Who Killed Them?

After he saw Liu Yan being killed by Nie Li, Deacon Yun Hua merged with his Black Star Tiger Demon Spirit. He let out a furious snort and threw a kick towards Nie Li.

Boom!

The kick landed on Nie Li's abdomen and caused Nie Li to fly several meters, heavily smashing into a tree and slowly falling down.

Deacon Yun Hua lowered his head, and looked at Liu Yan's corpse that was in a pool of blood. He blew up in a towering rage. He could feel that his opponent's strength was not that high, however he had been able to kill two of his underlings. How could he not be angry?

"Damn!" grunted Deacon Yun Hua, kicking Liu Yan's corpse. Liu Yan was completely dead. The back of the head was the most fatal location. After being stabbed there, there was basically no chance of surviving.

Nie Li slowly wiped the blood from the corner of his lips, showing a grim smile. After getting rid of those two, Deacon Yun Hua was the only one left.

"What the heck is this? Die!" Deacon Yun Hua angrily snorted. After merging with the Black Star Tiger, his body had become larger. The few meters tall Deacon Yun Hua pounced towards Nie Li, who had already merged with the Shadow Devil Demon Spirit, with his claws outstretched.

The Shadow Devil Demon Spirit was an assassin type of Demon Spirit, specialised in assassination. Therefore, the base strength of its body was weaker. It needed to be slowly enhanced bit by bit. However, Deacon Yun Hua's Black Star Tiger was a strength type Demon Spirit. Hence, its combat abilities were extremely strong, with lots of support Inscription Patterns around its body.

As soon as Deacon Yun Hua's huge palm was about to land on Nie Li, Nie Li's figure disappeared.

Boom!

Deacon Yun Hua's huge palm slammed into the tree beside him, breaking it apart.

"What's going on?" Deacon Yun Hua's eyes contracted. He had never thought that he would encounter such a strange ability, and wondered what exactly this damned thing was.

The Shadow Devil Demon Spirit was a type of extremely mysterious and rare Demon Spirit. Its ability was also very special, therefore, it was normal that Deacon Yun Hua had never seen it before.

Deacon Yun Hua was suddenly struck with fear. Although he had not clearly seen his opponent, he was certain that his opponent was definitely a human merged with a Demon Spirit. However, he didn't know what kind of Demon Spirit his opponent had merged with. A murderous intent flashed across his eyes. He manipulated the Black Star Tiger and skimmed the surrounding area, searching for Nie Li's location.

'That black shadow from earlier is definitely a rare assassin type demon spirit!' Deacon Yun Hua thought to himself. After Nie Li kept on disappearing and reappearing unpredictably, a deep impression was left on him.

Deacon Yun Hua began searching the forest for Nie Li. Nie Li was currently hiding behind a tree, holding his breath and not daring to move. After all, no matter his personal cultivation or the strength of Shadow Devil Demon Spirit, he had just stepped into Silver rank. If he fought head on, he wouldn't be able to defeat a 5-star Silver rank Demon Spiritualist like Deacon Yun Hua.

Deacon Yun Hua's aura was approaching closer and closer. He would soon find Nie Li's hiding place.

Whoosh!

Under Nie Li's manipulation, the Shadow Devil Demon Spirit suddenly appeared. Its sharp front claws slashed towards Deacon Yun Hua's neck.

Feeling a chill blowing towards him, Deacon Yun Hua didn't dare to be rash. He jumped backwards, dodging Nie Li's attack, then turned around, and charged towards Nie Li.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sharp claws of the Shadow Devil Demon Spirit gazed pass Deacon Yun Hua's head several times, scaring Deacon Yun Hua into a cold sweat. This kind of damned thing was too frightening for him. The front limb could change between long and short, its movement were shockingly fast. The slightest mistake could get him killed in one attack.

Deacon Yun Hua jumped backwards tens of meters, only then did he manage to dodge the Shadow Devil Demon Spirit's attacks. He slightly sighed in relief. Just as he was preparing to launch his attacks, the Shadow Devil Demon Spirit in front of him once again blurred and then disappeared.

Deacon Yun Hua couldn't help cursing. Nie Li merged with the Shadow Devil Demon spirit was too hard to deal with since he quickly disappeared, nowhere to be found.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Deacon Yun Hua kept throwing attacks towards the spot where the Shadow Devil Demon Spirit had disappeared, causing stones on the ground to be flying everywhere. However, Nie Li did not appear.

"This damn thing is not using a stealth combat ability!" cursed Deacon Yun Hua in shock. Many assassin-type demon spirits were able to use stealth. However, stealth skills had one flaw, which was that when the user was under attack, it will automatically reappear.

What the Shadow Devil Demon Spirit used wasn't a stealth combat ability, but the very rare void combat ability, which was turning itself into an existence similar to air, able to have attacks pass through it. However, the void combat ability had a weakness to it. Once it entered into the void-form, its movements would be slowed down, comparable to a turtle. However, the void combat ability was very rarely seen. It was a rare ability of the Shadow Devil Demon Spirit. Ordinary people would not have been able to see it before, not to mention know its weakness.

Deacon Yun Hua paused. After so long, he still couldn't find Nie Li's location. He already had thoughts of retreating. However, the death of two of his underlings caused him to be unwilling to do so.

'One day, I'll destroy your whole Heavenly Marks Family!' Deacon Yun Hua angrily thought to himself. However, it was just a thought.

Although the Heavenly Marks Family had declined, it was still an Aristocratic Family of Glory City. It was still under the protection of Glory City. Therefore, if the Dark Guild wanted to destroy the Heavenly Marks Family, they would have to take down the whole Glory City with it, and this kind of matter wasn't something that could be decided by him.

