87: The Girl's Dagger

“Run! There’s a village ahead, quickly hide.”

“Dad!”

“Husband!”

“Don’t worry about me, I’ll fight them to the death!”

West of Qingshan County, over three hundred li away, night fell.

Amidst the mountains and forests, shadows flickered, yet there were horses startling Jing Mountain and cries echoing through the air.

Through the trees, the vegetation rustled as terrified figures stumbled through the mountains and forests, fleeing in despair.

The relentless sound of hooves and screams from behind, like a death knell, prevented everyone from stopping for a moment.

A Hunter forcefully pushed his wife and son towards a cliff ahead, then turned around, took out the longbow from his back, drew the bow, nocked an arrow, and stared intently at the darkness ahead, at the dense forest where ghostly shadows flickered.

Soon, from the forest ahead, a horse’s long neigh, like a death knell, signaled the rapid approach of hooves.

“Whoosh!”

A horse’s shadow leaped over the forest, landing on the cliff. On its back, a pair of eerie green eyes flickered with a chilling light.

Just then,

“Swish!”

The bowstring vibrated sharply, and an iron arrow suddenly tore through the air, shooting directly at the leaping, neighing horse.

“Thud!”

With a dull thud, it accurately struck the horse’s neck.

The horse neighed loudly, then suddenly fell forward, and the masked figure on its back tumbled off.

The Hunter seized the moment, bending his bow and nocking an arrow again, all in one fluid motion.

“Swish!”

A sharp whoosh sounded as it shot towards the uncontrolled figure.

It struck him directly in the chest!

The Hunter’s expression was about to relax.

But the next second, with a “clink,” the cold iron arrowhead hit the masked figure’s chest, making a sound of metal striking metal, and then snapped.

The Hunter’s face paled.

And after the masked figure landed on the ground, he let out a strange laugh, a roll of black Qi around him, and his body abruptly turned into an afterimage, rushing towards the Hunter.

The Hunter’s expression changed. He drew the broadsword from his waist, roared, and slashed the sword forward.

“Clang!”

A hand covered in ferocious, fine scales, gleaming with a chilling luster, directly caught his sword.

A pair of eerie green pupils stared at the pale-faced Hunter before him, grinning sinisterly, “Dare to resist the Divine Cult, if you don’t obediently welcome us, you all must die!”

The next second, the sword tip rang sharply, snapped off by force, and then his hand, like a sharp claw, brutally pierced the Hunter’s chest.

On the other side of the cliff, in the forest, a woman with a young boy watched the Hunter’s tragic state, letting out heart-wrenching wails.

“Husband!”

“Father!”

At this moment, the Hunter’s pupils suddenly dilated, blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth, but his arm abruptly lifted, gripping the Human Demon’s hand tightly. Then, trembling, he slowly turned his head, looking at his wife and son who were still lingering in the forest on the other side of the cliff, and with all his strength, let out a hysterical roar.

“Run!”

The woman, seeing her husband’s farewell gaze, was heartbroken, but still pulled her wailing son and ran towards the distant village where peach blossoms bloomed.

And at this moment, the Hunter let out a roar, embracing the Human Demon tightly with both hands, and threw himself into the bottomless abyss below the cliff.

The Human Demon’s expression changed. He tried to pull his hand out, but was held tightly, and the two fell into the abyss.

But after a dozen breaths, a demonic roar suddenly echoed from beneath the cliff.

Soon after, a pair of scaly claws abruptly clawed their way up from beneath the cliff.

Only then did a monster, ten feet tall, covered in dark green scales like a lizard, emerge, with a piece of its scales shattered.

“Damn it, forcing this Protector to be so disheveled, all to protect your wife and son, huh!” The Human Demon roared angrily, his chilling green pupils staring at the direction the mother and son fled. He stomped his foot violently, suddenly leaping over the three-zhang-wide cliff, and howled towards the distant village.

And at this moment, the village, overgrown with blooming pink peach blossoms, was already in chaos.

A group of commoners who had escaped from Yinshan County were now fearfully running into this village, hiding everywhere within it.

Among them, a mother and son, frantic, ran into a house with white cloth still hanging on its door.

Some villagers were awakened by the commotion, and upon hearing that a Demonic Cult was attacking, cries of alarm erupted one after another.

