Immortal Martial Saint, something's wrong with my entry.

"Hmm? Li Youan, this monster is yours to deal with quickly."

Li Youan nodded as he looked at the wolf demon not far away. Although this wolf demon had left the pack alone, the captain had just reminded him that the wolf demon's cultivation had reached the fifth level of the Kaiyuan Realm.

Perhaps it was Li Youan's previous battle that gave Luo Jingshan a lot of confidence, so now he is looking for opponents for Li Youan who are all at the fifth level of the Kaiyuan Realm.

"By the way, don't make too much of a fuss, after all, this is already a battleground between humans and demons."

Upon hearing the captain's words, Li Youan also gave up using some of the more imposing formations. Instead, he took off the long whip from his waist. Since he comprehended the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix and learned formations, he has rarely used whip techniques.

Although it had been a while since he had used the bone whip, Li Youan did not feel rusty when he held it, after all, this was his first weapon.

Back then in the Forest of Ten Thousand Demons, without this bone whip by his side, Li Youan would not have been able to reach the front-line base so easily.

Li Youan concealed his aura and quietly approached the wolf demon. With the existing attribute bonuses, a sneak attack would still provide the greatest boost to his strength.

The pig demon that first entered the Forest of Ten Thousand Demons, although it had the strength of the fourth level of the Opening Yuan Realm, was no match for a natural hunter like a wolf.

Although the wolf demon was very vigilant, it still failed to detect Li Youan's approach.

The people behind him watched Li Youan slowly approach the wolf demon, and they were all a little worried. They did not doubt Li Youan's talent in array formation, but they were still worried about facing the fifth level of the Opening Yuan Realm directly.

"Captain, isn't this a bit beyond the junior's capabilities?"

Luo Yao, the elder of the two Luo brothers, transmitted his voice to Luo Jingshan.

"It's alright, I'm keeping an eye on things here, nothing will happen. Besides, I feel like he's fine. I always have a feeling that Li Youan is hiding something."

As Luo Jingshan watched Li Youan's retreating figure, a glint of light flashed in his eyes from time to time.

When Li Youan was about twenty meters away from the wolf demon, he felt that the wolf demon seemed to have discovered something, but it could not determine his position. After all, no matter how powerful the spell was, it could not make him invisible.

Moreover, once one's cultivation reaches the Kaiyuan Realm, this twenty-meter distance is actually not much different from being hand-to-hand with someone.

Li Youan gently swung the bone whip in his hand, controlling himself to make no sound.

In a split second, Li Youan swung his right hand, and the bone whip, guided by the single horn at the end, stabbed towards the wolf demon's abdomen.

"Serpent Transformation - Thorn"

Although Li Youan's speed was still within the wolf demon's reaction range, his appearance was too sudden. Even though the wolf demon dodged the fatal spot, it was still left with a wound on its abdomen by the sharp horn.

The wolf demon didn't even have time to howl before it hurriedly retreated, trying to see where the enemy's sneak attack came from. But Li Youan didn't give it a chance to catch its breath, wielding his long whip and lashing it several times in succession, preventing the wolf demon from adjusting its state.

Roar!

Finally, the wolf demon withstood a whip from Li Youan. The pain from its wound made it howl to the sky, but it also managed to see Li Youan, the one who had ambushed it.

Staring at the human holding a whip not far in front of him, the wolf demon felt challenged.

This little guy, only at the first level of the Opening Origin Realm, actually dared to challenge me. If this little brat hadn't gotten the first move in the sneak attack, I would have swallowed him whole.

It was nearly noon, and the temperature in the Ten Thousand Demon Forest was rising. Although Li Youan and the wolf demon were standing under the tree and not directly exposed to the sun, they could still sense the surrounding temperature.

Luo Jingshan and his group stood not far away, watching Li Youan fight the wolf demon, occasionally offering their comments.

"That was a good lash."

"Sigh, things are getting a bit urgent on this side."

"Yeah, I shouldn't have dodged just now."

"Actually, we can try to put together a fight here."

"Hmm, your combat instincts are still pretty good."

"Slightly inferior to me back then."

"Wow, you're shameless. This guy is clearly better than you. Luckily, I knew you back then."

"Hey, you!"

"Hmm, look, it's almost over. Although you're a formation master, you're also quite talented in close combat."

Listening to his teammates' words, Luo Jingshan quietly said something from the side.

"His talent is purely combat-oriented; he's a pure talent monster."

"You have all seen his background. Before being recruited by the academy, he was just an ordinary child from an orphanage, who had some extra talent in cultivation compared to his peers."

"But his talent in cultivation is not outstanding, otherwise no small family would have recruited him even when he participated in the assessment."

"But look at his experience from the beginning of the assessment, it's incredibly rich and amazing. Killing demons, setting traps, rescuing people, not to mention his performance in the subsequent arena battles."

"Although luck plays a role in whether you can become the winner in the arena, luck is also a kind of strength. Our team actually got lucky. Even if he is not Master Wei's apprentice, his future is limitless."

……

After several battles with the wolf demon, Li Youan realized that the wolf demon was not as powerful as he had expected. Perhaps it was because his strength had improved too quickly. Although he could not defeat the wolf demon, neither of them could overcome the other, and they could fight for a while without any problem.

Since direct combat was not an option, Li Youan had no choice but to resort to other tactics. He did not want to engage in a prolonged battle with the wolf demon.

Although the captain said not to be too conspicuous, as long as I can end the battle quickly and leave the area in time, there won't be any problems.

Thinking of this, Li Youan continued to fight the wolf demon with his previous rhythm, but his left hand was secretly forming a hand seal in his sleeve.

Luo Jingshan judged that the battle was about to end because he saw Li Youan's action. Putting aside other aspects, Li Youan's talent in array formation was truly amazing.

Under the cover of repeated battles, Li Youan would occasionally place magic seals under the surrounding ground.

After fighting Li Youan for a while, the wolf demon realized that the human boy had some strength, but was still somewhat inferior to himself, and began to toy with his prey.

The wolf's claws collided with the bone whip from time to time, sparks flying everywhere. The sparks burned small holes in the leaves and grass.

The shockwave from the collision bent some of the surrounding saplings.

Bang!

They clashed again, the wolf demon using its claws to brace against the bone whip. This time, the wolf demon didn't retreat immediately, but instead pressed forward, closing in on Li Youan.

Li Youan tried to pull the bone whip from under the wolf's claws, but found he couldn't budge it. He was stuck in a stalemate with the wolf demon, and could only bend down to dodge the wolf demon's right claw as it attacked.

Seeing Li Youan bending over, the wolf demon kicked off with its hind legs and opened its blood-red maw to pounce on Li Youan.

He no longer wanted to play along; he just wanted to devour the human in front of him and then go somewhere else. The wolf demon felt the surroundings were too quiet.