Just as he had in the simulations, Xu Changxing skillfully hunted the Demonic Beasts wreathed in destruction laws within the Abyss.
The fluctuations of the Way of Destruction's laws became destruction runes, branding themselves onto his flesh.
Decades later, the destruction runes on his flesh had almost joined into a continuous whole, just short of linking head to tail.
Just as he prepared to press on and complete the final stroke of the destruction Dao pattern, a terrifying aura of destruction approached from afar and arrived before him.
The instant he sensed that aura, Xu Changxing nearly activated the Kongwei Compass outright.
He was all too familiar with that aura.
In the previous Special Simulations, he had died at the hands of that aura's owner more than once.
That Spatial Demonic Beast capable of human speech had actually appeared ahead of time!
Why did he show himself this time before I broke through?
Could his tastes have changed over these million years?
Even as Xu Changxing silently grumbled, he had already summoned the Kongwei Compass within his Sea of Consciousness.
But just as he prepared to tear open space and flee, he suddenly noticed something he had just overlooked.
The Demonic Beast's aura was wrong.
Compared to the simulations, not only had this Demonic Beast's aura not grown stronger, it had weakened considerably.
Moreover, the Great Dao fluctuations emanating from him were not as complete as they had been in the simulations.
While Xu Changxing was briefly distracted, the Demonic Beast capable of human speech had already arrived before him.
The instant he saw the Demonic Beast's appearance clearly, he froze again.
In the previous simulations, although this Demonic Beast could speak human language, his appearance had differed little from that of other Abyssal Demonic Beasts.
Yet the Demonic Beast