The Deaths of the Three Demons

"Just the three of them. Why did you ask that, sir?"

"Really? Did you confirm whether one was missing or hiding somewhere?"

"Of course it's true. Though us little demons are weak, we are exceptionally skilled at gathering information. We wouldn't get such simple information wrong."

Lu Ling did not understand why Lin Jun was asking so carefully. What use was this question?

Lin Jun nodded to show that he understood, then walked toward the nearest Boar Demon.

"Please wait, sir!"

Lu Ling grabbed Lin Jun and pulled him back.

"You may not know this, sir, but the Boar Demon Brothers are unlike that Bear Demon and Snake Demon. These three brothers have existed even longer than Green Forest County!"

Although Lin Jun was renowned among little demons like them, he was still not enough in the eyes of true demons and monsters.

Especially these three brothers, who had been famous for ages. Any one of them alone was not someone Lin Jun could handle, much less the three demons being united as brothers. Their combined strength was even harder to measure.

Lin Jun might have been able to kill the Black Bear family, but against these three brothers, he was extremely likely to lose his life.

In Lu Ling's view, the proper course was for Lin Jun to find an opening and flee while the Boar Demon Brothers were hunting humans, then seek reinforcements.

"Sir, the previous Demon Exorcist died at the hands of these three brothers!"

Seeing that Lin Jun remained unmoved, Lu Ling revealed a startling piece of news.

Lu Ling narrowed his eyes. If he remembered correctly, the previous Demon Exorcist had been reported by the county magistrate to have died of a chill.

Lin Jun broke free of Lu Ling and walked toward the nearest Boar Demon.

"Alas, good words could not persuade a ghost bent on death!"

Lu Ling shut his eyes. Out of sight, out of mind.

He was a demon, after all. He had already done everything he could by warning Lin Jun so earnestly.

Seeing a human actually walk toward him, the Boar Demon revealed an interested expression.

A human actually dared to approach him on his own initiative. That was truly strange.

"Human, what do you want?"

"To buy meat."

The Boar Demon found this even stranger. This really was a first—a human had come to a demon to buy meat?

The Boar Demon chopped his cleaver into the shriveled corpse before him. The blade pierced straight through the body and sank three inches into the ground.

"Which cut do you want? I'll give it to you directly."

Lin Jun shook his head.

"Your meat isn't fresh."

"Heh heh, you want fresh meat, right? Here, fresh!"

The Boar Demon pulled out a mangled corpse that still retained a trace of warmth.

"I caught it on the way here. Look, isn't it fresh?"

The corpse appeared to belong to a man not yet twenty. His head was gone, as though something had gnawed it off.

A flicker of rage passed through Lin Jun's eyes.

"Then give me ten pounds of lean meat, finely chopped into mince. I don't want to see the slightest bit of fat in it. Then give me ten pounds of fatty meat, also chopped into mince. I don't want to see the slightest bit of lean meat in it."

"Lastly, give me ten pounds of cartilage, chopped into mince as well."

"I'll chop you into mince!"

The Boar Demon drew his butcher's knife and slashed at Lin Jun.

He could see it now. This brat had come looking to die!

Lin Jun drew his blade and traced a perfect circle through the air. His cold blade severed the Boar Demon's arm in a single stroke.

"Ahhh!"

The immense pain enraged the Boar Demon.

"Seeking death! You're seeking death!"

The other two Boar Demons also noticed the disturbance. Ignoring the fleeing little demons and humans, they hurried over with butcher's knives in hand.

A dense aura of blood suddenly emerged upon Lin Jun's blade. He leaped into the air and delivered a heavy, earth-shaking chop at the frenzied Boar Demon.

The Boar Demon refused to yield. He raised his butcher's knife and met Lin Jun's strike head-on.

Bang!

The two blades collided, and the tremendous crash shook the mountain forest.

The Boar Demon revealed a mocking smile.

A human dared to compete in strength with a Boar Demon?

Seeking death!

Yet Lin Jun's slash directly broke the Boar Demon's butcher's knife. Before the demon's disbelieving eyes, the blade cleaved through his body.

Like slaughtering a New Year's pig, the Boar Demon was split in two.

His innards spilled across the ground.

"Big Brother!"

"Ahhh! You fucking—"

Faced with another Boar Demon charging toward him, Lin Jun did not evade. Instead, he lowered his blade and used Iron Mountain Shoulder Bash.

"Get out of the way!"

Lu Ling was utterly dumbfounded. What human competed in brute strength with a demon, much less a Boar Demon renowned for its strength?

He had thought Lin Jun could win through his superior blade technique after seeing his skill earlier. Yet now Lin Jun had directly abandoned his blade to contest brute force instead. Wasn't this courting death?

Yet the result was completely unexpected. Lin Jun's Iron Mountain Shoulder Bash actually knocked the charging Boar Demon flying.

