The sun was shining bright, the sky was clear, and the streets were bustling and noisy as usual.

Inside the Spirit Talisman Shop, Li An was leisurely sitting behind the counter reading a book.

"Do you have any Breaking Charms for sale?"

The customer who walked into the store was dressed in wide robes with large sleeves, exuding an air of grace and poise, and he smiled faintly at Li An.

Li An's heart sank suddenly, but he showed no change in expression. He stood up enthusiastically and said:

"Breaking Charms... of course, we have them. What grade does the honorable guest need? And how many?"

As he spoke, he put down his book and went to pour tea, casually touching one of the jade tea cups in the process.

"Please have some tea first, honorable guest..."

He offered the tea cup with both hands.

A trace of icy mockery appeared in the middle-aged man's eyes. The small actions of this Talisman Master did not escape his notice, but he remained indifferent and said:

"No need. I need thirty Breaking Charms. Do you have them?"

"Of course, but the shop only has five. The rest are in the warehouse. The honorable guest can wait here for a moment..."

"No, I'll go with you to get them."

A trace of hesitation appeared on Li An's face, but he still nodded and said, "Alright."

He immediately turned around and swiftly walked into the inner hall.

The middle-aged man followed unhurriedly.

...

Next door.

"Ding ding ding!"

In a dark room, Jing Ao, who was meditating, was instantly awakened by the sound of the Spirit Bell!

"The Demon Cultivator has already entered the shop and made a move!"

Jing Ao's face turned grave; the Spirit Bell was monitoring the situation in the shop.

"Encircle!"

He immediately spoke!

...

At the same time.

Outside the market.

Boom!

Suddenly, a black flame appeared in the sky and surged toward Qingyang Market.

The grand array of Qingyang Market instantly lit up, autonomously defending itself.

Bang!

A massive impact sound exploded over Qingyang Market.

Immediately, everyone in the market was utterly shocked.

"What's going on?"

"The market is under attack!"

"What happened, who dares to attack Qingyang Market!"

"That flame... it's the Demon Cultivator again, it's the Demon Cultivator again!"

The street was in complete chaos, and many people were watching the sky in horror.

In the sky, over a dozen powerful Demon Cultivators appeared, emanating terrifying Demonic Qi.

One of them wore a horse-face mask, and his aura was extremely imposing.

"Life-taking Horse-Faced!"

"It's him again!"

"He's back... Are we done for? Is the market safe this time?!"

Everyone was speaking out one after another.

"Life-taking Horse-Faced, how dare you disturb this place!"

And the voice of the Foundation Establishment Stage Great Cultivator Yu Xiong had already sounded; his figure appeared directly in the sky, presiding over the array, resisting the attack from outside the sky.

"Is it really the Foundation Establishment Stage Demon Cultivator... Is it really Life-taking Horse-Faced!?"

Just after an exchange, Yu Xiong exclaimed in surprise!

A terrible thought flashed through his mind. According to the sect's information, shouldn't Life-taking Horse-Faced be appearing with the Spirit Medicine convoy? How could he be outside the market now?

Did the plan... go wrong?

...

At the same time.

On a mountain road dozens of miles away from Qingyang Market.

A team of people and horses was slowly advancing, with the horses in the team being Tier One Middle Grade Scale Horses, and there was even a Foundation Establishment Stage expert overseeing the team.

But, just after turning past a grove, explosions suddenly erupted along the road, and black Demonic Qi surged continuously.

Boom!

The ambushed Demon Cultivators around instantly revealed themselves.

Among them, one person's aura was emitting the Foundation Establishment Stage, wearing a horse-face mask.

"Life-taking Horse-Faced!"

The Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator in the convoy shouted!

...

Qingyang Market.

The sound of the fiercely surging protective grand array had already come from the sky.

As he turned into the small courtyard of the inner hall, Li An's figure suddenly burst forth like a spirit leopard, leaping forward with one swift kick to shatter a flower pot!

Two talismans were simultaneously sent out!

Tier One Upper Grade Talisman - Fire Burst Talisman!

Two fireballs exploded in front of the middle-aged man.

But that middle-aged man just sneered and waved away the traces of the fireball.

A Tier One Upper Grade talisman, in front of him, couldn't even stir a splash!

Foundation Establishment stage Demon Cultivator?!

Li An was shocked, his face changed. He originally thought that the one coming to kill him would be at most at the peak of Qi Cultivation.

After all, in the Yin Yang Demon Sect in this area, there were not many cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage, only that Life-taking Horse-Faced was one.

Could it be that Life-taking Horse-Faced didn't go to the medicinal herbs side, but came here instead?

How is this possible...

But a terrifying thought flashed through Li An's mind instantly!

All his assumptions were based on the fact that Life-taking Horse-Faced needed that Third Grade spirit medicine.

