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"Today, you will witness what is meant by the unity of Devil Spirit and body!!!"

Boom!

Along with the sound, ripples of sonic waves, palpable like real substance, exploded outward.

It seems... things have gotten a bit thorny.

Households Commander Liu gripped the Sword with one hand, then shifted to hold it with both hands.

Things are getting interesting.

Su Qianhu sheathed his Sword again, preparing for the next Iai slash.

From the initial assurance of victory to the current silent standoff, the situation seemed to have subtly changed.

As a gust of wind passed, the two men and one demon began to move almost simultaneously!

Members of the Foolish Underworld team in the adjacent yard were hunting demons one second, the next, the walls beside them burst apart!

Something whizzed by their side, before they could regain their senses.

Bang!

Someone suddenly exploded, turning into a pile of blood and flesh fragments, scattered across the ground.

"What... what happened?!"

"Don't know! Is that a Great Demon? Where's Lord of a Thousand Households?"

"We need backup!!"

Watching as the three dark shadows fled, everyone around felt their courage falter; this level of combat was no longer something they could intervene in.

The fire at Luo Shen Cloth Workshop continued to burn and grew fiercer.

The demon-extermination campaign of the Thousand Households, despite encountering setbacks, was quite a success for the whole Luo Shen Cloth Workshop plan.

As the resistance weakened, demons were slain one after another; corpses littered the entire Luo Shen Cloth Workshop, a field full of demon bodies... the situation, was settled!

Hiss!!

With Households Commander Liu's final slash, the fleeing Red Moon Demon, from being full moon-shaped, was now crescent-shaped, having lost one-third of its mass.

Yet, its speed suddenly surged at this moment, violently crashing through a decorative rockery and burrowing straight into the tunnel hidden beneath its fragments!

Clang!

Su Qianhu's strike was a second too slow, hitting the rapidly closing tunnel gate.

The material of that tunnel gate was unknown, seemingly no different from metal, yet Su Qianhu's strike only left a shallow few inches of a mark.

Trying to force the tunnel gate open by sheer strength would take some time, even with their combined effort, and by then the Red Moon Demon would have escaped to who knows where.

Su Qianhu was about to strike again, aiming to break the gate, but was stopped by Households Commander Liu.

"Don't waste your energy, by the time we break through the gate, our prey will have fled. Moreover, our aim is not just for one demon tail. Luo Shen Cloth Workshop also needs to be guarded, we cannot rashly leave."

"But the Red Moon Demon has escaped, what if she goes to tip off..."

"Do not fear, did you not notice? In her final moments, she nearly went berserk, a complete wild beast bereft of reason. Clearly, the sudden increase in strength came with a price."

"..."

Su Qianhu agreed to this reasoning, tore off his sleeve to bandage his wounded left eye, taking on a cyclops appearance, then joined Households Commander Liu in turning back to hunt other demons in Luo Shen Cloth Workshop.

With the inclusion of these two Qianhu, the battle power of the Foolish Underworld side soared, quickly leading Luo Shen Cloth Workshop to complete capitulation.

Following the custom of the Foolish Underworld, any living demons would be captured and taken back for study or disassembled for materials.

But this time, the team led by the two Qianhu did not do so, directly slashing the demons, leaving no survivors.

Seeing that the job was nearly done, with a large wave of their hand, they led their people straight to the next target.

...

The Red Moon Demon was on the run; she could not remember why she had to flee, her mind was muddled, almost entirely functioning on instinct.

When she suddenly came to her senses, she realized, unkownst to her when, she was lying in a corner by the roadside, indistinguishably mixed with the filthy mud water.

Her demon body had shrunk by more than half, the full moon now a flat crescent, as thin as an oval-shaped stone slab.

As long as she didn't move, others might simply think a stone had been added to the corner for foot support.

Her mind was groggy, as if regardless of what she thought, it was a beat slower, as though a part was missing.

Was the unity of Devil Spirit a success?

