Xiao Qiaofeng

After killing Sun Zhixiang, Ye Xiaofan continued to wander around with the fox demon, leaving a trail of dead demons in his wake.

While slaying demons with the fox demon, Ye Xiaofan observed the battlefields of Bai Tianhei and Tie Wuqing.

He knew in his heart that the outcome of the night ultimately rested on Bai Tianhei and Tie Wuqing alone.

If they lost, his own demon-slaying efforts would be meaningless.

Tie Wuqing was still locked in a fierce, evenly matched battle with the Golden Tiger.

Bai Tianhei, however, was in a precarious situation. Under the assault of two demons of the same cultivation level, he was covered in wounds, his hair disheveled, barely managing to stay alive with his impressive footwork.

Ye Xiaofan's heart sank. If Bai Tianhei fell, the two demons of the Ninth Level Body Refinement, along with the Golden Tiger, would gang up on Tie Wuqing.

The consequences were unthinkable.

"Leaving?"

Ye Xiaofan scanned his surroundings. The human forces had gained the upper hand on the lower-tier battlefields.

He felt he had done enough, and the rest was beyond his control.

"Ye Xiaofan, don't run if you have the guts!"

The fox demon's enraged roar echoed behind him.

Hearing the fox demon's piercing roar, Ye Xiaofan felt an inexplicable irritation. The outcome of the night was essentially decided.

It was only a matter of how long Bai Tianhei could hold on.

With this thought, Ye Xiaofan abruptly stopped, turned, and drew his sword.

Several sword shadows, some real and some illusory, slashed towards the rapidly approaching fox demon.

"I'll test my limits on you before I leave."

Seeing Ye Xiaofan stop, the fox demon's smile hadn't fully bloomed before several bloody sword shadows descended towards its head.

"Hiss hiss~"

The threat from the sword instinctively made the fox demon hiss.

It planted its front paws firmly on the ground, rising to its hind legs. Black Qi and Blood Armor instantly enveloped its entire body, its blood-red pupils flashing with dark light. Its front paws unleashed dense black Qi and Blood, swatting at the incoming sword.

It intended to catch the blade bare-handed.

Ye Xiaofan twisted his wrist, the sword shadows merging into one. With a tricky angle, he dodged the fox demon's paw strike and aimed for its neck.

The fox demon clearly hadn't anticipated Ye Xiaofan's swift change.

It couldn't react in time to alter its move.

The sword tip struck the black Qi and Blood Armor.

The next moment, the black Qi and Blood Armor on the fox demon's neck cracked like a spiderweb.

A mere human cultivator at the Body Refinement Fourth Layer had almost broken through her Qi and Blood Armor.

Both shocked and terrified, the fox demon quickly pushed off with its hind legs, performing a backflip to retreat.

Its heart churned like a stormy sea. No wonder His Highness the Crown Prince valued this person so highly.

Simultaneously, black Qi and Blood flowed, and the cracks instantly repaired themselves.

"As expected, still a bit short. Perhaps I can break through the Qi and Blood Armor once I reach Body Refinement Fifth Layer."

Ye Xiaofan's confidence soared. He had previously estimated that he could hold his own against a cultivator at the Body Refinement Seventh Layer with the Wind God Steps.

Now, it seemed he had underestimated himself.

He was just a little short of breaking the demon's Qi and Blood Armor.

Against an ordinary cultivator at the Body Refinement Seventh Layer, his previous strike would have been enough to break through.

Ye Xiaofan grinned and stepped forward, his treasured sword slashing towards the fox demon once more.

"Ye Xiaofan, I admit you're strong, but the strength of the Body Refinement Seventh Layer is beyond what you, a mere Body Refinement Fourth Layer, can imagine."

The fox demon let out a low growl, its Qi and Blood Armor becoming even thicker. It actively charged towards Ye Xiaofan.

Ye Xiaofan dared not be careless. He avoided direct confrontation with the fox demon, constantly maneuvering with the Wind God Steps.

"Are you just going to run?"

The fox demon was infuriated, black mist puffing from its nostrils.

As a fox, its speed was naturally not slow, but compared to Ye Xiaofan, the gap was significant.

Its attacks couldn't land on Ye Xiaofan, while Ye Xiaofan occasionally managed to nick it.

Although the Qi and Blood Armor didn't show any more cracks, its pride was wounded.

Ye Xiaofan remained silent, simply circling the fox demon and seizing opportunities to deliver a sword strike whenever a flaw appeared.

Just as the man and the fox were locked in a fierce struggle, a scream echoed from the distance.

Ye Xiaofan retreated, widening the distance between himself and the fox demon, his peripheral vision catching sight of the source of the scream.

Bai Tianhei coughed up a mouthful of blood, clutching his chest as he struggled on the ground, trying to get up.

