Chen Fan's gaze was as gloomy as water as he walked step by step towards the black-shirted youth.
For some reason, the black-shirted youth felt his hair stand on end, his muscles tensing up. He watched the young man approaching, as if a rampaging flood was about to engulf him.
He had only felt such pressure from his own father, the Mountain Lord.
The intense sense of crisis made him instinctively want to flee!
Rumble!
But before the black-shirted youth could escape, Chen Fan's fist had already landed on him. The fist, carrying the force of a thousand jun, slammed out with unstoppable momentum!
The black-shirted youth flew backward, crashing heavily into the wall of the hall behind him, creating a huge hole. He fell heavily to the ground, coughing up blood.
"Roar!"
The black-shirted youth flipped over, instantly revealing his true form: a tiger with black stripes all over its body.
"The Mountain Lord has three sons. This Black Tiger is the Mountain Lord's third son!"
Lu Xuening said in a low voice.
"I don't care which son of the Mountain Lord he is. Even if the Mountain Lord himself comes today, he will die!"
Chen Fan took a step forward, and the Embroidered Spring Blade forged from Xuan Iron was unsheathed. A cold light flashed, and the Grand Perfection-level Blade Draw Slash was unleashed. The sharp blade went straight for the Black Tiger, aiming to kill!
"Brocade Guard, are you determined to push things to this extreme today?"
The Black Tiger spoke in human language, his eyes filled with complex emotions.
He never expected that he would only come down the mountain for a snack, only to lose his life here.
"You were the ones who pushed things to the extreme first!"
Chen Fan replied without the slightest emotion. The blade light swept across, and the Black Tiger stretched out his sharp, steel-like claws to block!
Pfft!
Chen Fan's blade fell, and one of the Black Tiger's claws was directly severed by his blade. Demonic blood splattered, scattering all over the ground!
Howl!
The Black Tiger howled in pain. The deadly sense of crisis made him dare not fight any longer. He turned around and tried to escape Ping An County, but how could Chen Fan let him have his way!
Chen Fan unleashed another slash. The terrifying blade light seemed to tear apart the entire space in front of him. A huge tiger head was thrown high into the air, then quickly fell from mid-air, rolling into the crowd that had come to watch.
And the headless body of the Black Tiger fell into a pool of blood.
[Killed Black Tiger Demon of the Divine Treasury Realm Fifth Level, plundered its remaining lifespan of one hundred and eighty-three years!]
This was the most demonic lifespan Chen Fan had obtained so far, even more than the lifespan he obtained from killing the son of the Howling Moon Wolf Demon of the Divine Treasury Realm Fourth Level in Black Bear Gulch Village.
"You, your strength has improved again!"
"First you killed the White Ape, brother of the Three-Eyed Ape Demon, in Wangchun Pavilion, then you killed the son and nephews of the Howling Moon Wolf Demon in Black Bear Gulch Village, and now you have killed the Black Tiger, son of the Tiger Demon Mountain Lord, in front of everyone."
"You have completely offended the three demons of Black Mountain. I wonder what you think about that now?"
Lu Xuening came to Chen Fan's side and teased him with admiration.
"I can't imagine it either."
"The officials of Ping An County are actually so afraid of demons!"
"I am willing to hold this Embroidered Spring Blade and restore a clear and bright world to Ping An County!"
"If there is no justice in this world, I am willing to hold a blade and be Yama. If righteousness does not last, I will splatter blood in all directions, a field of Asura!"
Chen Fan looked firmly into the distance and said in a deep voice.
"Well said!"
"I was right about you!"
Huang Chengyue also walked out from the crowd and said loudly.
He had seen it clearly earlier. Chen Fan killed the Black Tiger, who was at the same level in the Divine Treasury Realm Fifth Level, without any effort. This simply subverted his understanding!
Generally speaking, the human body is naturally weaker than the demon body. This situation is particularly serious at the beginning of human martial arts cultivation. On the contrary, the higher the cultivation level, the smaller this innate gap becomes.
In the Divine Treasury Realm and even the Divine Aperture Realm, humans are almost impossible to be opponents of demons in a battle of the same realm, unless they possess a special physique or special bloodline, or master some kind of unique skill, or have extraordinary talent.
No matter which situation Chen Fan belongs to, it is enough to prove that he is a talent!
Lu Xuening is at the peak of the Divine Treasury Realm, and the Mountain Lord's son, Black Tiger, had just entered the Divine Treasury Realm Fifth Level. Even so, if they really fought, it would be somewhat difficult for Lu Xuening to kill the Black Tiger.
This is still because Lu Xuening grew up in Dragon Abyss Prefecture, and the cultivation techniques and methods she possesses are not bad. If she were a martial artist from a wild background, it would be difficult to kill a demon even if she was one or even two small stages higher!
"He's dead!"
"Finally dead!"
"A ha ha ha ha!"
"This damned thing is finally dead!"
"My son!"
County Commandant Liu ran out of his house. Seeing that the Black Tiger was already decapitated, he pointed at the Black Tiger and cried hysterically.
It was hard to tell if those were tears of regret or tears of fear, probably a bit of both.
"County Commandant Liu, now is the time to cleanse Ping An County of its demonic scourge! If you're still hesitant, then your wife and children will have died for nothing!"
"Tell me, where are the demons of Ping An County hiding?"
Lu Xuening walked up to County Commandant Liu and asked.
"There's a group in the County Magistrate's house, another in the County Clerk's house, and yet another in the Head Clerk's house, not to mention those in the homes of the Education Officer and the Secretary."
"These demons are clever. They know that you Brocade Guard and the yamen constables wouldn't dare to search the residences of county officials, so they usually hide in our homes."
"If they want blood, they either get it through us or go out and hunt for it themselves, devouring entire families before the yamen cleans up the mess."
"With the whole family dead, naturally no one will file a complaint. And even if someone does, we'll ignore it, and the demons will take care of the complainant."
"Our families, even our own lives, are in the demons' control. Those who disobeyed have long been wiped out."
"When I, Liu, first took office as the County Commandant of Ping An County, I also wanted to be a good official, serving the country and the people. But look at the state Ping An County is in!"
"Don't you constables, responsible for the yamen's security, feel any guilt?"
"Shouldn't you Brocade Guard, who claim to slay demons and eliminate evil, feel ashamed?"
County Commandant Liu spoke with increasing anger, as if venting his pent-up frustration and unwillingness.
It was all out of helplessness!
Not cooperating with the demons meant death!
What else could he do?
"I don't know what the Brocade Guard was like before, but now the Brocade Guard has me. I will kill every demon I see!"
Just then, Chen Fan spoke decisively.
"I don't know what the county yamen was like before, but now that I'm here, I will never allow Ping An County to be ravaged by demons!"
Lu Xuening glanced at Chen Fan and puffed out her chest as she spoke.
"Good."
"Anyway, this Black Tiger died in my house, and I can't explain it. I'm doomed either way, so I, Liu, will go crazy with you!"
"From now on, all the constables in the yamen and the eight hundred county soldiers will be under your command, Lu Xuening. I hope you won't disappoint me!"
"If there ever comes a day when the demons of Ping An County are truly cleansed, I, Liu Xuan, am willing to commit suicide and use my blood to wash away my sins of many years!"
County Commandant Liu looked at Lu Xuening and Chen Fan and said in a deep voice.
"Thank you for your accomplishment, County Commandant!"
Lu Xuening cupped her hands in thanks.
Perhaps this County Commandant Liu had done many wrong things, but the fact that he was willing to delegate power to Lu Xuening made her feel that he still had some backbone.
Even if that backbone was forced out, it was better than nothing.
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