After killing the leopard beast with one punch, Jun Changxiao used the Hanfeng Sword to cut open its chest. Finding no crystal core, he proceeded toward the dangerous zone.

Encountering a fierce beast attack right after entering meant there were many within the mountain range. He wasn’t in a hurry to stockpile food for Little Dragon.

Sect Master Jun left.

The small team behind him was collectively stunned.

After a long while, the fatty’s mouth twitched as he said, “Boss, that seemed to be a Mid-Fourth-Rank Golden-Striped Leopard, right?”

“That’s right.”

The leader said gravely, “It was a Golden-Striped Leopard!”

“Hiss!”

Everyone gasped in unison.

A fierce beast comparable to a Fourth-Rank Wushi had actually been killed with one punch by that guy—this was simply too terrifying!

The highest strength in the small team was only First-Rank Wushi.

Instantly killing a Mid-Fourth-Rank Golden-Striped Leopard with one punch—Jun Changxiao had brought them intense shock!

The leader speculated, “To be able to instantly kill a Golden-Striped Leopard, this young brother’s cultivation must be at Sixth or Seventh-Rank Wushi or higher!”

The man who had previously disparaged Jun Changxiao’s face immediately flushed red.

After all, he only had peak Wutu cultivation, yet he had called a powerful expert who could instantly kill a Golden-Striped Leopard dead weight.

Those who had been slapped in the face also included other members.

When Brother Qin suggested Jun Changxiao join them, although everyone hadn’t said it aloud, their gazes had all shown contempt.

The result? He was an expert!

Brother Qin said, “If he could have joined our team and gone into Zone Six together, we definitely would have returned with full loads.”

“Sigh.”

He sighed, “Let’s depart.”

“I’ll go strip the Golden-Striped Leopard’s hide and bones.”

One member nimbly ran over and stripped off the fur and bones.

Jun Changxiao had also wanted to take them, but his spatial rings needed to store large amounts of food for Little Dragon, so he didn’t bother collecting the hides and bones of such low-level fierce beasts.

Mid-Fourth-Rank was considered low-level—Sect Master Jun was getting a bit cocky!

……

The Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range had many zones.

The first few were relatively safe and had been explored by humans for years, so they basically had nothing valuable.

Jun Changxiao directly targeted the deeper zones because few people ventured there. Not only were resources abundant, but there were also large numbers of high-level fierce beasts.

“Roar!”

On the road, a fierce beast pounced at him.

Slash—

Jun Changxiao swung his sword, directly severing its head and cutting open its chest, obtaining a crystal core.

The most valuable thing on fierce beasts was this item.

Even if the ones he killed weren’t high-level, he couldn’t possibly leave them for others to scavenge.

In just over ten minutes, Jun Changxiao had quickly entered Zone Three.

If exploration martial artists saw this, they would definitely admire him with their bodies prostrated on the ground.

Walking so swiftly and confidently within the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range—wasn’t he afraid of attracting more fierce beasts’ attention?

Honestly? Along the way, he really had alarmed quite a few fierce beasts.

The result was that each one that came died—they were completely delivering their heads and crystal cores.

No helping it. Only after they died did they realize this lone human’s strength was actually so terrifying!

Those with decent meat quality, Jun Changxiao collected into spatial rings to save as food for Little Dragon. Those with poor meat quality, he didn’t bother with.

The small team behind wanted to go to Zone Six, which happened to be along his route.

Every so often, they could see a fresh fierce beast corpse, and their mouths began twitching.

“Boss.”

The fatty said, “Could it be that white-robed youth who killed them?”

The leader touched the fierce beast corpse, feeling that warmth still remained, and said, “Died not long ago—definitely killed by him.”

The fatty’s mouth twitched, “Not a single trace of battle—definitely instant kills again!”

“An expert, absolutely an expert!”

“No wonder he dares to enter the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range alone!”

