"Tool person..."

The words may be novel, but their meaning is straightforward.

After a moment of daze, the girl seemed puzzled, and then came a deep sense of humiliation.

"Do you... know who I am?"

Zhang Kui snorted coldly.

"A reincarnated great demon, a traitorous oddity, an ambitious ghost king... I don't care who you are!"

"Once you enter this Jianghu and stir up this muddy water, covered in mud, don't think too highly of yourself!"

Speaking, he glanced at the horizon.

"Go!"

He grabbed the girl, and along with Zhu Sheng, vanished into the depths of the forest...

Moments later, Tianji Zi, his face almost twisted, descended from the sky, his forehead veins throbbing. He turned and looked around, let out an angry shout, and disappeared.

The vast mountains were like a labyrinth, with ten strands of demon ghost evil qi sometimes dispersing, sometimes converging, constantly searching the area.

Tianji Zi no longer waited for news from the Astronomical Bureau, as he frantically hovered over the dense forest, his figure moving from one mountain peak to another...

......

The sky was dark, and the stars twinkled.

A crescent moon hung in the night sky, the mountains indistinct and elusive.

The night wind blew steadily, and the dense forest of grass and trees rustled.

Swish, swish, swish!

Several shadows flashed by; they were experts from the Astronomical Bureau, bending low, swiftly weaving through the forest.

Upon reaching an open area, flames suddenly appeared, with Eunuch Yin sitting on a large rock and several subordinates lighting torches around him.

The arrivals halted immediately, bowed, and knelt on one knee: "Reporting to you, our spies have all disappeared, neither seen alive nor found dead."

Eunuch Yin's face was as somber as water, his brows knitted tightly. He glanced at the surrounding pitch-black woods and gritted his teeth:

"Let's go, evacuate immediately!"

A middle-aged man beside him hesitated slightly, bowed, and said: "My lord, the National Guardian True Man has gone missing, we..."

"That's his business!"

Eunuch Yin snorted coldly, "This place has become perilous, far beyond what we can handle; don't lose everyone here."

Just as the people from the Astronomical Bureau were about to leave, laughter echoed around like that of a night owl.

"Hee hee ha ha, Astronomical Bureau people, who would've thought I could still have a late-night snack..."

Next, the fog around seemed to grow thicker, the stars in the sky dimmed further, and a sinister wind rose, causing the torches to flicker unsteadily.

"There's an evil spirit!"

The Astronomical Bureau members were startled, swiftly drawing rune crossbows from their backs, aiming into the surrounding darkness.

Unfortunately, the compass needle on the crossbow spun wildly as if broken, unable to discern direction.

Cold sweat gradually seeped from someone's forehead.

Eunuch Yin's expression was grim. Suddenly, he pulled out a hollow metal sphere from his bosom and with a whoosh, threw it into the air.

"Reveal yourself!"

The sphere suddenly emitted light, illuminating the surroundings as if it were daylight.

Regrettably, there was nothing there.

The light quickly dispersed, plunging the surroundings back into darkness.

"Ah!"

Someone suddenly let out a tragic cry. As the others turned back, the person had already vanished.

"It's above!"

Eunuch Yin suddenly shouted angrily, lifting his rune crossbow to shoot into a dark spot in the sky, and the others reacted swiftly, pulling their triggers as well.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, arrows shot into the night sky.

Fireballs promptly exploded continuously, and the black fog in the sky rolled, then gradually returned to silence.

"Did... did it hit?"

Someone asked, trembling with fear.

Eunuch Yin did not speak but stiffly looked toward the large tree on the left.

Atop the tree, at some unknown time, crouched a bald, hooked-nose old man in a black robe, holding a human leg, tearing off a piece of meat with sharp teeth, and his mouth was full of blood.

"Night Demon..."

Eunuch Yin felt a bitter taste in his mouth.

This demon was a local evil spirit of Qingzhou, wreaking havoc for nearly a century, even becoming a folk tale to scare children.

When the National Guardian True Man Tianji Zi was still normal, he had also hunted for this demon, but its whereabouts were elusive, and it was never caught.

This Grain Avoidance Realm Old Demon was far beyond what they could handle.

"Scatter and run!"

Eunuch Yin suddenly ordered, and everyone immediately scattered and fled.

The Night Demon chuckled and disappeared into the darkness.

Soon after, screams echoed continuously. Eunuch Yin increased his body skill to the fastest, but his heart grew heavier.

He had served in the Capital City for many years and had caught many evil spirits and demon cultivators, but he always had many people with him, and there was the National Guardian True Man to back them up, gradually leading him to believe that except for the "Three Mountains, Four Caves, and Five Water Mansions," evil spirits were nothing much.

