"Fei Fei~"
Fei Fei opened his eyes and slowly raised his head, looking in one direction. A silver-blue streak of light gleamed with a chill like frost.
Xiao Xiao's pupils contracted for an instant, then the corners of his mouth lifted ever so slightly. He murmured, "Found it."
"Wh—"
Realizing what was happening, Su Xun quickly fell silent.
He slowly drew in a deep breath, then carefully let it out, trying to calm his suddenly racing, erratic heartbeat.
"Whew~~"
A small flame kindled in his eyes, bright with a faintly chilling intensity.
Found it...?
Su Xun was no longer a hot-blooded young man. He wouldn't act rashly, heedless of the consequences.
He had endured two years of such pain. He didn't think anything could make him lose control.
Even though his heart was surging at that moment.
But he couldn't see the demon, so there was nothing he could do.
No, there was one thing he could do: not get in Master Xiao's way.
He clenched his fists and stayed where he was instead of acting rashly.
He looked in the direction of Master Xiao's gaze, his attention fixed.
As if he could really see the demon that ate people.
There was a beast whose shape was like an ox.
Its body was blue-gray.
Its cry sounded like a baby's.
It ate people.
Its name was—
"Xi Qu."
Xiao Xiao looked at the demon lying in an open space not far ahead. Information about it surfaced in his mind.
So it really was... a man-eating demon.
Noticing the gaze lingering on it, Xi Qu lazily lifted its eyelids and looked over.
A human?
Or... a human who could see it.
That didn't surprise it.
After all, it had already met two humans who could see it.
But