Actually, Huangfu Yi has defeated many monsters, and if he counts the equipment he has picked up, it's quite a lot—more than just the sword bag and Sword Pavilion. The Yellow Crown from Crane Temple allows for earth tunneling, the Jade Token grants invisibility, and the Thousand-Petal Screen from Xiaoyao Sect, besides being used for exchange rewards, theoretically can also conceal the Heavenly Mechanism. It's just that in the past, his abilities were weak, and he couldn't even manage a few puffs of True Qi, so these things went unused, and he just thrashed around swinging an iron bar.

However, recently undergoing a process of Rebirth and unlocking potential has led to consecutive upgrades. Now, after a round of breathing exercises, Huangfu Yi feels that his Qi Circulation is several dozen times stronger than before. By estimation, even though he might not be considered worthless, he is at least a strong individual among the Golden Core ranks, elite among the waste.

So a few days ago, besides studying arithmetic, he also sought advice from Liang Jiuding about the secrets of treasure mastery. Although the newly acquired magic treasures from Xuan Nu Temple—Yin Yang Ring and Heaven Measuring Ruler—were limited by sect restrictions and couldn't be wielded for the time being, he was already able to skillfully operate several other Magic Artifacts.

Thus, in the time it takes to have a cup of tea, Huangfu Yi, fully armed with invisibility and earth tunneling, rushed to the site of the Demon Light outburst, only to find he had come too late.

As he emerged from the ground, all Huangfu Yi saw was that Great Demon, its form pig-like with horns, lying dead with its body in two, sprawled on the ground. At that moment, all he saw above was a colorful cloud, clearly showing a cultivator hiding in the cloud, wielding a bronze axe chopping away at the beast horn of the great demon head.

Seeing someone else get there first, Huangfu Yi felt helpless, yet had no intention of competing. He only planned to wait for the person to leave so he could pick up some meat to eat. Little did he know that after a few chops with the axe, the person in the sky collected the beast horn, switched to a Jade Blade Porcelain Bottle, skinned the demon, drained its blood, dismantled its bones, and finally collected every last bit, then the colorful cloud drifted away without leaving a trace.

Alright... no rush, in a world with so many demons, surely there are more ahead...

So Huangfu Yi continued heading south, after traveling less than 150 miles, he saw a mountain, and at the foot of it, a large town, with bones scattered everywhere, mutilated bodies strewn across the road, evidently having been eaten entirely, indicating there must be monsters in the mountains.

Huangfu Yi, feeling righteous, went up the mountain to exterminate them, but upon reaching the mountain cave at the top, he saw a Demon God, its form with a human face and tiger body, four yards tall, already killed. Its skin, flesh, and organs had been completely stripped, leaving only a skeleton with a head, and a Taoist Talisman slapped on its forehead sealing its soul, keeping the Demon God in the cave for some sinister purpose.

Alright... although suppressed again, there should be more ahead...

So Huangfu Yi crossed the mountain and continued heading south, after a dozen or so miles, from afar, he saw towering resentment, clearly from a vast mass grave, with countless armored corpses, likely buried alive soldiers of the Immortal Palace after a defeat, many having become corpse ghosts.

Everyone cultivates the Gang Fist, so Huangfu Yi naturally understands this well.

Truthfully, weren't the rebel army originally soldiers of the Immortal Palace? Although caught off guard back then, after so many years of deadly battles, there's nothing that can't be fought. But with so many years passed, the Immortal Palace still suffers more defeats than victories, undoubtedly due to those generals' second generations and eunuch supervisors, being too trash, indulging in embezzlement and bribe-taking, commanding blindly. Most people were simply set up, thus the soldiers' resentment is naturally heavy, so they are more prone to becoming corpse ghosts.

Yet when Huangfu Yi reached the pit hoping to exorcise some demons, he found it still required no effort on his part.

The entire corpse pit was set with Barrier Seals, numerous talismans sealing it. Ordinary corpse ghosts couldn't break through the seals and would be initiated by the Array, crushed and obliterated to dust.

But the array was only set at the perimeter, without directly purifying the mass of corpses inside. It was evident that it was intended for the corpses to compete internally, so that eventually a Corpse King strong enough to break the seals would emerge. When the time comes, needless to say, a mountain man would come to claim it.

Alright... although dull-witted, he realized by the third time...

Do you think with the world in chaos, there really is a chance for you to achieve Divinity Transformation?

Don't be naive!

The world is vast, and there are countless capable people! Although there are many demons in the pond, there are even more damn people fishing for them on the shore!

Small monsters still offer practice opportunities, but significant great demons have long been reserved for captive breeding by others! Opportunities everywhere have long been calculated and divided! Unable to snatch, unable to face trials of combat, unable to claim opportunities from killing monsters, damn it!

But from this perspective, the Jiangshan and Shiji of the Immortal Palace are actually far from being toppled, after all, if they can't defeat the rebels, can't they still defeat the commoners? Ultimately, it's just that ordinary people live like pigs and dogs, but for those high-up Immortals, seizing resources becomes even easier instead.

But so what if one is an Immortal? Do Immortals not still have to face tribulations? Along the way, how many Immortals has Huangfu Yi passed by, and have they not all become his resources?

The clearer the calculations, the further he sees, the more confused Huangfu Yi becomes.

It's lamentable that although the world is vast, there seems to be nowhere to go, yet simultaneously seems like there's nowhere to belong.

Mortal, aristocrat, cultivator, demon, all beings are ultimately trapped in a cycle of slaughter within a game, either as a knife and cutting block, or as fish meat, whether victorious or defeated, endlessly repeating through lifetimes without transcendence. Who knows to what realm one must cultivate to truly escape the cage and achieve freedom...

"BIAJI!"

Just as he was lost in thought, suddenly a golden light flickered, and half a person flew from the sky, directly crashing in front of Huangfu Yi, splattering into a pile of minced flesh, drenching his face with a blood burst.

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