After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 152 The Breath of Kun Yuan

In a red wasteland covered with yellow weeds, accompanied by a flash of white light, Shen Xu's figure instantly appeared in the wasteland.

Sensing that there seemed to be no danger around him, Shen Xu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

As everyone looked at him, white light emanated from their bodies, and they disappeared one by one into Heavenly Sword City. So, apart from those around him, probably not many people had ever seen his true appearance.

He originally thought Su Jing would find some people to teach him a lesson, but he didn't expect Su Jing to play such a big game with him, having everyone chosen by the sword target him.

However, he shouldn't be in much danger in the early stages of the Sword Selection. Everyone knows that you have to wait until the pig is fat before you slaughter it, but there will definitely be people who want to keep him in captivity.

With a sigh, Shen Xu took out a black robe from his backpack and put it on, then put the demon mask on his face.

This was the first time he had ever worn a demon mask. Seeing how cool everyone else's masks were, it was impossible not to feel envious. But the mask he bought with a hundred Nourishing Yuan Pills probably only had the effect of intimidating people.

To his surprise, the mask automatically adapts to the user's face shape. It should not fall off easily unless the user takes it off actively. Moreover, it is very light. After wearing the mask, it feels no different from a normal face, and the vision is not affected.

As expected, you get what you pay for. Even though it's dozens of times cheaper than others, it still has the basic functions you should have.

After making these preparations, Shen Xu randomly chose a direction to walk in, hoping to encounter some Kun Yuan Beasts. If the Kun Yuan Breath could indeed directly improve his cultivation, then this place would truly be a treasure trove for him.

Not long after, he encountered a girl named Jianxuan dressed in black. However, she was startled when she saw him and quickly moved away from him.

Shen Xu couldn't help but touch the mask on his face and murmured, "Is it really that scary?"

"However, this place is indeed a bit desolate. It's not that it's undeveloped; I thought I could find some rare and precious treasures!"

Shen Xu scanned his surroundings. Apart from some weeds and red earth, there wasn't even a single stone. The distance was also empty, with no huge landmarks like mountains in sight.

Moreover, the more desolate a place is, the lower the chance of the existence of any living creatures. Shen Xu felt that the rumors of Kunyuan Beasts existing everywhere here were alarmist.

However, he could not let his guard down. After all, he had not yet seen the real Kunyuan Beast and did not know what kind of creature it was. It might just crawl out from underground and ambush him.

With his hand on the hilt of his sword, Shen Xu strolled forward leisurely. Although he appeared relaxed, his mind was constantly processing the information transmitted by the mist. He was using the mist to explore the path ahead of him.

Suddenly, Shen Xu's gaze sharpened, as if a glint of light flashed within it. Although there was nothing unusual in sight ahead, the unusual disturbance in the fog did not deceive him. He keenly sensed that a subtle danger was lurking beneath the calm and monotonous environment.

Shen Xu smiled. Even the most skilled hunter must be prepared to become prey. As he continued to move forward, the fog gradually narrowed the area he could explore.

"What a brilliant disguise!" Through the area indicated by the fog ahead, Shen Xu discovered a red lizard that was almost blending into the red soil on the ground, crouching motionless, waiting to deliver a fatal blow.

But Shen Xu did not stop moving forward. As he entered the lizard's attack area, a red lightning bolt shot out instantly, followed by a sharp, cold light. A tearing sound, like cloth being torn apart, rang out, blood splattered, and accompanied by a shrill roar, a red figure flew out, spraying a lot of blood.

Shen Xu slowly walked towards the direction from which the lizard had flown. A red aura, similar in color to the red soil on the ground, emerged from the lizard's corpse.

Shen Xu reached out and touched it, and the aura instantly merged into his body. Then he felt that he was one step closer to the late stage of the ninth level of Qi Nourishing.

"Is the improvement really that great? I feel like if I had a few dozen more, I could reach the late stage of the ninth level of Qi Cultivation!" Shen Xu was somewhat shocked as he felt the surging of Yuan Qi in his dantian. A bright smile appeared on his face, which was hidden behind the demon mask.

What Shen Xu didn't know was that as his smile appeared, an extremely terrifying smile also appeared on the demon mask.

Meanwhile, the numerous sword selectors within the Kunyuan Secret Realm quickly discovered the tremendous enhancement brought to them by the Kunyuan Breath. Apart from those sword selectors at the tenth level of Qi Cultivation, the Kunyuan Secret Realm now seemed like a feast laid out before the numerous sword selectors.

However, the strength of Kunyuan Beasts varies. When encountering a weaker Kunyuan Beast, the Sword Selection will naturally accept it gladly. But if they encounter a stronger Kunyuan Beast and cannot defeat it, they will be forced to end the Sword Selection hastily.

Less than a quarter of an hour after the Sword Selection began, streaks of white light appeared in the Heavenly Sword Plaza. These were the eliminated Sword Selectors, who, after being teleported back, concealed their faces and disappeared into the Heavenly Sword Plaza.

"This Kunyuan Beast is a bit hard to find! Or is it because the place where I was teleported to is too desolate?"

Shen Xu walked across the vast wilderness, carefully searching for any possible movement around him. He didn't know how long he had been walking, and he had only found four or five Kunyuan Beasts.

Moreover, he discovered a problem that was not very serious for him, but very serious for others: the wasteland was extremely short of water, and he could obtain drinking water by condensing water vapor in the air.

But this is a big problem for those who have no access to water; without water, they cannot survive for more than five days in this wasteland.

This applies to humans, and even more so to the Kunyuan Beast.

Therefore, he could no longer blindly search for the Kunyuan Beast. Water is the source of life, and as long as he could find a water source, he could find the Kunyuan Beast.

Moreover, for someone who possesses the essence of water, finding a water source is incredibly easy. After all, he can sense the abundance of moisture in the air, and as long as he keeps walking in the direction where the moisture becomes increasingly abundant, he will definitely find a water source.

Changing his approach made things much simpler, because he encountered a herd of Dust Oxen heading in the same direction as him. However, he didn't dare to attack rashly. Taking down one of them was no problem, but taking down a whole group would be suicide, especially since their leader seemed to be a Dust Oxen at the Qi Condensation Realm.

He had watched a lot of animal documentaries. Usually, the animals at the back of the herd were the old, weak, sick, or disabled. He only needed to stay at the back and wait for an old cow to fall behind.

But he wasn't the only one with this plan. Behind the cattle, he discovered other predators in the wilderness—a pack of wolves, numbering probably several dozen.

This gave Shen Xu a bold idea.