Chapter 134: The Rumor from the Western Regions Reaches Yongzhou
“You don’t need to argue anymore. Rest assured, you two—one frog and one rabbit—neither of you will escape.”
The frog and rabbit looked at the humans surrounding them, their expressions grim.
The Frog Demon glanced at the Rabbit Demon still on its back and pleaded helplessly:
“Human, croak, won’t you let me and my brother go?”
“We two, frog and rabbit, are both herbivorous demons, croak. All our lives, we’ve only stayed in the forests, never once leaving to attack human villages or towns, croak.”
“We brothers have no interest in the struggle between humans and demons. If you let us go, we will disappear from your sight forever and never appear again, is that acceptable, croak?”
Faced with the Frog Demon’s begging, the man in charge, dressed in the attire of the Six Gates, shook his finger.
The Frog Demon’s whole body tensed:
“What does this mean? As expected, you refuse to let us go?”
The man was stunned, then shook his head:
“No, no, no. Although I indeed have no intention of sparing you, shaking my finger doesn’t mean that.”
“Inferior me is Fei Wu, a constable of the Six Gates.”
The Frog Demon froze, not knowing why the man suddenly began introducing himself. But then Fei Wu chuckled softly:
“Profound Demon, do you think my Six Gates is some uncultured place?”
“In this world, who doesn’t know there are only two ways for beasts to become demons? Either by eating humans, or by outlasting their lifespan.”
“Looking at you two, you’re clearly in your prime years. Are you going to tell me you became Demonic Beasts purely by outlasting your lifespans?”
“Perhaps you two truly never went down the mountain to eat humans, but that doesn’t mean you didn’t eat humans in the mountains, does it?”
Hearing Fei Wu’s words, the Frog Demon’s once pitiful and pleading eyes suddenly turned sharp.
Even the Rabbit Demon, who had been lying on the Frog Demon’s back coughing blood, stopped coughing at some unknown point.
Fei Wu continued speaking:
“You never went down the mountain to eat humans simply because you lacked confidence, lacked the courage to descend and still survive under the pursuit of the Six Gates and the Bureau of Heaven Monitoring.”
“If you had the strength, eating humans would be inevitable.”
“Between humans and demons, none are innocent. Any Demonic Beast killed by human hands is either already a criminal who committed countless crimes, or one about to commit them.”
Fei Wu looked coldly at the two silent demons and sneered:
“Unfortunately for you, the duty of my Six Gates is precisely to apprehend criminals.”
“So I ask the two of you to surrender obediently, and don’t make things difficult for the Six Gates.”
As soon as his words fell, the Frog Demon suddenly surged with strength and lunged at Fei Wu, while the Rabbit Demon’s eyes turned blood-red, pouncing toward another human:
“In that case, I think it’s better that you die, croak!”
The Frog Demon opened its massive maw, as if to swallow Fei Wu whole:
“Devour Heaven and Earth!”
Fei Wu, seeing this, formed two fingers into the shape of a sword:
“The name sounds grand enough, but unfortunately, it’s useless.”
“The reason my Six Gates united with the Bureau of Heaven Monitoring to launch the ‘Locust’ Operation was to completely sweep away all you filthy cockroaches hiding in dark corners.”
“A mere Frog Demon, don’t block my path!”
In the next moment, with a slash of his two fingers, the Frog Demon’s so-called ‘Devour Heaven and Earth’ was split in half, starting from its gaping mouth, by some inexplicable force.
After killing the Frog Demon in a single strike, Fei Wu turned his head. On the other side, the already near-dead Rabbit Demon had of course been easily subdued by the others, without managing to cause any harm to the small human group.
Clap, clap.
Fei Wu walked slowly toward the Rabbit Demon.
The Rabbit Demon’s eyes shed tears of blood:
“Humans... you demons drive us Demonic Beasts to extinction... cough cough... sooner or later, you will also face retribution...”
Fei Wu’s expression did not change:
“Is that so? Then let’s speak of it when the time comes.”
