Xiao Qiaofeng

After setting Sun Zhixiang up for a miserable fall, Ye Xiaofan led the fox demon around in continued chaos, leaving demon corpses wherever he went.

As Ye Xiaofan led the fox demon in slaughtering demons all around, he also watched Bai Tianhei and Tie Wuqing's battlefield.

He understood that tonight's victory or defeat would ultimately be decided by Bai Tianhei and Tie Wuqing alone.

If the two of them lost, then no matter how many demons he killed, it would be useless.

Tie Wuqing was still locked in a fierce battle with Golden Tiger, neither able to gain the upper hand.

Bai Tianhei, on the other hand, was in grave danger. Under the assault of two demons at the same level, he was covered in bloody wounds, his hair in disarray, barely preserving his life with his exceptional movement technique.

Ye Xiaofan's heart sank slightly. If Bai Tianhei was defeated, then the two Ninth Level Body Refinement demons would join Golden Tiger in besieging Tie Wuqing.

The consequences would be too dreadful to imagine.

"Are we leaving or not?"

Ye Xiaofan swept his gaze around. On the low-level battlefield, the human race had already gained the upper hand.

He felt that he had done enough. What remained was no longer something he could influence.

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

The fox demon's furious roars rang out continuously behind him.

Hearing the fox demon's piercing shrieks, Ye Xiaofan felt inexplicably irritated. Tonight's outcome was basically already set in stone.

It only depended on how much longer Bai Tianhei could endure.

With that thought, Ye Xiaofan abruptly stopped and turned, drawing his sword.

Several illusory sword shadows, some real and some false, slashed toward the fox demon charging at him at high speed.

"Before I leave, I'll use you to test my limits."

When the fox demon saw Ye Xiaofan stop, the smile on her face had not yet fully bloomed before several bloody sword shadows cleaved toward her head.

"Hisss—"

The threat emanating from the sword frightened the fox demon into instinctively hissing.

She suddenly braced her forelimbs against the ground and rose upright. Black Qi and Blood Armor instantly enveloped her body, dark light flowing through her blood-red pupils as dense black qi and blood erupted from her forelimbs to strike the descending sword.

She actually intended to catch the blade barehanded.

Ye Xiaofan twisted his wrist, merging the sword shadows into one. At a tricky angle, he evaded the fox demon's striking forelimbs and stabbed toward her neck.

The fox demon clearly had not expected Ye Xiaofan's move to change so quickly.

She had no time to alter her move.

The sword tip struck the black Qi and Blood Armor.

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

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

The fox demon was both shocked and terrified. Her hind legs hurriedly pushed off, and she flipped backward to retreat.

Stormy waves surged in her heart. No wonder His Highness the Crown Prince valued this person so highly.

At the same time, black qi and blood circulated, instantly repairing the cracks.

"As expected, I'm still just a little short. Perhaps once I break through to the Body Refinement Fifth Layer, I'll be able to break Qi and Blood Armor."

Ye Xiaofan's confidence soared. Previously, he had estimated that relying on the Wind God Steps would be enough for him to contend with a Body Refinement Seventh Layer cultivator.

Now, it seemed that he had still underestimated himself.

He had come within a hair's breadth of breaking the demon's Qi and Blood Armor.

If it had been an ordinary Body Refinement Seventh Layer cultivator, that strike just now would have been enough to break through.

Ye Xiaofan grinned, riding the wind as he moved, and the treasured sword in his hand slashed toward the fox demon once more.

"Ye Xiaofan, I admit that you are strong, but the strength of the Body Refinement Seventh Layer is not something a mere Body Refinement Fourth Layer like you can imagine."

The fox demon let out a low growl. Her Qi and Blood Armor became even thicker as she took the initiative to charge at Ye Xiaofan.

Ye Xiaofan did not dare be overconfident. He did not fight the fox demon head-on, instead continuously relying on the Wind God Steps to circle around her.

"Is dodging all you know how to do?"

The fox demon was nearly driven mad with anger, black vapor puffing from her nostrils.

As a fox, she was not slow to begin with, but compared to Ye Xiaofan, the gap was considerable.

Her attacks could not touch Ye Xiaofan, while Ye Xiaofan stabbed her from time to time.

Although no further cracks appeared in her Qi and Blood Armor, she could not save face.

Ye Xiaofan said nothing, merely circling the fox demon over and over, occasionally seizing an opening to send out a sword strike.

Just as the man and fox were locked in an inseparable battle,

A scream came from afar.

Ye Xiaofan retreated, widening the distance between himself and the fox demon, and glanced toward the source of the scream from the corner of his eye.

He saw Bai Tianhei vomiting blood, clutching his chest as he lay on the ground and struggled to rise.

