Chapter 58: Probing

Ning Xuan, along with his big brother and the Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon, waited in the mountains for several days. Finally, they saw the Jixiang Merchant Guild’s convoy coming from the direction of the official road.

The reason why Ning Xuan brought his big brother was because of the mystery of “dragon qi.”

His strength was clearly far superior to his big brother’s, but his big brother’s Heavenly Master’s Seal could still suppress him, making him unable to move half a step except for defending on the spot, and also unable to use his magic weapon for long-range attacks.

The suppression of the spirit had nothing to do with strength.

His nature, that is, his spirit, was 5. His big brother should be one or two points stronger than him, and these one or two points, combined with the dragon qi, were enough to suppress him.

However, the existence of his constitution would make his big brother consume more energy when suppressing him.

Although this was just a test of the Shanmo Sect’s “Hunchbacked Mountain Duke,” for the sake of insurance, he still brought his big brother over to help him out.

At this time…

The sound of wheels and the running of oxen and horses became closer and closer.

The four words “Jixiang Merchant Guild” on the flag also became clearer and clearer.

Ning Xuan glanced at the Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon next to him and said, “Just this merchant guild. Go and destroy all their cargo boxes.”

The Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon had long known its mission.

And it also knew that this trip was definitely not that simple.

But, with this mysterious humanoid demon staring at it from behind, it had no choice but to go.

During this period of time, this humanoid demon had deliberately let it run twice in order to make it give up. As a result, no matter how it ran, it would be directly caught back. Once, it was even beaten with a punch and vomited blood.

It had already given up on escaping.

If it were given another choice, it would definitely not come to this “Meat Man Prefecture” to eat people. Even if it came, it would have to follow a good boss first.

Just then, the voice of the humanoid demon came from its side again.

“This merchant guild may have other incense fire demons protecting it. If that demon appears, you are not allowed to retreat. If you retreat, I will kill you directly.”

“Incense… incense fire…” the Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon wailed.

Ning Xuan said, “What’s wrong with incense fire?”

“Usually, when I see someone with incense fire, I… I would rush to curry favor with them, hoping to be taught the scriptures so that I can recite them day and night. How would I dare to offend them?” the Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon said.

Ning Xuan said, “Get ready.”

“I… I know.” The Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon gritted its teeth, and its ten-foot-long body slightly bent, prostrating on the cliff wall by the official road. Its claws tightened on the hard rock, and slowly, a layer of gold appeared on its claws, and the tips of its claws also became as sharp as thin knives.

Ning Xuan knew very well that this was the Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon’s innate demonic technique – [Golden Wolf Cutting the Wind].

[Golden Wolf Cutting the Wind: Claws produce sharp light, its speed is like the wind, the faster it is, the sharper the claw power, and it can cut gold and iron with one cut.]

Why did he know?

Because, this Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon had long been refined into a record by him.

Although this wolf demon was weak, if it had met the Mountain-Crashing Bear at the beginning, the outcome of the two would have been hard to say.

[Bear Crushing the Mountain Peak] was a crushing force, which could crush a human body.

[Golden Wolf Cutting the Wind] was a cutting force, which could cut gold and iron.

Ning Xuan would never not refine a record just because a demon was weak.

There was no harm in having more skills. Why not get the power that he could get?

In his opinion, this [Golden Wolf Cutting the Wind] was quite good. It was a kind of power that his own body could learn and integrate into his own martial arts system. This might not be as powerful and effective as [Yin Wind Evil], [Void and Real Escape], and [Shape-Shifting Technique], but the latter… he couldn’t learn them either.

The Jixiang Merchant Guild’s convoy was getting closer and closer.

The Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon was still prostrating on the cliff.

“Hmm?”

Ning Xuan made an impatient sound.

The Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon was frightened and immediately “swooshed” out. In mid-air, its claws flashed with a golden rainbow light and directly grabbed at the cargo box on the foremost ox cart.

The people of the Jixiang Merchant Guild also discovered this wolf demon, and their faces turned ashen with fear.

The driver of the foremost ox cart was so scared that his mouth was wide open, and he looked up at the terrifying wolf shadow.

For ordinary people, everything might be very fast.

But for Ning Xuan, time suddenly seemed to slow down.

He saw a thin wisp of incense fire rising rapidly from the Jixiang Merchant Guild like a long and thin wisp of cooking smoke. It was like a hazy and misty smoke palm spreading its five fingers, blocking in front of the Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon.

The Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon smelled the incense fire and immediately shivered. It subconsciously wanted to shrink back, but when it felt the terrifying humanoid demon behind it, it let out a roar to embolden itself.

“Awoo!!”

The wolf howl, accompanied by the sharp light from top to bottom, passed through the blocking smoke palm and tore heavily on the wall of the ox cart’s cargo box.

