Salt Merchants' Night Banquet

Seeing that he could not catch up, Li Yan stopped hesitating.

Rustle, rustle~

The copper coins on Armguard Thousand Thoughts rang out in unison.

The surrounding Yin Qi gathered into black mist, and Li Yan's speed suddenly increased.

"Chirp!"

At the same time, Falcon Li Dong cried out in the air, indicating the direction.

Li Yan understood at once. His left hand formed a spell seal, while his right hand made a sword finger and pointed ahead. "Qing Jia! Ascend to Heaven and Deliver the People, Strictly Control Northern Feng. The Divine Lord Receives the Mandate, Sweeping Away All Ominous Things. The Eight Powers Spit Poison, the Fierce Horses Spread Their Four Hooves..."

This was the North Emperor Calamity Removal Technique, designed specifically to break all kinds of possession and evil influence.

The cat demon had abducted a pregnant woman, so it must have used a similar technique. With his current cultivation, he could already cast spells from afar. Even if he could not break it, he could still interfere with it.

"Haste!"

As the incantation was completed, an invisible spell force shot from his fingertips. Following Falcon Li Dong's guidance, it merged into the dark night.

"Miaow--!"

A cat's wail, shrill as a night owl's cry, rang out.

In the distant darkness, the two strange balls of "cat-demon fire" instantly exploded and scattered.

What a chance!

Li Yan exerted force through his feet, circulated his Pellet Strength, and increased his speed once more.

Before long, he saw his target.

Behind a ruined residence lay a weed-choked rear courtyard. Beside a dry well sprawled a mass of black shadow.

Looking closely, he found it was a pregnant woman crawling on all fours like a beast.

The pregnant woman wore the coarse hemp clothes of a servant and had long since