Chapter 185 - 112: Laugh! Isn’t It Funny?
"Brother Jiang, a Tiger Demon is chasing me! We have to go, or we’ll both die here..."
"So, you’re being chased by one Third Realm and two Fourth Realm Tiger Demons..."
The light in Jiang Mu’s eyes grew brighter.
Before You Dashan could speak, he said, "Perfect. I’ll take care of them for you."
You Dashan nearly choked on his own spit.
’Brother, did you knock back some cheap booze on your way here? Have you lost your mind?’
He was about to try and persuade him again when a giggling laugh suddenly echoed out.
"Big brother, you run so slowly."
The Little Tiger Demon darted out from the jungle. It had an innocent, childlike smile on its face and was toying with a bloody finger in its hand.
When it saw Jiang Mu, its smile widened, and it clapped its hands happily.
"Great! A new toy to play with."
You Dashan’s face went deathly pale, the last glimmer of hope in his eyes completely extinguished.
’It’s over!’
Looking at Jiang Mu’s young, handsome face, he gritted his teeth and whispered urgently,
"Brother Jiang, run! I’ll hold them off with my life! Find your companions as fast as you can! The more people, the better!"
"This kid really does look punchable."
Jiang Mu pushed him aside and smiled at the Little Tiger Demon. "Where are your parents? Call them out."
"My, what a handsome young man."
As soon as the words fell, the Tiger Demon couple appeared nearby.
The female Tiger Demon’s eyes lit up when she saw Jiang Mu’s handsome face. She subconsciously licked her red lips, a glint in her eyes.
"A tender-skinned, handsome young man like this must taste exquisite."
"Xiaobao, leave a little for your mother."
"Mommy likes that special cut of meat... I wonder if this young man... even has anything to offer."
The male Tiger Demon, however, first scanned their surroundings warily.
Only after confirming there was no ambush did he relax.
He looked at Jiang Mu and sneered.
"A nice-looking shell, but a shame there’s no brain inside. A mere Third Realm Cultivator, daring to wander into a place like this alone to die."
Jiang Mu said nonchalantly, "Let me ask, do you have any other clan members? Can you call them all out at once?"
Just three demons. Jiang Mu felt it wasn’t quite enough.
Behind him, You Dashan was on the verge of a breakdown.
’Is this guy really insane?’
The Tiger Demon couple froze, exchanging a strange look.
Then, the female Tiger Demon burst out cackling, her body trembling with laughter. "He really is an idiot, spouting nonsense with death at his doorstep."
The Little Tiger Demon clapped its hands and said cheerfully,
"Big brother, how about Xiaobao plays a game with you?
I’ll count to ten. You run as far as you can, and then I’ll come chase you. Let’s see who’s faster, okay?"
With that, it skillfully turned around and covered its eyes with its chubby little hands.
"One..."
PFFT!
A blur of motion, and a flash of blood-red light streaked past.
The Little Tiger Demon’s counting came to an abrupt halt.
A small tiger’s head flew into the air, then rolled to a stop at the feet of the Tiger Demon couple.
It still wore an innocent, childlike smile.
Jiang Mu habitually flicked the blood from his saber’s tip and looked at the Tiger Demon couple, whose expressions had frozen.
"Go on, laugh."
"Why aren’t you laughing anymore?"
"Was that... not funny?"
"Bao’Er!!"
The woman let out a sharp, furious roar, tears of blood streaming from her eyes.
She glared viciously at Jiang Mu.
"You killed my son... I’ll flay you alive! I’ll tear out your tendons!!"
Before her words even faded, her figure shot forward. Her ten fingers grew into hook-like claws half a foot long, and she lunged madly at Jiang Mu, wrapped in a foul wind.
"Wife, be careful!"
The male demon snapped to his senses, realizing something was wrong. He instinctively reached out to grab his crazed wife but caught only air.
He hadn’t even been able to clearly see Jiang Mu’s previous saber strike.
’How could such a technique belong to a Third Realm Cultivator? He must possess Great Divine Abilities!’
But seeing his wife had already lunged, he could only grit his teeth and let out a deafening tiger’s roar that shook the heavens.
ROAR—!!
As he roared, the man’s body swelled, and his clothes burst apart.
Thick, yellow-and-black fur burst through his skin.
In the blink of an eye, a colossal, mottled tiger appeared. It was nearly thirty feet long, with a faint golden "王" (king) character on its forehead and fangs like halberds.
"Die!"
The giant tiger slammed its four paws into the ground, sending dirt flying.
Its massive body, like a moving hill, charged toward Jiang Mu with an aura capable of crushing everything in its path.
"Well met!"
A sharp glint flashed in Jiang Mu’s eyes as he advanced instead of retreating.
He gripped the hilt of his saber with both hands.
Facing the lunging woman, he simply shifted his body to the side, as nimble as a willow catkin in the wind, and effortlessly dodged her fatal claws.
His target was the big one behind her!
’Sunder!’
Jiang Mu roared in his mind, directly mobilizing the Taisu Heavenly Dipper Blood River True Qi from Shangguan Luoxue’s Dao Mansion within him.
BOOM!
A layer of dark red, bloody light ignited upon the originally bright saber blade.
As Jiang Mu swung his saber, the bloody light surged, instantly transforming into a terrifying Saber Aura forty meters long!
Like an inverted river of blood, it chopped down toward the giant tiger’s head!
The giant tiger, frozen mid-lunge, saw the crimson Saber Aura reflected in its bell-like eyes and was utterly stunned.
’Th-this... What kind of Saber Skill is this?!’
"No—!!!"
The desperate roar had not even fully left its throat.
The colossal crimson blade had already passed through its body, silent as divine punishment.
Time seemed to stand still for an instant.
The next moment, the giant tiger’s formidable demonic body, once as tough as refined steel, exploded in mid-air into a cloud of bloody mist and shredded flesh!
"Husband!"
The woman let out a heart-wrenching cry of grief.
WHOOSH!
With a faint stir of the wind, Jiang Mu’s figure flashed before her.
His expression was calm, his lips curved in a gentle smile. He looked at the female Tiger Demon who had just been planning to eat him and said comfortingly,
"Don’t be sad. Your family will be reunited shortly."
The light of his saber flared again.
This time, there was none of the previous immense power, only extreme speed.
The blade traced a line straight down from between the woman’s eyebrows, vanishing in a flash.
The woman’s body stiffened. The light in her pupils rapidly faded as a thin line of blood spread from her brow all the way down to her groin...
A soft tearing sound...
...and she fell apart into two perfectly even halves, slowly sliding to the left and right.