South Sea, Myriad Demon Sea Region.
In a certain stretch of sea, two Red Escape Lights streaked across the sky at tremendous speed.
Several black dots pursued closely behind the two escape lights, no slower than them.
A strange, piercing cry rang out, and the two Red Escape Lights abruptly came to a halt. With a flash of red light, Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng appeared. Both wore terrified expressions, their clothes somewhat tattered and faintly stained with blood. They looked thoroughly bedraggled.
They had arrived at the frontline to fight. The Demon Race, Sea Clan, and Barbarian Race were all formidable. Before this, Wang Mingren had never experienced fighting Alien Races, and he had gained little advantage.
After Core Formation, he had not fought many battles. Most of the time, he had been stationed at Markets. His actual combat ability was lacking; after completing the missions issued by the sect, he exchanged Contribution Points for Cultivation Resources. His combat experience was not even on par with Wang Qingshan's.
Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng had joined forces and, with great difficulty, killed a Core Formation Stage Sea Clan member. Yet Wang Mingren felt that earning merit this way was too slow and the rewards too meager. He had volunteered to follow several Nascent Soul Cultivators deep behind enemy lines to harass their rear.
Ximen Feng had not agreed. Harassing the rear was far too dangerous, but she could not sway the stubborn Wang Mingren. Unable to bear seeing him take such risks alone, she accompanied him deep behind enemy lines for the sake of helping him become one of the Five Heroes of Taiyi. Unfortunately, they suffered defeat in their very first battle. The Nascent Soul Cultivator leading them was entangled by Nascent Soul Realm Demon Race cultivators, while the