On a back hill some distance from their town, a young man with blond hair and blue eyes strolled through the trees. As a foreigner, he wandered around as if he were adjusting to the pace of life here. Every now and then, he would cast a curious glance around and smile. But at the end of his sight, there is nothing that deserves too much attention. Either it was just a branch that fell to the ground broken in two, or it was just a fallen leaf that had withered on the ground, as if even the smallest thing could attract his great interest.

"It seems to be an old thing that has lived for many years, interesting...."

The young man was dressed in a flowing black trench coat, and although it was a bit out of place to walk among the woods like this, he didn't care at all. He wandered aimlessly empty-handed, occasionally breaking off a branch and picking at the leaves on the ground, as if looking for some treasure.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have come out."

The young man said this as he suddenly dropped the branch, but his voice was not tired. He took two leisurely steps to the side, leaning against an old tree with his hands, as if he intended to take a nap. His eyes slowly closed, and he just stood with his eyes closed.

When the young man opened his eyes, the light around him dimmed, and the rising sun disappeared at this time, as if night had fallen. But the young man didn't stand for more than ten hours with his eyes closed, he didn't want to be so tired, and it was okay to lie down. A rustling sound could be heard in the quiet woods not far away, as if something was coming this way. The young man didn't care where the sound came from, but slowly raised his head, and suddenly there was an endless staircase in front of him, which stretched upwards like a road to heaven. The path is surrounded by one torii gate after another, and once you go up, you can either go back the way you came, or you can go to the end of the stairs in one step.

"This seems to be quite a hassle."

The young man took only two steps, looked at the endless passage, and said leisurely. But as he spoke, he walked up the stairs anyway. Stepping on the stone slab one after the other, there is a real feeling, but there is an indescribable weirdness. The road shrouded by the torii was darker than the outside world, but it was filled with a yellowish glow. The road is so winding that it's impossible to guess if the next turn will be something else. The steps kept rising, and it seemed impossible to turn around and leave.

There is a saying among the people that when you walk on this kind of road, you must not turn back, and once you turn back, you will be dragged into the abyss of not seeing the light of day. But the young man was clearly unimpressed, and he walked freely towards the apex, occasionally running to the side to observe the torii with great ease.

Time passes here in a very strange way. The young man felt like he had been walking for more than half an hour, but looking back on it seemed like it had only been two or three minutes.

"Play some tricks, give you five seconds, and if you don't stop playing tricks, then let these pretending torii houses bury you."

The young man suddenly shouted loudly, not knowing who he was talking to. After shouting, the whole forest fell into a dead silence, and even the young people who had been active just stood still, as if they were counting down.

"When did even the ants dare to talk to God like that?"

An old and distant voice came from afar, and this sense of oppression may indeed make ordinary people turn around and run away in fright. But the young man was not afraid of any of this, and the smile on his face became even stronger. He just stood on his feet, his blonde hair giving him a new level of temperament.

"God? Isn't it just a mountain demon who lives a little longer, if a monster of this level is also a god, let alone Semulai, then the United States of Artymus is not full of gods. It turns out that the gods are rotten streets, don't make me laugh. ”

The blonde young man said disdainfully, completely ignoring the other party.

"A little kid who hasn't even grown up dares to make trouble here? Not long ago, a group of people came here to die, all of them about the same age as you. They don't even dare to put a fart in front of me, hairy boy, you are simply tired of life!! ”

The mountain god roared angrily, and the next battle was inevitable.

"A group of people.... It seems that you still have a lot of sinful karma, so that's interesting. ”

At the same time as the mountain god roared, the battle had quietly begun. Suddenly, from the gap between the surrounding torii gates, a number of withered giant hands stretched out, completely enveloping the young man, and surrounding him like a giant python strangling its prey.

"Powder!"

Under the sound of the mountain god, the giant hands instantly leaned together, trying to squeeze the young man into powder. Such a behemoth would surely make a loud rumble that shook the mountain peaks when it collided with each other, and whatever it was, it would be crushed into pieces. The giant hands slammed into each other, and it seemed that the next second could predict the young man's death.

"Idiot."

The young man whispered, he just intervened, not resisting or afraid, still with that disdainful expression. However, his conceit did have his own reasons. When the words fell, I saw a flash of silver light, blood spurted, and the giant hand was cut off in an instant. The young man had been in his hands the whole time, and he was not seen carrying any weapons by his side. A lot of blood naturally

It was to shower the blonde man who was very close, and this time, he completely turned him into a bloody man.

The decibel of the mountain god's anguish far exceeded the sound it had heard when it angrily insulted the young man, who couldn't help but cover his ears. However, the voice of the mountain god appeared directly in the young man's head, and it was useless to cover his ears, but naturally it would not be transmitted to the outside world. Otherwise, this roar alone was enough to make everyone within a hundred miles panic.

