Chapter 290 - 183: Demon Investigator

Chapter 290: Chapter 183: Demon Investigator

Sunlight streamed through the gaps in the leaves, dappling a plump white cat.

The white cat seemed to stretch lazily, but within its narrowed eyes glinted a chilling killing intent.

’It silently calculated the distance.’

’Just two more steps, and that pair—a man and a woman—would enter its attack range. With a single strike, it could claw them both to death.’

’A mere Taiping Captain? A sure thing.’

’The white cat felt extremely smug, as if it could already see the outcome.’

It had forgotten that the last time it thought it had an easy score, it had ended up exposing its location.

The inherent greed of a Demon meant that even though it wanted to keep a low profile, it couldn’t resist when an opportunity presented itself.

The white cat arched its back slightly, preparing to pounce and kill.

Suddenly, the Taiping Captain walking in front stopped in his tracks.

The woman following closely behind him nearly bumped into his back.

The white cat cursed inwardly. ’What a coincidence!’

’Just one more step and they would have been in its optimal attack range.’

’At this distance, it could still attack, but it was no longer confident of a one-hit kill.’

The white cat suppressed the urge to strike, deciding to wait for the perfect moment.

At that very moment, a brilliant flash of a blade suddenly erupted.

Before the white cat could even process what was happening, a bone-deep chill washed over it. Fear erupted from its very core, making its entire body tremble uncontrollably.

In that instant, it felt as if it had encountered a bloodline suppression; the overwhelming fear slowed its reactions by a fraction.

With a terrified shriek, its body expanded rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it had grown to a height of ten feet.

SCHLICK!

The blade slashed across its body, and blood instantly gushed out.

"You—"

The white cat didn’t know what had just happened, but it was obvious: its opponent had seen through its disguise and launched a sneak attack!

In an instant, the hunter had become the hunted.

The white cat was furious with humiliation.

A mere Taiping Captain, a human in the Rebirth Realm, should have turned tail and fled after seeing through its disguise. How dare he attack it first?

’He’s courting death!’

Enraged by the sneak attack and its injury, the white cat swiped with its claw.

Suddenly, the human before it seemed to vanish.

A heaven-shaking tiger’s roar echoed, and the white cat thought it saw a White Tiger so colossal it blotted out the sun and sky.

The overwhelming aura emanating from the White Tiger made its body go limp.

"Ancestor?"

The white cat’s attack froze in mid-air.

It possessed a diluted White Tiger bloodline, and in that moment, it sensed a familiar bloodline aura.

It felt as if it were not facing a human, but a primordial White Tiger that had stepped out of the dawn of time!

THWUCK!

With a soft sound, the blade sliced through the white cat’s neck.

Its massive demonic head rolled to the ground as blood sprayed everywhere.

Even in death, the white cat’s eyes were wide with confusion and disbelief.

It all happened in the blink of an eye.

No one knew the thoughts that had flashed through the white cat’s mind.

From Luo Anning’s perspective, she had followed Su Mu to a village to hunt down a Tier Three Demon.

They had just reached the village entrance when Su Mu suddenly stopped. Then, he drew his blade on a large, plump white cat.

She hadn’t sensed any demonic aura from the white cat.

Before she could figure out why Su Mu would attack an ordinary cat, she saw it transform into a demon with a fearsome, overwhelming aura.

That violent aura was definitely Tier Three!

Comparable to a human True Essence Realm Martial Artist!

The enraged Tier Three Demon retaliated.

Luo Anning had already drawn her sword and started to charge forward instinctively. She had only taken a single step.

Then she saw the Tier Three Demon suddenly freeze for some unknown reason. It just stood there, motionless, as Su Mu lopped off its demonic head with a single slash.

The whole process looked as if the Tier Three Demon had offered its own head for Su Mu to chop off.

"S-Senior Brother Su, you killed a Tier Three Demon... without using the Five Flames Heaven-Shaking Bow?"

Luo Anning stammered.

Although Su Mu had killed Tier Three Demons before, he had always relied on the power of a Profound Weapon.

Being able to kill a Tier Three Demon with a Profound Weapon was a testament to Su Mu’s strength, but it was still a different matter entirely.

But this time, Su Mu hadn’t used the Five Flames Heaven-Shaking Bow.

"It was just a weak-willed Tier Three Demon, equivalent to an Initial-Tier True Essence Realm at best."

Su Mu said nonchalantly.

This Tier Three Demon was too cowardly. Struck by my White Tiger Killing Intent, it was too frightened to even fight back. Otherwise, it could have at least lasted three more moves against my blade.

’So there are yellow-bellied incompetents even among Demons.’

This Tier Three Demon seemed to have decent talent, but it was just too timid and lacked combat experience. It was even worse than Wenren Jiangbo.

"But it was still a Tier Three Demon,"

Luo Anning muttered under her breath.

’She felt that she was already working hard enough. Why did the gap between her and Senior Brother Su feel like it was only growing wider?’

’At the very beginning, she was clearly the stronger one.’

’At this rate, how could she ever fight side-by-side with Senior Brother Su?’

’Come on, Luo Anning, you have to work even harder! Senior Brother Su even gave you the Xiaoxiang Rebirth Technique!’

Miss Luo clenched her fists, secretly cheering herself on.

Su Mu gave the young woman a strange look. ’Why does she suddenly look so fired up?’

’It was just an ordinary Tier Three Demon.’

"This must be the Tier Three Demon mentioned in the reports—the one skilled at transformation and concealing its aura," Su Mu said as he walked up to the Tier Three Demon’s corpse.

"That’s it!"