The Red Moon Demon did not know, severe aftereffects and loss of reason similar to her previous experimental subjects made it difficult to call it a success.

"Just one step away... I was only one step away!!"

The Red Moon Demon hated those officers of Hundred Households and Thousand Households who burst through the door.

But what she hated even more was the traitor who betrayed all her information!

"There's a mole among the demons!"

"I can't just return to the side of the demons; Demon Tail, Demon Foot, Demon Body... I can trust no one!"

"I must contact the Demon Leader; only the Great Demons can ensure my safety, or I must endure until Lord Lan returns for true security!"

Just as she thought of this, a sense of losing control suddenly surged up.

It's the side effect of merging with the Devil Spirit! Consciousness was about to be stripped away, control lost!

In a moment of panic, the Red Moon Demon made a decision.

Bang!!

Crack! Crack! Crack!!

In an instant, her body, hard as stone, immediately cracked with more than a dozen fissures.

As long as the injuries were severe enough to be immobilizing, even if she lost her sanity, it would restrict her movement and prevent discovery by others.

Although self-injury made her condition worse, it was still better than losing sanity and lashing out in a murderous frenzy, causing a scene only to be discovered and killed by the people of the Foolish Underworld.

Sure enough, as consciousness faded, wisps of red steam rose from her body, and the damaged stone-like body began to tremble wildly.

But as though moving too much aggravated her wounds, her crumbling body shattered into a heap of small stones, breaking the sequence.

Like fainting, she stopped moving altogether; the red steam also slowly dissipated, and all returned to tranquility.

At this moment, a little boy, running hurriedly into this corner as if playing a game of hide and seek, squatted down and hid.

Upon looking down, he saw several round stones on the ground, like fragments of a large rock.

The round stones strangely appealing, the little boy subconsciously picked one up and slid it into his pocket.

Hearing footsteps approaching, he quickly held his breath to hide, but with an "Aha!" he was still caught by his friend.

Amidst giggles and laughter, the two left the place, and thus the round stone was taken home by the boy...

...

Lingyun Inn.

The Little Demons, who usually lazed around and dragged their feet until the afternoon to report in, were today entering the inn one after another in succession.

Even the guards at the door and the spies around it were much more strict than usual.

When Bie Huzi arrived at the entrance of the Lingyun Inn holding the head of Shan Sichen, wrapped in cloth, with Rong Qiulu and Bo Ange, he was baffled.

The three of them had staked out all night and followed Shan Sichen home, waiting until deep into the night to ensure no one noticed before sneaking in to act.

Having succeeded, they did not rush to claim credit.

After all, they could not possibly go directly to the Diao Residence of the Foolish Underworld to see Fang Yu.

Within their team, only Che Linfang was able to enter the Foolish Underworld.

Unless Che Linfang was willing to bring people into the Underworld, it was inappropriate for the rest of the demons to enter that place openly.

So the three of them went for drinks to celebrate, and it wasn't until the following day that they leisurely went to the Lingyun Inn, waiting for Fang Yu's arrival to present their achievement.

Little did they expect that today's Lingyun Inn was unusually crowded with disguised demons continuously entering the inn.

"Lord Bie Huzi!"

Suddenly, someone passed by and saluted Bie Huzi.

Bie Huzi recognized the person as one of the demons he had recruited.

Under Fang Yu's command, although Bie Huzi was not the second-in-command, he was still a leader with a group of followers.

"What's the situation today? Why is it so lively?"

Bie Huzi asked in confusion, with Rong Qiulu and Bo Ange also puzzled.

Since last night, the two of them had been with Bie Huzi and knew nothing of what had happened.

"You don't know, Lord?"

The subordinate widened his eyes and quickly leaned closer to Bie Huzi, lowering his voice.

"Big trouble! A serious incident has occurred! Our neighbor, Red Moon Demon, was killed by the Underworld squad, and even the entire Luo Shen Cloth Workshop was burned! The demons under the Red Moon Demon, some dead, some injured, hardly any survivors! It's almost like annihilation!"