Slaying Great Immortal Huang

"Early this morning, two huge weasels came to the village. They were even bigger than dogs, and the moment they entered, they started snatching people.

After catching someone, they didn't leave. They just started eating people right there in the village. Once they finished eating, they would catch more, only strutting away after they were full. The entire village, young and old, was scared witless..."

As Tian Qi spoke, terror showed on his face.

"These demons truly deserve to die..." Hu Qing ground her teeth. "Don't worry. Constable Wei will definitely make these demons pay a heavy price."

Tian Qi looked deeply grateful. "Thank you, my lords. Back when Li Shen was constable, even if demons entered the village and ate people, they wouldn't care. They said they couldn't handle demons. They were simply worse than beasts."

Hu Qing said, "Li Shen colluded with demons. Don't compare that sort of scoundrel with Lord Wei."

"Yes, yes, yes, this humble one misspoke. Lord Wei is young and accomplished; Li Shen isn't worthy of being compared to Lord Wei!" Tian Qi said with an ingratiating smile.

A quarter of an hour later, Three Mile Hamlet came into view.

The village had several dozen households, roughly the same size as Five Mile Village.

"My lords, please follow me into the village. The villagers have already prepared food and wine for you. Have something to eat and drink before investigating the demons."

Led by Tian Qi, they soon arrived at the entrance to Three Mile Hamlet.

"You people are quite sensible!"

"We've been traveling for a while, and I'm just getting hungry. Let's eat something first."

Upon hearing there was food, both Hu Qing and Liu Chengzhou looked tempted.

"No need. Call your companions out!"

A blade rang as Wei Fan's saber was already pressed against Tian Qi's neck.

Hu Qing and Liu Chengzhou were both greatly startled. They hurriedly placed their hands on their sword hilts, still unable to understand why Wei Fan had drawn his blade. Was there something wrong with Tian Qi?

Tian Qi revealed a frightened expression. "Lord Wei, don't joke around. This humble one is timid and cannot withstand such a fright."

Wei Fan remained expressionless. "If you don't call them out now, you won't have another chance to speak!"

His blade pressed lightly, releasing a thread of saber qi. Tian Qi's skin immediately split open, and the blood that seeped out reeked of dead rats.

"Demon?"

Hu Qing and Liu Chengzhou's expressions changed drastically. Their blades flashed from their sheaths, and their entire bodies tensed.

This Tian Qi was actually a demon.

If Wei Fan had not discovered it, they would have eaten the food prepared by demons. They probably would not even have known how they died.

Seeing that he had been exposed, Tian Qi stopped pretending. He asked grimly, "I thought I had performed flawlessly, without any problems. How did you see through me?"

He did not carry the distinctive stench of demons, and nothing had gone wrong with his behavior along the way. By all logic, he should not have been exposed.

Nor had he simply transformed into some random person. Tian Qi was a real person from Three Mile Hamlet, someone he had only eaten that morning after absorbing his memories.

Had inviting them to food and wine exposed him?

"Your performance indeed had no problems. But the moment I first saw you, all I saw was a weasel walking on four limbs."

No matter how perfectly a demon performed before Wei Fan, it was useless. As long as a demon appeared before him, the panel would give him a prompt.

He had remained silent along the way, only exposing Tian Qi's identity after entering the village.

These demons really were difficult to deal with. If not for the panel's warning, he would never have imagined that this was a weasel transformed into a man.

"Skree..."

With matters having reached this point, Tian Qi let out a piercing cry. Before long, three or four foul-smelling demons appeared carrying an enormous palanquin. Seated atop it was a weasel the size of a small water buffalo, its lower body clad in robes.

"Careful, Great Immortal Huang may have come in person!"

Hu Qing's face went pale at the sight. Great Immortal Huang was one of Cloud City's strongest demons and had dominated the region even before the Tiger King.

