Upon seeing the terrifying spectacle of the colossal rat spirit leaping out of the darkness, Brother Cheng was startled.
“Are rats really that huge?”
Brother Cheng quickly stepped in front of Li Muyang, releasing a stream of cold light from his mouth.
“Rise!”
The cold light sprayed from the youth’s mouth instantly flew across the long street, reaching extreme speeds.
The flying sword nurtured within his belly, once unsheathed, exhibited astonishing power.
The semi-transparent giant rat was instantly penetrated by the cold light of the flying sword.
Yet, this formidable flying sword left the giant rat’s spirit completely unscathed.
The rat continued to charge, hissing as it spit out several clusters of ghostly fire toward Li Muyang.
The robed youth in front of Li Muyang frowned and snorted coldly, “Even a mere remnant soul dares to be so arrogant!”
Although the flying sword’s attack was ineffective, the youth remained confident.
He could tell at a glance that the power of the giant rat’s spirit was weak, only capable of bullying Outer Sect Disciples at the Qi Refinement Realm.
As several clusters of ghost fire attacked at once, the youth did not retreat; instead, he met them head-on and struck with the palm of his hand.
Then…
“Puff…”
Amidst the sound of blood spray, the youth spat out blood and was thrown backward, half-covered in frost.
“Such a sinister ghost fire!”
Brother Cheng was caught in disbelief, shocked by the potent power of the cold ghost fire.
He hurriedly shouted to the two Outer Sect Disciples behind him, “You guys quickly…”
He had intended to shout for the two Outer Sect Disciples to run away because the vengeful spirit was more troublesome than expected.
But when Brother Cheng turned around, he found that the two Outer Sect Disciples had already run far away.
Under the moonlight, only the silhouettes of Li Muyang and Guan Xiaoshun could be seen getting further away on the long street…
…
Several minutes later, the trio, now safe, regrouped.
Brother Cheng, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, was deeply furrowed in thought.
“Did the Lord of Demon Sword City actually deceive me? He clearly stated that all the remnants in this city were exceedingly weak and could not possibly attack living beings.”
Not only were there remnants capable of attacking living people, but even he, a cultivator at the latter stages of Foundation Establishment, could not defeat them…
Looking at Li Muyang and Guan Xiaoshun before him, the youth said, “You two stay here and ensure no one enters this district, I will go find the Lord of Demon Sword City!”
Although the Lord of Demon Sword City was the ruler here, in terms of influence, he might not provoke the elite among the Inner Sect Disciples.
And Brother Cheng was one such elite.
Li Muyang and Guan Xiaoshun were left behind to wait, watching Brother Cheng’s departing figure. Guan Xiaoshun said in a low voice,
“Li, do you think Brother Cheng will end up fighting when he goes to confront the Lord of Demon Sword City?”
Guan Xiaoshun was somewhat worried.
Li Muyang, however, was indifferent to the struggles within the Demon Sect.
He was more concerned about the sinister giant rat spirit.
When the ghostly spirit had leaped out of the darkness, Li Muyang was able to react instantly and dodge in time because the Magic Artifact in his dantian had sensed it.
This Magic Artifact seemed to have a strong reaction to dead things like the spirit of the Red Flame King.
Considering the visions that had appeared during the forging of this artifact… could it be that this artifact specializes in fighting against vengeful and resentful spirits?
Honestly, if Guan Xiaoshun had not been standing by his side, Li Muyang would have wanted to pull out the Magic Artifact and test it against the Rat King spirit.
The spirit of the Rat King was not powerful, but its methods were peculiar, which caused Cheng Feiyang, a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage, to suffer an unexpected setback.
Actually, even the lingering spirit of the Red Flame Rat King couldn’t catch up with Li Muyang and Guan Xiaoshun at the Qi Refinement Realm. The weakness of its power was evident, far inferior to its strength during its lifetime.
Thinking of this, Li Muyang walked to the side of the street and sat down, saying,
“Xiaoshun, keep watch for me, I’m going to take a nap. Wake me if anything happens.”
The night in the City of Demonic Swords was eerily quiet and desolate, which made it boring for the two of them to stare at each other while guarding the intersection.
Moreover, the unexpected encounter with a ghost had suddenly given Li Muyang an inspiration—he decided to try something in the game.
Pretending to be asleep, Li Muyang closed his eyes, opened the system, and re-entered the game.
Old rules, load the game and enter the combat phase, directly ambushing the Red Flame King coming out of the house.
But this time, after a successful ambush, Li Muyang didn’t linger to fight. Instead, he fought while retreating, forcibly luring the Red Flame Rat King out of the Metasequoia Courtyard.
However, even though the Red Flame King was arrogant, once he saw Li Muyang leave the Metasequoia Courtyard, he refused to chase after him.
“Damn you, you little thief!”
The Red Flame King roared from atop the courtyard wall, his eyes blood-red. “You can’t escape! I’ll mobilize the entire Demon Race in the city to hunt you down!”
Li Muyang had tried to lure the Red Flame King out before, but the situation always played out like this.
Once he left the courtyard, the rat would not follow.
Now facing the threats of the Red Flame King, Li Muyang chuckled and said, “If Lord Bifeng knew you were courting his wife…you’d probably be in trouble before I am.”
Li Muyang directly revealed the shameful act committed by the Red Flame King, using it to threaten his adversary.
The giant rat flew into a rage: “You little thief… When did you hear that?!”
Discovering that Li Muyang had overheard its secret meeting with Lord Bifeng’s wife, the Red Flame Rat King immediately leaped over the courtyard wall and charged towards Li Muyang, roaring as it advanced.
Still the same tactics, the same tricks.
The giant rat spewed out black and red smoke, trying to obscure the visual field with it.
No sooner had it covered the area with smoke than Li Muyang had already ducked and dashed towards the outside of the smoke.
As he kept running frantically, the weird black and red smoke constantly surrounded him, refusing to dissipate.
Yet within the smoke, the attacks from the Red Flame Rat King became much less frequent.
Realizing this, Li Muyang smiled mischievously.
Your smoke is indeed fierce, but I don’t believe you can cover the entire city with it!
Li Muyang sprinted through the smoke, occasionally defending against sudden attacks within it.
And the Red Flame Rat King, who kept pursuing him and spewing smoke, clearly couldn’t produce an endless supply of it.
He was unable to keep chasing Li Muyang and spewing smoke indefinitely.
Finally, Li Muyang dashed out of the range covered by the smoke and came onto a spacious street.
Behind him, within the smoke, came the furious roar of the Red Flame King.
“Good! Boy! Well done!”
“Since you’ve heard what you shouldn’t have, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
“Today, I swear, I’ll fight you to the end, you little thief!”
Amid the roar of the huge creature, the next moment, the smoke behind Li Muyang explosively dispersed.
A terrifying figure, ablaze with raging fire, appeared in Li Muyang’s field of vision.
It was a giant fire rat, but the smoke on its body moved like a venomous snake, making its entire form seem grotesquely terrifying.
And the health bar above its head was barely depleted at all.
However, this fearsome Demon King creature had undoubtedly entered the Second Phase.
Seeing this, Li Muyang smirked and stopped fleeing.
He turned around and faced the monster head-on.
An assassination in broad daylight on a city street!