Demons and Devils Faked Their Own Deaths!

"The three Black Mountain demons have been vanquished. Brothers, follow me to slay the horde of demons and pacify Black Mountain!"

Chen Fan roared, charging directly at a white wolf demon. This was the son most cherished by the Wolf Demon Xiaoyue, revered by the Black Mountain demons as His Highness the White Wolf.

His strength was not to be trifled with. Even under the containment of Lu Xuenning and Huang Chengyue, he could still unleash a sudden lethal attack. Many yamen runners, constables, Jin Yiwei, and county soldiers had fallen to him.

"Lord Chen Fan, I surrender... slash!"

Before His Highness the White Wolf could finish speaking, Chen Fan cut him down with a single saber strike. His massive head flew off and landed heavily on the ground.

"What was he trying to say just now?"

Chen Fan glanced at Lu Xuenning and Huang Chengyue and asked.

Lu Xuenning: "???"

Huang Chengyue: "!!!"

[Killed the fifth level Spirit Concealment Realm Wolf Demon, stealing its remaining lifespan of two hundred and ninety-eight years!]

This White Wolf Prince was indeed a promising prospect. At such a young age, he had cultivated to the peak of the Spirit Concealment Realm, and without expending too much of his own lifespan, he was far stronger than his predecessors.

This wave directly brought Chen Fan nearly three hundred years of Demon lifespan.

Hadn't the losses from deducing Heaven and Earth Single Saber Strike been recovered?

Good!

This was too good!

"Never mind, it's not important."

Lu Xuenning and Huang Chengyue opened their mouths, about to say something, but were ruthlessly interrupted by Chen Fan again.

"Hey, leave a couple of demons for me!"

Chen Fan roared, then picked up the Meteorite Iron Blade and once again hacked at the few remaining demons, leaving only Lu Xuenning and Huang Chengyue looking at each other in bewilderment.

"One can tell that he truly enjoys slaying demons and eradicating devils."

Lu Xuenning remarked with emotion.

"Isn't that a good thing?"

"It's much better than scoundrels like Cao De who collude with demons and devils."

Huang Chengyue smiled and said.

"That's true."

Lu Xuenning nodded at this, then wielded her Longsword and charged into the fray against the few remaining demons on the battlefield.

Soon, under the combined efforts of Chen Fan and others, the three Black Mountain demons, including the demons who came with them, were all annihilated. However, Chen Fan's side also suffered heavy casualties. Those who survived were almost all wounded, but hope shone in everyone's eyes.

Ping'an County had suffered under the demons for a long time. Now, the Black Mountain demon scourge was completely ended in their generation. Even if demons were to be born in Black Mountain in the future, as long as they patrolled diligently, they could surely be nipped in the bud.

It could be said that as long as no powerful external demons occupied Black Mountain, they in Ping'an County could rest easy from now on!

"They're back from the dead!"

"The demons are back from the dead!"

Someone suddenly shouted, drawing everyone's attention.

They pointed at a Wild Boar Demon, riddled with arrows like a hedgehog not far away, which had actually stood up.

"Careful!"

The next second, the Wild Boar Demon lunged at the person. Chen Fan saw this and roared, casually throwing his Meteorite Iron Blade. It struck the Wild Boar Demon, sending it flying back several meters.

But more and more demons that had already died were standing up, including the three Black Mountain demons Chen Fan had already killed. Especially the Tiger Demon Mountain Lord, who stood up and fumbled around, seemingly searching for his own head.

The Three-Eyed Ape Demon's head bore a gaping wound, and it had long since stopped breathing. Yet, at this moment, it stood up again, its two eyes emitting a hazy gray-white light as it bared its teeth at Chen Fan.

"What's going on?"

Chen Fan was also startled by this scene. These demons were clearly dead, so why could they come back to life?

"Chen Fan, look at the Tiger Demon!"

Lu Xuenning pointed at the Tiger Demon Mountain Lord and reminded him.

Chen Fan looked towards the Tiger Demon Mountain Lord. He saw that countless fine branches were growing from the severed neck, and the same was true for the severed head. These fine branches connected with each other, and the Tiger Demon Mountain Lord's head reattached itself.

"Are we all possessed?"

Huang Chengyue said with a grave expression.

"It's not possession, someone is manipulating this!"

Lu Xuenning said with great certainty.

Although even her master, a peak Spirit Aperture Realm expert, could not achieve this.

However, some demons possessed incredible innate demonic arts, such as the fox demon's beguilement, the tiger demon's control of ghost servants, and the flood dragon's ability to summon wind and rain.

The reason these demons could come back to life was likely due to a more powerful demon manipulating everything from behind the scenes.

"I wondered why the three Black Mountain demons, three wild great demons, could all enter the Spirit Aperture Realm. It turns out there was a more powerful being guiding them from behind."

Seeing this, Lu Xuenning also understood some things.

"If you have the guts, come out and show yourself, you spirit-faking trickster!"

Chen Fan shouted, pulling the Meteorite Iron Blade from the Wild Boar Demon's body. He unleashed the Heaven and Earth Single Slash, his terrifying blade aura almost becoming tangible.

BOOM!

With a single slash, he cut the Demons and Devils, which had come back to life and stood up, in half again.

However, the strange phenomenon that had occurred with the Demon tiger earlier soon reappeared. Branches grew from the bodies of the Demons and Devils he had cut in half, intertwining and stitching them back together.

"These look like willow branches, black willow branches!"

Chen Fan frowned and said.

"Black willow branches?"

"I remember a Jinyiwei brother who survived entering the depths of Black Mountain once said that he saw a very tall willow tree in the depths of Black Mountain, one that could almost shade the sky."

"However, the tree was entirely black. He suspected that a heavenly lightning strike had charred it."

"Could it be that the willow tree has become sentient, but was not tolerated by heaven and earth, and ultimately died under a heavenly tribulation? After its death, unwilling, its remnant soul transformed into a Malevolent Spirit?"

Huang Chengyue thought for a moment and then spoke.

He was a veteran of Ping'an County's Jinyiwei Baihu Office. When he first joined the Jinyiwei, the Jinyiwei was still very powerful, suppressing the Demons and Devils so much that they could barely breathe. They even formed teams to go to Black Mountain to slay Demons and Devils, all to accumulate merit points.

Among the Jinyiwei who entered Black Mountain with them back then, some got lost and wandered into its depths. Upon their return, they recounted their experiences.

"A completely black willow tree?"

"Could it be a willow tree that has fallen into devilry?"

Chen Fan said with some curiosity, as if talking to himself or asking a question.

"These Demons and Devils have been parasitized by black willow branches. When they were alive, it might not have been obvious."

"But now that they are dead, the willow branches parasitizing them are using their bodies as nutrients, growing wildly, and completely controlling their bodies!"

Lu Xuenning swung her sword, severing the arm of an Ape Demon. Holding the arm, she saw black willow branches growing furiously from the severed limb of the Ape Demon. These branches were also creeping up her own arm, attempting to entwine her!

Seeing this, she immediately threw away the Ape Demon's arm she was holding. Then, she brandished her sharp sword, cutting down all the black willow branches that were trying to wrap around her.

"Use oil!"

"There's oil on the city wall, go get it immediately!"

Chen Fan reminded them.

Now, even if they were to dismember these Demons and Devils into pieces, even into a thousand fragments, these strange willow branches could still stitch their bodies together like fine thread.

However, if they were to burn the corpses of these Demons and Devils directly, these black willow branches would have nowhere to hide!

Furthermore, no matter how strange these black willow branches were, they were primarily wood-attribute, belonging to wood. Attacking them with fire might be able to completely suppress them, or even destroy them outright!