Chapter 592: Bloody Battle with the Mountain Demons

Its rolled-back pupils, enormous teeth, and terrifying face frightened Yuexiu into a shrill scream.

With a whoosh, the mountain demon lunged over, reaching out to grab the infant in Yuexiu's arms.

Ye Qingning gritted her teeth, drew a dagger from her waist with a backhand motion, and lunged forward, charging at the mountain demon.

The dagger in her hand stabbed fiercely into the mountain demon's arm, but unfortunately, this thing had thick skin and dense flesh; even ordinary pistol bullets couldn't hurt them, let alone a mere dagger.

However, Ye Qingning's actions caught its attention; the creature roared, turned around, and charged over, then grabbed Ye Qingning up in one go.

Its thick arms were extremely sturdy; grabbing Ye Qingning was as simple as grabbing a small chicken. Ye Qingning struggled desperately, but it was to no avail.

A trace of mockery appeared on the creature's ugly, terrifying face, as if it were laughing at Ye Qingning's overestimation of her own abilities.

It suddenly opened its wide mouth and let out a huge roar at Ye Qingning. A foul, fishy stench emanated from its mouth, and Ye Qingning was nearly choked into fainting.

The mockery on this creature's face grew even more intense; it was a beast by nature, yet it wore a cold sneer like a human. That trace of contempt instantly infuriated Ye Qingning.

She let out an angry shout, jerked her right hand hard, broke free from the creature's control, and then swung the dagger fiercely, stabbing into one of its ears.

With a heaven-shaking roar, the dagger in Ye Qingning's hand sank in up to the hilt. This creature's vision was nearly zero, relying entirely on its sense of hearing to perceive the path, so its ear was a weak point. Ye Qingning crippled one of its ears with a single strike.

Thud. Ye Qingning was flung to the ground. The creature clutched its ear and shrieked. It stumbled around the cave, and with its immense arm strength, it sent mountain rocks flying everywhere.

Ye Qingning crawled to Yuexiu's side, grabbed her, and retreated into a corner.

But the mountain demon, having lost an ear, could still sense the presence of the two. It stumbled toward them, roared, and swung its arm fiercely at them.

This kind of creature had immense arm strength; one palm could flatten the two women into meat patties. Ye Qingning and Yuexiu hugged each other tightly, with Yuexiu shielding the child in her arms, letting out a desperate scream.

Suddenly, a sword tip pierced out from the mountain demon's back. With a *pu* sound, the Lichen Sword pierced the mountain demon through the heart.

The mountain demon's body stiffened, its movements stopped, and then it looked back with an expression of disbelief.

Only after seeing Chen Yu behind it did it reveal a look of fury. It swung its arm fiercely toward its back, swearing to crush the Chen Yu behind it to death.

Unfortunately, it was already at the end of its rope. Its arm swept weakly through the air, and then it collapsed to the ground with a thud, twitched a few times, and lay motionless.

"Chen Yu, you've come." Ye Qingning stood up abruptly, ran forward excitedly, and buried herself in Chen Yu's arms.

Chen Yu's sudden appearance was like a War God in her eyes. She no longer cared about her status as a young lady of the Ye Family; she only knew that this majestic man had saved her.

No matter how fierce she had appeared just now, she was ultimately still a woman. After the strength, all her vulnerability was revealed in front of this man.

This was the first time she had shown her vulnerable side to a man. She knew that once a woman showed her vulnerable side to a man, it meant she had fallen; she had fallen for him.

"Are you alright?" Chen Yu patted her shoulder to comfort her.

"I'm fine." Ye Qingning took a deep breath, tears hanging at the corners of her eyes.

"Let's go." Chen Yu helped Yuexiu up and led the two women forward.

"Chen Yu, how did you get in? What is this place?" On the way, Ye Qingning asked.

"I followed the scent they left behind. This is the mountain demon's lair," Chen Yu said.

"The mountain demons are related to Wuming." Ye Qingning told Chen Yu what Yuexiu had said: "Chen Yu, I will immediately use my connections to mobilize troops and uproot Wuming's so-called Sacred Land. They don't deserve to be human."

"I'm afraid distant water cannot quench a near thirst." Chen Yu frowned and said, "Let's get out first. Although these villagers have committed evil acts, they have been blinded by Wuming. Once they know the truth, their anger will burn."

"How did you get in just now?" Ye Qingning asked.

"I killed my way in," Chen Yu replied indifferently, holding the Lichen Sword in his hand.

"Then how do we get out?" Ye Qingning asked anxiously.

"We kill our way out, of course. However, ordinary mountain demons are not hard to deal with; the difficult one is the Mountain Demon King. This guy has high intelligence, so we must move quickly," Chen Yu said.

Suddenly, several figures lunged at Chen Yu from the front. Chen Yu let out a violent shout, and the Lichen Sword in his hand slashed out.

With two *whoosh* sounds, the two figures were split into four pieces and fell down.

The advantage of the Lichen Sword was perfectly displayed here. The Seven Brilliance Weapon Spirit was born for slaughter. Although Chen Yu could not unleash the true power of the Lichen Sword, these mountain demons, which even bullets couldn't penetrate, were just trash before him.

Suddenly, a mountain demon with an even taller figure appeared before Chen Yu and Ye Qingning.

The mountain demon was tall, and its muscles were extremely well-developed.

Its face was a vibrant blue-green, and a fleshy crest grew on its head, like a crown.

This guy was the Mountain Demon King. It stared fixedly at Chen Yu, with the corpses of several mountain demons lying helter-skelter before it.

These mountain demons had almost all been finished off by Chen Yu, some adults, some smaller young mountain demons. But the fact was, only this Mountain Demon King remained; it was now a lone wolf.

Chen Yu's move had practically wiped out its entire household.

"You go first, I'll be right there." Chen Yu shoved a Talisman into Ye Qingning's hand: "If you encounter danger, throw it directly."

"Chen Yu, you, you must be careful." Ye Qingning covered her mouth, tears falling uncontrollably.

"Don't worry, I will live to see you again," Chen Yu smiled.

Ye Qingning took two steps back, then grabbed Yuexiu and turned to flee.

The Mountain Demon King suddenly let out a strange cry, hatred erupting in its eyes. It lunged at Chen Yu, striking at him with a heavy palm in mid-air.

Chen Yu reversed the Lichen Sword in his hand and slashed back.

*Hum. * Chen Yu's body shook, and he retreated several steps. His web between thumb and forefinger went numb, and he looked at this big guy with some surprise.

His sword had struck the opponent's palm, but with the sharpness of the Lichen Sword, it still couldn't sever the palm, only leaving a wound deep enough to see bone.

It seemed this guy was not only thick-skinned and dense-fleshed, but it also moved like the wind and had stepped into the ranks of cultivation. Troublesome.

Chen Yu took a deep breath, staring fixedly at the Mountain Demon King before him, his sharp Qi locking onto it.

The Lichen Sword in his hand also felt Chen Yu's battle intent at this moment. A faint sword hum emanated from the Lichen Sword, and the blade trembled slightly, as if it were very excited.