Chapter 793: A World at the Peak of Youkai

"Boom—"

Amidst a thunderous roar, a massive wolf Youkai was slammed directly onto the ground by a single slap from Lingyun.

"Spare me, spare my life!" The wolf Youkai, with its head pressed down by Lingyun, let out a shrill plea for mercy.

"Spare your life? Where did that 'wolf clan's integrity of preferring death over submission' you were showing off earlier go?" Lingyun looked at the wolf Youkai before him and asked with a half-smile.

The wolf Youkai looked at Lingyun, tears streaming wildly from the corners of its eyes. It was true that it possessed the integrity of the wolf clan, but who could endure the pain of being pressed into the ground and rubbed back and forth like this! It had been pressed into the ground and beaten by Lingyun thirty times so far; he had almost beaten it from a proud wolf clan member into a husky.

"If you want me to let you go, that's fine, but from now on, you will answer whatever I ask honestly. If there is even half a word of deception—well, winter is almost here, and I hear wolf-fur coats are very warm!" Lingyun said leisurely.

Hearing Lingyun's words, the wolf Youkai, eyes brimming with tears, nodded heavily. It felt that its luck today was truly at rock bottom. It had only come out to find something to eat, wanting to improve its diet. It never expected to run into such a fierce god; not only was it beaten to a pulp, but it also faced the danger of being skinned. It was truly the worst luck!

After answering all the questions Lingyun posed, Lingyun released the wolf Youkai. Having regained its freedom, the wolf Youkai instantly erupted with the fastest speed of its life and vanished into the horizon. It warned itself that if it ever saw a lone young man on the road in the future, it must never rush up to him easily. If it weren't for its good luck today, it would certainly have lost its life.

Watching the wolf Youkai's retreating figure, Lingyun stood up straight and looked into the distance, a mysterious smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

"A world where demons dance in chaos, where the Human race struggles to survive under the pressure of Youkai, yet grows stronger day by day. From the fragments of information captured from this world, the Age of Gods has already declined, and the power of Youkai has reached its peak. However, as the saying goes, prosperity leads to decline; the Youkai era of this world is also gradually heading toward decay. And the Human race seems to be starting to grow strong. This is truly an interesting era; I just wonder what the leaders among those Youkai think of this era."

Thinking of this, Lingyun waved his hand casually. The ground, which had been riddled with holes from the battle just moments ago, began to recover as if being rewound. Before long, not a single trace of the battle could be seen here.

"For now, I should go find a Human settlement to take a look. According to what that wolf Youkai said, if I keep walking straight in this direction, there is a large city; that should be the Capital City."

Not long after Lingyun left, a rift suddenly appeared, filled with chilling eyeballs. At both ends of the rift, it was even decorated with bows in a very eccentric taste.

"Hmm, didn't there just be intense combat fluctuations in this place? How did they disappear all of a sudden?" A voice carrying a hint of confusion came from the Gap. Through the Gap, one could faintly see a blonde beauty examining the ground. "And there isn't even a trace of battle here; this is truly suspicious!"

However, this place had already been smoothed over by Lingyun using Time Power, and even the owner of the Gap could not obtain any useful information from here.

After some investigation yielded no results, the owner of the Gap abandoned the idea of searching further and closed the Gap directly. She had more important things to do now.

After traveling a distance in the direction the wolf Youkai had mentioned, Lingyun suddenly heard a chorus of shouts and killing.

Looking ahead, he saw a group of people surrounded by Youkai.

"Are these... spiders?" Lingyun looked at the spiders, each one or two meters in size, and his eyebrows couldn't help but twitch.

These Youkai looked incredibly ferocious, spraying strands of spider silk from their abdomens toward the people in the field. Each strand of silk carried a greenish glow, clearly containing deadly poison. At the same time, small spiders were burrowing out from the ground, pouncing toward the people.

However, the people being besieged were clearly no ordinary folk. Standing on the outermost perimeter were several samurai, their hands gripping sharp blades, constantly hacking apart the approaching small spiders while parrying the sharp legs of the large spiders.

Behind them were several Onmyoji wearing uniforms. These Onmyoji chanted spells continuously, casting various arts; the faint light flickering on the bodies of the samurai was their handiwork. Without these protective spells, the circle of samurai would have long since been torn to shreds by the spiders. Suspended in mid-air were Shikigami wreathed in flames, and the spider silk sprayed by the spiders was being destroyed by them. At the same time, powerful spells were shot from the hands of these Onmyoji, constantly bombarding the spider Youkai surrounding them.

In the very center of these people was a man with a pale face. Judging by his attire, he appeared to be someone of very high status, but his body was currently trembling incessantly. If not for two samurai supporting him, he would likely have collapsed to the ground.

Lingyun watched this battle and couldn't help but frown. Although the battle seemed to be leaning in favor of those people, the reality was not so. The reason those samurai could contend with the spider Youkai was largely due to the spells from the Onmyoji in the rear. But now, the faces of those Onmyoji had begun to turn pale, clearly indicating a severe depletion of Cursed Power. Once the Cursed Power of those Onmyoji was exhausted, the battle would likely collapse immediately.

The person protected in the center clearly realized this as well. He asked the people beside him anxiously, "Has our reinforcement not arrived yet?"

"My Lord, although we sent out a distress signal as soon as we were attacked, this place is truly too far from the Capital City. I fear the reinforcements cannot arrive so quickly." The samurai beside the man looked grim.

"Damn it, am I to die here today?" the man said, gritting his teeth.

"Your subordinate will surely do everything in his power to protect your safety!" Another samurai gripped his Samurai Sword tightly, saying with a look of determination.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"

Just at this moment, streams of light shot in from afar. The carapaces of the spiders, which even the samurai swords could not leave a mark on, were like paper before these streams of light, easily pierced through.

A shrill, miserable scream suddenly erupted from the spider swarm; it seemed the leader of the spider Youkai had been severely wounded. After this scream, the numerous spider Youkai fell into chaos and began to retreat rapidly, disappearing from everyone's sight in no time.

Lingyun lowered the bow in his hand, glanced at the group of survivors, and then vanished from the spot. The high-ranking official, having narrowly escaped death, hurriedly looked toward the direction the streams of light had come from, but only saw a disappearing white figure.

"Does anyone among you recognize that person?" the high-ranking official asked.

"This... we are not sure who he is either. However, after returning to the city, the Clan Master can have his subordinates investigate. Although that person injured the leader of these spider Youkai, the wilderness remains fraught with danger. We should return to the Capital City as quickly as possible," an Onmyoji said.

"Very well." Recalling the Youkai attack from earlier, the high-ranking official nodded hurriedly and, under the protection of the group, rushed toward the direction of the Capital City.