The Demon with Holy Radiance

It was like a mass of eyeballs from countless living creatures.

Some half-decomposed corpses were visible within the sludge. A few were even struggling, but they couldn’t escape the monster’s body.

GURGLE... GURGLE...

Being so close, Yang An could now clearly hear the sounds from within the enormous monster’s body. It sounded just like bubbles forming and popping in stomach acid.

Simultaneously, the countless eyeballs swiveled to look at Yang An.

He finally understood what he had just been through.

He had somehow entered the monster’s body without even seeing it. Fortunately, he had escaped just in time.

According to what Fu Ming had said, it wasn’t strange for anything to appear in a world this deep.

Therefore, Yang An had little desire to investigate what this monster before him actually was.

’Do I have to fight this thing?’

He looked at the densely packed eyes. Many had already locked onto him. The creature’s trajectory was also slowly shifting to approach him.

Its speed wasn’t fast, but it was clear the thing had targeted him.

A ball of dark red flame appeared in Yang An’s hand, blazing fiercely, before landing on the massive pile of sludge.

In an instant, the flames surged, igniting the massive pile of sludge and enveloping it in a fierce blaze.

The Lighting Fire had ignited the entire creature, producing a large amount of white smoke.

But then, the eyes on the sludge began to twitch erratically. A cavity appeared beneath it, and the creature abruptly turned itself inside out, swallowing all the flames that had been burning on its surface.

The inside of the sludge began to churn like boiling water, producing a profusion of bubbles, but the flames were extinguished in the blink of an eye.

The eyeballs re-emerged from within, and everything returned to normal. The monster appeared completely unharmed.

Yang An clicked his tongue in amazement. It was the first time he had seen something extinguish a fire in such a way—especially a Lighting Fire that had been enhanced by Xian Fire.

’I wonder if this weird thing can withstand light?’

But as soon as the thought crossed his mind, the monster began to shrink at an incredible speed.

The behemoth, which had covered an area a kilometer wide, shrank rapidly in the blink of an eye.

POP—

With a sound like a bursting bubble, the strange creature vanished without a trace.

Yang An had been on guard, thinking it was about to attack. He never expected it to just disappear.

After a moment of shock, Yang An was at a loss. He could only turn his gaze back to the distant houses and buildings. There was no way to track what that thing was. ’Perhaps I can ask Fu Ming about it after I leave here and return to Gray Scale.’

Yang An started walking toward the houses again, much more cautiously this time. After what had just happened, he couldn’t be sure what other unseen things might be lurking about.

This time, however, the journey was smooth. With no further incidents, he reached the scattered houses.

The place looked like a small, scattered village. The buildings were in disarray, mostly built from yellow mud, and looked as if they had weathered a great deal of time.

A thought suddenly struck Yang An.

He recalled what Fu Ming had said. ’If the Xian Origin Land was once the Yang Realm of the Origin Realm, could this place be exactly what the Origin Realm used to look like?’

’Is everything here the way the Origin Realm originally was?’

There was no way to verify it, but perhaps he could find some clues here.

’As for what’s inside these houses...’ Yang An decided on the simplest, most direct method.

Countless points of Golden Radiance manifested around him. Like a sudden squall, they instantly destroyed a dilapidated-looking house.

There was nothing inside, and no reaction.

Relieved, Yang An turned his attention to the other buildings and began to destroy them wantonly.

Within a few breaths, he had destroyed all the surrounding dwellings, leaving behind nothing but yellow earth scattered everywhere.

Still nothing.

’Looks like this is just an ordinary place. I’ll have to keep moving.’

He still didn’t understand how to obtain information related to the Power of Rules. He’d been completely lost ever since he arrived.

But just as he was about to move on and explore further, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

That strange sense of danger returned, and this time, it was even more intense.

"Bow Lady!"

Yang An called out to the Bow Lady in his mind. She immediately understood his intent and once again intensified the pain in his soul.

Suddenly, countless invisible lines appeared. They were a chaotic mess, but they enveloped Yang An completely, causing the air to stir.

He couldn’t see the lines themselves, but he could perceive his surroundings by judging the disturbances in the airflow.

As the pain intensified, Yang An entered a state of rapid "frequency tuning."

SSSHHHK—

An invisible force sliced through his body, cutting him in half at the waist. Blood immediately sprayed from the wound.

Then, another force pierced his skull, splitting it in two.

Yang An instantly used the Light and Shadow Escape Technique to evade, seizing the chance to restore his body. Simultaneously, a massive amount of Golden Radiance condensed around him, forming a storm that erupted outwards.

But as the Golden Radiance spread out, unleashing a barrage of storm-like attacks, it hit nothing but empty air.