If Chen Fan had been here, he would certainly have recognized that the one who had saved Zhan Yi and Yan Lincu was none other than Le Shaoyuan, once the top disciple of Clear Tea Martial Academy.
He was also Chen Fan's senior brother at the Embroidered Garment Tower!
Yet Le Shaoyuan's face was deathly pale at the moment, and he was in far from good condition.
"We'll talk later!"
With a thought, a blood-red Baleful sword shot straight out from behind him.
With a whoosh, it streaked toward the enormous fox wreathed in flames.
The fox roared furiously, opening its jaws and firing a blazing pillar of flame from its mouth like a laser.
It flew straight at the blood-red Baleful sword.
Yet before the pillar of flame could strike the flying sword—
The blood-red flying sword abruptly split into twelve small swords. Evading the flames, they scattered through the air and shot toward the flaming fox.
Sshh, sshh, sshh!
In an instant, sword light dismembered the great fox demon.
Meanwhile, Le Shaoyuan coughed heavily twice, blood spilling from his mouth.
"Senior Brother Le!"
Zhan Yi and Yan Lincu looked at him with complicated expressions.
Le Shaoyuan waved his hand and drifted over to the two of them.
"It's nothing. I was injured by a tenth-level demon beast, and my wounds have yet to recover..."
Zhan Yi lowered the spear in his hand, then flipped his palm and took out a medicinal pill to swallow.
"Senior Brother, hadn't you already left Clear River Commandery? Why have you come back?"
A helpless look appeared on Le Shaoyuan's face.
"I had indeed left the commandery capital, but I happened upon a powerful tenth-level demon beast. After fighting it with all my strength, I nearly lost my life and had no choice