The veteran disciple looked honest and simple, his smile warm, but a sinister chill lurked deep in his eyes.
At that moment, he was covered in wounds, his ink-black robes stained with blood. Claw marks riddled his chest, abdomen, and arms, gray smoke curling around them. Clearly, demonic energy had invaded his body, leaving him gravely injured.
By contrast, the Chicken Demon behind him had a chicken's head and a human body, its aura as unfathomable as an abyss. Apart from a faint white mark barely visible on its shoulder blade, it was virtually unscathed.
"You want to use me to take the disaster for you?" Xiao Chen saw through it as clearly as a blazing fire. In an instant, he understood everything.
The Chicken Demon's blood surged like a dragon, savage and tyrannical. A mere narrowing of its eyes made heaven and earth tremble. It was clearly at its peak-exhausted, his ass.
"Junior brother, don't misunderstand. This Chicken Demon looks fierce, but its foundations are already damaged. With your talent, you can easily hold it off. Once I slay it, I'll give you half the spiritual materials from its body!" The honest-looking veteran continued trying to fool him.
"Humans really are treacherous. He'd even screw over his own junior brother!" The Chicken Demon sneered inwardly, full of contempt, but said nothing.
Why would it turn down another stalk of human medicine delivered for free?
It had only recently returned from outside the mountains and had yet to see Xiao Chen's portrait.
"Fine!" Seeing that the Chicken Demon had not recognized him, Xiao Chen was in no hurry to act. He looked at the honest-looking veteran and nodded lightly.
"Thank you, junior brother!" The honest-looking veteran was delighted. Naturally, he recognized Xiao E, the famous Backdoor Prodigy. He had heard