Bringing Demons Back to the City!

On the way back to the city.

Wang Dagui sat on horseback, staring at the tall, upright back ahead that was carrying the demon carcass, and he kept feeling a sense of weirdness.

He asked himself honestly, even if he added the eight runner-servants under his command to fight that pack of dog demons, they still could not have pulled it off with such clean and neat efficiency.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been driven to the point where his runners died one by one, leaving him to fall back alone and hold out in a ruined temple.

Yet how was it that this punk Yang Xiao looked like a completely different person after just a few days?

He had unleashed a slaughter like a heavenly deity descending to earth!

Wang Dagui could not wrap his head around it, and coupled with his excessively severe injuries finally relaxing now, he slumped over his horse's back amid the jolting motion and fell into a deep sleep.

At noon, outside the gates of Xiangyun County.

The city guards were yawning, looking listlessly at the coming and going pedestrians while a peddler nearby shouted out his wares.

Everything was as usual, peaceful and serene.

Until—

"Clop, clop, clop..."

A flurry of hoofbeats echoed from afar.

The guards looked up to see a young man leading a horse, walking slowly toward the city gate.

Sitting on the horse was a middle-aged man covered in blood with a pale face, clearly having suffered severe injuries.

As for that young man... The guards' gazes landed on the object the man was lugging, and their pupils abruptly contracted.

It was a gigantic dog head!

Fully the size of a millstone, flesh and blood mangled, half its face caved in while its eyes still maintained a turbid, ashen glaze.

Slung across his back was also a large bundle, bulging and faintly leaking a bloody aura.

"This is..." The guards froze.

The size of that dog head was obviously a demon!

Moreover, a physique this enormous meant at least a high-stage demon of the Body Forging Realm!

"H-Halt!" a guard shouted with a trembling voice. "What people are you?"

Yang Xiao raised his head, saying indifferently, "County Yamen runner Yang Xiao, ordered to head to Wang Village to check on the dog demon situation, and now returned."

He unclipped the runner's waist token from his belt and handed it to the guard.

The guard took the token, glanced at it, and then looked back at the colossal dog head, swallowing hard.

"Th-This is..."

Seeing the crowd gathering around growing larger and threatening to block the road, Yang Xiao felt a trace of impatience flash across the corner of his eye.

"Step aside."

The guards instinctively made way, staring dumbfounded at his retreating back.

The street vendors had also witnessed this scene.

"Goodness... What is that?"

"A dog demon! It's a dog demon's head!"

"Such a huge dog head... Just how massive must the demon have been?"

"That young man is dragging a dog head around like he's carrying a vegetable basket..."

Murmurs rose and fell in a succession, everyone watching Yang Xiao's back in utter shock.

Yang Xiao led the horse through the streets, heading straight for the county yamen.

The runners at the entrance spotted Yang Xiao and then caught sight of Wang Dagui on the horse's back, instantly crying out in alarm.

"Chief Constable Wang?"

"Chief Constable Wang is back!"

"Goodness, Chief Constable Wang is injured this badly?"

Hearing the commotion, the runners swarmed over, busily helping Wang Dagui down from the horse with all hands.

"Quick! Call a physician!"

"Was this the dog demon encountered at Wang Village?"

At that moment, a runner noticed the dog head in Yang Xiao's hand.

"A-A dog demon's head?" He pointed at the gigantic dog head in Yang Xiao's grip, his voice shaking. "Wait... This size?"

"Just how huge of a dog demon could this be?"

"At least the Body Forging Realm 7th–8th Stage?"

"No, look at this build, the Body Forging Realm Ninth Stage is also possible!"

"Did Chief Constable Wang slay the Dog Demon Leader?"

"As expected of Chief Constable Wang! He can even kill a demon of the Body Forging Realm Ninth Stage!"

The runners turned their gazes toward Wang Dagui one after another, their eyes filled with admiration.

Although Wang Dagui had suffered heavy wounds, being able to slay a Body Forging Realm Ninth Stage Dog Demon Leader meant his strength was simply formidable!

Yang Xiao stood off to the side without speaking, his eyes searching for Zhang Hu's figure so he could report his demon-slaying merits.

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Right then, a familiar voice drifted over from the crowd.

"Yang Xiao?"

Yang Xiao turned his head to see a familiar face, Hu Kai.

