Qi Yu and Si Qing looked at each other. The sudden sound startled everyone. After recovering, they rushed towards the source of the sound and saw the collapsed stairs below.
"What happened?" Si Qing reached out to support the stairs, about to use her magic to repair them.
Just then, a scream echoed from not far away.
Qi Yu looked up.
She saw a rhinoceros demon with a single horn on its head, wielding a sharp greatsword, lumbering in from outside.
Its steps were heavy, and with each stride, the entire inn's floor trembled.
Several waiters were kicked by it onto the stairs, crushing the entire staircase.
The loud noise that had just occurred was from this.
"Boss, I want a room," the rhinoceros demon said, placing a money bag on the table.
The owner of the Bird's Nest Inn dared not utter a sound. He quickly braced himself, took the money bag, and prepared a prime room on the first floor.
The rhinoceros demon didn't even glance at the waiters and turned to leave.
It was also carrying a large sack that exuded a bloody smell, its contents unknown.
Qi Yu watched the entire scene with a cold gaze.
Only after the rhinoceros demon disappeared did she use her magic to repair the shattered floor and slowly walk down. She asked the innkeeper, "Wasn't that rhinoceros demon a bit too arrogant? Why didn't you try to stop him, neither the waiters he beat nor you?"
Qi Nian stood by, also feeling puzzled.
Having been the clan leader in the demon realm for so long, she had never heard of such a overbearing fellow.
"As you are unaware. That rhinoceros demon currently has the highest cultivation. Except for the clan leader, no one can defeat him. We are merely trying to make a living and increase our spiritual cultivation. Who would dare provoke him?" The owner of the Bird's Nest Inn sighed and shook his head. "Let alone provoking him, even if he didn't pay for his stay, we would have no objections."
"Indeed, in a place like the demon race where strength reigns supreme, if everyone else cannot defeat him, then that rhinoceros demon is truly a formidable character," Yan Hua said to Qi Nian. "If you, as the demon clan leader, cannot defeat him, then you might truly have to step down."
Yan Hua's words were not alarmist but serious.
In a world that valued strength above all else, if Qi Nian couldn't defeat that rhinoceros demon, she would not only have to give up her position but might even be humiliated by him.
Qi Nian's face showed a rare serious expression.
Qi Yu looked at Qi Nian, her voice calm, "Senior Sister, what do you intend to do? Shall I help you deal with that fellow personally?"
Qi Nian looked at her with some surprise.
"You don't think I'll handle this impartially, do you?" Qi Yu looked at Qi Nian, her expression surprised. "In this world, no matter who the Heavenly Dao favors, there will always be someone it favors."
"I favor those I care about. There's nothing strange about that."
Qi Nian snapped out of her daze. She smiled at Qi Yu, feeling warmth in her heart, but said with great determination,
"No, I will defeat that rhinoceros demon with my own strength. However, he hasn't given me a challenge letter yet, so I can't fight him directly."
Thinking of this, Qi Nian felt a headache coming on. She wondered if she should proactively send him a challenge letter, but then felt it might be unnecessary if he hadn't initiated the challenge.
Yan Hua looked at Qi Nian. "Perhaps you already have a challenge letter, but you just haven't discovered it. If I recall correctly, in the demon realm, challenge letters have a time limit, right? Three days. You can refuse within three days, but after three days, you can no longer refuse and must accept."
Qi Nian was stunned when she heard this. Initially, she didn't pay much attention, but after a moment of hesitation, she finally asked everyone to wait while she went back to check.
As it turned out, it was better not to check. Upon checking, she was startled to find that the challenge letter had been sent to her three days ago.
But because it had been hidden at the very bottom of her mailbox, she had never seen it.
Qi Nian, with a headache, retrieved the rhinoceros demon's challenge letter.
Seeing this, Yan Hua's expression was unsurprised.
Qi Nian looked at Yan Hua, who seemed to have guessed it all along, and felt puzzled. Finally, she couldn't help but ask, "Ancestor Dragon, how did you guess that I had already received the challenge letter?"
She wasn't particularly familiar with Yan Hua.
At most, they were just companions.
Yan Hua looked at Qi Nian. "This rhinoceros demon has been arrogant on your territory for more than a day or two. Yet, you knew nothing about it. Doesn't that explain the problem?"