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What fell out of the small machine was a red bead.
The bead rolled down into Ji Dong’s palm, but quickly melted and vaporized into gas, dissipating without a trace in an instant as if he had caught a snowflake.
“Very good.”
Ren Jianmo nodded in satisfaction.
Ji Dong was simply confused.
But now was not the time to get to the bottom of this, because Chief Steward Yan was already less than fifty meters away from them and would soon be at their appointment.
The place where Ji Dong and the others chose to start was a small, circular open space in the backyard, the only way to Tongtian Pavilion.
This open space was surrounded by a crescent-shaped lotus pond, facing the water in the East. The entrance of a nine-curved covered bridge leading to the Huxin Pavilion was next to it, and a three-meter-high rockery was in the south. In order to match the shape of the fish pond, a winding and narrow cobblestone path is paved in the south and north.
From a bird’s-eye view, this area was like a bead on a thread, and the size was almost just enough to be completely covered by [Absolutely Space].
This open space itself was quite empty, there was no good hiding spot, so Ji Dong and Ren Jianmo hid in front of the path behind a large bush of azaleas, and watched the five monsters who were getting closer and closer through the gap between the flowers and leaves.
Ten meters, five meters, one meter…
Chief Steward Yan led the demon to step into the open space next to the lotus pond.
At that moment, a girl’s delicate and panicked scream came from afar, “Someone help!”
Hearing the girl’s scream, Chief Steward Yan and his four followers stopped in their tracks and turned their heads together to look toward the source of the sound.
The scream had come from the direction of the Huxin Pavilion.
Chief Steward Yan turned back and raised his chin toward the two demons on the left rear, signaling them to go over and take a look.
The two demons followed the orders and turned to step onto the nine-curved covered bridge leading to the Huxin Pavilion while Chief Steward Yan and the other two guards waited in place.
The cold sweat that seeped out from the tension stimulated the tiny scratches on his palm, but he acted as if he was oblivious, not caring about the tingling sensation.
Ji Xiao’niao felt that they were lucky.
Because this was the most uncertain part of their plan.
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From the beginning to the end, what they wanted was only one person, Chief Steward Yan.
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But Ren Jianmo only shook his head unnoticeably.
It seems that with only two drops of blood as the “price”, the [Pedigree Identification Machine] could only be of such use.
The lotus pond was full of luxuriant flowers and trees, plus, even if the courtyard was full of lights, it was still a starless and moonless night. The two monsters on the corridor bridge hade just turned two corners and turned into a dead corner invisible to everyone in the open space.
The next second, Chief Steward Yan and his two followers disappeared without warning in front of Ji Dong and Ren Jianmo.
It was as if there was an invisible eraser that erased the image drawn on the paper. The surrounding rockery, flowers and trees, and fish ponds were not missing at all, and only the three demons were erased from the view of the two.
Yet Ji Dong knew what was going on.
Without wasting half a second, he jumped up from behind the azalea bushes.
At the same time, the black bracelet he wore on his wrist turned into a bow, which was drawn back fully by its master, and shot two arrows in a row towards the void.
Ren Jianmo had also already leaped out.
He disappeared from Ji Dong’s field of vision along with the two stray arrows.
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Ren Jianmo had just entered the range of that small circular open space and saw Chief Steward Yan and his two followers again.
Only the situation was already very different from a second ago.
Both guards had been hit by arrows.
One of them had an arrow stuck straight into his chest and was lying on his side on the ground in its original form which was a civet cat. It was clear that the demon was dead; the other, on the other hand, had been shot in the shoulder and was screaming in pain, trying to pull the arrow that was nailed deep into the flesh out.
“You, what are you?!”
Chief Steward Yan never dreamed that someone would be so bold and dare to attack him directly.
However, Ren Jianmo did not intend to talk to him at all.
Like a swift thunderbolt, he arrived in front of Chief Steward Yan in a flash.
He didn’t see Ren Jianmo making any moves to draw his sword. He saw two flashes of cold light, and then the two daggers in his hands: a long blade [Wind Blade] and a short blade [Frost Blade].
But Chief Steward Yan was very different from those demons who were put down with just two arrows. At the moment when Ren Jianmo was gradually approaching him, he had already begun stumbling back and had retreated two meters away.
With a crisp sound of silk tearing, there was a big slash 30 cm long in the brocade robe on Chief Steward Yan’s body.
He covered his injured arm, his eyes were wide open, his white cheeks were flushed, and he was much more angry than in disbelief.
Chief Steward Yan thought he had clearly dodged the blade Ren Jianmo had swung, but in reality, he had not.
This was an extremely formidable opponent!
Because he has the bloodline of Hǒu, Chief Yan’s cultivation rose much easier than the other demons’, and later with the Wutongshen, the pile of demons, whether it was to be windy, to be rainy, he had never suffered any grievances.
