allonlinenovel Chapter 556 Demon
Chapter 556 Demon
Qingmu wiped his precious knife clean, then sheathed it. He turned around and casually walked past the crowd to buy a "Little Sparrow" sugar figurine from a sugar figurine stall outside the alley. He ate it with relish, looking quite happy.
Luo Qing'an sighed and rubbed his forehead. This girl had blood all over her sleeves, and she actually went to eat sugar figurines like that without even cleaning up.
Fu Wennian saw what she was thinking, smiled gently, and with a slight movement of his index finger, a small magic spell landed on the little girl who was eating a candy figurine not far away, instantly cleaning all the bloodstains on her sleeve.
Luo Qing'an gave him an appreciative look, then turned her head to look at the dazzling lights outside.
Fu Wennian walked to her side, leaned slightly forward, and asked her gently, "Want to see the lantern festival?"
Luo Qing'an neither said she wanted to watch nor didn't want to watch; she simply sighed and said, "The Tianqian Sect is so deserted!"
The ethereal and serene Jade Pavilion is beautiful, yet the bustling world of human life still captivates people.
The moment she finished speaking, dazzling fireworks suddenly shot into the night sky, bursting open with a "bang" above her head. Before they could fade, another one bloomed, one cluster after another, one clump after another, unfolding a picture of a garden full of spring flowers in the autumn night sky.
Under the colorful glow of fireworks, Fu Wennian stopped making hand seals, said nothing, and simply stayed quietly by her side, watching her with a warm smile.
Luo Qing'an's breath hitched, and then it felt as if a gentle, warm spring breeze had filled her chest, making her heartbeat momentarily disordered.
She felt like crying, but also felt it was too embarrassing to be so moved. She turned her face away awkwardly, but her hand, hidden in her sleeve, secretly grabbed his fingertips.
Fu Wennian's eyes warmed, and he opened his hand to interlock his fingers with hers.
The dazzling fireworks continued to burst forth, and on the streets teeming with tourists, someone exclaimed in wonder, "Who set off these fireworks? They're so beautiful!"
Someone scoffed dismissively, "What's so special about that? If you want to see something, I'll show you something even bigger and better!"
A wisp of fire enters a dream, amidst the sea of people like smoke. Young men and women stand on a corner of the vast ocean, silently appreciating the dazzling fireworks that suddenly rise in their hearts.
Jiang Liqian couldn't relate to the subtle, poetic sentiments between her second and third senior brothers and sisters. She was eating the sugar figurines her junior brother had bought for her, squatting with Qing Mu and licking them. Her lips and tongue were all sweet. Her junior brother was holding five or six sugar figurines and was watching the vendor making the next one.
As for Jiang Junze, he was very cold, with his arms crossed, leaning against the wall at the alley entrance. He glanced at the fireworks above his head out of the corner of his eye, then stared intently at Xu Youan's movements with a blank expression, as if he was ready to rush over and pull someone away at any moment.
Xu Youan was completely absorbed in the sugar figurine his senior sister was eating, thinking only about how to learn the technique so he could make it for her when he got back, completely ignoring Jiang Junze's cold gaze.
In the midst of this joyful atmosphere, a sudden, piercing scream shattered the tranquility of the night.
With a "crunch," the sugar figurine was bitten off. Jiang Liqian and Qing Mu quickly got up, and the others also tensed up. Without saying a word, they all rushed towards the source of the scream.
"Ahhh!"
"Dead! Dead!"
"Help! Don't come any closer! Go away! Go away! Help!"
"Please don't eat me, please don't eat me..."
"what--!"
The door was kicked open, and a purple sword light instantly protected the little girl who was on the verge of death. The dark figure that lunged at the little girl crashed into the barrier and was thrown away.
"What kind of monster dares to act so recklessly here!" Jiang Liqian appeared in the room, and the Shitian Sword flew into her hand.
The fluorite that illuminated the room had long been smashed, and now only the moonlight from outside the window shone through. By the light of the moon, Jiang Liqian carefully discerned for a long time before she could barely make out the general outline of the dark figure.
It was in beast form, with two blood-red horns on its head, its limbs lying on the ground, and its body shrouded in thick, impenetrable black mist. At this moment, it opened its bloodthirsty red eyes, bared its teeth and growled in a low voice, preparing to attack her.
In just a moment, Jiang Liqian realized—this was not a monster that had rushed into the market, but a demon!
Her heart skipped a beat as she realized how unusually cold and damp the room was.
Before she could think, the dark shadow roared and pounced on her, its gaping fangs dripping with sticky black liquid.
Jiang Liqian immediately turned cold, and three talismans appeared between her two fingers, instantly transforming into surging flames that rushed towards the approaching black shadow.
During this brief respite, she summoned the Spirit-Suppressing Pearl, forming a defensive array with twelve golden pearls to send the unconscious girl out of the dangerous house.
The mid-level fire talisman had no effect on the dark figure.
By the time she realized this, the shadowy figure's gaping maw was already in front of Jiang Liqian.
Jiang Liqian reflexively swung her sword to block, and punched its exposed abdomen.
The shadowy figure seemed to be injured by the sword energy of the Heavenly Sword. Unable to dodge Jiang Liqian's fist, it roared and crashed into the wall.
This attack seemed to give Jiang Liqian the upper hand, but she frowned and her eyes gradually became serious.
Her clenched left fist trembled slightly, a chilling demonic aura lingering around it. The sensation was like a damp snake, its cold, sticky body coiling around her skin, its scarlet tongue flicking, waiting for a chance to bite her hand off.
Creepy.
Her left hand was already starting to go numb from the cold, so Jiang Liqian had to try to wrap it with her spiritual energy to dispel the demonic energy. The purple spiritual energy flowed down her meridians from her dantian, and sensing the abnormality in her left hand, it immediately began to struggle against the twisting demonic energy.
Even with its innate ability to suppress demons, the lightning spirit energy took twice the effort to completely dispel the remaining demonic energy in its left hand, and the long-lost warmth gradually returned.
Jiang Li lowered her gaze.
It seems that we must not make any physical contact with this demon.
This put her, who already knew very little about demons, in an even more disadvantageous position.
"Gurgle!" "Gurgle!"
Clearly, this thick-skinned demon wasn't immune to pain. Jiang Liqian delivered a powerful punch to its softest spot, its belly, making it feel the sting. The demon scratched the ground with its front paws, leaving four deep claw marks, and roared angrily in Jiang Liqian's direction.
Then, moving even faster, like a gust of wind, it locked its claws around Jiang Liqian's neck.
Sensing the impending threat of death, Jiang Liqian flipped her wrist, and the Shitian Sword shimmered with light in her hand.
With another shrill roar, the dark shadow crashed heavily to the ground. Through the thick black mist, one could see deep, bone-revealing sword wounds on its back and forelimbs.