Slaying the Genius Demon

The Goat Demon clawed open a large water vat, discovering a new hidden individual – a chubby young boy.

The Goat Demon repeated its method, swallowing a heart whole once more.

In the blink of an eye, people hiding in the shadows were discovered one by one.

It was as if it had the Heavenly Eye; no matter where people hid, it could find them instantly.

Each of its movements signified a person's death.

After killing five people in succession, it paused, seemingly believing no one else was hiding there, and slowly began to leave the courtyard.

Within a hidden space behind the wall, a woman around thirty years old and an elder in his sixties remained, daring not to make the slightest sound.

Even though they knew there was no movement outside and the Demon had likely already left, they still didn't dare to emerge from the hidden space.

However, their tension had significantly eased compared to before.

Suddenly.

A strange laugh echoed from afar, growing closer.

With a bang.

The wall shattered, and the two people in the hidden space were directly exposed.

"Almost forgot, there are still two bugs here!" The Goat Demon retracted its sharp claws and licked its lips.

The two looked at the Demon in terror, feeling as if their bodies were frozen.

"Mother!"

A shout diverted the Goat Demon's attention, and it looked towards Chu Jiang and the girl who were rapidly approaching.

"Yan'er, don't come over!"

The woman shouted anxiously, looking at Chu Jiang beside the girl with utter despair.

She had told Yan'er to escape secretly, but she never expected that after escaping the Tiger's Den, they had fallen into a Wolf's Den.

In her eyes, Chu Jiang and the Demon were of the same ilk.

She believed Chu Jiang had captured them to offer to the Demon, and the thought of her daughter's impending fate felt like a knife twisting in her heart.

The Goat Demon's expression turned cold, and a flicker of doubt crossed its mind. This guy should have been dealt with by that slovenly Pig, how was he still alive?

Soon, its pupils contracted.

"Chu, you killed the slovenly Pig?"

Chu Jiang's silence further solidified the Goat Demon's conclusion.

"I admire your courage; you're the first one in so many years!" The Goat Demon slowly turned its head, its gaze falling upon Chu Jiang.

"Then, it's my honor?" Chu Jiang said indifferently, it was unclear if it was praise or mockery.

"Hmph!"

The Goat Demon leisurely lifted the two, a cunning smile appearing at the corner of its mouth. "Do you want them to live? I can hand them over to you!"

"But..."

Chu Jiang said calmly, "What do you want!"

The Goat Demon exclaimed excitedly, "It's very simple, let's play a game!"

"If you win, I'll let them go and withdraw from the village."

"How about it?"

Chu Jiang looked at the Goat Demon. His original body had interacted with the Goat Demon a few times.

He reached a conclusion.

The Goat Demon was inherently cunning and loved to toy with humans, making them play games it designed.

Watching humans struggle was its greatest pleasure.

The more humans struggled and resisted, the more excited it became.

"I don't care about their lives, but..."

"I'm quite interested in your game!"

Chu Jiang sheathed his long saber, a barely perceptible smile on his face.

Yan'er's pupils contracted upon hearing Chu Jiang's words, and a thousand thoughts surged through her mind.

She was very intelligent.

Instead of screaming, she cautiously retreated to the side.

This was a battle of wits between Lord Chu and the Demon.

The Goat Demon let out an excited cry, its eyes filled with madness. It threw the two people in its hands aside like rag dolls.

"I appreciate you; finally, someone is interested in my game."

"I like people who actively participate in games. While passive participants can also bring me enjoyment, they don't bring as much fun as active participants."

"If the game is successful, it's not impossible for me to let you advance further!"

Chu Jiang showed a suspicious expression and said, "I just killed a demon, one of your kind, and you still want me to advance further?"

The Goat Demon said indifferently, "That scruffy pig fellow, I've long disliked him. A crude guy who eats people without any elegance. Dying just proves he's a waste, destined to die."

"Alright, now let's talk about the game!"

At this moment, it only had eyes for the game, clearly not wanting to dwell on the topic.

Its eyeballs spun wildly, and a sinister smile appeared on its face, as if it were brewing a terrifying game.

"Listen carefully, the rules are as follows, I'll only say them once..."

"First,..."

"Second,..."

"..."

The Goat Demon was immersed in the game it had created, sighing that such a magnificent game was something that group of pig-heads would never understand in their lifetime.

Unknowingly, the Goat Demon and Chu Jiang were already shoulder-to-shoulder, and anyone who didn't know them might think they were brothers.

As the Goat Demon's eyes became hazy, about to reveal the last rule, its pupils suddenly contracted, as if being tightly gripped by an invisible force.

In an instant, a long saber sliced through its brow like lightning, deeply embedding itself into its goat head, as if tearing its soul apart.

"Ch... crack..."

However, this goat head was exceptionally sturdy, more than three or four times harder than a pig's head.

Chu Jiang held the saber with both hands, stirring it frantically. Brain matter gushed out from the Goat Demon's brow and the back of its head, splattering black and red blood.

Chichichich!

Even though the saber had pierced the Goat Demon's brain directly, it was strange that it wasn't dead yet. It continued to struggle fiercely, resisting with all its might.

Blood sprayed from its mouth as it repeatedly uttered two words.

"Game... game..."

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After struggling for a full few minutes, the Goat Demon died with wide, angry eyes, filled with extreme unwillingness.

It had to be said, the Goat Demon's vitality was truly tenacious.

This was also why Chu Jiang was cautious; the Goat Demon's strength was a huge leap from the Pig Demon's.

He had to strike by surprise, catching it off guard.

After the Goat Demon died, a dense mass of black energy floated out from its corpse and quickly disappeared.

"Resentment!"

Chu Jiang stared intently at the black energy, his brows slightly raised.

Just how unwilling was this demon to have generated such potent resentment?

Although his original body was a scumbag, he had behaved normally during his first few years of cultivation. He had read some records about demons in the demon-hunting station.

When a demon's head was destroyed, it usually meant complete death.

The generation of resentment was an extremely rare phenomenon.

It wasn't that resentment meant the demon would revive; the resentment might take shape after decades or even a century, becoming a new demon.

However, whether it would awaken past life memories depended on fate.

The book recorded that only one out of ten would awaken memories of their previous life.

Chu Jiang smiled. This Goat Demon's obsession with the game it had set up was truly profound. Before dying, it cared more about its game than its own life.

For this Goat Demon, it could be said that it died with its eyes wide open.

But then again, this Goat Demon's mind was truly a genius.

The game it had just described, when savored carefully, was indeed brilliant and unparalleled.

He could exchange ideas with the designers of escape rooms on Earth.

Killing this Goat Demon this time was an absolute windfall.

[Void Rank Goat Demon, half a step into Nether Rank, extremely intelligent, genius demon, cultivated for twenty-three years, remaining lifespan 180 years]

[Demon Lifespan: 189 years]

[Self Lifespan: 10 years]

This Goat Demon was far superior to that Pig Demon.

The Pig Demon's talent was vastly inferior to this Goat Demon's. After only twenty-three years of cultivation, its strength was several times greater than the Pig Demon's. It was definitely a genius-level demon.

And with the demise of the last demon, the village fell into a deathly silence, as if time itself had stopped at that moment.