What if Life-taking Horse-Faced had already obtained the Third Grade spirit medicine?!

Then for Life-taking Horse-Faced, the most important thing might instead be Li An as a Heart Demon, and the Third Grade spirit medicine was dispensable...

The situation Li An faces would be completely reversed.

But as this thought flashed by, instead it aroused an unprecedented courage within Li An. In his previous life, he cultivated to the Core Formation realm and had gone through numerous life-and-death ordeals. Although he always cultivated steadily, when unavoidable dangers struck, he would not fear but give his all!

He suddenly stopped running and shouted loudly:

"Demon Cultivator, today you will surely die—"

Li An gritted his teeth and threw out two more spirit talismans, charging towards the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man didn't even look at him, just swiped with his hand.

The talisman's fluctuations were all extinguished by this swipe, and Li An was directly slapped away, crashing into a pile of flower pots, spurting out a mouthful of blood heavily, his face turned pale, he tried to stand up but in the end, everything went black and he fainted!

"Black-Hearted Talisman Master, for harming me in the past, today if I let you die easily, it would not be deserving of what you did!"

The middle-aged man sneered!

"Heh, after waiting for so many days, you finally came!"

And at this moment, a voice already came through.

The middle-aged man turned around to see Jing Ao already leading people, stepping over the shopfront and coming in.

He stood with his hands behind his back, a cold smile on his lips, staring at the middle-aged man: "I never thought, there would be other Foundation Establishment experts under Life-taking Horse-Faced… Well, well, killing you will make the credit even greater this time!"

His eyes were full of pride, as though everything was in his grasp!

"So there was an ambush..."

The middle-aged man looked at Jing Ao, without any trace of fear in his eyes, calmly said: "However, the Profound Yang Sect just sent a youngster like you? Ha… Seeing you so arrogant, I might as well chop you up finely and feed you to the dogs!"

"Such big words!"

Jing Ao said coldly: "Charge!"

Immediately, four disciples at the peak of Qi Cultivation surrounded him from four directions.

Four Qi Cultivation peak experts, all holding Tier Two magic artifacts.

At the same time, Jing Ao also raised a long spear in his hand!

Tier Two magic artifact!

"Go to hell—"

Golden flames erupted from Jing Ao's spear, charging towards the middle-aged man.

But the middle-aged man looked at him with such contempt, smiled and said: "With just you?"

He waved his hand, unleashing a surge of black demonic qi.

"Something's wrong..."

The four Qi Cultivation peak experts holding Tier Two magic artifacts turned pale instantly, feeling as if flames erupted within their bodies, spiritual power immediately went chaotic, they abruptly stopped, and spurted a mouthful of blood.

In their blood, there was azure poison.

"You actually used poison?!"

Jing Ao was greatly shocked, feeling as if his body was burning painfully, his hand trembled spasmodically, unable to grip the spear tightly.

"Really thought that broken Spirit Bell could escape my eyes?"

The middle-aged man sneered. The moment Li An touched that teacup on the counter, he knew there was an ambush.

So, from that moment, he had already used the Yin Yang Demon Sect's secret poison.

The poison he used was colorless and tasteless and would only activate after inhaling Yin Yang Demonic Qi, so Jing Ao and others were completely unaware.

The Hunters… instead became the prey!

"Profound Yang Sect scum, die!"

The middle-aged man grabbed with his big hand, in an instant he flashed past the four Qi Cultivation peak disciples, his grasp like a knife, directly crushing their throats, killing them on the spot!

He even appeared in front of Jing Ao!

Grabbing towards Jing Ao's heart!

"Senior brother save me—"

Jing Ao shouted in terror, a magic artifact on his body lit up, barely blocking the middle-aged man's strike, but the whole person was still thrown back heavily, unable to move after hitting the ground.

"Stop—"

From outside, an icy voice came through, another middle-aged man from Profound Yang Sect had already stepped in.

"Senior brother be careful, there's poison… don't breathe!"

Jing Ao reminded with great difficulty.

The middle-aged man nodded, from the moment Jing Ao and the others started he had been watching the battlefield here, naturally knowing what happened.

"Worthy of Demon Dao, so cunning, but today, you surely die—"

He said coldly: "The one who will kill you is the Profound Yang Sect's inner disciple leader—Han Zhong!"

Han Zhong!

This name was well-known within the Profound Yang Sect, an expert at the Mid Stage Foundation Establishment, just one step away from becoming an elder!

He… was actually stationed here!

And the middle-aged man suddenly laughed, "Finally, something interesting, alright, since you've been honest, I won't hide either, the one who will kill you is… Life-taking Horse-Faced!"

His expression turned ferocious, and a White Bone Banner appeared in his hand!

Seeing that White Bone Banner, Han Zhong's face changed dramatically!

Life-taking Horse-Faced?!

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