At this moment, Ren Jianmo destroyed his robe and hurt his arm. He was really shocked and angry. He just wanted to cut this sudden bold human into a thousand pieces to solve his hatred.
But although Chief Steward Yan was annoyed to the extreme, his reaction at this time was very calm.
However, when he jumped, his figure suddenly distorted, like a CG special effect done on a computer, turning into a big dog with a body length of more than one meter.
The dog was completely black, with only a crimson mane on the back of its neck.
Before the big dog landed on his feet, he turned around suddenly in midair, opened his mouth, and a fist-sized white gold flame shot out of his mouth, hitting Ren Jianmo head-on.
Just by looking at the color of this flame, one could tell that its temperature was extremely high. Even if it only slightly brushed him, that handsome face of Ren Jianmo’s would be baked into a piece of coal.
Ren Jianmo reacted very quickly, his body lowered, and he narrowly avoided the fireball that came directly for his head. Then he jumped up and kicked the big dog.
The mane on the back of the neck of the black dog that Steward Yan had transformed into, flickered, when he jumped a few feet away by kicking on thin air as if it were stepping on a cloud under its feet, effectively dodging Ren Jianmo’s kick.
The exchange of blows between the man and dog was so quick only a blur of sparks and flashes could be seen.
At this time, the guard who was still alive after being hit by the arrow broke the arrow, and shouted violently before his fingernails grew long, his claws became hooks, and he rushed towards Ren Jianmo.
But someone’s speed was one step faster than the guard’s.
Hearing a muffled “pop” sound, the guard stilled and maintained his posture with his claws stretched forward, but there was an arrow at the back of his heart, and he immediately fell to the ground, revealing the original shape of the lynx.
Hearing the sound of the vibrating string, the black dog suddenly turned his head and saw that there was a young boy dressed as a servant behind him. The bow he held in his hands was pulled back, and the arrow point was pointing straight at him.
This was called a front and back. The enemy was being attacked from the back and the front. Even if he was the prideful Chief Steward Yan, he would still be completely restless.
He opened his mouth wide, and this time he spit out a roar full of anger instead of flames.
Chief Steward Yan was asking for help from his guards.
It stands to reason that the two guards were not far away, and when they heard the movement just now, they should have turned back, but no matter how loud the black dog barked, the two did not return the slightest sound.
——Are they dead, too?!
Chief Steward Yan’s heart was in doubt and he couldn’t help but instinctively want to bolt.
Although he had inherited a trace of the Hǒu’s bloodline and was able to spit out fire, he was not a true ancient divine beast after all, and the demonic power in his body alone was only enough to spit out three mouthfuls of flame at most.
If by now, Chief Yan still can’t detect something strange happening here, it would be a waste of his four hundred years of cultivation.
Whether it be the two arrows that appeared out of thin air at the beginning, the two people who jumped out without warning, or the two guards he couldn’t call back, they were all reminding the black dog that he had fallen into the humans’ trap. If he didn’t escape at this time, he might not be able to at all later.
As Steward Yan made up his mind not to fight. He stepped in the air, jumped up, and pretended to pounce on Ren Jianmo, but when he approached him, he made a sharp turn of more than 90 degrees. At the same time, he turned his head, and opened its dog’s mouth wide to spit out a second golden fireball!
“Watch out!”
Ji Dong cried out while loosening the bowstring, letting the arrow shoot towards the black dog that flew through mid-air.
Ren Jianmo lowered his waist and arched back, quickly leaning himself back to avoid the fire, while swinging the [Frost Blade] of his right hand forward with a “swish” and slashing through the left hind leg of the black dog.
“Owooooo!!!”
The big dog gave a shrill wail, and his feet stumbled in the air before he fell straight down.
This time, when Ren Jianmo swung his leg again, he kicked the body of Chief Steward Yan, sending the black dog flying out in an arc before it slammed into the rockery with a bang.
“Owoooooooo!!!” The big dog gave a shrill wail, and his feet stumbled in the air and fell straight down.
The black dog almost lost half of its life on the jagged rocks, and also lost half of its true fire and pride. He staggered to get up, clamped his tail, and managed to catch up with Ren Jianmo. After spitting out a full circle of fireballs, despite its dignity as a great demon, it ran straight towards the nearest bush like a rabbit running for its life.
“Owooooo-woo!”
The sound of the arrow breaking through the air sounded again.
“Owooooo!!!”
The black dog barked heartbreakingly and fell to the ground with a “poof.”
His tail was pierced by a feathered arrow and pinned to the ground, and he could no longer hope to run again.
“Wow, that’s amazing!”
Seeing that the black dog was restrained, Fan Luming, the younger brother of the Fan family, then poked his head out of the hole in the rockery, clapping his hands while exclaiming.
“You two, really powerful!”
He thought for a moment, and then sincerely exclaimed.
“Much better than my sister!”
Thanks for the chapter 💕
Hahaha a fanboy was born 😂
Lmao he abandoned his sister to grab onto two thigs LIKE THAT