A life of idleness in the world of demons

Chapter 38. A Skilled U-Turn

Ning Xuan quickly glanced at Yao Zhen Fairy and said succinctly, "Let's scout ahead."

He needed to determine whether there were any human skin soldiers around.

Fairy Yao explained earnestly, “This kind of magic is called Mountain Barrier. It forms a mountain with dragon energy. You and I are in the mountain. Any being that wants to touch us must pass through this mountain of dragon energy. Every step is like carrying a huge rock on your soul. The closer you get, the greater the resistance becomes. I cast two spells in a row. I don’t have the strength to cast the Earth Observation Technique again.”

Ning Xuan glanced at the black mist outside and said, "Take mine away. Next time, don't say so much. Just say you have no spare capacity."

Fairy Yao was a little angry. She was trying to explain seriously. No one in the capital would speak to her in such a tone. She was usually calm, serene and content. Why did this young man always make her angry with his words?
Ning Xuan looked at her strangely and said, "How about I take back the second half of what I said?"

Fairy Yao Zhen's thoughts were exposed, but Ning Xuan's words were still infuriating. She couldn't quite figure out why they were infuriating, so she suppressed her temper and simply replied, "Okay."

Immediately, the golden mountain shrank to half its size, with Fairy Yao Zhen still inside, while Ning Xuan was directly exposed outside.

Upon discovering that its target had been exposed, the black smoke, like a deep-sea shark smelling blood, paused for a moment as the long tails of black smoke, accompanied by venomous faces, began to rush towards Ning Xuan like madmen.

However, it was like rain falling on a pond, creating ripples on Ning Xuan's body, but it had no effect whatsoever.

These human faces have negligible power. If they cannot penetrate the human body through the acupoints and devour the flesh, they are nothing but a pile of useless trash.

Things were alright before, but now we're almost at the epicenter of the demonic calamity.

Seeing that Ning Xuan was still the same, Fairy Yao Zhen showed a surprised expression and thought to herself, 'He seems to be doing quite well.'

She never stopped.

A first-rank celestial master can only cast one spell at a time.

A second-rank official can use two techniques simultaneously.

She used the "Mountain Barrier" for self-defense and also employed the "Earth Survey" technique.

Her eyes instantly turned white, a blind person's white, her face indifferent.

She entered a mysterious state, her gaze reaching as far as ten miles around, and she could look down at the earth from a perspective as if she were in the clouds.

Ning Xuan's thoughts fell on the "flying knife magic weapon" in his arms, and then he stood next to Fairy Yao Zhen, beginning to protect her with all his might to prevent her from being ambushed during the casting of the spell.

Fairy Yao Zhen began to observe quickly.

She saw a vast forest.

I saw the official road winding like a snake in the moonlight through the forest.

They saw a human-skinned demon walking on the official road.

She quickly shifted her gaze and saw a billowing cloud of black smoke and a campfire "burning".

While a campfire "burns" and emits light and heat, this thing keeps shooting out black smoke. After the black smoke comes out, it flies away quickly, making strange noises that seem to be laughing or crying.

She tried to see the campfire clearly, but found it was just a "burning black mass".

The blackness even blocked the detection of the dragon's aura.

Fairy Yao was startled.

This situation is unprecedented.

The Celestial Master's art of "surveying the earth" is accomplished with the help of dragon energy, and every inch of land on this earth is under the control of dragon energy.

To put it simply, everything within a radius of more than ten miles around her is under her watchful eye. If she wants to see, she can even see what every household is doing, and even if someone is hiding in a secret room, they cannot escape her gaze.

But her eyes, which could see through walls, could not see through the black campfire.

As Fairy Yao Zhen pondered a solution, she suddenly spotted a huge black shadow moving through the black mist. The shadow was carrying a sharp-horned knife, but the "human-faced black smoke" did not attack it.

Furthermore, Fairy Yaozhen realized that the dark figure was a sheep demon.

It has the shape of a sheep with a black mane, the mane like steel spikes, and stands on two hooves, moving with a light step.

It's a sheep demon!
The goat demon walked faster and faster, carrying "human-faced black smoke" around its body, like a general leading an army into battle. One moment it was dozens of feet away, and the next it was rapidly approaching, heading straight towards the two of them.

Wherever the goat demon went, figures would emerge from the surrounding dense forest and walk alongside it, gradually forming a black wave.

Fairy Yao Zhen discerned that these figures were either demonic plague disciples, elite martial artists, or people from the martial arts world. But without a doubt, those who could walk with the "human-faced black smoke" without being attacked had clearly become human-skin demons.

As she watched this scene, she felt that it looked strangely familiar.

Without time to think it over, she exited [Observe the Ground] and immediately looked at Ning Xuan, who was standing close to her, and said, "There's a sheep demon, leading a lot of powerful human skin demons. Those human skin demons must have been our elites when they were alive."

Ning Xuan asked, "Have you seen over a thousand soldiers?"

Fairy Yao Zhen said, "No, that's not the case."

Ning Xuan said, "I'll give it a try. If it doesn't work, I'll rush at you, and you can immediately drag me away by escaping underground."