Crash!!

The cargo box was shattered, and the rolls of fine cloth inside were all scattered.

In the Jixiang Merchant Guild, many people were frightened and hurriedly put their hands together, muttering, “Mountain Duke protect us, Mountain Duke protect us…”

When the Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon saw that it had already made a move, its wolf face became more and more crazy. It didn’t stop, and its hind claws kicked hard, sending the original cargo box flying. It used the momentum to grab at the next carriage.

“Mountain Duke protect us.”

“Mountain Duke protect us.”

“Mountain Duke protect us…”

The muttering sound formed a prayer that made one’s eardrums buzz.

Bang!

The Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon destroyed the second cargo box, and some of the porcelain inside was shattered.

“So annoying! Stop shouting!”

The wolf demon let out a strange howl.

It rushed towards the third cargo box again.

High up, Ning Xuan and Chou Nu were observing.

They saw that the incense fire palm that had been scattered by the Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon was rapidly solidifying.

Just as the wolf demon was about to destroy the third cargo box, the incense fire completely solidified.

A giant of more than ten zhang suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

It was not a transparent golden body, but a white-haired old man with a bent back and eyes full of divine indifference.

His face was solemn, revealing a sense of sacredness that had been through the vicissitudes of life; his body was hunched, and the fleshy hump on his back was like a majestic mountain peak. The top of this mountain peak was his highest point.

He was wearing a dried yak skin, and his left hand was holding a staff with a copper bell tied to it. With each step, the bell made a crisp ding-ling-ling sound.

“The Mountain Duke has appeared!”

“The Mountain Duke has appeared!”

“Mountain Duke!”

“Mountain Duke!”

Everyone in the Jixiang Merchant Guild knelt down, their expressions excited and pious, and they kowtowed to the majestic old man.

The Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon flying in mid-air felt as if it had fallen into an ice cave. It fell to the ground with a thud, its claws tore open, and it roared at the old man high up.

The Hunchbacked Mountain Duke cast an indifferent gaze, and the staff in his hand moved and stabbed at the wolf demon.

The Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon’s eyes were wide. It hurriedly looked at the cliff not far away, and its wolf mouth opened. Before it could shout the words “help,” the staff had fallen from the sky.

Thud!

The Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon’s body was pressed to the bottom and then pierced through.

Its whole body was in excruciating pain, and it moved its claws weakly. At the last moment of its life, it finally heard an angry voice.

“How dare you kill my little brother?”

The Golden-Clawed Wolf Demon fell into an endless darkness.

And a black shadow had already pulled open the rolling fierce wind and pounced on the Hunchbacked Mountain Duke from a distance. Its fists and arms were densely covered with power, and its flesh and blood were dense, directly turning into scales.

Just a bang!

It hit the Hunchbacked Mountain Duke’s left arm and made a hole.

There was no flesh and blood in the hole, only lingering incense fire.

The Hunchbacked Mountain Duke’s aura locked onto Ning Xuan.

The indifferent eyes met the ferocious and teasing eyes behind the ghost mask.

Suppression was useless!

It grabbed back with its right hand.

But if Ning Xuan felt that he was “clumsy and stiff,” then the Hunchbacked Mountain Duke at this time was “not only clumsy and stiff, but also very slow.”

Ning Xuan grabbed the arm with a hole, and then it was a rain of punches.

He didn’t know until he fought. After he fought, he felt that the Hunchbacked Mountain Duke’s power was at most at the level of the White Mountain Zen Master, and it didn’t have a magic weapon. The staff was made of incense fire, and had no other special features.

If they were to compete in pure constitution, the Hunchbacked Mountain Duke was at most 10, while he was 15.

Crack!!

The Hunchbacked Mountain Duke’s left arm was directly torn off and thrown aside.

Ning Xuan did not dodge the right hand that was slapping at him. He turned his left hand into a fist and secretly used the “Swallow’s Union” dual force merging technique, and smashed out with a loud bang.

Crash!!

Bang!

A hole was directly broken in the palm of the right hand, and the hole was deep, extending to the entire forearm.

“Why is this?” the Hunchbacked Mountain Duke asked strangely.

“You killed Xiao Jin. He was my beloved friend!” Ning Xuan replied angrily, and then continued to attack.

The people of the Jixiang Merchant Guild who were kowtowing were dumbfounded.

They watched as the Hunchbacked Mountain Duke who had appeared in front of them had its left arm torn off, then its right arm torn off, and its head was even hit crooked. Then it disappeared from the spot in a flash.

Then, just as the Jixiang Merchant Guild was preparing to face a devastating disaster, the terrifying ghost-faced man also disappeared.

They were like in a dream. They knelt on the spot for a long time, and then hurriedly got up, collected the scattered cloth, porcelain, etc., and hurried on their way.