Chapter 145: A Sword

The Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon, trapped within the mirror formation, also sensed the powerful momentum emanating from Lv Fang outside the formation, and a look of obvious anxiety appeared in its eyes.

Lv Fang said in a muffled voice, "Try your best to pin it down."

After saying this, he swallowed some Scholarly Fragrance and, while in his transformed state, began to accumulate power for a soul-strengthening strike of the Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

Because the momentum in the transformed state was too strong—not something that should be possessed at his current realm—the accumulation of soul-strengthening power was slightly slow.

However, based on what could be seen now, as long as no accidents occurred, there shouldn't be any major problems.

"You just focus on gathering your attack; leave the rest to me."

Zhao Qingzhu replied confidently and quickly formed hand seals; out of thin air, dense mirror surfaces appeared within the formation, intending to trap the Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon inside.

The Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon became even more irritable; the breath it exhaled was like scorching hot flames, the brown fur on its body stood up on end, and the pupils in its pair of red eyes turned blood-colored.

Suddenly, it stopped in its tracks, its chest heaving violently, and the chains at its waist seemed to sense each other and collided.

Gradually, black mist began to appear around its body; almost in an instant, the black mist had completely enveloped the Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Qingzhu was filled with doubt. Just as she was about to unleash a gale to blow away the black mist, suddenly, a huge black shadow appeared a zhang away in front of her.

The familiar sound of chains, the blood-red eyes—the Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon, which should have been trapped in the formation, had actually appeared in front of her without her noticing, and it was so close.

How could this be?

Zhao Qingzhu had just had this thought when, in the formation not far away, cracks appeared on the mirror surfaces one by one; *pop, pop, pop*... the incessant sound of shattering mirrors rang out.

Although she didn't know how the Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon had managed it, it seemed now that it had forcibly broken out of the formation.

Was this its original speed?

It was too fast!

Only now did Zhao Qingzhu realize that she had thought she had imagined the Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon as exaggerated enough, but she had still underestimated it.

It was several levels stronger than she had imagined.

Was it that its strength had also grown over these ten-plus years?

Looking at the enraged Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon before her, Zhao Qingzhu's heart was filled with sorrow. It was over; she would never see her daughter again, and she was going to die here.

The Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon's violent red eyes looked coldly at Zhao Qingzhu. However, at the very moment it was about to act, a powerful pressure like an ocean wave struck, pushing it back several steps before it could barely stop.

It was Lv Fang who had given up on continuing to accumulate power, using the might of Heaven and Earth to save Zhao Qingzhu.

There would be opportunities to kill the Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon in the future, but if Zhao Qingzhu were killed, Lv Fang absolutely did not want to see that situation.

Zhao Qingzhu was stunned for a moment, but she quickly reacted. Just as the Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon stood steady, she had already fled toward the ancient castle.

The Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon did not pursue her, but looking at Lv Fang, who was accumulating power again, it rushed over without any hesitation.

"Green Dragon Crescent Blade!"

In his transformed state, Lv Fang accumulated power for a two-soul strike.

This time, the Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon was prepared and deliberately used the chains at its waist to counter the blade Qi; it actually only retreated a few steps and did not suffer any damage at all.

"Damn it!"

Lv Fang cursed under his breath and also fled toward the ancient castle.

Withdrawing his transformed state, Lv Fang entered the ancient castle, his body swaying a few times; he felt weak, but because the momentum he had used was not as severe as the previous time, he did not pass out directly.

This way, he could consume Scholarly Fragrance to recover.

"Are you alright?"

Zhao Qingzhu asked.

Lv Fang shook his head, glanced at the enraged Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon outside from the window, and said heavily, "We both thought it was too easy; it is too strong, and the chains on its body seem to be some kind of supreme treasure."

"If it can use those chains, even if there hadn't been an accident just now, I don't think we could have killed it."

Zhao Qingzhu was silent; she had also seen everything that happened just now.

If she were to say it, the current situation was basically a dead end; the strength the Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon had displayed just now was truly unsolvable.

Just as Lv Fang said, even if there hadn't been an accident just now, even if they could have caused it a certain amount of damage, don't forget that it also had powerful healing abilities.

And she felt that it had become stronger after being injured.

She dared not imagine what it would be like if it were injured and became stronger again.

If not for the existence of this ancient castle tonight, she and Lv Fang would already be two corpses, let alone killing it.

"You shouldn't have come. To save me, you've also been trapped here," Zhao Qingzhu said with some sadness. "If Ling'er knew you didn't get out, she would definitely be very sad."

Lv Fang comforted her with a few words and sat cross-legged on the ground to begin consuming Scholarly Fragrance to recover. With the Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon outside, he didn't have to worry about the Divine Spirit coming to take advantage of the situation to launch a sneak attack.

It was just that what made him somewhat irritable was that he really didn't know what to do now.

If the way to break the laws here was truly to let Zhao Qingzhu kill the Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon, this was too unsolvable.

It was too powerful!

So powerful that it made one feel somewhat desperate.

Perhaps if Lv Fang broke through to the Fourth Rank, there might be a tiny chance, but that would require a lot of time, and it would only be a possibility.

Thinking about things in such a messy way, dawn soon arrived.

The Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon was dragged away by the chains again.

Two hours later, the Divine Spirit arrived outside the ancient castle.

By this time, Lv Fang had already consumed Scholarly Fragrance and was no longer in a weakened state. He and Zhao Qingzhu walked out together, frowning as he asked, "What are you here for?"

The Divine Spirit gave a bitter smile and said, "When you were fighting the Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon last night, I was watching from not far away; it seems to be stronger than imagined."

Zhao Qingzhu asked casually, "Have you thought of any way?"

The Divine Spirit nodded and smiled, "At dawn, I followed it to a place; there is a mountain range on the edge of the thick fog there, and it is trapped there."

"Knowing where it is is useless; its strength is too great, and it is impossible to kill it. I feel that even with you added, there won't be any change," Lv Fang said firmly.

The Divine Spirit agreed, "The strength of the Lord Wenguan Hou is indeed strong; if even you have no way to slay it, naturally I cannot either. However, I saw a sword in that mountain range."

"A sword?"

Lv Fang looked toward Zhao Qingzhu.

Zhao Qingzhu shook her head and said, "Because of the existence of the Ox-Horned Red-Eyed Demon in the direction it was dragged away by the chains, I have never been there, so I am not very clear about it."

The Divine Spirit smiled, "Lord Wenguan Hou, do you think I would lie in this situation? I also want to leave this ghost place. Seeing your fight yesterday, I found it a bit strange; if it is this strong, the laws are unreasonable."

"If I am not mistaken, the sword on the mountain peak is the key to slaying it." ===== CHAPTER 146 =====