Lu Qingshan flew on his sword, leaving behind a streak of light in the air as he rushed toward Luoyan Pass.
In the Extraterritorial Battlefield where danger was everywhere, even the Demons who had the absolute advantage would rarely choose to fly across the sky. Wouldn't that be like being a live target?
As a sword cultivator, Lu Qingshan's escape technique was extremely fast. Even if he didn't rush at full speed to maintain his condition, he was still faster than ninety-nine percent of Void Refinement cultivators.
However, the Extraterritorial Battlefield was so vast that it still took him three to four days to reach Luoyan Pass.
This was under the premise that he didn't encounter any trouble along the way.
He looked around. Everything in front of him was basically desolate, and there were traces of battle everywhere.
In this area, the Humans and Demons had been fighting for twenty thousand years.
After such a long time, the number of cultivators and Demons who died in the Extraterritorial Battlefield was uncountable. The number of battles that took place was even more unimaginable.
With the strength of cultivators and Demons, every time they fought, they would cause great damage to the environment.
As this accumulated, the Extraterritorial Battlefield became desolate. Potholes could be seen everywhere in the wilderness. It was a ghastly sight.
The constant fighting over the years had also caused large areas of land to become barren.
After getting a little further away from Jade Gate Pass, Lu Qingshan became more focused and paid attention to his surroundings.
With Jade Gate Pass as the base, five thousand miles out was the area where low-level Demons were active.
In this area, the most common Demons were Fourth Rank Demons and Fifth Rank Demons.
With Lu Qingshan's strength, logically speaking, he could almost do whatever he wanted in this area.
But the problem was that this wasn't a game. Although it was said that this was the area where the middle and low-ranked demons were active, there were no rules that only the middle and low-ranked demons were allowed to move around here. It wasn't impossible for a sixth-stage demon to suddenly appear.
Hence, he could only be more careful.
'However, as long as I don't encounter a Devil General … Even if I encounter a Sixth Rank Demon, I might be able to escape. If I expend my life, I might even be able to kill them …' Lu Qingshan calculated in his heart.
There were differences in strength and bloodline among sixth-grade Devil Clans, and their bloodlines were different.
The most common and the weakest were the ordinary sixth-rank Demons. They didn't have any special titles, but they were human cultivators who had broken through to the Divine Transformation Realm from the Three Flower Realm.
Demons of the Sixth Stage were called Demon Generals. Among the Demon Generals, there were Elementary Demon Generals, High Demon Generals, and Peak Demon Generals.
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After another two days, Lu Qingshan gradually approached the Luoyan Pass.
As they went deeper and deeper into the Outerealm Battlefield, the surroundings became even quieter. The sky was extremely dark, and an oppressive atmosphere arose out of thin air.
In this desolate and uninhabited environment where they could encounter enemies at any time, most cultivators had to be tense and vigilant at all times.
This was a very difficult state to endure, and one could not maintain it for too long. This was especially true for new cultivators who had entered the Jade Gate Pass for the first time and did not have much experience.
If a string was stretched out for too long, it would break sooner or later. In a difficult game, if there were no save points midway, most people could only choose to stay away from it, except for a few hardcore players.
As such, a safe zone for human cultivators to rest in was extremely important.
This was also the reason why the humans were willing to bleed and sacrifice themselves to defend the 17 small city passes.
In the jade slips that were distributed, the Jade Gate Pass advised new cultivators that when entering the Outerealm Battlefield for the first time, it was best to enter in groups and take care of each other to reduce the casualty rate.
However, Lu Qingshan turned a deaf ear to this suggestion.
Firstly, with his strength that far surpassed cultivators of the same realm, ordinary cultivators of the Fifth Rank would not be able to provide much help to him other than being a burden.
Secondly, it was his first time entering the Jade Gate Pass's Outerealm Battlefield. However, in his previous life, he had fought for many years in the Southern Region's Redbud Pass. His experience in the Outerealm Battlefield was so rich that it was unimaginable to others. He could not be considered a "new cultivator" in the pure sense.
