Mountain Patrol Military Officer
Chapter 215 - 192: Demon Appears (Added for the White Silver Alliance’s Warm Sunshine)

Chapter 215: Chapter 192: Demon Appears (Added for the White Silver Alliance’s Warm Sunshine)

"Please, Family Head Xiao, gather all the guests, family members, and servants from your residence in the front courtyard!"

"Our Mountain-cutting Banner, accustomed to slaying demons year-round, will certainly identify any demonic beings!"

Liu Qing dismounted from his horse and strode over to the Family Head Xiao, greeting him with a fist salute, his voice stern.

Xiao Yuanshan’s face darkened, a seemingly polite but actually forceful tone from a Profound Body Military Officer, directing him to do this and that, made him internally displeased, and his expression stiffened.

He insisted on holding this birthday banquet for his daughter at this juncture, more out of personal motives, hoping to gather the clans at this time and leverage the issue of the Devil Race to establish the prestige of the Xiao Family.

The Xiao family did not leave with other scholar-gentry families but chose to stay in Guang’an Prefecture, not being moral paragons but merely pursuing power.

The Xiao ancestral home was here, and it reached its peak when his father served as a Colonel, with roots deep here, leaving for Jingguan City like other families would only weaken their strength, and then who would recognize the Xiao family.

Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix.

Even if the Devil Race approached, it wasn’t without room to manoeuvre.

Xiao Yuanshan spoke gruffly,

"Those who come here are distinguished guests of Guang’an Prefecture; it’s not like they are here to be displayed, to be ordered around at will, not to mention, there are women who it is inconvenient to expose in public!"

He spoke, and turning his tone, he elongated his voice, "It is your duty to slay demons and exorcise evil, and it is to protect the peace of the region, I, Xiao, understand that, however, your actions may have been somewhat incomplete. Besides, with several family heads of the household sitting here including me, are we still afraid of these petty devil race members?"

After speaking, with a cold snort, a burst of energy exploded around him, shaking out a surge of powerful Qi.

The domineering aura of the Heavenly Gate Tao Seed was undoubtedly displayed!

It seemed to be a display of his strength, but perhaps more so an intimidation towards Liu Qing!

"Hmph, why is Family Head Xiao talking so much with him?"

"Just a mere Colonel, and such an imposing manner!"

"Talking about sealing off and searching, the Ninth Mountain acts so despotically."

"If they had to come, it should be their General personally, if there really is a demon race, do they think all of us here are too old to move?" another family head, also in the Heavenly Pass Tao Seed Realm, dressed in luxurious clothes, with a thin face and grey hair, also snorted coldly.

Clearly discontented with Ninth Mountain’s actions.

Regarding any Demon Race spies, they obviously trusted themselves more, any spies daring to make a move amidst so many experts.

Just as someone was about to step forward to speak, suddenly a sharp breaking sound rushed through the rain curtain, followed directly by a white surge of Qi that exploded with a boom.

A massive Meteor Hammer hung above the Array Flag in the sky above Xiao Mansion, emanating a powerful Qi, vaporizing the rainwater within hundreds of meters as if surrounded by clouds and mist.

Followed by an impatient voice shouting down,

"If you are told to cooperate, then cooperate. What are you all still debating about face and inner conflicts!"

"The Nine Colonels wouldn’t be as easy to talk to as this General."

As the words fell, a burly figure appeared in the sky.

It was none other than the local Heavenly Pass Colonel Gou Zhi!

This shout suppressed the voices of everyone in the Xiao Mansion.

After all, the authority of a Colonel was present.

Seeing this Colonel, who had some connections with the Xiao family, speak this way, Xiao Yuanshan’s face grew ugly. Wanting to say something, he heard Gou Zhi’s message in his ear,

"Don’t say too much, do not offend the Ninth Mountain, the orders from the Nine Colonels, even I can only obey."

Xiao Yuanshan’s expression slightly changed.

He waved his hand and ordered in a stiff voice, "Go, call everyone out!"

And just at this moment, a sudden Sword sound erupted.

The person who had been the centre of attention since entering, Ji Wuming, the Chief Disciple of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect from Canghai Peak, suddenly fixed his gaze on the crowd, on a person with protruding jawbones dressed in a black robe, with an indifferent gaze.

