Chapter 590: The Mountain Demon Appears

"I underestimated the enemy." Chen Yu's expression was grim.

Originally, when the village chief spoke, he thought the so-called Mountain Ghost was some kind of creature, and that the villagers were merely ignorant, thus regarding it as a Mountain Ghost.

But seeing the injuries on the bodyguard, he realized that the opponent was no ordinary creature.

Moreover, given Chen Yu's strength, to have engaged twice in succession and yet be unable to see the opponent's appearance—this was definitely a formidable enemy.

"What should we do?" Ye Qinglong's face turned somewhat pale; he suddenly regretted coming here.

"Retreat first." Chen Yu made a prompt decision.

The group retreated along the path they had come, but they had only walked a short distance when Chen Yu felt something was wrong.

He took a slight breath, his Divine Sense spreading out, only to feel several figures in the surroundings; the aura on these things was very fierce, they were not human, and they possessed the ability to conceal their tracks.

If not for the fact that Chen Yu now possessed the first level of the Taixuan Shengqing Realm and the strength of the Martial Ancestor Realm, he would not have been able to detect the presence of these things.

"Everyone, be careful," Chen Yu shouted. "They are here."

Huang Wei quickly raised the gun in his hand, watching the surroundings vigilantly, and the remaining three bodyguards also watched the perimeter.

Ye Qingning also held a gun in her hand; she had received special training and could handle general situations.

"Where is anything?" After a full five minutes, there was no change in the surroundings. Ye Qinglong looked at Chen Yu with some dissatisfaction, believing Chen Yu was bluffing.

But the moment his words fell, the expressions of Chen Yu and the others suddenly turned serious. Everyone stepped back a few paces, distancing themselves from Ye Qinglong, their guns aimed at Ye Qinglong.

"Don't move," Chen Yu roared.

Ye Qinglong was stunned; his scalp tingled, and he instinctively felt danger approaching from behind.

He turned around slowly, then raised his head.

He saw a creature, fully two meters tall, standing behind him.

This thing was covered in white-gray fur and stood upright like a gorilla, but its eyes were rolled back, lacking pupils.

Furthermore, the features on their faces were extremely ugly, and the blue-red mottled color on the tips of their noses made them look like evil ghosts from Hell.

The Blind-Leaping Mountain Ghost, a type of mountain demon (shanxiao), is said to live in deep mountains and desolate valleys. Its nature is violent; it enjoys snatching women and children to toy with, and after tiring of them, it hangs them upside down, striking them to death with mountain stones to eat them.

Ye Qinglong watched this creature with a numb scalp. He saw the thing looking down at him; suddenly, it let out a heaven-shaking roar, then raised a fist the size of a sandbag and smashed it fiercely toward Ye Qinglong's head.

With this guy's build and speed, it had just knocked a bodyguard half-dead; if this punch landed on Ye Qinglong's head, the guy would definitely end up with his brains splattered.

"Qinglong!" Ye Qingning shouted sharply, flicking the gun in her hand and firing two shots, bang, bang.

Ye Qingning's marksmanship was extremely accurate, but the bullets hitting the mountain demon only caused its movements to slow slightly.

Moreover, this act incited the mountain demon's ferocity. With a roar, it brought both fists down; if this blow landed, it would surely smash Ye Qinglong into a meat patty.

Ye Qinglong was terrified; he stood on the spot with trembling legs, not even daring to dodge.

Just at this life-and-death moment, Chen Yu let out a roar. Lichen was unsheathed, and with a *whoosh*, a crimson Sword Radiance flashed past.

With two soft *pfft* sounds, accompanied by two sprays of blood, the mountain demon's arms were severed by Chen Yu's sword.

It shrieked and retreated continuously; it could not believe that a human, who seemed like an ant before it, could actually injure it.

Chen Yu leaped up, the Lichen in his hand flashing with a cold glint in mid-air. With a *pfft*, the long sword in his hand was buried entirely into the mountain demon's shoulder.

This massive creature fell to the ground with a *thud*; it twitched a few times, and all signs of life vanished.

"Retreat quickly," Chen Yu said in a deep voice. He clearly felt a burst of violent aura coming from nearby after this mountain demon fell; it was obvious that its companions, hidden in the darkness, were enraged.

With a *whoosh*, another tall figure lunged over.

Chen Yu gripped Lichen tightly and met the figure head-on. With a soft *pfft*, a head soared into the sky, followed by an extremely thick, bloody stench.

"Who else?" Chen Yu roared, holding Lichen, his eyes staring at the surroundings like torches.

This roar of his contained the Daoist 'Heavenly Might Curse', aimed at deterring the enemy and boosting his side's morale.

Sure enough, his murderous roar frightened off the few mountain demons in the dark. Several figures ahead wandered about, but they dared not approach.

"Go quickly," Chen Yu whispered to Huang Wei and the others behind him.

Huang Wei nodded. With a wave of his hand, the group shielded Ye Qingning and her brother in the middle and retreated rapidly.

Chen Yu gripped Lichen and retreated, for he knew these things would certainly not be reconciled. Two shadows flickered constantly before his eyes, but they dared not come forward.

After retreating several hundred meters, suddenly, the ground beneath them churned, and a blue-nosed mountain demon surged from the earth, striking a bodyguard away with one palm, then grabbing Ye Qingning and darting rapidly into the darkness.

"Sister..." Ye Qinglong roared hysterically, charging forward regardless of his life.

Chen Yu was also taken aback; he had only been focused on the front and had not expected an attack from behind.

This thing's speed was too fast, making it impossible to guard against. He pressed Ye Qinglong down and shouted, "You all go back quickly, I will go solve this."

"Chen Yu, be careful, you, you must bring my sister back safely," Ye Qinglong shouted toward Chen Yu.

But in the darkness, Chen Yu's figure was already gone. Once Chen Yu disappeared, the two mountain demons trailing behind also followed.

Ye Qinglong smashed his fist heavily against a tree nearby. For the first time in his life, he hated himself for being useless; he had just watched helplessly as his sister was dragged away by that thing.

"Young Master Ye, let's go back quickly, it's dangerous here," Huang Wei shouted. "After we go back, we will immediately request reinforcements. Don't worry, Mr. Chen will have a way."

"Go." Ye Qinglong's eyes were bloodshot; looking at the direction where Chen Yu had disappeared, he left resolutely.

The mountain demon is a creature that only exists in legends; no one has truly seen one.

Moreover, this type of Blind-Leaping Mountain Ghost is even more special; their bloodlines possess ancient ghost-monster blood, and they are extremely fierce.

Because their eyes cannot see, they only act at night, but their perception is extremely strong, and their speed is very fast.

And fleeing on mountain paths is simply their paradise; with Chen Yu's current strength, he actually hadn't caught up.

However, it was not a big problem; his sensory ability was already beyond that of ordinary people, and by following the aura left behind by the opponent, he could also sense the location of these things.

Inside a dim cave.

*Thud*... Ye Qingning was thrown down heavily. The mountain demon that snatched her did not understand anything about cherishing the fair sex; it threw Ye Qingning down roughly, then snorted through its nose and left with a fierce expression.