Watch My Sword!

In the dim basement, the radiance of weapons shone in every direction.

Zhao Xing'er must have had a Storage Artifact on her. Otherwise, it was hard to explain how she carried around a Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Blade over two meters long.

Storage Artifacts were generally issued only to disciples of the Immortal Sect or elites of the Supernatural Affairs Bureau. For ordinary cultivators, it wasn't a matter of whether they could afford one. They needed enough treasures worth carrying around before they had any need for an artifact to store them.

For miscellaneous junk, a backpack would do.

Zhao Xing'er's Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Blade was clearly no ordinary weapon, either. Its chilling edge betrayed its exceptional quality. Empowered by her martial spirit red light, each swing swept out a broad crescent of radiance, forcing both Vest Tiger and Gold Chain Tiger back.

Had either tiger retreated a fraction too slowly and met that crimson edge, one might have lost an ear and the other a tail!

Their bodies, tougher than metal or stone, had always been the tiger demons' greatest source of pride. Yet the instant they faced that Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Blade, both lost their nerve.

Meanwhile, Headphone Tiger charged at Yue Wen. Yue Wen simply let go, throwing the Flying Sword from his right hand.

Sword-Controlling Technique!

The Flying Sword instantly became a streak of cold light. Startled, Headphone Tiger flipped over and landed, but still couldn't dodge in time. His left claw struck the side of the Flying Sword with a clang, sending up a streak of scalding blood.

Sssh-

The three tiger demons' fearsome opening assault had actually been stopped so easily by two young people!

Yue Wen had intended to hold them off himself and let Zhao Xing'er find an opportunity to make a call. Instead, Zhao Xing'er had become the warrior charging into the front line, while he had become the mage in the back.

He reacted quickly, pulling his phone straight from his pocket. As it happened, he knew someone at City Seven's Supernatural Affairs Bureau. He quickly found the contact and dialed.

"Roar-"

Suit Tiger, who had remained in the rear overseeing the fight, seemed to have been watching out for precisely this move. Seeing Yue Wen about to make a call, he suddenly unleashed an earthshaking roar.

His roar was even more powerful than the combined cries of the other three tigers.

The basement was extremely well soundproofed. Besides its sturdy materials, it was reinforced with various formations, presumably to keep the sounds and auras inside from escaping and drawing attention to this pack of tiger demons.

Yet his roar actually made everything above and below ground shake three times!

The small building above trembled. The Tiger Head Gang's members panicked and exchanged bewildered looks. "What's happening?"

At that moment, the burly Old Six had just run down from upstairs. After closing the basement door earlier, he'd figured that regardless of whether the two youngsters or Brother Tiger won, the fight would take a while.

Since he had to flee anyway, he might as well go all the way and loot the place first!

So he'd run upstairs to where the Tiger Head Gang kept its money and helped himself to a generous haul.

Now he had a large duffel bag stuffed with cash over his left shoulder, a jewelry box full of expensive accessories hanging from his right arm, and the keys to a luxury car and a dozen particularly valuable ugly plush dolls dangling from his waist. On his back, he carried two of the bosses' women, both sporting fiery red lipstick and miniskirts...

He was fully equipped to make his getaway.

He'd been worrying about attracting attention and having trouble leaving when the ground began to shake. As he ran, he shouted, "Earthquake! Run! Earthquake! Run!"

"An earthquake?"

His shouting threw the headquarters into even greater chaos.

But some people kept their heads and looked toward the basement. "Brother Tiger is still down there! What do we do? Should we go save him?"

"How strong is Brother Tiger, and how strong are you?" the burly man shouted. "Does Brother Tiger need you to save him?"

"That's true."

And so the Tiger Head Gang's underlings scattered out of the building like frightened birds and beasts.

In the basement, Suit Tiger's roar escalated the battle once again.

Yue Wen shuddered from the shock wave. His dialing hand shook, and he nearly dropped his phone. Fortunately, his soul was sturdy enough that he managed to press the button despite enduring the strongest blast of sound.

But he had no time left to speak. Without even checking whether the other person had answered, he shoved the phone back into his pocket with the call still going.

The next second, a gust of black wind lunged at him!

It was Black Tiger, who had been lying in the corner all this time. Though he looked the largest, that was because he had remained in beast form. Compared to the other tiger demons, he was probably the youngest and least cultivated, which was why he hadn't taken human form.

Yet this little Black Tiger was also the fiercest. In the blink of an eye, he lunged from the distant corner, jaws snapping, truly like a black whirlwind.

Yue Wen reacted swiftly. Raising two fingers on his right hand, he recalled the Flying Sword and sent it stabbing toward Black Tiger from behind.

