"Pfft!"
Sharp claws plunged into flesh, blood spraying wildly.
Shi Yun's eyes widened. Looking down, he saw a bloody hole pierced straight through his chest.
Blood streamed down.
His heart was even tossed into Bai Sanniang's mouth in a single bite.
She chewed it with loud crunches.
"A martial warrior's heart really has more chew than an ordinary person's. It even has inner force in it."
Bai Sanniang licked her lips.
Then she slowly walked toward Lu Yuan and the heavily injured but still living Bao brothers.
Lu Yuan tightened his grip on the Rusty Saber.
At that moment, he felt somewhat uneasy. The most infuriating thing was that he was still forty experience points short.
Otherwise, he could upgrade the Perfection Realm Basic Demon-Slaying Saber Technique once more.
Then there would be nothing to fear.
"This little fellow..."
Lu Yuan's gaze suddenly flicked toward the little Hedgehog Demon.
The aura emanating from the little creature seemed comparable to that of the Gray-Skinned Rat Demon they had encountered before.
If he could kill it, then...
But the larger Hedgehog Demon stood in the way.
There was no chance at all.
Just as Bai Sanniang closed in, at that hair's-breadth moment—
"Boom!"
A thunderous crash rang out, wood chips flying everywhere.
The prison cart's thick wooden cage—
was shattered by a powerful burst of inner force.
A cold, aloof figure blocked Bai Sanniang's path.
"You woman... you're this fierce?"
Lu Yuan's eyes widened.
If this woman wanted to break out of prison, ordinary people truly would not be able to stop her.
Fortunately, Shen Qingzhu had behaved herself all along the journey.
That left Lu Yuan rather puzzled.
"Shut your filthy mouth."
Shen Qingzhu shot Lu Yuan a glance.
This guy really was loathsome.
Though Shen Qingzhu's cheeks were still somewhat swollen and red,
her blood and vitality surged throughout her body.
The aura she gave off
made Lu Yuan faintly feel that she was at least a First-Order Mid-Rank Martial Warrior.
"Clang!"
Shen Qingzhu flicked her wrist.
The silvery-white flexible sword wrapped around her waist
trembled like a spirit serpent.
It let out a clear sword cry.
"Die, you beast!"
She did not even need Lu Yuan to ask for help.
Shen Qingzhu gave a sharp shout.
Turning into an afterimage,
her flexible sword became a sky full of silver gleams.
It enveloped Bai Sanniang within.
"Humans always enjoy making useless struggles before they die."
Bai Sanniang revealed a cold smile.
The spikes all over her body stood on end as she charged forward directly.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
The flexible sword struck against the spikes, scattering sparks in every direction.
Shen Qingzhu's swordsmanship was nimble and tricky. Since she could not break Bai Sanniang's spiked defenses,
she targeted Bai Sanniang's joints and eyes instead.
But Bai Sanniang was, after all, at First-Order Peak—thick-skinned and tough-fleshed. After enduring several sword strikes, she suddenly unleashed a brutal Iron Mountain Shoulder Crash.
"Bang!"
Unable to dodge in time, Shen Qingzhu was struck in the shoulder by Bai Sanniang.
The impact was incredibly powerful.
In an instant, Shen Qingzhu flew backward like a kite with its string cut, crashing heavily at Lu Yuan's feet and coughing up blood.
"Are you all right? Why were you forcing yourself when you couldn't handle it?"
Lu Yuan hurriedly helped her up.
Shen Qingzhu could not help rolling her eyes at Lu Yuan. "If you can do it, then you go!"
After saying that, threads of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.
This guy really could anger someone to death.
He clearly had no martial ability at all.
Yet he was still running his mouth here.
Watching Bai Sanniang advance step by step, Lu Yuan gritted his teeth.
Just as he was about to use his remaining experience points to forcibly upgrade Wild Bull Force and gamble with his life, Bai Sanniang suddenly stopped.
"Squeak! Squeak!!!"
It was not that Bai Sanniang had suddenly grown a conscience and decided to spare them.
Rather, the little Hedgehog Demon beside her suddenly cried out and tugged at Bai Sanniang's leg with its tiny paw.
"Fine, I'll leave them to you."
