Chapter 18 Monsters in the Fog_1

Red Moon World.

Yibai twisted his enormous body, surveying the entire small village.

When the sunlight shone upon him, it didn't bring any effect.

Yibai wasn't surprised at all.

The original body of the Red Moon World was a normal urban world, which means this sun was the real sun.

How could its light possibly have an effect on him?

But the sun in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, who knows what that thing actually is.

After patrolling around the village, Yibai stopped at the entrance.

He coiled his enormous body, gaze directed towards Jin Town.

His strength wasn't what it once had been; he pondered whether or not to enter Jin Town and have a look.

Truth be told, since his second arrival to the Red Moon World, he had never entered any of its cities.

"Let's go have a look. With my current strength, dealing with a second-order demon isn't difficult. I also really want to try and see if devouring a second-order demon will provide even greater help to me,"

Yibai murmured to himself.

He quickly made up his mind.

He twisted his enormous body and headed towards Jin Town.

...

Yibai travelled along the village's dirt roads and entered onto an asphalt road.

On the asphalt road, he could still see vehicles parked everywhere.

But these vehicles were all crashed into each other, with dried black bloodstains both inside and outside the cars, indicating what those drivers must have gone through.

'Wrong, why are there no demons? Not even a single one.'

Yibai sensed something was off.

He hadn't entered Jin Town yet; it might be possible there were fewer demons on the outskirts, but it was improbable that there were none at all.

Yet the situation now was that there were no demons whatsoever.

Too strange.

A strange feeling was pervading the air.

Yibai silently increased his vigilance, seamlessly continuing his journey into Jin Town.

Soon, Yibai truly entered Jin Town.

Inside Jin Town, in all directions were tarred roads, and buildings that soared into the clouds, indicating its former splendor.

Unfortunately, now Jin Town only had silence to offer, interspersed with something eerie.

"Why are there still no demons at all?"

Yibai felt deeply puzzled.

He had conjectured that the demons would mostly be gathered inside the city.

Now he had entered Jin Town and still hadn't encountered a single demon.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...

Suddenly, he heard the sound of something slicing through the air.

Yibai lifted his head to look.

He saw a humanoid demon with crow wings on its back and a rat's head flying by.

Its destination was the center of Jin Town.

Yibai was initially delighted when he saw the demon, wanting to intercept it.

But...

But he couldn't fly!

He had to give up on the idea.

"So what if you can fly?"

Yibai muttered under his breath.

He continued to move forward, wanting to see if there were any other demons nearby.

But he hadn't gone far.

Another sound of cutting through the air came.

Yibai looked up, and another winged demon flew away.

He was instantly furious, mocking him because he couldn't fly, huh?

Wait a moment.

Something seemed off.

These two flying demons, they both seemed intent on heading to the city center.

What was happening at the city center?

Driven by his intense curiosity, Yibai felt compelled to head to the city center to discover the truth.

But as soon as he began to move, he was struck by an inexplicable sense of panic.

Yibai couldn't help but stop.

He raised his snake head and stared in the direction of the city center.

He didn't know where this sudden unease came from.

But instinctively, he felt a sense of danger, as if venturing toward the city center would expose him to great peril.

Yibai was still pondering.

However, the sky had somehow gradually darkened.

Had night fallen so quickly?

Yibai looked up and saw a layer of murky fog that, unnoticed until now, had enveloped the sky, blocking out the sun's rays.

This fog...

No, this is not right.

This is not fog!

This is the breath of monsters!

The breath of monsters is grey!

"This monster qi has materialized? How powerful must it be to affect reality?"

Yibai was filled with disbelief.

He couldn't believe it.

Although he had only recently become a spirit, he knew that such qi was typically visible only to demons who had transformed or to certain special individuals.

Perhaps some beings have unique abilities to conceal this qi, like the Old Tortoise in the deep pool, which could hide its Monster Qi by retreating into its shell.

But he had never heard of qi being able to materialize.

Even a Great Demon who had condensed a Demon Core could not materialize Monster Qi, could it?

"I better leave now. Something special seems to be happening in the city center, and I'm afraid that the monsters may have gathered there," he thought.

Yibai felt uneasy.

With that thought, he hesitated no longer, turned around, and quickly left Jin Town behind him.

He intended to flee Jin Town!

Yibai moved swiftly through the streets.

In full flight, he was like a bolt of lightning, too fast for the average person to even make out his movements.

...

After a short while, Yibai finally left Jin Town.

Only when a ray of sunlight shone upon him did he relax a little.

Yibai looked back.

This glance revealed a scene he would never forget for the rest of his life.

Without knowing when it had happened, the entire Jin Town was engulfed in a huge fog. Within the vast grey fog, two blood-red lanterns flickered in the direction of the city center.

But upon closer examination, Yibai could make out part of these red lanterns through the fog.

These were no lanterns.

They were the eyes of a monster.

Yibai struggled to describe the monster he saw within the fog.

It appeared to be a hundred meters tall, with blood-red eyes and a head like an octopus, especially around its mouth, which was surrounded by countless Octopus Tentacles-like tendrils.

After witnessing this scene within the fog, Yibai felt a chill surge through his serpent body.

Was this a high-level monster?

It was too horrifying.

Yibai was acutely aware of the terrifying nature of this monster.

He lifted his dragon head to look again, wanting to get a clear view of the entire form of the monster.

But when he looked again, the gigantic monster had vanished, as if everything he had seen was an illusion.

Yet Yibai was certain what he had just seen was real,

especially the fog nearby. It was all Monster Qi, and it was no deception.

"Let's retreat for now and wander around nearby villages instead. These cities are too terrifying," he decided.

Yibai opted for a tactical retreat. He didn't want to encounter disaster in this Red Moon World.

He thought it was best to play it safe and first wander around the nearby small villages.

He felt that eating low-level demons was quite delightful.

There was no need to pursue second-level demons!

After all, demons taste the same. They can't possibly taste like chicken.

Yibai resolutely and wholeheartedly left the boundaries of Jin Town and resolved that, unless his strength was sufficient, he would never lightly set foot in urban centers of the Red Moon World again...