I Can Deduce Arts by Slaying Demons-Chapter 42: Lu Xuan’s Doubts? Man-Made Aberration?

Chapter 42: Chapter 42: Lu Xuan’s Doubts? Man-Made Aberration?

As Lu Xuan approached the outskirts of the village, he noticed that the place lacked a gate.

The broken wooden fence stood slanted, and he could clearly see the scene inside through the gaps.

Wild vegetation grew among the abandoned houses, imbuing the deathly silence with an eerie feeling.

"Is that... that kind of ghostly creature?" Lu Xuan’s pupils contracted suddenly, whispering in disbelief.

In broad daylight, he found himself witnessing something so defying of common sense.

A disheveled man was stumbling towards him, his face written with despair.

And just ten steps behind the man, a creature resembling a blood-veined infant was crawling towards him in relentless pursuit.

That thing moved on all fours, making a spine-chilling "cluck cluck" sound as it advanced.

Its deformed head tilted at an unnatural angle, and bloodshot eyes were fixed on the prey ahead.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan instinctively placed his hand on the sword at his waist.

It’s him!

Lu Xuan’s eyes narrowed, instantly recognizing the fleeing, sorry figure.

It was none other than Su Tianqi, who had once held animosity towards him.

At this moment, Su Tianqi had already lost his previous arrogance; his face was pallid, eyes bloodshot, as if desperate to grow two more legs to escape the village.

He screamed internally, the fear almost overwhelming his rational mind—the bizarre White Lotus Blood Infant had suddenly abandoned its confrontation with Li Yanran to chase after him!

"Li Yanran, that bitch!"

"Why... why can’t she stop it?!"

The shadow of death clung to him like a plague; Su Tianqi frantically moved his legs, hoarse breathing escaping his throat.

All he wanted was to get far away from the twisted, crawling creature at his back.

However, the speed of that thing was unbelievably fast...

Su Tianqi’s vision blurred with fear until he stumbled towards the village gate, suddenly realizing.

A tall, imposing figure stood at the exit like an immovable mountain.

"Courting death! Get out of my way!"

Su Tianqi roared in anger, his fear of death turning into rage, wishing to tear whoever blocked his path to pieces.

But the next second, his pupils shrank abruptly: "It’s you, bastard."

Lu Xuan’s stern countenance under the light seemed like a grim reaper, his dark eyes unmoved.

"Ah!"

Just as Su Tianqi was about to speak, his left arm was suddenly sliced off by something sharp.

The intense pain hit him as he staggered and rolled forward.

The creature had caught up to him.

Su Tianqi endured the searing pain, turned himself over on the ground, only to be greeted by a hair-raising scene. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

The ghastly creature, before his eyes, was gnawing on his severed left hand with relish.

A spine-chilling sensation coursed from the soles of Su Tianqi’s feet straight to his head.

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Tianqi ignored the agony from his left hand and continued dashing towards the village entrance ahead.

As he looked up, he saw that Lu Xuan was still standing dumbly outside the village, seemingly petrified by the creature.

Noticing this, Su Tianqi seemed to think of a way to escape, a sinister smile appearing on his face, he charged towards Lu Xuan.

He had realized his speed was far inferior to that of the White Lotus Blood Infant.

To continue this stalemate would simply be futile—a certain death.

Heaven is helping me!

This fool, then, I’ll have him die in my stead.

"You go die for me!"

As Su Tianqi approached Lu Xuan, he extended his only remaining right arm, striking at Lu Xuan with all his might.

If he couldn’t outrun the White Lotus Blood Infant, he would let this fool draw the creature’s attention, giving himself a chance to escape.

However, things did not go as Su Tianqi imagined.

His full-force palm strike, upon nearing Lu Xuan, found no resistance.

It directly passed through Lu Xuan’s body, as if Lu Xuan were an illusion, not existing in the real world.

Bang!

Su Tianqi, because of his missed strike, crashed heavily into the ground ahead.

Why is this happening?

Su Tianqi’s mind went blank, seemingly doubting everything he saw.

He clearly remembered aiming his strike at Lu Xuan.

Yet, as Su Tianqi lay on the ground, two small feet soaked in fresh blood appeared before him.

Only then did Su Tianqi react, lifting his head in horror.

What he saw was a sinister head enlarging constantly in his pupils. The creature’s eerie, glowing white eyes met his in a staring contest.

Su Tianqi could even see the bits of meat hanging from its mouth that it hadn’t finished devouring.

All of it was his own flesh!

"Help..."

The next moment, a mouth brimming with sharp teeth opened wide, mercilessly biting down.

Lu Xuan stood at a distance, frowning, looking at the blood-soaked creature of infant size.

What is this thing?

How could there be such a creature in a mountain bandit village?

He hadn’t heard the bandits mention it.

At this moment, the creature was gobbling up its meal.

Its two pale little hands seemed to possess great primal power, tearing the thing below it into pieces.

Suddenly, a rapidly advancing figure burst from within the village, exuding a powerful aura of blood and energy.

A woman punched the creature with rage, sending it flying like a cannonball into the distance.

Lu Xuan’s eyebrows shot up, having recognized the newcomer.

It’s that woman!

The Martial Artist of the Blood Refining Realm.

However, she seemed to be in bad shape, her thigh bleeding profusely, staining her robes red.

After punching the creature away, Li Yanran quickly approached the village gate, shouting at Lu Xuan behind her: "Run!"

Hearing the woman’s angry shout, Lu Xuan slightly furrowed his brows, ignoring her, and focused on the infant-like creature.

What is this thing?

Yet the woman’s angry voice came again, intensifying Lu Xuan’s confusion.

"We’ll escape separately!"

"Remember, this creature is the White Lotus Blood Infant, a bizarre creation of the Pure World White Lotus Sect."

"No matter who survives, you must report back to the County Magistrate of Qingyun County,

"Otherwise, if this eerie creature appears outside, it will cause unimaginable consequences!"

After speaking to Lu Xuan, the White Lotus Blood Infant, which had been sent flying, stood back up again.

Blood kept oozing from the White Lotus Blood Infant’s body, where Li Yanran had hit, white smoke rising from the area.

However, the white smoke dissipated in an instant, as did the terrifying energy and blood Li Yanran had injected into it, vanishing without a trace.

Li Yanran watched the White Lotus Blood Infant ahead warily, retreat thoughts surfacing in her mind.

"You run first, I’ll hold it off for a while!"

In the next second, the White Lotus Blood Infant transformed into a shadow, charging towards the village gate.

Li Yanran was about to confront and block the White Lotus Blood Infant’s advance again.

A tall, formidable figure swept past her, raising a gust of wind.

Before her, it confronted the White Lotus Blood Infant head-on.

Bang!

With a loud noise!

The White Lotus Blood Infant was kicked away by a giant foot, crashing into the village’s interior.

In less than a moment, it was out of Li Yanran’s sight.

And the tall, upright figure pursued the White Lotus Blood Infant into the village’s interior.

Li Yanran, standing outside the village gate, was left in a daze, her mind blank.

Because the sudden sequence of events had happened in an instant, she hadn’t even seen what precisely transpired.