He took the bait.
Li Jue casually tilted her body to the side while grabbing Ying An’s wrist and pulling him along to create distance, easily dodging the attack.
Xu E had completely not expected to miss.
He failed to react for a moment and froze, then twisted his head to look at Li Jue and Ying An.
There was still not a trace of demon power on the woman’s body.
She had probably just reacted very quickly.
Interesting.
He had originally felt that the timing he chose was already very good and that his speed was fast enough, yet he had actually been dodged by an ordinary woman.
The next second, Xu E exerted force with both feet and once again charged violently toward Li Jue.
He swung the sharp fingertips on his hands, determined to tear open her throat.
Li Jue, however, indifferently blinked and raised her hand to sweep downward.
A beam of firelight appeared out of thin air and smashed heavily onto Xu E’s body.
In an instant it burned both his clothing and flesh into rotting ruin.
The intense pain made him unable to hold back a howl of agony.
After his clothing was burned away, his true appearance was also exposed before the two of them.
A pair of gray-black dog ears grew on his head.
His entire body was covered in fine black fur.
His eyes were scarlet like blood.
His fingertips were pointed and long.
A face full of fierce features looked ferocious and terrifying.
“Ate too much blood essence and can’t even control your demon form anymore?” Li Jue coldly mocked. “A hyena dares to come out and stir up trouble. Seeking death.”
The man half-knelt on the ground, gasping in pain.
That previous strike had almost taken his life.
His hands were already so heavily injured that he could not lift them at all.
His entire body, inside and out, felt as if it were burning.
Such terrifying flames—he was seeing them for the first time.
With his current body, even if he stood in a sea of fire he could remain unharmed, yet this woman had nearly killed him with a single strike.
Run!
This was the only thought in his mind right now, and also his instinctive desire to survive.
That fire was still burning inside his body.
If he did not receive treatment, he would die in less than two minutes.
“As expected of a demon who has eaten blood essence. You can actually withstand one shot of foxfire. Impressive.”
Just as Li Jue was about to raise her hand to continue the attack, a beam of strong light suddenly shone over, illuminating her and Xu E.
A car of unknown origin had driven over and stopped behind Xu E.
Two young people inside the car were taking photos of them with their phones.
“Holy shit, what kind of monster is this? Are they filming a movie?”
“I don’t see a film crew either. In the middle of the night—scared the hell out of me.”
The two people still did not know they had stepped into danger and were still discussing Xu E’s demon form.
The next second, Xu E madly charged toward them, leaped up, and landed on the car’s hood.
The hood instantly caved in.
The two unlucky people inside the car were instantly frightened into screaming.
Xu E wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but Li Jue’s speed was far faster than he had anticipated.
Before his legs could even exert force, a slender hand reached from behind and pinched his neck.
High temperature instantly transferred from Li Jue’s palm.
In just a moment he would turn into a wisp of flying ash.
Unfortunately, at that exact moment one of the unlucky people stepped on the accelerator.
Even so, it had little effect on Li Jue.
If she exerted a little more force, Xu E would die.
But Ying An was right in front.
The car was about to hit him.
She could no longer care about anything else.
She raised her foot and stomped down heavily.
The car instantly stopped.
“Xiao An!” Li Jue turned her head, wanting to check on Ying An’s condition.
The moment her hand relaxed even slightly, Xu E ran out.
One of the strengths of hyenas was running.
Further strengthened by blood essence, Xu E’s current speed had reached the point where he could keep pace with supercars.
This was also one of the reasons he had not been captured by any side’s forces up to now.
Especially when fleeing for his life, this was the most ruthless and fastest moment of his entire life.
“I’m fine, Sister.”
Li Jue jumped off the car and checked Ying An’s condition.
After confirming he was completely unharmed, she turned her head back.
Xu E had already run very far away.
“Still want to run.” She released her demon power.
In an instant the temperature of the entire block climbed sharply, as if the whole street were about to burn.
Flames in the air shot rapidly toward the frantically fleeing Xu E.
Even among demons his speed was extremely fast, yet in front of a great demon it was still completely insufficient.
“Sister!” Ying An’s sudden shout made Li Jue turn her head back.
He pointed at the car she had stomped into scrap beside them.
The components under the hood had been stomped into a pile of wreckage.
