Maybe You Should Reflect on Your Own Problems

In the late-night jungle, scattered fire rained from the sky, igniting little patches of flame.

But the fiercest flames were the demon flames engulfing Big Muntjac. After knocking Ji Yang down again, he immediately gave chase, determined to finish him while he was vulnerable.

At the sight of that wrench raised high overhead, Ji Yang nearly had his soul scared out of him. "Again?!"

Do you have to kill me?

This was the most basic law of survival for monsters in the Wasteland Zone. There did not have to be any deep-seated hatred, but once a fight began, you had to kill your opponent outright! Otherwise, letting a tiger return to the mountains might leave you with a formidable enemy someday!

At the brink of death, Ji Yang unleashed tremendous hidden potential.

Just as the wrench was about to smash down on his head, flames erupted around him and exploded, scattering him into a skyful of fiery meteors. Among those countless sparks, there was no telling which one concealed his real body.

Watching the countless fiery meteors burst apart, Big Muntjac stopped, momentarily at a loss.

The reason he had pinpointed Ji Yang earlier was that attacking him required Ji Yang to release an intangible, formless "aura." That aura locked onto Big Muntjac, allowing him to trace it back to Ji Yang's location.

Cultivators with stronger divine senses could also perceive this aura, but they were not as sensitive to it as monsters of the same level.

Now Ji Yang was fleeing for his life. His aura was no longer directed at Big Muntjac, leaving Big Muntjac helpless against the elusive Shadow-Mystic Divine Ability.

He stood among the trees, looking around for a long while. Only after confirming that Ji Yang had fled far away did he turn and leave in anger.

Neither combatant knew that Ji Yang's Personal Livestream had just seen a surge in popularity.

There were already far fewer viewers watching this late at night, and his Personal Livestream had never been particularly popular. Just moments ago, only a handful of viewers had remained.

But after he encountered Big Muntjac and started fighting, the Demon Beast actually sent him flying with a wrench. The Main Livestream happened to catch that scene. The late-night viewers instantly perked up, only for the screen to go black just as Ji Yang tried to counterattack.

That sent the live comments into a frenzy!

The viewers all began guessing what had happened.

[...]

[During the day, he was saying this was a little boring, that these Demon Beasts were too weak and couldn't compare to a real Wasteland Zone. And now this happens?]

[Oh my god, the Hidden Dragon Pool is a famous Immortal Sect too. He didn't get beaten to death by a kangaroo, did he?]

[Probably not. Looks like his wide-area divine ability accidentally burned the camera bee to death.]

[Kangaroo? Isn't that a deer demon?]

[It's obviously a kangaroo!]

[It's a deer!]

[Several hundred arguments omitted here...]

[Hey, are you people serious? We don't even know whether he's alive, and you're arguing over whether it's a kangaroo or a deer? Is that really the point?]

[You up there, what do you think that monster is, then?]

[Hmm... could it be a muntjac?]

[Hahaha, what a joke.]

[What an idiot. Now you're even bringing muntjacs into this.]

[Seriously, though, with Demon Beasts this powerful, this Wasteland Zone is way too realistic.]

[Yeah, maybe those Demon Beasts were never weak. Maybe Tough Guy Bro was just too strong.]

[He killed so many Demon Beasts with a single sword strike that he gave us the illusion they were all pushovers.]

[I'm kind of missing Tough Guy Bro. Let's see what he's doing.]

[I'm going to send him gifts!]

[...]

Had Ji Yang known that the burst of attention he earned by risking his life had ultimately brought a little surge of viewers to Yue Wen's Personal Livestream, who knew how he would have felt?

At that moment, he was hiding in a crevice in the mountains, still shaken, arguing with the Director's Team through his earpiece. "That definitely wasn't a normal Demon Beast! It could see through my divine ability. It nearly killed me!"

"Calm down first. We didn't capture the entire fight, only the beginning. This batch of Demon Beasts is somewhat stronger, so it's possible that struggling against them is normal." The director's response was rather cold. "We've already sent an Astral Realm expert to search for it. Until we've fully assessed the danger, there's no need to disrupt the regular livestream."

"You definitely messed something up!" Ji Yang cried. "I couldn't fight back at all against that kangaroo demon! I only escaped because my sect's divine ability is so powerful. Anyone else might have died on the spot!"

"Ji Yang..." The director fell silent for a moment, then said, stressing every word, "That was a deer demon."

"Is that the point?!" Ji Yang roared. "Besides, I took two hits from its wrench. Do you think I wouldn't recognize it?"

"It's a deer."

"It's a kangaroo!"

"Wait," the director suddenly said. "Another contestant has encountered the deer demon."

"Hmm?"

Zhao Xing'er was resting against a tree branch in the darkness. Sensing demonic energy approach, she immediately opened her eyes, a red gleam flickering within them.

Several dozen meters away, she saw a vacant-looking kangaroo head passing by with a hammer in hand.

Wearing an Ultraman mask, Zhao Xing'er swept her lightning-sharp gaze over it.

