Xiao Bai had followed them to the streets, dragging Jiang Chen with him. As soon as Jiang Chen's feet touched the ground, the spell that the white cat cast on him had disappeared. They were a couple of meters away from the battle and couldn't see where Shen Minyao had gone with the crow demon.

Screams could be heard from somewhere. Jiang Chen ran towards the place where Shen Minyao and Mu Qing were, and he found the fox woman pinned on the broken road. The crow demon's foot drove on her torso, and she had been screaming in pain.

He broke into a cold sweat when he realized that not even the infamous nine-tailed fox demon could outmatch the demon that took over the fourth district. He wouldn't be able to bear the guilt if Shen Minyao lost her life tonight, just because he had dragged her with him in this case.

Suddenly, the crow demon staggered back. Shen Minyao had thrown the familiar talismans he had seen Li Fei'er gave to the fox woman a few days ago. The crow demons screamed in pain upon contact with the talismans on his body and cursed the fox woman more.

He didn't expect that she had kept those on her all this time. He then noticed that Shen Minyao's right hand had a burn on it after touching Li Fei'er's talismans.

"I don't understand.. she didn't get the same reaction when Li Fei'er gave it to her before."

"That's because Milady is good at suppressing her spiritual powers and hiding her presence to other demons, but not when she is in demon form," Xiao Bai, who had taken a spot on his shoulder, said in response.

Shen Minyao sat up and held her aching sides. She then started to heal her broken bones and put them back in their rightful places. She couldn't believe that she was this weak against a mid-rank crow demon.

Had her arrogance gotten the best of her? She seemed to fail to understand the difference between their current ranks. To think that there would be a day that she would find herself weak and pathetic had left a bad taste in the fox woman's mouth.

She had accepted her defeat against Li Yun and Jiang Mo in her past life because they were incredibly strong humans. However, her pride wouldn't allow her to admit that a mere mid-rank crow demon was able to overwhelm her.

She vomited blood again, and it only made her aware of how helpless she was right then and there. Even Mu Qing was having a hard time dealing with the crow demon; he couldn't keep up with its pace at all.

As she looked at the crow demon, Shen Minyao staggered to get herself back on her feet. Her internal injuries slowly healed, but she wasn't certain if she had enough time to recover fully before the crow demon attacked her again.

She couldn't use any special abilities now, except for her enchantment and flight. Even if she flew away now to escape, the crow demon would be able to catch up with her in no time. It didn't help that the barrier she had set earlier had disappeared.

'Mu Qing, can you buy me some time? Can you distract the crow demon for a moment?' She asked the grim reaper using telepathy.

Mu Qing's face remained impassive as ever as he glanced her way.

'I can set another barrier, but I'm not sure how long I would be able to keep it up,' he said in response.

'That's fine. I only need to heal this body before I can cast another spell.'

'Then, let's not waste any more time here. Do whatever you need to do.'

Just as the crow demon finally broke free from the talismans that burned his raven feathers, Mu Qing raised his sword in front of him and cast a barrier to entrap the crow demon again. The barrier grim reapers like him could make was specifically designed to entrap souls and forbid them from leaving. However, Mu Qing was uncertain as to how durable it would be against such a powerful crow demon.

Shen Minyao took a deep breath, focusing her spiritual life force to regenerate and heal her injuries faster than usual. As the wounds on her skin closed, her body had also undergone some transformation.

Her human ears were nowhere to be seen. instead, there was a pair of fox ears that sat on top of her white head. Her claws elongated, and several demon marks appeared on her pale skin. Her nine tails swished behind her back. historical

This wasn't the first time Mu Qing saw her like this, but witnessing her transformation left Jiang Chen speechless. He had never seen a human transform into a full-fledged demon without losing its consciousness and humanity. Well, not that the fox woman was a human in the first place, as she only possessed an empty shell of a human.

The crow demon tried to break the barrier that stopped him from attacking the fox demon, and Mu Qing gritted at the blows, not giving up restraining him. Still, he did his best to buy Shen Minyao more time. A minute felt forever as every second passed that he waited for the fox woman to recover.

'What's taking you so long?' He asked Shen Minyao through telepathy. The barrier he set was about to be cracked open by the crow demon, and he wouldn't be able to protect the healing Shen Minyao anymore if that happened.

'Just a little more..' He heard the fox woman say in a raspy voice.

But how long? He wanted to ask. One more minute? He was restraining the crow demon for over three minutes, and the barrier was about to reach its limit.

"Shen Minyao!" Mu Qing gritted his teeth as he held on the hilt of his sword tightly.. The crack on the barrier began to visibly show until the barrier broke apart.