Chapter 33: Who Doesn't Have an Inner Demon?

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Before the thought could fully form in his mind, the Destiny Bone Armor in Li Boyang’s hand suddenly stopped spinning.

Watching the Destiny Bone Armor land with its back facing upward, Li Boyang’s pupils contracted sharply.

Immediately following, the flying sword that had been speeding through the black mist halted without warning, its blade trembling uncontrollably.

"A mere mountain god, how dare you deceive me like this!"

A voice as loud as a thunderclap suddenly erupted from the Black Cloud Marsh.

Just as Li Boyang would not wait for the Ghost King of Black Cloud Marsh to fully mature.

That strange old man was also a fellow of vast experience; how could he possibly watch idly as he was being weakened?

—The "opportunity" involved in the previous divination had arrived!

Whoosh... whoosh... whoosh...

In an instant, the black mist of the entire Black Cloud Marsh surged like a storm.

Terrifying roars of tigers and howls of wolves spread across a radius of a hundred miles, waking countless mountain folk settled nearby.

The mountain folk in the nearby villages and towns scrambled out of bed in a panic, trying to see what exactly was happening outside.

But what awaited them was an endless darkness and a beast tide that had arrived ahead of schedule.

"Roar!"

Successive roars of beasts echoed from the mountains, drawing closer and closer to the human settlements outside.

Under these circumstances, the couple Li Yu and Chen Yun were inevitably awakened.

Li Yu hurriedly put on his clothes and grabbed his bow and arrows.

He rushed outside at once to organize the able-bodied men of the village to defend against the incoming beast tide.

As for Chen Yun, the wife?

She didn't even have time to dress properly before rushing in a panic to Li Boyang’s cradle.

"Son!?"

From Chen Yun’s current perspective, Li Boyang’s three eyes were wide open, and flames were erupting from the top of his head.

He was clutching a round bone fragment tightly in his hand, looking as terrifying as a demon or ghost.

Yet, Chen Yun could not care about such things; instinctively, she stepped forward and pulled her son into her arms.

"Son, are you alright?"

"Don't scare your mother! Your mother doesn't have much courage!"

Feeling the scorching heat radiating from Li Boyang, the panicked Chen Yun could not stop her tears from falling.

It was also at this moment that Li Boyang’s shadow suddenly began to writhe without warning.

It was as if a fierce ghost were about to break free from its restraints.

Li Boyang’s shadow twisted and struggled, gradually manifesting into the shape of a green-faced, fanged demon.

"You won't hurt my son!"

Seeing that the terrifying demon was about to take form, the fierce nature hidden in Chen Yun’s personality erupted once more.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Chen Yun grabbed a pair of scissors from the side and stabbed fiercely at the green-faced, fanged evil spirit.

Pfft!

Unfortunately, Chen Yun’s attack not only failed to have the slightest effect, but it also completely enraged the evil spirit.

"You are courting death!"

A low voice emerged from the evil spirit’s mouth, and a surging baleful aura poured in from all directions.

"The one courting death is you!"

At the critical moment, Li Boyang, having regained his senses, whispered in a slurred, childish voice.

Because he was forcing himself to speak, Li Boyang’s childish voice sounded somewhat hoarse, but it successfully shocked the evil spirit.

"You..."

The green-faced, fanged evil spirit widened its eyes, looking in disbelief at Li Boyang, who was held tightly in Chen Yun’s arms.

"Since you are my inner demon, then she is your mother too!"

"I originally wanted to see what skills you had, but it seems I cannot keep you!"

Before the words had even faded, the green-faced, fanged evil spirit let out a miserable wail.

By the time Chen Yun reacted, the evil spirit that had tried to harm her had already had its consciousness wiped away by Li Boyang, and it had returned to its original shadow form.

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At the same time, outside Li Village.

The able-bodied men organized by Li Yu were staring nervously in the direction outside the village.

In the noisy, pitch-black night, pairs of bloodthirsty eyes were hidden in the darkness, appearing as if they might rush out at any moment.

"Big Brother, those wild beasts seem to be intentionally avoiding our village?"

After a long standoff, the sharp-witted Li Chengfeng seemed to notice something and pointed toward the village entrance, whispering.

"Eh? It does seem that way?"

Hearing this, the others in the village immediately reacted and began to discuss it with surprise.

Because they discovered that those wild beasts hidden in the darkness seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally avoiding the village.

Or more precisely, they were avoiding the village’s only entrance and exit.

"What are they afraid of?"

Li Yu, who had dealt with the wild beasts in the mountains for years, immediately sensed something amiss.

But precisely because of that, Li Yu felt even more puzzled.

Things that could make so many wild beasts feel afraid and even proactively detour were usually only those "Mountain Lords" that dominated the local forests.

But the problem was, there weren't many "Mountain Lords" of that caliber across the hundred-mile mountain range.

If a Mountain Lord truly existed nearby, Li Village would have long since migrated elsewhere.

"Did Big Girl and Bu Ku'er go there recently?"

As if suddenly realizing something, Li Yu intentionally lowered his voice and asked Li Er, who was beside him.

"Uh, the two little ones run all over the village..."

"The village entrance isn't exactly a dangerous place, how could they not have gone there?"

Glancing at Li Yu with a rather strange look, Li Er clearly hadn't expected the other to ask this question at such a time.

Instead, it was Li Chengfeng at the side who seemed to catch Li Yu’s implication.

"During those few days when we were firing bricks and setting up sentry posts, Big Girl and Bu Ku'er seemed to be lingering near the village entrance..."

"I even asked them specifically at the time, and Big Girl said they were burying something."

Silently, he exchanged a look with Li Chengfeng.

Li Yu did not continue to press the matter, but instead cast his gaze toward the direction of the village entrance.

"Regardless, the current situation is much better than we imagined."

Not needing to fight to the death against those wild beasts and spirits was indeed much better than the best-case scenario Li Yu had anticipated.

"What about the other villages?"

Suddenly, someone asked such an ill-timed question.

This beast tide was unprecedented, and it happened to coincide with the beginning of spring.

The fact that Li Village’s situation was better meant that the situation in other villages would be worse.

If this beast tide could not end in a short time.

Even if the other villages managed to survive this beast tide, they would definitely not make it through this winter.

"Let's see how the situation develops first..."

"If this beast tide really does bypass our village, we will organize some people to go check on the other villages."

Looking around, Li Yu’s words caused the atmosphere among those present to fall silent once again.

As mountain folk living near these forests, although there were conflicts between villages, they were also in a relationship of mutual dependence, like lips and teeth, watching out for one another.

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