As spiritual energy revived, I, having acquired certain attributes, gradually ascended to immortalit

In heavy rain.

Standing on the muddy brick path at the entrance of the village, looking at the white mist that seemed so close, everyone tensed up.

The fog was so thick that even such heavy rain couldn't disperse it in the slightest.

The team leaders, their faces serious, instructed, "Remember, no one is to enter the village until the fog dissipates!"

"Report."

No sooner had the words been spoken than someone in the group couldn't help but speak up.

"Why can't we go into the fog? Shouldn't we be trying to figure out why the demons appeared?"

Upon hearing the question, the team leaders seemed to have heard some absurd joke.

Why?

One of the team leaders shook his head.

"We once had the same idea as you, wanting to go in and explore, but without exception, none of those who went in came back."

Their expressions visibly tensed up.

"The thick fog is like another world, the kind where you can never return."

It wasn't just people; the army also tried to cover the area with fire before the fog dissipated, but that was also ineffective.

So we can only wait for the fog to clear before dealing with those demons.

"However, it also gave us some buffer time, preventing the demons from spreading."

One of the night owl leaders who came with them took over the conversation and opened a metal box he was carrying, inside which were five flags of different colors.

"Five Elements Flags"

Seeing the students' curious expressions, he explained, "It's similar to the effect of the 'avoiding people' lever; one is to prevent ordinary people from getting close."

One is that it can limit the range of demons' activities to a certain extent, but there is a limit to how much it can withstand.

He planted a black flag in the spot, and ripples spread out, invisible to the naked eye but perceptible to the senses.

Then, the owl leader disappeared from the spot, and the invisible ripples began to emanate from other directions until they finally covered the entire village.

Time passed second by second, the rain gradually subsided, and the white mist began to dissipate at a visible speed.

The long-abandoned village, overgrown with weeds and covered with vines, finally revealed its true form.

On the abandoned streets and houses, countless figures of all kinds appeared and disappeared, constantly emitting eerie low growls.

"There are eight E-rank demons. Take care of them first."

Someone spoke up, and half of the team leaders vanished from their spots in an instant.

The most conspicuous among them was Li Feng, whose muscles bulged, his clothes ripped, and his body was covered with dense, blood-red patterns.

The scorching heat emanating from his body caused even the smallest raindrops to evaporate instantly, turning into gas.

"A tattoo?" Shen Qing was taken aback.

No wonder they're still dressed so warmly even though it's almost June.

Looking up, Li Feng walked towards a bear that was nearly five meters long, resembling a small mountain, and was clearly stronger than the one he had encountered last time.

"roar!"

The bear roared in fury, slamming down its giant paw, the resulting wind pressure stirring up the surrounding rocks.

Instead of retreating, Li Feng advanced, dodging the attack with a dash, and suddenly lunged forward, grabbing one of the bear's legs with both arms.

Its blood-red patterns lit up, and it actually knocked him to the ground, causing the ground to tremble.

"This power..."

The strength of a captain-level individual is indeed not to be underestimated.

Shen Qing's expression turned serious. Last time, when he dealt with that bear, he did get the better end of the deal. It took the impact of tens of tons of force from the off-road vehicle to seriously injure the beast.

"I didn't expect that Captain Li could actually go toe-to-toe with this bear. His pure strength must be no less than four tons."

Whoever it is is stronger than the zombie he dealt with, though in terms of defense alone, they are probably inferior.

He was able to deal with the zombie entirely by relying on his bloodline control and Xie Chong's blender.

"But what are the captain's strengths?"

It seems that the other team captains all implicitly regard their own captain as their backbone.

"roar!!"

Just then, under the pressure of their leader's imposing aura, the other demons began to scatter and try to escape the encirclement.

Shen Qing and other newcomers, lacking in momentum, naturally became targets.

"The assessment begins!"

With a shout from one of the team leaders, Shen Qing rushed out.

They were met head-on by a creature that was a meter long, with ridiculously large ears, and resembled a rat.

