Chapter 90: The Flying Shadow Arrives in a Moment of Crisis

Long Qi and Rendong each held their swords, cautiously probing toward the central courtyard, but looking all around, there was nothing there.

Even so, the eerie atmosphere permeating the area made the two of them dare not lower their guard.

The surroundings were terrifyingly quiet, making the sound of their footsteps particularly prominent, and Rendong's palms were already full of cold sweat.

Just at this moment, a "clatter" was heard; Long Qi and Rendong hurriedly turned their heads to look, and a hoe in the corner of the wall had inexplicably fallen over.

Although it was midwinter, the weather was excellent, without even a wisp of wind, so how could the hoe have fallen on its own? Didn't this just show that there was something unusual in Youran Abode!

"Who is it exactly!? Whether you are human or ghost, demon or monster, come out quickly, stop being so sneaky!" Long Qi shouted loudly, but received no response at all.

And just at this moment, the door of the inner room suddenly opened, and a black shadow darted out from inside, charging toward the two of them.

Long Qi and Rendong hurriedly dodged, and turning their heads to look, that black shadow was actually a rat.

Only this rat was as large as a lamb, its tail like a long whip, its whole body emitting a foul stench, its eyes blood-red, its long teeth like blades, and the sound it made from its mouth was not the "squeak-squeak" of an ordinary rat, but a roar like that of a ferocious beast.

With the rat like this, it was clearly already a demon creature!

That demon creature, its first strike failing, breathed heavily, bared its teeth, and stared fixedly at the two of them.

The two sides stood in a standoff for a moment; perhaps the demon creature saw through the strength of the two, for it kicked its hind legs, sprang up, and charged straight toward Rendong.

Rendong was just about to dodge, but his feet were tripped, and this moment disrupted his footwork, causing him to fall to the ground.

Seeing this, Long Qi wanted to step forward to help, but the demon creature came extremely fast, and there was simply no time to react.

Although Rendong's Spirit Root aptitude was mediocre, he was, after all, someone who had passed the test of the Mountain and River Map, so he was naturally not an ordinary person.

Seeing the demon creature's sharp claws about to tear into him, he rolled to dodge, then swept his sword tip toward the demon creature's hind leg.

Even though Rendong's sword was still the unsharpened Soft Sword initially issued by the Yuanqing Sect, firstly, the demon beast's momentum was fierce, and secondly, he had unconsciously channeled some Spirit Qi while wielding the sword; the demon beast's hind leg was sliced open, and the skin and flesh were torn apart.

The demon creature was wounded by the sword, squealing as it slammed into the ground, rolling several times before stopping; it struggled to get up, but that injured hind leg could no longer move.

Seeing it dragging its injured leg and trying to escape, how could Long Qi let it go? He hurriedly gathered his Qi to catch up and pierced the Demon Rat's head with one strike of his sword.

The Demon Rat spat out bright red blood; although it had been stabbed to death, its body kept twitching, and it still made strange squeaking sounds from its mouth.

Long Qi pulled out his sword and shook off the foul-smelling blood on it; just as he was about to wipe away the residual blood, the sword body suddenly emitted a red light, and the blood remaining on the blade was instantly absorbed.

This was the Seven-Star Longyuan; every time it killed a demon creature, it could absorb the demon blood and transform the demon power within into the strength of the sword body.

But this was the first time Long Qi had seen it, and just as he was surprised, he was pulled by his robe by Rendong.

Long Qi looked at Rendong, who raised his finger and pointed at the room from which the Demon Rat had just darted out; inside the dim room, rays of red light were lighting up.

There were actually many other Demon Rats in the room, and those red lights were nothing else but the eyes of the rat demons.

On this day of early spring, although the winter chill had not yet faded, it was not like when he was cultivating in the mountains, but this situation made Rendong feel waves of bone-chilling cold.

The chill came from this room; within the red light, the cold air drifted out like smoke and mist, which was extremely eerie, and the continuous wailing sounds made even Long Qi feel terrified to the extreme.

