Go, Slay Demons with Me!

"Now that we know where the demons of Ping An County are hiding, why don't we kill to our hearts' content today?"

Chen Fan held a thousand-fold Embroidered Spring Blade forged from darksteel, practically itching for a fight as he spoke.

To him, these were not merely demons—they were resources on his path of cultivation!

Spend the lives of countless demons to forge my path of martial arts!

This was no empty talk!

"Constables of the county yamen, heed my command! Follow me to slaughter demons and purge Ping An County!"

"Send someone to relay orders to the eight hundred county soldiers at the military camp outside the city. Have them assemble and enter the city!"

Lu Xuening declared loudly.

"Yes!"

The constables watching from the sidelines were also swept up by Chen Fan and Lu Xuening's heroic spirit. Their blood boiled, and each of them wished they could immediately wage a great battle against those demons!

"The Brocade Guard is still under Cao De's control. I can't move against them for the moment, but I can join you in striking and slaying demons!"

Chen Fan said to Lu Xuening.

"With you, it is enough!"

Lu Xuening looked at Chen Fan and revealed a faint smile.

So long as the Three Demons of Black Mountain did not appear, Chen Fan was likely unmatched. Having such a master safeguard them was already enough!

"Before we act, we need to dispatch yamen runners to notify the people to keep their doors and windows tightly shut. They must not leave their homes, lest they be caught in the crossfire."

"We must also requisition laborers to urgently repair the city walls. Once the demons within the county seat have all been slain, it will mean that Ping An County has completely torn its face with the demons of Black Mountain. In their fury, those demons may very well massacre the city. We must prepare early!"

"Also, it would be best to have the people from the towns and villages under Ping An County come to the county seat for emergency shelter, so that we can weather this crisis together."

"Because if the demons cannot take the county seat, they may very well vent their rage on them, devouring all the people in the towns and villages under Ping An County. By then, Ping An County will become an isolated city."

Chen Fan reminded them.

The thoughts of demons were difficult to fathom. One had to think three steps ahead in everything.

Naturally, he hoped that when the demons invaded Ping An County, he could wipe them out in one stroke and completely eradicate the demon scourge of Ping An County.

But if the Three Demons of Black Mountain were too strong, and even he was no match for them, then he could only defend the county seat rather than kill them. Or if those demons were no match for him but scattered and fled, it would still be difficult for him to kill them all.

All these matters had to be taken into account.

As for the possibility that he was utterly no match for the Three Demons of Black Mountain and would be instantly killed by them—

Chen Fan felt that the odds of such a thing happening were close to zero.

Even if all three Demons of Black Mountain had broken through to the Divine Aperture Realm, he did not believe they could kill him in an instant!

Besides, Lu Xuening had once said that wild great demons without inheritances rarely managed to break through to the Divine Aperture Realm. Chen Fan did not believe he would truly hit the jackpot and encounter three wild great demons that had all broken through to the Divine Aperture Realm!

"Leave these matters to me!"

At that moment, County Commandant Liu also stepped forward, his gaze firm as he spoke.

At this moment, he could be said to have gone completely mad!

Soon, everyone sprang into action. Every household shut its doors and windows tightly. The county soldiers, divided into eight squads of one hundred men each and armed with weapons, entered the county seat. Some remained behind to guard the four sides of the city, while the rest joined the constables and yamen runners of the county yamen's three shifts and six offices in surrounding the residences of all the county yamen officials.

Some of the demons fled at the first whiff of trouble, scurrying through the streets, only to be slain by Chen Fan, Lu Xuening, and Huang Chengyue.

The people of the Brocade Guard Precinct also moved at the news. Under Cao De's orders, Li Mo led a team over—but they had not come to help Chen Fan and the others slay demons. Instead, they directly confronted Chen Fan!

"Chen Fan, do you know what you are doing?"

"Centurion has ordered you to immediately lead the Brocade Guard's five squads out of the city on patrol!"

"Chief Squad Leader Chen, accept the order!"

