Slaying the Boar Demon, Stealing Its Lifespan!

"Good!"

"Now that's my brother Wang Chao! You've got guts!"

"Doctor Shen, just focus on brewing the medicine. I'll find a way to deal with the Demonic Creatures!"

Wang Chao glanced at Chen Fan, then at Shen Qing. In the end, it seemed he had made some kind of decision.

Today, he had received word that a Wild Boar Demon was wreaking havoc on Black Mountain, and the Third Squad was there surrounding it. By his reckoning, they should be about to make their move.

If he hurried over now, he would shamelessly beg—even kneel and kowtow—to make the Third Squad's Xiaoqi Officer Zhang Meng spare the Wild Boar Demon's life, so Chen Fan could deliver the final slash.

The Demonic Creatures were hateful, but they were even more savage.

The Jinyiwei slew demons and purged monsters. They would never leave a Demonic Creature a path to survive, because even one that had a single breath left could strike back at death's door and take the lives of several brothers with it.

Therefore, to Zhang Meng, Wang Chao's request was utterly unreasonable, while Chen Fan's request before his death was even more absurd.

But in the end, hearts were made of flesh. Zhang Meng and Wang Chao had been colleagues for more than twenty years. The moment Wang Chao knelt before him, Zhang Meng could only agree.

And so, Wang Chao and Zhang Meng led more than a dozen Jinyiwei brothers. They bound the Wild Boar Demon tightly with iron chains as thick as a baby's arm, then used ten horses to haul a gigantic prison cart, dragging the Wild Boar Demon from Black Mountain back to the Jinyiwei barracks.

The Jinyiwei Baihu Office.

After several hours of preparing and brewing, Shen Qing finally finished making the medicinal soup for Chen Fan.

He fed the brewed medicine to Chen Fan one spoonful at a time. After drinking it, Chen Fan felt wisps of warmth spread from his stomach through his entire body.

The chill within him was driven away, leaving him warm all over. The excruciating pain was replaced by a dull, prickling numbness. An hour after taking the medicine, he could already stand and walk, and he felt his strength returning.

At that moment, Wang Chao and Zhang Meng also dragged the Wild Boar Demon back to the Jinyiwei barracks.

"Brother Chen Fan, you're really standing again!"

"That's wonderful!"

"Brother Zhang Meng and I brought the Wild Boar Demon from Black Mountain. We've been waiting for you to finish it with your own hands!"

Wang Chao came to Chen Fan's residence. He saw Chen Fan standing inside the room, dressed in a brand-new Flying Fish Robe and holding the Hundred Refinements Embroidered Spring Blade as he practiced, swinging the swift blade through the air.

If he had not known that Chen Fan's days were numbered, he would almost have thought that Doctor Shen had brought him back from the brink and saved his life once more!

"Head Wang, I know the rules of our Jinyiwei. When we encounter a Demonic Creature, we execute it on the spot without pardon."

"This time, you convinced Head Zhang to drag the Wild Boar Demon back from Black Mountain so I could kill it. You must have paid a tremendous price. I, Chen Fan, will never forget this great kindness!"

"If I'm lucky enough to survive this time, I swear I'll repay this immense favor tenfold, a hundredfold."

"If I'm destined not to escape death this time, then I can only repay your great kindness in my next life!"

Chen Fan faced Wang Chao and bowed deeply, his voice sincere.

After accepting the original body's memories, he naturally knew the Jinyiwei's rules as well. Demonic Creatures were savage, and they had to be eradicated root and branch. Unless a Demonic Creature could not be killed and had to be captured and suppressed alive, anything that could be killed was killed without exception.

Slaying a Demonic Creature was already extremely difficult, let alone capturing one alive. Even with only a single breath remaining, a Demonic Creature could still erupt and kill people.

This lesson had been bought with the blood of countless Jinyiwei forebears. Yet today, Wang Chao had broken the rules for Chen Fan. Such a great kindness was truly impossible to forget!

"You and I are brothers. Why say such distant things?"

"The Wild Boar Demon is tied up on the Training Ground. Today, just focus on fulfilling your lifelong wish and personally slaying the demon and purging the monster!"

Wang Chao immediately helped Chen Fan up, then patted him on the shoulder.

"Thank you, Head Wang!"

With a human life at stake, Chen Fan no longer bothered with empty formalities. He took the Hundred Refinements Embroidered Spring Blade in hand and walked toward the Training Ground with Wang Chao.

On the Training Ground.

