XIAO SHUXIANG'S
180 - Demon World (Vol. 2 'The Protective Star') [Revised]

Just as Piao Liang's head was about to be slashed by Lan Xu Jian, he had the help of the black-robed and hooded man. Piao Liang's form changed again, his body filled with severe injuries.

Piao Liang tried to stand up, he watched his comrade's fight against the Second Patriarch of the Sky Sword Sect.

"Where is the girl? Why hasn't he come back yet..?!"

Right after Piao Liang said so, he instantly felt the presence of someone approaching towards him.

What he was waiting for has come. Ling Qing Zhu treaded gracefully beside Piao Liang. His left hand held a small red pagoda-shaped object acting seven.

The look in his eyes led to the fight of Patriarch Lan and his black-robed fellow. The pagoda in his hand shot out then floated slightly above the head of the black-robed and hooded man.

Patriarch Lan flinched as his opponent leaped backwards, the next second the small pagoda let out a light and illuminated Patriarch Lan's body.

Instantly, the Pagoda sucked Patriarch Lan and returned to Ling Qing Zhu's palm.

The black-robed and hooded man stepped his feet heavily, he held his chest that was hit by a deep enough slash from Patriarch Lan.

"Ukh! Miss, the other four Patriarchs have arrived. You go,"

Ling Qing Zhu nodded, he immediately darted away towards where the other Patriarch of the Sky Sword Sect was.

A disciple witnessed how Patriarch Lan was sucked into the small red pagoda, he had trouble swallowing his saliva.

He heard the talk of Piao Liang and the black-robed man. He gasped when he found out that their true mission was to kill Lan Guan Zhi and kidnap Lan Xiao as well as the five Patriarchs.

He became concerned about the safety of his juniors whom he knew along with the Moon Tiger.

He needed help, immediately darting himself to search for the whereabouts of the GrandElder Sect of the Sky Sword Sect.

Lan Xiao himself was currently bringing Xiao Shuxiang and Lan Guan Zhi to Ping Gou's residence. Xiao Shuxiang's face was so pale, he didn't think about the condition of his body being filled with poison.

Ping Gou himself was shocked when Xiao Shuxiang suddenly came and asked him to come down from his new black jade cot.

Xiao Shuxiang laid Lan Guan Zhi down, his face still so worried. He thought hard to save his friend.

".. The dantian is broken, what should I do?! Lan Zhi..? Answer me if you hear me, man..?! Lan Guan Zhi's! You don't scare me, Lan Zhi..!" Xiao Shuxiang inspected Lan Guan Zhi's body with Qi, he was shocked as the flames of his friend's soul slowly dimmed.

Xiao Shuxiang was getting more and more panicked, he was too excited to think of a way to save his friend. If Lan Guan Zhi's Dantian were to return intact, then it was likely that his life would not be in this situation.

The problem was that there was no way to repair the Dantian that had been damaged, let alone Lan Guan Zhi's now starting to fuse and disappear. There are only ten breaths left and he will lose his life.

Xiao Shuxiang held onto his stomach, he had two Dantians. However it was not easy to take out his dantian and transfer it to Lan Guan Zhi's body. It was too risky, let alone the poison within his body.

Xiao Shuxiang looked at Lan Guan Zhi's face with a blurry look in his eyes, he could not remember from when he cried.

".. This won't solve my problem." Xiao Shuxiang rubbed both his eyes and face, he saw Lan Xiao swiping his mouth and nose on Lan Guan Zhi's hand.

Even the Moon Tiger shed tears. Just like Xiao Shuxiang, he was also afraid of losing this young man.

"Lan Xiao, you take care of Lan Guan Zhi until I get back. Use your life energy and keep his soul fire from extinguishing. Youunderstand?"

Nnnrr

Xiao Shuxiang took out many herbs as Lan Xiao's food. He then had Ping Gou guard this place and should not let anyone approach Lan Guan Zhi.

Ping Gou nodded, he looked at Xiao Shuxiang who was starting to leave himself with the Moon Tiger and Lan Guan Zhi.

Xiao Shuxiang vomited blood when he arrived outside, the poison in his body was very difficult to neutralize. He immediately wiped the blood on his lips and with a breath of breath, Xiao Shuxiang darted towards the Great Market.

The market crowd did not decrease at all, being in a fairly dark hallway.. Five ordinary humans with criminal-like faces seemed to be smiling widely as they watched a frightened woman and continued to step back while trying to ask for help.

"You Don't Get Close! Get Out of Here! Please..!!"

"No need to fear, Miss Beautiful. We won't hurt you, hahahaha"

The girl's gaze turned around, she saw that there were wooden blocks around. Immediately he ran and took the wooden block.

