Wu Shattered Star River

The sky had completely darkened. If it weren't for the faint white glow of the small city's protective formation, the surroundings would have been pitch black, making it impossible to see one's hand in front of their face.

The demonic wind is here!

Wailing sounds echoed through the heavens and earth as gusts of demonic wind howled in from the distance, resembling black dragons roaring their approach.

Instantly, sand and stones flew, the trees outside shook violently, their branches bare, devoid of a single leaf.

Many weeds on the ground were uprooted, and even stones were blown about, tumbling incessantly.

The wind was immense and powerful. Jiang Han estimated that if a Profound Origin Realm martial artist were standing outside, they would likely be unable to stand firm and be swept up into the sky by the demonic wind…

After Jiang Han entered the Heavenly Human Realm, the world he perceived was different from that of ordinary people.

At this moment, he didn't use his eyes to see but closed them, sensing everything outside.

Countless fine threads appeared in his mind, converging into giant dragons that surged and roamed through the heavens and earth.

Within the threads were countless small specks of light, which should be the insects hidden within the demonic wind.

Some of these specks of light were solid, while others were transparent, likely representing two different types of insects.

The wind speed was too fast, sweeping across the heavens and earth, coming from afar and arriving in an instant. Then, it bypassed the city's protective formation and howled into the distance.

Jiang Han closed his eyes, fully sensing the demonic wind outside. He discovered that the wind here was indeed different from ordinary wind.

In his perception, ordinary wind was constructed from separate threads, while the threads here were interwoven together.

It was as if ordinary wind was like a bamboo raft, while the wind here was interwoven to form invisible spears.

A bamboo raft slapping against a person would cause pain, but a spear piercing a person would create a bloody hole, capable of killing them.

That was why the wind here was so terrifying, capable of easily turning martial artists who lingered outside into minced meat.

Combined with the insects lurking within the wind, the wind here transformed into demonic wind.

"The wind is sometimes gentle, sometimes rapid, sometimes violent, sometimes surging, sometimes deadly… It seems that it's the different forms of wind combination!"

"Those wind blade-type divine abilities should have mastered a certain form of wind combination, allowing the wind to condense into battle blades, thus creating terrifying destructive power!"

"Then… how should I use the wind-based laws I've comprehended to evolve into Dao techniques and divine arts?"

"How can the Wind Escape Technique be integrated with the Wind Dao laws to form an ultimate divine ability?"

Jiang Han had been pondering this question. He pondered for a full half hour before his body flickered and he walked towards the city gate.

Two soldiers guarded the city gate, divine runes shimmering on the gate, clearly indicating the activation of a divine formation to prevent the demonic wind from destroying the gate.

Jiang Han walked to the city gate and said, "I need to leave the city. Please open the gate!"

"Huh?"

The two soldiers looked at Jiang Han with the eyes one reserves for an idiot. However, they couldn't sense Jiang Han's cultivation level and didn't dare to act rashly. Otherwise, they might have slapped him.

"Buzz ~"

Jiang Han was too lazy to waste words. A spatial ring appeared in his hand, and he tossed it over, saying, "Here are ten thousand Xuan stones. A reward for you. Open the city gate."

The two guards' eyes lit up. One of them caught it and sensed it, then quickly bowed and thanked him before advising, "Esteemed Sir, a demonic wind is raging outside. It would be very dangerous for you to go out."

"It doesn't matter!" Jiang Han waved his hand, saying, "Open the city gate!"

The two guards exchanged a glance. They gritted their teeth, unleashed a stream of light, and the city gate slowly opened.

As soon as the gate opened, the two immediately hid behind the city wall to avoid being injured by the demonic wind.

"咻!"

Before the city gate was fully open, Jiang Han's figure flashed out. The two guards quickly closed the city gate. They were wearing thick armor to avoid being injured by the demonic wind.

"Ugh…"

Jiang Han flew out of the city and was immediately enveloped by the demonic wind. The cloak he wore was instantly shredded by the demonic wind. He quickly released the Heavenly Scale Armor to block the demonic wind.

"Hmm?"

Jiang Han quickly discovered countless small insects rushing towards him. Some were black insects, crawling on his body and starting to gnaw at the Heavenly Scale Armor, while other transparent insects directly entered his body.

Jiang Han closed his eyes and sensed that the transparent insects, after entering his body, went straight for his sea of consciousness.

Jiang Han visualized his sea of consciousness, checking if the Heavenly Beast Cauldron had any reaction. If it didn't, he would have to use ghost fire to burn these insects.

"Buzz ~"

When these insects reached the sea of consciousness, the Heavenly Beast Cauldron lit up and quickly spun, instantly sucking the insects into the Heavenly Beast Cauldron.

Jiang Han was completely relieved. His figure flashed as he quickly flew towards the distance, flying directly into the demonic wind.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"

The demonic wind transformed into wind blades, continuously slashing at him. The Heavenly Scale Armor's defense was decent, but under continuous attacks, it gradually began to crack. Coupled with the gnawing of those small insects, the rate of damage accelerated.

Jiang Han flew hundreds of miles like lightning, arriving atop a small mountain.

His Heavenly Scale Armor had completely shattered. He had concealed the Netherworld Holy Garment within his body, so he was now standing naked.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"

The demonic wind scraped against his body, producing muffled sounds. His physical body was incredibly powerful; these demonic winds could only leave faint traces of blood on his body's surface.

As for those small insects, his physical body was too strong. They gnawed for a long time but couldn't even create a bloody hole…

His physical body's self-healing ability was extremely terrifying. The blood traces had just appeared when they quickly healed.

The demonic wind continued to blow, continuing to create blood traces, and his physical body continued to heal itself.

Although his entire body felt as if ten thousand small knives were cutting him, Jiang Han remained calm, without a trace of fluctuation.

He had once been in the Demon Suppression Tower, where his physical body was destroyed alive over a hundred times. That kind of excruciating pain didn't even cause his soul to collapse. At this moment, this little bit of pain was no different from a tickle to him.

"Eh?"

He visualized his soul and revealed a trace of surprise and joy on his face.

After those white insects were sucked into the Heavenly Beast Cauldron, they actually refined a pure energy. This energy slowly sank into the sea of consciousness and began to merge.

His soul was strengthening…

Although the increase wasn't much, far inferior to ghost fire, the transparent insects here were constantly pouring in.

His soul could continuously become stronger, which was equivalent to constantly refining soul-nourishing spiritual medicine.

"If this demonic wind doesn't stop, if I cultivate in seclusion within the demonic wind for a year or two, I'm afraid my soul could increase five or six times."

Jiang Han sighed inwardly, then ignored it. He closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the small mountain, beginning to closely contact and sense the demonic wind.

He had swallowed over twenty Dao Fruits and comprehended many wind-based laws. He wanted to use this demonic wind to try to evolve a powerful wind-based Dao technique or divine art, or to integrate the Wind Escape Technique and comprehend an ultimate divine ability.

"Whoosh, whoosh ~"

The demonic wind raged, the sound of the wind like ghosts crying and wolves howling, the night as dark as ink. On the small mountain, Jiang Han sat naked.

He ignored the demonic wind and those insects, focusing all his attention on comprehending.

He entered a state of harmony between heaven and man, becoming one with this heaven and earth, and with this endless demonic wind.