Land Sword Immortal: Eighty Years as the Guardian of the Sword Pavilion

Chapter 100 – The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind

"Meng Fan, Brother Meng Fan, Xiao Qing is so huge, it won't be easy for us to take it out of the Demon Realm!" Li Xuerou suddenly said to Meng Fan.

Meng Fan's brows furrowed slightly; indeed, Xiao Qing's several meters long body was too conspicuous.

Seeing Meng Fan frown, Xiao Qing's massive body suddenly began to shrink.

Meng Fan's face revealed surprise at this scene.

Xiao Qing truly possessed exceptional talent, with astonishing abilities beyond expectation.

To be able to change size at will, wasn't that just like Sun Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang?

***

Moments later, Xiao Qing had shrunk to the size of a finger.

Compared to its previous massive size, it was now as insignificant as a speck of dust.

Although Xiao Qing had become very small, its speed was extremely fast.

In the blink of an eye, it dashed onto Meng Fan's shoulder, looking down at Liu Yanping with an air of superiority.

Liu Yanping said to Meng Fan in utter amazement, "I've heard that demons capable of changing their size freely are of a very high rank, and they have the potential to become kings or ancestors among the demon tribe.

Meng Fan, it seems like you've really stumbled upon a treasure this time!"

Hearing Liu Yanping's praise, Xiao Qing's chin tilted even higher.

Meng Fan simply smiled faintly. From the moment he saw the four claws and three toes on this green serpent, he knew it was no ordinary Flood Dragon.

Liu Yanping's after-the-fact comments didn't make her seem any more knowledgeable.

The trio and one serpent left the valley and continued to roam the Demon Realm, casually eliminating demons along the way.

***

In the blink of an eye, ten days had passed.

During these ten days, Liu Yanping and Li Xuerou found themselves with a new competitor.

Previously, it was the two of them who took action against the demons, but now Xiao Qing was also eager to join the fray.

Theoretically, Xiao Qing, being a demon itself, should share a common hatred with the demons.

Yet, when it came to killing demons, it was anything but merciful, taking the initiative with great enthusiasm!

Not only did it kill, but it also devoured its prey alive, employing extremely cruel methods.

Meng Fan couldn't help but be curious and voiced his doubts to Xiao Qing.

Xiao Qing replied matter-of-factly, "Only members of the Flood Dragon tribe are my kin; all others are different species. For us Flood Dragons to eat other demons is just like you humans eating chickens and ducks. What's so strange about that?"

When put that way, it seemed to make sense!

***

In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed, and the day the Demon Realm portal would close was drawing nearer.

Meng Fan and his companions had already begun to make their way back towards the direction of the Demon Realm portal, whether intentionally or not.

Along the way, they had slain many demons and collected some heavenly and earthly treasures.

But according to Xiao Qing, those were just low-level treasures, nothing compared to its lotus flower.

No, not its lotus flower anymore, but Meng Fan's!

During these days, Meng Fan and his companions hadn't encountered any humans.

With just over three hundred people entering the Demon Realm, and the realm being so vast, it was normal not to run into others.

However, as they started heading back towards the Demon Realm portal, they soon encountered humans.

The first encounter was with a disciple from the Kunlun Sword Sect. After a brief greeting, they went their separate ways.

The second encounter was with fellow disciples from the Shu Mountain Sword Sect. The group of three exchanged pleasantries and then continued on their way without further interaction.

On the twenty-first day of entering the Demon Realm, Meng Fan and his companions encountered humans for the third time.

This time, it was a bit... interesting!

They saw fellow disciples from the Shu Mountain Sword Sect.

A man and a woman were surrounding and attacking a white bear.

The white bear was clearly of a high level, even stronger than a minotaur.

In the Demon Realm, this was considered a mini-boss, a rare encounter.

Its demon core, if taken out and presented as a contribution, could be worth as much as ten, or even dozens of ordinary ones!

A real treasure!

When Meng Fan and his companions saw the two, it was just as they had joined forces to slay the white bear.

This was a normal occurrence.

But what was interesting was... the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

Just as the two Shu Mountain Sword Sect disciples killed the white bear, someone dressed in the Limitless Sword Sect's disciple attire emerged from the shadows with a sword, aiming not at the white bear, but at the two Shu Mountain Sword Sect disciples.

Murder for loot!

This was quite clear.

"Meng Fan, it's Senior Brother Yang Xu and Senior Sister Zhou Min, let's hurry and help them! This disciple from the Limitless Sword Sect is so despicable and vile, taking advantage of others' peril to launch a sneak attack!" Liu Yanping exclaimed angrily upon seeing this scene.

This was no longer a matter of taking advantage of others; the three sects had joined forces for this mission, and everyone was supposed to be comrades-in-arms.

Yet this disciple from the Limitless Sword Sect had backstabbed his comrades with a sword.

He was no better than a beast!

But in fact, this was a common occurrence. Before entering the Demon Realm, Meng Fan had anticipated such things might happen.

It just hadn't happened to him yet!

"Since we're all from the same sect and we've witnessed this, of course, we should lend a hand," Meng Fan said to Liu Yanping.

Then the trio sped up and reached the battlefield ahead.

Shu Mountain Sword Sect's Yang Xu and Zhou Min were frowning with injuries, their clothes stained red with blood.

Several of the wounds were inflicted by this disciple from the Limitless Sword Sect.

As they approached, Meng Fan recognized the Limitless Sword Sect disciple; he looked somewhat familiar.

With a wave of his hand, a burst of Sword Qi shot out.

The long sword in the hands of the Limitless Sword Sect disciple was struck and flew out of his grip, falling to the ground.

Liu Yanping, standing beside Meng Fan, suddenly exclaimed in shock and anger, "It's you, you're still as despicable and shameless as ever!"

Meng Fan turned to look at Liu Yanping, asking curiously, "You know him?"

Liu Yanping replied, "He's the one who stole my kill during my last outing."

Meng Fan looked back at the Limitless Sword Sect disciple and remembered.

This was the guy who had used the Supreme Heartless Sword Technique at the Shu Mountain Swordsmanship Competition!

His name seemed to be... Liu Feixing.

Previously, Liu Feixing had stolen Liu Yanping's kill.

Now in the Demon Realm, he had stolen Yang Xu and Zhou Min's kill, truly incorrigible.

"This senior brother, it's all a misunderstanding. Actually, I had my eye on this white bear first. I observed it for a long time and was about to make my move when these two friends from the Shu Mountain Sword Sect appeared.

I mistook them for enemies and attacked them!

I don't want the white bear anymore, consider it my way of apologizing to you," Liu Feixing, seeing that Meng Fan's group was more powerful, was no longer as ruthless as before and started to apologize.

"Apologize? Then you should apologize to them and see if they forgive you," Meng Fan said, glancing at Yang Xu and Zhou Min, then addressing Liu Feixing.

What use was it to apologize to him when it was the two of them who were injured?

Liu Feixing immediately bowed to Yang Xu and Zhou Min, saying, "Senior brother and sister, I was reckless. I was too impulsive just now and should not have attacked you. Please forgive me!"