Over the next few days, the two ventured into the wilderness and officially began their lives as demon hunters here.
Because of the rift in the void, demons would occasionally drop without warning into the Gobi wilderness and stone forests within a hundred li, appearing and vanishing like ghosts.
These unlucky creatures had strayed into the region where the two worlds overlapped and been swept here by turbulent currents of space and time. Alone and outnumbered, they became prey.
Yet after repeated attempts, Li Chen and You An discovered to their frustration that they could barely get their hands on even one of these prey.
"What's going on? Almost every time we find one, a whole crowd has already beaten us to it and killed it. They even guard against us like we're thieves!"
"Nothing we can do about that. They've been hunting here for ages. They probably have special methods that let them discover the demons a few steps ahead of us."
"Ah, what are we supposed to do if this keeps up?"
Their dream of getting rich overnight proved no match for the reality of coming away empty-handed.
After several more twists and turns, the two finally happened upon a lone Horned Demon.
It was an ape-like monster with a vicious face and long, bull-like horns. The moment it spotted them, it roared and lunged at them.
You An was already geared up for battle. A single punch caved in its nose, then he turned and swept it off its feet with a blow fit to rout a thousand soldiers.
Immediately afterward, his blade rose and fell, bringing the fight to a clean, decisive end.
Holding his Hunting Knife, You An said with some excitement, "About bloody time! We've finally made our first catch!"
But when he eagerly