Elder Wan said.

"Okay!"

Duan Gujin took a deep breath and bid farewell to Elder Wan before returning to his dwelling.

In the room, he pulled out a Memory Jade Scroll from his storage ring and used his Divine Sense to introspect and enter the memory contained within.

Moments later, he sensed a Divine Thought emanating from the Memory Jade Scroll, directly entering his mind.

He knew that this Divine Thought was the alchemy knowledge transmitted from the Memory Jade Scroll, and he did not resist it, allowing it to imprint itself in his mind.

After all the Divine Thought in the Memory Jade Scroll had been transferred, the scroll turned into white smoke and dissipated into the void.

Spending an entire night, Duan Gujin finally used up all the Memory Jade Scrolls in the storage ring.

He mentally rehearsed the knowledge in the Memory Jade Scrolls many times, and two days later, he completely mastered all the alchemy knowledge contained in them.

He integrated that alchemy knowledge with his own, elevating his Alchemy Techniques to a higher level.

"It seems I should go find some ore!"

For Duan Gujin, mastering that alchemy knowledge was not difficult.

Since there was still a month left before the official test for the Fifth-level Alchemist, Duan Gujin decided to look for ore first.

Thus, that very afternoon, Duan Gujin quickly headed towards the location marked on the map.

By nightfall, he had finally arrived at the location on the map.

"This is the Demon Origin Ruins!"

He had reached the Demon Origin Ruins, which was also a junction between the Human Race World and the Hundred Saints Mountain.

After entering the Demon Origin Ruins, he kept rushing forward.

Five kilometers into his journey, he suddenly sensed danger approaching.

With a thought, he quickly stopped and surveyed his surroundings.

Some martial artists lurking nearby, seeing Duan Gujin stop, flew out from their hiding spots, each wielding a Flying Sword, charging directly at Duan Gujin.

Feeling that these martial artists were directing a strong Killing Aura towards him, Duan Gujin deduced that they must be robbers and their likely motive was to ambush and rob.

He extended his Divine Sense and quickly sensed that there were eight people nearby. Amongst them, four had cultivations at the Martial Sect Realm, and the other four were at the Martial Master Realm.

On the Qiankun Continent, such a force would command enough power to establish a sect.

However, on the Jiuzhou Continent, filled with numerous formidable experts, these eight were not much to look at.

Thus, these eight could only resort to being highway robbers.

The Demon Origin Ruins were situated on a plain in Jiuzhou Continent, home to many miraculous Demon Beasts, and many adventurers would often enter to seek adventure and risk.

As more adventurers came to this place, another group of unwelcome visitors appeared: robbers.

Usually, these robbers would not target large groups of martial artists; they would choose to strike at those who were alone or in small groups.

Moreover, these robbers would often first release their Divine Sense to scout the approximate strength of the martial artists entering the area before deciding whether to make a move.

They had seen Duan Gujin rushing towards the area alone, and they had gauged that his strength was merely at the Martial Sect Realm.

So, they believed that they could defeat Duan Gujin if they all attacked together.

As Duan Gujin approached, they all flew out from their hiding spots.

As they neared Duan Gujin, all eight attacked at once, their Dark Weapons plunging directly at him.

Duan Gujin's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he quickly channeled his Cultivation Technique, swiftly gathering Primordial Power within his body.

Seeing that all eight enemies had locked their Dark Weapons on him, he furrowed his brows, hastily walked nine steps towards the Void in front of him, and executed the Heavenly Demon Nine Steps.

The group saw him traverse the void, disappearing right before their eyes, causing their brows to furrow slightly.

In their hearts, if a martial artist could perform Instant Teleportation, it was enough to show that his strength was not weak, he was not someone ordinary.

Seeing their executed Skills miss completely, the eight robbers' expressions drastically changed, and they promptly extended their Divine Sense to locate Duan Gujin's position.

After a moment, they saw Duan Gujin appearing a kilometer away.

"Should we go after him?"

The robbers communicated telepathically, asking each other.

"Let's all go together! That person isn't very strong; he might have a treasure that can pass through the Void on him!"

The robber leader said.

"Right!"

The thought of Duan Gujin, a young man, possessing a treasure that could traverse the Void made their eyes gleam instantly.

They knew that treasures able to pass through the Void were extremely valuable, so they all rushed towards Duan Gujin's current location.

"Damn, those robbers are still following me!"

Duan Gujin hadn't expected that after executing the Heavenly Demon Nine Steps previously, it not only didn't deter the following robbers, but it also revealed his lack of strength to them.

Thinking about the prey having a treasure capable of passing through the Void, the eight robbers naturally became incredibly excited.

Seeing that the robbers were coming at him, Duan Gujin's expression darkened.

"I didn't want to kill, but if you force my hand, you are asking for it! I'll use you for some practice!"

He took a deep breath, and the Primordial Power inside his body rapidly converged.

Shortly after, the eight robbers caught up. They immediately split into two groups, one on the left and one on the right, surrounding Duan Gujin.

"Who are you?"

Duan Gujin asked as he saw the robbers get closer.

"We eight brothers are just looking to borrow some traveling money from you, brother. If you're willing to hand over all your valuables, I'll spare your life!"

One of the robbers repeated their usual spiel to Duan Gujin.

Listening to the robber's words, Duan Gujin sneered inwardly; he knew these robbers would never keep their promises.

To these robbers, the word 'promise' was utter bullshit!

"Do you really think you can stop me?"

Duan Gujin released his Divine Sense; he had already thought of a way to quickly wipe out the eight robbers in front of him.

The only reason he was still talking to them was to buy himself some time.

"Yes! We believe we can definitely stop you!"

The lead robber sneered.

"Then what are you waiting for, come on!"

Duan Gujin gave a cold smile. Then, his body rapidly charged toward one group of robbers.

Seeing Duan Gujin rushing over, all of the robbers became excited.

They originally thought the opponent would use the treasure that allowed him to traverse the Void again, but unexpectedly, now the opponent dared to take the initiative to challenge them.

Although this was beyond their expectations, Duan Gujin's initiative made them excited.

In their minds, Duan Gujin was simply an ignorant young man.

Now they had the advantage in numbers, and they also had the advantage in strength.

Originally, they were worried Duan Gujin would use that treasure to escape from this place, but now, the opponent abandoned his advantage and took the initiative to challenge them.

In the eyes of those robbers, Duan Gujin's current behavior was equivalent to that of a fool.

They were clear in their minds that if they defeated Duan Gujin, they could at least obtain the treasure from him that would let them traverse the Void, allowing them to make a tidy profit.

When quite close to the robbers in front, Duan Gujin suddenly struck at the Void ahead with an illusory giant palm.

The strike he launched contained powerful dark force energy, directly assaulting the four robbers in front of him.

The faces of those four robbers changed slightly, and they hurriedly flew out several shields to protect themselves.

They had blocked many attacks with similar moves before; they believed that this time, they could, as before, defend against the enemy's skill.

With a loud boom, the shields and the giant palm made contact and immediately shattered.

The shields turned into countless fragments scattering in all directions.

At the same time, the robbers whose consciousness was integrated with their shields spat out a mouthful of blood when their shields were destroyed by the giant palm; they all felt as if they had been fiercely hammered in the chest, experiencing extreme agony.

Following that, the giant palm that broke through the shields did not stop but continued to rush towards the four Martial Artists.

With a thunderous noise, the bodies of the four robbers were all sent flying by the palm strike.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.