At this time, horses rushed into the village, and Human Demons surrounded the entire village, revealing expressions of bloodthirsty excitement.

“Drag everyone out for me!”

Just then, the lizard-like Human Demon darted out from the darkness, staring intently at a house covered in white silk.

At this moment, laughter rang out.

“Isn’t that Protector Tie? How did he end up in such a state?”

The lizard-like Human Demon bared his teeth at one of the masked figures, “Get lost, I’m very angry right now.”

Saying that, his figure flashed towards that house.

“Bang!”

The Human Demon kicked the main door open, then stepped inside.

In the main hall, two faint candlelight flickered on the shrine, with two urns placed on it, and a extinguished brazier in front.

The house was covered in white silk,

And at this moment, the main hall was filled with kneeling people, their shadows lengthened by the flickering candlelight.

Amidst the incense, a foul, unpleasant stench was mixed in.

The Human Demon, seeing this eerie scene, let out a sinister laugh, raised a hand, and grabbed one of the figures, pulling it into his hand.

The next second, a strong stench assailed his nostrils.

The person it had seized was an old man, eyes wide, body turning green, with several bloody holes in his chest, even filled with maggots, and his entire body emitted the stench of decaying corpse.

The Human Demon’s pupils constricted slightly, then he disgustedly threw the corpse in front of him.

“Thump, thump, thump!”

Those figures all fell down.

They were all corpses with wide, staring eyes.

At this moment, the candlelight in the room suddenly went out.

“Scrape, scrape, scrape!”

Suddenly, a sound of sharpening a knife came from a room inside.

The Human Demon felt a shiver run down his spine, then reacted, laughing in extreme anger, he himself was a demon, what was there to fear from ghosts?

“Playing tricks!”

With an angry roar, his body burst forth, rushing towards the inner room.

…

At this time, the village was filled with wails.

“Please, don’t kill me!”

“Ah!”

“Dad, Mom!”

“…”

One by one, the commoners were dragged out of their houses by the Human Demons.

Horses surrounded these terrified commoners, forming an encirclement, and the Human Demons on them let out wild laughter, as if playing with their prey.

Just then, a loud explosion occurred not far away.

In the center of the village, the house covered in white cloth exploded.

A scream came.

Only to see the lizard-like Human Demon flying backward, a bloody hole pierced through its body.

Immediately following, a piercing shriek, like that of a vengeful ghost, came from the house.

The Human Demons were alarmed, roaring angrily, and rushed towards the house.

The next second, Yin Qi surged out from the house, and a Sword Intent roared forth.

Immediately following, a chilling ghostly figure rushed towards the Human Demons.

Faintly visible, there was a young girl inside, her body covered in white cloth stained red, her eyeballs white, holding a dagger, cutting out streaks of cold light, slashing at each Human Demon.

Some villagers from Peach Blossom Village saw this and cried out in surprise.

“Lian'er, poor Lian'er, isn’t she….”

The villagers’ memories returned to that night, after the Mountain Lord’s marriage procession was rescued, the young girl returned home to find her parents had hanged themselves. So she took the dagger bestowed by that benefactor and killed those evil people in the village who had aided the tyrants, a total of thirteen lives.

But no one expected that after the young girl avenged herself, she would commit suicide on the very night after burying her parents, using that same dagger.

But now…

Lian'er, oh, poor Lian'er.

The villagers couldn’t help but shed tears.

She’s protecting us.

“Kill!”

The Human Demons roared, attacking the young girl. The dagger in the young girl’s hand possessed fierce Sword Intent, and in an instant, she killed two Second Realm Human Demons.

One of the Body Profound Human Demons leading the team roared, and his hand, covered in chilling scales, knocked the dagger away.

Then he slammed it, sending the young girl flying, and subsequently seized the dagger into his hand.

“Just an ordinary vengeful ghost, yet she managed to kill three Protectors of my Divine Cult with this dagger containing Sword Intent, damn it!”

Saying that, Devilish Qi roared in his palm, about to crush the dagger in his hand.

But just then, the dagger suddenly emitted a brilliant cold light.

A monstrous Sword Intent hummed and rose.

“Ah!”

The Body Profound Human Demon screamed.

The dagger, with a flash of cold light, directly severed his entire palm.

Then it shot towards the east.

A golden light was also tearing through the air towards this direction!

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