Hu Kai stood amidst the crowd, looking at the dog head in Yang Xiao's hand with a trace of shock flashing through his eyes.

As he shifted his gaze to Wang Dagui, an expression of sudden realization instantly bloomed on his face.

"So that's how it is..."

He sneered coldly, speaking to the runner beside him, "I told you so, it must have been Chief Constable Wang who killed it!"

"Yang Xiao merely went to provide backup for Chief Constable Wang and helped carry a dog head along the way, that's all."

The surrounding runners nodded one after another.

"That's right, how could Yang Xiao possibly manage to kill a Body Forging Realm Ninth Stage demon?"

"Yang Xiao is really lucky, running into Chief Constable Wang slaying a demon and even getting to share some credit."

"Cough, cough..."

Hearing the commotion around him, Wang Dagui woke up and straightened his posture with the support of the runners.

"Chief Constable Wang!"

The runners crowded around him. "Are you alright?"

"You're too incredible! You single-handedly killed the Body Forging Realm Ninth Stage leader!"

Wang Dagui paused blankly, then shook his head.

"It wasn't... It wasn't me who killed it."

Though raspy, his voice carried clearly.

"Not you who killed it?" The runners were stunned. "Then... Then who did?"

Wang Dagui raised his head, his gaze landing on Yang Xiao.

"Him."

He extended a finger, pointing at Yang Xiao. "Yang Xiao... killed them all single-handedly."

"Thirty to forty dog demons, including that Body Forging Realm Ninth Stage leader... He slaughtered every last one of them by himself."

Silence gripped the entire scene.

Everyone froze, unable to believe their own ears.

"Wh-What?"

Hu Kai widened his eyes. "What did you say?"

"I said," Wang Dagui spat a bit of blood from the corner of his mouth, speaking word by word, "those dog demons were all killed by Yang Xiao alone."

"I was merely... saved by him. If he hadn't arrived in time, I would already be dead."

Dead silence.

Everyone stared blankly at Yang Xiao, their eyes filled with utter disbelief.

One person killed thirty or forty dog demons? Even including a Body Forging Realm Ninth Stage leader?

How could this be possible!

"Impossible!" Hu Kai yelled. "How could he possibly pull that off?"

"Body Forging 5th Layer killing Body Forging Realm Ninth Stage? What kind of joke is this!"

He himself was at Body Forging 5th Layer, so naturally he knew just how immense that difficulty was. If he were to face a Body Forging Ninth Stage demon, he probably wouldn't even have the courage to make a move.

Wang Dagui cast a cold glance at Hu Kai. "You don't believe it?"

He gestured toward the dog head in Yang Xiao's hand.

"Decapitated with a single blade, have you ever seen anyone able to display swordplay like this in front of a Body Forging Realm Ninth Stage demon?"

Hu Kai opened his mouth, unable to utter a single word.

Just at that moment, a steady voice came from behind.

"What's going on?"

Everyone turned back to see Zhang Hu striding over hurriedly. Upon seeing Wang Dagui's blood-soaked appearance, his expression shifted drastically.

"Old Wang! How did you get hurt this badly?"

Wang Dagui offered a bitter smile. "Zhang Hu, I almost didn't get to see you again."

"The dog demons at Wang Village... There were simply too many. If Yang Xiao hadn't arrived in time, I would have died long ago."

Zhang Hu paused, looking over at Yang Xiao.

His gaze fell upon the dog head in Yang Xiao's grip, and his pupils abruptly contracted. "This is..."

"A Body Forging Realm Ninth Stage dog demon." Yang Xiao untied the pack from his body, scattering thirty-odd dog ears in a loose pile. "As for these thirty-odd dog demons, I killed them as well."

Zhang Hu fell silent.

He looked at that gigantic dog head, then glanced back at Yang Xiao's calm expression, monstrous waves churning within his heart.

A Body Forging Realm Ninth Stage demon along with a pack of dog demons... Killed by Yang Xiao alone?

He turned his head to look at Wang Dagui, who was currently having his body examined by a physician off to the side, cast a questioning look, and then received an affirmative reply from the latter.

This...

Zhang Hu took a deep breath, and heavily clapped Yang Xiao on the shoulder. "Good lad! You're even fiercer than your old man back in the day!"