A life of idleness in the world of demons

Chapter 42. Desperate Situation
The mountain is not far away.

Therefore, Ning Xuan is very close to the mountain.

He remained silent for several breaths under an old tree.

In the span of a few breaths, he changes once every breath.

He cast aside all hope, all emotion, all hesitation, all fear, and all thoughts until only the cruelest, most ruthless light remained in his eyes before he began to walk towards the mountain.

At this moment, he felt completely unfamiliar with himself.

His eyes were filled with indifference, indifferent to the lives of others, and indifferent to his own.

When he was still a long, long way from the mountain, or rather, when he had only walked a few hundred feet, something unexpected happened.
His next step abruptly crossed a boundary and returned him to where he started.

Above him was the lush, verdant canopy of the old tree, casting a shadow, with a few downward-facing leaves swaying precariously.

'You've only traveled such a short distance, and you've already reached the boundary?'

Ning Xuan quickly walked to the side.

After walking several hundred feet, he returned to the same spot.

He continued trying.
He quickly came to a conclusion.

This nightmare was very, very small, so small that it was just a circle a few hundred feet in diameter.

Apart from a few sparse trees, there was nothing to cover this circular area. The terrain was flat, and distant mountains and even icebergs stretched out around it like a background picture.

The bright moonlight shone down on the towering mountains.

But he couldn't go.

Ning Xuan searched again carefully.

Then he was completely certain: the area was not only small and lacked cover, but there were also no additional weapons or treasures.

All he had was the beast-slaying sword in his hand and the dark blue throwing knife in his arms.

Having determined the timing, Ning Xuan stopped wasting energy and sat down cross-legged, closing his eyes to rest and prepare himself for the coming demons.

Not long after, it was dawn.

The pale sun cast a ghastly white light.

A buzzing sound, carrying an anxious tone, came from not far away.

"Where are my weapons? Where did my weapons go?"

Ning Xuan sprang up quickly and looked in the direction of the sound.

But then they saw a bear demon, about ten feet tall, standing on an open space in the distance.

The bear demon was shaped like a tall white jade pavilion, its imposing presence like a mountain rushing and a sea standing upright. Its fur was like snow willow branches, its eyes were clear and bright, and its fangs were concealed. Upon closer inspection, it even had a somewhat kind and benevolent appearance.

When Ning Xuan looked at the white bear demon, the white bear demon also saw him.

The polar bear demon abruptly asked, "Have you seen my weapon?"

Ning Xuan twitched his five fingers slightly, and the dark blue flying knife slowly flew out from his arms.

"Is this it?" he asked.

The white bear demon said, "No."

Ning Xuan said, "I can't see clearly from a distance, I'll show you when we get closer."

As he spoke, a thought crossed his mind, and the throwing knife slowly flew towards the white bear demon.

As he got closer, the power of his flesh and blood erupted instantly. The power of "Yanhe" attached itself to the throwing knife, which suddenly accelerated at extremely close range, causing the air to explode with a loud bang.

Although he cannot use the Swallow Tide now, at such close range and with such a powerful burst of energy, even the Bodhisattva Golden Body of the Fragrant Stealing Rat cannot withstand it.

A flash of eerie blue light disappeared into the white bear demon's brow.

The next instant, a piercing shriek rang out, coming from the point where the throwing knife touched the forehead.

Ning Xuan's pupils contracted slightly.

His throwing knife failed to pierce the white bear demon's head; it was blocked instead.

The white bear demon frowned, and suddenly two scales appeared between its eyes, trapping the throwing knife.

However, with a slight frown, Ning Xuan's full-force attack at close range was blocked!
Immediately afterwards, the white bear demon raised its paw and grabbed the throwing knife.

Its claws were also covered with a layer of scales.

After the claws grasped the magical throwing knife, they squeezed it with force, producing a piercing, teeth-grinding sound.

The white bear demon frowned slightly; its arms were also covered in scales.

I rubbed it again.

The sharp sound of a blade rapidly scraping through iron rang out.

Count interest
The claw loosened again and was casually tossed aside.

Bang bang bang bang
The throwing knife shattered completely, breaking into countless fragments that fell to the ground.

After finishing this, the white bear demon looked at Ning Xuan again, twisted its neck, and clenched its fists. The scale-like things all over its body began to reappear, and the speed at which they appeared increased.

Ning Xuan should be afraid, and he was indeed very afraid, but rather than being afraid, he had learned to observe and gather as much information as possible in such desperate and hopeless situations, and then, when there was no way to hide, to do everything in his power to fight against a powerful enemy.

