The Devil Sword Swordsman
Ch. 87 - Snake Demon Gem
The temperature that the Fire Bear had released was now not playful, even the robe that Xin Fai was wearing right now started to partially burn, to protect his body Xin Fai was flowing all his inner strength all over the body.
His movements had been read by the enemy, the Fire Bear did not care at all about one of his hands being cut off, he still put up a fight without lowering his guard.
Next to the claws and the sword clashed. Xin Fai admitted that even though he now only had one hand, the bear demon was still terrible.
As one of his swords was holding back the bear's claws, Xin Fai took another step. His left hand drew the other sword. He immediately swung the sword right at the bear's neck. The bear had not expected that to happen, yet had time to dodge his neck had been slashed with all his might by Xin Fai.
The bear demon was bleeding heavily on his neck, he stopped attacking. Because his strength also runs out without the bear trying to escape.
"Eh... Trying to escape, when your style was very brave, hahaha!" Xin Fai made fun of the demon but the Fire Bear did not care about it, with Lightning Steps it was not that difficult to chase after him.
"Hi, I'm back~" Xin Fai was now standing right before the Fire Bear, the demon was getting more panicked and attacking ferociously. He did not expect, his resistance that time would be the last attack that took his life.
Xin Fai immediately cut off the Fire Bear's neck, blood sticking out for a moment and himself retreated. Shortly after, Xin Fai picked up a stealth gem that had been his target since the beginning.
The jewel he placed on the spine, and the result felt a hot sensation when the Fire Bear gem entered his body.
"Will my body let out fire after it gets the jewel?"
The snake demon approached with eyes staring at him in disbelief, he hissed closer to Xin Fai.
"I'm sorry I doubted your strength, man."
"Ah, it's okay... What matters is that you're safe now."
"Sstt... I didn't even believe it my whole life, when I was about to die like this was saved by a human." The snake demon continued his words. "But you don't fully possess human air. There are demons, demons and spirits in your body."
The snake's confession made Xin Fai choke on his own breath, he tried to understand it but the shock was still not gone.
"W-what?"
"Sstt... I saw you put a Fire Bear gem into your body, the stealth must have come from there."
"Yes, it seems so. I must search for the 33 stealth gems to perfect my Demon Man body."
"Like that..." The demon demon pondered something. He saw no sign Xin Fai was about to hunt down the jewel as well.
Xin Fai propped up her chin as if thinking. "And the spirit...? Since when do I have it?" mumbling slowly. For that matter, the snake demon had no answer. After getting no answer, Xin Fai chose a goodbye before Li Yong worried about her. He couldn't expect to get fever medicine in this place.
Xin Fai said she had to go back to her place considering that Huang Kun was still unwell then she had to find another way to treat the young man.
But the snake demon held him back.
"My life is pretty soon," said the demon making both of Xin Fai's eyebrows furrow deeply.
"You can still live, just calm down. I'll treat you, wait a minute." Xin Fai approached but the snake demon refused.
"I have lived a long time, and suffered many deadly wounds on my body. I'll be dead soon too. So you don't have to help me, man."
"I did not expect to meet a good man like you, take my permission. A snake stealth gem like me can cure a variety of ailments if you stick it on your sick friend's head."
"No, no. You still have to live. I'll-" again his words were cut.
"No need to worry about me. This gem is the only thing I have, I don't want to owe you my life..."
Xin Fai scratched her head in doubt, she was faced with a complicated situation. On one hand he had to get medicine for Huang Kun immediately, on the other hand he did not want to take away this good demon life.
The wounds on the snake demon's body increasingly roiled his body, the demon no longer had the strength to withstand the effects of the wound as before.
He could only accept the pain with resignation. After living for thousands of years, his body had gotten many poisons and internal injuries. With his current condition, all those poisons and wounds would appear and torture him again.
Xin Fai stood up while looking down. Seeing the longer the demon suffered, he decided to end the demon's suffering by taking his life.
"I'm sorry."
The snake demon's body was cut in two in Xin Fai's hand. After making sure the snake demon had completely died, he searched for the stealth gem. "I will remember your kindness. Thanks." Xin Fai moved away, at least at the moment she still had hope of healing Huang Kun.
Not stepping again, he was startled by the arrival of Li Yong, the priest running towards him after finding Xin Fai.
"Fai'er?! Are you all right? I'm sorry I left you alone in this dark forest, I..." Li Yong's gaze turned to another place, and his heart seemed to stop when he saw two demons at once dead there.
Now that Li Yong coughed lightly, he had yet to fully recover from his shock.
"Senior, we should be right back. I've got the antidote." A green gem with an unusual shape was in Xin Fai's palm, Li Yong greeted the jewel and examined it.
"Fai 'er... Please don't lie to me. You didn't kill those two demons, did you?" Li Yong put on a serious face, for him conquering two demons at once was no easy feat. He himself would definitely suffer serious injuries after doing so. But Xin Fai was completely unharmed, except for his robe which was now torn by the bear's stealth fire.
Xin Fai scratched her ears slowly.
"If you lie, it's not me who killed the demon."
Li Yong exhaled a sigh of relief, yet he felt strange with the confession.
"If I'm honest, I killed him."
Now Li Yong was choking on his own saliva. He's been played with. "Fai'er, the more I know you, the more I fear your power." Li Yong said bluntly, that man was actually inexhaustible as to why Xin Fai had always taken him by surprise like this.
Xin Fai's head lowered. "I promise to use my power to save others. Please guide him, Senior."
Li Yong nodded at Xin Fai's words, he turned around while keeping the snake jewel in his hand. The two rushed back to their original place with Lightning Steps. And this time Li Yong increasingly did not understand why Xin Fai always had a surprise to make him amazed. Its top speed could even be offset by Xin Fai easily.
'If the two ferocious demons alone don't dwell in front of you, I'm sure you can become one of the victors who will become the Imperial Pillar of Shang.' Inner Li Yong.
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