The Boar Demon's body rose three meters into the air before crashing heavily to the ground.

Was this even human? If someone said he was a bear spirit, Lu Ling would not have found it surprising.

Lin Jun did not fare well either. That move had shattered his shoulder.

But the peculiar qualities of the Baleful Blood Demon-Subduing Blade Technique began to show themselves.

The Boar Demon's blood on the blade began transforming into blood aura. The blood aura entered Lin Jun's body and nourished him in return, continuously repairing the injuries he had just suffered.

Taking advantage of the fallen Boar Demon, Lin Jun raised his blade and struck directly for his throat.

As the blade drew closer and closer to his neck, the fallen Boar Demon suddenly let out a violent pig squeal.

That pig-slaughtering shriek shook Lin Jun's mind into turmoil, and the certain strike actually went crooked.

The Boar Demon rolled to his feet. Before he could even regain his senses, he discovered that Lin Jun had already charged in front of him.

Lin Jun severed the Boar Demon's leg with a single stroke, reducing his three-meter height to only two meters. Then he plunged his blade into the demon's heart, completely ending his life.

Lin Jun turned and looked at the remaining Boar Demon.

This Boar Demon had been the farthest away. By the time he arrived, he found that both his brothers had already perished.

Dragging his blood-soaked blade behind him, Lin Jun walked step by step toward the remaining Boar Demon.

Like a devil returned from hell.

"Your turn."

Under Lin Jun's gaze, the Boar Demon's entire body went weak. Lin Jun's towering Killing Intent pressed down on him until he could barely breathe.

Even Lu Ling, who was farthest away, had his breathing thrown into disorder by Lin Jun's overwhelming Killing Intent.

Where had this god of slaughter come from? How could someone like this have come to a tiny place like Green Forest County?

"Spare... spare me. I'll do anything. Spare me!"

Driven by instinct, the Boar Demon dropped directly to his knees before Lin Jun.

Seeking advantage and avoiding harm was the instinct of every demon and monster. Even Great Demons were no exception.

"I ask. You answer."

Lin Jun planted his bloodstained blade into the ground before the Boar Demon.

"Yes, yes!"

"Where is your household? How many demons are in it? Answer honestly."

The Boar Demon did not understand why Lin Jun was asking such questions. He carefully glanced at Lin Jun.

"You'll let me go if I answer?"

"Yes. I never deceive people. I swear that I don't deceive people."

Hearing this, the Boar Demon let out a breath of relief.

He honestly answered every one of Lin Jun's questions. In just a few minutes, Lin Jun had made the Boar Demon family's entire household registration crystal clear.

"Why did you specifically choose the humans here?"

The Boar Demon rolled his eyes and spoke softly.

"Wasn't it because we craved it?"

"Sir, we haven't eaten humans for three years. If that Zhang Fox hadn't restricted us from catching humans to eat, how would we have offended you?"

Zhang Ju again!

The Boar Demon did not know much. The only useful thing was that Zhang Ju had forbidden the demons of Green Forest County from eating humans for three years.

The dried human meat made by the Boar Demon Brothers' household was nearly moldy. When they saw a group of people actually walk into the mountain forest on their own, they simply could not hold back and made their move.

What exactly was this Zhang Ju?

In any case, he did not seem human.

"Can I go now?"

"Mhm."

Lin Jun nodded.

The Boar Demon turned around excitedly, his expression instantly darkening.

Damn human. He actually killed my brothers.

Once I call—

The Boar Demon suddenly felt a sharp pain through his body. He slowly lowered his head and saw a blood-covered blade emerging from his heart.

"Why..."

"Are you human?"

The Boar Demon collapsed to the ground, his eyes full of regret.

Lin Jun casually tossed the blade to the Monkey Demon in the tree.

"Wipe it clean for me."

"Yes, yes, sir."

Lu Ling rubbed his eyes as he looked at the Boar Demon corpses, blood still flowing from them. He felt as if he were dreaming.

From beginning to end, not even a quarter of an hour had passed, right?

The humans and demons who had scattered earlier looked at the Boar Demons that had just been hunting them. In the blink of an eye, they had stopped breathing, and everyone looked at one another.

Was this Green Forest County's Demon Exorcist?

This was... too terrifying.

Lu Ling carefully approached Lin Jun.

"Sir, are you all right?"

"Young Master Lu, could you lend me your deer?"

Lin Jun suddenly asked in return.

"Huh?"

The unexpected question caught Lu Ling off guard, then he hurriedly nodded.

Of course such a small matter was fine.

"Sir, your blade."

The Monkey Demon carefully handed over the blade.

The instant the blade was placed in water, it dyed the pool red. The sight was truly frightening.

Lin Jun took the blade, mounted the White Deer, and headed straight down the mountain.