Suddenly, distant rustling sounds came from the far end of the woods. Several figures were coming at a fast speed.

It was the people of Heavenly Marks Family!

Deacon Yun Hua's eyes contracted, and he leaped up into the sky, madly running away.

Nie Li's eyes slightly narrowed. Since reinforcements had come, there was nothing that he needed to be worried about. He suddenly reappeared, and the sharp sickle chopped towards Deacon Yun Hua.

Nie Li's movement was shockingly fast after he merged with the Shadow Devil Demon Spirit, like a hunting mantis.

Feeling the sudden attack, Deacon Yun Hua was shocked. He immediately turned around to dodge, however, he was a step too late.

Pssh!

A wound was left on his leg, fresh blood spewing around.

"Damn!" Deacon Yun Hua had never thought that the attacking speed of the Shadow Devil Demon Spirit would be so fast. It was much faster compared to the previous attacks.

Deacon Yun Hua leaped far away, a few ups and downs and disappeared from the dark forest.

Because of his cultivation, Nie Li estimated that he wouldn't be able to catch up. A human voice came from behind, it should be the elders arriving. Nie Li's body slightly moved. The Shadow Devil Demon Spirit slowly withdrew back into his soul realm. His body changed back to his ordinary looks.

Whoosh!

Three figures arrived in front of Nie Li. The leading one was Elder Nie En, the other two were Nie Xiaofeng and Nie Xiaori, two brothers. The two brothers, Nie Xiaofeng and Nie Xiaori were older than Nie Li by a few years. Nie Xiaofeng was already a 2-star Silver rank Demon Spiritualist and Nie Xiaori was a 1-star Silver rank Fighter.

Nie Li's relation with the two brothers was not that good. They would often mock Nie Li's weak talent.

"Nie Li, you got Nie Yu to inform us that there are three people from the Dark Guild here, where are they?" Nie En asked in a stern voice. He then sniffed, noticing a bloody smell from the forest.

"One ran towards that direction, the other two are on the floor." Nie Li continued, "The one that ran away had the strength of a 5-star Silver rank Demon Spiritualist. He merged with the Black Star Tiger Demon Spirit. Elder, you have to be careful. That person also sustained some injuries, hence there will be traces of blood.

Hearing Nie Li's words, Elder Nie En looked at Nie Li in surprise. He vaguely felt that the current Nie Li seemed to be different from the usual Nie Li.

"I'll go and chase after him, the two of you will remain here!" Elder Nie En said in a stern voice. If the opponent was really a 5-star Silver rank Demon Spiritualist, then the two brothers would be no use against him.

Nie En leaped, chasing in the direction where Deacon Yun Hua had escaped. After a moment, his figure disappeared into the dark forest.

Seeing as Nie En had run far away, Xiao Feng and Xiao Ri both took a glimpse at Nie Li, their faces flashed a hint of disgust in them.

"Why would people from the Dark Guild even come here. If you lied to Elder Nie En, you should know of the consequences..." Xiao Ri said, coldly snorting. He was wearing a black cloak. The twenty year old him was a head taller than Nie Li. His eyes had disdain within them when he looked at Nie Li.

Hearing Xiao Ri's words, Nie Li slightly frowned and said, "Bluffing you guys? There's two corpse on the ground there, can't you see?"

Although he didn't like the two brothers, they were still members of the Heavenly Marks Family. After experiencing the destruction of Glory City in his previous life, with all of the members of the Heavenly Marks Family dying under the claws of demon beasts, his personal grudges didn't mean much anymore.

Nie Xiaofeng was older than Nie Xiaori by one year, and was slightly more calm compared to Xiao Ri. Because of their parent's generation not getting along, they themselves did not get along with Nie Li. However, Nie Xiaofeng realised that the Nie Li today was different from the usual Nie Li. He actually dared to talk back to them so confidently.

The three of them moved forward a distance, and Xiao Feng and Xiao Ri saw the corpses of Liu Qing and Liu Yan.

They had never imagined that there would really be two corpses.

"How did they die?" Xiao Ri froze for a moment, frowned and asked again, "You're the one that killed them?"

Nie Li did not answer his question, but bent down and examined Liu Qing and Liu Yan. He found two Dark Guild tokens on the two corpses.

"It's really the people from the Dark Guild!" Nie Xiaori snorted, "Probably two dumb thieves, coming to our Heavenly Marks Family to steal who were found by you."

Because Nie Li's cultivation hadn't even reached 1-star Bronze rank, the strength of these two dumb thieves also couldn't be much.

Nie Xiaofeng stared at Nie Xiaori, his face flashed with doubts. He also bent down, and ripped a few pieces of Silver rank armour from Liu Qing and Liu Yan's corpses. His right hand pinched the two corpses and said, "It's two Silver rank Fighters!"

"Silver rank? How can this be? Big bro, are you seeing it wrongly?" Nie Xiaori cried out.

"They are indeed Silver rank. There is Silver rank armour on their bodies, the strength of their bodies should be higher than yours," Nie Xiaofeng said, without any doubts in his tone.

At this moment, whether if it was Nie Xiaofeng or Nie Xiaori, they had their gazes on Nie Li.

"You're the one that killed them?"

Nie Li shrugged and said, "I never said that I was the one who killed them. They could have killed themselves."

This matter was fishy. Both Nie Xiaofeng and Nie Xiaori frowned. Could it be that there were experts around this area? Since this expert had helped to kill the people from the Dark Guild, they shouldn't be an enemy of the Heavenly Marks Family.

Nie Xiaori's gaze swept across Nie Li. He felt that Nie Li was too suspicious. However, no matter how he thought about it, it was absolutely impossible for Nie Li to reach Silver rank in just a few months. Not to mention Nie Li's strength wasn't stronger than an ordinary Silver rank.