Chapter 171: Chapter 95: This Dog-Eat-Dog World

The dog demon had just finished speaking when it sensed a strange wind in front of it.Shen Qing had somehow already appeared in front of it.

It suddenly felt a chill in its chest.

One of Shen Qing's fingers had already pierced through its chest.

The brutal Qi exploded at the chest area, spreading rapidly around, forcibly blasting a hole.

Only then did the black dog demon react, starting to struggle violently, its claws wildly scratching at Shen Qing.

Streaks of white scratch marks appeared on Shen Qing's body, the membrane covered by the Dragon Roar Armor was like steel, rendering the dog demon's sharp claws useless and merely tearing Shen Qing's clothes into shreds.

The dog demon immediately realized that the person in front of it was different from those it had encountered before!

Shen Qing pulled out his finger, and slapped with his hand!

The black dog demon, with its heart shattered, had no strength to resist. It was slapped and sent flying backward, hitting the wall, like a lump of mud.

"Third brother!" The remaining two dog demons shouted in unison, "How dare you, die!"

Whoosh, whoosh!

Two arrows shot from a distance, striking the two dog demons.

Thwack, thwack!

The thick fat and fur on the dog demons were penetrated by the arrows, causing them pain and making them even more furious.

"Roar!"

The two dog demons, with red eyes, opened their huge mouths and each bit down on Shen Qing's arms like mad beasts.

The sharp dog teeth, as they touched the membrane on Shen Qing's skin, produced a sizzing noise, like nails scraping a blackboard, making one's teeth sour.

"Want to eat me?"

Although the two dog demons appeared large, to Shen Qing, who possessed enormous strength, they were no different from ordinary vicious dogs.

A cold light flashed in Shen Qing's eyes, he lifted his arms and with a twist to the side, pinned the two dog demons against the wall.

"You like to eat people, right? Here, I'll feed you!"

Shen Qing pressed his arms against the mouths of the two dog demons, continuously increasing the strength in his hands.

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The brutal Qi overflowed, directly shattering their fangs.

Shen Qing's arms slid forward, pressing dead against the corners of the dog demons' mouths.

The dog demons sensed something wrong and began to struggle violently.

A thick fog rose from behind the dog demons, the fog swirling, and from it stretched invisible threads, landing on Shen Qing.

Shen Qing felt an involuntary resistance in his body.

"Puppet Demon Technique?"

Shen Qing's Nine Revolutions Mysterious Skill circulated within his body, beginning from the First Transformation and continuing to increase.

In a single breath, he ascended to the Third Transformation.

Scalding hot breath burst forth from within his body, transforming into a tangible heatwave, invisible ripples spreading around Shen Qing as the center.

Wherever it passed, even the space slightly distorted.

The threads that were spiraling down instantly disintegrated under this wave of heat.

The two dog demons showed a flash of shock in their eyes and began to whimper, begging for mercy.

"You still want to eat, huh? I've brought it right to your mouths. Don't be so ungrateful..."

"Woo woo woo..."

The two dog demons' throats were blocked by Shen Qing, and they could only emit a whimpering sound.

"Hmm? Do you think you're too good for me, that my flesh doesn't taste good? What if I cook it for you, how about that?"

Shen Qing increased the force in his hands, while the scorching breath of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Skill gathered on his arms, gradually becoming hot, emitting a sizzling steaming sound.

The activity on his arms grew more intense, and the heads of the two dog demons began to deform under Shen Qing's pressure.

Finally, at a critical point, the scorching breath exploded.

Bang!

The two dog demons stopped struggling, their bodies going limp.

Their heads were completely blown open by the Qi.

Blood and brain matter coated the wall, slowly trickling down.

Shen Qing, expressionless, withdrew his hand and silently looked at the two dog demons.

Initially, he had expected something more sinister but was disappointed to see it was only three dog demons.

Before setting off, he had sensed that the aura of these three dog demons was much weaker than that of the tiger demon.

