"Vile creature! In broad daylight, you dare to commit such atrocities, and in such a cruel manner, are you truly not afraid of death!?"
"Afraid of death...?"
From the direction of the box, another soldier spoke up:
"I am here... to exact revenge!"
The monster let out a sharp scream, its speech becoming more fluent.
"That Qian Song went hunting up the mountain and killed all five of my family! My parents stepped into his trap and were crushed to death, my two younger sisters had their throats slit by him, and my little brother, not even dead yet, was skinned alive!"
The voice became sharper and higher, until several soldiers around joined in, shouting:
"Go look at the Qian family’s cabinet, the skins of all five of my family still hang there!!"
"So I must kill them all and let them taste the feeling of being skinned alive!!"
"This is only the first... there are still his two children, and his wife! I want them to be buried with my family!!"
The Fox Demon’s voice was sharp and piercing, like a cuckoo wailing, making it hard for people to remain calm.
Pei Laoliu fell silent at this time.
He had long suspected the true reason for the murder of Qian Song.
But hearing the monster admit it with his own ears, he couldn’t help but sigh with sorrow.
Nonetheless, a sigh is just a sigh.
If it meant watching this Fox Demon kill before his eyes, that was impossible as well.
"Demon fox, since you are here for revenge, you should understand the principle of targeted revenge! Now that the murderer has been killed by you, why would you continue killing!? The two children and Mrs. Qian are innocent, they didn’t kill your family, if you kill them too, how are you any different from Qian Song?"
The soldiers there suddenly fell silent, seemingly considering Pei Laoliu’s words.
A moment later, sharp shouts erupted again, saying:
"Don’t try to deceive me! You’re in league with them! He killed my family! I want his whole family for their lives!!"
As the Fox Demon’s words fell, all the soldiers raised their long spears.
They transformed from their previous sluggish movements, swiftly lunging towards Pei Laoliu with their spears.
"Master, please show mercy!"
Behind him, Xing Rilong shouted, hurriedly rushing forward, afraid Pei Laoliu would kill them all in a single breath.
These men were all his subordinates; if they all died here, his captaincy would come to an end.
"Master, please hold your hand! Leave this to me!"
Xing Rilong drew his treasure sword, his figure flickering as he dashed into the midst of the City Guard Army.
In his hand, the sword light danced, skillfully knocking down the tips of their spears one by one.
The soldiers, having lost their weapons, didn’t stop but opened their mouths, lunging like beasts to bite.
Yet Xing Rilong’s martial arts were formidable as well.
He deftly maneuvered, occasionally delivering a palm strike, felling those hit to the ground, unable to regain strength.
In a few swift motions, all the manipulated soldiers had lost their combat power, lying unconscious on the ground.
"Demon Fox! Come out and face your death!"
Xing Rilong, in high spirits from the fight, directly called out to the Demon Fox near the box.
Two cries like a baby’s wail sounded, piercing Xing Rilong’s ears painfully, causing him to raise his hands to cover them.
Soon, a burst of Dark Energy Fluctuation erupted.
The air around filled with an invisible energy, enveloping everyone in the storage.
Xing Rilong struggled slightly for two seconds before collapsing to the ground, as if drained.
His soldiers were the same, all manipulated instantly by the strange technique of the Demon Fox.
Pei Laoliu sensed something was wrong and knew he had to act immediately.
If everyone swarmed and attacked together, it would be difficult to avoid harming the innocent.
Suppressing the dizziness in his mind, Master Liu raised his hand to unleash a Sword Control Technique.
However, a figure was faster than him; it was Da Hei!
Only to see the large black figure darting like lightning, transforming into a Black Shadow rushing towards the back of the box.
A miserable cry sounded, issued by the Demon Fox.
Afterwards, Pei Laoliu saw a black and a white figure breaking out of the box, entangled and tearing at each other, constantly producing bursts of beastly roars.
At this moment, Master Liu finally saw the true form of the Demon Fox.
It turned out to be a white fox the size of a domestic dog.
Judging by its size, it was about as big as Jin Bao in Zhang Xiaoman’s home, only about a dozen pounds.
This fox, although it knew a bit of mesmerizing Demon Art, was very lacking in close combat ability.
As it fought with the large black figure, it was clearly being suppressed, with not a bit of ability to retaliate.
Soon enough, the ground of the warehouse was covered with white fur, all pulled off by the large black figure.
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The Demon Fox cried out, attempting to summon the few soldiers it had earlier controlled to come to its aid.
But the large black figure was not one to be trifled with, biting relentless, preventing it from having the time to perform Demon Art.
Finally, the fox lost its strength, being held by the large black figure’s bite, unable to move anymore.
Pei Laoliu looked around at the few people, seeing they had already fallen to the ground and returned to normal, then said:
"Alright, Da Hei, let go."
Upon hearing this, the latter immediately released its mouth, guarding by the side.
The Demon Fox was now all bruised and battered, its white fur stained with specks of red blood, lying on the ground, its eyes lifelessly looking at Pei Laoliu.
The sound of the Mountain and River Sword swung came, as Master Liu held the Longsword gazing at it, yet did not immediately stab down.
Seeing the eyes of the white Little Fox on the ground, he thought of the black giant snake in East Origin Village.
That giant snake also came for revenge.
Its owner had died miserably in the mountains because the villagers refused to offer shelter, leading it to believe those people killed its owner.
But to those villagers, many of the young ones who died were just children at the time, what could they know? Were they not innocent too?
In this matter, there was actually no right or wrong, only different positions of the two sides.
Just like Qian Song who was skinned, he simply went up the mountain to hunt, to feed his family.
Killing a family of foxes was nothing more than the natural law of survival of the fittest.
After all, in the eyes of humans, they were just animals.
But to the Little Fox, even if those foxes hadn’t gained Spiritual Wisdom, they were all its family.
The fox came here for revenge, which was also not wrong.
Master Liu sighed, slowly withdrawing the Mountain and River Sword in his hand.
Upon hearing the story of the fox, his heart was quite sympathetic towards it.
Although he himself is human, the Demon Fox was no ordinary wild beast, but one possessing Spiritual Wisdom, able to communicate with humans.
"Demon Fox, I ask you, at this point, do you still want to be stubborn?"
Master Liu said to it.
He knows the counterpart can understand, just that having lost control of the puppet, it couldn’t speak.
The white Little Fox did not move, just looking at him like that.
Whether it was unwilling to respond or really didn’t have the strength was unknown.
"Demon Fox, I know you hate Qian Song fiercely, he killed your whole family, skinned their pelts; if it were me, I certainly wouldn’t forgive him."
"But Qian Song’s family did not know about this, and they, like your deceased kin, are also innocent."
"You avenged your family by killing Qian Song, I don’t care."
"But you cannot harm his family; if you let your anger affect them, how are you different from Qian Song?"
"I know your cultivation is not easy, I don’t want to take your life, but as a human, I cannot sit by and watch you slaughter my people, or you will fall into the demon path, why suffer this?"
He thought for a while, then took out a Four-leaf Flower from his clothes pocket, placing it by the Demon Fox’s mouth, and said:
"I’m giving you a chance, eat it, and you’ll recover, then stay by my side to cultivate from now on."