Start slaying demons from the proficiency panel.

What are first-rank officials and Silver Tiger Demon Subduing Captains? In front of the Dragon Elephant Upper Realm, they are no different from ordinary people.

As long as the young man can break through to the Dragon Elephant Upper Realm, even Ning Xiu, who is at the peak of the first rank in martial arts, will no longer be his opponent.

Sensing the change in the boy's situation, Ning Xiu wanted to rush over to stop him, but there were simply too many Yin slaves surrounding him, and they were all risking their lives to block him, so it was really difficult to get close in a short time.

Just then, Ning Xiu also felt the abnormality inside his body becoming more and more obvious. He felt a faint pain under his ribs, as if something sharp was pricking him inside.

Normally, Ning Xiu would definitely have gone to check it out, but in the current situation, he couldn't afford to be distracted and had to endure the pain and continue fighting.

The boy devoured the breakthrough pill faster and faster, finishing the fist-sized fruit in just a few bites.

Then the boy was enveloped in wisps of smoke, white mist rising up, making him appear ethereal, as if ascending to the highest heavens.

His momentum continued to rise, until finally, it was as if a mirror shattered, and the world fell into eternal silence.

In Ning Xiu's eyes, all the Yin slaves seemed to have frozen in place at this moment, completely still.

Ning Xiu felt the silence around him, looked towards the mysterious boy, raised his arms with a look of enjoyment, closed his eyes and immersed himself in the atmosphere.

Ning Xiu seemed to vaguely see that the boy's body was originally covered by a thick cocoon, but now, cracks were constantly breaking open on the cocoon, and something was about to break out of the cocoon and be reborn!

……

In the sky directly above the city of the Evil Barbarians.

A clump of grayish-brown, viscous substance appeared out of thin air and was writhing wildly. The clouds began to dissipate in the area where the substance was located, and even the wind dared not approach.

Hundreds of miles away from the Demon-Subduing Camp, a long-haired man who was walking in the air with a white Bagua formation emanating from his back suddenly stopped and looked in the direction of the Evil Barbarian City with some surprise.

"A destiny star! A Dragon Elephant Realm expert is about to emerge from Qingque Prefecture. My Demon Subduing Division has several First Rank Limit experts, but I wonder which one it is, or perhaps the demons..."

The man's expression revealed a hint of worry. He had established the Great Shang Protectorate in Qingque Prefecture with his strength at the Upper Dragon Elephant Realm and had been stationed there for many years.

The sudden appearance of a Dragon Elephant Realm expert will inevitably have a huge impact on the original balance of power in Qingque Prefecture.

If the one who condensed the destiny star is a demon, then it would undoubtedly be terrible news for the Shang Dynasty.

"It's fate..."

It is located four thousand miles away from the city of evil.

The few supernatural beings who had previously secretly observed the Demon Subduing Camp and Ning Xiu were now staring intently at the mass of matter in the sky in the direction of the Evil Barbarian City.

"How come there's suddenly another Dragon Elephant Realm expert? This is completely different from what the High Priest predicted."

"It's unclear whether this Dragon Elephant King is the Demon-Subduing Commander of the Great Shang Dynasty or someone from those other forces. We still need to observe him secretly."

"We've been watching long enough. The Great Shang Demon-Subduing Martial Arts Competition won't last much longer. The Divine Sparrow Kingdom hasn't taken any action yet. We need to intervene and make them anxious."

"Haste makes waste. Peng Futian has not yet shown up, and now another Dragon Elephant King is about to appear in Qingque Prefecture. The situation is complicated and uncertain. It is far from the time for us to show ourselves. Let's wait a little longer."

The Demon-Subduing Camp, a large tent made of golden velvet.

"A new destiny star, with such a murky and chaotic fate, seems to be a demon. However, it also seems to have a trace of death mixed in, which is extremely rare. What else in Qingque Prefecture can threaten a person who is about to become a Dragon Elephant Upper Realm? Interesting, very interesting."

The Shang emperor, who was born with double pupils, wiped an ancient longsword and couldn't help but laugh.

……

The mysterious boy's smile grew increasingly arrogant, his eyes filled with undisguised joy.

He could sense that he could break through at any moment, perhaps in the next instant, or perhaps right now.

Ning Xiu was somewhat anxious as he slaughtered the Yin slaves, but the Yin slaves fearlessly surrounded him. Although they paid with their lives, they successfully hindered Ning Xiu's actions.

At the same time, the pain under his ribs became more and more obvious, forcing Ning Xiu to distract himself and try to control it.

boom!