At this moment, he slightly bent his body and assumed the stepping stance of the "Swallow Return Step" from before.

The air was eerily still. Under the pale sunlight, a single leaf drifted gently down from an old tree.

Boom! !

The white bear demon took a step forward.

The earth trembled violently, as if being struck by a giant drum.

The white bear demon appeared before Ning Xuan.

Ning Xuan barely had time to lean back before the white bear demon was right in front of him.

Ning Xuan's beast-slaying sword was still sheathed. His plan was to use the sword as a fulcrum, just like when he first dealt with the mountain-ramming bear demon, to avoid the bear demon's wide-ranging attacks with a spiral trajectory, avoiding the strong points and attacking the weak points. After dodging the initial impact, he would immediately turn around and counterattack with his strongest power.

But the white bear demon was already in front of him.

He didn't have time to make any further moves.

The man and the bear faced each other.

Ning Xuan gritted his teeth, gathered his strength in both hands, gripped the Beast-Slaying Blade tightly, and with the blade and sheath together, amidst the soaring cries of swallows, the blade light dragged a sharp cry as it fiercely struck the white bear demon's abdomen from below, then dragged it upwards again.

hiss hiss hiss
creak creak
Where the blade passed, a row of scales quickly appeared on the white bear demon's body.

After the knife had been cut halfway through, the white bear demon pressed down.

Boom!

Ning Xuan felt as if his entire body had been shattered.

However, he still had a surge of energy, enough to drive him to suicide, since he hadn't forgotten the pain of being devoured piece by piece by the bear demon.

But at that moment, the white bear demon looked at him with eyes filled with anger.

"Those who do evil will be thrown into the boiling cauldron, while those who do good will ascend to a state of blissful tranquility. You have spoken falsehoods and killed living beings; you deserve to be executed!"

Having said that, the white bear demon raised its paw and slammed it down.

Ning Xuan's vision went black.
【Nine-two】.
Under the old tree, Ning Xuan opened his eyes.

He was quite curious.

The white bear demon didn't eat him?

He was killed by that white bear demon with a single swipe of its claw.
"Doing evil leads to boiling in a cauldron, while doing good brings coolness and peace?" Ning Xuan murmured the words the bear demon had spoken before it attacked, and pondered, "Does it mean that I deceived it and then ambushed it, so I did evil and should be killed?"

Ning Xuan saw a new path before him.

He had just seen it up close and realized that the bear demon's scales were not actually "scales," but rather something created by the compression of muscle power.

His full-force attack couldn't even break through the bear demon's defenses.

In other words, even if the bear demon stood still and let him hack at it, he wouldn't be able to cut it even a fraction of the way.

Therefore, he felt it necessary to try another path.

Daytime
It descends slowly.

An anxious buzzing sound came from afar.

"Where are my weapons? Where did my weapons go?"

The white bear demon looked around, and after spotting Ning Xuan, he asked, "Have you seen my weapon?"

Ning Xuan twitched his five fingers slightly, and the dark blue flying knife slowly flew out from his arms.

"Is this it?" he asked.

The white bear demon shook its head.

Ning Xuan took out the Beast-Slaying Blade again and asked, "Is this it?"

The white bear demon shook its head again.

Ning Xuan said, "I'll help you look for it."

The polar bear demon nodded, then grinned and said, "You're actually a pretty good person."

Ning Xuan said, "Everyone encounters troubles when traveling. We should help if we can."

Immediately, he and the white bear demon searched for the "weapon".

He asked the white bear demon what kind of weapon it was, but the white bear demon said nothing, only saying, "If it sees it, it will recognize it."

A human and a demon searched and searched.

The search took up most of the day.

As the blazing sun set again and the dark moon rose once more, the white bear demon suddenly asked, "Are you hungry?"

Ning Xuan nodded.

He had barely nodded when he felt a sharp pain in his back.

Kala.
His spine is broken.

He fell backward, but was caught firmly in mid-air.

The white bear demon gently placed him on the ground, then sat cross-legged beside his feet, muttering some incantation. Then, in a serious tone, he said, "Evil deeds lead to cauldron boiling, good deeds lead to heavenly bliss. Since you are a good person, I will guide you today and let you merge into my body, so that we can recite scriptures together, bathe in incense, and ascend to the Pure Land soon. Amitabha."

After saying that, the white bear demon grabbed Ning Xuan's foot and began to feast on it.

(End of this chapter)