A city ward?
I looked toward Gray Nine Heavens.
At that moment, he stood beneath Ghost Cry City's gate. On the wall beside him was a palm-sized bear paw print.
It was pitch-black, impossible to spot without looking closely.
Was that the city ward?
Was Fox Grudge unable to leave Ghost Cry City because of this restriction?
As I pondered it, Master spoke coldly:
"Threaten me? What I fear least is being threatened.
Come over here obediently, and I guarantee I'll leave your corpse intact.
If you dare resist, I'll make your soul scatter and your spirit dissipate."
As soon as Master finished speaking, the remaining demons all looked toward Gray Nine Heavens.
"Brother Nine Heavens, what do we do now?"
"Lord Xiao, there's no way out."
"Lord Xiao, are we really going to fight to the death?"
"Lord Xiao, at this point, let's surrender! If we keep resisting, we'll... we'll all die!"
"..."
As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, Gray Nine Heavens slashed at him with a claw.
That claw struck him directly on the head.
The man let out a miserable scream and was knocked to the ground, his face covered in blood.
Clutching his head, he cried out repeatedly:
"It hurts, it hurts..."
As he screamed, fur continuously sprouted across his face, turning it into a half-human, half-cat visage.
It was a cat demon...
For a cat demon to be beaten by a rat demon, its cultivation was clearly rather low.
Gray Nine Heavens stared at Master and spoke in a hoarse voice:
"Surrender? Surrender is impossible. Either we live, or we perish together with this old Daoist."
The remaining demons around him were all terrified and did not dare utter a word.
Gray Nine Heavens killed his own subordinates at the drop of a