Chen Ajiu's blade bore down on everyone, and no one could stop it!
The bloodlust in his eyes burned brighter. He could almost see Li Qiming and the others being cleaved in half, their blood spraying everywhere!
He was bursting with excitement!
"Heh. You're young, but you've got quite a killing intent!"
A sharp, cool voice suddenly rang out.
It belonged to a woman.
Chen Ajiu's expression changed drastically. Beside him, the old woman's cloudy eyes widened. As an Organ Refining martial artist, she hadn't even noticed that a mysterious expert was hidden among them!
A flash of silver streaked past, scattering every last one of Chen Ajiu's blood-red blade arcs!
The next moment, a silver longsword gleamed with icy light as it thrust toward Chen Ajiu's neck. The old woman thrust out her snake-headed staff, knocking back both the sword and the graceful blue-robed figure.
The old woman stumbled back a step, then immediately turned a worried gaze toward Chen Ajiu.
A streak of blood ran across Chen Ajiu's neck. Though ugly, it wasn't fatal. The old woman breathed a sigh of relief, even as a shiver of fear ran through her!
Chen Ajiu had almost died by the other woman's sword!
Chen Ajiu's face was ashen, too. There wasn't a trace of fear in his eyes, only boundless hatred!
Looking up, he saw the sword-wielding woman land steadily in front of Li Qiming and the others. She stood ramrod straight. Most breathtaking of all was her face—so beautiful it dazzled the eye!
Li Qiming and the others had just returned from the gates of hell. They were all still shaken. The mysterious expert who had appeared so suddenly now stood before them, her silhouette towering and majestic in their eyes, like a savior!
So cool!
"An Organ Refining martial artist? Who are you?" Chen Ajiu forced out through clenched teeth.
"Jiang Lianyue, a Silver Badge Demon Catcher of the Demon Suppression Division," Jiang Lianyue said coolly.
At her words, Chen Ajiu and the Organ Refining old woman both turned grave!
Every Silver Badge Demon Catcher was at the Organ Refining level. Not one of them was easy to deal with!
"The Demon Suppression Division is a government institution," the old woman said sternly, striking her staff against the ground. "Demon Catchers never interfere in the jianghu's feuds. Are you going to break the rules of the Demon Suppression Division?!"
"Jiang would never interfere in the jianghu's feuds... I'm only passing through, searching for a woman in white wearing a strange mask. Have any of you seen her?"
Jiang Lianyue spoke gravely.
Li Qiming's heart stirred as he listened. He remembered the woman in white who had given him a strange smile when he and Zhang Mingshun had watched an execution at the vegetable market...
He had analyzed it afterward. The woman in white had to be closely connected to that strange treasure, the Prajna Evil Scripture Mask.
He'd heard that the Demon Suppression Division had eventually sent three Organ Refining Demon Catchers after the demon, but they hadn't been able to stop her from escaping the city.
Could this powerful Demon Catcher, Jiang Lianyue, have come here to track down the Prajna Evil Scripture Mask?!
"What woman in white? I haven't seen one!" Chen Ajiu gritted out, touching the blood on his neck.
His heart was burning with frustration. If you're looking for someone, then look for someone! Why stab me?!
"Since it was a misunderstanding, then hurry and go look for that woman in white!" The old woman's heart eased, and she spoke in a low voice.
Jiang Lianyue's strength was unfathomably deep. The old woman wasn't confident she could beat her!
At least the other woman followed the rules!
Li Qiming and the others felt their hearts sink.
So their savior had only been passing through?
Were they still going to die after all?
Yet, to everyone's relief, Jiang Lianyue didn't move. Beneath the moonlight, she held her sword in one hand, still standing ramrod straight.
"Why haven't you left?" the old woman asked with a frown.
Jiang Lianyue shook her head. "The Demon Suppression Division has its rules. Government institutions never take part in the jianghu's feuds. A Demon Catcher's duty is to subdue demons and exterminate evil!"
Chen Ajiu and the old woman nodded repeatedly as they listened.
Then she changed tack, suddenly turning to look at Chen Ajiu as she continued,
"But in Jiang's eyes... you've fallen to the demonic path!"
"And those who become demons must be cut down by my sword!"
The moment she finished speaking, Chen Ajiu and the old woman nearly spat blood!
Their faces flushed red with indignation!
They had never seen anyone so shameless!
"You... you're twisting the truth!"
"You're just being unreasonable!"
"That's utter nonsense!"
"What a load of lies!"
Chen Ajiu and the old woman couldn't help cursing at her again and again!
Clang—
Jiang Lianyue's Cold Sword answered them!
Its chilling swordlight was as bright and icy as the moon above!
It swept over the old woman and Chen Ajiu alike!
"Hmph. Since you refuse to know what's good for you, then you can leave your lives here!" The old woman was truly enraged now. She swung her Snake Staff, which suddenly transformed into a blood-red whip. It lashed through the air, clashing with the silver swordlight!
However, the old woman guarded Chen Ajiu closely and held back, unable to fight at full strength!
A vicious look filled Chen Ajiu's eyes!
"Heh, don't you just want to protect that pack of useless drunkards? Fine, I'll make sure they all die!"
"All Demon Sect disciples, listen up! Kill! Slaughter every last one of them!"
The swordlight hemmed Chen Ajiu in, making it difficult for him to strike. But there were still Demon Sect disciples all around—and among them were seven or eight Bone Refining disciples! They might not be as strong as him, but they were more than enough to kill Qin Yu, Li Qiming, and the others!
Jiang Lianyue was locked in battle with the old woman. With Organ Refining experts fighting, neither could spare a thought for anyone else, and she couldn't protect Li Qiming and the others!
"Kill!"
"Even if we die, we have to kill them all!"
The Demon Sect disciples charged over, eyes red and every one of them seeming to have gone mad!
Watching the Demon Sect disciples' killing intent roil around them, Qin Yu felt a chill in his heart!
He turned his head and saw a figure already racing down the mountain, like an arrow loosed from a bow, about to vanish into the night!
It was Junior Brother Li Qiming!
Once again, he'd been the first to seize his chance and make a clean escape!
Qin Yu and the others were already too late to run. The Demon Sect disciples blocked them from every side!
"Junior brothers, fight!" Qin Yu's fury flared. He shouted and drew his blade, hacking at the Demon Sect disciples!
Fortunately, the several Bone Refining martial artists from the escort agency nearby knew how dire the situation was. They understood that fighting was their only chance of survival, so they all drew their blades and fought back!
In an instant, the scene descended into chaos!
Shouts of slaughter shook the valley!
"Junior Brother Qiming, you have to escape! Find experts from some prestigious clans and bring them back to help us!" Qin Yu thought.
Li Qiming had escaped, but that was definitely a good thing!
Even if they all died in the end, at least the outside world would learn what had happened here!
Sooner or later, someone would avenge them!
Chen Ajiu spotted Li Qiming fleeing immediately. How could he possibly let him go?
"Shadow Blade, go kill that coward!"
At Chen Ajiu's command, a shadow slowly emerged from behind a tree three zhang away.
It was Shadow Blade, a Blood Refining Realm expert at the great circle—and an assassin trained by the Demon Sect!
He had no name, only the codename Shadow Blade.
His cultivation wasn't high, but he had killed Bone Refining experts before!
Assassination was a profound art.
"Shadow Blade obeys!"
Shadow Blade answered confidently.
Then his figure turned into a wisp of shadow and chased after Li Qiming, down the dark mountainside!
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