Demon Transformation and Wanted Criminals

His attention bypassed the three Demonic Beasts, focusing on the deeper darkness within the great hall.

There, indistinct shapes seemed to suggest something was placed there.

Under the dim candlelight, he saw it clearly.

They were enormous iron cages.

Inside the iron cages, curled-up figures were imprisoned.

They wore simple cloth garments, their spirits listless. These were the young people who had gone missing from Inkstone Town and the surrounding villages.

The next scene made Shen Che's heart sink.

The people in a few of the cages were not quite right.

On the forehead of one young man, a pair of small, curved horns had actually grown.

On the cheeks and arms of another girl, patches of fine, green scales had appeared.

They were being demonized!

A weak voice came from an iron cage in the corner.

"Shen... Shen Che?"

Shen Che looked in the direction of the sound.

In that iron cage, a young man wearing a tattered constable's uniform was struggling to lift his head.

His face was as pale as paper, but Shen Che recognized him.

It was Liu Hua.

He was still alive.

"Don't come over!" Seeing Shen Che, Liu Hua showed no joy at surviving. Instead, he roared with all his might, "They're using us for experiments! These Demonic Beasts are strong, get out of here!"

Experiments.

Shen Che looked at the people whose bodies had already begun to change, his suspicions confirmed.

"Heh heh, leave?"

Yan Hong, the old man in the black robe, let out an unpleasant laugh.

"Little friend from the Demon Suppression Division, since you're here, why not stay and join our great cause?"

He spread his arms, his expression fanatical.

"Don't you think the frail human body is a restriction? Birth, aging, sickness, death, love, hate, how pathetic."

"But Demonic Beasts are born powerful and have long lifespans. Transforming humans into demons is evolution, a gift!"

Yan Hong pointed at the people wailing in the cages.

"Look, they will soon be free from the shackles of mortals and gain a new life."

Shen Che ignored the madman.

He turned around and looked at Feng Changkong, who was trembling beside him.

"You, you think so too?"

Feng Changkong was pinned in place by that calm gaze, his whole body trembling.

He felt a killing intent more terrifying than the punch from before.

"I... I..." Feng Changkong's lips quivered. "What did I do wrong! I just want to live longer and become stronger! They gave me this chance!"

He pointed at the three inside, as if grasping at a life-saving straw.

"What's wrong with becoming a Demonic Beast! Why must your Demon Suppression Division hunt us down!"

Shen Che listened to his defense.

Then, he raised his hand.

"Assisting evil, harming your own people, and you still ask why."

"In your next life, be a good person."

As his voice fell, he struck out with his palm.

There was no earth-shattering momentum, just an ordinary palm pressed onto the crown of Feng Changkong's head.

A dull thud, like a watermelon being smashed open.

Feng Changkong's head exploded entirely, red and white splashing everywhere.

The headless corpse swayed and then collapsed softly.

[Killed a Primordial Qi Realm martial artist, Time Value +1500]

[Time Value: 1500]

Liu Hua in the cage almost had his eyeballs pop out.

That was Feng Changkong!

A Primordial Qi Realm expert who had been famous in Qingfeng City for ten years, just like that... was slapped to death?

This was even more shocking than crushing a divine weapon with bare hands or punching through a shoulder.

Was this really the Shen Che he knew?

What exactly had he experienced in the short time since leaving Inkstone Town?

"Trash."

The old man in the black robe showed no reaction to Feng Changkong's death.

He merely spat out two contemptuous words.

"Wang Bing, Wang Yan, take him down."

Yan Hong ordered the two burly men behind him.

"Perfect, the 'Demon Transformation Pill' is still missing one main ingredient. A Demon Queller Envoy with such vigorous Blood Essence will surely yield a top-grade pill."

"Yes, Lord Yan Hong!"

Wang Bing and Wang Yan bowed and accepted the order.

Yan Hong.

As the name registered in his mind, Shen Che's heart stirred.

He remembered.

There was a demon on the Demon Suppression Division's wanted list with an extremely high bounty, named Yan Hong.

This demon had once, in the middle of the night, poisoned the Chang Huai River, killing thousands of residents in several villages and towns along its banks.

All the victims' flesh and blood had dissolved, leaving no bones behind, their deaths unimaginably tragic.

Because of the heinous nature of the crime, he was listed as an A-class wanted criminal by the Demon Suppression Division.

He hadn't expected that investigating a small missing person case would lead him to a major fish on the wanted list.

This was truly a case of buy one, get one free.

"Kid, you dare to kill someone Lord Yan Hong fancies. Prepare to turn into a puddle of blood!"

Wang Bing sneered and took a step forward.

His black robe fluttered in the windless air.

BOOM!

A majestic demonic power surged from within him, reaching for the sky.

Tear!

His black robe was ripped to shreds by the force.

His body began to swell and mutate at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Ice-blue scales erupted from his skin, emitting a chilling aura.

On the other side, Wang Yan erupted simultaneously.

Crimson scales covered his entire body, and the air around him distorted from the intense heat, like a burning brand.

In the blink of an eye, the two tall and burly men transformed into two human-shaped demonic beasts, nearly ten feet tall, with green faces and fangs.

In the underground hall, besides the bone-chilling cold, there was also scorching heat.

The young people still conscious in the iron cages had never witnessed such a terrifying sight.

They all cowered in the corners, unable to even scream, trembling like sieves.

"Com... Commander-level Demonic Beasts!"

Liu Hua felt the two distinct, terrifying auras, his teeth chattering.

The might of these two demonic beasts was more terrifying than any record he had seen in the Demon Suppression Division's archives.

These were definitely Commander-level great demons, comparable to Primordial Qi Realm martial artists!

And there were two of them, appearing at once.

"Kid, your strength is not bad. You managed to kill that trash Feng Changkong with one palm."

Wang Bing, who had transformed into an ice-blue demon, spoke with a grating, metallic voice.

"However, we brothers aren't some weaklings."

Wang Yan, who had transformed into a crimson demon, chimed in, his voice carrying the explosive crackle of flames.

"To show you respect, we've decided to attack together."

The twin demons cooperated with incredible tacit understanding.

They sensed Shen Che was not easy to deal with and showed no carelessness, opting to join forces immediately.

Before he finished speaking, Wang Bing launched the first attack.

"Mysterious Ice Demon Palm!"

He unleashed a giant palm covered in icy blue scales, and from its center, a visible white cold current surged forth.

Wherever it passed, thick frost formed on the ground, and even the air seemed to freeze.

At the same time, Wang Yan moved.

"Blazing Flame Demon Palm!"

The same move, executed by him, resulted in a completely different scene.

A giant palm burning with fierce flames, carrying the heat to scorch mountains and boil seas, emerged from another direction, sealing off all of Shen Che's escape routes.

One ice, one fire.

One left, one right.

The two forces converged in the narrow underground space, forming a deadly trap of ice and fire.

"Shen Che! Be careful!"

Liu Hua watched, his heart pounding, and couldn't help but shout a warning.

Facing this pincer attack, which was enough to make any Primordial Qi Realm martial artist despair, Shen Che's face showed no trace of fear.

Instead of retreating, he took a step forward.

A long-suppressed fighting spirit exploded in his chest.

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