But this time in Qingzhou, he truly witnessed what it meant for demons to run rampant, making human survival perilous.

Suddenly, a large hand stretched out from the darkness and grabbed his shoulder.

Yin Bai was instantly covered in goosebumps. Just as he was about to react, a familiar rough voice sounded by his ear.

"Don't move, stay here and lure the enemy."

It was Zhang Kui!

Eunuch Yin breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to look, but there was no one around, only the trees rustling in the moonlit night breeze.

Yin Bai, a ruthless man himself, immediately turned around, drew his long sword with a "clang," and shouted crazily:

"Come on, Old Demon, I'm not afraid of you, come on!"

He shouted as he swung his sword wildly left and right.

In the treetops above, the Night Demon slowly revealed himself, his face full of mockery, and said with a strange laugh, "What Astronomical Bureau, National Guardian and Exorcism, scared him silly..."

After speaking, he transformed into black mist and silently pounced down.

Just as a pair of black, shiny claws were about to grab Eunuch Yin, a streak of white light shot straight from the woods in the distance.

"Flying sword!"

The Night Demon exclaimed, his body twisted in mid-air, flying backward.

The flying sword turned into a white glimmer, relentlessly chasing, but unfortunately, the Night Demon, whose body would appear and disappear unpredictably, was even faster than the flying sword.

According to the intelligence, this demon's speed was extremely fast; not just the Mountain Demon but even Tianji Zi once cornered it, and it still escaped easily.

Suddenly, another ball of black mist exploded in the air. The Night Demon didn't dodge in time and was enveloped with a shriek.

The black mist surged slowly, with vines occasionally protruding...

Zhu Sheng landed from afar, and the flying sword abruptly returned to the sword box. He nodded slightly to Yin Bai and then looked towards the black mist.

Yin Bai glanced at the girl beside Zhu Sheng, her face gloomy, and seemed to understand something but stayed silent, looking at the black mist as well.

The Black Fog Space was dim and gloomy.

"Ancient artifact!"

Wrapped inside, the Night Demon was startled at first, then looked at Zhang Kui approaching with the Lu Li Sword in hand.

"So it's you, brat..."

The Night Demon let out a strange laugh.

Blue Yaksha and Lady Yin were eventually beaten half to death by Tianji Zi and barely escaped.

After gathering, the demons shared intelligence, learned of their situation, and also of an Enlightenment Realm evil Daoist who had been causing trouble.

The Night Demon looked around, feeling that breaking out of this black mist would take time, then sneered darkly:

"Kid, I heard your Sword Gang is sharp, but I'm not interested in fighting. Besides, do you know what force you are opposing?"

Zhang Kui's expression remained unchanged, "Yes, the General's Tomb."

Uh...

The Night Demon was taken aback, his eyes full of disbelief, "You know and still cause trouble, are you crazy?"

Zhang Kui grinned malevolently,

"So much nonsense for a dead man!"

Before his words fell, he had arrived in an instant, sword qi radiating in all directions, with golden evil qi surging skyward.

Feeling the sharp, lifeless killing intent, the Night Demon's scalp tingled as he retreated swiftly.

Zhang Kui's sword strikes came faster and faster, the Sword Gang like a torrential downpour, instantly enveloping the Night Demon.

However, once the Old Demon stabilized his mind, his speed was unbelievably fast, calmly maneuvering among the Sword Light, continuously mocking:

"Kid, your Sword Gang is formidable, but it can't hit—ah!"

In his overconfidence, the Night Demon was suddenly sliced down half his body, realizing that countless twisted vines had unknowingly emerged from the ground, tightly binding his feet.

Startled, the Night Demon struggled in panic, black smoke billowing everywhere, shattering the vines, but it was too late.

A flash of golden light, and the Lu Li Sword pierced through the Night Demon's head.

Zhang Kui expressionlessly withdrew the Lu Li Sword, and countless vines surged, submerging the Night Demon's corpse...

...

Meanwhile, a thousand miles away on the Shazhou's vast Gobi Desert, Fatty Tiger was sprinting under the moonlight, muttering to himself:

"Why did I come to this godforsaken place? Is the profit that easy to get? I was tricked, or maybe just lost my mind..."

Suddenly, he stopped talking.

In front of him, a towering mountain range riddled with ancient mining pits and honeycombed cavities appeared, with a faint golden light emanating from the largest cavern.

At the entrance were statues with expressions of agony, featuring humans, the Demon Race, and even colossal statues of ancient races, all covered in moss, mottled and cracked.

Fatty Tiger couldn't help but swallow,

"Golden Light Cave..."

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