The five men just continued to smile broadly while laughing, they did not expect to get good-bodied prey and increase this passion. Full moon night, perfect for fun.

"Come on sweet, don't be afraid baby.."

The woman tried to hit the depraved men who were trying to take advantage of her. Unfortunately he was only able to hit the body of one of the men twice and now ended up with his body pushed to hit the ground.

Feeling already above the wind, these five wolf-like men began to attack the Woman.

Despite trying to rebel, he was too weak. Both his hands and feet were in tight grip, all he could do now was cry while shouting for help.

One of the men who was about to take off his clothes suddenly fell down with his head into the stomach of the Woman and made her victim scream.

Four other men turned their eyes, but the next second they were all hit on the nape without knowing who would dare to interfere with their pleasure.

The woman herself pushed the rough man who befell her, she covered her slightly exposed upper body. His breathing was breathless, but the look in his eyes managed to catch a black-clothed young man standing in front of him.

If the face of this young man did not look friendly, he might have been very frightened. He was shocked when he realized that the eyes of the young man in front of him contained sadness and seemed to be crying out.

He did not have time to thank him, the young man disappeared and the next second he felt someone hit his nape from behind.

The woman immediately lay unconscious, who hit her was none other than Xiao Shuxiang, the young man who had also hit the five depraved men.

"I need five more humans," Xiao Shuxiang gripped the collars of the two humans and immediately darted carrying them to the Mother Mountain.

Xiao Shuxiang was unable to ask for his little blue flame to help, as they were in the Sky Sword Sect and were still helping Jing Mi and the others at this time.

Xiao Shuxiang slowly threw the two men he had brought to the ground, a little further away from the residence belonging to Ping Gou.

"Hold Lan Zhi, I will definitely save you.." Xiao Shuxiang darted away again, carrying the other humans and searching again.

Brucks,

Xiao Shuxiang threw the tenth human he was carrying. They were all still alive, but in a state of unconsciousness.

These ten humans piled on top of each other, Xiao Shuxiang clawed at the back of his right hand until it bled. He dripped his blood on the human forehead that was at the top of the pile.

Xiao Shuxiang vomited blood, but as much as he could endure the pain in his body, his work was not finished yet. He then formed a seal and placed his right hand on the human belly in front of him.

Red rays began to shine on these ten humans, suddenly they all screamed in pain as their bodies turned to dust and Xiao Shuxiang's slowly disappearing legs continued to rise into his body.

The blue flame Xiao Shuxiang who was helping the disciples of the Sky Sword Sect, Butterfly Sect, and Silver Bamboo Sect disappeared one by one.

The Sky Sword Sect was extremely chaotic when viewed from above. Many disciples were severely injured, the blood and flesh pieces belonging to the enemy splattered everywhere.

Ling Qing Zhu and his uncle as well as their comrades had left some time ago after successfully capturing the other four Patriarchs.

Jing Mi and her brothers and the disciples of the Heaven Sword Sect managed to kill all 50 men in black and managed to injure Ling Hao Yu as he protected his nephew.

It was just that they were unable to save the four Patriarchs who were absorbed into Ling Qing Zhu's red pagoda. They seemed to be lacking in knowledge that inside the pagoda Lan Xu Jian was also present.

Ro Wei who was lying limp with a sword incision on her body tried to feel and take out the storage pouch on her clothes. He threw the pouch towards the nearly dying disciple of the Heaven Sword Sect.

"try to.. Huh huh.. To take the pill inside.." Ro Wei's breath was intermittent, his gaze blurred, but he was still trying to withstand the wounds on his body with Qi.

".. Huh.. Huh.. Where is Brother Xiao..? Why. I didn't see him in the whole fight.."

Both Ro Wei, Jing Mi, including the GrandElder of the Sky Sword Sect were unaware of what had happened to Lan Guan Zhi. Nor did they know that the current Xiao Shuxiang was in a place that was not part of their world.

Other than the world inhabited by humans and cultivators, there was another world called the 'Demon World'. This place was inhabited by Demonic Beasts aged 1 to hundreds of thousands of years.

The Demon World was divided into three regions, namely White Emperor Mountain, Red Emperor Mountain, and Black Emperor Mountain.

The largest palace in the Red Emperor Mountain region, it had a bodyguard of Demonic Beasts whose body was almost as perfect as a human if there were no horns on their heads or thick fur on their faces.

There were about seven Demonic Beasts who were on night patrol, strolling around their Elders residence.

At first it was safe, but the next second they were startled with a white light that instantly changed into a young man in a dark black uniform.

"Who are you?! How Dare You Come To This Place..!" snapped at one of the guards while pointing at the young man who turned out to be Xiao Shuxiang.

