Chapter 115: The Demon Clan Attacks

Xia Jiuxuan shuddered and quickly pulled out a set of white clothes from his spatial storage device.

“Put these on. I’m afraid you have other intentions!”

The clothes flew over. Duanmu Wan’s expression stiffened for a moment before she burst out, “You damn guy, so you were carrying clothes all along? Why didn’t you take them out earlier?”

Duanmu Wan charged forward, making a move as if to strangle Xia Jiuxuan’s neck.

“Calm down! Stay calm!”

Xia Jiuxuan tried to step back, but Duanmu Wan had already wrapped her jade-like arm around his neck. Something else blocked his vision and even brushed against his face.

“Ugh, this damn soft feeling…”

Xia Jiuxuan felt his blood surge wildly. Instinctively, he reached out his palm to push away.

But he grasped at air.

Across from him, Duanmu Wan had already put on the white clothes and glared at him with hatred.

Xia Jiuxuan: “...”

Sigh, should have acted sooner.

Duanmu Wan stomped over, fuming. “Hey, why didn’t your clothes get torn? You deliberately ruined my clothes, didn’t you! And you had extra clothes in your spatial device but didn’t take them out earlier? So you admit you meant to take advantage of me, you pervert, hmph!”

Xia Jiuxuan shrugged helplessly. “I changed earlier; I just forgot before.”

Duanmu Wan pursed her lips and smiled coyly. “Yeah right, still won’t admit it. Looks like I’m just too charming— you just can’t resist my beauty, hehe.”

Xia Jiuxuan shrugged helplessly. “If you don’t believe me, ask Li Luoyan. I’m not that kind of person.”

“???” Duanmu Wan pouted. “You damn guy, you must have bullied Li Luoyan the same way, right?”

“No, absolutely not.” Xia Jiuxuan’s face was serious.

“Tch, no one believes you. She’s so beautiful!” Duanmu Wan suddenly felt a pang of jealousy, though she acted indifferent.

Xia Jiuxuan shook his head. “Women are truly unreasonable— constantly taking advantage of me but never taking responsibility. Sigh.”

With that, he calmly walked out of the cave.

Duanmu Wan really wanted to strangle him but unfortunately wasn’t strong enough.

...

Not long after, Xia Jiuxuan and Duanmu Wan reached the end of this canyon.

This place was covered with all sorts of exotic plants.

“Wow, all top-grade spiritual herbs!”

Duanmu Wan was so excited seeing the vast patch of spiritual herbs that she was at a loss.

Xia Jiuxuan was surprised too. He had thought the treasures in this valley were all taken by the demon clan, but unexpectedly, so many spiritual herbs still remained.

“Let’s get to work, half each.”

“All right, all right!”

Swish swish!

The two of them began busily harvesting.

Soon, over a thousand spiritual herbs here were all gathered.

“As long as we get that drop of royal blood, healing Li Luoyan will be no problem!”

With this amount of spiritual herbs combined with that drop of royal blood from the other ruin, Li Luoyan’s sword core should definitely recover to its former level!

Duanmu Wan had gained a large haul of medicinal herbs and was quite happy— until she heard Xia Jiuxuan mumbling about Li Luoyan, which inexplicably irritated her.

“Always Li Luoyan. You risk your life treasure hunting all for her, huh?”

“Of course it’s for her. What’s wrong with that?” Xia Jiuxuan looked puzzled.

“Hmph.” Duanmu Wan crossed her arms and turned away. “And yet you treat me like that!”

Xia Jiuxuan still confused, “What does that have to do with these two things?”

“Stop playing dumb!” Duanmu Wan snapped angrily. “Anyway, I don’t care. Don’t ever mention her in front of me again.”

“When did you two become enemies? If you’re unhappy, go fight her yourself. Don’t blame me.” Xia Jiuxuan smiled.

“You!” Duanmu Wan lunged forward and punched Xia Jiuxuan a few times. “No man is a good thing!”

“Women neither,” Xia Jiuxuan chuckled.

Swish swish swish!

At that moment, a dark shadow flickered rapidly beside Xia Jiuxuan and Duanmu Wan.

“Huh?! Watch out!”

Xia Jiuxuan reacted swiftly, pulling Duanmu Wan behind him to protect her.

Whoosh!

Several blood marks appeared immediately on Xia Jiuxuan’s chest.

Boom!

At the moment of attack, Xia Jiuxuan struck out several palm blows, one hitting the attacker.

“Who dares strike me, seeks death!”

Duanmu Wan shouted angrily, transforming into a shadowy afterimage and soaring out, a layer of crimson flames igniting on her spiritual sword.

“Raging Flames Sweep!”

Swish swish...

Sword shadows flooded the sky, turning the hundred-yard area into a realm of swords!

Fire Sword Technique, level ten!

This was the advantage of becoming stronger; even though Duanmu Wan had just recovered to the peak of the Palace Entry realm, she could unleash powerful sword techniques.

Clang clang clang!

A black light orb darted through the overwhelming sword shadows, shattering the sword intents.

“Hmph, still so arrogant!”

Whoosh!

Duanmu Wan dived down.

“Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens!”

Slash!

Her sword intent condensed into a golden phoenix that attacked fiercely.

Bang bang bang!

The golden phoenix clashed with the dark shadow, forcing it to retreat repeatedly.

“Duanmu Wan, take it easy!” Xia Jiuxuan warned. Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens was a family secret technique of Duanmu Wan’s mother’s clan.

Even though her body strength now approached the Saint Entry realm, forcing it out recklessly could cause backlash.

“Who told it to hit you? I’ll fight to the death with it!” Duanmu Wan charged again, slashing wildly at the dark shadow.

Clang clang clang!

Drops of black blood fell from the air, transforming into clusters of demonic energy.

The demonic energy gradually solidified into humanoid black-armored beings—the demon clan!

“Not good!”

Xia Jiuxuan instantly recognized them as demon clan essence-blood clones.

In a short time, the essence-blood clones would be as powerful as the original.

If these demon clones surrounded Duanmu Wan, she would surely die.

Whoosh!

Xia Jiuxuan sprang into action.

“Raging Flames Sweep!”

Swish swish swish!

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