Li Mo looked at Chen Fan and spoke arrogantly.

"I'm not in a good mood today. I'm taking a day off. Go back and tell Centurion that I will not be leaving the city on patrol today."

"As a Chief Squad Leader of the Brocade Guard, surely I'm allowed a day off?"

Chen Fan replied evenly.

"You..."

"You are twisting words and forcing reason!"

"Centurion has ordered that if you dare disobey, it will be treated as defiance of orders. We are to take you down immediately!"

"Chief Squad Leader Chen, I hope you do not force my hand!"

Li Mo stared coldly at Chen Fan, his words brimming with threat.

To be honest, in a one-on-one fight, he was not confident of taking down the young man before him. Yet he had no choice but to obey Centurion's orders.

Fortunately, several dozen Brocade Guard brothers stood behind him. If they all rushed forward together, then even if Chen Fan had already become a Divine Aperture Realm martial artist, they could still take him down in one fell swoop!

"Let me see who dares!"

"Chen Fan has been commissioned by the yamen to assist in slaying demons and maintaining order in Ping An County. Whoever dares lay a hand on him will be executed immediately!"

Lu Xuening answered tit for tat. As soon as she said this, the constables and yamen runners behind her, along with several skilled men from the military camp, all fixed Li Mo and the Brocade Guard behind him with hostile looks.

Li Mo's expression immediately turned ugly.

Chen Fan alone was not enough to make him afraid, but with a peak Divine Treasury Realm Lu Xuening added to the equation, along with the yamen runners, constables, and squad leaders behind her who clearly possessed considerable martial cultivation, even if everyone from the Brocade Guard Precinct came out in force, he would find it difficult to gain any advantage without Cao De personally acting!

"Chief Squad Leader Chen, Captain Lu, you will regret your actions. All of Ping An County will be buried by your hands!"

"Withdraw!"

Li Mo let out a long sigh, then turned and departed with the Brocade Guard behind him.

He knew of the agreement between Cao De and the Three Demons of Black Mountain. He also knew that Cao De had used demons to eliminate dissidents, but he did not believe Cao De had done wrong.

Cao De had applied to Dragon Abyss Prefecture for aid several times, only to be rejected each time. Dragon Abyss Prefecture had places in even more perilous situations than Ping An County, places that needed aid more urgently.

Over time, Cao De also gave up hope. On one hand, he began strengthening his own power; on the other, he made contact with the demons near Ping An County. Those he could kill, he killed. Those he could not kill, he negotiated terms with. That was how he had obtained twenty years of surface peace for Ping An County.

Therefore, in Li Mo's eyes, Cao De was great—a major contributor who had won a sliver of life for Ping An County from countless certain-death situations!

And now, Chen Fan and Lu Xuening intended to shatter that sliver of life with their own hands!

"Go!"

"Slay demons with me!"

Chen Fan said calmly. Lu Xuening and the yamen runners, constables, and squad leaders behind her followed at once.

The group first arrived at the County Magistrate Estate. Chen Fan had previously come here through a secret passage, but he had never left Wang Menglu's room.

A pack of dog demons had entrenched themselves in the County Magistrate Estate. For years, they had lived in peace with the County Governor and had not harmed a single person in the estate. Instead, they had obediently served as watchdogs in the rear courtyard.

That was because the County Governor had continually fed them prisoners from Ping An County's prison. Sometimes, in the middle of the night, he would even release them to hunt freely throughout Ping An County, then cover up for them afterward.

As the County Governor of Ping An County, he had gone even further than County Commandant Liu!

Chen Fan, Lu Xuening, and Huang Chengyue led the others straight into the County Magistrate Estate. Any dog demon they encountered was slain!

The two leading dog demons, one male and one female, both possessed the strength of the fourth stage of the Divine Treasury Realm. The other dog demons were descendants they had bred over the years.

It was precisely because of the County Governor's wholehearted support that their descendants had grown so quickly, gaining intelligence and becoming demons in just a few short years!