The voice of the shadow demon—now the two-horned demon wolf—vanished through that tiny gap. The roots, twisted like demonic snakes, began to slowly still. They seemed to have lost their vitality and become fixed beneath the layer of mud, but upon closer inspection, it was clear that these anchored roots were far from simple. They were faintly twisting into some profound pattern.
Killing the Huchun Vines this time was nothing much. What he had not expected was that the two-horned demon wolf, which had shouted for his death the last time, had actually been harboring such thoughts. It was completely beyond his expectations. Not even that mysterious shadow controlled by the Devil Lord of Heaven-Connecting could have imagined it. If the two-horned demon wolf had not appeared this time, he would never have thought of it either.
"The two-horned demon wolf's schemes really run deep." Lu Xiaotian shook his head. Thinking back, not one of the old monsters he had encountered was simple.
Even if he planned to go to the Crimson Astral Heaven Realm, Lu Xiaotian did not need to hurry. He would wait until he broke through to the Integrated Body Late Stage in body cultivation before deciding. There was still time, and he could use it to leave the two-horned demon wolf hanging for a while.
Those low-level demonic Huchun Vines either died or fled. Lu Xiaotian did not interfere with what happened afterward, merely having Xiang Kuang continue guarding this area so that ordinary people could not approach.
Xiang Kuang, Pig Seven, and even Yun Cangyue later came to ask Lu Xiaotian about that Integrated Body Late Stage sword cultivator.
Back then, the Integrated Body Late Stage sword cultivator had only heavily wounded and driven back the Lord of the Moyan Academy. He had shown no