A flash of sword light, and the rabbit’s head rolled gently across the grass, the lush greenery now stained with blood.
“Lord Fei, what should we do with the corpses of these two Demons? Bring them back to the Six Gates?”
Fei Wu cast a disdainful glance at the Frog Demon’s corpse not far away:
“You want to bring back that disgusting thing? Just cut off a leg as evidence. Burn the rest on the spot.”
“As for this Rabbit Demon... hey hey, do you all want to eat spicy rabbit head tonight?”
The other humans cleaning the battlefield cheered:
“Lord Fei, wise indeed!!”
“Hahahahahaha!!”
......
Not far away, Mo Lin had witnessed everything that happened between Fei Wu and the two Demons.
In Mo Lin’s perception, similar scenes were unfolding all across the forest.
“......”
So, the ‘Locust’ Operation had already swept its way here?
If left unchecked, the ‘crops’ here would all be cleaned out by the ‘locusts,’ wouldn’t they?
But what did that have to do with Mo Lin?
It had no friendship with those ‘crops.’ In fact, if there were no ‘locusts,’ it too was a predator of the ‘crops.’
At most, it simply had other ‘food’ to eat.
Perhaps it could feast on the corpses of humans and demons after battle, but that might also draw the attention of certain powerful humans.
For Mo Lin, that was not worth the risk.
If not for its search for the Yin Flood Dragon Heart’s Blood, it wouldn’t even have bothered joining ‘Falcon Beak.’
Thus, even knowing massacres were occurring throughout the forest, Mo Lin had no intention of interfering.
“Better find a quiet place to hide.”
Just as Mo Lin was about to turn and leave, a voice from Fei Wu’s group reached its ears, making it pause.
“Hey, by the way, did you all hear about that incident the other day?”
“What incident?”
“That one, the other day. Didn’t the Vice Chief of the Six Gates in the Western Regions come seeking Chief Zhu, hoping to borrow some men from Yongzhou? But Chief Zhu refused him? I heard that Vice Chief’s face was dark with anger when he left.”
“Hehe, I know about that.”
“Of course Chief Zhu refused. Doesn’t he see? Our Yongzhou is in the middle of the ‘Locust’ Operation, nearly every disciple of the sect has been dispatched. Where would we have extra manpower to lend them?”
“By the way, do you know why the Six Gates of the Western Regions came here to borrow men?”
“No idea.”
“No idea.”
“Hey, Boss Fei Wu, since you’re close with Chief Zhu, do you know why?”
Fei Wu tossed the Rabbit Demon’s body onto a subordinate, nearly making the poor boy roll his eyes to the back of his head.
Clapping his hands impatiently, Fei Wu said:
“Ah?”
“How should I know some insider news? My head is only filled with two things right now: killing demons, and tonight’s spicy rabbit head.”
One particularly nosy fellow, more interested in gossip than in cleaning up, leaned closer to Fei Wu:
“Come on, Boss Fei Wu, just tell us a little. You definitely know more than us.”
“That’s right, Boss Fei Wu!”
Under his subordinates’ constant flattery, Fei Wu preened and stroked his chin:
“Well, alright, alright, let me think...”
“Hmm, I didn’t really pay much attention to it, but Chief Zhu did mention something. Supposedly, there’s a Heavenly Demon in the Yin River of the Western Regions about to walk the rivers, so the Six Gates there wanted to prepare in advance?”
Then Fei Wu waved his hand impatiently:
“In the end, it’s just a rumor, and nothing to do with us. Chief Zhu definitely won’t lend them manpower right now.”
“Let’s just focus on our own tasks.”
“Yes, Boss Fei Wu!”
As the Six Gates members, having finished their gossip and cleaning up the battlefield, prepared to leave, a figure suddenly appeared before them like a ghost.
A pair of vertical pupils stared straight at Fei Wu:
“Well then, pardon me. I happened to find the matter you were just discussing quite interesting. Could you perhaps explain it in more detail?”