20demayo Chapter 38 The True Form of the Demon, Identifying Its Identity
Chapter 38 The True Form of the Demon, Identifying Its Identity
The red arrow, imbued with powerful energy, forcefully tore a gap in the dark, malevolent mist.
Through the gap, one could see the shadowy figure of a leopard with black scales, but it was only torn apart for a moment by the arrow, and the dark mist instantly healed.
Bang!
A muffled thud exploded.
The calm, dark mist of Yin energy was stirred up.
"roar!"
A scream rang out, and the next moment Lin Zhou smelled the stench of blood.
"That guy is injured."
Lin Zhou spoke up.
"All of you, come at me together!"
Lu Ling's gaze fell on the remaining martial artists, including two镖师 (bodyguards/escorts) from the Tiger Roar Escort Agency.
However, they were only at the Ming Jin level, and even if they were tied together, they would definitely not be a match for Lu Ling, a master of the Hua Jin level.
Upon seeing the group hesitate, Lu Ling immediately drew her longbow to its full extent, a murderous glint in her eyes.
"That demon is already injured; now is the time for you to seize the merits of slaying it."
Lu Ling said in a very cold tone.
Swish!
Two of the martial artists who had reached the Qi Circulation stage immediately drew their weapons and rushed forward, while the other martial artists behind them also stared fiercely at the black mist.
They all immediately charged forward.
As they entered together, a scream and angry roars of beasts echoed from within the black mist.
The roar of the beast clearly revealed the fury within it.
At this moment, a few breaths later.
A bodyguard from a security escort agency, clad in black armor, escaped from the black mist. His armor was pierced by three deep claw marks.
Blood gushed out, and he ran forward frantically, his face filled with fear.
But after taking only a few steps, he was slammed to the ground by a black mist ball enveloped in black fog behind him.
Bang!
In the blink of an eye, a black leopard claw shot out from within the fog sphere and crushed the镖师's head to pieces.
"roar!!"
The next moment, a roar came from the fog sphere, and then it turned around and tried to enter the black fog.
In an instant.
Lu Ling, who was beside Lin Zhou, was enveloped in blood-red energy and transformed into an extremely swift blood-red afterimage as she rushed toward the mist sphere.
"I'm out, but I want to go back!"
"Die!!"
Lu Ling roared angrily.
His right-hand short sword was stained red with blood energy, and he entered the mist sphere without hesitation.
After more than ten breaths.
The roars of the fighting beasts inside the fog sphere instantly subsided.
With a heavy thud as it landed, the black mist that had gathered around began to visibly dissipate into the void.
The layers of mountains and the surrounding dense forests, which had been shrouded in black mist, were now revealed.
"call!"
Lin Zhou let out a long breath, but he did not relax at this moment.
Instead, he kept his attention on the old man with hidden strength beside him.
Lu Ling, who was about two hundred paces away, cut off the demon's head in circles, applied a layer of antiseptic coating to the leopard demon's head, and wrapped it with a piece of cloth that had been prepared in advance.
At this moment, Lin Zhou also walked to the side of the demon.
Although this demon has lost its head, its beastly appearance clearly identifies it as a leopard demon.
Its entire body is covered in black scales, and several ferocious black bone spurs grow from its back.
Now that the leopard demon is dead, black beetles can be clearly seen crawling out of its body from its wounds and flying rapidly into the surrounding air.
"Young master, these are common parasites found in the bodies of these demons. Once these parasites leave their host bodies, they don't survive for more than two hours, so they pose very little threat."
"Once there are demon generals or above who have become powerful demons, the parasites on them might be so strong that even I can't defeat one of them."
Lu Ling seemed to recall something, and a deep fear appeared in her eyes.
"I see."
Lin Zhou watched as the black beetles flew into the dense forest nearby, and after listening to what Lu Ling said, he couldn't help but nod.
"Granddaughter, kneel down before your benefactor!"
At this moment, the old man in black, accompanied by his granddaughter, walked up to Lin Zhou and Lu Ling, knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed to them.
Get up.
Lu Ling glanced at her master, Lin Zhou, and then began to say that she had seen too many scenes like this to feel anything anymore.
"Many thanks to my benefactor! I, Huo Ming, will forever remember your life-saving grace!"
"This is my granddaughter, Huo Siyu!"
"My granddaughter possesses extraordinary talent. If she is able to join a major sect in Qingzhou Prefecture in the future, she will never forget the life-saving grace of her two benefactors!"
Huo Ming directly revealed their identities.
Moreover, Huo Ming didn't dare to gamble.
If they cannot demonstrate their worth, who knows if they might be killed by that master of internal energy with a single sword strike.
If it weren't for this master of internal energy hidden in the group, he and his grandfather would probably have perished here long ago, given that he was just an old man with only internal energy.
"oh!?"
"Special talent, but I wonder which aspect it refers to?"
Lin Zhou heard what Huo Ming said and a hint of curiosity appeared in his eyes.
After all, people with such special talents are extremely rare; even seeing one is considered very unusual.
Moreover, people with special talents can be accepted by top-tier sects.
It is evident that there may be other significance to people with such special talents.
Lin Zhou is now using the ability of the entry to fake a special talent.
But since he saw a real one when he was a fake one, he was naturally curious about what made this person with special talent different.
"In reply to my benefactor, Siyu can summon and control birds."
After Huo Siyu finished speaking, a faint sound wave frequency was emitted from her mouth.
Splash! Splash!
Two large, dark blue birds flew out from the woods on one side and circled above Huo Siyu's head, emitting clear chirps.
The two birds had been startled away by the sudden appearance of the demonic aura. Now that the demon was dead and the terrifying aura emanating from it was gone, the birds naturally flew back.
"Anything else?"
"For example, wouldn't it make you practice martial arts faster?"
Lin Zhou inquired.
"Won't."
"Siyu isn't even at the Bone Forging stage yet. Grandpa keeps urging me to cultivate so I can break through to the Bone Forging stage as soon as possible, but Siyu doesn't want to learn martial arts. She just wants to play with the birds."
Huo Siyu said obediently.
"Um."
Lin Zhou nodded slowly after listening.
He always felt that those prestigious sects had other uses for accepting disciples with special talents.
Otherwise, they certainly wouldn't have lowered the requirements for accepting apprentices so much.
These sects have to train each disciple they accept, as the disciple represents the sect's reputation.
Let's keep going.
"Go around through this forest."
Lin Zhou looked at the sparse woods beside him. Riding a horse would definitely be fine, but a carriage was out of the question.
"Once the other branches of your Tiger Roar Escort Agency arrive, have them all send these headless demon corpses to the Lu family in Qingzhou Prefecture."
"My name is Lu Ling!"
Lu Ling looked at the old镖师 (bodyguard/escort) from the Tiger Roar Escort Agency who was standing not far away with his head down, not daring to speak.
This escort mission was a loss.
Although not much of the cargo was damaged, the deaths of the four bodyguards were already a great loss to their escort agency.
"Yes, sir."
"I...we, Tiger Roar Escort Agency, will definitely deliver it."
The old镖师 (bodyguard/escort) dared not refuse and could only watch as they led away several strange horses, their figures soon disappearing into the dense forest.