Terrified Human-Faced Mountain Demon

When the Human-Faced Jade Essence Flower bloomed, everyone who looked at it would be mesmerized.

Including itself.

So the moment it looked into the bronze mirror, it fell into a state of intoxication.

Taking advantage of this moment, Lin Bei from behind drew his sword and was about to cut the flower stem. As long as he picked this flower, the mission would be complete.

But just then, a sudden change occurred!

Whoosh!

A white figure descended from the sky in a flash, landing beside the Human-Faced Jade Essence Flower and Lin Bei. It attacked with a claw, viciously grabbing towards Lin Bei's throat!

Swift and venomous, a fatal blow!

Fortunately, Lin Bei reacted quickly, immediately blocking with his sword. With a clang, sparks flew from the blade, and he himself retreated several steps. If he had been even slightly slower, he would have been killed by that single claw.

The three people in the outer sword formation finally turned around and saw that the figure that had landed was a monster as short as a child, with a body like white jade and a huge head.

"Human-Faced Mountain Demon!" Fang Ting's expression changed, and he immediately drew his sword.

This extremely rare monster was completely unexpected.

But the monster moved very quickly. After repelling Lin Bei, it immediately broke off the blooming Human-Faced Jade Essence Flower with a backhand and turned to flee.

Fang Ting was also quick to act. He raised his Thunderclap Sword, formed a hand seal with his left hand, and in an instant, sword qi golden dragons filled the area, surrounding it from all sides, instantly forming a sword qi prison! Like a Thunder Pool, it trapped the monster in the center!

The monster, however, did not dodge at all. It leaped straight up, its body suddenly becoming transparent for a moment. In that instant, it passed through the sword qi prison, leaped into the sky, and then stepped on an inverted rock in mid-air, soaring upwards.

In just the blink of an eye, it had already traveled dozens of feet away!

"Evil creature, don't run!"

Fang Ting was instantly enraged. He turned and stepped onto his sword, the sword light instantly transforming into a furious golden dragon, chasing after it.

Boom boom boom boom!

But the strange rocks in this valley were inverted and crisscrossed, and the white figure was incredibly agile, specifically choosing rugged paths to advance.

Although the speed of sword flight was fast, it was more suited for straight, long-distance flight. Such maneuvering was not agile, and it crashed into and shattered giant rocks repeatedly after flying not far.

If they were ordinary rocks, it wouldn't matter to charge through them. However, the strange rocks in this valley were extremely hard. Repeated heavy impacts while flying at high speed on a sword was already a very dangerous thing, and even a cultivator at the Fourth Realm like Fang Ting couldn't quite endure it.

After a moment, he changed direction and began to advance by controlling the wind with his body. His Thunderclap Sword, however, broke through the air, intending to directly kill the monster from a distance with a flying sword.

But this made his speed even slower, and he was quickly pulled a significant distance away again. The flying sword chased the incredibly agile monster but was always unable to lock onto it.

All of this happened in a flash. Both sides moved as fast as the wind, and before they knew it, they had already reached the depths of the valley. Just as Fang Ting's mind and body were still focused on the white figure of the monster ahead, he was caught off guard by a rumbling wind sound from above, and a thick black shadow covered him.

Boom!

He stopped abruptly and realized it was a giant branch! And he had already arrived before a towering giant tree!

It turned out that in the center of this valley, there was a giant tree dozens of feet high, its canopy covering the sky and sun, extending outwards. It seemed that all the vegetation in this entire valley was derived from it. Countless thick branches surrounded the giant tree, and any living creature that approached would be struck by the branches.

Clearly, this giant tree was the Demon King of this valley!

Fang Ting dodged the first branch but failed to dodge the second one coming from the front. Bang!

This strike sent his body flying over ten zhang away!

After tumbling and landing, Fang Ting looked up at the monster's white shadow again, only to see it dodging and leaping amidst the continuous whipping of the giant tree's branches, not a single leaf touching it.

It was too agile!

Fang Ting's Thunderclap Sword Qi had always been known for its speed, but it was more suited for wide, sweeping attacks and direct movements.

If they were in a flat, open area, he was confident he could capture this Human-Faced Mountain Demon in no time. But in this rugged and complex valley, he was surprisingly unable to do anything to the opponent.

And because of the giant tree's presence, he didn't dare to pursue further.

He could only watch as the monster's back leaped further and further away in the blink of an eye...

"Damn it!" Fang Ting cursed.

Leading a team at the Golden Core Realm, and the mission still failed. Returning to the mountain like this, he didn't know how his master would see him, how Senior Brother Ziyang would see him, how Junior Sister Ziqing would see him... Hmm?

Whoosh—

Just as he was feeling frustrated, a black shadow, almost impossible to catch with the naked eye, instantly flashed past him again, chasing rapidly in the direction of the monster.

And it looked even faster and more agile! The branches of the giant tree didn't even attack this black shadow, because he had already passed before they could react!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Human-Faced Mountain Demon.

It is an extremely rare mountain spirit. At the moment the Human-Faced Jade Essence Flower matures, if it happens to be swallowed by a ghost, that ghost will grow a new physical body, called a Human-Faced Mountain Demon.

The characteristic of this type of spirit is its extreme speed and unparalleled agility.

The one in the valley was a Human-Faced Mountain Demon that had been lurking here for a long time. Naturally, it hated the humans who dared to touch the Jade Essence Flower it had found and wished to kill them all.

However, those humans were extremely powerful in cultivation, so it could only snatch the Human-Faced Jade Essence Flower and quickly flee. As long as it returned to its cave and refined this flower, its cultivation would double, and then... Hehehehehehehe...

Thinking of the scene of its cultivation greatly increasing, the Human-Faced Mountain Demon couldn't help but let out a strange laugh.

As for the human cultivator relentlessly pursuing it from behind, it only felt disdain. Even if his cultivation was powerful, he could only eat dust behind its butt.

It knew this valley like the back of its hand and could easily shake him off. He actually wanted to fly with his sword here, hehe, just wait to smash his head!

Waiting to enter the range covered by the giant tree, the Human-Faced Mountain Demon knew it was safe.

Besides itself, no other demon could freely shuttle through the giant tree. These humans, even less so!

It dodged and weaved freely, as if strolling in a leisurely courtyard. After a while, it felt it could turn back and look at the human's exasperated appearance. Because any further, it wouldn't be able to see.

Thinking this, the Human-Faced Mountain Demon turned its head with a strange laugh.

Then, on its large human face, its eyes suddenly bulged, as if it had seen something extremely terrifying!

What was that?

Its underdeveloped intelligence began to frantically question.

Because when it turned its head, it actually saw a black shadow right behind it, only one body length behind, following closely.

Swish! Swish!

In the blink of an eye, the black figure leaped to its head again, then to its side, running neck and neck with it!

How is this possible?!

Did I just meet a ghost?

No, wait, I'm the ghost!

In its memory, since it was born, no one has ever been able to keep up with the speed of a Human-Faced Mountain Demon!

What in the world is going on?

Because they were both moving at high speed, the black figure was relatively still compared to it. This allowed it to see the true appearance of the black figure.

It was a young man in brocade robes with sleeves tied back, quite handsome, looking gentle and amiable.

Why did he have such terrifying movement technique?

As the Human-Faced Mountain Demon looked over, the young man also raised his eyes and looked at the Human-Faced Mountain Demon.

Then... he stuck out his tongue and licked the palm of his hand... At the same time, his eyes gleamed, as if he was really enjoying this feeling of chasing and hunting.

The strange smile on the Human-Faced Mountain Demon's face instantly shattered.

Oh my god, this is a pervert!