Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

Xu Lingguang frowned slightly as he looked at the male demon blocking his path, but still patiently asked, "Is there something you need?"

Although this male demon was in human form and showed no animalistic features, anyone with discerning eyes could immediately tell he was a demon. This was because he was over two meters tall, towering like an iron tower, his body bulging with bulging muscles and veins like the gnarled roots of an old tree. His incredibly robust body was three times the thickness of Xu Lingguang's; standing before him, one felt as if the daylight had dimmed slightly.

At this moment, the giant blocked half the road in front of Xu Lingguang and Lan Jian, looking down at them and asking, "I haven't seen you before, are you newcomers?"

Xu Lingguang glanced at the other person, casually hummed in response, and wondered if the other person was the "you know who" that Xiao Yao had mentioned.

The male demon's gaze shifted to Zhou Fuying, who was still being held by Lan Jian despite being injured and unconscious. The reason this didn't attract the attention of the demon race was that many demons subconsciously assumed that this human cultivator was Lan Jian's prey.

The male demon naturally thought so too. He looked Zhou Fuying up and down with a critical gaze and said, "I want this human. How many spirit stones?"

As Xiao Yao mentioned before, the hard currency in Wujian City is pills, and very few demons are willing to accept spirit stones.

As a result, the male demon immediately offered to buy Zhou Fuying with spirit stones, clearly taking advantage of Xu Lingguang's lack of knowledge about the market.

Besides, Xu Lingguang had already brought Zhou Fuying back, so he naturally couldn't hand him over again. Therefore, he shook his head and said lightly, "Not for sale."

He then pointed to the side and said, "You're blocking the way. Please move aside."

The male demon was quite a figure in the City of No Return. His bloodline as a chisel-toothed tiger gave him a huge body and unparalleled strength, and even the Huodou had to treat him with respect.

This was the first time he had ever encountered a demon who showed him absolutely no respect and dared to speak to him in such an disrespectful tone.

The male demon narrowed his eyes in displeasure, revealing two sharp fangs in a menacing manner: "Newcomer, don't be stubborn. I'm already being generous by spending spirit stones to buy it for you."

This male demon clearly intended to bully others by taking advantage of his power, but Xu Lingguang was no pushover either.

The other party was impolite, so he naturally frowned as well and said coldly, "I'm politely asking you to make way now because I'm being civilized and courteous. You'd better know when to stop."

"court death!"

The male demon was shocked that even after losing two new little demons, they still dared to provoke him. He roared and his hands turned into huge claws, slamming down on Xu Lingguang.

Xu Lingguang reacted extremely quickly and dodged, the male demon's claws missed and landed on the ground, cracking the smooth ground in several places, which showed how powerful his palm strike was.

The lesser demons, whose cultivation was insufficient, dared not watch the spectacle any longer and scattered in panic.

Many powerful demons, however, were quite interested in the two and remained where they were to watch the spectacle.

The male demon was surprised when his palm missed. He had thought the little demon was just bluffing because he saw that the little demon's aura was not strong. He did not expect that the little demon had some skill and was able to dodge his palm.

However, since the other party dared to provoke him today, he would never let them leave alive.

Even if they have some skills, they will eventually become his prey.

Such a delicate and tender fox spirit, it would probably not taste fishy or gamey even if eaten raw.

Thinking this, the male demon roared again, his two large hands, now transformed into claws covered with cold, metallic barbs, slashing down at Xu Lingguang from both sides—

Just as Xu Lingguang was about to take out the Cloud Piercing Crossbow, Lan Jian stuffed someone into his arms.

"I come."

With a sullen face, Lan Jian handed Zhou Fuying to Xu Lingguang, his pupils already turning into golden vertical pupils.

Xu Lingguang paused for a moment, then followed instructions and carried Zhou Fuying to the back. Since Lan Jian wanted to go up, then let him go.

Just as the two switched places, the male demon's claws arrived—

The surrounding demons whispered among themselves as they watched this scene: "Zaochi is still so petty. These two newcomers are really unlucky."

"I don't think so. These two newcomers don't seem afraid at all. Maybe they have something to rely on."

"What can they rely on? That fox demon's aura isn't strong, and although the other one's background is unclear, judging by his appearance, how powerful could he be?"

“I noticed they smelled very human, and they were accompanied by a human cultivator. They seemed to be demons hiding in a human city. I guess they killed a human cultivator and their identities were exposed, so they fled to Wujian City.”

“That makes sense. I just saw them talking to the raccoon. It seems like the raccoon sold them the fish.”

"There are even fish near the raccoon dog?"

"They can trade fish for raccoons? If these two newcomers really escaped from human cities, they probably have quite a few pills on them."

Upon hearing this, the demons who had been merely observing immediately became eager to join the battle and get a share of the spoils.

After all, human cities are quite wary of demons, and it's not easy for these demons, who have been entrenched in Wujian City for years, to sneak into human cities to exchange for pills and magical artifacts. More often than not, they can only hunt down lone cultivators and plunder their pills and magical artifacts.

Although these humans are physically weak, the pills and magical artifacts they refine are very useful.

Now that Zaochi has made the first move, if he kills the two newcomers on his own, it will be difficult to divide up the pills and magical artifacts they possess.

After all, Zaochi was notoriously petty and stingy; once something went into his mouth, there was absolutely no reason for him to spit it out.

Seeing that the silver-haired demon had just dodged Chisel Tooth's claw, three or four other demons couldn't hold back any longer and jumped out, flanking Xu Lingguang and Lan Jian, shouting, "Chisel Tooth, we're here to help you!"

Upon hearing this, Zaochi flew into a rage and cursed, "Get the hell out of here! Both of them are mine!"

After saying that, he ignored Lan Jian and Xu Lingguang and turned around to shove aside a demon who was trying to steal the spoils of war.

Xu Lingguang, carrying Zhou Fuying, blinked and said to Lan Jian in a mocking tone, "They don't take you seriously."

Lan Jian glanced at him sideways. Although her eyes were very indifferent, Xu Lingguang inexplicably felt a strong sense of threat. He immediately stopped smiling and pretended to be fierce, saying, "It's almost lunchtime. Hurry up and finish them so we can go home for dinner!"

Lan Jian withdrew her gaze from him and looked at the several demons who had completely ignored them and were fighting amongst themselves over the distribution of the spoils.

He casually flicked his sleeve and said, "Let's all come at once."