Quick, Call for Backup

Chen Bin's face remained expressionless. He raised his leg and kicked the old man, who had yet to revert to his original form, flying. The corpse smashed into the other three before they could react like a cannonball.

"Ah!" A piercing scream tore through the night sky, coming from Huang Yong and the others.

That sudden slash, that sudden murder, that sudden everything... struck them like a bolt from the blue, scaring them out of their wits.

Chen Bin had already vanished from where he stood, moving as swiftly as a ghost.

The pitch-black blade glinted with strange red patterns beneath the moonlight as it plunged straight into the old woman's heart.

With a twist of his wrist, Chen Bin drew out the blade, then followed with a fierce backhand slash. Another head fell to the ground.

[Slain a Body Tempering Realm Tiger Demon. Merit obtained: 5. Remaining Merit: 472]

"Roar!"

Two deafening tiger roars erupted like thunder exploding on level ground, suddenly ringing through all of South City. They made people's eardrums ache, and even the roof tiles rattled.

At that moment, Chen Bin's blade was already slashing toward a tiger demon that had assumed its demonic form.

This tiger demon was enormous, its entire body radiating a ferocious aura. Its two claws came up to block with howling wind.

There was not the slightest hesitation or pity in Chen Bin's eyes. The blade in his hand was like Death's scythe in the dark night, shining with a dazzling red light. Every swing seemed to unfurl a blood-soaked painting in the darkness.

"Raaawr!"

With the tiger demon's miserable cry, two furry claws dropped to the ground. Chen Bin lightly sidestepped the fangs lunging at him, then slashed backhandedly with the momentum.

A streak of black blade light flashed past, adding a splash of glaring red to the already dark night.

"Roar..." The tiger demon's body was cut in two. One half collapsed onto the ground, blood gushing out and dyeing the earth red, while the other half flew into the distance.

Tigers were naturally tenacious, and tiger demons even more so. Even after being cut in half, it still snarled and bared its teeth, groaning miserably. Before long, it reverted to its original form.

[Slain a Body Tempering Realm Tiger Demon. Merit obtained: 7. Remaining Merit: 479.]

As the three tiger demons died and returned to their original forms, the entire courtyard instantly became a complete mess.

The ground was covered in blood and entrails, severed limbs scattered everywhere. A thick stench of blood filled the air, enough to make one retch.

As for...

Chen Bin slowly turned his head toward the remaining tiger demon.

Every hair on this tiger demon's body stood on end. Its clothes had been completely shredded, exposing its savage beastly form as it lunged at him without regard for anything else.

Chen Bin flashed aside, easily evading the tiger demon's pounce.

"Do you want to live?" Chen Bin's voice was icy, as though it had come from Nine Nether Hell.

The tiger demon shuddered at the sound, fear flashing through its eyes. Forcing itself to remain calm, it asked, "Who are you?"

Chen Bin held his blade at an angle toward the ground. Blood dripped from it drop by drop, gathering into a small pool on the earth.

His eyes narrowed slightly. "Tell me, how many tiger demons came this time?"

"Humans cannot be trusted!" the tiger demon roared, its eyes filled with resolve.

It knew full well that the man before it was invincible. Turning around, it charged toward Huang Yong and the others.

It summoned the greatest strength of its life, moving at incredible speed and becoming a faintly yellow afterimage in the night sky.

However, Chen Bin was faster.

He raised his hand and hurled the Demon Suppression Blade. The pitch-black blade traced a graceful arc through the air before piercing straight into that afterimage.

A shrill tiger roar rang out. The long blade sank into the massive tiger body, knocking it to the ground and sending dust flying.

The tiger demon that had fallen to the ground did not give up. Enduring the agonizing pain, it leaped up once more and continued pouncing toward the four.

Its vitality was exceptionally tenacious. There was only one thought in its mind: since it could not leave, it would take something with it.

The moment it rose, Chen Bin had already shot before it like a streak of black lightning.

His motion of drawing the blade was as fast as lightning. The blade trailed a line of blood, and as he turned, it stabbed into the tiger demon's chest again—except this time, it entered through the demon's back before slicing out to the side.

Chen Bin drew his blade and turned away. The tiger demon's blood poured out like a waterfall.

Chen Bin sprang backward three times in succession, his movements light and graceful, without a single drop of blood touching him.

[Slain a Body Tempering Realm Tiger Demon. Merit obtained: 8. Remaining Merit: 487.]

Chen Bin held the blade loosely at his side, blood still dripping from it, and slowly faced his four Red Name subordinates.

Thud!

The tiger demon's enormous body crashed to the ground. Its intermittent roars gradually faded away along with the life of the tiger demon reverting to its original form.

The four saw Chen Bin standing there with an expressionless face, blade in hand, his gaze fixed coldly upon them.

That look was bone-chillingly cold—a look that absolutely meant he intended to kill them.

At first, the tiger demons had frightened them so badly that they had not even dared draw their blades.

Now, this scene frightened them again. Their Adam's apples bobbed uncontrollably, their hearts filled with terror and shock.

Yet they did not think much of it, because they believed Chen Bin's gaze was so sharp from having just slain demons.

After all, they had killed people before. They knew this was the aftereffect of killing.

Chen Bin gripped the blood-dripping saber in his hand and gave it a hard shake. The final drop of crimson blood streaked through the air like a shooting star before falling to the ground.

Then, with steady, powerful strides, he walked toward the tiger's lifeless body.

He bent slightly, reached out, and flipped over the tiger's massive corpse. His gaze swept over the finely crafted Demon Sealing Ornament on the ground.

Without hesitation, he swung his blade down, smashing them apart one by one as fragments scattered in every direction.

After finishing all this, Chen Bin instinctively raised his eyes toward the doorway—and at that moment, he saw Zhang He standing there.

Zhang He's gaze slowly swept across the wrecked courtyard. Disorder filled his sight, and his Adam's apple bobbed unconsciously, a trace of shock in his eyes.

He had been driven off by Huang Yong and the others, leaving him no choice but to follow cautiously from behind, not daring to get too close.

Just moments ago, he had heard that earth-shaking tiger's roar from afar.

He immediately knew there was a demon and hurried over.

By the time he rushed in, the battle had long since ended, leaving behind only this desolate aftermath.

"My lord!"

At the sight of Chen Bin, Huang Yong and the other three seemed to have something lodged in their throats. They struggled to cry out, their Adam's apples bobbing as well.

As though he had not heard the movement from Zhang He at the entrance, Chen Bin focused on sheathing his saber, his movements practiced and fluid.

Then he looked at Huang Yong and the other four, his gaze blazing as he called out, "What are you standing around for? Call for backup!"

"Oh... oh!" Huang Kaisheng was the first to snap out of it. In a flurry, he pulled a signal flare from behind his back, raised it high, and fired it forcefully into the sky.

With a sharp whoosh, a blinding red light shot straight into the clouds like an arrow, instantly dyeing that stretch of night sky blood-red.

Then, with a thunderous bang, it exploded in midair, its glow illuminating half the horizon.

Chen Bin turned and walked to the steps beneath the corridor, where he slowly sat cross-legged and laid his saber across his knees.

That fierce battle had left the Qi and Blood within him surging like storm-tossed waves. He needed to calm himself and slowly steady it.