Slaying the Boar Demon, Stealing Its Lifespan!

"Good!"

"As expected of my brother, Wang Chao. You've got guts!"

"Doctor Shen, just focus on brewing the medicine. I'll find a way to deal with the demonkin!"

Wang Chao looked at Chen Fan, then at Shen Qing. In the end, he seemed to make up his mind.

They had received word today that a Boar Demon was causing trouble in Black Mountain. Third Squad was there encircling and suppressing it, and by now, they should be about to make their move.

If he rushed over now, then even if he had to swallow his pride and kneel, banging his head on the ground, he would make Third Squad's Squad Leader Zhang Meng spare the Boar Demon's life so Chen Fan could deliver the final blow.

Demonkin were hateful, but they were even more vicious.

When the Brocade Guard slew demons and exterminated monsters, they would never leave a demonkin alive. Even a demonkin with only a single breath left could launch a final counterattack before death and take several brothers down with it.

Thus, Wang Chao's request was exceedingly unreasonable to Zhang Meng, while Chen Fan's request before his death was simply making trouble without reason.

Yet the human heart was made of flesh, after all. Zhang Meng and Wang Chao had been colleagues for over twenty years. The instant Wang Chao knelt before him, Zhang Meng could only agree.

And so, Wang Chao and Zhang Meng led a dozen or so Brocade Guard brothers, binding the Boar Demon tight with iron chains as thick as an infant's arm. They used ten horses to haul an enormous prison cart, dragging the Boar Demon back from Black Mountain to the Brocade Guard Precinct.

Brocade Guard Precinct.

After several hours of mixing and brewing, Shen Qing finally prepared the medicinal soup for Chen Fan.

He fed Chen Fan the brewed medicine mouthful by mouthful. After drinking it, Chen Fan felt threads of warmth spread from his stomach and flow throughout his body.

The chill within him was driven away, leaving his entire body pleasantly warm, while the excruciating pain was replaced by a sour numbness. An hour after taking the medicine, he was already able to stand and walk, feeling as though all the strength had returned to his body.

By then, Wang Chao and Zhang Meng had also hauled the Boar Demon back to the Brocade Guard Precinct.

"Brother Chen Fan, you're really standing again!"

"This is truly wonderful!"

"Brother Zhang Meng and I brought back the Boar Demon from Black Mountain. We were waiting for you to finish it off with your own hands!"

Wang Chao came to Chen Fan's quarters and saw him standing inside, dressed in a brand-new Flying Fish Robe and holding a Hundred-Refined Embroidered Spring Blade, practicing and swinging the swift blade in his hand.

If he had not known Chen Fan was already at death's door, he would nearly have thought Doctor Shen Qing had worked some miraculous healing and saved Chen Fan's life again!

"Chief Wang, I know the rules of our Brocade Guard. When we encounter demonkin, we kill them without pardon."

"This time, for you to persuade Chief Zhang to bring the Boar Demon back from Black Mountain for me to kill, you must have paid a tremendous price. I, Chen Fan, will never forget such great kindness and virtue for as long as I have teeth!"

"If I am fortunate enough to survive this time, I will repay such great kindness tenfold, a hundredfold."

"If I am fated to be unable to escape death this time, then I can only repay your great kindness in my next life!"

Chen Fan looked at Wang Chao, bowed deeply, and spoke with heartfelt sincerity.

After inheriting the original owner's memories, he naturally knew the Brocade Guard's rules as well. Demonkin were vicious, so one had to cut the grass and pull out the roots. Only demonkin that could not be killed would be captured alive and suppressed. Any that could be killed were to be killed without exception.

Slaying demonkin was difficult enough, let alone capturing them alive. Even a demonkin with only one breath remaining might suddenly rise up and kill someone.

Countless Brocade Guard predecessors had paid for such lessons with their blood. Yet today, Wang Chao had broken the rules for Chen Fan. Such great kindness was truly difficult to forget!

"You and I are brothers. Why say such distant words?"

"The Boar Demon is tied up at the Martial Arts Field. Today, just fulfill your long-cherished wish and personally slay demons and exterminate monsters!"

Wang Chao immediately helped Chen Fan up, then patted him on the shoulder.

"Thank you, Chief Wang!"

With lives hanging in the balance, Chen Fan no longer stood on ceremony. Gripping the Hundred-Refined Embroidered Spring Blade, he headed for the Martial Arts Field with Wang Chao.