Chen Fan stood before the Wild Boar Demon and drew a deep breath.

The Wild Boar Demon's black bristles were like spikes, and its pair of tusks were as sharp as blades. It stood around three meters tall and was five or six meters long, looking like a small hill.

Its body was covered in wounds, with several sharp arrows still stuck in it. Blood continued to gush from the injuries.

"Brat, you're dying!"

The Wild Boar Demon glared at Chen Fan with blood-red eyes. Sensing the aura of death radiating from his body, it revealed a mocking smile on its pig face.

"Yeah, I'm dying."

"But you'll die before I do."

Chen Fan spoke in an even tone.

"Roar!"

At his words, the Wild Boar Demon's savagery surged. It struggled with all its might, the chains binding it clattering loudly. It suddenly lunged at Chen Fan, but only managed to squirm forward less than three inches.

"Stop struggling. My blade is very fast. You won't feel any pain!"

Chen Fan raised his foot and stamped it hard onto the Wild Boar Demon's head. Then, summoning every ounce of his strength, he swung his blade straight at its neck!

Spurt!

Scalding Demon Blood splashed all over Chen Fan. But the slash only split part of the flesh on the Wild Boar Demon's neck, nowhere near enough to kill it.

If Chen Fan had been at the peak of his strength, he might well have killed such a helpless Wild Boar Demon with a single slash.

But he was still far too weak now. He finally understood what Doctor Shen had meant when he said that after taking the medicinal soup, Chen Fan would become no different from an ordinary person.

So that was what "ordinary person" really meant!

He was now equivalent to a normal person who had never practiced martial arts. Although the Hundred Refinements Embroidered Spring Blade in his hand was fairly sharp, it was nowhere near enough to kill this thick-skinned, meaty Wild Boar Demon with one slash!

"It hurts like hell!"

"Brat, you're a fucking good-for-nothing!"

"Didn't you say your blade was very fast?"

"Didn't you say I wouldn't feel any pain?"

"I &@#&♀..."

The Wild Boar Demon howled in agony, then spewed curses and started insulting Chen Fan's ancestors.

Chen Fan wore an awkward expression at its words. This was the very definition of trying to show off and ending up getting humiliated!

But Chen Fan did not care about that anymore. All he wanted now was to kill the Wild Boar Demon, steal its remaining lifespan, use his Golden Finger to strengthen himself, suppress the Yin Sha Poison in his body, and help himself cross this life-and-death tribulation!

One slash!

Two slashes!

Three slashes!

No matter how the Wild Boar Demon howled and cursed, Chen Fan kept stomping on its millstone-sized head and hacking down again and again. Demon Blood splashed across his body until he was almost dyed into a blood-soaked man.

Chen Fan did not know how many times he had swung his blade. At last, the attribute panel sprang into view, and a golden-red notification appeared before him:

[Slayed the Spirit Concealment Realm First Pass Wild Boar Demon and stole thirty-three years of its remaining lifespan!]

[Name: Chen Fan]

[Realm: Spirit Concealment Realm (First Pass: Skin Devil King)]

[Cultivation Methods: Body Tempering Fist (Minor Accomplishment) [Can Be Deduced] Draw Sword Slash (Minor Accomplishment) [Can Be Deduced]]

[Current Remaining Lifespan: Three Days (70 years)]

[Current Demonic Creature Lifespan: Thirty-three years]

[The current state allows Demonic Creature Lifespan to be consumed to deduce martial arts!]

[Note: Demonic Creature Lifespan cannot be converted into one's own lifespan!]

Looking at the information on the attribute panel, Chen Fan finally let out a long breath. He was nearly exhausted to the point of collapse, but he had finally killed the Wild Boar Demon!

"Head Wang, Head Zhang, and all my brothers, thank you for making this possible!"

Chen Fan clasped his fists and bowed deeply to everyone watching.

"Alas!"

"Since you've personally killed the Wild Boar Demon, go back and rest as soon as possible!"

Zhang Meng looked at Chen Fan and let out a long sigh.

Wang Chao had already told the people of the Third Squad about Chen Fan's situation. In the end, he had also sought everyone's opinion. Only then had they spared the Wild Boar Demon's life and captured it alive, bringing it back so Chen Fan, a member of the Ninth Squad, could personally kill it and fulfill his final wish.

Although this violated the rules of the Jinyiwei and they would inevitably be punished by the Zongqi Officer, no one cared anymore. After all, the dead came first!