Kryptonian fate deduction, invincibility starts from killing monsters

"As expected... just as I predicted!"

The Candle Dragon slowly coiled its body, raising its head higher and looking down at Yuwen Fengxian.

"You ants, just like before, only know how to accumulate power."

"How laughable..."

With a low chuckle, it slowly flicked its tail.

In the next moment, Yuwen Fengxian, who had just gotten to his feet, was sent flying.

He tumbled several times on the surface of the sea before stopping.

Yuwen Fengxian clutched his chest and slowly stood up.

He lowered his head with a solemn expression, looking at his hands, feeling the power within him,

his eyes filled with a hint of confusion.

The Flesh Sacrifice Array continued to provide him with power.

But for some reason, his overall strength was significantly weaker than before.

What exactly...

He looked up at the Candle Dragon, wanting to see what means the other party had used.

But at this glance, he was immediately stunned.

He saw that in the special vision he had just gained, the principles of the Tao around the Candle Dragon had become very strange.

Generally speaking, the principles of the Tao that permeated the world were all flowing.

The principles of the Tao, symbolizing various phenomena, intertwined and interacted with each other.

Creating the changes in the world in their eyes.

But now, the lines of the Tao around the Candle Dragon were as if they were firmly grasped by something, unmoving.

"What happened?"

In the imperial capital, Ji Zhanxie and the others were all taken aback.

Yuwen Fengxian, who had just been in the upper hand, was now unable to withstand even a single attack from the Candle Dragon.

After a moment of stunned silence, they suddenly remembered Shen Lin's seemingly prescient reminder and turned to look at him.

Zhang Xiang asked in confusion, "Do you know what happened?"

Shen Lin sighed and said directly, "General Yuwen did break through to the Enlightenment Realm, and with the help of the Flesh Sacrifice Array, the power he now possesses has surpassed the Candle Dragon."

"However, he has only just broken through to the Enlightenment Realm after all."

"Unlike the Candle Dragon, which has already walked a certain distance in the Enlightenment Realm."

The crowd lowered their heads in thought, only the Imperial Uncle asked directly, "What do you mean?"

Yuwen Fengxian and the Candle Dragon were currently in the same realm.

Even if the Candle Dragon had cultivated for a longer time and its realm was higher than Yuwen Fengxian's, it should only be slightly higher.

It shouldn't be such a big gap as it is now.

Shen Lin stretched out his hands, and a ball of flame jumped from the fingertips of each hand.

"The battles between cultivators in the first step are like this, whoever is bigger is stronger."

As he spoke, Shen Lin brought the two balls of flame together.

The flame from his right fingertip clearly burst out a circle of fire, instantly engulfing the flame from his left hand.

Then, Shen Lin separated his hands and activated the spiritual power in his body again.

"But the things that cultivators in the second step begin to compete for are not so direct."

While explaining, Shen Lin brought his hands closer together again.

This time, the flame on his right hand hadn't even touched the fingertip of his left hand when it jumped and instantly extinguished.

The crowd looked at this scene, their faces still blank.

Shen Lin explained, "Your eyes are sealed by the Six Mang Hidden Dao Array, so you can't see what changes are happening at the fingertips of my left hand."

"Now, I'll show you a tangible change."

He raised his left hand again.

This time, the crowd finally saw what was at the fingertips of his left hand.

It was sand and dust composed of countless particles.

As it came into contact with the flame, the sand and dust directly cut the flame apart, causing it to extinguish.

"Cultivators in the second step have already begun to involve the principles of the Tao. It's not just about the size of the energy."

"Special changes in the principles of the Tao can completely solve energy that is countless times stronger than oneself."

After Shen Lin finished speaking, he found that their faces were still filled with confusion.

Just as he was about to explain further, it was Zhang Xiang, who had no cultivation at all, who understood first.

"Do you mean that although Yuwen Fengxian has obtained powerful strength through the Flesh Sacrifice Array, his understanding of the Tao is not much different from ours?"

"So, the Candle Dragon can rely on its cultivation experience to directly suppress Yuwen Fengxian?"

Shen Lin nodded and said with a wry smile, "That's about the gist of it."

If Yuwen Fengxian had reached the Enlightenment Realm step by step through his own cultivation, then at this moment, he would already have his own chosen Great Dao.

He would have already begun to comprehend the Great Dao.

If that were the case, facing the Candle Dragon's means of mobilizing the principles of the Tao, he would naturally have corresponding methods to deal with it.

But now, the Candle Dragon has already used its own comprehended Great Dao to interfere with Yuwen Fengxian.

Yuwen Fengxian doesn't even know what's happening.

