Kryptonian fate deduction, invincibility starts from killing monsters

Sun Xiao held a treasured sword in his iron grip, clad from head to toe in black armor.

While not as supremely talented as Ye Lingchen and the others, he was still a figure of some renown in the imperial capital.

The Sun family of the imperial capital was a second-grade aristocratic clan. Though not comparable to those peak powers, the existence of a Hunyuan realm ancestor made them one of the top-tier wealthy families in the Great Wei Dynasty.

Therefore, since embarking on the path of martial arts cultivation, he had encountered little hardship.

From birth, he had been immersed daily in precious medicinal concoctions to maintain the smooth flow of his meridians, naturally breaking through to the Xiantian realm at the age of fifteen.

Subsequently, relying on the family's Di-grade cultivation technique and the nourishment of countless spirit crystals, he successfully advanced to the Baoye realm.

Now, he was at the mid-stage of the Baoye realm, only a step away from those favored children of heaven like Ye Lingchen.

However, unlike other aristocratic scions who became arrogant and conceited due to their family background, Sun Xiao was extremely cautious and steady.

Clearly, with his cultivation level and the countless secret treasures and talismans he carried, passing the selection was almost a certainty.

Even if he encountered a Kaiqiao realm demon, he was confident he could slay it with his sword.

Yet at this moment, he concealed all his aura, cautiously and carefully probing the surrounding environment step by step.

Before long, he found traces of the demon.

In an open space ahead, a massive black bear lay there, its body covered in wounds.

"A demon beast?"

Sun Xiao muttered to himself, not rushing forward to investigate, but carefully examining his surroundings.

In this world, besides the demons who were born with intelligence, there were also demon beasts.

Demon beasts lacked intelligence, unlike demons who could cultivate techniques and martial arts. They only relied on instinct to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to strengthen themselves.

However, this did not mean that demon beasts were weaker than demons.

On the contrary, most demon beasts capable of strengthening themselves by instinctively absorbing spiritual energy possessed rare bloodlines.

Among them, there was no shortage of monsters as large as mountains.

Sun Xiao had once witnessed a demon beast slain by a Jing Yao Marquis team in the imperial capital.

It was a giant python, its body pitch-black, coiled there like a small mountain.

It was said that the third squad of the Jing Yao Marquis had killed it, its strength comparable to the Hunyuan realm.

And the black bear before him, though long dead, still exuded a powerful pressure.

Comparable to the Baoye realm.

After carefully observing the wounds on its body, Sun Xiao concluded that the one who killed the black bear should be a demon living in these mountains.

Because those wounds were not smooth, like those caused by sharp claws and teeth.

Moreover, many messy footprints remained on the surrounding open ground.

Only...

Sun Xiao observed for a long time, finally confirming that there was no movement nearby, and walked out with some doubt.

Demons did not consider demon beasts as their kin, so they often hunted powerful demon beasts, devouring their flesh and blood to strengthen themselves.

This black bear should have been a prey chosen by demons.

But the hunt was already successful, so why did those demons just leave the black bear's flesh and blood here, neglecting it?

Could it be that they hunted the black bear not for hunting, but just for the pleasure of killing?

Harboring this thought, Sun Xiao scanned the ground, and after seeing one spot, he immediately overturned this idea.

There, was a trail of bloodstains different from the black bear's.

Among the demons who killed the black bear, someone was injured.

Walking over, he bent down and rubbed the soil stained with blood, Sun Xiao murmured: "No more than an hour ago..."

Slowly raising his head, looking in the direction the bloodstains stretched, he took a deep breath, preparing to follow and investigate.

Demons capable of killing Baoye realm demon beasts must not be too weak.

If he was lucky, he might find a smaller demon tribe village.

With this thought, he went forward, following the bloody scent left in the air, and after passing through the dim forest, he finally arrived at the foot of a mountain.

"Found it!"

Sun Xiao's eyes lit up, and he quickly restrained his aura, hiding to the side.

Ahead, was a crude village.

Rough wooden houses, large and small stones formed crooked walls.

The bones of wild beasts that could be seen from time to time, such a crude style, must be a demon village.

Only, what made Sun Xiao somewhat puzzled was, why was it so quiet here?

Now was daytime, logically speaking, the village should be lively.

Demons were not like ordinary wild beasts, active at night and dormant during the day.

Their intelligence was no worse than that of humans, and they had even formed their own unique cultural heritage.

Something's strange!

After thinking for a while, Sun Xiao decided to go and investigate.

He quietly sneaked to the entrance of the village, and was about to enter, but suddenly stopped, abruptly looking to the side.

He saw on the stone wall beside him, a leopard-headed demon embedded in the wall, its limbs twisted, bleeding from its seven orifices, its death was tragic.

"This is..."

Sun Xiao slowly walked over, observing for a while.

Clearly, this leopard demon should be a guard responsible for guarding the gate in the village.

Its chest had suffered a heavy blow from something, and had already caved in.

One strike!

The person who killed it, only killed it with one strike.

Judging from the demon aura still remaining on the leopard demon, the opponent should be a Xiantian realm demon.

Could it be that some other martial artist participating in the trial had found this village a step ahead of him, and started a massacre?

Thinking so, Sun Xiao was hesitating whether to continue forward, when a scream suddenly came from the deepest part of the village.

That voice... seemed to be human?

After hesitating for a while, he took out a black cloak from his Sumeru Ring and draped it over himself.

In the next moment, his body slowly disappeared, his aura, his figure, were all concealed, making it almost impossible for ordinary people to detect.

After making ample preparations, he touched towards the interior of the village.

Logically speaking, if other martial artists had discovered this place before him, he should leave decisively at this moment and look for the next target.

Only, the miserable scream that had just come over made him somewhat concerned.

Let's go and take a look, if things weren't right, he could leave immediately.

Thinking so, he passed countless tragically dead leopard demon corpses, and finally reached the depths of the village.

In the next moment, his pupils shrank, and after seeing the scene in the field, he only felt a chill rise from his spine.

Ahead, in an open space, seven men in Taoist robes were standing there.

Each of them was dressed elegantly, looking like decent people.

But Sun Xiao only glanced at them and understood that these guys were not human at all.

Because each of them exuded a powerful demon aura, their aura was fierce, and they were all Kaiqiao realm demons.

And in the middle of them, a man in a green Taoist robe was grabbing a young man's hair and lifting him up.

Yun Qing looked at the appearance of the person in front of him, and shook his head helplessly.

"It's not him!"

After speaking, he casually threw the person to those demons.

At this moment, those demons who were dressed elegantly and seemed very calm suddenly reverted to their original forms.

Swollen muscles burst through their clothes, revealing beast heads, extending sharp claws, and in an instant, they directly devoured the young man cleanly.