"It should be around here."

Su Ziyu proceeded along the rugged road, heading to a place called Shijue Mountain, where the Mountain Child was said to lurk. It was a small, unknown hill he hadn't heard of before.

He didn't encounter any demons along the way, perhaps because it wasn't dark yet.

Su Ziyu wasn't in much of a hurry; he casually found a hillside to sit and sip some sake, waiting for dusk to settle before continuing toward Shijue Mountain. Recently, this Mountain Child had grown quite arrogant, claiming the lives of at least a dozen merchants and their goods mysteriously disappeared. The wealthy families of Sanhe Province had hired some Yin Yang Masters to deal with it, but unfortunately, the civilian Yin Yang Masters were too weak, and those who came were never seen again.

During the Nara Era, Fusang nationalized the Yin Yang Art, and ordinary people were strictly forbidden from possessing Yin Yang Dao books like Hetu and Luoshu Taiyi. Even in the Heian Era, the truly powerful Yin Yang Masters all came from official backgrounds.

Walking along, Su Ziyu caught a whiff of wine carried by the wind.

"This Mountain Child seems to have imitated Jiutun Tongzi quite well." Su Ziyu chuckled as he flew up, spotting a house built halfway up the mountain in his view.

It was said that Jiutun Tongzi of Danbo Mountain was extremely fond of wine, and a faint smell wafted in the air every night.

Unexpectedly, here was the same situation.

Su Ziyu casually donned the Invisibility Cloak and then used the power of Spiritual Flight to gradually approach the house.

The house seemed to have been recently built, somewhat crude, with some ghost lights flickering outside. Before even approaching, he heard a commotion. Inside, a fire was burning, the smell of roasted meat wafted in the distance. Shadows danced in the firelight, revealing a crowd of mountain spirits and ghosts, with a towering giant at the forefront, estimated to be over three meters tall, blue-faced and fanged, covered in thick fur, resembling an ape, and sporting a single horn on its head and one eye on its forehead, with a massive stone hammer nearby, possibly weighing several hundred pounds.

"Pollution entity detected!"

Just as he was approaching, the Space-Time Monitor System reacted.

Su Ziyu frowned, observing the roasted object on the fire with slight discomfort. Then he drew the Meteor from his waist with a sharp clang, descending from the sky under the cloak of night, gliding swiftly using Spiritual Flight power. The Meteor flickered once by the fire in a stream of light.

These demons had some special tricks, so Su Ziyu didn't dare underestimate them. He struck decisively at vital points, first dealing with the nearby minions.

"Gained 1 Source Power Value!"

"Gained 1 Source Power Value!"

Accompanied by the emergence of bloodlight, the Iron Mouse beside the fire was directly skewered by Su Ziyu's sword, while a large humanoid toad next to it also had its head cleaved by him in a single stroke.

Boom!

The seemingly intoxicated Mountain Child reacted extremely quickly, almost sensing something at the moment Su Ziyu struck. It swiftly grabbed the stone hammer beside it, and its skin turned into a rocky hue. A stone wall abruptly rose from the ground, shielding it from behind.

This wasn't an ordinary Mountain Child; even typical Mountain Children weren't this tall and muscular. Its crimson pupils resembled a demon. A moment ago, it was gnawing on a human leg.

Boom!

The massive stone hammer swung down with a gust, forming a deep pit with a diameter of over three meters on the ground. If Su Ziyu hadn't reacted quickly, he would've been smashed into pulp.

"Such strength in this demon!" Su Ziyu was stunned, retreating swiftly after revealing himself.

The Mountain Child possessed great strength and seemed capable of manipulating rocks. Upon noticing Su Ziyu's presence, it immediately pursued with the stone hammer, shouting, "Don't let him escape! Another one here to meet his doom!"

Seven or eight mountain spirits and ghosts rushed out in pursuit.

However, to their surprise, Su Ziyu hadn't fled far; he stood outside waiting for them.

——"Thunder Strike!"

Rumble!

In the crackling electric light, a dazzling lightning bolt descended from the sky.

The Mountain Child reacted swiftly, trying to evade, but no matter how quick it was, it couldn't outrun lightning, getting struck instantly, its entire body appeared charred.

"Thunder Technique?!" The Mountain Child exclaimed in shock.

The Spiritual Lightning ability had some inconveniences, like when Su Ziyu couldn't display it inside due to the need for expansive spaces, as Thunder Strike and Lightning Storm required the aid of natural energy. Using Thunder Strike inside would've been ineffective.

——"Time Acceleration!"

After enduring a direct hit from Su Ziyu's Thunder Strike, the Mountain Child appeared severely injured, seemingly having shrunk markedly, with its feet sunk into the earth, attempting to escape using Earth Escape-like powers.

Su Ziyu wouldn't let it succeed; as everything around gradually froze, his figure flashed by, and with a sharp sweep of sword light, he decapitated the Mountain Child.

Whether it was his false perception or not, Su Ziyu realized that after Time Acceleration reached LV6, he truly felt as if the world came to a halt in that moment, with the frames slowing down and he seemed to exist in a nearly static world.

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