Second floor, room 201.
Niu Er and Gou San pushed open the door and went in. Tiger Boss was sitting facing the wall practicing his kung fu. The room was quiet and filled with the smell of decay.
Tiger Boss's hands moved in ever-changing hand seals. Strange light spots emanated from the acupoints on its shoulders, legs, and abdomen. At the same time, a layer of demonic power, resembling water mist, enveloped the tiger demon's body.
"Boss!"
"The bull demon said in a low voice."
The tiger demon sat there and practiced for a while before stopping.
The light spots on its shoulders, legs, and other parts had dissipated and shrunk back into its body.
Tiger Demon: "You're awake!"
"Boss, that human cultivator..."
"No need to say anything, I know everything."
The tiger demon, still with his back to Niu Er and Gou San, spoke calmly.
"That human cultivator is quite powerful; it was my oversight."
Then, it began to cultivate again, making strange hand gestures.
"These next few days, you two will keep an eye on that human cultivator near Tongcheng University. If you spot him, notify me immediately. Remember, don't act rashly."
The tiger demon spoke as he cultivated.
"Also, the seal on the ruins we've been guarding in Tongcheng City has recently loosened, and the ruins will probably be revealed soon."
You two need to complete the Demon King's task as soon as possible, and then go outside the ruins and guard it diligently. Once the seal is opened, you must enter immediately and not let others take advantage of it.
Recently, quite a few skilled martial artists have emerged in Tongcheng City.
"Okay, boss."
The bull demon and the dog demon spoke at the same time.
Tiger Demon: "Wait a minute, take these two demon cores. Take them during the battle; they will temporarily boost your strength."
The bull demon and the dog demon: "Thank you, boss."
Two demon cores floated in the air, emitting a strange light. The two demons took the demon core from the tiger demon leader and then left the room with smiles on their faces.
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The second attempt to refine the Burst Pill failed!
The third attempt at refining failed!
Zhang Yuan began the fourth refining process.
On the third floor of the small courtyard under the banyan tree, the door was locked, the curtains were drawn, and his phone was on silent, to prevent anything from interfering with his alchemy.
"I'm not leaving my dorm until I've refined this explosive pill today!"
Zhang Yuan failed to refine the pill three times in a row, he was determined to break through the limits of the Burst Pill.
...
Tongcheng City.
A winter rain has just ended, and the long-awaited sun has come out.
The banyan tree leaves in the yard, washed by the rain, shimmered in the sunlight, and fine raindrops fell from the leaves onto the still damp ground.
It was lunchtime, and students carrying books and pedestrians riding electric scooters were weaving through the damp student street.
In the crowd, two inconspicuous pedestrians were whispering to each other, their eyes occasionally sweeping over the Rongxia Courtyard at No. 88 Student Street and the passers-by on the street.
One of the two had a white bandage wrapped around his head, while the other was stocky and short.
The man with bandages wrapped around his head was holding a newly purchased Mate 60 phone, talking quietly to someone.
"Boss, we've located it! It's in this building, number 88 Student Street!"
"In that little courtyard with the banyan tree!"
"knew."
"You all stay nearby on the street and don't move around. Wait for me to come."
"receive!"
The bull demon hung up the phone, looked around, and whispered to Dog Three, "The boss is coming right now. Tell us to stay nearby and not move around."
Dog Demon: "Understood."
Afterwards, the two walked to a beverage shop opposite the Rongxia Courtyard, ordered two cups of bubble tea, sat at a roadside table, and casually drank their tea.
One of the men, his head wrapped in gauze, was playing with his newly bought human-sized mobile phone, occasionally glancing up at both sides of the street before looking down again to ponder the phone's functions.
On both sides of the student street, rows of three- to five-story residential buildings stretch forward.
The local villagers rely on these houses to collect rent, open shops, and do small businesses, and have been living a good life in recent years.
At this moment, on the rooftop of a building on one side of the student street.
A black figure was moving swiftly along the rooftops of the buildings along the street. He easily jumped from the eaves of a five-story building to the balcony of a three-story building next door, and then jumped to the roof of a four-story building. His speed was astonishing.
It was so fast that you could only see blurry figures moving around.
The black figure, wearing a hood, leaped a few times and arrived at the roof of a five-story building with red walls opposite Building 88 on Student Street.
Under the dazzling sunlight, a black figure stood on the rooftop edge. He was a strong man, standing on a brick-wide edge, with the ground five stories below.
The long brim of his black hat obscured his face, and the man in black stared straight at the small courtyard less than ten meters away from him.
A faint, eerie aura enveloped the man in black.
He used his demonic power to sense the courtyard opposite and pinpoint the location of his target.
Just as the man in black was about to jump onto the roof of the small courtyard under the banyan tree across the street, it suddenly let out a "huh," looked into the distance on the street, and then its pupils changed, immediately canceling its action.
"Operation has changed. Retreat!"
The tiger demon, dressed in black and wearing a hood, used telepathy to speak to the bull demon and dog demon who were drinking milk tea and sunbathing downstairs.
The bull demon and the dog demon exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with confusion.
"Why did you retreat?"
Before they could think it through, the hooded man in black appeared at the entrance of the milk tea shop, in front of the small table where the bull demon and dog demon were sitting.
The bull demon was so startled when he saw his boss, who had just been communicating telepathically, suddenly appear before him that he almost choked on his milk tea.
"Boss, when did you get here?"
The dog demon scratched the back of its head and asked.
The tiger demon ignored the two demons, drew a circle in the air with the command flag in his hand, and the demonic energy in front of the milk tea shop fluctuated violently. Then, the three of them disappeared under the sunlight!
Milk tea shop.
A waiter wearing a black apron and a red baseball cap brought out two cups of milk tea, only to discover that the two men who had just refilled their cups had vanished into thin air!
The waiter looked around, but there was no sign of the two people on the street!
The waitress put down her milk tea, put her hands on her hips, and called out to the shop owner, who was making milk tea, "Boss, two customers have disappeared! They haven't paid their bill yet!"
Upon hearing this, the proprietress who was preparing bubble tea at the counter put down the half-cooked tea, wiped her hands on her apron, and then peeked out at the table outside.
"Huh?"
"I just saw those two strange men drinking milk tea with their heads down, how come they disappeared in a little while?"
The proprietress ran out of the shop, looking left and right!
Damn it, there's really no one left!
The proprietress turned pale with anger.
"Damn it, two grown men can't even afford 20 yuan for two cups of milk tea!"
"Playing the runaway game?"
"Don't let me see this next time, hmph!"
...
Not long after the tiger demon and the bull demon left, a man wearing a light white coat, with a stubble beard and slippers, and a handsome man wearing a black jacket and leather shoes with neatly combed hair arrived at the entrance of the milk tea shop at the same time.
"That's strange. I clearly sensed a strong demonic aura here just now, but it's gone now?"
Zhou Jian muttered to himself.
1000 meters away from the milk tea shop, in a quiet, deserted alley, three men suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
One wore a hood, one had a bandage wrapped around his head, and the other was stocky and short.
"Boss, why did we suddenly run away?"
"Yeah, boss, didn't we agree to hunt down human cultivators?!"
"idiot!"
"A step later, and you would be the ones being hunted!"
"?"
Why?
"There are law enforcement officers approaching on the street!"
"At least at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm!"
Upon hearing this, the bull demon and the dog demon's expressions changed, and they broke out in a cold sweat!
"Let's go, we'll find another opportunity!"
"Okay, boss."
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