With the high temperature, that pile of wreckage had already begun to burn and could explode at any moment.
The two unlucky people inside the car had already been frightened into silence.
Li Jue frowned unhappily and was forced to withdraw her demon power.
With a casual wave of her hand, countless flames were extinguished in an instant.
It was not that she cared about the life or death of these two people.
She was afraid that if the car exploded it would injure Ying An.
She turned around, patted Ying An’s wrist, and a large bow immediately appeared in her hand.
She drew the bow, yet Xu E had already disappeared without a trace.
So she turned her body and aimed the bow and arrow at the two people inside the car.
Interrupting her hunt was one thing.
They had almost hit Ying An and even allowed a mere level-two little demon to escape from her hands.
If word got out, Chu Jiuer would laugh herself to death.
She was so angry she wanted to kill someone.
It was not as if she had never killed before.
“Sister, are you going to kill them?”
The two unlucky people trembled in fear.
Just now when Xu E jumped onto the car, they had mistakenly stepped on the brake.
Li Jue had stomped the hood into scrap.
The car had caught fire.
Every single time they had felt they were about to die, escaping death again and again, rising and falling dramatically, repeatedly dancing before the gates of hell.
Now that the monster had run away, this woman who could play with fire wanted to kill them.
Ying An tensely watched Li Jue.
He definitely did not want Sister to indiscriminately kill the innocent.
Li Jue closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then vented her anger by forcefully shooting an arrow toward the sky.
She made a phone call to the Secret Society, then walked over beside the car and asked the two passersby in an icy voice, “Did you take photos? Did you send them out?”
“No no no, we didn’t send them. We’ll delete them right now.” The hands of the two holding their phones were both trembling.
At this moment Li Jue was no different from the god of death in their eyes.
Li Jue snatched their phones, checked them thoroughly, deleted the photos, and placed them on the roof of the car.
They did not even dare reach out to take them.
After the people from the Secret Society arrived, she took Ying An and left the scene.
***
“I let him escape.”
Li Jue was on a call with Chu Jiuer.
“He can withstand my foxfire. According to the Secret Society’s danger level classification, he has to be at least level three or higher now.”
“Got it. I’ll notify those demons who are hunting him. Today the Secret Society also sent a new specialist over. Everyone wants to eliminate this trouble as soon as possible.”
The Secret Society was a secret organization composed of people who cultivated Daoist arts and demons.
Its purpose was to maintain peace and stability between the human and demon worlds and to clear away all dangerous factors that violated regulations and caused harm.
According to the danger level of demons, the Secret Society had constructed a ranking system divided into levels one through six.
Anything level five or above would be regarded as a high-risk target.
Once such demons committed any violations, they would receive focused attention from the Secret Society.
At the same time, the Secret Society internally kept a list that recorded all the information on demons that could be collected.
“How are you and Xiao An? Nothing happened, right?”
Chu Jiuer was still very concerned about their safety.
Only upon hearing Li Jue’s relaxed and calm tone did she know that nothing serious should have happened, so she had not asked immediately.
“I’m fine. It’s just that the little one ate the mala tang too spicy and is still squatting in the toilet right now. When we were attacked I thought he would be scared, but instead his eyes were shining with light. He was so excited, treating it like watching a big movie.”
There was nothing else left to say.
The two chatted for a few sentences and hung up the phone.
At this moment Ying An came out of the toilet supporting himself against the wall, looking completely drained from diarrhea, his walking unsteady and floating.
Li Jue looked at him with interest.
“Did it feel good coming out? Will you still dare to eat that spicy in the future?”
“I think it’s that the shop wasn’t clean enough. It’s not a problem of the spiciness level.”
Ying An sat down beside Li Jue.
She had her legs crossed, her slender and long legs exposed from the nightgown.
Snow-white and plump thigh flesh pressed together.
Li Jue propped her head up with her hand and asked Ying An, “Just now when we were attacked, what was Xiao An thinking?”
“At first I was a little scared.”
Ying An scratched his head.
“Then when I saw Sister create flames I felt it was so cool, so powerful. That demon was directly scared into running away.”
“Little dummy. If you encounter a demon by yourself, don’t worry about whether it’s cool or not. Don’t hesitate—turn around and run, understand? If Sister finds out you ignored the danger and went to join the fun with demons, just watch Sister turn your butt into a flower.”