After catching the scent of the Shikon Jewel from the four spirits, a little yokai kept rushing in another direction. He had only gone a short distance when he heard a roar behind him and turned to look. What he saw, however, was a sandstorm sweeping across heaven and earth in the distance.
"Hm? What's that?"
The little demon looked over in confusion, then slightly closed his eyes and used his special talent to sense it. But the moment he did, the information fed back to him nearly scared his face pale.
"Holy shit, a John Xun-level monster? Damn it, run!"
The little yokai's face went pale. Through his investigation, he discovered that the cause of the smoke on the other side was, shockingly, a John Xun-level monster charging over. In this situation, the little yokai had only one thought.
As fast as possible!
Whoosh!
The little yokai moved, suddenly darting forward as a cloud of green smoke spread over his body. Then, he directly transformed into a somewhat oversized ladybug. After becoming a ladybug, he desperately began climbing upward.
After all, regardless of whether John Xun looked like one or not, he was merely passing by. If he made himself look like a John Xun, the other party probably would not treat him like some insignificant little monster.
And just as he expected, the bear monster completely ignored the ladybug monster in the air and continued running toward Maple Tree Village. It did not even spare the little demon a glance.
"Whew... good."
Seeing this, the little yokai could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. Looking at the bear monster continuing onward, it was clearly heading to seize the Shikon Jewel that seemed to have appeared once more. Yet he hesitated.
"There's already an old, strange monster