Another Punch

"Doggy, let's go!"

Upon arriving deep in the mountains, Yi Feng immediately released the dog from his ring.

Hunting does require a canine companion after all.

The dog also served as a traveling buddy on the journey here.

"Woof woof!"

Accompanied by the barking of the dog, a man and his dog ventured deeper into the Shogunate Mountain Range.

The sky.

A graceful figure swiftly flew by.

She had an alluring beauty and wore attire quite unlike that of ordinary people, possessing a visual aesthetic of the highest degree.

However, her beauty was not that of a delicate fair maiden, but rather an unfettered, wild beauty, giving off an alternative allure.

"I didn't expect that from this tiny speck called Dong Sheng a Devouring Demon Wolf bearing its own worldly phenomena would be born!"

"Now that I'm here, I must take this little wolf with me no matter what!"

Her eyes flashed with bright radiance.

She was lost in thought, contemplating important matters.

"Hm?"

"What's this?"

Suddenly, her eyes glinted as she sensed an anomalous aura not far away in the mountains.

Despite the aura not having been actively released, she was still able to perceive it as a monster in her original form.

"The energy of this monster is somewhat peculiar. I can't even discern what kind of creature it is!"

"How curious. I might as well go take a look at what it is."

After a brief moment of hesitance, she changed directions and flew out.

She too wanted to investigate the situation.

"Woof woof!"

The dog barked.

It seemed to have discovered something.

Yi Feng readied his bow and rushed to catch up. What he saw was a white skeleton lying in the bushes up ahead.

And the dog's target was precisely this skeleton.

"Good job, little guy!"

Yi Feng couldn't help but ruffle the dog's head. He then turned his gaze onto the skeleton.

There was nothing particularly extraordinary about the skeleton itself, however, the storage ring adorned on its bony finger stood out prominently.

Yi Feng recognized this item.

In this world, only the wealthy and the cultivators possessed storage rings.

Yi Feng slipped the storage ring off.

"Let's guess what nice treasures could be inside!"

Yi Feng said with an expectant smile.

"Woof woof!"

The dog barked a few times in response to Yi Feng, barked, then meaningfully glanced in a certain direction.

But seeing that Yi Feng seemed to completely disregard that direction, the dog paid it no further heed either.

"Hm?"

"Did it notice me?"

In the distance, the woman's eyebrows slightly perked up. She felt that the dog's meaningful glance from before was suspicious.

Yet soon after, she shook her head.

"I'm overthinking it. How could it have discovered me? It must've been a coincidence."

"But I still don't understand why this dog demon is in the form of a dog yet bears no trace of dog demon energy. How bizarre!"

"In any case, the important thing is, as a demonic beast how could it lower itself to accompany a human?"

Pondering thusly,

She furrowed her brows.

Perplexed.

Was it being controlled?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt this was a strong possibility.

Because demonic beasts and humans were always at odds with each other. Therefore, demonic beasts would never cooperate with humans.

As such.

This inference was likely spot on.

Consequently, fury rose within her eyes.

"No matter what method you used to control this dog demon, I won't tolerate such mistreatment of my demonic brethren. Your life shall pay the price, you petty human!"

Her demonic energy slowly began seething.

She was determined to kill this human and free the dog demon from its shackles.

Yet.

Right as the woman was about to wave her hand and end Yi Feng's life, Yi Feng in the near distance opened up the storage ring.

One glance told him all he needed to know.

Gold coins.

Tens of thousands of gold coins.

Hitting the jackpot!

Hahaha!

For Yi Feng at this point in time, these tens of thousands of gold coins were an unexpected fortune. It elated him greatly.

"Woohoo!"

In his excitement, he couldn't help but clench his fist and yell to the heavens!

"Boom!"

The woman hurtling murderously toward Yi Feng abruptly halted mid-flight. She snapped her head up to gaze at the sky.

"That fist..."

"That fist is..."

Eyes wide and mouth agape, she trembled uncontrollably head to toe.

Because this fist.

She was far too familiar with it.

Was it not the same fist that suddenly materialized in the sky sometime ago?

At this time.

Innumerable old monsters across the entire Immortal River Continent emerged once more, their eyes likewise fixed intensely upon the heavens.

"That fist..."

"It has appeared again!"

"An attack of such might, how can it belong to a mortal?"

"With the Immortal Road severed, how can there exist someone capable of unleashing an attack of this level? Could it be some sort of celestial phenomenon?"

The Immortal Realm.

Innumerable experts of the immortal realm gathered together.

"That fist has returned," someone said gravely.

"Indeed. This fist is even stronger than the previous one. Superimposing over the location of the former, it has turned an area spanning ten thousand miles into chaos, with the direct epicenter of this attack reducing a region of ten thousand miles into nothingness," another added.

Hearing this, the faces of all present were marked by an intense sense of crisis.

That fist... Just what kind of existence issued this warning?

Or perhaps, was it a foreboding sign of an attack from an unknown realm targeting the Immortal Realm?

For now.

All were filled with trepidation.

Because more often than not, it was these inscrutable and untraceable unknowns that inspired the greatest fear.

Within the Shogunate Mountain Range.

Having personally witnessed that fist, the woman had shifted into a golden leopard, crouching prostrate on the ground. She dared not move a muscle.

She absolutely hadn't anticipated having the fortune of seeing firsthand how that fist came to be.

Even more laughable was that she had previously entertained notions of assailing the other party, oblivious to his true might.

At long last, she understood why that dog demon willingly followed this man.

She admitted that she too would be willing!

However, despite the chaotic thoughts storming endlessly in her mind, the dread overwhelming her heart remained unable to disperse.

Because there was no rhyme or reason behind that sudden fist.

It resembled more of a warning directed at her from that attacker.

The more she contemplated this.

The more fearful she became.

If he truly lost his temper, ten lives still wouldn't suffice as atonement.

Nonetheless, relief washed over her when Yi Feng paid her no mind and promptly took his leave.

"Phew!"

"So terrifying!"

"I'd best hurry to the Devouring Demon Wolf tribe, take that little wolf and flee this place with haste!"

Having narrowly escaped death's grasp, she raised her head.

Then she changed directions, rushing toward the lair of the Devouring Demon Wolves.