"The Heavenly Dog is in that little shop up ahead."
Fairy Featherfall frowned slightly as she looked at the nearby little shop named He Mingxuan.
She flicked a finger, sending an invisible streak of light into the sky. It descended like a curtain of beads, forming a faintly hazy Sealing Barrier.
Then she gently shook her long sleeve, and a tiny, exquisite flying sword slipped out of her cuff. Her fingers formed a Sword Art seal, ready to send the sword flying out to kill at any moment.
"That Heavenly Dog dared expose its aura?"
Beside her, Venerable Dragon Subduer snorted coldly. "It doesn't know its place. Still hanging around here? It clearly doesn't take me seriously!"
Fairy Featherfall frowned. "It's so cunning, yet it dared expose its aura. Could there be an ambush?"
"An ambush?" Venerable Dragon Subduer said. "With the three of us working together, even an ambush by the strongest Outer Demon beasts, like the Kui Ox, Taotie, or Ba Serpent, might not be enough to defeat us. Unless it's a naturally humanoid Demonic Fiend of the Outer Path-but how likely is that?"
Fairy Featherfall nodded gently.
The Heavenly Dog ranked among the superior Outer Demon beasts. Under normal circumstances, its strength approached the Fifth Heavenly Pass. Usually, only when a mortal discovered a Fourth Heavenly Pass cultivator would an Outer Demon of this level be drawn in.
Outer Demons inherently countered cultivators, and a Fourth Heavenly Pass cultivator who encountered an Outer Demon whose strength approached the Fifth Heavenly Pass would naturally have little hope of surviving.
The very strongest Outer Demon beasts, such as the Ba Serpent, Kui Ox, and Taotie, possessed strength approaching that of peerless masters who had achieved the Five-Pass Breakthrough. Usually, only when mortals discovered Fifth Heavenly Pass cultivators like themselves