Realm of the Night God

The sloppy man's words instantly ignited a raging fire of anger within Bai Xue's heart.

Whether the sloppy man wanted to personally kill the demon he was trying to save, Bai Xue naturally couldn't care less. After all, she had no connection with that demon. She only confronted the sloppy man because she felt he was being unreasonable.

However, when the sloppy man said that all demons in the world should die, Bai Xue took offense because that included her as well.

"All demons should die! Why should all demons die!" Bai Xue angrily asked, her eyes radiating a cold gaze from beneath her mask.

"Because demons are ultimately fiends, even if they cultivate to become spirits or transform into human form, they can never change the fact that they are demons, not of the same kind as us humans. Moreover, demons eat humans. As a human, is it wrong for me to think all demons should die?" the sloppy man asked in a solemn voice.

"Don't you humans also slaughter animals for food? By your logic, shouldn't all humans die in the eyes of us demons?" Bai Xue asked coldly.

"Humans slaughter animals for survival needs. Demons don't need to eat humans to survive, but they still choose to eat humans. Shouldn't they die?" the sloppy man asked solemnly.

"Humans can also survive by eating plants, so why do they need to kill and eat meat? Isn't that the same reason as demons wanting to eat humans?" Bai Xue asked coldly again.

"Plants can also become spirits. What's the difference between eating plants and livestock? If we can't eat either, how will humans survive?" the sloppy man asked solemnly.

Yang Haoran, seeing the two of them locked in heated debate over this issue, hurriedly changed the subject before their argument escalated any further.

"How much further?" he asked.

Bai Xue wanted to counter-argue, but Yang Haoran's sudden interjection made it clear he didn't want to see their quarrel continue, so she let out a cold snort and remained silent.

As for the sloppy man, his mood seemed extremely poor at this point, so he didn't respond either.

Not receiving an answer, Yang Haoran didn't get angry. He smiled faintly and closely followed behind the sloppy man.

In fact, regarding the issue they had just argued about, their different stances meant they could never reach a resolution, and the longer they argued, the angrier they would get, potentially leading to physical violence.

Yang Haoran came this time to earn a fortune, not to nitpick over right and wrong. He didn't want to get involved in this topic, but he also didn't want to see Bai Xue and the sloppy man fight each other.

The path through the dense forest wasn't easy to traverse, but the three of them were no ordinary people, so their speed wasn't slow.

For the rest of the journey, none of them spoke again. Yang Haoran naturally didn't ask any more questions since he had asked and learned everything he needed to. All he needed now was to adjust his state of mind and prepare for the life-and-death battle to come.

A distance of five kilometers might not seem short to an ordinary person, let alone through a dense forest. Even on a flat concrete road, it would take some time for an ordinary person to walk five kilometers.

But for Yang Haoran and the others, a dense forest was no different from a flat concrete road, so they didn't take much time to cover the five kilometers, which would have been full of dangers for an ordinary person.

When the sloppy man finally stopped, the group found themselves facing a manor located at the end of the New Sun Mountains. At the foot of the mountains were various small and large hills, and this manor was built on one of those hills.

Yang Haoran and the others were positioned at a higher elevation, giving them a clear view of the entire manor.

"This manor is our destination for this trip," the sloppy man said solemnly, pointing at the manor's location.

"Do you know specifically where the target is being held in the manor?" Yang Haoran asked.

The sloppy man shook his head. "I only know she's being held here. I'm not sure exactly where in the manor."

Upon hearing this, Yang Haoran didn't show any particular reaction, as this outcome was within his expectations, so he wasn't surprised.

"Can we infiltrate this manor?" Yang Haoran asked again.

"According to the information I've obtained, this manor is usually used by five people to entertain VIP guests. If we haven't received an invitation, it will be quite difficult to sneak in," the sloppy man said.

Yang Haoran smiled faintly and then said, "Then it will be a bit of a problem. This manor is shrouded in a barrier formation. As you can see, there's only one gap at the entrance that allows entry."

Although the three of them had sealed their energy fluctuations, their ability to sense energy still remained. Therefore, even without activating his ghost eye, Yang Haoran could sense the restriction barrier and even detect where the gap was.

However, since he hadn't activated his ghost eye, he could only sense the restriction barrier but not see its actual form with his physical eyes.

Sloppy man was a bit surprised as he didn't expect Yang Haoran to sense the restriction barrier enveloping the mountain villa from such a long distance, while he himself didn't sense anything.

From this point, it could be seen that at least in terms of sensing ability, Yang Haoran was stronger than him.

It is certain that if one's strength is stronger, their sensing ability would also be stronger. However, a stronger sensing ability doesn't necessarily mean stronger overall strength, because sensing ability can be enhanced through special means.

Therefore, the current situation made sloppy man feel that if Yang Haoran possessed such keen sensing ability without using any special means, then Yang Haoran's current strength might have already surpassed him by quite a lot, and it wasn't just a simple matter of having a stronger sensing ability.

"Did you notice anything else? Can you tell what kind of restriction barrier it is?" sloppy man asked.

Yang Haoran didn't answer sloppy man immediately. His gaze carefully observed everything about the mountain villa, and in his observation, he found that although the villa was enveloped within the barrier, birds in the sky could still pass through the barrier normally without any impact.

Seeing this, Yang Haoran had some guesses in his mind.

"From what I've observed so far, this restriction barrier should be a sensing barrier. External objects can freely enter and exit the barrier, but their entry and exit are probably under the control of the one who set up the barrier at all times, even a flying bird would not be an exception," Yang Haoran said with a smile.

Hearing this, Bai Xue's gaze beneath her mask showed some confusion.

"If it's just a sensing barrier, why leave an opening at the entrance of the mountain villa? Isn't that redundant?"

Facing Yang Haoran, Bai Xue's tone returned to normal, without the resentment and aversion she had towards sloppy man, and was once again filled with seduction. Every word that came out of her mouth seemed to have a kind of captivating, spellbinding magic.

Yang Haoran immediately explained in response to Bai Xue's question.

"Being invited by the five demon hunters to visit the mountain villa as a guest doesn't exclude ordinary people, but these ordinary people are absolutely not ordinary in the eyes of ordinary people. For this kind of people, it doesn't matter whether the entrance of the mountain villa has a sensing barrier or not, because ordinary people simply cannot sense the existence of the barrier."

"Apart from these ordinary people, those who are invited by the five demon hunters, in my opinion, should be mainly non-ordinary people with special abilities. They are different from ordinary people. If there is a restriction barrier at the entrance of the mountain villa, they would definitely be able to sense it. Every time they enter or exit the mountain villa, they would be sensed by the restriction barrier. Some people might not mind, but others might feel that this is a lack of trust from the host, a form of disrespect. The more petty ones might even develop resentment because of this. Therefore, the one who set up the barrier didn't want such misunderstandings to arise, so leaving an opening at the entrance of the mountain villa could be justified."

Yang Haoran explained in detail, and Bai Xue listened carefully, with her doubts resolved.

She didn't ask foolishly why the barrier wasn't simply removed, because she knew that if the barrier was removed, and someone secretly snuck into the mountain villa from outside the main entrance, the host of the mountain villa wouldn't be able to sense the intruder immediately.

"This barrier seems to be a sensing barrier on the surface, but there are many types of restriction barriers. In particular, the barriers released by arrays set up with formation flags are often strange and unpredictable. I'm not very familiar with this aspect, so I can't be certain that this restriction barrier has only a sensing function. Therefore, we should still be cautious," Yang Haoran thought for a moment and reminded them again.