Chapter 42: In a world where the strong prey on the weak, how can there be so many reasons?

"You have indeed seen them!"

Jiang Chen let out a low roar from his throat, like a wild beast.

His calm eyes glowed with blood. Jiang Chen was not afraid at all and rushed towards the two great monsters.

As the two sides fought, the sound of breaking air continued to be heard in the air.

The corpse and two monsters fought for more than ten rounds. Although the Taoist in green robe and the Dragon King had the upper hand, they were unable to do anything to the general for a while.

The physical strength of a ninth-grade peak zombie is too terrifying.

"what!"

"Roar!"

Just as the two sides were fighting fiercely, a shrill scream suddenly came from not far away, accompanied by a tiger roar.

Hearing this extremely abnormal noise, both sides stopped tacitly and looked in the direction where the scream came from.

on the hills.

An arm pierced through Tiger King's chest and pulled his heart out.

My heart is still pounding.

"Why... why?"

Tiger King turned his head and looked at the strange scholar who attacked him from behind, his eyes full of unwillingness.

Logically speaking, a ninth-grade peak demon could still survive even if its head was chopped off, let alone its heart.

But now, Tiger King felt that his life force was slipping away very quickly. He could not move at all. Even his soul seemed to be grasped by the hand that pierced his body.

The Taoist priest in green robe and the Dragon King in the distance saw this scene and felt extremely frightened.

They couldn't understand why this strange scholar wanted to kill Tiger King.

Didn’t he just praise Tiger Lord for his talent?
and many more……!
At this moment, the two seemed to have thought of something, and their pupils shrank slightly.

It was all a trap.

The strange scholar asked the two of them to deal with the corpse ancestor and his ministers. It turned out that he wanted to get them away so that he could deal with the Tiger King alone.

But why did this guy want to kill Tiger King?
……

"Why? Hehehe!"

Hearing the tiger demon's question, the weird scholar suddenly burst into strange laughter.

He suddenly remembered the thing that would drive him crazy if he remembered it.

The strange scholar is called Hai Jinping.

That spring.

It was the imperial examination held every three years.

Hai Jinping was very smart since childhood and worked as a book boy for a local landlord's young master.

With the spring imperial examination approaching, Hai Jinping accompanies his master northward to take the exam, and is accompanied by several local wealthy brothers.

The journey was smooth at first and nothing happened for a few days.

But when they passed through a deserted mountain, they encountered a group of thieves. Fortunately, this group of thieves still had some conscience. They only robbed all their money and did not harm their lives.

But unfortunately, they lost their way in this desolate mountain.

In the first few days, everyone had some surplus food. After the surplus food was eaten, they began to eat grass roots, tree bark, and dig out bird eggs.

But as time went by, these young masters from wealthy families finally couldn't stand it anymore.

They want meat!
But where can we get meat in this remote place?
So, these heartless scholars turned their attention to Hai Jinping.

Hai Jinping asked unwillingly at that time: Why.

The scholars' answer was straightforward, saying that Hai Jinping was just a dog kept by a landlord. However, this was not the most vicious thing.

In order to have fresh meat to eat and to be able to walk out of here alive, these scholars cut a piece of meat from Hai Jinping every day until Hai Jinping died of pain.

Hai Jinping's perseverance was also terrifying. When he was in so much pain that he was dying, all the flesh on his thighs, buttocks, and arms had been eaten away.

After Hai Jinping's death, he turned into a lonely ghost full of resentment. Later, when the officers and soldiers went up the mountain to suppress the bandits and killed the thieves, Hai Jinping absorbed the resentment and evil spirits and gradually condensed into shape, harming passers-by in the area, especially scholars.

As Hai Jinping's resentment grew stronger, an accidental opportunity allowed him to transform from a vengeful spirit into a demon and embark on the path of spiritual practice.

Retracting his thoughts, the scholar Hai Jinping murmured: "In this world where the strong prey on the weak and human rights are absent, there are no such things as why. It is the greatest honor of your life to die in my hands."

Hai Jinping suddenly pulled his hand back, put the bloody but still beating heart into his mouth, and began chewing it.

"No...no, I haven't yet been promoted to a demon fairy, I can't die."

Tiger King roared unwillingly, his pupils began to dilate little by little, and then he fell to the ground with a bang.

After Hai Jinping ate Tiger King's heart, he took out the inner elixir from Tiger King's body and swallowed it into his stomach.

After gaining the vitality and cultivation blessing from Tiger Lord, Hai Jinping's injuries from the thunderbolt just now recovered by 70%. His method of cultivation was very simple, which was to devour.

……

"Fellow Daoist, I...what should we do now?" Jiao Jun looked at the Taoist in green robe with a serious expression.

The death of Tiger King made him feel a sense of grief.

He knew that the origin of this Taoist priest in green robe was not simple, so now he could only place his hopes on this guy.

As for escaping?
When this guy was injured, he didn't have the confidence to escape, let alone now that this guy has recovered from his injuries.

"Just wait and see." The Taoist in green robe frowned.

He had sensed something was wrong a long time ago, but he didn't expect this result.

After a few seconds of silence, the Taoist in green robe turned his head to look at the generals not far away, and said in a deep voice: "If we join forces, maybe we can still have a chance of survival. If we don't join forces, we will all die here today."

Jiang Chen looked up and gazed at the strange scholar on the distant hill without answering.

At this moment, a sound of breaking air was heard in the sky and a sword flew over.

With the appearance of this flying sword, the male sword of the three or five male and female evil-slaying swords that had been thrown to the ground by the scholar Hai Jinping began to vibrate violently, and then soared into the sky, flying towards Zhang Jingxun who was sitting cross-legged together with the flying sword in the sky.

"Master Zhang!"

When Zhang Yunfu rushed back and saw Zhang Jingxuan sitting cross-legged on the ground, motionless, he suddenly had a bad premonition and hurried over.

Zhang Yunfu took Zhang Jingxuan's hand and felt his pulse. His heart instantly sank to the bottom and his hands began to tremble.

Zhang Jingxuan was barely breathing and only had his last breath left.

"Hold on, I am already old and I haven't even started my job in the underworld yet, why are you in such a hurry?"

Zhang Yunfu gave Zhang Jingxuan a life-extending elixir refined in Sanqing Mountain. After stabilizing his disordered breathing, he began to send spiritual power to Zhang Jingxuan.

……

On the other side.

Hai Jinping didn't pay attention to the movement here, but instead set his eyes on the crown of a tree.

On the treetop stood an extremely majestic snow-white Saker Falcon.

"Since you are here, why don't you show yourself?"

Hai Jinping felt a terrible aura from the snow-white Saker Falcon.

I think the owner of this Saker Falcon should be nearby.

"It's not common to see grudges turn into demons and cultivate to such a level."

A majestic voice echoed in the mountains, coming from all directions, making people feel inexplicably palpitated.

(End of this chapter)