Spirit-Absorption Realm Dog Demon

Gao Fei slung the saber across his back, carried the long spear in hand, and strode over openly.

There was no need to hide. Dogs had sharp noses; they could catch a scent from miles away.

"Woof! Woof woof!"

Before he got close, the dog demons that had been playing raised their heads and looked around.

Their eyesight was not very good.

Only after sweeping their gazes around did they spot Gao Fei and charge toward him.

When they rushed up before him, they seemed to sense the threat again and dared not approach, merely barking madly from a distance.

Gao Fei had no time to waste here. Raising his spear, he hurled it.

The spear pierced straight through one of them, pinning it to the ground as it whimpered, "Woo woo!"

Seeing this, the remaining dog demons turned and fled, slipping through a hole in the wooden fence and running into the village.

Gao Fei crushed the head of the dog demon pinned to the ground beneath his foot.

He pulled out the spear, spun it in a flourish, and shook off the dog blood so it would not run down the shaft and make his grip slip.

Outside the wooden fence, the opening was stained with blood, while the dog demons that had just fled barked wildly within.

Turning around, he headed for the wooden gate.

The gate itself had vanished without a trace, leaving only the gateway in its original place.

The moment Gao Fei entered, several dog demons with Unawakened Intelligence fled deeper into the village.

He continued after them. He needed to know where the remaining people had gone.

The bloodstains along the road grew thicker and thicker. When he arrived once more at the village's only two-story building—

Outside the courtyard gate, ten dog demons standing on two legs had lit several bonfires. Drool dripped from their mouths as they roasted...

The earth was dark brown, and severed limbs lay everywhere amid gleaming white bones.

Hearing that demons ate people and seeing it with his own eyes were two entirely different things.

As Gao Fei beheld the horrific scene, fury exploded from his heart. No matter how he suppressed it, it would not go down. His blood and qi surged through his body, naturally giving off flecks of golden light.

Fixing his eyes on the dog demon eating with the greatest relish, he hurled his spear.

Gao Fei's current explosive strength exceeded six thousand jin. The spear flew with terrifying speed, punching straight through the feeding dog demon and pinning it slantwise to the ground.

Neither side wasted breath on trash talk. They went straight for each other.

These dozen or so dog demons were not highly cultivated. Only one was in the Bone Tempering Realm.

At that level, Gao Fei could still cut them with his Tang Saber under the force of his immense strength, though the damage was not great. He mostly relied on the Armor-Piercing Spear and his fists to smash them to death by brute force.

After Gao Fei killed four dog demons, the rest began to fear him. Exchanging glances, they fled toward the back mountain.

Merit Points +66

The several-meter-high cliff at the back mountain could not block the dog demons' path at all.

Only a few dog demons with Unawakened Intelligence desperately climbed upward beneath the cliff.

When they saw Gao Fei pursuing them, their tails began to wag as they let out pleading whimpers. "Woo woo woo!"

At this moment, they seemed to have regained their canine habits.

But wolf blood ran in their bones. If their leader was not strong enough, they would replace him.

Gao Fei showed no mercy. He casually dealt with them, leaped up, and continued the chase.

He was slightly faster than these dog demons, but not by much.

His only concern was that they might split up and flee. Fortunately, these dog demons were pack animals and showed no intention of separating.

Even if they were scattered, they would soon gather together again.

Gradually, only the two Blood-Qi Realm dog demons Gao Fei had deliberately spared remained.

Judging from the villagers' dismembered remains, there should still be survivors.

This was treating a dead horse as if it were alive. He hoped these creatures would flee in blind panic and lead him to another group escorting captives.

An hour later, after crossing several mountains, he caught up with them atop a hill.

The hill was bald, without a single tree. Only the weeds still grew thickly.

The wind stirred the grass, exposing a layer of stark white bones beneath.

The ground reeked of rotten flesh and excrement.

In an open space halfway up the mountain, a gigantic dog demon held a little girl of around ten by one foot, staring in the direction Gao Fei was coming from.

