A burst of spiritual energy erupted around Zhaozhao, instantly sending those hounds flying several meters back.
The half - demonized hounds that had been so ferocious just now suddenly tucked their tails and whimpered softly. Their beast - transformed red eyes gradually returned to normal.
It was an absolute intimidation from the demonic power. The birds and beasts hovering in the air also lost their balance due to this pressure and fell to the ground.
Up until this moment, Zhaozhao hadn't even used a single bit of her demonic power to attack them. She had merely shown her anger.
Jiang Rang cursed under his breath in the dark. He never expected her to be so powerful. Seeing that the "ice cream" Zhaozhao had eaten hadn't taken effect yet, he couldn't let her solve the problem so easily.
Looking at the medicine in his hand, Jiang Rang gritted his teeth and threw all of it out.
The medicine hit the ground and immediately took effect. The hounds and birds that had just regained their senses suddenly struggled to get up again and roared as they charged towards Zhaozhao.
Zhaozhao frowned. She drew a formation talisman in the air with her spiritual energy and imprinted it on the ground. A formation was formed with her and Song Yao as the center. Surging spiritual power poured into it and quickly spread out in all directions.
Hundreds of demonic beasts were instantly subdued.
Thousands of threads in the formation trapped the demonic beasts. Zhaozhao flipped her delicate hands and fixed her eyes. In an instant, she stripped the demonic energy from those hounds and birds.
Zhaozhao was very smart. Even though she was angry, she didn't lose her senses and expose her identity as a demon. Instead, she used a formation from the Xuanmen that she had once seen in her master's study.
Song Yao stared blankly at Zhaozhao. For the first time, she thought that this silly cousin was actually so powerful. She also directly felt the gap between herself and Zhaozhao again.
The Nine - Bend Spiritual Transformation Formation was a long - lost formation in the Xuanmen, but now Zhaozhao had used it so easily.
Song Yao, who also practiced various spells, could feel that the formation must have reached its full potential in Zhaozhao's hands. Zhaozhao's talent... was truly beyond ordinary people's reach.
Zhaozhao stepped over the fainted hounds on the ground and rushed to Song Yao's side to check her injuries.
"Are you okay, cousin?"
Song Yao shook her head, indicating that Zhaozhao didn't need to worry, but in fact, she was almost unconscious.
For some reason, although the scratch on her back wasn't very serious, its power was much greater than she had imagined.
Zhaozhao looked at the black blood constantly seeping out from Song Yao's back. The black blood also emitted a foul smell. This should be the demonic poison that her third senior brother had once been poisoned with when he first went down the mountain.
Song Yao's condition was very bad. Zhaozhao had seen what happened when her third senior brother was poisoned. She couldn't wait any longer.
Zhaozhao looked around and whispered to Song Yao, "Sorry, cousin. Please bear with it."
"What?" Song Yao didn't have time to ask what Zhaozhao meant before she lost consciousness the next second.
Zhaozhao withdrew her index finger from Song Yao's brow, closed her eyes, and clasped her hands together. She was going to use her tree spirit power to save Song Yao.
As her spiritual power leaked out, Zhaozhao's hair suddenly began to grow wildly. Soon, her long black hair reached the ground. And two small branches sprouted from the top of Zhaozhao's head.
From afar, the small branches looked a bit like dragon horns. They were covered with tender green, spiritual - energy - emitting leaves, and there were also some small vines connecting them. They looked mysterious and holy.
Jiang Rang was stunned by what he saw. She was actually... a demon?!
Jiang Rang trembled as he sent a message to the "senior". The other side quickly replied, "It's normal that the medicine didn't work on her. Remember, don't expose her identity as a demon. Okay, your task is done. You can leave."
After reading the message, Jiang Rang swallowed hard and glanced at Zhaozhao again.
Just from this bit of aura, he could feel a power comparable to that of the Eight - Wasteland Demon Kings. It was hard to imagine just how powerful this demon named Zhaozhao was.
