Save Me, Grandpa! [Thanks to "Criminal Law Scholar Li Dakang" for the Alliance Leader reward]

Save Me, Grandpa! [Thanks to "Criminal Law Scholar Li Dakang" for the Alliance Leader reward]

As Yue Wen used the Demon-Slaying Mirror, the ball of ghostly fire also caught the scent of a living person. Its flames suddenly flared, and it charged at him with a whoosh.

Yue Wen instantly summoned his Flying Sword bracelet, gripped the sword, and swung it through the air.

Sshing—

The sword energy cut through the ghostly fire from several meters away, and two halves of a broken lantern skin fell to the ground.

"This little thing probably takes a dozen kills to make one Demon Suppressing Coin." Yue Wen gauged it briefly and said indifferently, "I'll make up for it with numbers."

As he spoke, he continued strolling forward.

Ghostly fires drifted out from the direction of the woods every so often. It was clear the cemetery only called in someone to clear them out after they had accumulated for a long time.

Fortunately, the Lantern Monsters were territorial and kept a considerable distance from one another. No matter how many there were, they wouldn't swarm him, so they posed no trouble for Yue Wen.

When it came to fighting Lantern Monsters one-on-one, he was all for having as many as possible.

Wherever he went, nothing could stand in his way.

That was why the cemetery management only required cultivators to be at the Second Realm. Lantern Monsters didn't require any special abilities or techniques to deal with. They probably never imagined that a cultivator in the late Third Realm would be willing to spend so much time hacking them apart.

Had he come here to bully the weak?

Just as Yue Wen was getting a satisfying stress relief from the slaughter, he noticed a trace of something different in the Demon-Slaying Mirror.

Amid the wisps of murky gray yin energy, a few faint strands of red mist had appeared.

Demonic energy?

Yue Wen immediately grew cautious. Wraiths could form naturally in a cemetery, but demons had to come from outside.

He had to be careful.

With a leap, he landed on a tree branch, concealed his presence, and carefully watched where the demonic energy was coming from.

Three furtive figures crept toward him from up ahead.

They all had human-shaped bodies and wore clothes, but patches of fur covered their exposed skin. Cat ears sprouted from their heads, and long tails stuck out behind them.

Three partially transformed cat demons?

Yue Wen wondered what they were doing here in the middle of the night.

At the front was a Black Cat Demon. Its face looked young and masculine. It surveyed its surroundings as it walked, as if patrolling its territory.

Beside it was a large, plump white cat demon who looked rather simple-minded. It carried a big sack on its back and wore a pair of sunglasses.

Trailing behind them was a slim, graceful Orange Cat Girl. She looked like a human girl, with delicate features and blue-tinged eyes. Her gaze darted about timidly as she walked.

Just as they were about to leave the wooded area, the plump white cat in sunglasses pulled a disc-shaped object from its clothes and chanted, "Find the dragon, divide the gold, look for mountains wound around. One ridge, one pass..."

As it chanted, the Black Cat Demon raised a hand and smacked the back of its head.

Smack!

"What are you doing?" the Black Cat Demon demanded.

"I..." The white cat rubbed the back of its head, looking aggrieved. "I saw tomb raiders do it like this."

"Wearing sunglasses in the dead of night? Are you a rapper?" The Black Cat Demon knocked off its sunglasses, then swatted the object out of its hand. "Did you pry this off some car's dashboard?"

"I'm just worried we'll run into a zongzi..." The white cat retreated as it took the blows.

"You're the only big, fat zongzi here!" The Black Cat Demon smacked it on the head again. "Who told you we were here to rob tombs?"

"Aren't we?" The white cat grimaced in pain.

"We're just carrying out the Cult Leader's orders: dig up these graves, find what's inside, and bring it back!" the Black Cat Demon said.

The white cat looked confused. "Isn't that exactly what tomb raiding means?"

"Quit yapping and get digging!" the Black Cat Demon snapped.

"Keep your voice down. What if you alert the cemetery guard?" the Orange Cat Girl behind them quietly warned.

"What's there to be afraid of?" the Black Cat Demon said arrogantly. "How strong can a cemetery guard be? If anyone dares to stop us, I'll punch him until he calls me Grandpa!"

[Young Cat Demon: Not yet strong enough to fully transform, but physically powerful and agile. Though it has yet to awaken any innate abilities, beware its sharp fangs and claws. Its combat power is equivalent to that of a hundred healthy human grannies.]

