Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 184

Chapter 184: It was you who insisted on using your death to verify the truth of this matter

Jiang Hao returned to where Ye Ji and the others were.

By then, they had finished discussing.

What exactly they had discussed, he did not know.

But he didn’t dwell on it.

“Junior Brother, have you discovered something? Otherwise, you shouldn’t have hastily retreated from the outpost,” Lan Feng said with a smile.

Targeted, Jiang Hao was puzzled but didn’t care.

“The demons have already begun their assault.”

“Everyone knows this. Junior Brother, aren’t you a bit slow to react?” At this moment, Sheng Ru, the fairy-like figure, suddenly realized.

“Oh, I forgot. Junior Brother is at the late stage of Foundation Establishment; it’s understandable if you’re a bit slower to notice.”

Many people laughed along.

Only a few remained calm.

Jiang Hao could feel that some people were upset about a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator like him joining them.

Why should someone at the Foundation Establishment stage be here?

That was the general sentiment.

But he didn’t care. There was no need to argue with these people. With such a temperament, in this situation, it was hard to say how long one could survive.

“Junior Brother, do you have any other discoveries?” Fairy Ye Ji asked calmly.

Her tone was the most pleasant.

“There might be demons heading this way.”

Jiang Hao stated directly, “We shouldn’t stay here long.”

His words made everyone else pause.

Although Lan Feng was somewhat skeptical, he still cast a spell to recall those who were scouting the surroundings.

Soon, four people returned one after another.

“Did you find anything?” Lan Feng asked.

“The demons are heading towards the defense line, a large number, with at least two above the Foundation Establishment level,” one of the male cultivators reported.

“Anything else?” Ye Ji also inquired.

All four shook their heads.

“Did you notice any demons approaching from the outside?” Lan Feng asked bluntly.

The four looked at each other and ultimately gave a negative answer.

Now Lan Feng looked towards Jiang Hao.

The others also watched Jiang Hao, seemingly waiting for an explanation.

“Then, I might have been mistaken,” Jiang Hao said, with no intention of explaining.

He had already notified them; whether they believed it or not was not his concern.

He would find an opportunity to leave the group later.

“Mistaken?”

The two Golden Core cultivators didn’t speak, but the others showed displeasure.

To dismiss such a matter with a simple ‘mistaken’?

How could he be so careless?

Not just the ones at the peak of Foundation Establishment, even the two Golden Core cultivators were somewhat angry.

Fairy Ye Ji’s brows also furrowed.

“Do you realize this is a matter of life and death? Is this something you joke about?”

Sheng Ru took a step forward, grabbed Jiang Hao’s collar, and slammed him against a tree.

“You’re just at the late stage of Foundation Establishment and you came with us, and now you dare to trip us up? Do you have any complaints?”

“Senior Sister, the one with complaints is you, right?” Jiang Hao let her grab his collar and said softly.

“Actually, I wasn’t joking.”

“Not joking? What do you mean?” Sheng Ru asked coldly.

“You’ll know soon enough.”

As his words fell, he shook off her hand.

He leaped back from the tree’s edge as if avoiding something.

Meanwhile, Ye Ji and Lan Feng, standing at a distance, were stunned, then shouted loudly, “Retreat quickly.”

They were about to take action but suddenly looked to the side and had to deal with the immediate threat first.

Sheng Ru, still somewhat bewildered, hadn’t had time to react.

A hand pierced through her body with a ‘puff’.

Then, a gigantic hand landed on her head.

She was sent flying instantly, her mind felt like it was about to explode.

Her heart was ripped out, vitality dissipated, consciousness became blurred.

As she fell to the ground, by sheer coincidence, she rolled over to Jiang Hao’s side.

In her dying moments, she heard the person beside her say:

“I know this matter concerns life and death, but you wouldn’t believe me even if I told you. It was you who insisted on using your death to verify the truth of this matter.”

Sheng Ru couldn’t believe it; she wanted to lift her head to see if Jiang Hao was mocking her.

But in the end, she couldn’t lift her head.

Jiang Hao looked down at his Senior Sister with some sympathy.

He worried that one day in the future, it would be himself lying at someone else’s feet.

Because of ignorance, because of weakness, because of prejudice.

So he had to try his best to stay rational and vigilant.

Most importantly, to become stronger as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, the others had already been attacked by demons, but fortunately, with the presence of Golden Cores, there were no casualties.

At this moment, everyone felt a mix of shock, regret, and anger.

They pushed back the demons bit by bit, but could never detect where the demons were.

Now their gaze turned to Jiang Hao, and their regret and anger began to show.

He had sensed something but hadn’t explained in detail.

How could a single sentence make anyone believe?

Ye Ji was quite irritated; she hadn’t expected Jiang Hao to act as if he had seen wrong after others denied it.

But her judgment wasn’t wrong; Jiang Hao was indeed sharp, very sharp.

Just as she was about to speak up for him, Jiang Hao, who was in the distance, suddenly said,

“Senior Brothers and Sisters should leave quickly.”

“Huh?” Everyone was taken aback.

What did he mean?

Although many were dissatisfied, no one showed it at this moment.

Sheng Ru, who had just taken action, had already become a corpse, and they didn’t want to stick their necks out now.

“The demons are gathering more and more around us; if the Senior Brothers and Sisters don’t leave, it will attract a large number of demons. It will be difficult to leave when that happens.” Jiang Hao said to Senior Sister Ye Ji.

“Senior Sister should go first; I’ll stay behind to cover. They can’t do anything to me. Once I lead these demons away, I’ll catch up.”

The others looked at each other, and for a moment, they were all tempted.

Boom!

Jiang Hao leaped to the front of the group and cut down a demon with a single strike.

He stood in front of the demons and said,

“Go quickly.”

“Okay.” Senior Sister Ye Ji didn’t hesitate any longer and earnestly said:

“Junior Brother, remember to follow up. I have something important to tell Junior Brother.”

Jiang Hao nodded.

Lan Feng’s gaze flickered, but in the end, he gritted his teeth and led the people away.

Jiang Hao then took action to prevent the demons from following.

Although he had no obligation to protect these people, he still needed them to end this crisis.

He also needed to finish his mission quickly and return to avoid any trouble.

Watching them leave, Jiang Hao made an assessment of Lan Feng.

The other party had been staring at him, so it was better to understand for safety.

Soon, his divine ability provided feedback.

Cultivation level, identity, nothing out of the ordinary, the only thing to be mindful of was…

He was eyeing his storage treasure.

“Seeing my many adventures, he thinks I have good things?”

“So that’s it.”

He didn’t feel too strongly about it; it made sense.

He was also eyeing the other’s storage treasure.

Just not sure if there would be a chance to get it.

Afterward, he looked at the surrounding demons, took a step forward, and swung his Half-Moon blade.

His figure, like a glimmer of light, moved through the woods.

In the span of a breath, he arrived beside Sheng Ru and slowly unsheathed his saber.

Clang!

The moment the sword returned to its scabbard, the blade’s light ravaged the surroundings.

A large number of demons fell to the ground.

All dead.

He bent down to pick up the storage bag of Senior Sister Sheng Ru, then turned and left.

Before leaving, he threw dozens of Hundred Thousand Swords Talismans, destroying everything.

To prevent others from noticing and to prevent these people from getting up again.

Then it was time to check on the progress of Ye Ji and the others and to see where the Nascent Soul demons were.