Chu Liang looked at the corpse of the dual-blade assassin, thinking to himself, this man was indeed a tough one. He chose to commit suicide rather than betray the secrets behind him.

Out of respect for his enemy, he raised his flying sword and stabbed dozens of transparent holes to confirm the man’s death before daring to approach and examine the body.

After a thorough search, he found nothing valuable on the man except for a pair of black dual-blades. The man didn’t even have the most basic storage artifact.

This was the professional ethic of an assassin, to discard anything that could reveal his identity before each mission, bringing only his weapons to the scene.

“Sigh.”

Chu Liang sighed, reluctantly collecting the man’s dual-blades and the soul-suppressing banner as a consolation.

He then stood up and bowed to the wood demons, saying to Elder Qinghuai, “Thank you all for your help today.”

“Eh—” Elder Qinghuai waved his hand, “Hero Chu, there’s no need for such formalities. You were the one who helped our wood demon clan first, how could we just stand by and watch?”

After exchanging pleasantries, Chu Liang said, “When I entered the fire mountain earlier, I did see something inside.”

“Oh?” Elder Qinghuai immediately showed concern, “What was it?”

“It was a winged fire snake!” Chu Liang said.

“Winged fire snake?” The wood demons all changed color upon hearing this name, “That’s a notorious beast from ancient times! Cruel and bloodthirsty! Its ancestors even reached the eighth realm, controlling the heavenly elements!”

“But winged fire snakes usually live in the Evil Mountain in the southwest, how did it suddenly appear here?”

After a moment, Elder Qinghuai said, “Although the winged fire snake is only a fifth realm spirit beast, due to its innate attributes, it’s difficult for us wood demons to deal with. We may have to ask Shu Mountain for help. Hero Chu, could you please report this to your elders?”

“Don’t worry.” Chu Liang said, “I’ll report to the elders immediately and return as soon as possible to eliminate this beast.”

With the heavy responsibility entrusted by the wood demons, he rode his golden-haired beast and quickly returned to Shu Mountain.

Upon hearing his report, Master Shen was also surprised.

“A winged fire snake has left the Evil Mountain? This hasn’t happened for many years. There are many fierce beasts living there, usually living in peace. I wonder if there’s any change there? I’ll ask the elders later to see if we need to send someone to investigate.”

His thoughts were already on the situation at the Evil Mountain. As for the wood demon mountain, a fifth realm winged fire snake was not enough to trouble Shu Mountain.

He pondered for a moment, then said, “As for the one at the wood demon mountain, it’s only in the fifth realm, so it should be easy to handle. I’ll see which sixth or seventh realm cultivator is available to take care of it.”

The way of the immortal sects was always like this. When the situation was unclear, the lower-level disciples would go to investigate first. If they could solve the problem, they would. If not, they would return to the mountain and ask for help from the experts.

If every little thing required the intervention of a powerful cultivator, they would be stretched too thin.

“Master Shen, there’s no need to go through all that trouble.” Chu Liang laughed, “My master is free.”

“Heh, I forgot about Di Nvfeng.” Master Shen slapped his forehead, “If she’s willing to help, that would be best.”

In fact, he didn’t forget, he just didn’t think of her. Who in Shu Mountain would dare to order Di Nvfeng around? So much so that she was often overlooked for any good or bad events in the sect.

It was only through Chu Liang’s convenience that she could be reluctantly asked for help.

But Chu Liang had his own selfish motives.

Because that was a fifth realm spirit beast! Even if it was killed, its body was still a treasure.

Just the gallbladder of the winged fire snake was only a notch below the golden dragon snake gallbladder that the Whale Immortal gave to Jiang Yuebai. The snake scales, snake blood, and even the snake meat were all considered treasures.

These benefits naturally fell to whoever took action.

So he chose his master without hesitation.

…

Di Nvfeng was originally dozing off in the loft. When she heard there were benefits to be had, she immediately woke up.

Especially when she heard it was a winged fire snake, she suddenly stood up, her eyes shining, “Snake meat, I’ve been craving that recently.”