Great Immortal Huang: True Realm second-grade demon, commands a hundred demons, eats people and drinks blood

Kill him to gain 100 years of cultivation!

"He's Great Immortal Huang!"

Hu Qing had merely guessed, but Wei Fan's panel directly identified Great Immortal Huang by name.

He commanded a hundred demons. No wonder even Cloud City's yamen feared these demons.

And this was only Great Immortal Huang's faction. There were still the even stronger Hu Meiniang and the Bear Demon. Even if the demons under their command were fewer than Great Immortal Huang's, they would not be much weaker.

"We're probably going to become demon rations today!"

Hearing that this was Great Immortal Huang, Hu Qing and Liu Chengzhou's faces turned even paler.

"Ancestor, he saw through me!"

When Great Immortal Huang appeared, "Tian Qi" hurriedly explained.

Great Immortal Huang lounged on the palanquin, one claw propping up his chin as he narrowed his eyes. "To see through your disguise, he has some skill. But it makes no difference. Since he has come here, there is only one road before him: death."

There was even a hint of elegance in his appearance.

Wei Fan remained expressionless. "You're here to avenge the Tiger King's family?"

At those words, Great Immortal Huang showed disdain and shook his head. "That trash deserved to be killed. His death was no great loss. But however deserving he was, he was still one of the Demon Race. Our dignity cannot be provoked. If I don't kill you, what happens when everyone follows your example and starts slaughtering the descendants of my Demon Race?"

They wanted to use him to establish their might, to crush the prestige he had carved out through killing. Wei Fan said calmly, "Those are fairly forceful words.

"But as far as I know, the Demon Suppressing Division kills more, and kills more ruthlessly. Why haven't you gone after the Demon Suppressing Division?"

On the palanquin, Great Immortal Huang could no longer maintain his composure. He said irritably, "I do not dare seek out the Demon Suppressing Division, but I can still kill you. And just because I haven't gone does not mean no one from the Demon Race has gone to trouble the Demon Suppressing Division."

He rose onto his hind legs, an oppressive aura emanating from his body as he looked down at Wei Fan. "Release him, and I'll leave you an intact corpse. I'll only kill you, not eat you."

Splat!

A flash of blade light streaked past. Tian Qi's head rolled from his neck like a ball, swiftly transforming into a weasel the size of a dog.

Wei Fan answered Great Immortal Huang with his actions. "Now you don't need to leave me an intact corpse, because in a moment, I won't leave you one either. After killing you, I'll cut open your belly, take out your Demon Sac, and stir-fry it with seasoning to go with wine. That would be fairer."

"You seek death!"

Seeing his descendant beheaded by Wei Fan in a single stroke, Great Immortal Huang was first stunned, then flew into a rage. "You don't know the height of heaven or the depth of earth! Do you think killing that useless Tiger King makes you invincible?"

He stepped off the palanquin, rolling demonic qi rising around him as his calf-sized body leaped into the air.

In an instant, wild winds howled in every direction, whipping up sand and sending stones flying.

In terms of sheer presence, the Tiger King truly fell far short of Great Immortal Huang.

"Fall back!"

Wei Fan shook his true qi, blasting Hu Qing and Liu Chengzhou away. The two of them could not help at all.

In a clash of this level, getting too close would only result in being killed by the shockwaves, just like Lu Tianming and his son.

In midair, Great Immortal Huang opened his mouth and spat out a massive cloud of black smoke. Its vile stench surged toward Wei Fan, instantly engulfing him.

The black smoke was terrifying. The instant it touched the ground, the earth melted as though struck by strong acid. Rocks and soil rapidly dissolved away.

"Wei Fan!"

"Lord Wei!"

Hu Qing and Liu Chengzhou, who had been blasted away, cried out in terror, their faces filled with horror.

"Is that all you can do? You're not much stronger than the Tiger King!"

Wei Fan's voice came from within the black smoke. Then an enormous saber aura tore through the smoke and slashed into Great Immortal Huang.