The Great Ruler wanted to lie down but was thrown into the Spirit Road.

"Captain Yunmo, do you even know what's going on? We've already wasted too much time on this last path, and now there's not a soul in sight, let alone that level nine spirit beast."

At the edge of an ancient forest, Yun Mo led the two of them through it, while Wu Yingying kept complaining.

"You've led teams before. When I asked you to lead a team before, you just wandered around like a fly. You didn't see any level nine spirit beasts, but instead ran into the nest of a bunch of level eight spirit beasts. Luckily we ran fast, or we would have become their food long ago."

"Besides, I at least found one not long ago, which gave us two spirit cores. Now we only need one more. What are you complaining about? Learn from your sister Qingxuan. With your personality, you wouldn't even be a maid."

As night fell, Yun Mo found a spot with a pool of water and prepared to rest there for the night.

"You're the maid! Ha, you've given yourself away. I've known for a long time that you're plotting against Sister Qingxuan." Wu Yingying said through gritted teeth, holding back her anger.

"This is ridiculous. You even want to drag your sister Qingxuan into this mess. I think you're just being unreasonable. Hurry up and go find some wild rabbits or fish and shrimp. It's your turn to keep watch and cook tonight."

"Tch, as if you'd dare eat what I make." Wu Yingying pouted, picked up her longbow, and walked outside.

This was an agreement between the three of them. Whenever they had free time, they would look for something to eat, which was a kind of fun during their training on the Spirit Path.

"Well……"

Yun Mo shuddered when she recalled how Wu Yingying had haphazardly placed the seasonings she had taken out. It wasn't just Wu Yingying who felt this way; Wen Qingxuan was no different. Her method felt like she was concocting medicine.

In the end, I basically had to solve this problem myself.

"What are you thinking about?" Wen Qingxuan looked up at him and asked.

"I'm wondering if we should really do what that girl said and go to ambush people around the central temple. Judging from the current progress, someone should have obtained the level nine token by now."

Yunmo lit a small fire, illuminating the surrounding darkness, and the distant water shimmered in the moonlight.

He put his hands behind his head, lay down and looked at the twinkling fireflies in the sky. Wen Qingxuan sat down beside him, her red dress billowing in the air.

"A level nine token? I don't believe you'd care that much about that."

Wen Qingxuan had spent the most time with him and had a certain understanding of him. As for the so-called level nine token, he probably didn't really care about it, at least not now.

"Okay, actually I'm still thinking about the mark between my eyebrows. It seems to be starting to affect my mind now, as if a sinister feeling is constantly rising in my heart, and I have to deliberately distract myself to suppress it," Yun Mo said.

Wen Qingxuan recalled for a while, and then said: "...I remember that the ancient books recorded that the mark of the evil race can indeed affect the mind. Many people, after being marked, end up no different from the evil race from beyond the realm."

However, there are solutions. Generally, one can elevate their own soul to the Supreme level to reduce the impact, or have a powerful being intervene and directly destroy the mark. However, this is indeed the first time the Demon Emperor's mark has appeared, and no one knows what makes it different.

"Forget it, things will work themselves out. Besides, you said it yourself, raising your soul to the Supreme level might bring about some positive changes." Yun Mo smiled at her.

"Then what about your Supreme Dharma Body? Even if you can obtain the Ancient Gold and the Flowing Flame, where are you supposed to find that Heavenly Demon Grass? That Dharma Body is the capital that allows you to travel throughout the Great Thousand Worlds," Wen Qingxuan said calmly.

"Actually, my father had prepared a Supreme Dharma Body for me a long time ago, but none of them were quite suitable. The Primordial Heavenly Demon Body of the Witch Clan is indeed very powerful, and when combined with the Witch Clan's body-tempering scriptures, it can be made several levels stronger. However, the Heavenly Demon Grass is indeed an obstacle. Perhaps..."

Yun Mo thought to himself that perhaps the Mirror of Judgment above his head was a solution.

Seeing his pensive expression, Wen Qingxuan stopped talking, but turned her phoenix eyes to the pool, her gaze deep and unsettling.

……

The next day.

Yun Mo and his two companions spent the night at the pool. Just as they were about to leave, they encountered some figures, which made them open their eyes a little wider.

Among these people was a level nine token, which was even delivered to their doorstep.

"Hand over the token, or you'll all be lying here." Lou Ying and his companions pointed their longswords at Yun Mo.

They had just discovered that this person had taken out a spirit core from his pocket and integrated it into the token, instantly raising it to level nine.

The level nine token nearly drove them mad.

It should be noted that their level nine token was only obtained by snatching it from someone who was injured, and now they have found another one.

Yun Mo looked at him with an indescribable strange expression.

Although they had sensed someone approaching, they hadn't paid much attention to it. They were surprised that this person would take out his level nine token and use it as a symbol of his strength to force them to give up their tokens.

This was a result that Yun Mo and the other two had never expected.

"..."

"Heh, I didn't expect our luck to accumulate until now before it finally exploded," Yun Mo said with a smile.

"Hurry up and deal with them. I reckon Wu Ling is already in the Central Temple." Wu Yingying's scarlet crescent blade appeared, and without saying a word, she rushed towards Lou Ying and the other two.

In their perception, Lou Ying and the other two were quite strong, but defeating a level nine spirit beast was not so easy, and they didn't know how they obtained the level nine token.

Could it be that she has some hidden trump card? With this in mind, Wu Yingying went all out from the start, not wanting to give them any chance at all.

Even Yun Mo and Wen Qingxuan were the same.

It's impossible for them to suffer such a mishap.

Lou Ying and the others' expressions changed drastically when they saw Wu Yingying, wielding a crescent-shaped blade and exuding a terrifying aura, flying towards them. At that moment, they seemed to feel an extreme sense of oppression.

The spirit cores they possessed were obtained by killing level nine spirit beasts themselves, so how come they weren't injured?

Lou Ying felt a chill run down her spine. "Retreat! Retreat immediately!"

He reacted immediately, turned around without looking back, and shot away into the distance, ignoring even his companions.

If it were just the girl in front of him, he might have tried to fight her to the death, but the two people behind her were clearly more terrifying than her. He had never felt such suffocating terror on the Spirit Road.

"Hmph, if you get away, Wu Ling will laugh me to death." Wu Yingying snorted coldly, put away her crescent blade, picked up her longbow, and prepared to concentrate her energy and spirit to shoot.

Just before she made her move, Yun Mo and Wen Qingxuan also threw out dozens of steel needles as a precaution.

The steel needle arrived in an instant, covering a distance of several tens of feet.

In the blink of an eye, they sealed off Lou Ying's position, some even striking his acupoints, forcing him to slow down and dodge.

"laugh!"

However, as soon as he slowed down, Wu Yingying's arrow reached him from behind, piercing his shoulder blade and pinning him to the ancient tree.

"Cough cough..."

Lou Ying smiled bitterly; with each cough, a trickle of blood would spill from the corner of her mouth.

He originally had the opportunity to receive the highest level of empowerment, but he lost his mind as soon as he saw the level nine token. He should have abandoned his collaborators earlier and gone directly to the central temple.