Upon seeing Shen Qing, it immediately lunged forward with its bloodshot eyes, its mouth full of sharp teeth and dripping saliva.

Shen Qing suddenly stopped, and then swung his right fist out.

With a loud "bang!", blood and fragments splattered everywhere, and the head of the demon in front of them was smashed to pieces, leaving only a headless corpse lying on the ground, its limbs still twitching.

[Slay demons and listen to the earth-eating shrew to obtain the entry "Listen from the Ground (Green - Strange Tales)".]

[Hearing from the Ground: With hearing greatly enhanced, one can clearly distinguish all sounds and movements within a hundred meters when pressed close to the ground.]

In an instant, Shen Qing felt that the chaotic and noisy sounds around him seemed to begin to become clear.

However, it seems that this skill needs to be placed close to the ground to fully utilize its capabilities.

"It's him again!"

"Go for it! We can't let ourselves be looked down upon again!!"

Seeing Shen Qing rush forward again and even kill a real demon instantly, the other students felt their blood rushing to their heads, remembering his previous words.

"Slaughter these beasts!"

They shouted and rushed forward, showing no fear of these demons!

Amidst the chaotic sounds, Shen Qing clearly caught a series of muffled footsteps, though perhaps they were too obvious.

"Boom!"

Amidst billowing smoke and dust, a rhinoceros-like demon, its entire body light gray and standing two meters tall, crashed through a ruined house and burst forth, its gaze meeting Shen Qing's.

Their eyes met, and those dark eyes shone brightly. The front hooves began to paw at the ground restlessly.

"Should we make a move?"

On a rooftop not far away, He Ying and her two companions also arrived, with the girl among them frowning.

Although this rhinoceros demon's energy fluctuations are only at the F level, its strength is surprisingly great. A direct physical confrontation would be a huge loss.

Before He Ying could object or what, the young major among the three raised his hand to stop them.

"No rush. If we can handle a D-level event, surely we can handle an F-level Moon Rhino, right?"

This demon's movements are rigid; although its charges are powerful, it's impossible to stop it, making it easy to deal with.

He wanted to see how a ninth-rank supernatural being would deal with an eighth-rank walking corpse.

Even if the zombie hadn't transformed, its defensive capabilities were still formidable.

Unless they possess some special ability, those below the seventh rank shouldn't even think about breaking through their defenses head-on. As for firearms, they can even withstand machine gun fire; only a single-soldier rocket launcher can take them down.

But the result was outrageous.

"Are you trying to run me over? You'd better be able to get going first."

Shen Qing frowned as he watched the rhinoceros gazing at the moon.

Rhinoceroses are second only to elephants in strength among land animals, let alone a monster in front of them.

"Bang!"

Taking the initiative, he swiftly appeared beside the Moon Rhinoceros and delivered a powerful punch to its side, successfully disrupting its charge.

But the moon-gazing rhinoceros only raised its head and shook it in pain.

"Ta-da!"

In his haste, Shen Qing stumbled back several steps before managing to stop.

Different races of demons have different strengths; the bear and the rhinoceros in front of us are both naturally powerful.

Especially this Moon Gazing Rhinoceros in front of us, it is only a ninth-grade cultivator, but its strength is already comparable to an eighth-grade supernatural being, and it is not even a newly broken-through one.

Even without charging, its strength was close to three tons.

The strength of demons cannot be judged solely by their cultivation level; their race and bloodline are also very important.

He had just regained his footing when the rhinoceros stopped charging up; the punch had clearly angered it.

"Knock knock knock!"

The massive body rolled over directly, shattering the brick path beneath their feet and sending stones flying everywhere.

Shen Qing's pupils contracted. What's the difference between this and a car traveling at high speed?

Don't try to take it head-on!

Just as the rhinoceros was about to collide with him, he dodged to the side, then seized its disproportionately small horn and flipped onto it.

He couldn't take it head-on, but Shen Qing didn't intend to waste time pulling at it either. In his eyes, the demons around him were just walking words.