Duan Gujin took a deep breath to calm himself down.

A moment later, he picked up the storage rings from the bodies of the bandits.

Upon inspecting the contents with his Divine Sense, he found various scattered items inside those storage rings.

"It seems these bandits have killed quite a few people here!"

Duan Gujin delved deeper into the Demon Origin, and in the next three days, he encountered six different groups of bandits.

The strength of most of these bandits was at the Martial Sect Realm, and until now, he had not seen any martial artists of the Martial Emperor Realm in this area.

On the Jiuzhou Continent, once a martial artist's cultivation breaks through to the Martial Emperor Realm, they would be recruited by powerful sects or wealthy forces, and therefore would not need to engage in life-threatening banditry like those here.

Following the Blood Killing Sect's map, Duan Gujin arrived at the indicated location for the ore.

However, after searching around for a while, he came up empty-handed.

"The map clearly states there are ores here, yet I haven't found any trace of them until now!"

Duan Gujin began to search the vicinity, but disappointingly, even after spending three days, he still could not find the ore.

"Could the map be wrong?"

Eventually, he considered this possibility.

He continued to search the area for half a day but, finding nothing, he decided to leave the Demon Origin and return to the Blood Killing Sect.

He was determined in his mind that he should go back to the abandoned ore vein.

He understood that he could not return to the abandoned ore vein right now; it was possible that many of the Devil Clan were waiting for him there, and he was very clear that he should wait until the situation had calmed down.

On the return journey, his Divine Sense Inspection revealed a large pack of wolves attacking a group of five people who were encircled by them.

"Why are there so many Cannibal Demon Wolves here?"

His brows furrowed deeply.

He had roamed the Demon Origin for a full five days and had not seen any Cannibal Demon Wolves.

Yet now, he saw at least a hundred Cannibal Demon Wolves attacking members of the Human Clan, which aroused his suspicion.

Generally, a single Cannibal Demon Wolf required a large amount of food - at least ten or more pounds of flesh per day to survive.

And what Duan Gujin saw now was a group of hundreds of Cannibal Demon Wolves, each robust and strong, nearly all at the Martial Master Realm.

"These Cannibal Demon Wolves must be under control!"

Extending his Divine Sense, he soon discovered a martial artist within five hundred meters.

It was a burly middle-aged man with a sullen face and cold killing aura in his eyes.

Among the five people besieged by the Cannibal Demon Wolves were two women and three men.

All five martial artists were of the Martial Sect Realm, with the highest cultivation belonging to one of the middle-aged men.

However, at this time, the middle-aged man had a pale face, covered in blood.

All five of them were injured, and if not for their strong abilities, they would have probably already become meals for the wolves.

Duan Gujin's figure flashed as he charged towards the Cannibal Demon Wolves.

In the Jiuzhou Continent, there are Spirit Masters known as Evil Spirit Masters.

Like the Blood Crow Demon he had controlled not long ago, these Evil Spirit Masters are considered enemies by the Righteous Path of the Jiuzhou Continent which seeks their eradication.

For Evil Spirit Masters to cultivate enough Demon Beasts that they could control, they would definitely have to kill a large number of living creatures.

Seeing the astonishing blood aura released by the Cannibal Demon Wolves, Duan Gujin knew they must have devoured plenty of living creatures before.

Ordinarily, only by devouring bodies of the Human Clan could the Cannibal Demon Wolves become stronger.

Duan Gujin speculated that these Cannibal Demon Wolves had definitely devoured many bodies of the Human Clan before, and since he had not seen them here before, he surmised that they had likely only appeared here recently, possibly pursuing those five individuals into the Demon Origin.

Since they were manipulated by an Evil Spirit Master, Duan Gujin took the initiative to attack.

Thunderous roars were incessant.

Duan Gujin killed a Cannibal Demon Wolf with every palm strike; his attacks were ferocious, and once he had locked onto a target, there was no escape for the beast.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

With over a dozen consecutive strikes, Duan Gujin had slaughtered more than a dozen Cannibal Demon Wolves.