Chu Liang’s eyebrows twitched at her words, thinking she was too wild.

The master and disciple hurriedly rushed to the wood demon mountain.

When she descended on the place like a blazing phoenix, the wood demons in the surrounding forest couldn’t withstand her pressure and transformed into human forms, pleading, “Great one, please retract your divine power!”

Facing the rising demonic energy around her, Di Nvfeng released her strongest pressure.

In terms of fire power, Di Nvfeng was far stronger than the winged fire snake. Just her scorching pressure alone was causing the little wood demons great pain.”Master, these are our allies. The Winged Fire Serpent we’re after is inside,” Chu Liang pointed at the increasingly large mountain fire.

“Oh,” Di Nvfeng casually responded.

Then, her figure shot up into the sky, facing the divine fire below that had the Wood Demon clan at their wits’ end.

Her gaze was indifferent. Suddenly, she took a deep breath, “Hoo——”

With her breath, the mountain fire instantly seemed to have found its home, leaving the earth and converging towards the sky, forming a huge fireball in the blink of an eye!

The flames all rose into the sky, revealing a scene of devastation on the ground. The parts scorched by the mountain fire were left with nothing but bare, black ground, even the underground rocks and mountains were burned down several feet.

This fire had caused immense damage to the Wood Demon Mountain.

The instigator, the Winged Fire Serpent, was coiled on a large black stone. It was originally slithering in the fire, enjoying the warmth of the sea of fire it had created.

Suddenly, its bed was removed, and its entire home seemed to be dismantled, leaving it exposed to all.

Its vertical pupils darted around.

A bit panicked.

A bit stunned.

Di Nvfeng didn’t even glance at it.

She held the huge fireball in the sky, as large as the sun, with both hands, then forcefully compressed it.

Press…

As she exerted force with her hands, the fireball that occupied half of the sky was actually compressed to the size of her palm. She held it in her hand and rubbed it.

Until it became a walnut-sized purple-gold core, it didn’t look like it was made of flame, but more like metal.

She held it in her hand and circled it a few times, then looked down at the Winged Fire Serpent below.

“Didn’t your parents tell you that children shouldn’t play with fire?” she asked in a lazy voice.

The Winged Fire Serpent spread its wings.

It didn’t know if it understood Di Nvfeng’s words, but it definitely sensed its predicament!

Danger!

It flapped its wings and turned to fly away!

But would Di Nvfeng give it a chance?

This Winged Fire Serpent was naturally cruel and bloodthirsty, taking pleasure in killing and burning everything. It would bring great disaster wherever it went, and it couldn’t be simply driven away.

She didn’t make any extra moves, just flicked the purple-gold walnut she had just compressed.

Whoosh——

A purple light chased after the figure of the Winged Fire Serpent.

Boom! Rumble——

An instant explosion!

The fireball, which had been compressed to its limit, exploded again, and endless shockwaves and flames swallowed the Winged Fire Serpent. Even though it was its own fire, the explosive power was beyond its ability to bear.

Even a rolling fire cloud spread in the sky, covering a radius of tens of miles around the Wood Demon Mountain.

This explosion was earth-shattering.

“Master! Leave a complete corpse!” Chu Liang shouted.

“Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.” Di Nvfeng waved her hand.

So Chu Liang was reassured.

Di Nvfeng might be unreliable in everything else, but when it comes to fighting, you can always trust her.

Sure enough.

After a long time, everything cleared up.

On the bare mountaintop, Chu Liang saw the charred corpse of the Winged Fire Serpent. It never would have thought that after playing with fire all its life, it would die under its own divine fire.

Apart from the ruined snake scales, the corpse was well preserved. This Winged Fire Serpent was purely killed by the overwhelming explosive force, but it wasn’t blown apart. Di Nvfeng’s control of her strength was just right.

“Let’s take it back and make hot pot,” Di Nvfeng said happily as she landed.

“Yeah, such a big snake, we can eat for many days,” Chu Liang said, “It’s enough for many people.”

Di Nvfeng waved her fist, “Let’s feast!”

Good morning!

(End of Chapter)