Hunting God Era

Chapter 47 The Avoidant Lizard Demon
boom!
Li Ye smashed the boulder with a single punch. After confirming that he could not find any demons, he looked around and saw a scene of utter devastation, with scattered pieces of flesh and blood scattered among the wreckage.

He started from the central area and began to expand outwards. Every time he expanded to a new area, he would return and continue to move in other directions.

After searching for several hours, everything in the area that he could see and couldn't see was dug out.

Looking at the increasingly twilight sky, Li Ye dusted off his hands and prepared to return to the entrance to end the day.

Just as he began to use his light-footed skill, he inexplicably heard a muffled thud below, mixed with shouts.

Its body swung out, flying straight towards the other side of the mountain.

He was currently positioned on a mountaintop, in front of a marked and enclosed area. From the mountaintop, he could see the rock face exposed by the mountain being excavated.

He was currently quite close to the quarry, and below him, Yang Jie had clearly been hit by something, falling to the ground with a muffled groan, his arm even bent.

"Run! It's dangerous!"

Out of the corner of his eye, Yang Jie saw someone fall, and after shouting something, he was about to call for help from the drone patrolling overhead.

But just then, Li Ye landed quickly and felt a gust of wind.

boom!
A dull thud struck him, forcing Li Ye to take a step back. His clothes were torn in several places on his shoulders, as if some sharp claws had slashed at them. Underneath the damaged clothes, several red marks appeared on his skin.

Li Ye looked surprised. Since he mastered the Twelve Golden Palaces Dragon and Tiger Gate, no one had been able to make him back down.

Especially after testing himself in Dragon Mountain and confirming that no demon could sway him, he actually encountered one.

Moreover, something was wrong. Although he couldn't see the figure, the moment he made contact, Li Ye's blood surged, making him feel like he had to run away, as if this was some kind of great terror.

But soon, this feeling was countered by the flow of qi and blood.

"Let me see what you are!"

Li Ye quickly reached out and grabbed at the object in front of him that was distorting the air.

This thing appears to be invisible, but it still has a slight distortion with the air, and you can see its general shape when you get close.

laugh!
With a single grab, Li Ye's fingers dug in, tearing off a chunk of flesh.

Blood splattered in the air and condensed in Li Ye's hand into a piece that looked like shattered, cracked scales and flesh.

"Gah!"

The air emitted a strange cry, accompanied by a whooshing sound, which was blocked by Li Yege, producing a muffled thud.

"Tail?"

He reached back and grabbed the shape that felt like a tail, then kicked it, causing the distorted air to fall over. Li Ye took advantage of the situation and stepped on it, gripping the tail tightly with his hand.

"You'll reveal your true form when you die!"

Li Ye grinned maliciously, his fingers forming tiger claws as he ripped the skin apart, leaving a large line of blood and shredded skin, clearly indicating that it had been completely torn open.

The invisible thing revealed its shape. At Li Ye's end, what he was grabbing was indeed a tail covered with irregular, broken scales. What he was stepping on was the upper body and chest of this thing, which had been torn in the middle and split in two.

This is a humanoid lizard monster with skin covered in broken scales. Its body has human-like limbs, but its head is the long and narrow shape of a lizard.

Its hands and feet have long, pointed claws with red lines running down the middle of the nails, and there are even some human hairs on the back of its narrow head.

"this thing"

Li Ye frowned, then looked at the quarry in the distance that was half-opened up on the mountain. He walked over, opened its long mouth, and found that the thing's mouth was divided into four lobes, like flower petals. The tongue inside was also very hard, with the tip like an arrow.

"Avoiding Lizard Demon".

Before coming to Longshan, besides the materials provided by the school, he also knew some things on his own. After all, he had searched for a lot of information a long time ago in order to gain power, especially ancient books, which contained comprehensive records in this area.

He has collected the most complete collection, especially of the Ningjiang City area.

There are also records of demons in the Longshan area of ​​Ningjiang City.

The lizard demon that avoids corvée labor is one of them, as recorded in the Qing Dynasty's "Ningjiang Prefecture Gazetteer: Corvée Labor Records".

Three hundred laborers worked day and night, chiseling rocks at the northern foot of Longshan Mountain to build the city. A stonemason surnamed Wang discovered "blood marrow jade," which angered the mountain spirit. Sulfur mist suddenly gushed from the rock crevices, and the flesh and bones of ninety-three people were eroded into the rock veins. The rest went mad, ate mineralized lizards, and survived by hiding in the crevices.

Modern academic papers explain that the ancients, burdened by heavy corvée labor, developed resentment and a desire to escape, which, combined with the deathly aura of the dead, gave rise to this type of demon.

The key to the evading lizard demon is 'evading service', wanting to escape all hardships and burdens, and to flee alone into a safe place.

Therefore, these kinds of demons have the ability to become invisible and can assimilate into their surroundings.

Once it occurs, it can also cause feelings of lethargy and pessimism, making people unwilling to do anything, finding everything troublesome, especially afraid of taking responsibility and enduring hardship, and having a blank view of the future.

However, due to their habits, they rarely appear in populated areas, but mostly in sparsely populated mountainous areas.

These kinds of demons fear righteousness and can be effectively deterred by things that have been tempered by iron and blood and have a sense of responsibility for the country.

For example, the national anthem of China.

Alternatively, the sound of a large bell can be used to scare away the evading lizard demon.

This is not a natural evolution; it is a demon born purely from resentment, a harmful monster.

"In this day and age, how can such demons still appear?"

Li Ye looked towards the quarry and clicked his tongue, "I wonder which unscrupulous company did this. They've brought out the devil. We need to investigate thoroughly."

Having worked in the disinfection department for two months, he knew how to handle these kinds of situations.

He looked towards Yang Jie and asked, "Are you alright?"

"Thank you, thank you."

Yang Jie stared blankly at the severed corpse for a long time. He stammered a sentence, then smiled bitterly and said, "I heard you practiced the Vajra Pass before, and I was skeptical. I didn't expect it to be true. Are superior martial arts really that powerful?"

There was no jealousy, nor could there be.

His martial arts school has excellent skills, and he is a key player in the school. The school could find him a special training program, but he lacks the necessary aptitude.
It's like building a nuclear bomb. The principle is there, so why doesn't anyone learn it? Is it because they don't want to?

It's not that they lack the necessary aptitude; they had to settle for a mediocre physical training method. Otherwise, the Five Dragons Sect wouldn't have been able to defeat Xiang Feipeng of the Four Dragons Sect.

The demon struck him, breaking his arm, but when it hit Li Ye, it only tore his clothes a little and left him completely unharmed.

The difference became immediately apparent.

No wonder they eat so much; they've reached the level of living in luxury. That's a personal achievement, something you can't envy.

"Get up first. Someone should arrive soon so you can treat your injuries."

Li Ye reached out his hand for Yang Jie to grab. After getting up, he stared at the drone flying in their direction and said, "Someone in charge should be here."

Just a moment later, a whooshing sound echoed through the mountains, and several figures darted past, quickly arriving at the location by leaping across rooftops and scaling walls.

Only then did Li Ye realize that these people were all wearing field uniforms, and their blood and energy were so strong that it seemed to distort the air.

The military has arrived.

(End of this chapter)