"The rat demons move swiftly; just one of them is enough to keep us busy defending, if these demon creatures all attack together, I'm afraid..." Rendong whispered against Long Qi, his eyes not daring to look away.

Long Qi naturally knew this, but he also didn't know what to do; if they turned and fled, this group of Demon Rats would certainly swarm them and tear them to pieces in an instant, but if they didn't leave, the rat demons would certainly not have the patience to remain in a standoff with them for long; when that time truly came, he and Rendong would likely be devoured by them in no time!

And just at this moment, the rat demons inside the room began to move outward, the red light closing in, and the wailing sounds rising one after another.

Long Qi thought to himself that it was bad; this group of demon creatures had finally lost their patience.

One by one, the Demon Rats crawled out, crouching low; they were all extremely ferocious, some with fur like needles, others as large as dogs, and most of the rat demons were covered in wounds, some even missing tails or limbs, and others dripping with foul blood.

So bizarre, Long Qi and Rendong were both astonished, but before the two could be surprised for long, the largest one in the rat demon pack let out a loud roar, and the other rat demons swarmed toward the two of them.

Long Qi and Rendong hurriedly raised their swords to fight, but the Demon Rats were extremely swift, charging at them one after another; before long, both of them were injured, their blood sticking to their clothes, pulling at their wounds and causing sharp pain.

Rendong was ultimately unable to hold out and fell down after being scratched on the back by a Demon Rat; seeing this, Long Qi desperately wanted to step forward to help, but several rat demons were entangling him, and he himself was severely wounded, making it impossible to break away.

Seeing the previously roaring rat demon raise its sharp teeth to bite at Rendong's neck, at this critical moment, two Yellow Talismans flew over, instantly unfolding two Dharma Arrays, repelling the rat demons around Long Qi and Rendong, and protecting the two within the arrays.

"I thought what kind of powerful demons they were, it turns out they just ate the Pills I threw away in Youran Abode, and they even dare to occupy this old lady's territory!"

This voice was Lingxiang!

As soon as the voice fell, a figure flashed by, passing in front of every Demon Rat with lightning speed, and then stood still under the corridor.

This time it was Xin Yi!

And when the rat demons saw the newcomer, they became even more ferocious, each baring their teeth and growling, but the moment they moved, they became like carved stone statues, neither making a sound nor moving a single bit.

Long Qi was extremely astonished, not knowing what had happened, when he saw the bodies of those Demon Rats actually falling to the ground in pieces!

"Clap, clap, clap!" Lingxiang walked in from the front hall, clapping her hands, "The Lu Family's Flying Shadow Blade Technique is indeed powerful!"

After saying this, she carefully walked on tiptoe toward Rendong and Long Qi, checking their injuries.

Long Qi was still alright; although he looked covered in blood, much of it was splashed on him from slaughtering the demon creatures, and he had previously soaked in Lingxiang's Medicinal Bath, so these ordinary demons had not caused him much harm.

It was Rendong who was the opposite; Lingxiang frowned when she examined his injuries. Rendong's injuries were not much heavier than Long Qi's, but one of his wounds was oozing black blood, and blisters had actually formed around the wound!

It was Demon Poison!

But fortunately, it was black; the deeper the color of the Demon Poison, the weaker its toxicity.

Lingxiang hurriedly took two Expelling Poison Pills from her Universe Bag, pinched Rendong's chin to force one into his mouth, and crushed the other to sprinkle onto the wound.

When the crushed medicine was sprinkled on, the wound hissed and emitted black smoke, but after a short while, the blackness of the wound disappeared.

She hadn't expected that there would be one among this group of rat demons that had cultivated Demon Poison; she looked around, and her gaze stopped on a pile of flesh.

The rat demon in that pile had fur like sharp needles, and the fur was a fluorescent green.

Lingxiang picked up the hoe from the wall and rummaged through the pile of flesh; just as Long Qi wanted to ask, he saw her dig out a ball from the pile of flesh.

It was actually a Demon Core!