Chapter 38

In a vast, snow-covered field, Yudou aimlessly wandered around, looking for a place to stay while also searching for his goal.

At this moment, he was no longer in his original world but had been transported to another one.

When night fell that day, the system ignored his protests, and a spatial wormhole suddenly appeared beneath him. He, who had been sound asleep, was directly dropped into this world.

After arriving in this world, Yudou also activated the corresponding mission and was informed that he could only return to his original world after completing the mission and achieving his training objectives.

When Yudou first arrived in this world, it was nighttime, and he immediately witnessed a scene that he found extremely repulsive.

The era of this world seemed not to be very advanced, with the surrounding buildings resembling those of the Edo period.

However, these details were not the main focus. After arriving in this world, Yudou detected a very strong smell of blood in the air.

As a half-demon, Yudou's sense of smell was naturally far superior to that of ordinary humans, and he was particularly sensitive to the smell of blood.

The blood in the air was so thick that it was not just a matter of one or two people dying; at least a dozen people must have been killed for the smell to spread so far in the snowy weather.

Moreover, Yudou also detected a faint, foul odor amidst the strong smell of blood.

This odor was different from that of the demons in his world but definitely did not belong to humans.

To understand which world he had been transported to, Yudou immediately followed the source of the blood smell without hesitation.

When Yudou arrived at the village where the strong smell of blood was emanating, the scene before him instantly made him furious.

In front of Yudou, a brutal massacre was taking place. No, calling it a massacre seemed somewhat inaccurate; it was more like a large, non-human creature was engaging in a ruthless hunt.

This humanoid monster, with horns on its head, moved quickly on all fours across the rooftops, and each time it landed, it would grab a fleeing human and feast on them.

The snow on the ground was already littered with severed limbs, clearly the work of this monster.

When the monster's protruding eyes fixed on a little girl being protected by her mother and bared its fangs, Yudou could no longer stand it.

His right foot dug a large indentation in the snow, and Yudou's figure shot forward like an arrow, arriving in front of the mother and daughter.

Just as the monster extended its claws, the enraged Yudou kicked the creature's head with a powerful kick.

As a half-demon, Yudou's physical strength far exceeded that of ordinary humans, and in his current state of rage, he easily kicked the monster, which was several times his size, flying.

The monster's large body slid a long distance on the snow, and due to Yudou's powerful kick, its head was severed, spewing a large amount of blood and staining the snow red.

The young woman, who had been holding her daughter and trembling in fear, slowly opened her eyes after a long time, not feeling any pain.

What she saw was the decapitated man-eating demon and a handsome young man with chestnut hair.

Before Yudou could ask the mother and daughter about the nature of the monster, something extremely shocking happened: the monster, whose head he had just kicked off, suddenly pounced at him again!

"What kind of creature are you? Why do you have the smell of a demon, but you're not a demon?

I thought you were a fellow hunter, so I didn't want to fight with you, but now that you've attacked me, I'll eat you too!"

The demon, whose head had been kicked off by Yudou, not only continued to chase him but also spoke from its head lying on the snow.

Yudou was undoubtedly shocked to see the headless body still moving and the severed head still speaking.

It is well known that the head is a vital part of most creatures, and even one of the three great demons, Shuten-dōji, could not escape death when his head was cut off by Minamoto no Raikō.

However, the creature in front of Yudou was extremely terrifying because it was still alive and moving even without its head.

It seemed that decapitation was just a minor injury for this creature.

"Sir, he is a demon. I've heard that only the special weapons of the Demon Slayer Corps and sunlight can kill him.

Even if you kick off his head, it won't work, and they have a very strong recovery ability.

We tried to resist before, but no matter what tools we used, the injuries we inflicted on him would heal quickly."

Although the young woman heard from the demon that Yudou might be of the same kind, she looked at Yudou with a slight fear.

However, compared to the terrifying demon, Yudou's handsome appearance, refined demeanor, and the powerful strength he displayed by kicking the demon away gave the mother and daughter a strong sense of security.

So the young woman believed that even if Yudou was of the same kind, he must be a good demon, as he had saved them.

It must be said that in any world, most people judge by appearance. If Yudou looked as terrifying as the demon, the young woman might have already fled with her daughter.

But in the absence of any knowledge about the monster, the young woman chose to trust Yudou, and this was the benefit of being handsome.

"The weakness is special weapons and sunlight? Although its life force is incredibly resilient, its weaknesses are surprisingly fatal."

Looking at the demon, which had reconnected its head to its body, Yudou assumed an attacking stance again.

Unfortunately, his weapon, Oni-Kizu, was not recognized as a system item and could not be brought to this world, so Yudou was fighting bare-handed.

Without a suitable weapon, Yudou's strength was reduced to less than 30%, but fortunately, after some probing, Yudou discovered that apart from its resilient life force, the demon was not particularly formidable.