"Hahaha, Ye Xiaofan, your defeat is sealed! Why don't you surrender quickly and avoid suffering physical pain?"

The fox demon roared with laughter.

Ye Xiaofan hadn't expected Bai Tianhei to be defeated so quickly. He had been too engrossed in the fight with the fox demon and had forgotten to escape.

The fox demon stopped attacking Ye Xiaofan, its blood-red pupils fixed on him.

"Hmph!"

Ye Xiaofan feigned an attack towards the fox demon, then spun around in mid-air, intending to flee towards the outer edge of the mine.

Suddenly, "Golden Tiger, you dare attack the Blood Copper Mine? You're seeking death!"

A furious roar exploded from the darkness. A long saber, radiating a dense aura of qi and blood, flashed like lightning through the darkness, leaving afterimages as it streaked towards the tumor-headed humanoid demon above.

"Ah~"

Before the humanoid demon could react, the long saber pierced its chest and stuck into the ground beside Bai Tianhei, with only the hilt exposed.

"Commander Xiao!"

Bai Tianhei's eyes shot out two beams of divine light, a joy of surviving a near-death experience.

He hadn't expected the strongest expert of the Qingyang County Demon Suppression Division to arrive at the critical moment and save him.

The humanoid demon looked down at the bloody hole in its chest and fell before Bai Tianhei, unwilling to accept its fate.

Before seeing the person, one feels their might!

Seeing this, Ye Xiaofan stopped his escape and looked in the direction of the voice.

A middle-aged man with thick eyebrows, large eyes, a broad and sturdy build, and long hair flying wildly descended through the air.

"Wind God Steps!"

Ye Xiaofan exclaimed, surprised that someone in the Demon Suppression Division had cultivated the Wind God Steps to the Perfection stage.

After the humanoid demon died, the black tiger demon desperately charged towards Golden Tiger's direction.

However, its speed was no match for Xiao Qiaofeng.

Using his palm as a saber, Xiao Qiaofeng unleashed a bloody streak that split the charging black tiger demon in half.

The chaotic battlefield fell into a deathly silence.

Terrifyingly strong!

Both humans and demons subconsciously swallowed.

Golden Tiger's eyes were sinister. After forcing Tie Wuqing back, he stared intently at Xiao Qiaofeng and roared, word by word, "Xiao Qiaofeng!"

His tone was filled with immense hatred, but more so with endless fear.

Others might not know, but he, Golden Tiger, became the Crown Prince of the Mountain Lord's mountain range entirely due to the person before him.

All nine of his elder brothers had died at this man's hands.

Everyone else thought Xiao Qiaofeng only hid in the Demon Suppression Division to cultivate, but this man was incredibly cunning, constantly going out in secret to kill the high-level combatants of his demon race.

Tie Wuqing took a deep look at Xiao Qiaofeng, then took down the wine gourd from her waist and took a large gulp.

If Xiao Qiaofeng weren't still using the power of qi and blood, she would have thought he had already broken through the Life and Death Gate and reached the Qi Condensation stage.

As fellow cultivators at the Ninth Level Body Refinement, Xiao Qiaofeng had gone further than her. Judging by the terrifying fluctuations of qi and blood within him, he could have broken through to the Qi Condensation stage long ago.

So he's Xiao Qiaofeng. As expected of Qingyang County's strongest genius in the past fifty years, besides Commander Zuo. He's truly terrifyingly strong.

Ye Xiaofan's heart burned with excitement. This was a true powerhouse!

Upon his arrival, he had killed two major demons and intimidated the arrogant Crown Prince Golden Tiger.

Xiao Qiaofeng ignored Golden Tiger's roar, first nodding in greeting to Tie Wuqing, and then walked towards Golden Tiger with a murderous aura.

"Golden Tiger, who gave you the guts to step out of the Mountain Lord's mountain range? Do you want to join your nine brothers?"

"Xiao Qiaofeng, when my father comes out of seclusion, it will be your death day. I will slaughter the entire Qingyang County then!"

Golden Tiger roared, his eyes filled with malice, but his constant retreating movements betrayed the fear in his heart.

"Stay here!"

Xiao Qiaofeng's voice was devoid of emotion. He then picked up a long saber that had fallen on the ground, and with a flash, charged towards Golden Tiger.

"Roar~"

Golden Tiger let out a long roar and turned to flee.

Engage Xiao Qiaofeng in a fight? That would be a joke.

He didn't want to go find his nine brothers.

The Perfection stage Wind God Steps, when wielded by Xiao Qiaofeng, were incomparable to Ye Xiaofan's. He was truly like a son of the wind, crossing over ten zhang in just a few steps, catching up to the fleeing Golden Tiger.

The saber fell. Golden Tiger's desperate burst of strength was still no match.

"No~"

A ferocious and unwilling head flew off, and its massive tiger body crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.