I Am Black Tiger Afu!
"Lecher, take this!"
Upon hearing this news, Bai Qiuran and Su Xiangxue ran to the next street and found that in the middle of the bustling crowd of demons, a clearing had been created, and in that clearing, there were three people.
A pitiful-looking little Monster Race girl was lying on her side on the ground, with scratches on her face and hands. Judging from the two small horns on her head, she was probably a very weak sheep or a sheep Shapeshift Monster Race.
In front of her, a pale-faced scholar dressed in a white robe, with his red hair tucked into Black Gauze Hat, was attacking another panicked Monster Race with a paper fan.
A Dark Green Poisonous Mist condensed on his paper fan. Bai Qiuran and Su Xiangxue could tell at a glance that this pale-faced young scholar's strength was close to the Spirit Severing Stage. The energy of the Nascent Soul Stage, capable of destroying cities and the earth, was condensed into a small fan. This Poison Cloud, which could kill an entire city if it spread out, could instantly turn a person into a skeleton if it hit them.
The Monster Race opposite him, though seemingly a spoiled brat who had just successfully Shapeshift and hadn't cultivated much, revealed Bai Qiuran -White-Gold Bird Feathers peeking out from between his necks.
Although this Monster Race is a useless creature, it has an extraordinary bloodline. If this Human Race were to kill this Monster Race here, it would likely face dire consequences.
Even at the late Nascent Soul Stage, his strength was nothing special within the Monster Race Imperial City.
Seeing that several Monster Race around him were beginning to stir, Bai Qiuran quickly stepped forward and shouted, "Stop!"
He raised his hand and pushed, and the Monster Race on both sides were immediately pushed to the sides of the street by a huge force. Then Bai Qiuran stepped out from the crowd, kicked the Monster Race behind him, and at the same time, grabbed the pale-faced scholar's wrist.
With a surge of True Qi, Bai Qiuran dispersed the Poisonous Miasma that had gathered on the scholar's fan. He strained his face, revealing an angry expression, and shouted, "The Demon Emperor has just left, and Human Race dare to kill people in my Monster Race's imperial city! What audacity!"
The scholar was startled and raised his other hand to strike Bai Qiuran. Bai Qiuran raised his hand to meet his palm, and the spreading Poisonous Miasma caused two rows of Monster Race who were standing at the front and had low cultivation levels to fall down.
The Monster Race onlookers were so frightened that they retreated hastily, and the scholar took the opportunity to break free from Bai Qiuran's grasp, took two steps back, and cupped his hands, asking, "Who goes there?"
"White..."
Bai Qiuran was about to speak, he felt someone hit him with a small stone from behind. He turned around and saw Su Xiangxue gesturing at him.
So he turned around, pouting unhappily, and shouted, "Black Tiger Afu!"
"What's that name?"
The scholar asked with a strange expression.
"Servants don't need good names."
Bai Qiuran shouted loudly, reaching out to grab the scholar. "Our young lady wants to take you back for her amusement, so surrender!"
"Are you kidding me!"
The scholar shifted his stance, dodging Bai Qiuran's grab, and roared, "You Monster Race don't treat your own kind like human beings, doing whatever you want to me! I stood up for what was right, and now you want to attack me? A demon is a demon, and a beast will always be a beast!"
Upon hearing his words, Bai Qiuran's eyes flashed with agreement, but his words also thoroughly aroused the anger of the surrounding Monster Race. They rolled up their sleeves and moved closer, seemingly preparing to use their numbers to bully the scholar and take him down with the Moves of "not having to follow Monster Race morality when dealing with Human Race."
Just as the crowd was getting excited, a zither melody suddenly rang out, leaving the furious Monster Race momentarily bewildered.
Su Xiangxue walked up carrying her zither, intentionally or unintentionally showing off the white dragon scales behind her ears to the surrounding Monster Race. Then she said softly, "Please give me some face, everyone. I'll leave this Human Race to you. I guarantee I'll give that Monster Race young master justice."
The surrounding Monster Race, upon first seeing a beautiful woman, and then realizing she was a high-ranking Monster Race with dragon scales, all stepped back, expressing their thoughts through their actions.
"Thank you all."
Su Xiangxue looked at Bai Qiuran with bright, sparkling eyes, a smile hidden in her gaze.
She tried her best to suppress her laughter and said, "Afu, take him down."
"Alright, Miss."
Bai Qiuran responded in a deathly tone, then lunged at the scholar.
"You Demoness, don't even think about it!"
The scholar was both anxious and angry. He waved his folding Folding Fan repeatedly, creating Poison Cloud that carried Poison Cloud Astral Wind, forming deadly Slash that cut and cracked the ground nearby.
At the same time, the scholar also displayed a very exquisite Footwork. With the two working together, after two rounds, the absent-minded Bai Qiuran actually failed to catch him.
What's even stranger is that the techniques used by this complete stranger bear a striking resemblance to those of the Azure Nether Sword Sect.
"Huh?"
Bai Qiuran a moment, then asked, "Little one, may I ask who your master is?"
Do you think I'd tell you?
The scholar sneered, his eyes darting around as he searched for a way out.
"Yaoguai!"
"Fine, since you won't tell me, then I'll have to get serious with you."
Bai Qiuran stood still, pondering without any sense of tension.
This time, he couldn't reveal his identity too openly, so he couldn't use the exquisite Moves techniques and Footwork he usually employed here.
He could only pretend to fight like a Shapeshift demon.
In Bai Qiuran's memory, aside from the Demon King, who was forced to reveal his true form by him, the only demons who had ever fought in human Shapeshift were Cuiluo and the little chicken he raised, the Luan Bird Qing Danying.
Cuiluo is a plant-type Pokemon and never engages in close combat, so it's ruled out. After much thought, Bai Qiuran could only imitate the unruly little chick she had raised.
Let me think... how did she come up with that trick?
While Bai Qiuran dodged the scholar's attacks using her superior reflexes, she recalled the attack patterns Qing Danying had used when she ambushed her.
Then, he sidestepped the scholar, took several steps back, and retreated several meters away. He then slowly raised his hands, which hooked up like eagle claws.
He raised one leg, trying his best to simulate the True Qi within his body into an energy similar to Yaoguai Qi energy, and spread it to his limbs.
With a loud crash, Bai Qiuran slammed one leg into the ground, shattering it into pieces, and then leaped high into the air.
In mid-air, he kept his arms in an eagle claw posture, slowly spreading them out like a roc spreading its wings, and then swiftly pounced on the scholar from the air.
While still in mid-air, he shouted out the name of his Moves: "Crow Makes Flying Chicken!"