160: Arrived outside the pass and encountered three monsters

Jiang Lan walked through Lingtian Pass, heading towards the outer city wall.

To enter the demon territory, one had to pass through the city wall.

After walking for a while, everyone he passed on the street was a martial artist with a fierce look in their eyes.

Jiang Lan, however, was using Flood Dragon Swim to move through the streets.

Flying was not allowed in Lingtian Pass.

Flying directly over the city wall was even less permissible.

This place was completely different from other normal cities.

Demons ran rampant, and if one were to fly in the sky, others might not be able to identify them and might send people to intercept and kill them.

City Lord Ling Tian had told him all of this before.

Therefore, Jiang Lan chose to walk from within the Pass to outside the city.

A moment later, Jiang Lan arrived at the foot of the city wall.

Before him was still a massive city gate, and two rows of stone steps leading upwards.

The steps were extremely high, extending directly to the very top of the city wall.

In front of the steps were still two teams of men in uniform, only these men had much more Evil Qi in their eyes compared to the few Jiang Lan encountered when he first entered.

Jiang Lan took out his document from his in my arms and said,

"I need to leave the city."

Upon hearing this, one of the men looked at Jiang Lan, scrutinized him for a moment, and then asked,

"Demon Hunter?"

Jiang Lan nodded.

He should be considered a Demon Hunter now.

The man took the document, examined it, then looked up at Jiang Lan and continued to inquire,

"What is your Realm?"

"Core Formation Fourth Stage."

Currently, his true Realm was Core Formation Eighth Stage.

But when he first entered Lingtian City, he reported his Realm as Core Formation Fourth Stage, and the City Lord also believed him to be Core Formation Fourth Stage.

To avoid trouble, Jiang Lan did not reveal his true strength.

"Core Formation?"

The leading soldier was stunned, somewhat disbelieving, and looked Jiang Lan over again.

After a pause, he said,

"Go up the stone steps and leave the Pass yourself."

Although he was very surprised by the Core Formation, he did not show any particular emotion.

Jiang Lan nodded upon hearing this, put away his document, and ascended the steps.

The city wall was thirty to forty zhang high, which translates to over a hundred meters in modern distance.

The steps were also very steep.

It would probably be very difficult for an ordinary person to reach the top.

However, this distance was nothing to Jiang Lan.

In just a moment, he had already reached the top and arrived on the city wall.

The city wall was about ten zhang wide, and its length stretched as far as the eye could see.

At this moment, there was no one else on the city wall besides Jiang Lan.

Jiang Lan looked down; the ground, paved with bluestone, had turned dark black due to years of blood soaking, and the air carried a faint smell of rust.

However, apart from the indelible bloodstains on the ground, the city wall itself appeared remarkably clean and tidy.

Outside the city wall, however, there were scattered limbs and severed arms, but due to time, they had long since rotted, and in some places, white bones were already exposed.

The soil had long been soaked in blood to a dark brown, giving it the feel of a swamp.

From time to time, several skeletons of various forms could still be seen.

After watching for a while, Jiang Lan let out a long breath, his eyes becoming resolute, and he directly lifted his leg and leaped down from the city wall.

The wind whistled rapidly in Jiang Lan's ears, and the ground rapidly magnified in his vision.

When he was only about ten zhang above the ground, True Qi erupted from Jiang Lan's Dantian, and he glided through the air, flying into the distance.

As far as Jiang Lan could see, the front was desolate; let alone demons, there wasn't even a single living creature.

The once towering city wall grew further and further away from him.

Jiang Lan continued to fly forward until he could barely see the city wall's location, then slowly descended to the ground.

Here, there were no more bloodstains or severed limbs, but it was very desolate, with nothing but yellow earth and a gloomy sky overhead.

Jiang Lan scanned the surroundings, and seeing no movement, he quietly activated the 72 Transformations of Di Sha.

His height suddenly surged by a segment, his muscles bulged, exuding a strong sense of pressure.

Immediately after, bright silver fur grew all over Jiang Lan's body, his head transformed into a massive wolf's head, and his grayish-white eyes stared into the distance like stagnant water.

The clothes he was originally wearing now looked like children's clothes, tightly clinging to his body.

Taking off his clothes, Jiang Lan opened the satchel he carried with him and changed into the set he had custom-made at the tailor's shop earlier.

Wearing them, Jiang Lan moved his body slightly.

Not bad, the size was just right.

Demons, although different from humans, generally have fur on their bodies.

However, demons generally possess intelligence, and once they gain intelligence, they develop a sense of shame.

Therefore, even among the demons Jiang Lan had seen before, many wore human clothes.

Of course, there were also those who were a bit less particular, simply finding an animal hide to wrap around themselves.

If they were even less particular, they would simply wear nothing at all.

Jiang Lan was, after all, a proper human.

Even after transforming and growing fur, it would still be somewhat awkward if he wore nothing.

Putting away his original clothes and placing them in his satchel, Jiang Lan then took out the wolf fang from before and put it in his chest pocket.

His own Realm was completely concealed by the Hidden God Art.

Jiang Lan then used some techniques to make the aura emanating from the wolf fang on his chest more obvious.

This way, other demons would see it and assume his Realm was only Qi Gathering Mid-Stage.

This Realm was neither high nor low, just right.

Having completed all this, Jiang Lan slung his satchel over his back and continued to walk forward.

Although he had reached the demon territory, he hadn't encountered a single demon yet.

However, this was normal, as this place was not far from the border.

No prosperous place could be located at the boundary between two sides.

The area he was currently in was characterized by rolling mountains and flying yellow sand, with not a trace of green in sight.

Besides earthy yellow, it was still earthy yellow.

Jiang Lan was not in a hurry; he had already arrived at the location anyway, and encountering demons was only a matter of time for him.

He no longer flew, but instead used Flood Dragon Swim to walk forward little by little.

This place was not like the human kingdoms; everything had to be done with caution.

After walking for another quarter of an hour, Jiang Lan suddenly stopped.

In front of him, a faint sound of footsteps appeared.

Judging by the sound, there should be three demons.

Jiang Lan slightly increased his speed, and a moment later, he saw three figures ahead of him from behind.

The one in the middle had a broad back and a powerful waist, walking upright, covered in brownish-yellow fur.

Judging by his back, he should be a bear demon.

On either side of the bear demon, the two figures were much thinner and slender, appearing to be transformed snakes.

Jiang Lan was not surprised.

The types of demons were inherently strange and varied; all kinds existed.

However, those transformed from animals were the most numerous.

The three demons in front seemed unaware of Jiang Lan behind them, and continued walking ahead on their own.