Chapter 48 Wouldn't it have been easier if you'd just said so earlier?

"Humph! Brat, you actually gave me one more chance! You sure know how to brag!"

"The next move I make will leave you with not enough lives to pay for it!"

The rabbit demon flew into a furious rage.

Losing face in front of his dual-cultivation partner spelled big trouble for the future.

Jiang Xuan helplessly shook his head.

"Fine, fine, fine, make it quick. I'm in a hurry."

"You're courting death!"

The rabbit demon vanished on the spot, exactly as he had moments before.

The only difference was a faint, hazy red mist now lingering in the air.

To Jiang Xuan's surprise, his field of vision was suddenly filled with countless rabbit demons sneering malevolently!

Before he could figure out what was going on, the swarm of rabbit demons crashed down upon him like a tidal wave!

Those long rabbit teeth began to bite down! Those powerful rabbit hind legs continuously kicked against Jiang Xuan's body!

Every single strike was packed with lethal force!

Jiang Xuan channeled his spiritual energy to resist, but the nascent spiritual energy was instantly shattered by the dense barrage of attacks.

"Little bunny, have you... had enough of your tantrum?"

The Extreme Yang Flame surged from Jiang Xuan's palm, instantly creating a sea of fire.

Jiang Xuan had completely run out of patience.

Wherever his gaze swept, his person followed.

He accurately grabbed hold of that rabbit demon, the flames dissipated, and the rabbit demon was hoisted high up by Jiang Xuan with a single hand!

His fingers dug straight into the rabbit demon's windpipe, and fresh blood began to ooze out!

The rabbit demon struggled frantically, but could not squeeze out a single syllable!

"Senior Brother! Ah! I'll kill you!"

"Courting death! Crimson Thousand Flurry!"

The red mist blanketed the area once more as the female rabbit demon also revealed her true form, unleashing a torrential surge of formidable spiritual energy.

Yet within mere seconds, the only outcome was that Jiang Xuan's other hand now held a second rabbit demon.

"Before I give in to the urge to kill, I hope both of you will tell me everything you know."

"You only get one chance. Otherwise, the two of you can just die together as lovers."

He tossed both hands forward. The two rabbit demons lay on the ground twitching for a long while before gradually calming down.

Suddenly, Jiang Xuan caught the sound of voices, and his sword-like brows furrowed.

"Sen-, Senior Sister, this fellow is such a freak. Let's, let's run away!"

"Of course we have to run! With our rabbit clan's evasion techniques, no one can catch us!"

"I'll count to three! As soon as I finish, we bolt together!"

"Alright!"

***

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan let out a playful laugh.

Then, he slowly began to speak, his voice overlapping with the rabbit demons' inner thoughts.

"Three! Two..."

"Three! Two! One!"

"Are you done shouting? Now that you're done, why don't you try and see if you can actually run away?"

Jiang Xuan looked down at the two rabbit demons lying on the ground with a beaming smile.

Yet the expressions on the faces of the two rabbit demons were changing rapidly at that very moment!

"You! How can you hear our inner thoughts?!"

"That's not right! Sound transmission requires establishing a mutual spiritual link! Outsiders shouldn't be able to hear it at all!"

The two rabbit demons were completely dumbfounded, freezing in place as they looked at each other, utterly unable to figure out the reason.

The Snow Leopard clan's sound transmission technique was something they had obtained from the sect only after completing numerous missions.

Although many beasts knew this technique, it was simply impossible for anyone to overhear a sound transmission without a spiritual link established!

Furthermore, every spiritual link was unique to the individuals involved—akin to different broadcast frequencies. Unless a third party established paired links with both of the other two, such a feat remained utterly impossible!

"That's none of your concern."

With that, Jiang Xuan's hand morphed into sharp claws, violently plunging into the body of the female rabbit demon!

Fresh blood spurted forth, and the female rabbit demon's agonizing shrieks quickly echoed through the forest, sounding utterly tragic!

