The Wild Boar Demon's corpse shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye, while the demonic aura around it rapidly poured into the Beast Hide.
Soon, the red light withdrew, and the Beast Hide fell back into Zhang You's hand, utterly still.
Suddenly, fragmented bits of information appeared in his mind.
It turned out there was a space within this Beast Hide, but it had already been damaged and needed to absorb energy to restore itself.
Zhang You looked at the irregularly shaped Beast Hide. Perhaps its recovery had been too minor; he could not see any difference from before.
Deep in thought, he remained cautious and put the Beast Hide away.
Though he believed pies might fall from the sky, in this world, it was better to be careful!
After seven rounds of Great Body Tempering, Zhang You's senses had become extremely sharp. Relying on his keen hearing, he could now sense people rapidly approaching from the east and north.
Without time to think further, he hurried back toward Xiaolin City.
Xiaolin City lay to the west, so he would not run into those incoming people.
Not long after he left, two groups arrived one after another, both Demon Suppression Guards.
"There was another great battle here, and this was where the Wild Boar Demon last vanished!"
After surveying the area, one middle-aged man reached this conclusion.
This man was a squad leader under Pang Biao, named Fang Ping. He possessed the strength of the seventh level of the Qi Refining Realm.
"There's a pool of blood here. It's definitely the Wild Boar Demon's, but we don't know what became of it."
One Demon Suppression Guard crouched where the Wild Boar Demon had previously fallen, a trace of blood still clinging to his finger.
"No matter what, search the area again first. If we find nothing, return to the city."
Fang Ping waved his hand, and the others quickly scattered in all directions, while he remained where he was.
"What dense residual blood vitality! It's the lingering aura of a human! Could it be an evil cultivator?"
After sensing it carefully, his expression hardened, and he arrived at the spot where Zhang You had been sitting.
Finally, he checked the nearby Mass Grave Hill. Finding nothing, he left as well.
Zhang You did not take long to return to Xiaolin City.
It was already past midnight.
The Demon Suppression Guards lying in ambush in the south and west of the city had all mobilized. Led by an Old Daoist, they were pursuing the evil haunting behind the headless corpse case!
A headless corpse!
There was a faint breeze tonight, making the night feel especially desolate.
To get back, he had to pass through the marketplace.
"Tap, tap..."
Suddenly, Zhang You heard something approaching him, and his brows furrowed.
Blood vitality spread from within his body as he slowly turned around.
"Hee hee hee..."
Then came a woman's giggling from somewhere nearby.
Yin energy began to fill the surroundings, while bright-red blood started flowing over the buildings and ground.
The ten headless corpses hanging from the tall pole in the center of the marketplace actually began struggling and moving.
"Pop... pop... pop..."
Very soon, heads formed from congealed blood grew from the necks of the headless corpses. Their mouths gaped open as they slowly said, "Give me back my head! Give me back my head..."
The moment the words fell, the ropes binding them snapped apart. All ten corpses crashed to the ground in unison, their bodies twisted out of place.
"Crack..."
Then the bones within the ten corpses began to creak. They slowly rose to their feet and ambled toward Zhang You.
"Hee hee hee, handsome little brother, come play with me!"
At that moment, the female voice rang out again from all directions, and there was more than one voice.
Zhang You took a deep breath and narrowed his eyes as he looked around. He discovered bloody footprints walking toward him.
He then recalled the blood shadow he had encountered in the courtyard yesterday. They were probably from the same group!
They had come to take revenge?
At that thought, Zhang You's lips curled up as he sneered inwardly.
Though he could sense that these things were much stronger than the one from yesterday, he had grown stronger too!
With negatives making a positive, all things considered, he should be stronger than them!
Four Symbols: White Tiger: Shatter Void!
Zhang Lin's blood vitality surged as he instantly slashed a claw forward.
"Ah..."
A miserable scream rang out, followed by a cloud of blood mist appearing ahead.
But in the blink of an eye, the blood mist gathered again, reforming into a humanoid shape that lunged directly at him.
Zhang Lin rapidly struck with his claws, his blood vitality soaring as he gripped the other party by the neck.
The blood shadow had become much more solid and struggled frantically, but to no avail.
Its two hands tried to attack Zhang Lin, but both were blocked by a layer of blood vitality surrounding his body.
At this time, the other blood shadows charged forward as well.
Four Symbols: White Tiger: Thunderclap!
This time, Zhang Lin called upon the White Tiger in his dantian. An ear-splitting tiger's roar erupted, carrying a trace of lightning as it instantly spread outward.
The charging blood shadows exploded outright, turning into ash after tribulation.
Eight streams of blue-white energy were absorbed by Zhang Lin.
The headless corpses behind them were also thrown to the ground, and their congealed blood heads dissipated on the spot.
Another ten streams of blue-white energy entered his possession.
The blood shadow in Zhang Lin's hand was more tenacious. Though it had taken the impact head-on, it had not dissipated.
"Let's see if you still won't die!"
An electric current surged directly from his arm into the blood shadow's body.
The blood shadow did not even have time to scream before it vanished into smoke.
Zhang Lin absorbed another stream of blue-white energy. Though it had indeed made him much stronger, it was still somewhat lacking compared to what he had gained from the Wild Boar Demon.
"Crack..."
The surroundings seemed to shatter as all the strange phenomena gradually vanished, yet the ten headless corpses still lay upon the ground.
"I want your life!"
At the same time, at Laifu Inn in the south of the city, the old woman who had spat out several mouthfuls of blood radiated killing intent. She leaped out through the window and sped toward Zhang Lin.
When Zhang Lin unleashed Thunderclap, many cultivators in the city heard it. Some who considered themselves quite powerful all rushed in this direction.
Zhang Lin also sensed auras of varying strengths converging on this place and did not intend to remain.
But he was still one step too late.
Boom!
A headless figure instantly landed in the marketplace. It was the Headless Corpse Evil being pursued by the Old Daoist and the Demon Suppression Division.
It had fallen into an ambush and had nearly been dispersed by the Old Daoist. In its panic, it sensed dense blood vitality here and fled in this direction.
It had not expected to see a young man upon arriving, still radiating such delicious blood vitality.
As though it had seen some miraculous strength pill, it charged over without a second word, not even noticing the situation around it.
It felt that as long as it drank this young man's blood, it could recover its strength, perhaps even advance further and turn the tables.
Its long fingernails were like weapons made for murder, radiating chilling coldness and still stained with undried blood.
They slashed viciously toward the young man without the slightest mercy.
"Young man, dodge!"
At that moment, the Old Daoist caught up first and immediately saw what was happening.
A talisman appeared in his hand. With a trace of spiritual power poured into it, threads of electric arcs burst from the talisman.
He hurled it toward the headless evil!
Then he immediately used his movement technique and rushed forward like the wind, hoping to save Zhang Lin.
"Too late!"
After a voice emerged from the headless evil, it actually burned its essence blood and forcibly endured the talisman's attack.
It accelerated again, instantly arriving before Zhang Lin and slashing down viciously.
"What are you trying to do?"
Zhang Lin looked speechlessly at the headless corpse!
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