"Hahaha! Ye Xiaofan, your defeat is certain! Why not surrender quickly and spare yourselves needless suffering?"

The fox demon burst into wild laughter.

Ye Xiaofan had not expected Bai Tianhei to be defeated so quickly. He had been too immersed in fighting the fox demon and had forgotten to flee for a moment.

The fox demon no longer attacked Ye Xiaofan, merely staring at him with her blood-red pupils.

"Hmph!"

Ye Xiaofan feigned an attack on the fox demon, then twisted in midair and prepared to flee toward the outskirts of the mine area.

Suddenly,

"Golden Tiger, you dare attack the Blood Copper Mine Area? You are courting death!"

An explosive shout boomed from the darkness. A long saber radiating dense blood energy flashed through the darkness like lightning, trailing an afterimage as it shot directly toward the humanoid demon with the fleshy tumor atop its head.

"Ahh—"

Before the humanoid demon could react, the long saber had already pierced through his chest and embedded itself beside Bai Tianhei, leaving only its hilt exposed.

"Commander Xiao!"

Two rays of divine light shot from Bai Tianhei's eyes. This was the joy of surviving a calamity.

He had not expected Qingyang County Demon Suppression Division's strongest expert to arrive in time at the moment of life and death and save him.

The humanoid demon lowered its head to look at the bloody hole torn through its chest, then collapsed unwillingly before Bai Tianhei.

Before the man was seen, his might had already arrived!

Seeing this, Ye Xiaofan halted his escape and looked toward the direction from which the voice had come.

He saw a middle-aged man with thick brows and large eyes, broad shoulders and a powerful back, his long hair flying wildly, striding through the air.

"Wind God Steps!"

Ye Xiaofan cried out. He had not expected anyone else in the Demon Suppression Division to have cultivated the Wind God Steps to the perfected level.

After the humanoid demon died, the black tiger demon fled desperately toward Golden Tiger.

But how could his speed compare to Xiao Qiaofeng's?

Using his palm as a saber, Xiao Qiaofeng slashed out a bloody streak that directly split the fleeing black tiger demon in two.

The chaotic battlefield fell deathly silent.

Terrifyingly powerful!

Whether human or demon, everyone subconsciously swallowed.

Golden Tiger's gaze darkened. After forcing Tie Wuqing back, he stared fixedly at Xiao Qiaofeng and roared word by word, "Xiao Qiaofeng!"

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

Others might not know, but Golden Tiger's position as the crown prince of the Mountain Lord Mountain Range had been entirely bestowed upon him by the man before him.

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

Everyone believed Xiao Qiaofeng only hid in the Demon Suppression Division to cultivate, but this man was incomparably cunning, secretly venturing out time and again to slaughter the high-level combat power of their demon race.

Tie Wuqing gave Xiao Qiaofeng a deep look, removed the Wine Gourd from her waist, and took a great gulp.

If Xiao Qiaofeng were not still using the power of qi and blood, she would have thought he had already opened the Life and Death Gate and broken through to the Qi Condensation stage.

Both were at the Ninth Level Body Refinement, yet Xiao Qiaofeng had gone farther than her. Judging by the terrifying fluctuations of qi and blood within him, perhaps he could have broken through to the Qi Condensation stage long ago.

"So he is Xiao Qiaofeng. As expected of Qingyang County's strongest genius in the past fifty years apart from the Left Thousand Households Officer. He truly is terrifyingly powerful."

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

The moment he appeared, he slew two great demons in succession and intimidated the invincible Golden Tiger Prince.

Xiao Qiaofeng ignored Golden Tiger's roars. He first nodded to Tie Wuqing, then strode toward Golden Tiger with killing intent blazing around him.

"Golden Tiger, who gave you the nerve to leave the Mountain Lord Mountain Range? Do you want to join your nine brothers?"

"Xiao Qiaofeng, once my father emerges from seclusion, your death day will come. When that time comes, I will slaughter all of Qingyang County!"

Golden Tiger roared with Baleful Intent in his eyes, but his constant retreat betrayed the fear buried deep in his heart.

"Stay."

Xiao Qiaofeng's tone held neither joy nor sorrow. Then he hooked up a long saber that had fallen to the ground, his figure flashing as he charged at Golden Tiger.

"Roar—"

Golden Tiger let out a long howl, turned, and fled.

Fight Xiao Qiaofeng? What a joke.

He had no desire to go seek out his nine brothers.

The perfected Wind God Steps, when displayed by Xiao Qiaofeng, were beyond anything Ye Xiaofan could compare to. He was truly like a child of the wind, crossing more than ten zhang in just a few steps and catching up to the fleeing Golden Tiger.

The long saber fell. Even Golden Tiger's eruption beyond his limits could not stop it.

"No—"

A ferocious, unwilling head flew through the air, while the enormous tiger body crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.