Suddenly, a loud explosion resounded, centered on the mysterious youth. The ground cracked and spread out in a spiderweb-like pattern. At the same time, the ground began to collapse, and the soil above poured down, soon burying the place completely.

The mysterious youth gestured, and the human-headed Yin spirit immediately swallowed him whole, then quickly burst upwards from the ground.

Ning Xiu's forehead was covered in cold sweat. Even if he was a first-level martial artist, if he were buried underground, his chances of survival would be slim.

Moreover, if the boy were allowed to return to the ground and successfully break through to the next realm, his fate in the face of a demon at the upper level of the Dragon-Elephant realm would be self-evident.

If you want to survive, you have to kill your opponent before they succeed.

Therefore, Ning Xiu endured the intense pain in his body, and with both spears, he drew a 360-degree arc, instantly killing the Yin slaves who were crowding around him.

He then leaped into the air, smashing through layers of earth and soaring upwards. Ning Xiu possessed Heavenly Gang Inner Force, which was like a sharp knife. The collapsed earth could not conceal him at all, and he was quickly smashed away.

But the remaining Yin slaves had the task of holding Ning Xiu back. They flapped their wings and suddenly took flight, chasing after Ning Xiu, grabbing his legs, and trying to drag him down.

The number of entangled Yin slaves increased, and soon they formed a small mountain, dragging Ning Xiu's body so that it could no longer rise an inch.

"Damn it!" Ning Xiu couldn't help but curse as he felt the heaviness in his body.

As he grew angry, it was as if a volcano was erupting within him, and boundless power inexplicably surged forth from nowhere.

Ning Xiu's body trembled, and the Yin slaves who were holding onto his legs were unable to resist at all. They broke free and their bodies were shattered into pieces.

Ning Xiu immediately relaxed and rushed upwards at a speed several times faster than before.

……

boom!

The human-headed Yin spirit broke through the earth and floated within the city of evil.

All around it were grotesquely dead demons, and the human-headed Yin spirit grinned at the sky, lifting the mysterious boy sitting cross-legged on its tongue into the air.

Above the sky, a mass of gray, wriggling matter corresponding to the boy's position was constantly contracting and expanding, clearly entering the stage where it was about to be successfully shaped.

Once the destiny star is stable, one will truly reach the highest realm of dragon and elephant.

The boy closed his eyes and focused his mind on the final breakthrough. A faint gray line appeared between his brows, as if it were about to open.

Just then, a figure rushed out from underground; it was Ning Xiu.

He looked completely different from before; the thing that held his hair back was nowhere to be found, and his black hair was fluttering in the wind.

With no clothes on his upper body, two black lumps the size of human heads could be clearly seen growing under Ning Xiu's ribs. These lumps seemed to be breathing, varying in size.

Pain! Excruciating pain!

Even Ning Xiu, a martial arts master of the first rank, could not bear the pain. The pain was so intense that it made him look hideous, comparable to having his abdomen cut open and his heart ripped out.

Enduring the pain fueled Ning Xiu's growing rage, and the angrier he became, the stronger the power erupting from his body grew, reaching its zenith.

hiss!

The gray line between the boy's eyebrows suddenly opened, and a gray eye stared at Ning Xiu with a somewhat mocking expression.

“You are… Ning Xiu, right? I remember you’re from the Champion Camp…” the boy said.

Ning Xiu was taken aback. He had never revealed his identity or name when he came here, and this person in front of him even knew that he had been in the champion camp. This was completely beyond his comprehension.

"Don't be nervous... I'm just like you, I also came from the Champion Camp, but the difference is... I was abandoned by the Champion Camp, and in the end I was unable to join the Demon Extermination Bureau as I wished, to become a glorious Demon Extermination Captain to eradicate evil spirits for the Great Shang Dynasty..."

Hehehe... Instructor Wu Yan probably never imagined that I have such a great talent for the Immortal Path. I should have become the leading figure in the Immortal Path of the Demon Subduing Division, just like the Three Saints of the past... It's a pity they lacked foresight...

I remember you had a good friend, right? What was his name again...? He Yunlang! What happened to him? Did he become a Demon Slayer? Or did he end up like me, assigned as an ordinary soldier...?

It doesn't seem like it's been that long since I last saw you... I didn't expect you to have made such rapid progress, just like me. You must have encountered some extraordinary opportunities or adventures...

Hehehe... Who would have thought that in this little champion camp, two of us would emerge from the same cohort, and in less than a year, we would have become top-tier masters on our chosen paths...

