A moment ago, Taoyang District.

A dead silence.

Since the shadow disaster erupted, most districts within An City have turned into desolate silence.

No one dares to venture out lightly.

Fortunately, the Blue Star Federation had already ordered all cities to clear underground networks to tackle the shadow disaster.

And An City was no exception.

During the outbreak, all living supplies, including food, daily necessities, cultivation resources, etc., could be transported through underground networks.

Hence, no trace of people could be seen on the streets.

"Tap, tap..."

Jiang Ye stepped on the silent street, already reaching the outermost area of Taoyang District.

"The vicinity of the district seems to be relatively safe." He glanced around: "Within a radius of five hundred meters, there's no presence of the shadow race."

Most buildings in this world are built with special materials that can, to some extent, block the invasion by the shadow race.

That's also the reason why many are hiding at home.

Of course, old and rundown places like Taoyang District can at most fend off baby forms of the shadow race.

It would be difficult to resist anything beyond juvenile forms.

Luckily, there's no starry sky corridor nearby Taoyang District.

Otherwise, a massive attack by juvenile forms would be disastrous.

"Indeed, there are no shadow race nearby." Jiang Ye looked forward: "Let's go check ahead."

He lightly tapped the ground with his steps, turning his figure into a shadow and swiftly moving forward.

...

Minutes later.

Two kilometers away from Taoyang District.

A district full of devastation, ruins everywhere.

Many buildings were blasted with huge holes, and the broken steel bars pierced through the walls, burned by extraordinary energy into twisted charcoal shapes.

Evidently, a fierce battle took place here!

"Judging by the destruction, it was likely juvenile forms of the shadow race." Jiang Ye's face was solemn: "Was it the battle three days ago?"

Three days ago, he heard a violent roar at home.

It came from this direction.

Jiang Ye walked towards the broken district.

Soon, amidst the ruins, he discovered many broken limbs and eerie white bones.

As he continued deeper, a thick smell of corpses wafted out from below the rubble.

"How many bodies are buried under this ruin?" Jiang Ye's spirit grew heavier.

He increasingly recognized the cruelty and horror of the shadow disaster.

In the past week, almost all of An City has ceased operation.

Naturally, no one came to clean these ruins or the corpses beneath them.

At this moment, Jiang Ye suddenly halted.

He saw a corpse wearing a Shadow Hunting Bureau uniform.

A medal on the armor's chest was inscribed with the bronze-colored words "Qingyang Shadow Hunter."

"Copper Medal Shadow Hunter?" Jiang Ye's heart trembled.

The copper medal is a rank within the Shadow Hunting Bureau, equivalent to captain level.

Mostly Second Break level powerhouses.

The corpse's eyes were wide open with anger, kneeling on one knee, both arms pulled off, mouth and nose filled with dark blood, with a huge wound in the chest flooded with black slime.

This copper medal shadow hunter from Cyan Yang City perished here.

Died as a stranger in a foreign land.

Jiang Ye quietly stepped forward, closed his eyes, and carefully laid the body flat on the ground.

At this moment, he again thought of Teacher Cao Feng, the full-bearded man who taught him for half a year.

He didn't see the other's corpse, but perhaps, like this copper medal shadow hunter, died with eyes unwilling to close.

Teacher Cao Feng was middle-aged, with elderly parents and young children, the sole pillar of his family.

His sacrifice also represented the collapse of a family's support.

"Shadow race."

Jiang Ye clenched his fists tightly, feeling the hot blood flooding his chest.

Suddenly.

"Roar!" A roar echoed from deep within the ruins.

Like a beast's growl, evoking fear deep within human genes, with extraordinary characteristics, easily breaking mental barriers and destroying sanity.

It's the shadow race's roar!

Jiang Ye abruptly turned his head.

"Whoosh!"

In an instant, a massive black shadow sped through the ruins towards Jiang Ye.

Its speed was unforeseeable!