In Bai Sanniang's eyes, Shen Qingzhu and the others were already injured, while not a shred of true qi rippled from Lu Yuan's body. He did not even count as a martial warrior and posed no threat whatsoever.
These half-dead prey were perfect for letting her cub practice and taste blood.
Bai Sanniang affectionately stroked the little hedgehog's head, then stepped back two paces and gave up the space.
"This little monster is treating us like toys."
Fury shone in Shen Qingzhu's beautiful eyes.
The little Hedgehog Demon, however, excitedly walked toward Lu Yuan and Shen Qingzhu.
Although it could not yet speak human language,
its mung-bean eyes brimmed with bloodthirsty excitement.
Its little mouth opened, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth.
It had also treated Lu Yuan and the others as prey it could slaughter at will.
"After wearing out iron shoes searching everywhere, I found it without even trying!"
Lu Yuan suppressed the wild joy in his heart.
He had been worrying over how to get close to this little monster.
Who would have thought it would deliver itself to his door?
"It's over. We might as well have been swallowed whole by the big monster."
"This little monster will definitely torment us until we wish we were dead."
Shen Qingzhu's face was ashen as death, utterly despairing.
In her eyes, Lu Yuan was a useless nobody who had not achieved Grade Entry and did not even count as a martial warrior.
They could not even handle this little Hedgehog Demon.
The little monster would bite away their flesh mouthful by mouthful.
When the little Hedgehog Demon came within less than three feet,
opening its mouth full of fine, dense teeth and preparing to bite Lu Yuan—
"Clang!"
The Rusty Saber left its sheath, its blade-light like snow!
Without the slightest flourish, Lu Yuan turned his wrist, and the blade precisely sliced across the little Hedgehog Demon's neck.
"Pfft!"
A small head rolled across the ground with a rumble.
[ Ding! Detected that the host has slain a First-Order Low-Grade demon, a Hedgehog Demon cub. ] [ Experience gained: 100 points. ] [ Current experience: 1060 points. ]
"Finally, I've saved up one thousand experience points."
Lu Yuan let out a long breath.
A sharp gleam flashed in his eyes.
Without the slightest hesitation, he directly added one thousand experience points to the Perfection Realm Basic Demon-Slaying Saber Technique.
[ Ding! Consumed 1000 experience points. ] [ Basic Demon-Slaying Saber Technique (Perfection) upgraded to Blood-Baleful Demon-Slaying Saber ] [ Notice: The Blood-Baleful Demon-Slaying Saber is fiercer and more overbearing. Every swing can absorb a demon beast's essence blood, transforming it into baleful blood qi to strike at the demon beast's spiritual power! ] [ Host: Lu Yuan ] [ Realm: Mortal Realm (Not Grade Entry) ] [ Lifespan: 25 days ] [ Techniques: Blood-Baleful Demon-Slaying Saber ???, Wild Bull Force (Great Accomplishment 20/300), Carefree Steps (Not Initiated 0/50) ] [ Current experience: 60 points. ]
"Buzz!!"
After the Blood-Baleful Demon-Slaying Saber finished upgrading,
the Rusty Saber in Lu Yuan's hand trembled with a hum.
The Rusty Saber that had just slain the little Hedgehog Demon
seemed to have absorbed a wisp of essence blood from its body as well.
"Ah!!!"
Seeing her cub beheaded in a single stroke, Bai Sanniang let out an incomparably shrill scream and completely fell into madness.
"I'll kill you!"
Bai Sanniang's eyes turned blood-red.
The muscles throughout her body bulged.
Every spike on her back stood upright.
Like a heavy war chariot,
she charged toward Lu Yuan on a violent, bloody wind.
"Good timing!"
Lu Yuan had been eager to test the might of the Blood-Baleful Demon-Slaying Saber.
Both hands suddenly clenched around the Rusty Saber.
The blood and vitality within his body followed the circulation path of the Blood-Baleful Demon-Slaying Saber.
They began to circulate madly.
"Slash!!!"
As the saber came down, a layer of eerie blood-red light actually surfaced over its blade.
"Pfft!"
The blade collided with Bai Sanniang's spikes.
Those formerly indestructible spikes shattered one after another like brittle bamboo shoots before the blood-baleful saber qi.
However, Lu Yuan was in an extremely bad state as well.
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