Let it go! I'll handle it!

Lin Yuyan and Zhao Heng shuddered all over the moment they heard Xu Ye's words.

They instantly snapped wide awake.

At that moment, they too caught that peculiar stench hanging in the air.

"That thing really came!" Lin Yuyan said.

Xu Ye sneered. Weasels were notorious for holding grudges. Once they set their hatred on someone, they would never rest until they had wiped them out completely.

Now that Zhang Xiaohan was here, how could that thing possibly stay away?

Just as Xu Ye thought this, his eyes flashed, and his gaze swept toward a rooftop on one side of the street.

At that moment, a yellow figure appeared there.

Covered in yellow fur, it stood nearly half a man tall. It had a long snout, exposed fangs, and a pair of eyes glowing an eerie red.

It was a weasel demon.

The weasel demon stood on the rooftop, twitching its nose frantically as if sniffing for something.

"Found you!" Suddenly, it seemed to have found something.

With a flash, it leaped down onto the street and walked toward Xu Ye's group.

Xu Ye and the others remained hidden in the shadows.

Only after the weasel demon gradually drew near did Xu Ye speak indifferently. "We've been waiting for you all night. You finally came!"

"Who?" The sudden voice startled the weasel demon. It let out a shriek and looked around in panic.

Then Xu Ye, Lin Yuyan, and the others emerged from the darkness with their hands on their Demon-Slaying Sabers.

The weasel demon's red eyes swept over them.

"Demon-Suppression Bureau!" Its pupils suddenly contracted when it saw their attire.

Its whole body trembled slightly, and it took two steps back.

"I was wondering what kind of demon it was! Just a measly fourth level of Meridian Opening. Damn it, acting like such a big shot and making me wait all night!" Zhao Heng cursed as he glared at the weasel demon.

It was obvious that he had truly run out of patience waiting.

And it was only a puny fourth-level Meridian Opening demon.

That made him even more impatient.

"How are you people here?" The weasel demon stared at Xu Ye and the others, its expression turning incomparably savage.

Xu Ye said blandly, "You entered the county town and slaughtered civilians. As Demon-Suppression Guards of the Demon-Suppression Bureau, we naturally waited here specifically to execute you on the spot!"

Upon hearing this, the weasel demon shrieked, "Damn it! We've kept to our own waters and minded our own business. Why did you have to come ruin mine?"

Lin Yuyan said flatly, "You slaughtered civilians, and you still have the nerve to say we've kept to our own waters?"

The weasel demon sneered and shrieked, "They killed my wife first! I came to kill them now—what's wrong with that?"

"A life for a life. Isn't that what you humans say?"

Xu Ye and the others suddenly understood.

So the weasel Zhang family's second son had killed earlier was actually this thing's wife.

Wasn't that too much of a coincidence?

Still, that weasel demon's wife had been absurdly unlucky. As a demon, she had actually been killed by an ordinary human while seriously wounded.

That was truly something else.

But Xu Ye had not come here to debate right and wrong with a demon. He immediately sneered. "Since you've already killed them and violated the Demon-Suppression Bureau's laws, I have no interest in arguing over who was right or wrong. You can be on your way now."

Xu Cheng'an had died at the hands of demons.

Xu Ye harbored an instinctive hatred for demons.

Naturally, he would not pity it.

What was more, this thing had taken four lives.

"Why waste words on him?"

"Leave this little wolf pup to me!"

At that moment, Zhao Heng could no longer hold himself back. He was the first to step forward.

As he spoke, he had already charged out.

A mere fourth-level Meridian Opening weasel demon was beneath his notice.

He would not let Xu Ye beat him to this chance to show off.

Whoosh!

The instant he rushed out, Zhao Heng drew his Demon-Slaying Saber.

Spiritual power surged within him, gathering entirely into the Demon-Slaying Saber as he slashed fiercely down at the weasel demon.

"Damn it!"

"You meddlesome bastards deserve to die! Do you really think your Grandpa Weasel is afraid of you?"

"Kill!"

Seeing Zhao Heng attack, the weasel demon's face twisted savagely as it let out a roar.

Threads of yellow light suddenly glimmered around its body, and it immediately charged toward Zhao Heng.

It was incomparably fast, its figure turning into a streak of yellow lightning.

At the same time, it extended one claw, its sharp talons slashing directly for Zhao Heng's throat.

Pfft!

Before the weasel demon's claw could touch Zhao Heng—

Zhao Heng's Demon-Slaying Saber had already struck its body.

With a dull thud, the Demon-Slaying Saber carved a long gash across the weasel demon's body.

Its entire body was flung into the air before smashing heavily onto the ground, blood pouring everywhere.

Although Zhao Heng had not used a martial skill, he was still not someone a mere fourth-level Meridian Opening weasel demon could contend with.

"Screech!"

The weasel demon let out a piercing shriek. It had never imagined that it would be defeated in a single move.

It struggled to rise.

Zhao Heng sneered. "You still want to resist in front of me? You've got some nerve!"

As his words fell, he lunged forward at great speed.

Just as the weasel demon had gotten back on its feet, he brought down another vicious kick.

With a bang, the weasel demon was smashed back into the ground, sending dust flying everywhere.

"Screech!" The weasel demon cried out miserably, blood spilling from the corner of its mouth.

Zhao Heng sneered, then stepped on the weasel demon's head with one foot while holding his saber.

"Stay still for me." Zhao Heng snorted and pressed down with his foot.

The weasel demon bared its teeth in pain. "Damn humans, I'll eat all of you!"

"Shut up!" Zhao Heng stomped down hard, driving the weasel demon's mouth into the ground and leaving it unable to resist.

Only then did he look toward Xu Ye's group in the posture of a victor. "A mere little rat—wasn't it easy for me to catch?"

He looked expectantly at Lin Yuyan, hoping to gain her approval.

Lin Yuyan curled her lips.

Was something wrong with this guy?

A sixth-level Meridian Opening cultivator beating a fourth-level Meridian Opening weasel demon, and that made him this confident?

Xu Ye was equally speechless. He truly felt there was something wrong with Zhao Heng's head.

When he saw that Lin Yuyan was not looking at him with the gaze he had imagined, Zhao Heng was immediately disappointed.

That still was not enough?

He could not help looking at Xu Ye. Seeing that Xu Ye too wore an utterly unconcerned expression, Zhao Heng snorted. "Xu Ye, what do you think? I told you I'm no worse than you!"

At those words, Xu Ye's expression changed. Even Lin Yuyan's expression changed.

Their pupils instantly widened as they stared at Zhao Heng.

Zhao Heng froze slightly, not expecting Xu Ye to react so strongly.

Had this guy been conquered by me?

He immediately sneered smugly. "If you hadn't caught me off guard before, I never would've lost to you. It's only natural for you to admit you're inferior to me..."

He loved seeing that look in Xu Ye's eyes.

Shock!

Astonishment!

Horror!

That was exactly what he wanted to see.

But the moment his words ended, Xu Ye stared fixedly at Zhao Heng and said, "Shut up! Look behind you!"