The two darted through the jungle.
With Izan Mei acting as a living encyclopedia, Ye Liang successfully identified numerous monsters' weaknesses during their encounters, significantly improving their safety and survival odds.
However, food supplies were growing increasingly scarce.
They arrived at a lake.
At least they could have a drink, even if there was no food.
Ye Liang kept watch while Izan Mei approached the lake to draw water.
This lake was the only water source within miles. Due to the rarity of water sources, countless otherworldly creatures gathered here to drink, several of which Ye Liang recognized.
For example, the Cyclops.
Izan Mei carefully held her bottle made from branches while Ye Liang watched from behind. Suddenly, a massive shadow descended from high above!
It blanketed the sky, blocking out every last ray of light.
Looking up, Ye Liang saw a gigantic bird that had completely obscured the sun.
Kun!
The northern abyss holds a fish called Kun!
So vast is Kun, not one pot could contain him!
This great bird was practically identical to the legendary Kun!
"Izan Mei, quick! Get back!" Ye Liang shouted urgently—but it was already too late! The monstrous Kun seemed to have locked onto Izan Mei, and the moment she reached the lake, it swooped down, pecking straight toward her!
"Oh no!" Ye Liang exclaimed loudly.
Realizing the danger, he immediately rushed toward Izan Mei. As he charged forward, he pulled out the Chaotic Cursed Blade from his Spatial Dimension. This infamous weapon, capable of slicing mountains and splitting seas, now appeared utterly insignificant before the great Kun.
Without hesitation, Ye Liang hurled the Chaotic Cursed Blade straight at the Kun's head!
He lacked chakra, so he couldn't activate the blade's true power.
Izan Mei had realized the danger as well. Just as he turned his head back, he saw the Kun's beak striking toward him.
He abruptly dodged sideways!
The Kun's mouth was simply too enormous!
Its upper and lower beaks alone were as tall as a person—there was absolutely no way to block it!
Peng!
The Chaotic Cursed Blade struck the bird's beak, causing the Kun's aim to slightly deviate. Izan Mei barely managed to escape from the monster's gaping maw.
Ye Liang could do nothing but watch helplessly.
This was the mighty Chaotic Cursed Blade, forged together with a treasure from Takamagahara—and now it had become nothing more than a decoy.
"Izan Mei, where's this Kun's weakness?"
"Kun?"
Izan Mei's eyes widened in confusion, then she quickly responded, "This is actually the Heaven-Piercing Peng King! He has dozens of weaknesses and is among the highest ranks of otherworldly beings! We need to run—now!"
"The highest ranks of otherworldly beings?"
Ye Liang had learned from Izan Mei that among these otherworldly beings, the higher their rank, the more weaknesses they had. The Cyclops was merely the lowest tier.
Above them existed intermediate, advanced, supreme, and finally, god-tier otherworldly beings!
Clearly, this current Peng King belonged to the god-class level.
Upon hearing Izan Mei's words, Ye Liang immediately turned and fled!
Just then,
The discarded Chaotic Cursed Blade, as if recognizing its master, flew back toward Ye Liang on its own. This sight caught Izan Mei's attention.
The pair ran like mad.
They finally made it into the trees, panting and exhausted.
The Kun was simply too massive to enter the forest. After the sounds of falling trees finally stopped, Ye Liang let out a sigh of relief.
At that moment,
Izan Mei had finally caught up.
"Thank you!"
Izan Mei expressed her gratitude to Ye Liang. She had witnessed how Ye Liang deflected Kun's attack with the Cursed Blade.
"No problem! After all, you've helped me a lot too."
Leaning against a tree trunk, Ye Liang caught his breath — around him lay the corpses of wild beasts.
The appearance of Kun threw all the creatures drinking at the lake into chaos. In such a situation, the weaker animals were trampled to death in great numbers!
After tasting the meat of several different animals, Ye Liang finally found a few species with flavorful and savory flesh.
"I feel like we're pioneers diving into the unknown. We must properly document our experience once we return."
"En."
The two walked together.
Evening fell.
It was once again nearing the end of the day.
As usual, they slept inside a tree hollow.
Ye Liang closed his eyes and entered the System world.
"Is the System around?" he asked. The System, materializing into human form, appeared before him suddenly: "What's wrong, Master? Did you encounter danger again?"
"Help me assess Izan Mei's strength."
"You checked yesterday already, right?"
Puzzled yet compliant, the System still followed Ye Liang's request: "Physical strength level 40, same as yesterday."
Ye Liang was stunned.
"Master, what's wrong with you? Isn't this person someone who previously saved your life?"
"I suspect something is off about this guy! Earlier when I came over, Susanoo-no-Mikoto warned me to be cautious of anyone from the Izan family. But during these past two days wandering through the jungle, I haven't encountered any other members of the Izan family. Moreover, this person is definitely hiding his true power!"
"How can you tell that?" the System asked.
Ye Liang shook his head.
"It's simple. When we encountered the Kun today, this guy actually managed to dodge its attack. Later, I used Kanka (Cash Eye) to check the Kun's strength — it has a physical strength level of 100, nearly double that of Susanoo-no-Mikoto!
Even if it's not smart, there's no way it should've been dodged that easily!"
"But wasn't the Kun's mouth area hit by your attack?"
Ye Liang shook his head again: "That's not the case at all!"
"At the time, I measured Izan Mei's movements with my own eyes. Even if my attack hadn't struck the Kun, he still would've easily evaded it under those circumstances.
He simply used my attack as an opportunity to craft an excuse for himself."
The System was momentarily stunned.
After a while, she regained her composure.
"Master, I can forcibly pierce through his concealment, but doing so consumes an enormous amount of energy. Since there's no chakra replenishment available here, using it will lead to unpredictable consequences!"
"What kind of consequences do you mean?"
"A temporary dormancy period! During this period, you won't be able to use any functions other than Storage (Inventory), not even Kanka (Cash Eye)!"
Ye Liang fell into deep thought.
If what the System said was true, then things could become dangerous.
The next spatial portal wouldn't open for at least another year, possibly even longer. Being unable to use his Kanka ability would carry extremely significant consequences!
After a long silence, Ye Liang nodded slowly.
No choice!
Although Izan Mei seemed perfectly normal, Ye Liang trusted the words of Susanoo-no-Mikoto more. It would be better to end everything once and for all, rather than living in endless suspicion.
Better to avoid future troubles.
With that,
The system closed its eyes.
After a while, the interface flickered slightly as energy drained away, and a data table appeared before Ye Liang.
"Izan Yamato!
Physical Strength: 100!
Weakness: None.
Friendship Level: Extremely Poor!"
The stat had jumped to 100 this time, but it no longer mattered. When Ye Liang saw the dark golden text of the name, his eyes widened in shock.
Izan Yamato!
"Holy hell! This bastard's the head of the Izan family!"
Ye Liang was stunned.
He wasn't Izan Mei at all!
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