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"System detection of Demon Core, repurchase price: 5 million Middle Grade Spirit Stones." Li Xiaoyao stared at the irregularly shaped green crystal on the ground, somewhat dazed. Demon Core? He had heard of it, a thing somewhat akin to the human's Dantian, but the sea of energy within the Dantian could only store Spiritual Energy. Only when one's Cultivation Level reached the Golden Core Realm could the Dantian within the body transform into a Golden Core. It's the same with Demon Beasts; a Demon Core would only appear inside their body once their Cultivation Level reached a certain realm. Generally speaking, it's true that Demon Beasts before the Golden Core Realm may possess a Demon Core, but the probability of this happening is rather small. Among ten thousand Demon Beasts, perhaps only one would have a Demon Core. Li Xiaoyao felt his luck was good, as he casually slew a Spirit Cultivation Realm Demon Beast and actually obtained a Demon Core. This thing was nearly the essence of a Demon Beast's body, not inferior to the Golden Core of a Golden Core Realm expert. "There's movement over there!" An elderly voice pulled Li Xiaoyao back to reality from his secret elation. "Hmm? Those old bastards are in here too?" Li Xiaoyao looked in the direction of the sound; there was no movement there yet, but the other party was on its way and would probably arrive soon. After putting away the snake head and the Demon Core, Li Xiaoyao looked around and suddenly had an idea. "Outside of the Human Realm, I'm not your match, but in the Human Realm, it's uncertain whose prey will die." With a cold smile, Li Xiaoyao took out some ropes from the Storage Ring and quickly set up several traps in the area. Having set up the traps, Li Xiaoyao leaped into the dense forest, took out a Gauss sniper rifle, and, revealing only his head and the barrel of the gun, waited quietly. About a few minutes later, three figures approached from a distance; it was Zhou Lu, Luo Er, and Long Yan, those three old fellows. Zhou Lu, pointing at the bloodstains on the ground, said, "Look at this." "Bloodstains?" "That brat must've just been with the demon, I heard the Demon Beast scream." "He probably suffered no light injuries, and in these few short minutes, he couldn't have gone far. Let's split up and search," said Luo Er. The three split up and left. Zhou Lu walked towards Li Xiaoyao's direction. He had only taken a couple of steps when his foot stepped into a noose. "Not good!" Realizing the trick, Zhou Lu tried to leap away with a stride, but the trap had already been activated. The noose tightened instantly, firmly catching his ankle, and a great force lifted him up, hanging him upside down under the tree. Long Yan and Luo Er, hearing the noise, immediately looked over and saw Zhou Lu hung up by the rope in mid-air. "Damn it! You little wretch! I'll tear you to pieces!" Zhou Lu, suspended in the air, roared continuously. This little trap naturally wouldn't harm Zhou Lu, but such an act was an immense provocation and insult to him. Li Xiaoyao, hiding in the bushes, listened to the roars and a disdainful curve formed on his lips. He muttered softly, "Is that so? Let's see who dies first!" After speaking, the finger Li Xiaoyao had resting on the trigger suddenly pulled. The optical sight aimed precisely at Zhou Lu's heart. "Bang!" Unlike typical sniper rifles, the Gauss sniper rifle was fully electromagnetically charged, and the bullet was a special electromagnetic projectile. The gunshot was muffled and brief, quieting immediately after. Zhou Lu, hanging upside down, felt an unprecedented sense of crisis at the instant the gunshot sounded. Almost on reflex, Zhou Lu protected his chest with both arms, his muscles tensing tightly, as hard and sturdy as rock. "Boom!" Long Yan and Luo Er heard only a strange gunshot, followed by seeing a tremendous force blasting into Zhou Lu's body. Zhou Lu's whole body was propelled into the air by the force, and the rope tightly binding his ankle instantly snapped. "You little bastard, I'll kill you!" Zhou Lu's voice, filled with hysterical rage, echoed across the Human Realm. Li Xiaoyao looked at Zhou Lu, who was blasted away, and was slightly surprised. "Pretty quick reaction. He didn't die from that," he said, shaking his head in disappointment, but Li Xiaoyao understood it was unrealistic to expect to kill Zhou Lu with just the Gauss sniper rifle alone. Zhou Lu was a Cultivator of the Spirit Condensation Realm, and his physical cultivation level had already reached the pinnacle of the Transverse Refinement Grandmaster, so unless he could blow Zhou Lu's head off with one shot, there was no way to kill him. "Boom!" Zhou Lu landed heavily on a mountain thousands of meters away, creating a huge crater. He climbed out of the pit, spitting out a pool of fresh blood, with his aged face slightly pale. Shock appeared on Luo Er and Long Yan's faces. What weapon did this little bastard use? Even Zhou Lu was blasted away for kilometers. They dared not underestimate Li Xiaoyao any longer; the young man had more trump cards than they could count, especially since this was the Human Realm, limiting the power they could use. What angered them the most was that Li Xiaoyao was hidden in the dark while they were exposed in the light. Li Xiaoyao, in the dense forest, slowly adjusted his gun barrel, aiming at Luo Er. "Can't kill you, but causing some injuries is no big deal," Li Xiaoyao said with a grin, pulling the trigger once more. "Bang!" Even on high alert, the two still couldn't manage to prevent the attack in advance. If it weren't for their strong combat instincts allowing them to react immediately in dangerous situations, Li Xiaoyao could have completely devastated them with just that Gauss sniper rifle. "Boom!" Luo Er, like Zhou Lu, was blasted away by the electromagnetic bullet. Now, only Long Yan was left out of the original three. He roared angrily and somewhat fearfully at the seemingly unremarkable dense forest ahead, "You little bastard, do you only dare to fight in this way? This is the act of a coward; if you're a man, come out and face me!" After a few seconds of silence, the third gunshot answered him. "Bang!" "Boom!" "You little bastard..." Long Yan too was blasted into the air, vomiting blood while still mid-flight. Li Xiaoyao slowly stood up from the ground, put away his Gauss sniper rifle, and looked at the two falling figures with a disdainful smile. "Three shameless old turtles now want a fair fight with me? Have they no shame at all?" he muttered to himself and then yelled, "Young master has all the time in the world, I'll wear you out slowly, let's see who outlasts whom." "Bang! Bang!" One after the other, the two landed on the ground; hearing Li Xiaoyao's words, they spewed out another mouthful of blood. "Shameless!" "Despicable little bastard!" "I'll definitely kill you!" The three suppressed the surging blood in their bodies, and although the last shot hadn't killed them, it had caused serious injuries, which shocked them immensely. Having bodies as strong as theirs, even special firearms developed by the military could hardly harm them. Yet now, Li Xiaoyao had injured them with a sniper rifle of unknown origin. If this news were to spread, it would probably cause a sensation in both the Cultivation World and the military.