“Such a powerful expert not being able to join our team is truly too regrettable!”

……

In every zone of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, there were small teams that had entered earlier. They either advanced vigilantly or fought fierce beasts.

Jun Changxiao occasionally encountered them as well.

However, what truly broadened his horizons was this: In a secluded mountain forest, several martial artists with fairly decent cultivation cornered another team, forcing them to hand over their spatial rings.

“Sigh.”

Jun Changxiao shook his head, “In the mountain forests, not only must one guard against fierce beasts, but also against one’s own kind.”

He didn’t meddle in others’ business and continued forward.

Since they chose to enter the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, everyone should be prepared to die—whether killed by fierce beasts or killed by their own kind.

Jun Changxiao’s current mindset was: he wasn’t some chivalrous hero helping the weak. Others encountering danger had nothing to do with him.

Of course, if it were his own disciples, and someone dared to rob them, he would directly kill them.

……

Incidents of martial cultivators with evil intentions robbing other teams were commonplace.

Sure enough, when Jun Changxiao arrived at Zone Four, he saw several corpses lying in the distance. Three martial artists with Wushi-level cultivation were searching for spatial rings on their bodies.

No need to guess—they had definitely demanded the rings, and when refused, wiped out the entire team.

“Hmm?”

A middle-aged man with a fierce expression suddenly turned his head, saying in a deep voice, “Who’s sneaking around in the shadows!”

Jun Changxiao walked out, saying, “If I said I was just passing by, would you believe me?”

“Passing by?”

The middle-aged man smiled sinisterly, “In this old man’s view, you should be an accomplice of this team.”

Swoosh! Swoosh!

The other two martial artists immediately surrounded him, their gazes flashing with killing intent.

What a huge misunderstanding.

Jun Changxiao said, “So, you’re going to murder me for money?”

“Murder for money?”

One approaching martial artist swung his sword down, coldly laughing, “You’re wrong—this is survival of the fittest!”

Whoosh!

A sword light flashed past.

Jun Changxiao had somehow already circled behind him, his Hanfeng Sword gleaming as he said, “You make a good point.”

“Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!”

That martial artist stood in place, his throat slashed open, blood spraying as he immediately collapsed.

“Third Brother!”

The two remaining martial artists’ eyes nearly split with rage.

However, the one closest to Jun Changxiao hadn’t even had time to act when he felt a chill at his throat, his consciousness instantly extinguished.

“Thud!”

He crashed to the ground with a thunderous sound, blood spurting.

“Second Brother!”

The middle-aged man roared in grief.

But he still maintained absolute rationality. Realizing his opponent was extremely strong, he hurriedly fled toward the shadows.

Just as he dove into the grass, he raised his hands high and retreated back, because Jun Changxiao’s Hanfeng Sword was already resting against his throat.

“Friend!”

The middle-aged man said in terror, “I… I’m willing to hand over my spatial ring!”

“Remember.”

Jun Changxiao’s voice was cold as he said, “This is a world of survival of the fittest.”

“Slash!”

The sword light flashed, slicing open his throat.

The middle-aged man clutched his bleeding throat, his eyes showing fear of death, before finally collapsing limply to the ground.

Jun Changxiao searched the spatial rings from the three men’s bodies and continued toward the depths.

The three martial cultivators’ strength was formidable—they had devoured a small team. The even stronger Sect Master Jun devoured them. This was—survival of the fittest!

“Tsk, tsk.”

On the road, flipping through several spatial rings and finding quite a few crystal cores and hides and bones inside, Jun Changxiao sighed infinitely, “Robbery is quite a promising profession.”

He was only thinking about it—he didn’t plan to actually rob people.

After all, as the leader of a sect, if word of doing such things got out, it would definitely damage his reputation.

However…

Jun Changxiao stopped, stroking his chin as he said, “I could go rob those robbers. Not only could I obtain good things, but even if recognized, I’d still earn a good reputation.”