At least, he had adapted well so far.
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Just as Lu Qingshan's thoughts continuously arose, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew past, followed closely by a wave of coldness that caused his heart to involuntarily turn cold.
In the next moment, Lu Qingshan's hair stood on end.
The coldness naturally did not come from the cold wind.
Even if sword cultivators did not cultivate their physical bodies, with his Void Refinement realm cultivation, he had long since broken away from the mortal body and was impervious to heat and cold. How could he feel his heart turn cold because of a cold wind?
The coldness came from the trace of faintly discernible killing intent that was mixed in the cold wind.
In terms of control of killing intent, he was a sword cultivator that had grasped slaughter type true intent. It could be said that he was deeply knowledgeable in this Dao and was a true expert.
Otherwise, if it was another person, they might not be able to distinguish this faint killing intent that was mixed in the cold wind.
Subconsciously, Lu Qingshan quickly released his enormous Divine Sense to investigate the surrounding environment and search for the source of the killing intent.
Strangely, after a careful investigation, he found nothing.
"Could it be a top Devil General or a Seventh Stage Demon?" Such a terrifying thought flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind.
His Primordial Spirit realm had long reached the level of a Sixth Stage cultivator. How could it be a simple figure who could hide from his Divine Sense?
"That's not right. If it were a top-tier Demon General or a seventh-tier Demon, how could he be unable to control his killing intent and be detected by me in advance?" Very quickly, Lu Qingshan rejected his own guess.
An existence with that level of strength would have control over every bit of power and aura in their bodies to the finest of details.
"Then what could it be?"
In the next moment, a name jumped out from Lu Qingshan's mind.
Shadow Devil.
This was one of the most terrifying Demons that human cultivators could encounter in the extraterritorial battlefield in the Eastern Region.
This was because the Shadow Devil Clan's innate ability was — Concealment.
The Shadow Devil's concealment ability was different from ordinary concealment techniques. It could only hide the body. Their concealment innate ability allowed them to ignore the detection of cultivators' Divine Sense.
And Divine Sense was the most important "eye" of a cultivator.
I could detect you, but you couldn't detect me.
For humans, this was an extremely terrifying ability. It also earned the Shadow Devil the title of natural assassin.
It was also because of this strange innate ability that the Shadow Devil was a nightmarish existence for cultivators. It was one of the Demons that human cultivators were most unwilling to encounter.
Of course, the Shadow Devil's ability was so strange, but relatively speaking, it also had a huge flaw — — Shadow Devils belonged to a race of Demons with very few clansmen in the Abyss.
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At this time, on a small sand dune a few miles away from Lu Qingshan.
A humanoid monster covered in black scales with strange patterns on the scales used its green eyes to size up Lu Qingshan who was rushing in its direction. It revealed a trace of a sinister smile.
"Sword Cultivator." This Fifth Stage Shadow Devil muttered, "I like Sword Cultivators the most …"
Sword Cultivators, Magic Cultivators, and Spirit Cultivators with weak physical bodies were the Shadow Devil's favorite cultivators.
With his ability to conceal his aura, he could completely silently approach the three of them and then violently attack, killing them in one strike.
It worked every time!
If it was the Body Cultivator, that lump of iron, then even if he had the advantage of being the first to strike, it would basically be impossible to gain the upper hand in one strike.
And besides the ability to appear and disappear unpredictably, their Shadow Devil Clan actually didn't have many praiseworthy aspects in terms of battle strength.
But no matter what, their Shadow Devil Clan's innate ability was definitely one of the most terrifying innate abilities.
After all, having the advantage of being the first to strike was equivalent to having the initiative.
Since Body Cultivators were difficult to deal with, then wouldn't it be fine if they didn't attack Body Cultivators?
I have a choice, but do you have a choice?