"Rrrow-" Black Tiger swished his tail and dodged the sword, simultaneously whipping his thick tail at Yue Wen.

Judging by its force, that tail would break bones even if it didn't kill him!

Yue Wen used his footwork, twisting aside to narrowly evade it. He drew the sword's light back, poised to sever the tiger's tail on the spot.

But Headphone Tiger lunged at him from the other side, both claws hooked like ten steel blades, slashing down viciously!

Yue Wen had no choice but to change direction. The sword's light swept sideways to block the strike. Amid a clattering shower of sparks, Headphone Tiger's claws were cut again.

Suit Tiger abruptly rose from his seat. "We're bound to draw outsiders here today! Hurry up and kill them, then leave!"

Two uninvited guests had inexplicably broken into the hideout they'd occupied for years, and now everything would have to be set up anew. Fury surged in his eyes as he sprang into the air!

His black clothing tore with a ripping sound.

The upper half of his suit burst apart, exposing a terrifying mass of muscle!

"Thunder Tiger Shakes the Heavens Fist!"

After bursting out of his clothes, he swung his right fist in midair. A dazzling white streak suddenly blazed forth, trailing a long tail of light as he punched toward Zhao Xing'er!

Zhao Xing'er had been swinging her Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Blade, using her martial cultivation and powerful red radiance to keep the two tiger demons pinned down. Suddenly sensing the fierce rush of air upon her, she barely had time to raise her weapon sideways to block.

Boom!

The punch struck the weapon's shaft and exploded with its full force, sending Zhao Xing'er flying. She slammed hard into the wall behind her.

She, too, had briefly become a wall decoration.

Yue Wen noticed this from nearby, and his brow immediately furrowed.

This tiger demon didn't just possess the strongest physique and innate supernatural abilities. He had also trained in martial arts! That put his fighting strength far beyond the ten-thousand-granny level!

Demons were naturally slow-witted, and their species differed from humans, making it difficult for them to comprehend human visualization diagrams. Never mind supernatural powers or esoteric arts-even the simplest martial cultivation methods were exceedingly difficult for them to practice.

But once they succeeded, combined with their naturally exceptional physiques

, that was another matter altogether.

Zhao Xing'er, whom two tiger demons together couldn't defeat, had her defenses broken by his single punch!

Seeing Suit Tiger shift his attention toward him, Yue Wen realized he was about to be mobbed by all five tigers. Alarmed, he swept his sword to create some space and rapidly retreated several steps.

Thinking he was trying to escape, the tiger demons immediately closed in to cut him off.

Just as all their attention focused on him, Yue Wen suddenly raised his hand and called sharply, "Watch my sword!"

All five tiger demons concentrated their gazes on him. But what they saw wasn't a sword-it was a blinding ball of white light he unleashed!

In an instant, a sun seemed to burst into existence inside the basement!

Flash Technique!

He had already closed his eyes beforehand, so the light didn't blind him. When he opened them again, he faced five utterly panicked tiger demons!

Everything was white!

The sudden loss of sight had an enormous impact. By the time they located Yue Wen again through scent and aura, they could already smell the pungent stench of blood.

The Sword-Controlling Technique and Flash Technique struck simultaneously. The sword's light darted like a swimming dragon, sweeping across Vest Tiger's and Gold Chain Tiger's necks. Scalding tiger blood sprayed like fountains, a horrifying downpour of crimson!

Yue Wen hadn't chosen the strongest, Suit Tiger, because he feared that even a surprise sword strike paired with the flash might not kill him.

Instead, he had struck as quickly as possible and eliminated two of their fighters outright. That was the safest approach.

Golden light flowed into his body. He knew he would earn a substantial haul of Evil-Suppressing Money this time, but now wasn't the moment to celebrate.

He needed to survive earning it-and survive to spend it!

Having watched two of their brothers die before their eyes, the remaining three tiger demons roared with grief and fury, their eyes bloodshot.

"Roooaaar-"

Despicable human! Shameless tricks!

His face guarded, Yue Wen quickly put some distance between himself and them.

He didn't relax just because he'd killed two tiger demons. Before, he'd faced five tiger demons at full health. Now he faced three enraged ones. The situation might be even worse!

Just then, against the wall behind the tiger demons, a mass of red radiance grew increasingly dazzling.

Wrapped in crimson light, Zhao Xing'er hovered in the air, her face furious as she shouted, "Who's throwing Flash Techniques around? You blinded me-!"

From the look of her, she had once again reached the point where she couldn't control her martial spirit red light. Brimming with rage, she couldn't distinguish friend from foe.

So Yue Wen decisively pointed at the three tiger demons before him and shouted, "It was those three!"