With your talent and fortuitous encounters, reaching the Upper Dragon-Elephant Realm is no problem; it's just a matter of time. As for me, I'm currently breaking through, and becoming an Upper Dragon-Elephant is a certainty. It's a pity you... met me here..."

The boy said a lot, and Ning Xiu's eyes gradually fell into memories, but he couldn't remember the identity of the person in front of him, and he felt unfamiliar and blank about the other person's appearance.

"Who exactly are you?" Ning Xiu frowned.

“I never imagined that I was so unknown back then, that even you didn’t remember me. Ning Xiu, you’d better remember me now. My name is Wang Bing. I was one of the few people who were chosen by Instructor Wu to go to the Demon Suppression Prison to serve as executioners, along with you,” the young man said with a smile.

Ning Xiu suddenly realized that he knew of this person, but the Wang Bing in his memory was dark and thin with a pointed mouth and monkey-like face, which was not the appearance of the boy in front of him.

In that case, it's indeed understandable that he wouldn't recognize his own identity.

"It's you...you actually came to the outer realm and became a demon." Ning Xiu was greatly surprised. You should know that back in the Champion Camp for several years, they, as apprentices, would receive messages every night from people sent by the Demon Subduing Division, personally instilling in them the idea that they should prioritize the people of the Great Shang Dynasty and protect them from evil spirits.

Surprisingly, even so, some people still chose to fall into depravity.

"What difference is there between humans and demons? You're being too attached to appearances, Ning Xiu. As long as you have enough strength, you can change your definition of everything. Humans can be bad, and demons can be good."

The root of the disorder lies solely with the administrators: either they lack the power to handle all those opposed to the definition of justice, or they simply haven't considered correcting the situation.

The Great Shang Dynasty has long suffered from evil spirits and the states occupied by the demon kingdom, but has never made any substantial progress. The thirty-six states have not been able to achieve unification for hundreds of years. What do you think is the problem?

"What do you mean by 'yin spirit'? As long as it helps me gain enough power, I can accomplish anything the Great Shang Dynasty never did. Ning Xiu, do you understand what I mean?"

Ning Xiu's eyes were bloodshot; the pain from the two tumors had left him no time to think about what Wang Bing had said.

The pain caused by the pain only made him feel angry, extremely angry.

At this moment, all he wanted to do was beat the guy in front of him who kept babbling on and on, even though the guy was his former fellow student from the championship camp.

"Die!" Ning Xiu kicked off with both legs, and a large chunk of the ground beneath his feet instantly collapsed, as even the earth could not support his explosive power at this moment.

Holding two guns, Ning Xiu arrived in front of Wang Bing in an instant, thrusting the tips of the guns at his body.

Wang Bing blinked, and a shield formed by wind, rocks, water, and fire appeared in front of him, easily blocking Ning Xiu's attack.

"You should know that the difference between the Upper Dragon Elephant Realm and the First Rank seems to be only one step, but the gap between these two realms is like heaven and earth. You can't possibly hurt me now." The boy slowly opened his tightly closed eyes.

The gray matter in the sky then stopped moving and gradually solidified, forming a star covered with gray tentacles.

When the destiny star appears, the dragon and the elephant will achieve their highest realm!

boom!

Ning Xiu only felt a tremendous force surge out, instantly sending him flying. This power surpassed anything he had ever seen before, presenting an overwhelming force that left him with no thought of resistance whatsoever.

Ning Xiu crashed through more than twenty houses and forty walls before finally stopping, where he was forced to embed himself in the high wall of a stone building in the city.

The remaining demons around them cast incredulous glances. Judging from the fighting, it had only been quiet for a short while, and now it was about to start again.

Wang Bing stood up on the tongue of the Yin God with the human head, and with a wave of his sleeve, he swept away all the corpses and ruins around him, clearing the area forty or fifty feet away. The entire area was clean, with not a single thing left over.

"It's time. Let's begin our plan," Wang Bing said calmly, looking up at the sky.

The human-headed Yin God beneath his feet revealed an excited expression: "As long as the plan succeeds, the entire Qingque Prefecture will be ours. At that time, with the power of just one prefecture, it will be enough for you to become the true being."

"Don't speak so confidently. Those who achieve great things do not speak or act arrogantly before they succeed, only then can they attain perfect enlightenment," Wang Bing reminded him.

"Yes, you've taught me this principle, and I know it too," the human-headed spirit repeatedly agreed.