I, Shadow Devil, specialize in killing Sword Cultivators, Magic Cultivators, and Spirit Cultivators.
Strong and invincible!
… …
Seeing that Lu Qingshan was getting closer and closer to the place where he was hiding, this Fifth Stage Shadow Devil's green eyes flashed with uncontrollable excitement.
Humans had the saying of military exploits, and Demons were also the same.
The reward for being able to kill a Void Refining stage human cultivator in the extraterritorial battlefield was also not small.
In the sand dune, the Shadow Devil muttered, "Come, my precious sword cultivator. After killing you, my accumulated military exploits can be exchanged for a Blood Spirit Crystal that can purify one's bloodline. There is hope for me to reach the Sixth Stage!"
In the Abyss, Shadow Devils were Seventh Stage Demons.
In other words, as long as a Shadow Devil Clan matured normally, they would be Seventh Stage Demons.
But this was only limited to the situation where their bloodline was pure.
The Shadow Devil Clan's fertility rate was extremely low. Therefore, in order to continue the clan and satisfy their own desires, Shadow Devils would often mate with other Demons and give birth to offspring.
Naturally, the offspring born from these hybrids would inevitably have extremely thin Shadow Devil bloodline flowing in their bodies. Therefore, they were called hybrids by Demons.
Not only Shadow Devils, but in the Abyss, all high-ranked Demons with powerful bloodlines were in this situation.
This Fifth Stage Shadow Devil was such a hybrid.
The Shadow Devil bloodline in his body could only support him to become a Fifth Stage Demon. If he wanted to break through and reach the Sixth Stage, he had to evolve his bloodline.
Demons had always had a strict hierarchy. Unless there were special circumstances, it was almost impossible for them to break through the hierarchy. This extraterritorial battlefield was their hope — as long as they accumulated enough military exploits, they would have the opportunity to break through the strict hierarchy.
Therefore, from this point of view, most Demons didn't even resent the human race. Instead, they were somewhat grateful.
As for the death of their clansmen, what did it have to do with them?
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Lu Qingshan's figure had already flown to the top of this small sand dune.
Boom!
In the next moment, the Shadow Devil transformed into a misty phantom and broke through the sand dune, leaving a distorted trajectory in the air. He directly closed in on Lu Qingshan at an unimaginably fast speed.
And in the Shadow Devil's hand was a pitch-black battle saber.
The battle saber streaked across the sky like a pitch-black silk thread, cutting through the space and chopping toward the space between Lu Qingshan's eyebrows.
With the Shadow Devil's speed, he was confident that no Spatial Tempering cultivator would be able to react to this unexpected sneak attack.
"Die! I'll use you as a stepping stone for me to reach the Sixth Stage!" A trace of ridicule flashed through the Shadow Devil's green eyes.
Then, his gaze finally met with Lu Qingshan's.
It was a pair of deep, pitch-black eyes. His gaze was as calm as a stream of clear water.
A bad premonition welled up in his heart, making him unable to smile anymore. Soon after, he discovered in astonishment that a blazing red sword light suddenly flickered at this moment, meeting the battle saber he had chopped out first.
"How is this possible?" The Shadow Devil couldn't believe it. "How could he react in time?"
The Shadow Devil's strongest point was this kind of sneak attack that was difficult to guard against.
Unfortunately, even this point was useless in front of Lu Qingshan.
This was because this Fifth Stage Shadow Devil was too young. A true assassin wouldn't reveal the slightest bit of killing intent even if the person he wanted to assassinate was right in front of him.
Once the Shadow Devil lost the advantage of striking first, the next step would be to fight head-on.
How could a mere Shadow Devil compete with Lu Qingshan, who had experienced hundreds of battles?
The Dragon Sparrow instantly transformed into a dazzling sword light that contained an indestructible power. With a swoosh, it shook off the battle saber in the Shadow Devil's hand.
