The catfish demon calmed down.
Decades ago, it had followed many other demons into the human city. Later, it hid in a small river in front of Yinchema Town, hiding for days on end.
At first, it only knew how to eat. At that time, the human city was in chaos, and it, along with other demons, devoured thousands of people without anyone being able to stop them.
As it ate more and more humans, its intelligence gradually increased.
It was precisely on that day decades ago that a man wielding a hammer led a group of catch-blade people to their lair.
These were not ordinary martial artists; they could even use power close to that of demons!
Especially the one leading them, covered in bl**d, hammering to d*ath one powerful existence after another in its eyes.
It was too terrifying.
Fortunately, there was a hidden river in the lair, which gave it a chance at survival.
Since then, as a demon, it learned to play it safe, cooperating with boatmen. The boatmen sought wealth, while it took lives.
It originally thought that the heavens would also have a hearty meal.
But it never imagined that these escorts were actually disguised catch-blade people from Ink City, and it was still found.
Even more unexpected, a passing young man turned out to be so strong, hitting it with a single hammer and injuring it.
Despite this, it remained unafraid.
This was the water realm, where even a continuous fishing net couldn’t hold it. Once in the water, no one could do anything to it.
Yet, by some strange fate, it smelled a familiar fishy scent.
And there was a woman slowly sipping fish soup.
The catfish demon’s anger surged from its heart, bile rising to its throat!
Second Uncle was raised to help it ascend further, but he was actually cooked and eaten!
How dare she!
It opened its mouth, ready to chew and swallow the carriage along with it.
At this moment, the woman suddenly looked up at it.
She didn’t run away.
Was she stunned?
Wait a moment…
Why did it suddenly feel unable to move?
No, it wasn’t that it couldn’t move; it was that time around it slowed down, even the falling of water droplets became incredibly slow.
When it realized this, even its thoughts froze.
It could only watch helplessly as a hammer shadow rapidly grew larger in its sight.
The wind of the hammer hit like a mountain pressing down.
No, wait.
Why was the force of this hammer much greater than the previous one? Did that young man hold back before, not using his full strength?
No, something was wrong!
Memories sealed for years surfaced, the young man holding the hammer before seemed to overlap with the shadow from years past.
It escaped the first day, but not the tenth.
Bang—
The hammer struck the catfish demon’s forehead squarely, instantly knocking it out. The powerful force caused ripples to spread across its fat body.
bl**d rain poured down.
The river immediately fell silent.
Dong Guyu and the catch-blade people disguised as escorts stood there in shock, wondering who the real demon was.
Dong Aowang looked at the young man at the bow of the ship, opening his mouth.
Perhaps his grandfather was getting old, his memory deteriorating recently.
But his grandfather always mentioned someone, the deeds, personality, and words of that person were all crystal clear.
A figure sketched over time seemed to vaguely resemble the person before him.
But when that person died, he hadn’t been old enough to remember, while the young man before him had just come of age!
Strange, too strange.
“Are you…are you human or ghost?” Dong Guyu asked, trembling.
“Hehe…”
Li Mo tilted his mouth, startling the latter slightly, and felt helpless.
“You dared to fight the demon, yet you’re so superstitious.”
“No, I mean seeing you is like seeing a ghost.”
Dong Guyu felt a bit lost, looking at the hammer in Li Mo’s hand, then at her own:
“Who taught you your hammer technique?”
“What hammer? I just used sword techniques.”
Li Mo calmly put away the hammer, swinging the scabbard of the unsheathed longsword.
Dong Guyu: “…..”
He seemed quite confident about using either a hammer or a sword…
Before she could speak again,
Li Mo had already boarded the carriage, relieved to see the heavenly lady remain calm.
She was so composed.
Although he knew she was highly skilled, Li Mo originally thought she was a young lady from another family in the underground city, but now he changed his mind.
To be honest, facing a demon for the first time, he panicked at first, but later felt scared.
But she remained unperturbed throughout, making her seem mysterious…
“How does it feel to act heroically?”
Ying Bing brought out the hot fish soup, smiling lightly.
“It’s different from what I imagined.”
Li Mo clicked his teeth, feeling somewhat disheartened.
But seeing the calmness in Ying Bing’s expression, he smiled and said:
“Rescuing a beauty is quite interesting.”
“…..”
Ying Bing was stunned, pursing her lips.
Following her gaze, Li Mo looked outside the carriage.
Seeing Dong Guyu, no longer pretending to be a young lady, tearing off her sleeves because they were in the way, interrogating the surviving boatmen, the hammer occasionally whirling around.
“Tell me, how many lives did you take? If you don’t confess, I’ll squeeze the truth out of you.”
“??”
Indeed, a youthful version of a beautiful senior.
“Don’t you think I’m talking about… her?”
“Otherwise…”
Ying Bing’s eyelashes trembled, realizing she made a joke.
Because she was too strong, she subconsciously didn’t consider herself the rescued one.
Blame Li Mo.
Even forgetting the past, he remained so irresponsible.
Yet, his gaze made her believe he meant it.
When Li Mo was in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, he was like this.
Even in the Heavenly Phoenix Domain, for two lifetimes, he was the same.
Li Mo…
Cold Fairy usually appeared cold and serene, if she seemed a bit dazed, it meant her mind was poisoned.
“I threw all the accomplices into the river to feed the fish. Soon, I’ll dock the boat. What are your plans? Do you want to come with me to Ink City?”
Li Mo came back to his senses, nodding: “Okay, let’s go together.”
“Why are you so quick to agree?” Dong Guyu was surprised, her prepared words forgotten.
“I was going to hitch a ride to Ink City anyway, and…”
Li Mo shrugged, embarrassed: “I don’t know the way.”
“Oh oh…”
Dong Guyu glanced at Ying Bing, her mind momentarily stuck.
Then she noticed something odd.
You hitch a ride, you don’t know the way.
Neither do you?
What are you two doing outside, can you really make it to Ink City?
