The dragon hound let out a low growl at him, eager and waiting for an opportunity to bite.
"Damn it, just a stinky girl, but so arrogant!"
Unable to deal with Li Tianjue, he decided to take this brat hostage first!
The shop owner was finally enraged. He drew a long sword from behind the counter and pointed it menacingly at Su Luo, "Don't think you're so great just because you're from the Qingxu Heaven. I'll kill you first, you stinky girl, and then I'll deal with..."
Before he could finish speaking, the dragon hound had already charged forward.
He felt a powerful killing intent wash over him, and a black shadow instantly appeared before him. The shop owner quickly parried, swinging his sword. However, the dragon hound bit down on his long sword, snapping it into two pieces with a loud crack.
The shop owner's eyes nearly popped out of his head. His third-tier Saint artifact couldn't withstand a dog's bite?!
"Kill them! Kill them all!"
He roared, gripping the broken half of his sword and stabbing at the dragon hound.
But how could the dragon hound be a match for him?
With a sweep of its claw, a violent force struck, sending the shop owner flying.
With another claw, the counter was shattered, sending splinters of wood flying everywhere. It wreaked havoc in the shop like a whirlwind, constantly carrying various Saint artifacts to Su Luo, overturning shelves, and causing chaos.
In moments, a pile of over a dozen Saint-grade weapons lay before Su Luo.
Fan Tian stood nervously beside Su Luo, unsure of what to do, yet filled with a touch of excitement. He didn't know why, but he felt happy seeing these people suffer.
As long as his sister was happy, he was happy.
The shop owner collapsed feebly on the ground, his spine broken, his mouth full of blood. He couldn't get up.
Su Luo collected the Saint artifacts from the ground and glanced at him, "You're lucky you're not on the bounty list. We won't waste our energy killing you. Senior Brother, let's go."
Li Tianjue gave him a deep look, turned, and left with Su Luo.
The shop owner felt as if he had been granted a great pardon, collapsing like a puddle of mud on the ground, trembling all over. He knew he had narrowly escaped death.
So close, so terrifying...
After leaving the shop, Li Tianjue and Su Luo continued on their way.
"Good haul. So many Saint artifacts, worth at least over a billion spirit coins," Li Tianjue said, handing Su Luo a meteor iron rod he had casually picked up on the way out. It was also a ninth-grade magic artifact, worth tens of millions, and not worth leaving behind.
Su Luo grinned and accepted it, tucking it away. She exclaimed, "It really feels good to extort and seize things by force. No wonder the demonic sects like to do this."
Today, she too would be arrogant and opportunistic, taking advantage of the situation!
However, as soon as she turned the corner, a large group of people appeared before them.
These people were fierce, wielding weapons. Some were burly, others had sinister eyes, or tattoos on their arms. They were clearly powerful cultivators, notorious demonic figures.
One of them, a burly man with bulging muscles and arms covered in what looked like tumors, held a mace and pointed it grimly at Li Tianjue, "Good, Li Tianjue. It's one thing for you to hunt down our demonic sect members, but today you dare to come here alone with this woman and act so brazenly. Do you really think our demonic sect has no one capable of dealing with you?"
He exuded a terrifying aura, clearly a local tyrant of Great Wan City.
Beside him stood a handsome and alluring young man dressed in colorful, luxurious robes, adorned like a pheasant.
He held a ball of colorful flames in his palm, floating without touching the ground. He looked at Su Luo with a sinister gaze, licking his scarlet tongue. "This woman is mine, tsk tsk tsk... sweet blood, tender skin, she must taste quite good."
"Hu Erlang, don't you dare try to snatch her from me. I saw this woman first. It'll be more fun to turn her into a preserved delicacy."
The speaker was standing to the other side of the burly man. He was a thin, lanky man, like a bamboo pole, with squinted eyes. His cold gaze swept from Li Tianjue to Su Luo, then landed on the dragon hound. He chuckled creepily, "I didn't expect you to have a dragon hound. This is a divine beast. The Qingxu Heaven has quite the foundation, no wonder it's the top sect."
"Later, we'll stew this dog. My treat, everyone!"
Suddenly, a gust of wind swept through, and with a roar, the black shadow shot towards the lean man like lightning.
How could the dragon hound tolerate such provocation and humiliation? Its form instantly enlarged, returning to its original size. It opened its monstrous maw and roared, charging at the man to bite him.
The demonic cultivators immediately scattered. Combat was about to break out.
The lean man, having prepared to act while speaking, naturally knew the power of the dragon hound. He immediately summoned his own demonic pet, a rare ninth-tier mutated beast king, a three-headed giant python.
While its bloodline was inferior to the dragon hound's, it was more than enough to deal with ordinary demonic beasts.
The three-headed giant python lashed out with its tail at the dragon hound. Its three ferocious heads each spat out attacks of ice, fire, and wind. It was the first time the dragon hound had encountered such an opponent and almost got hit.
"Roar—"
With a fierce roar, the dragon hound barked at the giant python. The powerful sonic waves directly scattered all the attacks, blowing the giant python back three feet and causing its scales to flare.
If it were just a demonic pet, the dragon hound could handle it with ease. However, at the same time, the lean man didn't attack Li Tianjue and Su Luo. Instead, he also launched an attack on the dragon hound.
A ball of bone-white flames ignited in his palm. He swept his hand, and a circle of fire enveloped the dragon hound.
It was both cold and scorching. The dragon hound batted away one of the giant python's heads with its claw and retreated warily, roaring at the flames. It sensed that this was no ordinary flame; it carried a strong, chilling sensation, the soul fire refined from the souls of countless cultivators.
The violent sonic waves dispersed the circle of fire, and it vanished before it could reach the dragon hound.
The lean man seemed to have anticipated this and sneered, "As expected of the Qingxu Heaven's divine beast, you have some skill. If I were to refine your soul too, my soul fire would be even more powerful."
His sinister laughter enraged the dragon hound, which charged forward, its massive jaws opening to swallow him whole.
The lean man unleashed another blast of bone-white flame, which rapidly stretched and thinned, eerily and chillingly, like a rope wrapping around the dragon hound's neck.
As if being suffocated, the dragon hound let out a sharp cry, feeling pain.
The bone-white flames contracted, burrowing into the dragon hound's fur and penetrating its body. Caught off guard, the dragon hound hadn't guarded against the flames' ability to directly erode its soul, and it began to wail.
"Da Hei!"
A clear, pleasant voice called out, and a green light flashed.
The lean man turned to see a beautiful, delicate maiden before him, her eyes sparkling and clear. Then, his arm throbbed with pain. Before he could react, blood splattered, and he cried out in agony, snapping back to his senses.
The small green sword pierced the head of the three-headed giant python again and obediently flew back, circling Su Luo and radiating a magnificent and powerful aura. The demonic cultivators who had been lurking to ambush them retreated in unison, fearing they might suffer the same fate.
What kind of weapon was this? Such terrifying power!