"You've got some nerve, charging into my territory alone. State your name—"

Before the dog demon could finish, Gao Fei's spear had already flown toward its abdomen.

Ignoring the dozen or so dog demons beside it, he drew his saber and charged forward.

Here, Gao Fei saw more than twenty villagers still alive.

He had to prevent the demons from using the villagers to threaten him.

If he charged in now, either the demons would fail to react in time, or it would not matter even if they did.

With him already upon them, they could either kill the hostages or fight him to the death.

Gao Fei did not do multiple-choice questions. He handed the choice to the dog demons. If they chose to kill the hostages, there was a good chance their heads would be separated from their bodies.

Perhaps because these demons had absolute confidence in their leader, they all faced the charging Gao Fei and paid no attention at all to the villagers whose hands and feet were bound.

The thrown spear carried immense force and flew with incredible speed.

Yet when it struck the dog demon's abdomen, it had no effect at all. Instead, it bounced back.

Gao Fei moved swiftly, catching it with one hand. The spear moved like a dragon, thrusting straight for the opponent's heart.

This thrust was twice as fast as the first.

The dog demon could no longer spare any attention for the little girl. It raised both hands to block the spearpoint.

A faint white barrier covered its hands, as though it wore a pair of gloves.

Clang!

The sound of metal striking metal rang out.

The tremendous force drove the dog demon's hands back until they pressed against its chest.

Seeing that his strength was not enough, Gao Fei spun the spear shaft with his left hand and clenched his right into a fist. Bones throughout his body crackled loudly.

Bright Force amplified the impact as he smashed his fist into the butt of the spear.

Granted enormous kinetic force, the spear broke through the barrier around the dog demon's hands and stabbed toward its chest.

An even thicker white barrier appeared over its chest, colliding viciously with the spearpoint.

The immense force of their collision had nowhere to go. The wooden white shaft of the Armor-Piercing Spear snapped apart in an instant.

"Our leader is invincible!"

"Awoo... awoo!"

"Awoo awoo!"

The dog demons nearby had just been about to help, but now they gathered around and began howling wildly.

Seeing this, the villagers beside them all sighed, shook their heads, and closed their eyes. A human without a weapon was like a beast without fangs.

Their fighting strength had plummeted.

At this moment, neither man nor dog could steady themselves, and they crashed toward each other.

The dog demon lowered its head, planted its feet against the ground, and exerted force as it charged straight at him.

Gao Fei had heard that dogs had heads of copper, backs of iron, and waists of tofu.

Was this going to be an iron-head technique?

As the two rushed at each other, it was already too late to dodge.

The roar of Tiger-Leopard Thunder Roar erupted, deafeningly loud. In his haste, he had no time to lower the sound.

Fist collided with dog head.

After a muffled grunt, Gao Fei flew back more than three meters and shook his hand.

It hurt. It was numb. It was like punching a steel plate.

The dog demon staggered back two steps, raised its head, revealed a moronic grin, and fell over.

System prompt: Slain an Early Spirit-Absorption Realm dog demon guilty of heinous crimes. Merit Points +100.

The surrounding dog demons had been cheering just moments ago, but in the next instant, their leader fell, blood streaming from its seven orifices.

Dead?

The scene fell silent at once.

The bound villagers opened their eyes at this moment. Hope appeared on their faces as they saw what had happened.

The dog demons finally came to their senses and scattered in all directions.

Gao Fei had not expected this. He had thought they would desperately swarm him like the Rat Demons had; instead, they simply ran.

He could only draw his saber, cut the rope binding one villager's hands, and quickly chase after the fleeing dog demons.

After killing four more, he returned to the spot.

Remaining Merit Points: 223

He did not dare chase too far. What he truly cared about was this Beast Core.

These villagers had no combat strength. If the Beast Core were snatched away, they would have nowhere to cry.

Using the Tang Saber as a saw, he cut off the dog demon's head and split it open along the seams of the skull.

He obtained a Beast Core the size of a thumb.