Misguided practice of sinister cultivation techniques: Slander! The problem lies with you all, not me!
Chapter 269 - 198: Hehe! I Want to Be a Hero! (Please Subscribe)_2

Chapter 269: Chapter 198: Hehe! I Want to Be a Hero! (Please Subscribe)_2

Upon careful thought, he hadn’t actually encountered a real ghost.

The dark forest, with the occasional sound of children, yet no shadows to be seen—such a scene was indubitably like something from a ghost film.

Young Hero Duan, filled with Heroic Spirit throughout his life, did not hesitate much and again employed his movement technique to follow.

Even though there was quite a bit of snow on the ground, since it was shaded by trees, it remained quite dark here.

Just as Duan Yun was pondering whether to take out his Fire Stick, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Because he discovered that he had stepped on something hard.

Duan Yun looked down and saw broken tiles scattered everywhere.

There were a few bricks by the side as well.

He walked a bit further and found that this place also had a lot of abandoned dwellings, only more thoroughly deserted.

If Little Lei City could be called a city, then these abandoned structures in front of his eyes were more like the suburbs of Little Lei City.

Of course, this was just Duan Yun’s guess.

It was so dark here that he couldn’t see much farther.

At this moment, his gaze suddenly sharpened.

A faint, very faint sound arose ahead, sounding like footsteps.

The footsteps lasted only an instant, but Duan Yun still heard them.

His figure floated and drifted towards the direction from which the sound came.

But just as he was halfway there, his body suddenly sank, and he fell to the ground.

Because he had seen a big fellow!

Within the dim pine forest, the outline of a four-legged animal took shape.

The first reaction in Duan Yun’s mind was a snow leopard.

After all, there were rumors in Little Lei City about snow leopards gathering in front of the Thunder God and Mother’s statue.

But the next moment, Duan Yun was certain that this was not a snow leopard.

Snow leopards did not have such a large body, nor such big eyes.

In the dimness, what Duan Yun saw first were a pair of brown eyes, like bell clappers.

He saw that the creature’s face was covered in patterns, with hair standing on end, patterns like the cloud motifs carved in temples.

A lion?

This is what surfaced in Duan Yun’s mind.

But this wasn’t the kind of lion he had seen in zoos in his previous life, it was the kind of lion seen during Dragon and Lion Dances during New Year celebrations.

Although the dance lion is naturally a human disguise, the thing before his eyes was not.

Folk customs must ultimately have a prototype.

Duan Yun thought when he saw the lion dance in his previous life: could it be that such lions truly existed a long time ago? People saw it and believed it was an auspicious symbol, but then that kind of lion disappeared, leaving only the lion dance figure.

The matters of his previous life were no longer something Duan Yun could delve into, but one thing he could be sure of was that this world still had this particular type of lion.

Something that looked extremely like the dance lion.

The dance lion has always been considered an auspicious beast, appearing festive and lively, but when such a real lion stood before Duan Yun, it couldn’t help but give off a sense of horror.

Indeed, its eyes were very big, its gaze as if tangible, making one’s heartbeat quicken.

The patterns on its face, full of deep wrinkles and ravines, seemed filled with a decaying scent.

The next moment, Duan Yun’s scalp tingled.

Because at that moment, the voices of the little boys and girls drifted over.

Precisely from the mouth of this lion!

Could this lion mimic human speech?

If it could speak, then wasn’t it a monster!

"Hee hee."

"No laughing."

The little boy and girl’s voices were innocent and cute, but at this time, they sounded extremely eerie.

"Hee!"

The moment the little girl’s voice rang out, the lion of the snowy mountain leaped forward with a pounce.

Its leaping speed initially seemed very ordinary, Duan Yun’s sword already drawn from its sheath, and just as he was about to disembowel it, the next instant, Duan Yun’s expression shifted, Breaking Body Sword Energy surged forth, turning into a mass of black Sword Mist, wrapping around himself.

With a swish, like a dazzling flash of lightning.

The tail of this dancing lion, unexpectedly, swept over, swift and fierce with great momentum.

With a snap, like spring thunder touching down, Duan Yun enveloped in Sword Mist was struck flying, thudding as he crashed and broke a cedar tree.

Protected by the Death Energy Breaking Body Sword Energy, and with his agile movement technique, even though he was sent flying and crashed into a large tree, Duan Yun was still unharmed.

After landing, he initially wanted to catch his breath, but his body suddenly swayed to the side, leaving a residual image.

With a snap, a clear ravine appeared at the spot where he had just been standing, mud and snow mixed together were blasted into shreds.

That meaty tail smacked onto the ground, sending out clear snap, snap sounds, as if it really contained the Power of thunder and lightning.

The next instant, the dance lion roared fiercely, its entire tail planted on the ground, such that its body stood up like a person.

From this angle, one could clearly see many "wounds" under the lion’s belly.

Those wounds wriggled, momentarily like split open "mouths," suddenly making a tearing sound through the air.

Duan Yun swept his sword, the Sword Qi like a barrier, standing in front of him.

Because from those "mouths," suddenly spurted out a lot of "saliva."

The "saliva" was like arrows, carrying a tearing sound, appearing both poisonous and powerful.

Damn it, spitting everywhere!

Young Hero Duan couldn’t stand these things, so the blade of his sword dipped swiftly, unleashing a Shaving strike!

"Fourfold Spring Rain!"

The rotating Sword Qi kicked up snowflakes, colliding with that saliva!

Bang bang bang!

The collision sounded like muffled thunder, yet Young Hero Duan’s Sword Qi ultimately proved the superior, smack in the center of the lion’s belly.

This huge creature, even taller than a person when standing, suddenly flew out, crashing down to the ground with a thud, dragging a trail behind it.

Still, the lion was tough-skinned and hard-fleshed, glaring with its bell clapper-like eyes, about to get up.

At that moment, a Dharma Image nearly as tall as itself suddenly appeared behind the young man.