"Hiss..."
A tiny emerald-green snake suddenly darted out of the grass and lunged for Yu Sheng's leg.
Its pupils were red.
Two markings spiraled around its body.
Yu Sheng paused, turned sideways to dodge, and flashed the dagger Sun Wen had recently forged from Demon Beast bones.
It cut a wound in the snake's body.
Writhing incessantly from the pain, the little snake crawled away.
In the end, the dagger pinned it to the ground.
After struggling a few times, it stopped moving.
He silently retrieved the dagger, took out the Demon Core, and prepared to leave.
Suddenly, wisps of gray gas emerged from the snake's body and merged into Yu Sheng's Scroll.
There was not much of it.
Just enough to be better than nothing.
Yu Sheng froze for a moment but did not linger. He even quickened his pace, gradually disappearing into the distance.
Drawn by the smell of blood, the Azure Wolf that had left earlier returned, looked at the snake on the ground, and swallowed it in one bite.
It looked around again.
Only after finding no other targets did it leave once more.
Beneath a tree in the distance.
Yu Sheng looked thoughtful.
This was not his first time killing Demons. He had killed some while completing missions outside Jiangcheng, but nothing at all had happened after those Demons died.
This time, however, gray aura had appeared.
"Was it a coincidence...?"
Yu Sheng murmured, keeping a wary eye on his surroundings as he casually scooped up a handful of dirt and smeared it over himself.
He replenished the scent that was gradually fading.
Only then did he turn and continue onward.
As he ventured deeper, the levels of the Demon Beasts around him gradually rose.
In fact, they were all at least level three.
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