Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou's divine sense flickered, and the fire in the furnace transformed into a fire dragon over ten feet long. With a roar, it pounced towards the fire snake.

However, the fire snake was currently thirty feet long, much larger than the fire dragon, which made Li Ergou lose confidence.

But the next moment, he saw that although the fire dragon was much smaller, it was very agile, constantly wrapping around the fire snake, opening its mouth wide, and biting the snake's body. It was actually starting to devour the fire snake.

What surprised Li Ergou even more was that with each bit of the fire snake's power it devoured, the fire dragon's body would grow a little. Before long, the fire dragon's size was the same as the fire snake's.

Li Ergou was delighted, but the masked man was dumbfounded. He hadn't expected this. This was the power of a Nascent Soul Stage talisman treasure! What was going on with that fire dragon? Even a natal flying sword couldn't be this powerful.

But in the blink of an eye, the grown-up fire dragon, with a dragon's tail sweep, directly sent the fire snake flying. Then, its body flashed, arriving in front of the fire snake, and directly extended its claws to tear the fire snake into pieces.

The incomparably powerful talisman treasure shattered and became scrap.

Li Ergou immediately commanded his natal flying sword to rush towards the masked man.

At this moment, the masked man really panicked. He immediately gripped the knife in his hand and slashed at the fire dragon.

But the next moment, he was engulfed in flames.

When the flames dissipated, the masked man's figure appeared, but now he was burned beyond recognition, his whole body covered in terrifying black char.

As expected of a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, even burned like this, he wasn't completely dead. This powerful vitality really made Li Ergou feel a little ashamed.

But thinking about the Blood Flesh Monk from before, who could continue fighting even after half of his body was chopped off, he felt relieved.

The masked man looked at Li Ergou with disbelief in his eyes and said, "How could this be? This is impossible."

Li Ergou questioned, "Who exactly are you? Why do you want to kill me?"

The masked man looked at Li Ergou, his voice suddenly frantic, "Third Uncle was right, you are too terrifying. You must die, you must die."

Li Ergou sneered, "Want me to die? You should be thinking about whether you can live."

"Hahaha, hahaha, my life has long been given to the family. For the prosperity of the family, my death is not a pity."

"Die? Dream on! If you don't reveal the mastermind, I'll let you taste the Tixingsi's 108 tortures. Then you'll know what it means to beg for life but not get it, and beg for death but not be able to."

Li Ergou spoke the gentlest words, but behind each sentence was an extremely cruel consequence.

A look of determination suddenly flashed in the masked man's eyes, "Li Ergou, you are too arrogant. You will pay the price for your arrogance sooner or later. And you don't need to rush, the elders of my family will naturally avenge me."

With that, he suddenly raised his hand and struck his forehead.

A look of surprise flashed in Li Ergou's eyes. By the time he tried to stop him, it was too late. With a crisp snap, the masked man's head had been smashed in half by himself, dead as could be.

Li Ergou stood there dumbfounded. He couldn't understand why a Nascent Soul Stage expert wouldn't at least try to fight back before dying. Why didn't he make a final resistance?

He didn't know that the masked man had been very, very seriously injured and was no longer able to launch a final counterattack. Furthermore, he was afraid that after being captured alive by Li Ergou, he wouldn't even have the chance to die. After all, he knew how terrifying the methods of those in the imperial court were. So, he might as well die.

And the man's threatening words only confused Li Ergou more. Who exactly wanted to harm him? Even if it was to compete for the title of strongest constable, it wouldn't be worth wasting the life of a Nascent Soul Stage expert, would it?

Could there be some other hidden secret? But he couldn't figure out why, no matter how hard he racked his brains. He sighed, shook his head slightly, and then reached out. The hair ring on his hand turned into countless bloody hairs, pouncing on the dead masked man.

The blood essence of a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator was a great tonic. He had no psychological burden for someone who wanted to kill him. He wouldn't waste such a great human medicine.

Once there was a first time, he would constantly break through his bottom line.

So, Li Ergou very naturally sucked the masked man dry. After absorbing this person's blood essence, Li Ergou only felt that his cultivation had increased a lot.

However, he felt that he was going further down the path of evil.

Actually, he didn't want to be like this, but at this moment, he felt an invisible, terrifying net coming towards him. So, he had to improve his cultivation even faster.

Looking at the masked man who had been sucked into a skeleton, he waved his hand and burned the man clean.

Then, he took out a storage bag, which he had just found on the masked man. He opened it and looked inside. There were only a few sets of clothes to change into and a dozen Daozang gold coins. That was all.

He couldn't help but sigh that this person was a pauper. Unfortunately, there was nothing that could prove this person's identity. Thus, this person's identity became a mystery.

Li Ergou was annoyed. Enemies were not scary, what was scary was that you didn't know who your enemy was.

Although he was unhappy, there was nothing he could do. However, through this fight, he had used all his means and learned how powerful a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator was, and he also knew how strong his combat power was.

And the biggest gain this time was that his strength had increased, although he had suffered some minor injuries, they were completely repaired and healed by the huge amount of energy.

Moreover, his natal flying sword, because it had devoured the fire snake, had also improved its strength. It was really killing two birds with one stone.

At this time, he grabbed in the air and sucked the masked man's treasured knife into his hand. This thing carried an evil aura, and Li Ergou didn't practice swordsmanship.

This thing was useless to him, but he could copy it and sell it on the black market. It should sell for a lot of Daozang gold coins.

But at this moment, he felt a kind of yearning from his natal flying sword.

He was slightly surprised and threw the knife to his natal flying sword. This thing turned into a fire dragon and swallowed the treasured knife in one gulp. Then, it turned back into its original form and flew into Li Ergou's dantian.

He and his natal flying sword were connected by divine sense. He could feel the excitement of his natal flying sword, and he could also feel that his natal flying sword's strength seemed to have increased.

At this moment, he was a little dazed. He really didn't know that his natal flying sword could devour other magic weapons. It seemed that he knew too little. After returning, he must find someone to ask about it.

As soon as this idea was born, he suddenly slapped his thigh hard, revealing a look of incomparable regret.