After hearing Zhang Xiang's explanation, the others also reacted.

"Doesn't that mean..."

Ji Nan swallowed and turned to look at the battle in the distance, his voice somewhat low, "We've failed?"

At this moment, the human gathering places throughout the Great Wei were filled with a heavy atmosphere.

They didn't know the speculation that Shen Lin had spoken.

But that didn't prevent them from seeing Yuwen Fengxian's increasingly difficult situation.

"Are we... going to lose?"

"General Yuwen seems to be no match."

"Damn it, what exactly happened? How did that big snake suddenly..."

"Should we find a place to hide?"

"Hide? Where can you hide? The entire continent is under that big snake's nose!"

"No, no, no! We can't run! We've already offended the Snake God. Now we must beg for mercy, recognize our mistakes, and win a chance of survival."

For a time, countless opinions emerged.

Some were angry, resentful, and didn't understand how the good situation had turned into this.

Some were filled with despair, feeling that the future was dark. If the efforts of the entire Great Wei could not break through this cage, then what was the point of their mortal struggles?

Even more, there were those who had already knelt on the ground and wailed, constantly kowtowing in the direction of the Candle Dragon, knocking their heads until they bled, begging the Candle Dragon to let them go.

Chaos began to break out in various parts of the Great Wei, with some people already fighting each other, exuding a despairing aura.

The people of the Demon Suppression Division had not yet reacted at this moment, their minds equally heavy.

Just then, in front of a Demon Suppression Division outpost in a county yamen, a beggar, dressed in rags and holding a chipped porcelain bowl, walked towards the Flesh Sacrifice Altar.

"Stop, what are you doing?"

The Demon Suppression Division captain reacted in time, his expression changed, and he quickly stopped him.

But the beggar, who would usually be frightened and trembling even when those yamen runners passed by, let alone the Demon Suppression Division captain, now seemed unusually calm.

He raised his chin, pointed to the Flesh Sacrifice Altar, and said directly, "That altar, it's not just for sacrificing demon corpses, right?"

The Demon Suppression Division captain was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he meant.

When the demon cultivators researched this Flesh Sacrifice method, they didn't just use it on demons.

Even if it was their own kind, they would eat them without hesitation.

The beggar was right, this Flesh Sacrifice Array was certainly not just for sacrificing demon corpses.

Humans could also be sacrificed.

Just as the Demon Suppression Division captain thought of this, his whole body trembled, and he looked at the beggar in disbelief, muttering, "You want to..."

The beggar grinned, revealing a mouthful of blackened teeth.

"My life is cheap. When I was born, my family suffered a demon disaster. My parents and elder brothers were all eaten by demons. I survived by hiding in a dung pit."

"After growing up, I worked hard and obtained a piece of land. The heavens were kind, and after a few years of good harvests, I married a woman and had children."

"But the damned demons attacked my home when I went to the city."

"My wife and two children were all eaten clean by the demons, leaving only some broken bones."

"Since then, I don't know what the meaning of my life is, living in a daze."

"But now, I may know."

The beggar kept muttering, his body trembling violently.

But his eyes became brighter and brighter.

"My life is cheap, but the heavens have never taken me in. Maybe they're waiting for this moment."

"Official lords, you said that this array is to provide power to that lord."

"Then, let me, a cheap life, also provide a share of power!"

The old beggar wanted to throw himself into the Flesh Sacrifice Array, using his life to provide a share of power to Yuwen Fengxian.

Behind him, the commotion of the crowd gradually subsided.

The Demon Suppression Division captain's mouth was slightly open, not knowing whether to stop him or...

"His grandma's! Pui!"

From the crowd, a scarred man with a body full of muscle spat and walked out cursing.

"Old beggar, how many pounds of meat can you have on your body? Stay on the side!"

"I'm strong, one of me is worth three of you! If anyone's jumping, it's me!!"

The Demon Suppression Division captain recognized this person.

He was a well-known hoodlum in this county town, doing nothing serious all day, wandering the streets.

Fighting, harassing women, doing a lot of bad things.

But now, he actually...

Just as the Demon Suppression Division captain was puzzled, one person after another stood up from the crowd.

"Crap! So you, Li the Hoodlum, are a big shot? Count this young master in!"

"Count me in!!"

"Me too!!!"

Young masters in brocade clothes, fat wealthy men with bellies, hotel waiters, brothel prostitutes...

One person after another approached in a dense crowd.

At this moment, the exact same thing was happening all over the Great Wei.

It's inevitable that some would panic and flee like headless flies.

But when humanity truly faces extinction, countless people will always stand up.

With my blood, I shall slay the demon serpent!