Xuanwu Six-One Outpost.
It had just gone through a fierce battle.
Compared to the usual, the scale of this fight wasn’t particularly big or small.
It could only be considered a routine siege by the demon clan.
Inside the outpost, most of the Demon Suppression Guards were collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath as they rested.
Many of the guards, even though covered in injuries, still grit their teeth and endured the pain.
“Old Li isn’t here. He must have died.”
“When will days ever end?”
“Trying to establish an outpost on the sixth level is too difficult. I’m worried we won’t be able to complete the mission set by the will of heaven.”
“If we really can’t complete it, will we be erased?”
Some of the Demon Suppression Guards spoke in low, dejected voices.
The more they talked, the more hopeless the future seemed.
Beneath the city walls, heaps of demon corpses were piled up.
All the guards whose injuries weren’t too serious were put in charge of burning the demon corpses.
These corpses would be thrown into the Demon-Burning Furnace and reduced to ashes.
This was to prevent the demons from making use of them again.
The guards weren’t particularly motivated in their work.
It was more like muddling through the day just to get by.
Shen Mo stood atop the wall, staying vigilant against the distant demon clan to protect the guards burning the demon corpses.
With the strength of the Dharma Manifestation Realm, he could see and hear everything clearly.
Everyone was an individual.
Their thoughts were their own—Shen Mo couldn’t change them.
In fact, Shen Mo guessed that not just the guards, but even the Demon Suppression General probably had similar feelings.
The future looked bleak.
“If I count the time, Wang Xing’an and Ye Yan should be back soon.”
Shen Mo glanced at his Life Panel.
When he woke up this morning, he found that the panel had changed slightly.
His destiny had shifted a little.
And several turning points seemed to be approaching.
【Realm: Late-stage Dharma Manifestation Realm.】
【Fate Attributes: Son of an Apothecary, One Hearing a Thousand Insights, Sword Dao Prodigy, Blessed by Good Fortune, Taiyi Hunyuan Physique, Protected by Luck, Demon Suppression General.】
【Destiny: Ten years from now, you will be halted at the peak of the Dharma Manifestation Realm. The Undying Demon Emperor will return to the world, and demonic energy will engulf the Demon Suppression Sea. Shen Mo will be defeated by the Undying Demon Emperor, struck down to the ninth layer of the sea’s depths, body destroyed, Dao perishing.】
【Upcoming Turning Point 1: Today, after the demon clan’s assault on the city, you will witness Wang Xing’an and Ye Yan being chased by a demon emperor. Step in to save them and slay the demon emperor.
However, you will be afflicted by the curse power within the demon emperor, suffering severe injuries.
The Nine Nether Ice Flame, in order to dispel the curse power, will exhaust itself and fall into slumber.】
【Upcoming Turning Point 2: In a few days, you will go with Zhu Xuanji, Bai Liejiu, Xiong Ling, Bai Jue, and other Dharma Manifestation Realm powerhouses to the demon clan’s altar, but will be ambushed midway by the Fourth and Sixth Great Sky Demons and a horde of demon emperors.
Xiong Ling and Bai Jue will die, Zhu Xuanji will fall unconscious, Bai Liejiu will be heavily wounded, and Shen Mo will also be gravely injured—everything below your waist will be lost. Forced to burn the Dharma Manifestations of Undying River and Xi Bai Ju, you will narrowly escape with your life, but your foundation will be damaged from then on.】
【Upcoming Opportunity: ……】
Shen Mo fell into deep thought.
Clearly, as long as he remains at the Dharma Manifestation Realm, he is no match for the revived Undying Demon Emperor.
The erosion from the curse power, which puts the Nine Nether Ice Flame into slumber, is one reason.
Knowing he’s short one trump card, yet still joining Bai Liejiu, Zhu Xuanji, and the others to the demon altar, resulting in the deaths of many Dharma Manifestation Realm experts and the loss of two Dharma Manifestations, is the second.
With these factors stacked together, it became nearly impossible to break through the Dharma Manifestation Realm and step into the Nirvana Realm.
In the end, this leads to his death at the hands of the Undying Demon Emperor.
‘The curse power—looks like it’s An Zhou pulling off a sneak attack.’
Shen Mo’s gaze grew deep.
He not only needed to avoid this calamity,
he had to turn it around and use it as an opportunity to kill An Zhou!
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