In the ancient forest, the canopy obscured the sky, barely allowing sunlight to penetrate. Dead branches and leaves scattered all over the ground, the damp air filled with a putrid stench, and occasionally, reptiles leaped about, making rustling sounds.

Ji Jiayu hid in a narrow cave. He had sensed with his spiritual sense that in this cave, with its constantly dripping stone walls, there was not even a single insect, and there were no large animals or other creatures around, so it could be said to be extremely safe.

Only then did Ji Jiayu's tense heart finally relax. He looked down at his hand, which was as solid as stone when he held the knife, and was trembling.

Images of the blood-soaked demon soldiers falling just now kept flashing before his eyes, making his heartbeat faster and his breathing become more labored.

You know, before that, he hadn't even killed a mouse.

Although the two black-armored men were demons, their forms were almost identical to humans, and even before killing them, Ji Jiayu truly thought he was killing humans.

Although Ji Jiayu had experienced many ups and downs, he was not a cold-blooded person, and such discomfort was understandable. But he quickly suppressed his emotions.

Rather than suppress them, it was better to suppress them within his heart. After all, he was now in a dangerous zone and couldn't tolerate any wild thoughts or excessive emotions.

The black arrow struck a broken branch, easily piercing it, and then penetrating deep into the ground, avoiding a fatal blow. Ji Jiayu didn't look in the direction the arrow was fired but instead circulated the holy light particles within his body and rushed towards the dense forest. Without knowing the enemy's number and location, it was wise to use the terrain as cover.

While fleeing, Ji Jiayu felt a tingling sensation at the back of his heart, and he subconsciously turned around, and the black arrow shot out fiercely. Afterward, arrows shot out one after another, almost without pause, as if the other party didn't need to aim.

However, with a hint of divine skin and the support of majestic divine power, Ji Jiayu finally managed to hide in the dense forest.

The tree towered tall, and its thick trunk perfectly concealed his figure. He closed his eyes, as if a physical spiritual power spread out in all directions.

Even though he closed his eyes, he could see things clearly, as if he had a second pair of eyes. Under the observation of these eyes, the world became clearer, and various details appeared in vivid detail before his eyes.

The entire world had become transparent.

In this transparent world, Ji Jiayu saw five more demon soldiers. However, unlike the previous team, this team was significantly better configured, better equipped, and stronger at the same time, more than a star and a half stronger.

Among the five demon soldiers, three were at the peak of the fourth rank, and one was at the fifth rank!

This team's configuration was clearly not something Ji Jiayu could match, so he made a decision without thinking.

Run!

Ji Jiayu didn't gain much useful information from the battle, so he chose a random direction and began running wildly.

"Sigh!"

Black arrows fell one after another, almost hitting Ji Jiayu every time, but still missing.

However, the five demon soldiers didn't rush; they began chasing after Ji Jiayu, following their previous training to gather and chase.

During the chase, the archers were responsible for restricting Ji Jiayu's position, the squad leader in the middle of the fifth rank was responsible for commanding, and the other three were responsible for casting spells, some were responsible for speeding up the pursuit, and some were responsible for preparing for close combat.

After capturing their dynamics through the transparent realm, Ji Jiayu's heart couldn't help but sink.

Although he only possessed the strength of a peak third rank, this team of demons had no intention of underestimating him at all and were still trying their best to hunt him down.

Then, let them chase!

"Let's see if you can catch up!" Ji Jiayu turned his head and glanced at them coldly.

Although these five demon soldiers were stronger than him, if you were to talk about the total amount of energy in their bodies, the five of them might not even be as much as him combined, and their quality was even more unmatched.

If the demon soldiers planned to exhaust both his physical strength and divine power, then they would make a mistake. Not only would they make a mistake, but they would also push themselves into a pit.

Ji Jiayu, who possessed divine skin texture, was fast, and had a transparent world to "navigate" for him, so he didn't need to see to know where to run next.

Ji Jiayu's reaction speed surprised the demon soldiers, but they weren't worried. In their opinion, Ji Jiayu was only a peak third-level Bright Spirit, and he would run out of divine power if he couldn't hold on for too long.

