Chapter 281: Chapter 183: The Hunt

Meanwhile, Lu Yuan’s gaze was fixed on the charging demon, his eyes flashing with a cold light.

While still in mid-air, a spiritual light bloomed from his longbow.

CREAK!

The bowstring groaned as if strained to its limit as he drew it back.

Then, the arrow—tipped with a Flood Dragon’s tooth—shot forth.

As the sharp arrow pierced the air, it left a white trail in its wake.

A faint dragon’s roar echoed.

The very air around it seemed to vibrate in resonance.

The demon, of course, saw the feathered arrow coming.

Its combat instincts were superb.

It swept its Hand Axe sideways. CLANG! The feathered arrow was struck with precision. Truly a Demon Fiend forged in the Ancient Wilderness.

Its power was nothing to scoff at; in fact, it was exceptionally strong.

No wonder Mangu Tun and his group were no match for Earth Immortal Realm demons.

’It really does have some skill.’

But Lu Yuan was different. He had pushed his body to the absolute limit at every stage of his cultivation.

’How could an ordinary person possibly compare?’

Although the Hand Axe had knocked the arrowhead slightly off course, it still carried a piercing momentum and bored into the demon’s shoulder, drawing a splash of blood.

ROAR!

Already driven into a frenzy, the demon let out another roar.

The ferocity in its eyes deepened.

It fixed its sights on Lu Yuan, looking as if it wanted to tear him to shreds.

Lu Yuan paid it no mind. The Cyan Dragon Crescent Saber materialized in his hand, and as the demon closed in, he spun the blade and slashed.

A brilliant edge flared out. The cyan-gold Sword Gang stretched for dozens of meters.

The powerful demon sidestepped the attack.

BOOM!

The blade cleaved a hundred-meter-long trench right where the demon had been standing.

But the demon was ferocious. After dodging the attack, it immediately raised its battle axes and charged him.

CLANG!

Lu Yuan raised his Crescent Saber to block overhead. The two axes slammed down on the saber’s shaft, sending sparks flying.

An immense force surged up his arms.

Lu Yuan was inwardly astonished. ’As expected of the Demon Race,’ he thought. ’Back in my old world, I rarely encountered anyone in the same realm with this much raw power.’

’And now, right after arriving here, I’ve run into a demon whose strength is no less than my own.’

’No wonder the Human Race here is so weak and constantly suppressed.’

Despite his surprise, Lu Yuan’s movements didn’t falter. He lashed out with a kick.

THUD!

His right foot landed squarely on the Pig Demon’s stomach. The recoil sent him stumbling backward.

The Pig Demon, however, was sent back more than ten steps.

But it immediately lunged forward again, this time even faster.

Lu Yuan didn’t dodge, choosing instead to meet it head-on. He wanted to take this opportunity to see for himself just how strong the demons of the Ancient Wilderness truly were.

Their weapons clashed again and again in a flurry of exchanges, striking sparks and sending ripples of transparent energy spreading outward like waves.

They fought from the sky to the ground, and from the ground back into the sky.

Craters of all sizes appeared at the forest’s edge, blasted into existence by the overflow of their power.

The towering ancient trees nearby were blasted into splinters.

Wood chips filled the air.

A thick cloud of dust hung in the air.

The dust cloud covered a radius of several hundred meters.

With a single stomp of his foot, Lu Yuan shattered a small hill.

The demon charged recklessly, smashing a massive boulder with its head.

Mangu Tun and the others couldn’t help but swallow nervously. They had assumed that after arriving in this world, Lu Yuan’s strength would be about the same as theirs.

After all, in their minds, he had always been renowned for his Military Arrays.

But who could have imagined that he would still be this powerful, even here in the Ancient Wilderness?

’This Pig Demon is no weakling.’

An hour passed in the blink of an eye as their fierce battle raged on.

Lu Yuan seized an opening.

SCHLICK!

His blade fell, slicing clean through the Pig Demon’s neck. Its massive head tumbled to the ground.

It rolled through the dirt, becoming caked with mud.

Lu Yuan landed softly, a light sheen of sweat on his forehead.

He had truly given his all in that fight.

Mangu Tun and the others rushed over.

Eyeing the Pig Demon, he chortled, "Haha, we’re rich! Just this one Pig Demon, given its quality, should sell for ten Spirit Crystals, no problem."

He then turned to Lu Yuan. "You’re really something else! We would’ve run for our lives if we’d seen a monster like this. You just got here and you’ve already killed one. If we could get a haul like this every day, we’d be set!"

"What are you dreaming about? These things aren’t common. They stay deep in the forest, usually protected by hordes of lesser demons. They’re not something a lone Loose Cultivator could ever hunt. I have no idea why this one went berserk and ran out on its own.

Still, it’s a good thing Yuan was able to kill it. At the very least, it’ll sell for a good number of Spirit Crystals," Man You said quietly.

He had a small, thin frame, but his body was exceptionally strong. He wielded a scimitar and also had a technique for controlling poisonous insects. He was by no means the weakest of the group.

"Whatever, let’s just get it back and sell it," Mangu Tun said, rubbing his hands together.

With this Pig Demon, today’s trip wasn’t a waste.

Lu Yuan nodded, took out his Sumeru Ring, and stored the corpse inside.

Then he looked at Mangu Tun. "Is there a place that buys these things?"

"Of course," Mangu Tun replied. "The bigger restaurants in the shantytown all buy them."

Lu Yuan smiled. "Then let’s go. It’s getting late."

With that, the group of five headed toward the settlement.

「Meanwhile, in the distance...」

A lone figure had witnessed the entire event.

As an Outer Disciple of the Evergreen Sect, her duty was to lead hunts for any Great Demons that strayed from the forest to ensure the settlement’s safety.

Just moments before, she and her team had been pursuing that very Pig Demon, which was why Lu Yuan’s group, who had been taking a different path, had run right into it.

By the time she was in a position to intervene, it was already too late.

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