In just two seconds.

"Whoo!" A massive pitch-black shadow lunged towards Jiang Ye.

Five meters tall, a juvenile form of the shadow race!

"Whizz!"

Jiang Ye's figure flickered, dodging the first strike.

Meanwhile, the wild force within him quickly awoke.

A tremendous Qi Force coursed through his body, at his fingertips, a faint silvery starlight glistened, circulating.

"Boom!"

Jiang Ye's aura suddenly erupted, Star Energy flowing rapidly like subterranean magma, unleashing an immense Life Magnetism.

This is the Martial Arts Qi Spirit, a direct technique after breaking the Life Shackles of a Star Sky Martial Artist—

The Martial Arts Qi Spirit!

Any enemy below the First Break would be rapidly suppressed in its presence.

However, the juvenile form had already surpassed the First Break; it wouldn't be affected.

Furthermore, this juvenile form was five meters tall.

Equivalent to one-fifth progress between First Break and Second Break!

Its realm faintly surpassed Jiang Ye's.

"Roar!" The juvenile form charged again.

This time, Jiang Ye didn't dodge.

"Kill!" Jiang Ye stepped forward, punching out.

In tandem, from the hourglass-shaped Guanyuan Acupoint, over a hundred compressed silvery Star Energy strands swiftly unleashed, all converging into this punch.

"BOOM!!"

A punch landed, thunder roared.

Eight Thunder Sounds Fist!

Silvery starlight, accompanied by deafening thunder suddenly burst.

This punch landed firmly on the juvenile form's abdomen, Eight Layer Thunder Sound reverberated, and the sound of explosion emerged, black blood splattering out.

"Roar~!" The juvenile form let out a painful yowl.

The next moment, it seemed enraged, with an offensive storm that engulfed Jiang Ye like a violent wind and rain.

"Against a five-meter-tall juvenile form, my Eight Thunder Sounds Fist can't inflict a deadly wound." Jiang Ye thought.

The Eight Thunder Sounds Fist is ultimately a Yellow Tier Middle-Level Cultivation Technique, gradually losing power against enemies above First Break.

Unable to unleash the true power of Star Energy!

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh~"

After dodging several times, Jiang Ye's gaze turned fierce.

"In that case, let's try this move." He stamped the ground forcefully with his foot.

BOOM!

Jiang Ye's figure suddenly kicked up, a leg whip harshly lashed out at the juvenile form.

Starlight blazed!

At this moment, Jiang Ye's right leg seemed coated with a layer of silver light, drawing a silvery arc in the sky, like a star ray.

Over a hundred compressed Star Energy strands converged into his right leg.

This strike, carrying Jiang Ye's internal sorrow, with deadly resolve, burst forth.

Nine! Aurora! Stomp! Star!

A heavy chop, like a long blade, sliced into the shadow race's waist-abdomen, almost severing it.

"Boom!"

A terrifying force suddenly erupted.

[Hitting a Stone with an Egg: Facing enemies with higher realms than oneself, with a chance to increase 100% damage and cause continuous bleeding effect]

100% critical hit damage!

Silvery starlight exploded like a bomb.

Splat!

The juvenile form's waist-abdomen exploded, black blood spewing wildly.

"Roar!" It let out a tragic scream, its upper body limply crashing toward the ground.

"Die!"

Jiang Ye stepped forward, lifted his leg again, stomping fiercely onto the shadow race's head.

A terrifying force descended from his thigh, like a meteor fall, ruthlessly pounding on the juvenile form's head.

Starlight flashed.

"BOOM!" A loud crash.

The ground instantly collapsed, rubble shattered, cracks spread outwards, forming a pit over ten meters in diameter.

In the pit, the juvenile form's head was crushed to pieces, lifeless.

The shadow race juvenile form—dead!

Meanwhile, a system notification quietly flashed before Jiang Ye's eyes.

[Killing demon path members +1]

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