The Dragon Sparrow's momentum didn't decrease as it continued to advance toward the Shadow Devil's neck.
In a panic, the Fifth Stage Shadow Devil could only twist his body in an attempt to dodge this attack.
Was the sword faster or was it faster?
The answer was obvious.
Boom!
Within the sword light, dense and fine sword qi gushed out, forming a long river of sword qi.
The sword light was like a rainbow!
The sword qi formed a river!
The Shadow Devil's body that was covered in scales couldn't resist this long river of sword qi.
"No!" The Shadow Devil let out a desperate and unwilling roar. His eyes were filled with madness as he roared at the last moment of his life.
How many years had it been? He had hunted in the Extraterritorial Battlefield for countless years. Along the way, he had killed more than a hundred human cultivators and accumulated a huge amount of battle merits.
Seeing that he had almost collected enough battle merits, he was prepared to finish this last mission and return to the Abyss to exchange for blood spirit crystals to complete the bloodline advancement. Who would have thought that he would fail miserably today?
He had killed many sword cultivators in the past.
However, why was this sword cultivator different from other sword cultivators?
The sword qi didn't answer his doubts. It just cut through his body with unparalleled sharpness.
In just an instant, the Shadow Devil was crushed into a bloody mist that filled the sky.
The Shadow Devil that wandered the Extraterritorial Battlefield and was known as the killer of the human race was turned into ashes just like that.
"Shadow Devil." Lu Qingshan looked at the black bloody mist in front of him and whispered to himself, "It's no longer suitable for this version …"
The identity token hidden in his chest suddenly glowed with an extremely faint black light.
Identity — - Lu Qingshan
Sect — - Sword Sect
Authority — - Wu
Battle merits — - Fifty
Killing a Fifth Grade Demon would generally bring about ten battle merits.
But the Shadow Devil, like the genius cultivators of the human race, was gifted with strange abilities and was extremely difficult to kill. Naturally, the battle merits it could bring were much higher than ordinary Demons.
Therefore, he directly obtained five times the battle merits of an ordinary Fifth Grade Demon.
"My luck is not bad."
Just entering the Extraterritorial Battlefield, he was able to encounter a Shadow Devil that was worth fifty "huge" battle merits. Lu Qingshan was very satisfied and gave himself a thumbs up.
He casually picked up the sword used by the Shadow Devil and threw it into the storage ring.
Unlike the human cultivators who almost all had a storage ring, the raw materials needed to create storage rings were scarce resources in the Abyss.
On top of that, the Demon Race was already in a predicament of overpopulation and insufficient resources. As such, the Shadow Demon, who was only at the Fifth Stage, didn't have any storage magic tools.
This sword became Lu Qingshan's only loot apart from the battle merits.
It could be said that he was really poor.
Moreover, the weapons used by Demons were not popular among the human race …
Demons' weapons were always surrounded by a lingering demonic aura, which greatly conflicted with the human cultivation system. It was not that they could not be used, but it was definitely not easy to use.
But for some reason, the Jade Gate Pass recycled Demons' weapons all year round. Therefore, Lu Qingshan did not waste it.
Looking at the interface again, this Shadow Devil also brought him two hundred and thirty thousand experience points.
"Fifty battle merits can be exchanged for five spirit crystals, which is another two hundred and fifty thousand experience points.
A Fifth Grade Shadow Devil can bring me about five hundred thousand experience points. "Lu Qingshan excitedly licked his lips." This is called farming! "
In the human race's territory, where could he find such a place where he could farm monsters so unscrupulously and also obtain double the rewards?
He couldn't just kill everyone he saw, right?
Wouldn't that make him more Demons than Demons?
"I hope this good luck can last a little longer," Lu Qingshan thought to himself.
Shadow Devils regarded sword cultivators as great treasures. Didn't he also regard Shadow Devils as treasures?
They were valuable goods worth fifty battle merits. How could encountering one be enough?
It would be best if he could encounter eight or ten of them!
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