This person conjured a black box in his hand, and a circle of pink smoke erupted, spraying towards the crowd at the front door.

The direction of the spray was precisely where the experts were gathered!

Ji Wuming’s eyes became sharply fierce, and pulling out the Green Blade Sword from his back, he leaped up and directly slashed towards that person.

The Shu Mountain Sword Sect had received an invitation from the Xiao family, Ji Wuming had not initially wanted to come, but later Liu Qing of the Ninth Mountain approached him, requesting his help to observe and act in Xiao Mansion, to see who would expose themselves at this opportunity.

He honored the favor from the Ninth Mountain’s Colonel, naturally not hesitating and promptly agreeing.

His first action since advancing to Heavenly Pass was as swift as thunder, his sword like a lightning rainbow slicing through the air,

"Slash!"

Only to see the sword light flash, slicing across the arm of the gloomy man.

Half an arm was chopped off by the thunder!

The box in his hand tilted to one side.

"Brother Ji!"

"Brother Sima"

A cry of alarm.

The Eldest Son of Xiao Family, Xiao Qingxiong, stared dumbfounded at the scene, and the color drained from the faces of the others at this sudden change.

And the "Sima Pu," whose half arm was chopped off, now had a fierce expression, his throat rolling as he howled, "Make your move!"

As soon as the words fell,

His neck suddenly stretched out five to six meters long, like a ghost with a long neck, and with his mouth wide open, he unexpectedly grew a blood-filled mouth not resembling any human shape.

And his target was a young man nearby who was attending the banquet, who stared with wide eyes in terror.

Immediately after, that gaping mouth swallowed the man’s entire head directly.

Then, a harsh "crack" sound of bones followed, as his entire head was twisted off by the mouth and swallowed.

A pitiful scream abruptly ended.

The next second, that "Sima Pu" underwent a ferocious transformation.

His clothes burst open, and a surge of black aura erupted, his body emitting a grating sound of bone friction as it swelled rapidly, and soon, a pair of blood-red fleshy wings burst forth first, followed by three sharp talons like daggers, a long neck with a beak-like mouth, and his pupils quickly turned white, exuding a chilling light.

Terrifying demonic energy rolled out, and with a life-shattering shriek, he flapped his wings, creating a fierce wind that swept away the pink mist.

Almost at the same time, in the crowd and the surrounding buildings, fierce roars and exploding wood shavings filled the air as demonic shadows shot up into the sky.

Each one brandishing claws and fangs, extremely savage.

A total of six demons appeared all at once!

Feiyi, Lu Shu, Ear Rat, Night Fox, Green Sparrow...

Four Tao Seeds, two at the Profound Body Peak, perched on eaves or arches, or above in the air, rolling demonic qi like dark clouds, covering the sky, their various eyes—blood red, forest green, or pale gold—menacingly watching everyone in the mansion.

And then, the pink mist, as if sentient, followed the stirring of Feiyi’s wings and spread, penetrating the people around.

This was where the crowd was dense.

Among them, several Family Heads were notably present.

Everything happened too fast, in a flash.

Where the pink smoke passed, cries of alarm rose.

"My True Qi!"

"Damn, this thing can seal Cultivation."

The air screeched violently.

Figures wildly shot towards the outside.

Two Heavenly Pass Family Heads were accidentally contaminated, penetrated by the pink mist, and cried out in shock and anger.

In the sky, Border Colonel Gou Zhi, seeing these four demons at the Heavenly Pass Tao Seed level, his eyelids twitched, and then he exploded in anger.

"Damn!"

"You children of the Devil Race, truly rampant."

The air burst wildly, his Meteor Hammer falling from the sky towards a demon, and his body flashed rapidly.

The six demons, cunningly, all rushed into the rolling pink mist, quickly expanding it and spreading it all around; any commoner touched by this mist would rapidly weaken, and the True Qi of Martial Arts Practitioners would be quickly consumed.

Inside, the air burst with bangs, the crowd fled, and soon, several pitiful screams followed.

Ji Wuming rushed in, quickly retreated in shock, pulling two people out.

While Gou Zhi roared as he charged in, trembling with the six demons for half a cup of tea time, he also retreated, his face dark as water.

This bizarre mist was truly strange; even he could be penetrated. These demons relied on this substance, entrenched within it, and the main issue was that there were still people inside, making it impossible for him to use his Divine Skills.