"It's really noisy, and the blood really stinks."

The young man shook his hand and sniffed the smell on his body, the thick smell of blood was a little pungent, he personally didn't like this smell very much. The noise made him decide to quickly dispose of the monster, but the mountain god was one of the more difficult monsters to kill. The whole mountain is his body, but to kill him, it is necessary to find the core that exists within the mountain. And as it stands, the end of the ladder

The head should be the core.

"You, how dare you.... I can't spare you!! ”

At the same time as the mountain god roared, the entire mountain suddenly began to tremble, and the intensity of the tremor was about equivalent to a magnitude 4 earthquake. The young man held on to the pillar of the torii gate on the side, and let the mountain god roar angrily and the earth shook. The earthquake is not a means of attack by the mountain god, but is similar to the process of casting spells. The mountain god is a mid-level position among the high-level monsters, and the reason why he can rank so high is that he can occupy the mountain for his body to protect himself. This is equivalent to having a huge enchantment spell that can interfere with everyone in the enchantment, even if the effect is not significant. In addition to this, it has an ability that can be called a hole card. The mountain god can cause an earthquake to cause the low-level intelligent monsters gathered on the mountain to gather in the place where it is pregnant, and there are even many high-level monsters occasionally. This move is both a means of defense and a means of attack.

The young man straightened his red-dyed neckline and looked around with a smile on his face, as if waiting for the monster to arrive.

"It's a little too much of an eyesore."

He looked at the torii gate that surrounded him and said, since the torii gate is also a barrier created by the mountain god to prevent others from going to the core, so naturally it can be broken (at least that's what Yoo thinks). And the young man in front of him had short hands and was a little rough. But violence is not a panacea, but at some point, it is much more convenient and useful.

"Enma Purge"

The young man has actually been using his mind to control the demon knife that stays by his side, but the nature of his knife is very special, and it can block the signal of the body through the demon power, commonly known as invisible or invisible. This time, the young man chose to release the demon sword.

The thought stopped, and a dark black flame suddenly appeared in the air, and it arced along something invisible in the air as if it had ignited a fuse. The fireworks vanished, and a sword with a dark red glow appeared out of thin air. The familiar reddish-orange handle and lattice have an "X" shaped pattern. One side of the sharp blade is stamped with the head of a ghost, and on the other side is still engraved with the inscription like a sentence: Yellow Spring screams, Enma is cleared.

As soon as the blood-covered blond man grasped the demon sword, the Enma Knife "Hell", the hot touch immediately passed from the hilt to the palm of the young man's hand. Instantly, the blonde man slashed at random.

"Click"

The sound of something shattering sounded, and it could be the sound of the core of the mountain god shattering. In the next moment, the tremor of the earth suddenly stopped, and the torii gate in front of him, which had trapped the young man, was gradually broken one by one, from near to far, and became in half. Even the stone steps, and even the soft yellow light in this space, were cut in two at this moment. Everything that has been cut off is incinerated one after another by the karmic fire that appears inexplicably, as if it is reckoning with the evil it has done in the past. Everything has "karma", and the reincarnation of cause and effect, the evil done will turn into "karma", and only by repaying the evil that you have done can you eliminate the corresponding "karma". The [Demon Blade Pole] of the Enma Knife is to convert all the "karma" of others, and the more vicious it is, the heavier the force of this slash, and everything will be classified as karmic fire. This time, the mountain god didn't even let out a wail. Maybe it was heard, but the shouts were not heard by the young people. Because the torii gate was directly cut off with a knife as the core, the mountain god, as a consciousness body that resides in the mountain, naturally no longer has power without the core. Even if the consciousness body is not directly slashed by that sword, the karmic fire of [Enma Purge] liquidation will cause him to die gradually in the torment. The mountain god who has accumulated countless "bad karma" by doing evil may have many stories and strange tales circulating in this town. But now, the mountain is finally going to be calm, and the legend of the mountain god is over. Although the young man never saw the end of the stairs from beginning to end, perhaps there was nothing at all, and there was no end. But perhaps, there is something hidden. But what is the answer, the young man has no intention of thinking about it, he is just responsible for killing the mountain god and burning the karma, what does it have to do with him?

"Finally enough for me to play."

The young man listened quietly with a smile on his face as the movement around him gradually increased, presumably a large number of monsters were rushing towards him. However, just as he happily released the Enma Knife and entered a state of mind manipulation, the mobile phone that had been in his pocket suddenly rang a familiar ringtone. He could have stopped answering the phone, but it was the person who called. The young man looked at the caller with a look of interest, then looked around with a hint of reluctance, and finally took the phone. Before he could slowly put it to his ear, he could already faintly hear the voice on the other side of the phone, which was a somewhat crisp and agile female voice:

"Emergency, Yangao, come back quickly."