The ghost-faced demon fell, a tree planted over its corpse

Hai Pig?

Second Master?

Chu Nan looked even more bewildered, his mind racing.

He had no idea what "Hai Pig" meant, but only people from the Chu household called him Second Master.

Then!

That meant the slightly plump man before him was his elder brother's subordinate. Yet judging by his clothes, he was not a Demon Suppression Guard.

Besides, the man's cultivation was above the Third Rank. His elder brother was clearly only at the Second Rank, so how could he have such a powerful subordinate? It did not quite add up.

For a moment.

Chu Nan could not wrap his head around it.

But.

Whether this was true or false, it did him no harm at present.

"Cough... cough..."

The ghost-faced demon coughed up two mouthfuls of blood, slowly rose, and looked at Hai Pig ahead of it in disbelief.

"Impossible. This place has been sealed by a formation. The instant an outsider intruded, I, this guardian, should have detected them."

"But why did I detect nothing? Could it be..."

The ghost-faced demon's expression abruptly changed.

"You're not stupid, at least. I was already in this courtyard before you set up the formation. Seeing how hard you worked setting it up, I didn't interrupt."

Hai Pig wore the look of a smiling tiger as he said, "After all, I don't know how to set up formations. Otherwise, if your screams alerted the Demon Suppression Camp in a moment, that would be a little troublesome."

With that said.

He swept his large foot!

Whoosh!

The war hammer landed in his hand, and he hurled it at the ghost-faced demon ahead with unbelievable speed.

"Damn it..."

The ghost-faced demon hurriedly dodged.

Boom...

The war hammer smashed a five-meter crater into the ground!

Clatter...

A chain rattled!

There!

A thin chain appeared at the tail of the war hammer, its other end held in Hai Pig's hand as he swung it!

Whoosh!

Bam!

Whoosh!

Bam!

The war hammer whistled fiercely through the air as he swung it, while the ghost-faced demon lost every chance to attack and could only keep dodging.

"Good grief, this Hai Pig is pretty fierce. He can actually beat a Late Third Rank ghost-faced demon until it can't fight back at all."

Chu Nan spoke with a look of astonishment.

Elder Meng replied, "He is fierce. And he probably hasn't used his full strength yet. He's merely toying with his opponent."

Toying?

Chu Nan's eyes narrowed as he watched the calm-faced Hai Pig.

His intuition told him:

The man was most likely avenging the way Chu Nan had just been toyed with. Otherwise, he would not have acted this way.

Bam!

The war hammer struck the ghost-faced demon.

It was sent flying into the wall on the spot, embedded ten inches deep, so firmly that even prying it out would have been difficult. Its skin split all over.

Pfft...

A mouthful of black blood sprayed from its mouth!

Crack... crunch...

It forced itself free of the wall and said in shock:

"How can this be? We're clearly both at the Late Third Rank. Why are you so much stronger than me?"

At that moment.

The ghost-faced demon was utterly shaken.

That single hammer blow had displaced its internal organs, ruptured its meridians throughout, and sent its Demonic Qi into collapse.

It could be said:

In its present state, it could barely muster even a tenth of its strength!

Run, I have to run!

Fear appeared on the ghost-faced demon's face. If it fought on, it would undoubtedly die. It had to flee immediately.

Moreover, Hai Pig's appearance also made it realize that Chu He was surely more mysterious than they had learned.

Whoosh!

The ghost-faced demon stamped one foot against the ground.

Then.

Using the recoil, it scaled the wall to leave, not forgetting to turn and fling dozens of stones at Hai Pig.

However!

Before its figure had risen even ten meters into the air, a black chain wrapped around his lower body, and Hai Pig yanked hard on the other end.

Crash!

The ghost-faced demon slammed into the ground. Before it could react, a giant hammer filled its vision.

Boom...

There.

Hai Pig hammered it three meters into the ground and roared:

"Who gave you the courage to run?"

Boom...

"Was it the White Lotus Holy Mother?"

Boom...

"Do you think I don't exist?"

Boom...

"I gave you face, and you wouldn't take it, you wretch."

Finally!

Hai Pig stopped only after delivering ten consecutive blows. Facing the pit ahead, no less than a dozen meters deep, he opened his mouth:

"Hah, ptui..."

And at that moment!

At the bottom of the pit!

The ghost-faced demon was already dead beyond all doubt. Even its body had been smashed into bloody pulp.

Whoosh!

Hai Pig turned his gaze toward the stunned Chu Nan. His expression became calm and amiable, and he said with a chuckle:

"Second Master, everything has been dealt with."

"All the demons in the city that needed killing have been killed. Having suffered this setback, the White Lotus Cult won't act again for a while."

Hai Pig put away his war hammer and said, "Vast Righteous Qi does indeed restrain demons, but you need to open your Confucian Palace first."

"Since the matter has been resolved, I'll take my leave. I'll leave the rest to you, Second Master."

With that said.

He vanished into the night in a flash.

At the same time.

A faint voice drifted over:

"Oh, right. You can plant a fruit tree down in that pit. Next year, it will certainly bear some fine fruit."

Tap! Tap! Tap!

Chu Nan instinctively walked to the edge of the pit, looked down at the demon's pulverized remains, then looked toward the departing Hai Pig.

"He just left!"

Chu Nan frowned, thinking rapidly. "It seems he really is my brother's subordinate. But how could my brother have such a powerful subordinate? And why did that demon say my brother was dead?"

Elder Meng said, "Your brother is probably far more mysterious and formidable than you imagine. The news of his death is almost certainly false."

"Mm."

Chu Nan nodded.

With his intelligence, he could naturally also deduce that his elder brother could not have died so easily. Otherwise, Hai Pig's behavior just now would not have made sense either. He had still been very respectful toward Chu Nan and had shown no sign of grief.

Just then!

With the ghost-faced demon's death.

The courtyard's concealment formation also dissolved. Many guards noticed something amiss and hurried into the courtyard.

When they saw the wrecked courtyard, one guard hastily raised a whistle to blow it, only for Chu Nan to stop him!

"Keep this quiet!"

Chu Nan pointed at the courtyard and said, "Gather some men and restore the courtyard before dawn. Not a word of this is to get out."

"Also, leave the pit where it is. Plant a peach tree inside and arrange flower beds around it."

"Yes!"

The guards immediately answered.

They had all grown up in the Chu household, instilled from childhood with the principle of following orders without asking questions.

Yun Province!

Demon Suppression Bureau headquarters!

Bam!

Zhang Wei threw down the scroll in his hand and said furiously, "Useless! Three days, and you can't even find a corpse! We're paying respects at the martyrs' tombs at noon today. How are we supposed to do that?"

Below him.

Lu Feng replied with a gloomy expression, "Sir, we've already drained the entire river. There was no sign of Chief Banner Chu."

As he spoke.

Lu Feng's expression grew even more bitter. He had even begun to suspect that Chu He had not died, but whenever he recalled the scene of that battle, he felt it was impossible.

No one could have survived those circumstances. Thus, the many Demon Suppression Guards conducting the search all believed that Chu He might have been washed ashore by the river and then devoured by wild beasts in the mountains.