Seeing light filtering out, the two women steadied their panicked emotions.

"Xia Xueyan, let's go check out the inn ahead," Xi Yuerong said cautiously. Then she whispered, "Xia Xueyan, I find this small town very strange. If Senior Brother Mo has any foul intentions, we must argue on the basis of reason. We can't just yield weakly and let him bully us."

"Mhm," Xia Xueyan nodded firmly.

"Mmm... The air seems to be filled with demonic qi... It's too obvious..." Wang Xiaoqiang's Spiritual Spring inside and outside his body stirred, like a cat that had scented blood.

Wang Xiaoqiang looked around and noticed that the doors of every house on both sides of the street were tightly shut, some even adorned with spider webs. Occasionally, a few mice peeked out from beneath the doors, sneaking quick glances, or large and small strange insects lurked about.

The entire small town emitted a lifeless aura, silent as a graveyard.

"Could it be that we have been brought to a dead town, one controlled by the demon race?" Wang Xiaoqiang furrowed his brows slightly.

However, having come here, one must stay calm; it was too late to fear and turn back now.

Cultivating the Immortal Dao means walking alone on a narrow bridge over a cliff, very perilous, continually hacking away thorns and slaying inner demons, polishing the spirit, to attain enlightenment. Only with a spirit sharpened to its peak and a soul as solid as gold can one possibly reach the shore of immortality.

For a true cultivator, this kind of situation might just be the sought-after opportunity to forge one's will.

"Ladies, there's no need to be afraid," Wang Xiaoqiang said calmly with a light smile. "I will ensure your safety."

Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang's steady gaze, both Xi Yuerong and Xia Xueyan couldn't help but feel a sense of security, leaning a bit closer to him.

Xia Xueyan stuck out her tongue. "Young Master Wang, aren't you afraid at all?" she said.

"Hehe, although I seldom travel the Martial World, my will is firm, so I don't see much to be afraid of. Look, we're here," Wang Xiaoqiang said as he stopped walking.

At that moment, the three had reached the entrance of an inn at the end of the long street.

The lights inside the inn were dim, revealing only a few battered floral paper lanterns that made it impossible to decipher the writing on them.

Just then, a shop attendant came out to greet them, his face deathly pale, forcing a smile. "Honored guests, please come inside."

Wang Xiaoqiang's Spiritual Spring inside his body vibrated even more fiercely, subtly targeting the interior of the hall.

He glanced around and saw a few diners in the inn's hall sitting quietly, not making a sound; the innkeeper was tinkling an abacus; Senior Brother Mo had already made his way over and sat by a table, calling out, "Two junior sisters and Young Master Wang, come on in!"

Wang Xiaoqiang's Five Elements Spiritual Spring vibrated more intensely; if not for his restraint, he might have already charged at those people.

"Mmm, everyone in this inn, they are all from the demon race! And their demonic power is strong," Wang Xiaoqiang thought coldly... "We have indeed fallen into a demon's lair!"

Having come here, they had to remain calm, stabilize things first.

Inwardly thinking, Wang Xiaoqiang took a deep breath and said to the two girls. "Let's go in, junior sisters!"

Leading the way, Wang Xiaoqiang stepped inside.

Xi Yuerong and Xia Xueyan closely followed behind Wang Xiaoqiang, entering as well.

After the three sat down at a table.

Senior Brother Mo called out to the shop attendant, "Shop boy, serve these three our best four dishes and a pot of fine wine."

The shop attendant glanced coldly and mysteriously at the three seated at the table before walking into the kitchen.

At that moment, the eyes of the diners and Senior Brother Mo all fell on Wang Xiaoqiang and his companions, appraising them like dishes on a table, their gaze filled with a naked desire to devour them.

One even stretched out a blood-red tongue, licking his crimson lips, revealing a tongue bristling with tiny barbs, a nauseating and shocking sight.

Yet, the three missed this display entirely.

The shop attendant brought a tray up, laden with four dishes and a pot of wine.

As the shop attendant placed the food and wine on the table, all three couldn't help but feel nauseated.

The first of the four dishes was two human hands, bloody, as if they had just been severed from someone's arms.

The next dish was two human feet, also bloody.

The third dish was a human head, equally bloody, with eyes wide open, in a death stare.

The fourth dish was a large platter, containing a heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys—five human organs emitting a stench that provoked nausea.

"Hahaha…"

Just as the trio was about to vomit, the diners, Senior Brother Mo, and the shop attendant, all stood up, tightly focusing on the trio, erupting into wild, triumphant laughter.

As the three turned to look, they saw that the diners, the shop attendant, and Senior Brother Mo were all undergoing mutations.

Their skin quivered and emitted faint popping sounds, then their skins burst open to reveal underneath coarse, pitch-black, lumpy skin, along with their sinister and terrifying faces.

Demon Qi spread pervasively, nearly bursting the small shop.

"Ah, they are all demons..."

"T-the eldest disciple is also a demon..."