The hammer-carrying kangaroo head was, of course, Second Muntjac. He was searching for the two targets Huang Dahu had given him and had not intended to bother the female human in the tree wearing that strange mask.

After all, that human could not possibly be his target-the targets had faces.

He had never expected Zhao Xing'er's spiritual perception to be so keen.

Zhao Xing'er tilted her head. "There are kangaroo spirits here too? Why does this one look so dumb?"

"Who are you calling... a kangaroo?" Second Muntjac's eyes instantly turned scarlet. "You also said dumb... Aaargh..."

Five-meter-high demon flames erupted around the enraged Muntjac Demon, surging upward in a blazing pillar!

He had changed his mind. He was going to smash this female human's head!

"What are you getting angry about?" Watching scorching demon flames rise from the kangaroo head opposite her, who clearly meant trouble, Zhao Xing'er narrowed her eyes. "You disturbed my sleep, and I haven't even gotten angry yet. What gives you the right to get angry first?"

She thought of how she had worked hard all afternoon, opening several treasure chests only to find that every one was fake. Night had finally fallen, and she had found a quiet place to take a nap, only for this stupid, vicious-looking kangaroo head to sneak around and wake her up.

The red light in Zhao Xing'er's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

The battle began in an instant!

The monster opposite her was a muntjac of few threats and much violence. He sprang up and charged like a bolt of gray lightning.

Zhao Xing'er also shot into the air, conjuring a Green Dragon Crescent Blade with a flip of her hand. Deciding that it did not seem satisfying enough, she put it away again and instead summoned

a Golden Melon Warhammer. Gripping it with both hands, she swung it as though she were wielding a small mountain.

Drum-Beating Urn-Gold Warhammer!

"Haaah!" Zhao Xing'er roared. "Waking people up in the middle of the night is incredibly rude, you bastard!"

Her body arched backward beneath the moon. She swung the giant hammer in a full arc, tracing a crimson curve before bringing it crashing down! The surging red light spread faintly through the air, forming the phantom of a fearsome armored general.

Martial Way True Body!

Second Muntjac had leaped into midair with his hammer raised. At the sight of the enormous warhammer smashing toward him and filling his vision, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

If the hammer in his hand had known, on the day it was made, that it would someday face the Drum-Beating Urn-Gold Warhammer, it probably would have been very proud, right?

Boom-

Red light exploded, sending a ripple through the air.

The muntjac brothers practiced no Martial Arts Techniques. They survived in the Wasteland Zone on their basic strength, speed, defense, and spiritual perception, all of which were exceptionally high.

But today, he had encountered Zhao Xing'er.

Zhao Xing'er, whose martial spirit red light had flared because someone had woken her up.

Boom!

Second Muntjac had charged in like lightning, only to return to the ground in the blink of an eye. He came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

The tremendous force of that hammer blow drove Second Muntjac into the ground, burying half his body in the earth. The impact cracked the ground into a spiderweb across a hundred-meter radius, black fissures spreading with a grinding crunch as far as the eye could see.

Only then did the red light fade from Zhao Xing'er's eyes. She put away her hammer and looked at the huge crater.

After the dust cleared, a minute of silence passed before a crack-covered hand slapped down on the rim of the deep pit.

"Still alive?" Zhao Xing'er raised an eyebrow.

"Ah..." Covered in cracks, Second Muntjac climbed out of the pit, took several deep, ragged breaths, and stared blankly at Zhao Xing'er. Then he suddenly bowed. "I'm sorry for disturbing your rest."

"You should've been this polite from the start," Zhao Xing'er said irritably.

"I'm just a little muntjac who's never seen much of the world. I hope you won't hold it against me." Not only had Second Muntjac's tone become courteous, but his speech had also grown much more fluent.

"So you're not a kangaroo..." Zhao Xing'er said in surprise. "You're one of those legendary dumb muntjacs?"

Second Muntjac nodded. "That's right. I am."

"But you're an evil spirit, so I still can't let you go," Zhao Xing'er said.

"Would you look at who's behind you?" Second Muntjac suddenly asked.

"Who?" Zhao Xing'er turned around and found nothing there.

When she turned back, Second Muntjac had already fled a considerable distance, leaving two billowing trails of dust in his wake.

"Even dumb muntjacs know tactics now!" Zhao Xing'er exclaimed. "Where do you think you're going?!"

She took off at a sprint in pursuit. Although she could also ride the wind, for someone with a physique as powerful as hers, the most primitive method-running-still offered the greatest speed.

He fled, and she chased!

Even wings would not save him!

Leaving aside how the viewers of the Main Livestream marveled at and praised Star Girl's prowess after witnessing this scene, the director immediately reconnected to Ji Yang's earpiece.

"Well?" Ji Yang sounded as though they should have believed him long ago. "They must have been in mortal danger too, right?"

"First, it wasn't a kangaroo. It was a muntjac," the director said. "Second, although that Muntjac Demon wasn't the same one you encountered, its appearance and cultivation seemed about the same... Star Girl cracked it open with a single blow. It was no different from any of the other Demon Beasts."

"Ji Yang, maybe you should reflect on your own problems."