His sudden appearance and vicious killing power immediately caught the attention of the five besieged individuals and the middle-aged man.

Upon seeing Duan Gujin's arrival, each of the five individuals gleamed with excitement and keenness in their eyes.

They had thought themselves as good as dead, but suddenly, a Cheng Yaojin appeared out of nowhere—and this Cheng Yaojin seemed rather formidable.

At the very least, it was no simple task for any of the five of them wielding treasure swords to kill a single Cannibal Demon Wolf.

Those Cannibal Demon Wolves were not only quick on their feet but also had exceptionally tough bodies. Even with treasure swords in hand, they had to channel Primordial Power into their blades to slay one.

Yet now, they saw a young man appear not far from them, who, despite not having a treasure sword, could annihilate a Cannibal Demon Wolf with each palm strike.

Such a fearsome display of power was something they had never seen before, and it naturally shocked them.

"Who goes there?"

After noticing Duan Gujin's arrival and his defeat of his Cannibal Demon Wolves, the middle-aged man quickly rushed forward and questioned Duan Gujin.

A glint flashed in Duan Gujin's eyes; he realized that he should have captured the ringleader first among thieves.

However, he couldn't help but take action earlier upon seeing those Cannibal Demon Wolves almost pouncing on the five individuals.

Now that he noticed the middle-aged man emerging, he locked his Divine Sense onto the man.

"If I kill this Evil Spirit Master, these Cannibal Demon Wolves will scatter on their own!"

With that thought, he hurriedly fished an Elixir Medicine Bottle from his storage ring and drank a drop of Ten-thousand-year-old Divine Milk.

He just needed to wait a little longer for his Primordial Power and Spiritual Power to fully recover, then he would strike at the middle-aged man.

He had already expended a lot of Primordial Power and Spiritual Power and was struggling to hold on.

"I should buy some time!"

The thought flashed through his mind, and with a few shifty glances, he addressed the middle-aged man, "My friend, are these Cannibal Demon Wolves yours?"

"Yes! These people are bandits; they want to rob the treasure on me!"

The middle-aged man, unable to fathom Duan Gujin's identity, replied perfunctorily.

"Young brother, don't listen to his nonsense. He's the real bandit! We're adventurers who came here, and he suddenly made a move to rob the treasure from us."

The most powerful and heavily wounded middle-aged man among the five shouted loudly.

"Right, young man, don't buy into his lies. If we were bandits, why would we be chased down by him? If we were bandits, wouldn't we see these Cannibal Demon Wolves he has? He is the real bandit!"

A strikingly beautiful young woman among the group shouted out.

"What's the truth?"

Duan Gujin stared at the middle-aged man and spoke coldly.

"I've got no time to talk nonsense with you. Smart ones should scram; anyone who doesn't want to die should leave now!"

The middle-aged man, enraged, quickly took out a black flag from his storage ring and waved it a few times.

As soon as those Cannibal Demon Wolves saw him waving the black flag, quite a few of them rushed toward Duan Gujin, howling as they charged.

This response was well within Duan Gujin's expectations; he knew that Evil Spirit Masters were not kindred spirits, and he assumed the prior hesitation from the Evil Spirit Master was just to gauge whether there was a powerful master trailing behind him.

Now, with the man convinced that there were no masters following Duan Gujin, he commanded the Cannibal Demon Wolves to launch an attack on him.

"Do you really think you can defeat me with these Cannibal Demon Wolves? Do you know to which sect I belong? Let me tell you, my Master comes from the Blood Killing Sect! I'm an Inner Sect Disciple of the Blood Killing Sect. Do you know who my father is? Let me tell you, my dad is an elder of the Blood Killing Sect's Punishment Hall!"

Duan Gujin said coldly.

"Go to hell, that will do!"

The middle-aged man had no interest in listening to Duan Gujin's blather, commanding the Cannibal Demon Wolves to howl and rush toward Duan Gujin.

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