Chapter 196 The calm before the storm

The man tried desperately to escape, but the flying sword behind him was chasing him relentlessly, determined to kill him. "I am Hei Xuan, the right-hand man of the Demon King Zhentian. If you kill me, the Demon King, today, I will not let you go."

After these words were spoken, the speed of the flying sword slowed down significantly. Hei Xuan thought that Zhou Chen wanted to let him go, and he was immediately delighted, "It seems that this guy is still timid. Humph, when I go back, I will definitely bring people to kill you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a crack in the void appear in front of him. Thinking that the Demon King Zhentian had arrived, Hei Xuan quickly stopped, stood in mid-air and knelt down, "Hei Xuan welcomes Lord Demon King."

Instead of waiting for the answer from Demon King Zhentian, a giant ice sword came to him. Feeling a chill, Hei Xuan also felt that the person who came was not his master, but someone else.

Seeing this, Hei Xuan's body suddenly grew in size and turned into his original form. Then, a black cat with three tails was seen standing in the void.

The black cat swung its huge tail behind it and smashed the giant wind sword into pieces. At the same time, Zhou Chen walked out.

Hei Xuan was shocked, "You, how is it possible, how is it possible?"
"Now that you can see my secret, you can see clearly." Hei Xuan wanted to beg for mercy but Zhou Chen was not going to give him the chance to speak. Zhou Chen made a sword gesture with his hand, and a large number of flying swords appeared behind him immediately. As Zhou Chen extended two fingers, the flying swords behind him immediately attacked Hei Xuan.

It looked like a flying sword formed by the condensation of true energy, but its attack power was enough to pierce through his defense directly. In just ten seconds, Hei Xuan's body had been pierced into a hornet's nest by the flying sword, and a big hole was also pierced through the center of his eyebrows by the flying sword. This was also his fatal key sword.

Soon after the demon pattern and his body were collected, the rain in the sky stopped, the dark clouds dispersed, and the moonlight sprinkled down.

Deep in the Wuhua Mountain, the Demon King Zhentian, who was healing with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and said, "The waste actually failed."

In Luyuan County, the constables and soldiers who fainted on the street did not wake up until the next morning. After waking up, they looked around in a daze. Since they had been lying on the ground all night, their bodies were already wet and cold. Fortunately, it was still early and there were not many pedestrians on the street, otherwise if they were seen in this state, they would be so embarrassed.

In contrast, Zhou Chen and his companions returned to the yamen before dawn. The monsters only appear at night and never come out during the day, so they don't need to go out on patrol during the day. They just need to stay in the county yamen and rest.

At this time, they were sitting in the cafeteria eating hot buns. The yamen runner in charge of serving meals in the cafeteria was also confused. Usually, the brothers who went out on patrol at this time would have returned long ago, but today, except for a few officials from the Demon Suppression Division, they didn't see anyone.

They did not dare to proactively ask the officials from the Demon Suppression Bureau, as they could not afford to offend those officials. It was not until more than ten minutes later that they saw scattered people coming back. They were originally talking sweetly, but when they saw Zhou Chen and others who were eating inside, they immediately shut their mouths.

Seeing everyone coming back, Zhou Chen and his companions smiled at each other, then stood up and returned to the small courtyard prepared for them by the county magistrate.

After returning, Leng Ningshuang and the other began to rest, while Leng Yiyao meditated and practiced, and Zhou Chen opened his panel to check his gains from last night.

The cat pattern on the right leg has the fifth-grade mythical power + 70 magical power sunset, and there is no copy martial arts yet.

He was lucky enough to get another mythical quality demon pattern. The moment he put it on, information about the magical power appeared in his mind. Sunset was a sword-based magical power. When it was used, a void magic sword could be summoned from the void to attack the enemy. Its power was extraordinary.

Zhou Chen did not hesitate and immediately strengthened the demon pattern to eleven. In an instant, his strengthening points decreased a lot, but his strength increased a lot. In an instant, Zhou Chen's strength increased again. Although it was only the fifth-grade strength, he could fight even if he met a fourth-grade warrior. As for the Zhentian Demon King, forget it. He didn't think he could be arrogant in front of him now. He estimated that he would be killed in seconds.

On the other hand, Leng Yiyao's strength has increased rapidly during this period of practice, while Leng Ningshuang and the others have made slow progress. Even though they have acquired Xuan-level martial arts, they have not yet entered the middle third level and cannot achieve any results for the time being.

After the death of the cat demon, Luyuan County was peaceful for a period of time, and no people went missing during this period.

The people also began to relax their vigilance, and vendors began to set up stalls on the streets at night. Although the county magistrate was a little annoyed by this and ordered that no stalls were allowed at night, some vendors still risked setting up stalls due to financial difficulties. At the beginning, the county government would come out to catch illegal vendors, but in the end, due to various considerations, it acquiesced in this matter.

After all, this cannot go on forever. The people at the bottom also have to live, but the night patrols must continue and there is no intention of reducing them. Zhou Chen and his team have also insisted on patrolling during this period.

Their responsibility is to kill the monsters, and other things are not within their scope of responsibility. Their patrols have been much easier during this period, and they no longer feel as tense as before.

This kind of days lasted for more than a month. After a month, there were no more incidents of monster attacks not only here but also in other places around. So the Demon Suppression Division summoned back all the Demon Suppression Envoys and Guards scattered outside.

The Demon Suppression Division is not a fool. It is impossible for the Zhentian Demon King to leave without getting what he wants. Now that he has calmed down, it means that his injuries have almost healed, and it will probably not be long before he makes a comeback.

After returning to the Demon Suppression Division, the Demon Suppression Guards worked hard on their training. Not only that, the Demon Suppression Division also improved their treatment and resources to help them break through as soon as possible.

The Demon Suppressor received a new mission, which was to sneak into the depths of Wuhua Mountain, led by several hall masters to find out the situation of the Zhentian Demon King. Zhen Nantian's injuries were almost healed and he would be able to recover in a dozen days.

Zhou Chen, who originally thought he could practice with peace of mind, also received the same task. He followed Xuanwu and Suzaku deep into Wuhua Mountain, while Qinglong stayed in Wu'an County to prevent any accidents.

Before leaving, each of them received a treasure. Although they were called treasures, they were actually just a few pieces of talisman paper. However, these talismans were not ordinary talismans, but powerful Five Thunder Talismans. A sixth-grade monster could be killed with one move by this talisman, and a fifth-grade monster could also be repelled with the help of the power of the Five Thunder Talisman. As for injuring it, it was basically impossible.

The other one is an earth escape talisman, which can teleport you to any place ten miles away after using it. It can be considered a life-saving talisman. Its only weakness is that the teleportation location is random and cannot be fixed.

Although Zhou Chen went, Leng Yiyao did not go with him at his request. Leng Yiyao and Leng Ningshuang stayed in the Demon Suppression Division.

As soon as they entered the mountain, everyone dispersed. After all, Wuhua Mountain is too big. If they all gathered together, they would be too big a target and would be difficult to find.

The jade pendants in their hands have another function. If there is no time to send a message in times of danger, they can crush them with bare hands. In this way, Xuanwu and Zhuque will immediately receive the danger signal and get his specific location. In this way, even if he dies, he can pass the final message to the Demon Suppression Division.

(End of this chapter)