Although peak third-level Bright Spirits usually practiced constant meditation, could recover divine power during battle, and possessed a certain "endurance," it wasn't as efficient as regular meditation, so his recovery speed could never match the rate of consumption.

But five minutes later, the five demon soldiers were shocked to discover that Ji Jiayu's divine power had only been consumed a little, but their demonic energy had been consumed a lot.

This wasn't normal!

However, abnormality wasn't normal, and the pursuit still had to be pursued.

During the next ten minutes of pursuit, Ji Jiayu's speed began to slow, and he made mistakes when moving and jumping, and the distance between the two sides grew increasingly close.

This couldn't help but make the pursuing demon soldiers wonder: He had maintained such a high speed for so long, demonstrating extremely fast reaction times. Should he withdraw his divine power? This was fine; if he exhausted his divine power, there would be no room for counterattack.

However, just as the five demon soldiers were thinking this, a black light suddenly pierced the sky and directly struck a fourth-rank peak demon soldier who was running with all his might. A large amount of divine power attached to the black knife entered his body along the demon soldier's wound, burning him like a raging fire.

"Ah!"

The fourth-rank peak demon soldier screamed.

"Why does he still have so much divine power?" The other three demon soldiers were a little frightened.

They had clearly been chasing Ji Jiayu for about ten minutes, and a normal third-rank Ming Ling's divine power should have been exhausted long ago. But looking at Ji Jiayu's posture as he had just thrown the long knife, he didn't look like someone whose divine power was about to run out.

Furthermore, he wasn't throwing darts; he was throwing a black knife!

Where did he get so much effort? Where did he get his good points?

Of course, this was an ability granted to Ji Jiayu by the Translucent Realm. Translucency in the realm not only helped practitioners see things, but also had the function of guidance and locking.

However, compared to the accuracy of his throwing knives and the amount of divine power, the threat Ji Jiayu posed to them was what shocked them the most.

It had to be known that the gap between the third and fourth ranks was a vast realm. If not for extremely special circumstances, a third-rank cultivator would be impossible to defeat a fourth-rank cultivator. But Ji Jiayu not only did it, but he did it in an "instant kill" manner!

What was even more frightening was his ease.

What was the origin of this third-rank Ming Ling? What other trump cards did he have?

"Change of plans." Suddenly, the fifth-rank demon warrior spoke, "Surround immediately and kill quickly."

They had received a signal from another demon search team and knew that Ji Jiayu had something, so they had planned to consume him first and then surround him. However, Ji Jiayu's current abilities gave them a sense of crisis.

They had thought they were the hunters, but was that really the case?

As they pursued, the sky gradually darkened, making the already dark and cold dense forest even darker. However, this had no effect on demons, their eyeballs were covered with a thin layer, allowing them to see normally in the dark; It had little effect on Ji Jiayu, and her transparent world also had night vision functions.

The arrival of night only made the atmosphere even more solemn.

Under the leadership of the fifth-level demon soldier, three other demon soldiers quickly surrounded Ji Jiayu from the sides. As for the other demon soldiers, they were tortured by Ji Jiayu's extremely high-quality divine power to the point of immobilization. They had to constantly use their demonic energy to fight, making it difficult for them to exert any effective force.

Normally, with Ji Jiayu's strength, a fourth-level demon couldn't catch up to him. Although his realm was slightly lower, he was brimming with divine power, and he could flee with all his might at any time, without worrying about energy consumption.

However, when he encountered a fifth-level demon soldier, he had no choice.

This fifth-level demon soldier's explosive power was too powerful, and he immediately circled in front of Ji Jiayu and stopped him.

Looking at the fifth-level demon soldier in front of him, who was about the same height as him, Ji Jiayu felt a great deal of pressure. It was worth noting that he had no previous combat experience, and before he reached the Spirit Bridge and advanced in strength, he was a human who had only recently entered cultivation. However, pressure was pressure, and his mentality was very calm.

Under the oppression of the death crisis, Ji Jiayu gradually showed his talent.