At that time, with his cultivation in the Skin Forging Realm, he had been able to slay the tiger demon; now, having accumulated multiple martial arts skills and broken through to the Qi Cultivation Realm, dealing with such dog demons was hardly a challenge.

The main issue was deciding how they should die.

Standing behind Shen Qing, Xiao Zhi and Tian Xiaohu exchanged looks.

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These dog demons had some intelligence, but not much.

A beast is still a beast.

"Excellent, excellent, what a good death! Hahaha…"

In the darkness, the middle-aged peasant, seeing the three dog demons Shen Qing had killed, became extremely agitated and burst out laughing.

Shen Qing slightly furrowed his brows.

He remembered the peasant had adamantly opposed their entering the village, perhaps not out of unprovoked hostility or indifference, but because he knew about the dog demons inside and didn't want them to needlessly lose their lives.

Moments later, the peasant composed himself, walked up to Shen Qing, fell to his knees with a thud, and weeping with joy said, "Thank you, my lord, for avenging our entire village. I have nothing with which to repay you, except to serve as your ox and horse in the next life."

"Old man, there's no need for this." Shen Qing helped the peasant to his feet and looked around as he spoke, "What exactly is going on here?"

The peasant wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes, his lips trembling, "Today was my son's wedding, and we had invited neighbors. The three calamities burst out of the mist, attacking and eating anyone they saw. We have farmed here for generations, and I don't know how we provoked these three calamities."

"If I weren't so old with tough meat, I probably wouldn't have survived until now."

Xiao Zhi and Tian Xiaohu couldn't help but look shocked and asked, "Everyone in your village is dead?"

"Yes, now I am the only one left."

Everyone fell silent.

The old man asked, "Did all of you gentlemen come from Taiping County?"

"Indeed."

"Speaking of which, I heard those three calamities mention that a formidable tiger demon appeared over there as well?"

"That's true." Shen Qing asked, "Did these dog demons come from Shicheng Mountain?"

The peasant's face showed numbness as he shook his head, "I don't know."

"Gentlemen, there's no one left in this village now, but there's still some food left in every household. I can't finish it myself; please feel free to take some as a token of my gratitude for your kindness."

Looking around the room with a solemn expression, the peasant said, "The house is a bit of a mess right now, not fit to host distinguished guests. Perhaps the gentlemen would take a short rest outside while I tidy up a bit."

Shen Qing, without giving it much thought, said to Tian Xiaohu and the others, "Let's step outside."

With that, he turned and led them out of the thatched cottage.

Uncle Shen Er and the others approached Shen Qing as he emerged and asked, "What's the situation inside, it seemed a bit noisy?"

"It's nothing." Shen Qing said, "We'll sleep here in the rice yard tonight. We won't go inside."

Seeing that Shen Qing was disinclined to say more, Shen Er tactfully didn't ask further, arranging for everyone to rest on the spot.

After a while, Shen Qing, seeing no activity inside the house, suddenly had a bad premonition and walked toward the house.

Upon entering, the first thing he saw was a leg dangling in midair.

Shen Qing's expression changed slightly as he looked up, his eyes becoming complicated.

The peasant of the village was dead.

After they had left, he had chosen to hang himself.

With the village folk slaughtered by the demons, none of his family remaining, and his own advanced age, he indeed had no means to survive in these wilds.

It seemed there was no better way to live than through suicide.

"This really is a dog's world!"

For some reason, at that moment, Shen Qing felt a chokehold of emotions, a thought sprouting in his mind like a bamboo shoot after rain.

From his time in Hongshan Village until now, most of what he had done was for self-preservation, no other thoughts entertained.

Whether it was killing the Chen Family Brothers, Old Ba Zi, Cai Donglai, or Wang Qiyao, it had always been the same.

Now that he evidently had some means of self-protection, the idea of doing something for ordinary people like the peasant suddenly came to him.

Shen Qing took out the appointment letter from his chest, as if finding a direction, his eyes becoming resolute, "If I wish to do so, then I must become stronger, stronger than everyone in this world! Only then will I be strong enough to suppress everything!"