Jiang Rang was undoubtedly tempted by such a powerful force. If he could get her demon core, then this power would be his.
Looking at Zhaozhao, who was treating Song Yao's injuries at the moment, Jiang Rang touched the dagger in his sleeve and had an idea.
At this moment, Zhaozhao suddenly opened her eyes and murmured, "I've found you, the bad guy behind all this..."
All the animals in the Xuanmen suddenly became demonized and went crazy, causing quite a stir.
The relationship between the Demon Management Bureau and the Xuanmen was already tense. After such an incident, Su Yuan and Nan Jia would surely investigate it clearly. Otherwise, this blame might be put on the Demon Management Bureau.
After all, this happened just after they arrived.
Nan Jia wiped the sweat from her forehead and gasped for breath with her hands on her hips. "Damn it! Don't let me find out who's behind this! Otherwise, I'll skin him alive!"
The demonized animals here had been subdued, but the people of the Xuanmen loved to raise some spiritual creatures for domestication, so there were a huge number of them.
Moreover, they couldn't find the source for a while, and the demonized animals went crazy again and again.
Looking at the mess on the ground, Su Yuan was very worried about Zhaozhao's situation. He didn't know if she was safe now.
There was no reaction from the dragon scale, so it seemed that she should be safe for the time being.
Seeing Su Yuan looking so worried, Nan Jia understood what was going on. She loved to stir up trouble and said, "Boss, are you worried about your little sweetheart? Oh, it's okay. There are so many people around your little sweetheart. She definitely won't be in danger."
Nan Jia deliberately provoked him. She didn't say it explicitly, but Su Yuan immediately thought of Jiang Rang. His face instantly darkened.
Nan Jia snickered secretly, thinking that this was what it was like when an old house caught fire. But the boss was really jealous.
The more Su Yuan thought about it, the more annoyed he became. He immediately wanted to summon his Dharma form to suppress these annoying demonized animals, which scared the nine - tailed fox so much that all nine of her tails almost stood up.
"Come on, boss! You can't be serious! Calm down. I don't want to be scared into showing my real form in front of so many people!" Nan Jia had shot herself in the foot and was on the verge of tears.
However, the next moment, something indescribable flashed by. The demonic beasts that had been roaring just a second ago suddenly all fell silent.
The characteristics of the demonic beasts faded, and they all returned to normal.
Nan Jia's face changed. She looked at Su Yuan and said, "Boss, is it making its appearance?"
Su Yuan's eyes were as dark as a deep pool. He nodded. "Maybe. I'll go and check. You stay here to handle the aftermath."
"Okay."
Su Yuan followed the fleeting aura and never expected to see Zhaozhao.
There was a circle of fainted hounds lying around Zhaozhao. She was holding Song Yao in her arms, and there was also a tied - up Jiang Rang in front of her.
"Su Yuan?!" Zhaozhao was obviously very happy to see Su Yuan. She waved at him excitedly.
Su Yuan frowned and walked over. He squatted down and asked carefully, "Are you injured?"
Zhaozhao shook her head. "I'm not, but my cousin has fainted."
Su Yuan glanced at Song Yao and then looked away. Well, she was still alive and there was no major problem.
"What's this about?" Su Yuan pointed at Jiang Rang on the ground and asked.
Just mentioning this made Zhaozhao angry. Her little face was serious. "He tried to sneak attack me, so I knocked him out."
"Sneak attack you?"
"Yeah!"
Su Yuan looked at the thin Zhaozhao and for a moment found it hard to connect the words "sneak attack" and "knock out" with her. But then he thought of the move Zhaozhao had used on him in Po Sa Village, and it seemed reasonable.
"Su Yuan, my cousin won't wake up. Can you help me carry her back?" Zhaozhao looked at Su Yuan pleadingly.
Su Yuan's face changed, and then he silently turned his face away.