Yue Wen used the Demon-Slaying Mirror to check the strength of the three cat demons. They were all within the mirror's range of detection, and even the strongest, the Black Cat Demon, only had the combat power of a hundred grannies. That put him somewhat at ease.

He remained hidden in the tree, wanting to see what the three little demons were up to.

Technically, his assignment was to clear out evil spirits. Usually, only Lantern Monsters appeared here, but if anything else showed up, it was his responsibility to deal with that too.

He could always charge extra afterward.

If these little demons were up to no good, Yue Wen didn't mind taking care of them for free and earning a few more Demon Suppressing Coins.

Below, the three cat demons went to a grave with a relatively new headstone. The Black Cat Demon looked it over and said, "The bodies buried in the past few days should be in this section. Let's start digging."

There were pickaxes in their sack. The Black Cat Demon and the white cat began swinging them, clanging away at the concrete until they broke through and dug down to the bodies.

The Orange Cat Girl stood watch nearby, glancing around nervously.

As a demon, she wasn't afraid of corpses or ghosts. She was afraid of human cultivators.

During the time they had spent living in the city, they had never dared to show themselves in daylight, for fear that powerful cultivators would discover them. After all, no law protected innocent little demons. They lived in constant terror every day.

Of course, even so, life here was far better than in the Wasteland Zone outside.

The Black Cat Demon and the white cat threw themselves into the work, breaking open three graves in succession. After each one, the Black Cat Demon carefully checked inside. When it didn't find what they were looking for, it moved on to the next grave.

Yue Wen watched for a while longer and made sure there were no other demons nearby. Then he decided to act.

If he let them keep digging, the cemetery would be a mess by tomorrow, and he'd have a hard time explaining himself.

The Orange Cat Girl was looking around when Yue Wen dropped down behind her and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Of course I'm watching out for..." The Orange Cat Girl answered instinctively, turning around at the same time. She saw a top-grade human with not a trace of demonic energy and suffered an instant shock. "A human—"

Yue Wen raised his hand and chopped the side of her neck, knocking the little orange cat unconscious.

The Black Cat Demon and the white cat heard her cry and immediately looked over.

When they saw a human had appeared and knocked out their companion, the Black Cat Demon's face turned vicious. It lowered its body, bared its teeth, and hissed at Yue Wen.

The white cat went straight for him, charging with its pickaxe raised and shouting, "Let her go!"

Yue Wen didn't use the Sword Control Art against these little demons, since that could easily kill one with a single strike.

Cultivators generally trained in three kinds of methods: cultivation techniques, martial arts, and supernatural arts.

Martial arts had a lower barrier to entry than supernatural arts. Back when his cultivation was weaker, Yue Wen had bought a martial art called Dragon Wandering Loose Hand.

It was more than enough to deal with these little demons.

As the white cat charged at him, swinging its pickaxe, Yue Wen moved like lightning. He stepped forward, deflected with his left hand, and chopped with his right.

Thump!

His hand swept around like a soaring dragon, landing a mighty chop to the back of the neck!

The blow was so powerful that even the big, plump white cat was knocked unconscious in one hit.

"Graaah!" At the same time, the Black Cat Demon lunged at him with fierce speed, moving so quickly it left afterimages!

Judging by its charge, it was indeed much stronger than the white cat.

But in the face of the enormous difference in their cultivation, it was still nothing. Yue Wen twisted at the waist and threw a punch behind him, striking the Black Cat Demon squarely in the face, as if it had run right into his fist.

Thump—

The punch sent the Black Cat Demon flying back more than five meters, and two streams of blood burst from its nostrils!

Yet the Black Cat Demon had real grit. It didn't make a sound, even though it was hurt!

It wiped away its nosebleed with a rough swipe, stared straight at Yue Wen with shining eyes, and raised both claws. Then, suddenly, it dropped to its knees with a thud!

After dropping to its knees at lightning speed, it still held its head high, looking defiant and fierce as it shouted, "Spare me, Grandpa!"

Thanks to all my good brothers for the rewards.

Based on past experience, I won't make empty promises about extra chapters for Alliance Leaders with this book.

But I do plan to use some readers' usernames in the story and put an Alliance Leader's username up on the wall.

And thanks to all the guys and girls following the updates. I'll keep working hard—thank you all.

(End of chapter)