Inside the Endless Mountains.
Shao Junyi advanced cautiously.
Although he had yet to reach the Demon Race's heartland, there were plenty of demonic beasts around him.
With his current strength,
being surrounded by demonic beasts would mean certain death.
Even great cultivators of the divine martial realm had to tread carefully around the demonic beasts in the Endless Mountains. If they encountered the Demon Race, even Heavenly Being Experts might not escape unscathed.
For the Human Race,
the Endless Mountains were unquestionably a forbidden land.
However,
unless they revealed their identities beforehand, it was difficult to distinguish demons from demonic beasts by sight alone.
After all, aside from their intelligence, there was no difference in their appearance.
Sword light flashed, and a demonic beast in the true martial early stage fell dead.
Shao Junyi crouched down and briefly searched its body. Only after confirming that it had no Beast Core did he stand.
He had already ventured some distance into the Endless Mountains, and the demonic beasts he encountered were generally growing stronger.
Demonic beasts in the true martial early stage like this one were already rare. Most were at least in the inner astral realm.
The farther he went,
the stronger these demonic beasts would become.
Only powerful demonic beasts were qualified to dwell near the Demon Race.
The spiritual energy here was denser, unlike that of the outer regions.
"To investigate the Demon Race's unusual movements a few days ago, I'll have to venture into their heartland, or simply capture a demon and question them."
Shao Junyi considered this to himself.
Although the Demon Race was fearsome, within its heartland, that description applied only to its top experts.
Ordinary demons were not actually all that powerful.
Even if demons were naturally stronger than humans, the difference was not