The two women, frightened, trembled and wanted to escape, but they couldn't free themselves from the oppressive spiritual energy of the group. They instinctively raised their Immortal Swords in an attempt to resist.

"Haha, your eldest disciple is no good man. He fell into our trap while frolicking with women in the brothel and has long been devoured by us, haha..."

"But you two beauties look quite fetching, we won't eat you outright. We intend to play first, and when we tire of you, we will eat you slowly, bite by bite. Hahahaha..."

"Ah! Ah!" Terrified, the two women's faces turned pale and, in their panic, they hid behind Wang Xiaoqiang. This was because the demon species' cultivation bases were clearly not low, and the powerful aura emanating from them was palpable. From their experience, some appeared to be Great Demons, while the one disguised as Senior Brother Mo was actually a Demon Soldier.

Just when the group of demon species was about to pounce, Wang Xiaoqiang's eyebrows rose and he absorbed all 100,000 Spiritual Springs into his body. His inner spiritual power soared explosively. From an Eighth Transformation of the Immortal, he transformed into a Great Power of the True Immortal Realm.

With the explosive surge of inner spiritual energy, Qi Condensation turned into Gang Qi, forming six Gang Qi Vortices inside, which then flew out of his body,

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The oppressive aura from the six demon species was entirely severed.

"Ah! What? This kid is actually a Great Power of the True Immortal Realm!" The six demon species were all taken aback, their complacent expressions faded, replaced by wariness.

The True Immortal Realm could contend with a Demon Soldier, and among them, only one was at the level of a Demon Soldier Realm. If a fight really broke out, victory was uncertain.

Xia Xueyan and Xi Yuerong saw Wang Xiaoqiang's spiritual power surge suddenly, transforming him into a Great Power of the True Immortal Realm, and they felt considerably more relieved in their delight.

The True Immortal Realm's Qi Condensation into Gang Qi represented a higher existence, doubling the strength. If Wang Xiaoqiang had remained a being of the Immortal Realm, then today the three of them were doomed. But now the situation was different; the True Immortal Realm could contend with these demons.

"Young Master Wang, quickly kill them!" both women said.

"Kill us? Heh heh, it won't be that easy." The demon impersonating Senior Brother Mo sneered, "Don't think he's alone in the True Immortal Realm. Even if there were ten or eight of him, he still couldn't escape from Wuzhen," aware of the many demon species lurking in Wuzhen? There were hundreds, and we have our Demon General presiding, having already laid down the Heavenly Net and Earthly Web, just waiting for you little cultivators to fall into our trap..."

No sooner had the Demon Soldier finished speaking than a shrill, ghostly laughter resonated from outside the shop, sharp and grating to the ears.

Seeing the demons in considerable numbers, Wang Xiaoqiang moved decisively. Both hands out, he embraced Xia Xueyan's slender waist with his left hand and Xi Yuerong's slender waist with his right, then surged upward.

A Gang Qi Vortex, spinning like a cogwheel, flipped the top of the small shop.

The three took the chance to fly out.

"Thinking of escaping? No way!"

The Demon Soldier snorted coldly, "Chase them!"

Five Great Demons, led by the Demon Soldier, chased after the trio.

Wang Xiaoqiang summoned the Patterned Beast to block them.

The Patterned Beast flew out from Wang Xiaoqiang's back, charging towards the six demon species.

Boom!

The six demon species hadn't expected their opponent's Pet Beast, especially since this Pet Beast appeared so suddenly and ghostly before colliding with them.

Thus, the six demon species, caught unawares, were involuntarily staggered by the impact.

In that moment of stagger, the Patterned Beast leapt up, its large wings unfurled, soared into the air, landing at the feet of the trio.

Wang Xiaoqiang, embracing the two women, alighted on the Patterned Beast.

The women, looking at the huge creature they were on, exclaimed in amazement, "Wow, such a huge Pet Beast, and so powerful too. Young Master Wang, you are amazing!"

Wang Xiaoqiang had no time to attend to these comments because at that moment, he suddenly felt many powerful auras from all directions locking onto them.

It was the aura of demon species, and the Qi was enormous.

Soon, ten Great Demons pounced towards them.

"Ah, no good, so many demon species!" Seeing the ten demons pouncing, their demonic power rolling like waves and pressing down, the two women couldn't help but cry out.

"Invisible!" Wang Xiaoqiang commanded the Patterned Beast with his willpower.

The Patterned Beast immediately turned invisible, and the three on its back also disappeared from sight.

The ten Great Demons, seeing their target suddenly vanish, were all momentarily baffled. However, they still pounced towards where the trio had last been stopped.

Then, a burst of sword light suddenly shot out among the four Great Demons, instantly followed by cries of agony. The ten demon bodies were blasted, limbs flying.

Wang Xiaoqiang, wielding the Penglai Immortal Sword, swept out with one strike knocking down and slaying the ten Great Demons. Although this strike was satisfyingly lethal, it exposed their location. Just as they were about to flee, unexpectedly, four more powerful auras, stronger than before, locked onto them. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to go to qidian.com to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)

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