"I'll talk! I'll talk! Please don't kill my junior sister!"

"Wouldn't it have been easier if you'd just said so earlier? You're just asking for it!"

Jiang Xuan muttered, and the rabbit demon dared not utter a single word in retort.

"Around noon, I only sensed a single first-tier grand demon passing by. The direction he left in was towards the Corpse Artifact Marsh!"

"Corpse Artifact Marsh? What the hell is that?"

Jiang Xuan asked, puzzled.

"There are crocodile demons in that marsh, and they're native packs of the Nether Domain. The strongest among them even reach the spirit demon level!"

"There are also many magical artifacts in that place, but they're all melted at the bottom of the marsh and occupied by those crocodile demons. Many sects send members there collectively to loot them, but most end up becoming food for the crocodile demons anyway."

Holy shit!

What the hell! A spirit demon!

Hearing those words, Jiang Xuan felt a profound shock rippling through his heart, scaring him quite a bit.

At that moment, all he could do was pray that Xiaolan and Glutton didn't foolishly wander into that place!

Otherwise, not even the heavenly king himself—no, not even that Immortal Emperor Xiao Chenshan—could possibly save their skins!

"I get it!"

Dropping those words, Jiang Xuan shot straight up from the ground and sped off in the direction the rabbit demon had pointed.

"Senior Brother, did you feel that just now? That fellow's aura—it felt somewhat like a sacred beast's aura!"

"It seemed like it. Is this brat really only at the third-tier cultivation level? How can he be this terrifying..."

***

"Fortunately, he was in a hurry to find someone, otherwise the two of us definitely wouldn't have survived."

By this point, the male rabbit demon no longer cared about losing face in front of his dual-cultivation partner.

Retaining their tiny lives was already a stroke of immense fortune.

"Let's hurry and leave, Senior Brother! If this guy finds his companion and comes back, we're done for!"

"Right, right, right! Let's go!"

***

Meanwhile, Jiang Xuan was rapidly darting through the forest.

This Nether Domain was fraught with danger everywhere, and he was already regretting letting the two of them go out alone.

Besides, did chopping some wood really take that long?

After a long while, Jiang Xuan finally came to a halt.

"Glutton! Why don't you just chop yourself up instead! It's already dark and you still don't know how to go home! Are you out of your mind?!"

Within his line of sight, Glutton was currently hovering on the branch of a massive tree, using his spiritual energy to slice through the gigantic bough.

Hearing the familiar voice, he finally turned his head around.

"Big Brother! Why did you come over? I'll be done cutting these few trees and then I'll head back!"

"Cut the crap! You've been out for so long, heaven knows if you're dead or alive! Of course I had to come check on you!"

Hearing this, Glutton felt a surge of warmth in his heart.

Yet the very next second, Jiang Xuan gave him a sharp rap on the head with his knuckles.

"Ouch! It hurts like he... it hurts like hell!"

"If it doesn't hurt, how are you going to remember the lesson? This place isn't the outer domain. Running off so far—what would you do if you got eaten by a demon beast?"

"Big Brother, aren't there a lot of us? Building that villa you mentioned is going to take a lot of timber, you know."

"You still dare talk back! Believe me, I'll choke you to death!"

"No, no, no! I know I was wrong! I won't dare do it again, Big Brother!"

Smiling foolishly, Glutton took the severe lecture from Jiang Xuan in stride, harboring no resentment whatsoever.

Seeing that goofy expression of his, Jiang Xuan could only shake his head helplessly.

"Right, the dog demon and bear demon meat—did you and Xiaolan stash it in your spatial rings?"

"Yeah, we both put it in our respective spatial rings."

"And the meat? Hand it over to me for safekeeping. Look at your name—you're called Glutton for a reason!"

"Big Brother, well, you see... I already ate it all..."

"Me! You! The meat! Wasn't it supposed to..."