"I don't have time to answer your questions. Move aside..!" Xiao Shuxiang was so cold, he stepped foot but was stopped by this guard.

A fight was inevitable, Xiao Shuxiang had to fight with the guards in his poison-stricken state.

A BAAAM!

One of the guards bounced and hit the ground hard when it hit Xiao Shuxiang's fist. Somehow he could be so strong in his current state.

Perhaps it was because he did not want to lose such a precious friend to him that he lunged at whoever his opponent was fiercely.

High-level Demonic Beasts and these monsters were extremely overwhelmed against Xiao Shuxiang. They sensed a strange aura coming out from the young man's body, it took them some time to realize who they were fighting against.

A BAAAM!

"Ukh! Wh-how is that possible..? Tun-HE'S HUMAN..!!"

The six guards were shocked to hear the cry from his comrade. They watched Xiao Shuxiang closely and instantly their eyes widened.

"No way! How Can Humans Get To This Place?!"

"I.must..!!"

Xiao Shuxiang only put on a cold face, he warned these guards not to block his way if they still wanted to live.

"Curtain! So Arrogant..! You Think This Place Is Your Home So You Can Act Likely, Huh?! You're Just a Weak Man..!!"

" … "

Xiao Shuxiang did not say anything, both of his hands clenched together with the color of his eyes turning red. The next instant he lunged at the guards without giving them all the opportunity to strike back.

The commotion that Xiao Shuxiang caused so quickly spread, it even reached the ears of the owner of this palace.

A woman who looks 25 years old, long black hair with all red clothes, her face is beautiful and her body shape is so beautiful.

Anyone who saw him would not believe that he was a 100,000-year-old Demonic Beast.

"What?! A human?! You Don't Joke!! There's no way a human could come here..!" lui Me Tian's forehead shriveled upon hearing his guard's words.

"Sa-I don't dare, Elder. He's really human,"

The guard who had goat horns on his head pressed his chest firmly. His face was pale and cold sweat was visible on his forehead, he was holding back the blood that was about to come out of his mouth.

Lui Me Tian was silent for a moment, how could there be a human that could reach the Demon World? Moreover, the human makes his guard so overwhelmed.

".. Don't-don't..!" Lui Me Tian immediately took a quick step, her beautiful red clothes sweeping across the floor as she stepped.

His palace was so vast and so huge, about eleven steps of him began to disappear then arrived in front of the main door of his palace.

A BAAAM!

Lui Me Tian's huge door was hit hard to the point of opening wide, he gasped when he saw a young man with long black hair unraveling and a hair tie that had already reached the end of his hair.

Both of the young man's hands were filled with blackish-red blood, there were splashes of blood on his cheeks and neck, his glowing red eyes showing a sharp cold impression.

" … "

"You .. Xiao.. Xiwei..!"

The palace guards who were about to attack the young man for making a ruckus were so shocked when suddenly the human shot out like a flash of light and instantly gripped firmly on the neck of their Elder with their left hand.

"TETUAA?!"

This incident was very surprising, because their Elders could not be defeated just like that. Their elders were not weak Demonic Beasts..!!

"Ukh! Xi-Xiaoin.. Shuxiang.." Lui Me Tian was like being too shocked by the young man in front of her. His memory is still very good, not wrong anymore. This young man was Xiao Shuxiang!

Heard his elder mention a name.. The guards who were about to attack Xiao Shuxiang were again shocked.

"Xiao Shuxiang..?!"

"Is he the one..?!"

Xiao Shuxiang did not care about the gazes of the guards' eyes, he simply stared coldly at this woman he was clutching.

"I came here to borrow the Book of the Soul Reformer, quickly give me the book!"

"W-what is this thing called borrowing? You bi-can do it de-in a good way..!"

Lui Me Tian tried to release Xiao Shuxiang's left hand on his neck, but the hand got stronger and stronger.

"My time is not much. Give Quickly!"

Lui Me Tian told a servant to retrieve the book that Xiao Shuxiang wanted. After the book came, the young man released his grip.

Lui Me Tian coughed, he looked at Xiao Shuxiang who opened the book after book.

"Why is this book only half of it?! Where are the others?!"

Lui Me Tian held her neck slowly and told Xiao Shuxiang that the book was only half, no one could complete it.

".. Many have tried to complete the steps in us, but they all failed and had to lose their lives. You too"

"I don't care. I have to save Lan Zhi..!" Xiao Shuxiang walked deeper in Lui Me Tian's palace, he acted as if this was his home.

All eyes including the owner of the residence looked at Xiao Shuxiang's back which was getting further away.

The guards wanted to attack the young man who had dared to act rudely at their Elder, but Lui Me Tian forbade.

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