Duan Gujin deduced that Shi Potian behaved in such a manner to let some Martial Artists who wanted to harass him be discouraged and retreat.

"Now it seems that I must find Cao Wentian immediately!"

He took a deep breath, feeling the urgency to locate Cao Wentian as soon as possible, for he needed to eliminate this menace.

"If I can't find him and take him down, should he return to the Qiankun Continent, the consequences would be unimaginable!"

He was very clear in his mind that Cao Wentian was absolutely a ruthless person.

Taking another deep breath, he looked around and noticed quite a few Martial Artists were leaving the scene.

"Let's go!"

Led by Yan Dapang, Duan Gujin departed with the group.

Suddenly, he sensed a Killing Aura emanating from behind him.

He slightly furrowed his eyebrows, trying to locate the source of the Killing Aura.

But after a while, he found that he couldn't detect it at all.

"Could it have been my imagination?

He extended his Divine Sense to inspect the surroundings but spotted nothing unusual.

Upon reflection, he felt that the previous Killing Aura was definitely aimed at him.

However, he truly couldn't understand why, as he hadn't offended anyone on the Jiuzhou Continent, except for Cao Wentian.

But now, Cao Wentian had transformed into a Half-demon, and logically, he should not be able to appear on the territory of the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect.

Furthermore, Cao Wentian was currently a wanted criminal actively pursued by all the Major Sects of the Jiuzhou Continent.

Under normal circumstances, those Major Sects of the Jiuzhou Continent would surely bolster their defenses, not allowing a Half-demon like Cao Wentian to enter and operate within their territories.

If Cao Wentian was truly wreaking havoc in this town less than thirty miles from the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect, it would surely damage the sect's reputation.

All the Martial Artists on the Jiuzhou Continent would think it was due to the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect's incompetency that Cao Wentian was allowed to cause trouble here.

He carefully surveyed the area for a while but found no suspicious individuals.

"Was it really just my imagination?"

Filled with doubt, he flashed a glance and swiftly left the area with Yan Dapang.

On the way, he did not detect that faint Killing Aura.

Unbeknownst to him, just after he left, a bat flapped its wings on the ceiling of the hall, fluttering into the sky.

Later, the bat landed on top of a nearby tall building, its eyes focusing on Duan Gujin below.

The bat flapped its wings a few times, as if wanting to follow Duan Gujin.

However, a sudden sound of tearing through the air erupted abruptly.

Whoosh!

A beam of white light shot toward the bat's body like lightning from afar. Despite the bat trying to dodge the sharp arrow, it was persistently targeted and ultimately pierced through by the arrow.

When the bat's body fell from the sky, a Martial Artist dressed in the attire of the Immortal Sect Disciples rapidly approached it.

The Martial Artist picked up the dead bat from the ground, then covered it with a rune-infused talisman.

Moments later, the bat's body lost all its flesh and blood, turning into a dried corpse.

In fact, the dried corpse was the bat's original true form.

The Martial Artist picked up the dried bat corpse and hastily made his way to the side of an elder from the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect.

"Elder, I have shot down that bat!"

the Martial Artist said.

"Good, very good! Keep patrolling this area. Recently, there have been many bats appearing; you must find those bats and shoot them down!"

the elder said with great satisfaction.

"Yes, sir!"

The Martial Artist immediately began patrolling the nearby streets, projecting his Divine Sense, constantly observing any small animals flying in the air around him.

"So the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect has indeed stationed many masters here!"

What the Martial Artist and the elder from the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect did not know was that Duan Gujin and Yan Dapang had just witnessed that scene.

Although they did not know exactly what the Martial Artist and elder were doing, they could infer from their previous action of shooting the bat, which had been invaded by Demonic Qi and controlled, that the Martial Artist and the elder were meant to prevent the Demon Cultivators' spies from entering the city to gather intelligence.

"Indeed, this city is protected by the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect. There are numerous Immortal Sect Disciples and elders patrolling the city's perimeter! Any spies sent by the Demon Cultivators would only be mercilessly killed!"

Duan Gujin deduced their purpose here from the actions of the Martial Artist and the elder.

However, he could not understand why the bat controlled by Demonic Qi exhibited a Killing Aura towards him earlier.

He had not sensed the presence of the bat in the hall of the Chenxiang Palace.

Because, atop the hall of the Chenxiang Palace rested a very powerful Array that shields against Divine Sense Inspection.

That Array prevented him from sensing the presence of the bat earlier; it was only when the bat flew out from the top of the hall that he noticed a bat invaded by Demonic Qi behind him.

He had previously locked onto the bat with his Divine Sense, wanting to see clearly what the bat was about to do next, but unexpectedly, the bat was shot down by a sharp arrow, and the one who released the sharp arrow was a Disciple of the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect.

He surmised that the Disciple from the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect must have been responsible for guarding the city. Since a Demon had appeared within the city, the Martial Artist tasked with defending the city naturally had to kill it.

Duan Gujin also had no grounds to blame the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect Disciple for killing the Demon, but he could not understand why the bat had directed a Killing Aura at him before.

"Could it be that the bat was sent by Cao Wentian? Is it just a coincidence?"

He exhaled, then left with Yan Dapang.

Meanwhile, ten miles outside the city in a dilapidated temple, a Half-human half-demon creature was hiding inside.

And just outside that broken temple, a number of bodies lay scattered around, all of whom were Martial Artists.

The flesh and blood from those bodies had been devoured by the Half-demon creature, leaving only some bones and skin behind.

"It's Duan Gujin! Unexpectedly, I see him again here!"

The creature let out a laugh, scaring away the birds and beasts nearby.

If Duan Gujin were here, he would definitely recognize that the Half-demon creature was none other than Cao Wentian!

An hour later, that Cao Wentian changed his shape, transforming himself into an ordinary person, then entered a nearby city.

He came to an inn in the city and entered a small courtyard.

Half an hour later, three masked Martial Artists jumped into the courtyard from outside.

"You three are to assassinate this man for me! Time limit: within a month. If the task isn't completed within a month, the only option for you three is death!"

Looking at the three masked Martial Artists, Cao Wentian said coldly.

Cao Wentian handed over the portrait he had drawn earlier to the three Martial Artists, so they could kill the person in the portrait for him.

"Yes, sir!"

After receiving the order from Cao Wentian, the three masked people took the portrait and then left the courtyard.

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