Chapter 388 - Fox Demons (1/2)

Chapter 388 Fox Demons“Young Master, why aren’t you speaking anymore…” Su Lianyue’s voice reverberated inside the forest, so soft and gentle it seemed like she was trying to melt the entire place.

Xiao Chen must have inhaled something, for he was becoming increasingly dizzy. Staring at the woman’s snow-white neck, all he wanted to do was take a bite out of it. Her neck… Her neck… Wait, something was wrong!

“Take this, you evil creatures!”

Xiao Chen pushed her aside with tremendous force and instantly whipped out his Unsullied Immortal’s Sword. The sword flared with a dazzling white light, scaring Su Lianyue so much that she turned pale. Before she could run, the sword whizzed, transformed into a white light, and flew toward her. It pierced through her with a sharp cutting noise.

“Su Lianyue” immediately turned into a three-tailed fox. The creature made a panicked escape, disappearing amid the fog. Xiao Chen put away his Unsullied Sword. He was still dizzy, so he pressed several pressure points on his chest with force to circulate his True Energy and expel the fox demon’s Qi that he inhaled earlier.

Moments later, the fog shrouding this part of the forest began to dissipate. Xiao Chen was still recalling what had happened earlier when the scene before him made him take a sharp intake of breath. Before him, the floor was covered in bones of the dead. It was an endless sea of white bone. Moreover, the bones were all fairly large, indicating that they belonged to men. This reminded him of the fox demon that impersonated Su Lianyue and tried to seduce him. It must be a creature that absorbed men’s vital essence.

This made Xiao Chen raise his guard. Holding the Unsullied Immortal’s Sword, he carefully continued moving through the forest. The white fog began gathering again when he had walked 500 meters and he could faintly hear the sound of women laughing and playing nearby.

“Evil creatures!” Xiao Chen scolded under his breath. With his sword in hand this time, those fox demons wouldn’t dare to come close to him. He continued walking for a while longer until he heard someone behind him yell, “Young Master Xiao!”

Xiao Chen spun around. “Swoosh!” The Unsullied Sword, moving according to his heart, transformed into a white light, flew toward the person who called him, and stopped an inch away from the latter’s neck.

The person emerging from the dense fog was none other than Su Lianyue. She looked at the Unsullied Sword and then at the man standing ten feet away from her. “Young Master Xiao?”

Xiao Chen narrowed his eyes to stare at the faint red mark on her neck, the trace that his Unsullied Sword left behind that night. He flicked his sleeve and retrieved his sword. When he recalled how the fox demon transformed into her, he felt an inexplicable unease to see her now. He turned his head and said coldly, “Where were you?”

Su Lianyue spread out her hands. “You’re asking me that?” “I’m the one who should be asking you. I couldn’t find you after you dashed into the forest!”

Xiao Chen frowned. He was the one who first entered the forest? He had obviously followed her after seeing her enter. Sure enough, this forest was permeated with strange demonic forces. Su Lianyue walked up to him. When she saw the bones of the dead everywhere, she let out a muffled yelp. “Why didn’t we see this sea of skeletons when we came here earlier?”

“Humph!” Xiao Chen flicked his sleeves, turned around, and led the way for them. The two of them had walked another 1.5 to 2.5 kilometers when they saw a dozen or so male corpses lying on the ground. These men must have just died last night. Their faces were twisted with horror and tainted black, their eyes were caved in, and their bodies were greatly famished. They looked as if they had their five visceras and six bowels sucked out.

The clever Su Lianyue immediately knew what happened to these men after seeing their condition. She sneered. “Tsk, tsk, tsk. Men, oh, men. You men truly deserve this. Such death isn’t pitiful at all. Humph.”

Coupled with memories of what happened earlier, Xiao Chen felt angrier after hearing her words. He scoffed and said nothing. Su Lianyue became intrigued after noticing his strange expression and reluctance to look at her face. She teased him, saying, “I told you this forest is haunted by demons. Did you happen to encounter a fox-spirit earlier? Could there be a woman in this world capable of enchanting a block of wood like you, Young Master?”

“You!” Xiao Chen became even more furious after hearing her obvious sarcasm. Su Lianyue burst into laughter. “Oh my, I was right. That woman capable of enchanting you must be very pretty. Why don’t you tell me who she is?”

Xiao Chen slowly eased his clenched fingers and masqueraded his anger with a smile. “Hehe. Do you really wish to know?”

“Of course. Please tell me, Young Master.” Su Lianyue looked at him with great interest. Xiao Chen turned around and grinned. “Who could it be if not a great beauty like you?”

Su Lianyue turned pale and her expression instantly transformed. “You said that fox demon turned into me?!”

Xiao Chen shrugged. “Yeah, she stood right in front of me, all bare…” Before he could finish his sentence, a purple light charged at him. He moved aside, dodging the attack. Su Lianyue had lost all of her calm and her expression was filled with a murderous aura. He yelled, “What are you doing?!”

“I’m going to rip your eyes out!” Su Lianyue cast one spell after another. The Reed of Frosted Blue-Violet Jade, as if it had spiritual nature, turned into rays of purple light and charged at Xiao Chen. He evaded each of them, but these series of actions consumed a lot of his energy. He yelled, “Hey, are you sick, woman? I even hugged her! Are you going to chop off my hands as well…?”

“You!” Su Lianyue’s expression turned even ghastlier. She attacked him with everything she had, be it purple fog, purple light, or her Cyan Radiance Umbrella. He dodged in a panic, running in all directions to avoid being hit. In an instant, half of the forest was destroyed.

“Enough! You must be sick! It’s that fox demon who turned into you! What does it have to do with me?!”

“How dare you! If it weren’t for your wicked intentions, how would the fox demon…” Su Lianyue thought of how disgraceful the scene looked with the fox demon taking on her appearance. She felt even more humiliated. “I’m not going to the Corpse Refinery Sect with you anymore! I’ll kill you first!” In a flash, countless purple lights rained down on Xiao Chen.