Kryptonian fate deduction, invincibility starts from killing monsters

“But…”

Jin Wuyai paused, asking with some doubt, “Isn't the selection for the Demon Quelling Marquis limited to those in the Treasure Nurturing Realm? Now that he's broken through, wouldn't that be considered a violation of the rules?”

Ye Lingchen considered it, then shook his head.

“The requirements for the selection have always been only one thing.”

“Less than a year since breaking through to the Treasure Nurturing Realm; there's no explicit rule saying that those in the Aperture Opening Realm can't participate.”

“So, strictly speaking, he hasn't violated any rules.”

Jin Wuyai chuckled wryly. “Yes, I suppose the person who set the rules didn't expect it. Who would have thought someone could break through from the Treasure Nurturing Realm to the Aperture Opening Realm in a year?”

“It's not like it's never happened!”

Ye Lingchen shook his head, thinking of the monster within the Demon Suppression Division. His expression turned strange. “It's just that those who can usually achieve that level wouldn't come to participate in the Demon Quelling Marquis selection.”

“That's true!”

The two discussed as they advanced, finally discovering traces of the demon race.

It was a mountain village, not large, estimated to house fewer than a hundred demons.

What puzzled them was that the village gate was wide open, and the inside was eerily silent with no activity.

Cautiously sneaking inside, they found the village completely deserted.

Ye Lingchen examined the messy ground, the iron pot burned dry on the embers, and came to a conclusion.

“The people here left in a hurry. And it hasn't been too long, maybe just a day or two.”

Jin Wuyai was curious. “Strange, I see a lot of things weren't taken, even some spirit crystals in some of the houses.”

“These guys, could it be they received news that we were coming, so they fled in a hurry?”

He said it as a joke.

But upon hearing this, Ye Lingchen frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then decisively said, “Let's go! We'll look for other places.”

…

Inside a demon village, Shen Lin looked at Yun Qing, responding with a smile:

“Ah, opened my apertures, so what? Is there a need to make such a fuss?”

Hearing these clearly teasing words, Yun Qing's expression immediately darkened.

“So what if you've opened your apertures? Do you really think you're the only genius in the world?”

As he spoke, his aura surged, and his mid-stage Treasure Nurturing Realm cultivation suddenly erupted.

“Everyone, attack together!”

He roared, leading the remaining two demons toward Shen Lin.

The current Shen Lin was not someone his underlings could deal with.

To have such performance immediately after breaking through to the Aperture Opening Realm…

This Shen Lin had likely also opened all one hundred and eight apertures through a Earth-grade cultivation method.

Fortunately, he, Yun Qing, was a direct descendant of the Dao Xuan Sect, receiving true inheritance and also opening all one hundred and eight apertures.

With his personal intervention, plus the remaining two demons, they still had a good chance of winning.

Harboring such thoughts, he took a deep breath, waving both hands, conjuring two talismans out of thin air in front of him.

“Flame Orb!”

“Ice Cone!”

Instantly, two types of attacks, one fire and one ice, flew menacingly towards Shen Lin.

Generally speaking, a martial artist's cultivation method can only possess one attribute of attack.

For example, a martial artist who cultivates a fire-based technique cannot unleash ice-based martial arts.

But the Dao Xuan Sect's cultivation method, the Ice-Fire Dual Harmony Art, could condense a type of spiritual energy called Ice-Fire Profound Force.

This spiritual energy could instantly transform into two different types of spiritual energy according to the cultivator's will.

The effect was peculiar; although the power would be reduced to some extent, it avoided being targeted by the opponent with attribute counters.

At this moment, Shen Lin, facing the incoming fire orb and ice cone, simply smiled faintly.

He casually flicked out two fingers, and the finger force of the Gale Finger carried the might of thunder, easily shattering the two attacks.

The two types of ice and fire spiritual energy exploded, instantly forming a thick fog upon contact, enveloping Shen Lin.

Seeing this, the corners of Yun Qing's mouth curved slightly.

Success!

He never expected these two attacks to directly take down Shen Lin.

The first round of confrontation was both a test and a paving of the way for subsequent attacks.

Yun Qing produced a long sword in his hand, approaching the fog and instantly disappearing into the mist.

On Shen Lin's side, just as he was curiously observing the fog, he heard a whistling sound of fierce wind approaching.

He quickly turned his head to look, only to see a broad sword as wide as a door panel, stirring the fog as it chopped down from the side.

It was an elephant demon.

Its body was covered in cyan-brown hard skin, its limbs were thick, like pillars, full of power.

“Well done!”

With a loud laugh, Shen Lin did not retreat, instead drawing the Cirrus Cloud Saber from his waist and slashing out.

Clang~

With a loud bang, the saber and sword clashed, and the resulting shockwave instantly dispelled the fog more than ten feet around Shen Lin.

Shen Lin, who was much smaller than his opponent, surprisingly withstood the opponent's powerful downward strike from below.

Not only that, but after the saber and sword were locked for a moment, Shen Lin's thunderous spiritual energy instantly erupted.

The Cirrus Cloud Saber lifted upwards, directly sending the elephant demon's massive body flying.

Having done all this, Shen Lin coldly raised his right hand, pointing it at the elephant demon.

Thunder flickered at his fingertip, and a destructive force gathered there.

The elephant demon's expression changed drastically, feeling the threat of death from Shen Lin.

“Dead lizard, what are you hesitating for???”

At the instant he shouted this, a transparent figure stealthily approached Shen Lin's back at some unknown time.

Of the remaining two mid-stage Aperture Opening Realm demons, one was the lizard demon who excelled at stealth.

Not far away, Sun Xiaotie, seeing the air behind Shen Lin fluctuating as Shen Lin displayed his divine might, immediately remembered this.

“Careful, sneak attack!!!”

He shouted loudly, wanting to remind Shen Lin.

However, it seemed it was already too late.

The lizard demon did not move unless he was going to kill.

A dagger flashing with dark green light stabbed subtly towards Shen Lin's back.

But just as he was about to succeed, thunder suddenly flashed.

Shen Lin quickly turned around, smashing an elbow over.

Boom!

This elbow strike arrived first, heavily hitting the lizard demon's chest.

Almost all of the lizard demon's skills were in stealth, and his concealment methods were astonishing.

Just now, even Shen Lin had only seen a slight change in the airflow, which is why he had been cautious.

But apart from that, his own strength was actually about the same as an ordinary Aperture Opening Realm cultivator.

At this moment, the elbow strike carrying the might of thunder landed on his chest, and a cracking sound immediately rang out.

That was the sound of chest bones shattering.

The lizard demon spat out a mouthful of blood, flying backwards and crashing heavily to the ground, unable to get up again.

But just as Shen Lin thought he had solved this trouble, a cold gleam flashed.

In the fog, a long sword protruded like a poisonous snake, stabbing straight towards Shen Lin's throat.