Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 185

Chapter 185: Did I Find the Wrong Place?

Demon Cavern, in a swamp.

Two men slowly emerged from beneath the swamp.

They looked at each other and smiled.

“We’re in. Although it’s troublesome to enter through the second entrance, it’s much easier with someone covering for us.”

Both of these people were elders.

One with white hair, the other with a small goatee. The two were quite pleased with themselves.

“The manpower of the Tianyin Sect really seems insufficient; our forces found a gap as soon as we attacked. Speaking of which, it’s not just us who have entered, right? Where would those people go first?” the white-haired elder asked.

“They’re probably heading towards the core area; everyone wants to make a contribution, find the demon treasures, and awaken the Saint Lord. We should do the opposite,” the elder with the goat beard said:

“I heard that Jiang Hao, who possesses the secret of the mine, has also entered the Demon Cavern. But he’s in the Foundation Establishment area; we should slip past and take him away. Wouldn’t that be a great achievement?”

“That makes sense, but it’s a bit far to go, and it won’t be easy to find him,” the white-haired elder expressed his concern.

“It might be a waste of time. But if we succeed, it will all be worth it. When the time comes, we just need to ask each person we see. That area is just the Foundation Establishment region, at most there might be Golden Core presences. Both of us are at the Nascent Soul stage; are we still worried about accidents? It’s difficult to find people, but it’s much easier to retreat,” the elder with the goat beard confidently said.

“That’s a good point. Once we find Jiang Hao, I’ve already thought of how to get the mine secret from him,” the white-haired elder laughed.

The elder with the goat beard felt the same.

The two disappeared quickly amidst laughter, heading towards the Foundation Establishment area.

……

At this moment, under the sunlight.

Jiang Hao stood on a tree branch, watching the demon army advance non-stop.

“The second batch, although there are no Golden Cores this time, there are three to four thousand Foundation Establishment demons. Where did so many Foundation Establishment demons come from?”

“Are they planning to come out in full force?”

Watching the demons disappear from his sight, he couldn’t help but look towards the core location of the Demon Cavern, wondering just how large it was to be able to send out so many demons.

Unfortunately, he had no intention of going in.

The core area was not a place he could approach with his current cultivation level; he was aware of his limitations.

Afterward, Jiang Hao quickly moved further inside, but not in the same direction as Ye Ji and the others; instead, he headed toward the direction of the demon army’s march.

Ordinary demons were meaningless to him.

He wanted to find Golden Core or Nascent Soul demons.

In the past, such demons would not appear.

But now, there should be many.

Otherwise, why bother establishing a Golden Core defense line?

In the forest, Jiang Hao moved swiftly forward like a gentle breeze, hardly noticeable.

At this time, he used the technique Merge with Light and Blend with Dust, moving leisurely rather than hurriedly.

Now he took out the storage treasure he had found to examine it carefully.

He found that this Foundation Establishment complete Senior Sister was not wealthy, but not poor either.

She had eight hundred spirit stones.

With these, Jiang Hao’s spirit stones finally reached a thousand again.

The other miscellaneous items were not worth much money.

After sorting these out, he didn’t dwell on it and started moving quickly further inside.

Two days later, he encountered ten hidden demons led by a mid-stage Golden Core.

They seemed to be patrolling.

After confirming the safety of the surroundings, Jiang Hao made his move on these ten demons.

After an encounter, the ten patrolling demons lay at his feet in the forest.

He waited a while, but no bubbles appeared.

“Not even a white one?”

Jiang Hao was somewhat helpless.

He found that killing too low-level beasts resulted in very random bubble appearances.

After that, he continued to search for solitary demons to eliminate.

If he saw demons heading to the defense line, he could also lend a hand to clear them out; being far enough away, it wouldn’t be noticed by others.

Five days later,

【Cultivation+1】

【Vital Energy+1】

Looking at the two Nascent Soul demons dead at his feet, he felt quite surprised.

The deeper he went, the stronger the demons he encountered.

But Nascent Soul demons were actually the same as Foundation Establishment demons; they didn’t have much spiritual intelligence.

Most acted on instinct. This made him somewhat worried.

Who was controlling these demons, a strong being or someone else?

Another point was that the core light beam looked the same as it did a few days ago; it didn’t seem to have gotten much closer.

This indicated a great distance, which was the main reason he dared to keep going deeper.

If it got too close and the danger level was too high, he would move in other directions.

“Is this still the Foundation Establishment area?”

Jiang Hao had no concept of this, but he became even more cautious in his actions.

……

Half a day after he left, a group of three people arrived at the scene of the demon corpses.

Leading the group was a beautiful woman who, looking at the corpse of the demon, slightly furrowed her brows and said:

“This path should have been taken by no one but us.”

“Perhaps a Senior Brother or Senior Sister took a wrong turn,” Mu Qi speculated.

“There’s no obvious trace of aura left behind; it’s likely not someone from another team,” another man commented.

“Let’s catch up and see if we can find the other party,” Fairy Ning Xuan said, her beautiful eyes stirring as she quickened her pace.

Mu Qi and the others also sped up.

They were also searching for the person behind the scenes.

Led by a Nascent Soul, they split into three teams and headed in three different directions.

On the way, if they encountered a Nascent Soul-level demon, they would directly ambush and kill it; others were not a concern.

At first, there were no issues, but as they followed the trail here, they found that someone had already taken the lead.

After discovering someone else was ahead, they chased for two more days, but the more they chased, the more alarmed they became.

Because every time they found only corpses.

Whether Golden Core level or Nascent Soul level, all were killed with the force of thunder. No dragging, no delays.

For a time, they were all curious about who this person was, possessing such strength.

“Something’s not quite right,” Fairy Ning Xuan said, looking at the corpse under her feet.

“At first, we were only half a day behind him, now it’s almost a full day. His speed is much faster than ours. Is there such a person in the two regions we came from? Or is there some special person?”

A special person?

Mu Qi was taken aback, with the image of Jiang Hao flashing through his mind.

It wasn’t that Jiang Hao was particularly strong, but those who offended him indeed never ended well.

Either he was a born calamity star, or someone was protecting him.

Perhaps the one protecting him was up to something.

But was it possible?

It seemed unlikely.

He didn’t voice these speculations; he had only mentioned them to Miao Tinglian before.

“Let’s keep chasing,” Ning Xuan said.

……

Meanwhile, Jiang Hao stood in front of a camp surrounded by trees.

Inside were Golden Core and Nascent Soul demons.

As he approached, he felt faint fluctuations of power emanating.

They quickly disappeared into the sky.

This might be the source of the orders that Senior Sister Ye Ji had mentioned.

“Actually, there are quite a few Nascent Soul experts. Even if they find it, they wouldn’t have any way to deal with it, or did I make a mistake and find the command source for the Golden Core area instead?”

“Let’s go in and have a look.”

Afterward, he concealed himself.

Entering from the blind spot of the enemy.

Although the demons were strong, they had many weaknesses.

Perception was one of them.

After entering, Jiang Hao saw a house, the source of all the power fluctuations.

Many demons were guarding around the house.

After entering, he saw a demon sitting in front of a wooden table, and on the table was an irregular stone.

Inside it, stars twinkled.

The source of power was this stone.

And the demon in front of the wooden table lifted its head to look at him.