The night was deep and dark.
Li Nantian staggered toward his residence, each step sinking deep, then shallow.
His injuries were severe. At this moment, he was holding on by sheer willpower.
"Almost there..."
After walking for more than half an hour, Li Nantian finally saw the familiar vermilion gates.
He stepped forward and pounded hard on the door.
"Someone, come quickly..."
Yet no one inside the residence responded for a long time.
Left with no choice, Li Nantian forcibly suppressed his injuries and leaped inside.
The residence was deathly quiet. Not even an insect chirped.
The faint moonlight was swallowed by dark clouds, leaving only a lifeless darkness...
Li Nantian's heart pounded violently. He sensed that something was wrong.
He hurried toward the master bedroom where his wife and daughter stayed. The instant he pushed open the door, he saw a scene that shocked him.
A young man with deathly pale skin was gently embracing his wife.
Yet his wife's face was filled with terror, and she could not move at all.
Under Li Nantian's horrified gaze, his once-plump and graceful wife slowly grew gaunt, then emaciated to the bone, withering like a dying tree until she became a dried corpse...
This enormous change was completed in the space of a single breath. It was horrifying beyond words!
"Is this a demon?"
Li Nantian muttered.
As if he had heard Li Nantian, the demon slowly turned around.
"Why are you the only one who came back? Where's Xing'er?"
The demon's gaze carried unquestionable majesty, and Li Nantian answered instinctively.
"She was beaten to death..."
"Beaten to death? By whom?"
The demon frowned. That Fox Demon was cunning and crafty—what kind of person could have killed her?
"Could there be another Demon Suppression Captain?"
Bat Demon began to panic. His