Martial Arts Field.

Chen Fan stood before the Boar Demon and drew a fierce breath.

The Boar Demon's body was covered in black bristles like sharp spikes, and its pair of tusks were as keen as knife blades. It stood around three meters tall and was five or six meters long, resembling a small hill.

Its body was covered in wounds, with several sharp arrows still lodged in its flesh. Blood continued to gush from its injuries.

"Kid, you're about to die!"

The Boar Demon stared at Chen Fan with scarlet eyes. Sensing the deathly aura emanating from within Chen Fan, a mocking smile appeared on his pig-like face.

"Yes, I'm about to die."

"But you'll die before I do."

Chen Fan spoke calmly.

"Roar!"

Hearing this, the Boar Demon's ferocity surged. He struggled desperately, the chains binding him clattering loudly. He suddenly lunged at Chen Fan, yet only wriggled forward less than three inches.

"Don't struggle. My blade is fast. You won't feel any pain!"

Chen Fan raised his foot and stomped hard on the Boar Demon's head. Then, using all his strength, he swung his blade at the Boar Demon's neck!

Splat!

Scalding demon blood sprayed all over Chen Fan, but that strike had only split open part of the flesh at the Boar Demon's neck. It was nowhere near enough to kill him.

Had Chen Fan been at his peak, he might very well have killed such a helpless Boar Demon with a single slash.

But he was still far too weak now. At last, he understood what Doctor Shen Qing meant by saying that after taking the medicinal soup, he would become no different from an ordinary person.

So this "ordinary person" really meant an ordinary person!

He was now equivalent to a regular person who had never practiced martial arts. Although the Hundred-Refined Embroidered Spring Blade in his hand was fairly sharp, it was still far from enough to kill this thick-skinned, tough-fleshed Boar Demon in one blow!

"Pain is killing me!"

"Kid, you're a fucking piece of trash!"

"Didn't you say your blade was fast?"

"Didn't you say I wouldn't feel pain?"

"I ＆#&@♀..."

The Boar Demon let out a pained howl, then spewed foul language and began cursing Chen Fan's ancestors.

Chen Fan's face also showed embarrassment. This was what they meant by trying to show off, only to get trampled into the grass instead!

But he did not care about that now. All he wanted was to kill the Boar Demon, steal its remaining lifespan, use the Golden Finger to strengthen himself, suppress the Yin Sha Poison within his body, and help himself survive this pass between life and death!

One slash!

Two slashes!

Three slashes!

No matter how the Boar Demon howled and cursed, Chen Fan planted his foot hard upon the demon's millstone-sized head and hacked down again and again. Demon blood splashed over his body until he was nearly dyed into a man of blood.

Chen Fan did not know how many times he had chopped before the Attribute Panel finally appeared. A golden-red notification appeared before him:

Slain a Boar Demon at the first stage of the Divine Treasury Realm. Stole thirty-three years of its remaining lifespan!

Name: Chen Fan

Realm: Divine Treasury Realm (First Stage: Skin Devil King)

Cultivation Methods: "Body Tempering Fist" (Minor Accomplishment), can be deduced; "Blade Draw Slash" (Minor Accomplishment), can be deduced

Current Remaining Lifespan: Three days (70 years)

Current Demonkin Lifespan: Thirty-three years

Current status: Demonkin Lifespan may be consumed to deduce martial arts!

Note: Demonkin Lifespan cannot be converted into personal lifespan!

Looking at the information on the Attribute Panel, Chen Fan finally let out a long breath. He was nearly exhausted to the point of collapse, but he had finally killed this Boar Demon!

"Chief Wang, Chief Zhang, brothers, thank you all for making this possible!"

Chen Fan clasped his fists and gave the onlookers a deep bow.

"Alas!"

"Since you have personally slain the Boar Demon, go back and rest early!"

Zhang Meng glanced at Chen Fan and let out a long sigh.

Wang Chao had already told the members of Third Squad about Chen Fan's situation. In the end, he had sought everyone's opinion before sparing the Boar Demon's life, capturing him alive, and bringing him back so that Chen Fan of Ninth Squad could kill him personally. It could be considered the fulfillment of his final wish.

Although this violated the Brocade Guard's rules and they would inevitably face punishment from the Chief Squad Leader, none of them cared much. After all, the dead came first!