The second-rank Celestial Master's "Earth Escape" is instantaneous. Although the instantaneous cast consumes a lot of energy, it can still be used several times. For Ning Xuan, this is an absolute life-saving technique.

He can fight or run away whenever he wants.

Fairy Yao Zhen said, "Let's fight first."

Ning Xuan said, "Let's try it out first. If we can fight, then let's fight."

Fairy Yao pondered, then earnestly discussed, "What if we could have won, but you tried a move and ended up at a disadvantage, then got injured? Wouldn't that turn a potential victory into a defeat?" Ning Xuan retorted irritably, "And what if we couldn't win to begin with, and I tried a move to confirm it, but you couldn't immediately burrow underground because you were casting [Mountain Barrier] while using another spell? Wouldn't that mean we'd be completely wiped out?"

Immortal Fairy Yao said unhappily, "General An Yuan, why boost the morale of others while diminishing our own?"

Ning Xuan said, "Say that again! When we get back, I'll write a memorial saying that as long as His Majesty issues an edict allowing me to sleep with you, I will be utterly loyal to His Majesty!!"

Fairy Yao's face flushed red instantly. She stammered, then angrily exclaimed, "You...you filthy scoundrel! How can you always say such things!"

Ning Xuan let out a long breath and said, "Listen to me, get ready quickly!"

This time, even though Fairy Yao was unwilling, she still reluctantly agreed, "Fine, I'll listen to you!"

She disliked this idea of ​​"thinking of retreat before thinking of advancement".

She's starting to regret it now.

What was she thinking when she chose this young man to assist and partner with?

She maintained the [Mountain Barrier] while preparing to use [Earth Escape].

Ning Xuan gripped the Beast-Slaying Blade tightly.

He couldn't openly use the Bodhisattva's Golden Body in front of Fairy Yao Zhen, so his strongest attack was still Yan He.

To prevent these ubiquitous "human-faced black smoke" from spreading, he was also unable to summon other types of Heavenly Demon Talismans.

Just thinking
Whoosh!
A wind is rising in the distance.

The woods outside the post station emitted a strange laugh.

The enormous, terrifying ram's head swept towards Ning Xuan amidst billowing black smoke.

Ning Xuan focused his gaze and looked.

Huh? A familiar demon.

Isn't that the sheep demon that ran all over Fengshan?
The sheep demon also saw the boy in front of it clearly.

It panicked for a moment, stopped laughing, and lost most of its ferocity. But then it thought again and realized there was no problem.

Because of the presence of the "human-faced black smoke," these "human-faced black smoke" can completely hold back the martial artist. At that time, no matter how strong the martial artist is, it will be impossible for them to do two things at once, dealing with the dense "human-faced black smoke" while also responding to its attacks.

But in the next instant, it saw clearly again.

The boy was not entangled by any "human face black smoke".

The black smoke struck its body like raindrops hitting a pond, creating ripples, but it did not cause any damage, nor could it play any role in "binding" it.

Ning Xuan grinned, revealing a set of white teeth.

He had already pieced together a rough idea in his mind: the Scent-Stealing Rat had most likely joined forces with the Sheep Demon and some local demons before arriving here, and these "human-faced black smoke" were probably its doing.

Fairy Yao looked at him in bewilderment. Before she could ask, "What are you laughing at?", she saw a strange scene: the huge, terrifying ram's head that had come with billowing black smoke suddenly turned around and rushed in the opposite direction at an even faster speed than it had come.

Ning Xuan rushed towards Fairy Yao Zhen and quickly said, "Go in front of it."

Without further ado, Fairy Yao Zhen appeared hundreds of feet away in an instant, her golden light surging forth.

The moment it appeared, the goat demon was charging towards them.

Upon seeing Ning Xuan suddenly appear in front of it, the sheep demon's past memories were stirred up. It was so frightened that it lost its soul and used its demonic magic to dart to the side.

A faint blue light suddenly flashed from Ning Xuan's bosom.

Throwing knives!

The throwing knife, adorned with patterns of icy thorns, flashed past in a blue light, slicing through the sheep demon's left leg before exploding with double force.

A leg of lamb flew up in the blood mist.

Ning Xuan moved swiftly, grabbed a lamb leg, and instantly refined a drop of blood. His gaze swept over the information.

[Hyperhorned Goat]

[Body Constitution 3.0]

[Illusion and Reality Escape: Transforms into black wind, conceals demonic form, walks with a blend of emptiness and solidity, bewildering the eye and confusing the mind.]

The sheep demon cried out in agony and continued to flee, limping, but the massive loss of its demonic essence had rendered it unable to use the [Illusory Escape] technique.

It looked behind it in terror.

The black smoke from those "human faces" couldn't disturb the boy at all.

It asked in fear and anger, "We are all demons, what do you want?"

Fairy Yao looked at Ning Xuan in astonishment. She had checked and found that Ning Xuan had no demonic aura.

Ning Xuan remained completely calm and offered no explanation. He stared at it and uttered a single word: "Escape."

(End of this chapter)