At that moment.
Amid the wind and snow.
Xu Yuan raced through the darkness.
Lines of faintly glowing text appeared:
"The third event in the series, 'Lone Walk in the Dark,' has begun."
"This Competition is a Nightmare Tier open event."
"The Competition has officially begun and will last at least two days."
"Requirement: Pass the Special Admission Test without being eliminated."
"Prepare to face the enemy!"
The text vanished in a flash.
A vague feeling rose in Xu Yuan's heart.
It was as though
a malicious consciousness was watching him from somewhere nearby.
If he couldn't "hit it so hard it ran the moment it saw him, or make it submit completely," it would keep finding ways to deal with him. One careless moment, and he would be eliminated!
It was a premonition he couldn't put into words.
So
the one behind this attack—the leader of the Demon Race—was hiding nearby?
"Come out. I can see you," Xu Yuan said.
The storm swallowed his voice.
The next second.
A humanoid demon stepped out from beneath the swaying shadows of the trees opposite him.
It had a human body and a human face, but natural markings covered its face and body, and sharp fangs filled its mouth.
Without those, it would have been no different from a human.
"You're the wolf that ambushed me just now?"
Xu Yuan asked.
"I'm Fengya. They say you're the foremost newcomer of the Qi Refining Realm, so I came to meet you myself," the Wolf Demon said coldly.
"The snow's too heavy for a photo, but I can give you an autograph," Xu Yuan said.
"Xu Yuan, I'll beat you into submission. Then I'll tear down every house in your village and show you what the Demon Race can do. Perhaps then you'll learn