturally became the most suitable method.
Coincidentally, Xu Xian also recognized the script of the demon race.
The silence outside the window did not lower his guard. After all, the largest inn in Ze Capital had been booked entirely by Chi Ji.
Even the owner of the inn had been chased out.
She was wealthy.
And arrogant.
Flip~
As a page turned, the youth's ears twitched inadvertently. The thirst for knowledge in his eyes was instantly replaced by alertness, and the little book spirit nearly ducked out of his sea of consciousness at the first moment.
He glanced out the window.
The little face was exceptionally solemn.
With just a look, the two understood each other perfectly.
Xu Xian closed the book in his hand, and the resulting breeze helped him shut the wooden window.
The little book spirit ignored the roof and soared straight into the clouds. Through visual sharing, he glimpsed dozens of black shadows racing toward the town under the shroud of night.
Within a ten-mile radius.
Sixth-rank demon generals...
Fifth-rank demon masters...
Seventh-rank lesser demon kings...
There was even... one aura among them at the initial stage of the eighth-rank greater demon king...
"Master, the wind is tight, let’s bolt."
Without a second thought, the little book spirit spoke to Xu Xian through the air. A cold light converged in Xu Xian's eyes as he furrowed his brows, not saying a word.
The next second.
Beyond the banks of the Nether Creek in the town, sixteen blue pillars of light shot into the sky simultaneously. Their brilliance was so dazzling that it momentarily surpassed the glow of the Nether water.
The sudden change disturbed the sleeping town.
The first to react were the Crimson Demon Guards stationed around the inn.
"Alert!"
Hearing a shout, the thirty Crimson Demon Guards instantly moved into action.
A whistle sounded immediately after, summoning the sleeping demon falcons.
Screech!
Hearing their masters' calls, the demon falcons shrieked one after another, flying toward the inn.
But in the darkness, a group of black-clothed men struck first, coming from all directions.
Furthermore, they used lethal moves from the start, and their numbers were no less than a hundred.
"Ah!"
"Damn it..."
"Who is it?"
"Quick, protect the Princess!"
A slaughter between the strong broke out in an instant.
The entire inn was a blur of sword shadows and blade lights. One building after another was split and severed by the residual power of sword qi, blade qi, and demon qi...
The commotion was immense.
In the town, lights flickered on one by one as people were startled from their dreams. They were momentarily dazed before coming to their senses, some hiding, some running, some shouting, and some wailing...
The crying of infants,
The calls of the elderly,
The shouts of men,
All mixed with the roars of killing, echoing through the night of this small town.
From the little book spirit's god-like perspective, it was more than just chaotic.
Not to mention outside the inn, the interior was already a scene of blood and gore.
The Crimson Demon Guards were ambushed and forced to fight back in haste. In terms of numbers and strength, they were at a disadvantage. In just a few breaths, more than half had perished, and the rest were entangled by enemies several times their number.
They found it hard to pull away.
A groom drove a carriage out just now?
A seventh-rank lesser demon king rushed out to meet them, smashing the carriage with a single punch. Of the four blazing demon horses, two collapsed on the spot, while the other two flapped their massive wings, attempting to flee into the sky.
However, the sixteen blue light beams had already merged into a demon race formation.
Locking down the entirety of Ze Capital within it.
In the chaos.
The commander of the Crimson Demon Guards, a seventh-rank lesser demon king, covered Chi Ji as they fought their way out through the mess. The maidservant named A Lian followed closely beside them.
Chi Ji even remembered to shout a threat: "How dare you!"
"I am Chi Ji, daughter of the Crimson Demon, the goddess of the Crimson Demon Palace! You dare to draw blades against me? I will execute ten generations of your clans..."
Yet the only response she received was the cold edge of a blade. Moreover, because of her shouting, she attracted even more black-clothed men.
This made things miserable for that lesser demon king.
"Princess, go quickly! I will hold them back."
A Lian tugged at Chi Ji, saying anxiously, "Princess, let's go first."
Seeing this scene through the synchronized vision, Xu Xian's lips couldn't help but twitch a few times. 'What a truly stupid woman.'
Was she afraid others wouldn't know where she was?
Ridiculous.
Only, he didn't understand. Now that they were in the territory of the Demon Abyss, how could anyone dare to move against this little girl?
To deploy so many people, including two seventh-rank lesser demon kings and one eighth-rank greater demon king—the power behind this was likely not simple.
And setting up a formation to seal Ze Capital... this posture suggested they intended to wipe out everyone in the entire town.
Truly ruthless.
He was indeed quite unlucky.
However...
Xu Xian, who was technically a veteran of a hundred battles, did not panic. These were minor scenes; he had a hundred ways to save his life.
Even in a head-on confrontation, he wasn't afraid.
A mere initial-stage eighth-rank greater demon king was only at the level of a regular eighth-stage cultivator.
Once his sword was drawn, he would surely cut him down and send him fleeing in patches.
It was just that in this current situation, Xu Xian really didn't want to get involved.
Anyone with eyes could see that this was more than just a conflict between the so-called Immortal Demon Caves and the Crimson Demon Palace.
At the very least, it was a dispute between demon gods, belonging to the political storms of the Demon Abyss.
He came seeking fortune and didn't want to get himself wrapped up in this.
He intentionally made some noise, attracting a black-clothed man at the middle stage of a sixth-rank demon sovereign. The man shattered the wall and window, rushing inside.
Holding a sword, the man scanned the room but found nothing, his brows furrowing involuntarily.
He suspected he had misheard.
"Are you looking for me?"
Suddenly, a sinister voice rang in his ear. He felt as if he had fallen into an ice abyss, a chill racing up his spine.
He twisted his head around stiffly, but unfortunately, before he was even halfway turned, a heavy sword had already ripped open his throat.
His face was contorted, his eyes filled with disbelief.
A sword could actually slit his throat so silently—what kind of sword was this?
It didn't matter anymore; he was already dead.
Xu Xian shook the blood off the sword's edge and, in a few swift motions, stripped the man clean. Storage bag, clothes... leaving him only with a pair of underpants.
Rumble!!
Rumble!!!
The battle grew increasingly fierce. The inn's building could no longer withstand the abuse and collapsed, burying Xu Xian beneath it. By the time he crawled out from the ruins, three or four people rushed toward him.
Xu Xian waved his hand to brush the dust off his body. He looked up, saying calmly, "Cough, cough. I'm one of you."
The three or four people surrounding him didn't think much of it, merely watching him for a moment.
One of them then said, "The people went that way. Pursue!"
They gave chase immediately.
One person even said to Xu Xian, "Quick, keep up."
Keep up?
Then he would keep up.
Xu Xian carried that man's sword, wearing the same black clothes and a face mask, and followed them in the pursuit.
At this moment, the small town called Ze Capital was already in total chaos.
"I want them alive!"
Chi Ji was still running. Fortunately, the town had been disturbed, and all the residents had run out, scurrying about like headless flies.
Ze Capital’s law enforcement squad had also joined the fray, providing some cover for her.
The few remaining Crimson Demon Guards were still resisting.
These black-clothed men didn't care about anything, killing anyone they saw, not even sparing ordinary civilians.
Unlike those people who were wandering aimlessly, with the help of the little book spirit, Xu Xian clearly saw Chi Ji and that girl named A Lian take advantage of the chaos to hide in a tavern.
As luck would have it.
It was exactly the one where he had been drinking earlier.
Xu Xian was somewhat speechless and cursed inwardly, 'I’m truly done for.'
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