"Attack!" Shi Xuan said, drawing his sword, and with a single swing, he beheaded two demonic beasts.
The remaining four also took out their own swords.
These demonic beasts weren't particularly strong in combat; they were roughly equivalent to human cultivators who had just reached the Foundation Establishment stage. However, their numbers were enormous; one group would be defeated only to be replaced by another.
They were fighting monsters in the streets, making those noises, but they didn't alert anyone.
Everyone seemed to be fast asleep, completely oblivious to the loud noise outside.
Five people could easily defeat these demonic beasts. With their cultivation levels, dealing with low-level demonic beasts was no problem for them.
While wielding his sword, Shi Xuan used his divine sense to carefully observe the demonic beasts.
They felt neither fear nor pain, and surged forward wave after wave.
These monsters looked all different and were of a very mixed kind. But there was one very strange thing about them: each of them had some human-like features!
Some had human heads, while others had human bodies wearing animal heads...
This is especially terrifying for these haphazard monsters with low combat strength.
“No,” Shi Xuan said, “these don’t seem to be demonic beasts, but people!”
Lu Shenzhi swung his sword, cutting down a group of them, and replied, "It seems to be a combination of humans and demonic beasts."
"Could it be a half-demon?" Tang Nong asked in surprise, "Is this what the legendary half-demon looks like?"
"I'm not some half-demon," Lu Wenxing said urgently.
Tang Nong assumed he was fighting. She hadn't gone to the outer realms and was unaware of Lu Wenxing's half-demon status.
Lu Wenxing stopped speaking halfway through his sentence. He had already realized that the third sister didn't know about his affairs, and he didn't want to tell her. Humph.
“It’s not a half-demon,” Shi Xuan said, “it’s more like a human and a demon beast have been grafted together.”
"It's probably a failed experiment, hence the complete loss of reason," Lu Shenzhi said. "There seems to be a great secret hidden here."
Lu Wenxing roared, "Those beasts from [New Life] must have done something so despicable that it would lead to their extinction! This isn't the first time they've done it!"
“That goes without saying,” Tang Nong said. “Before we even came in, they had already left their mark inside the Dragon King Temple.”
These half-human, half-demon monsters were extremely numerous. After one batch died, they would simply disappear on the spot, and another batch would pour in, as if they were endless.
The five men fought there all night until the first rays of sunlight rose in the morning.
At this point, the entire horde of monsters dispersed like the receding tide.
In a matter of moments, the entire street returned to normal, as if they had never been there. The battle of the whole night vanished without a trace, making one wonder if it was all a dream.
The five people looked at the empty street, the ground was clean, and there wasn't a single monster corpse on it.
"Something's not right," Lu Wenxing said, turning around twice and muttering to himself, "Where did all those monsters we killed go? There's not even a single corpse left?"
"An illusion?" Lu Shenzhi was also puzzled. This scene made him wonder if he was in an illusion.
Shi Xuan was also somewhat puzzled: "There are probably only two possibilities in this situation: either these demonic beasts are spirits, or we are in an illusion. Either way, it is very abnormal."
After she finished speaking, she took out the Truth Mirror, which her fourth senior brother had given her when they were at Fuyu Peak. It was a legendary magical artifact that could break illusions.
But the Truth Mirror did not react.
Shi Xuan summoned the Fortune Cat from the Silver Frost and said to it, "It's time to put your skills to use and see if this is really an illusion."
Zhao Cai has grown stronger in the past two years. Although his height hasn't changed much, his body shape has become much rounder.
How could it not be perfect? He eats and drinks well all day long, has nothing to do, sleeps on Shi Xuan's head when he comes out, and sleeps on the Enlightenment Tree when he goes back.
Zhao Cai flew up, circled around, and gave feedback in Shi Xuan's consciousness: It's not an illusion, but it doesn't seem real either.
Saying it is the same as not saying it at all.
Shi Xuan said to it in an annoyed tone, "Tell me carefully, or I'll stew you tomorrow."
Zhao Cai is not like she was when she was a child; she can't be scared by her anymore.
Hearing Shi Xuan say this at this moment, they thought she was just bluffing and were not afraid of her threats at all.
After a moment, Shi Xuan and the other four said, "Huan Ying's conclusion is that this is not an illusion, but it exudes the aura of an illusion."
"I know!" Lu Wenxing jumped out and said, "Those monsters are illusions!"
Whether the monsters are illusions or not is unknown, and the fortune-bringing is also unclear.
But as the sun rose, the residents started to come out again.
They acted as if nothing had happened, seemingly completely unaware of the large-scale battle that had taken place on the street the previous night, and went about their own business with the same expressions as yesterday.
Looking at the bustling street, Shi Xuan pondered, "Did you notice that yesterday, the customers in the tavern repeated the same things every now and then?"
Lu Shenzhi nodded, while Lu Wenxing looked bewildered, not understanding what they meant by "repetition."
“And then there are the street vendors making pancakes,” Tang Nong added, “the way they make the pancakes, the sesame seeds they sprinkle on them, they always do the same things and use the same amount…”
She might not notice anything else, but the pancake vendor would definitely catch her eye the most.
Therefore, these people were definitely not normal merchants and swordsmen; their movements were somewhat stiff and quite strange.
Lu Wenxing didn't care about any of that. He shouted, "Why don't we just grab one and question him properly!"
He was just talking nonsense, but to his surprise, Shi Xuan actually thought about it.
“That’s one way, but judging from their appearance, they don’t seem to know what they’re doing. Bringing them back probably won’t be of much use,” Shi Xuan said.
"Then what should we do?" Lu Wenxing said, "We should arrest whoever seems to know!"
“What the second brother said earlier makes some sense,” Lu Shenzhi thought for a moment and said, “If their actions are all predictable, why don’t we try to break their patterns?”
Shi Xuan nodded: "First, find a street vendor, take his tools, and see what consequences it might cause."
If these people are unconsciously repeating their own activity patterns, then they must be unconscious, merely pawns being manipulated. Even if they were caught, it would be impossible to get anything out of them.
Why not break their routine and see how they react?
The matter was decided just like that. The moment this method was decided, four out of the five people present looked at Lu Wenxing in unison.
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