Three black panthers are advancing on the wasteland.

  "Prince." Akira couldnt help but say, "That Jiang Hes child has a great deal of resentment towards the prince. If he is allowed to grow up like this, it may be disadvantageous for the prince in the future."

  Ji Ning glanced at Mo Yu on the other side.

  Qiu Ye continued: "Its not that Wu told me, but I knew you werent happy, and after thinking it over, I still wanted to say something."

  Ji Ning sighed: "I resent Jiang He, but his child has nothing to do with me, why should I harm his son when I take revenge?"

  "But tribes usually eliminate threats when they go to war with each other..." Akira thought aloud.

  "I understand." Ji Ning nodded, "For the survival of the tribe... theres no harm in not being soft-hearted! But can a small child like you influence me, Ji? My Ji clan has ruled over this land for so long, I dont know how many people weve executed, and I dont know how many people secretly harbor hatred towards my Ji clan. My Ji clan is able to rule because its not about avoiding offending others, but because of our own strength!"

  Autumn leaves seem to be lost in thought.

  "Even if you dont offend anyone, if youre not strong enough, others will still eliminate you." Ji Ning said calmly, "And if youre strong yourself, those enemies who are secretly resentful but can only show respect on the surface, after a hundred years or so, their descendants will probably truly surrender to me, the Ji family."

  "The strong cultivate more in their hearts," said Ji Ning.

  Heart and heaven unite! Heaven and man in one!

  The heart feels the Tao, and understands the true meaning of the Tao!

  Ji Ning understood that a cultivator must point directly at their heart. The more transparent and clear the heart is, the faster they can progress in cultivation.

  "Going against ones heart, first brings self-torment, secondly hinders the path of cultivation and may even lead to regression." Ji Ning shook his head, "I, Ji Ning, if I want to kill someone, I will only kill that person alone, I wont harm their wives and children! This is my true heart!"

  In his past life, Ji Ning was tormented by illness and pain, and he had always been lonely. Lonely people tend to think a lot, some become mad, while others gain insight into their own hearts and become wise. Ji Ning was one of the latter, able to see through his own heart, which allowed him to become more open-minded and calm. In this life, if he hadnt gained insight into his own heart, how could he have had the willpower to persist in his daily bitter cultivation?

  Akira and Mafuyu exchanged a glance.

  Original intention?

  I dont understand!

  "Alright." Ji Ning saw their appearance and immediately shook his head, "Forget it, lets go to Winged Snake Lake."

  "Gongzi, arent you going to the Hei Ya tribe? Didnt you say... that you were going to take care of Chun Caos younger brother?" asked Autumn Leaf.

  "No rush." Ji Ning shook his head, "Ill go to Winged Snake Lake first and kill the big demon Winged Snake. After that, Ill go to the Black Tooth Tribe... The source of all the troubles from start to finish is the big demon Winged Snake. Two of Chun Caos younger brothers also died at the hands of the big demon Winged Snake. I will use the death of the Winged Snake to comfort Chun Cao and then take her only remaining brother to Xifeng City."

  "Go."

  Ji Ning slightly tapped the abdomen of the Black Panther Beast, and instantly the Black Panther Beast took off in a sprint.

  Qiu Ye and Mo Wu also followed in the direction of the Azure Winged Snake Lake.

  ……

  Traveling by day and resting at night, with the speed of a black panther crossing mountains and ridges, it took more than three days to arrive near the Winged Snake Lake.

  "At your service, young master."

  Ten black-armored guards knelt down on one knee in unison.

  Ji Ning sat on the Black Panther and took a glance, nodding his head as he instructed, "Mo Wu, Autumn Leaf, you two stay here at this stronghold to rest for now. The front line is dozens of miles away from the Winged Snake Lake, I cant bring you there anymore. I will go alone to the Winged Snake Lake."

  "Yes." Mou Wu and Akane replied respectfully.

  Ji Ning brought down the Black Ape Beast, and in an instant, with a flash of movement, he seemed to turn into a large bird and charged off into the distance. With two flashes of his body, he had already disappeared from the line of sight of the ten Black Armored Guards, Mo Wu, and Autumn Leaf. This caused the ten Black Armored Guards who were seeing Ji Nings movement technique for the first time to widen their eyes in shock, finding it hard to believe.

  Ying She Lake is now a forbidden place.

  Ji also arranged dozens of scattered small teams, each team consisting of ten Black Armor Guards, dispersed in different directions around the Winged Snake Lake to monitor the Great Winged Snake nearby.

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  "Hiss, hiss, hiss~~~" The winged snake lake is vast and boundless, with a hundred miles of radius, and one cant see the end at a glance. Such a large lake has three-foot waves even without wind.

  Ji Ning stood on the shore, gazing out at the Winged Snake Lake and said softly, "This lake is truly unfathomable. Even if I can control water, if I were to enter the depths of the water... my abilities would be far from a match for this great demon, the Winged Snake."

  The deeper you go, the greater the water pressure and the more difficult it is to control the water.

  Humans cant exert even a tenth of their strength underwater, while aquatic creatures can exert superhuman strength.

  "My current strength is indeed strong, but compared to the innate perfection of a great demon... Im afraid its only slightly stronger." Ji Ning thought to himself, and this was after he had cultivated the "Wind Wing Escape Technique" and grasped the true meaning of the Dao. After all, the strength of just the fourth layer of the "Vermilion Heaven Nine Heavens Diagram" was roughly equivalent to that of other divine demons in the later stages of their innate cultivation.

  Compared with the Great Winged Snake, it is slightly inferior in terms of strength.

  Whoosh!

  Ji Ning took a step forward and instantly traversed a distance of one li. As he stepped onto the waters surface, it was as if he were walking on land.

  "Winged Snake!" Ji Ning suddenly shouted loudly.

  "Winged snake!" "Winged snake!" "Winged snake!"... The sound rolled on, like thunder spreading rapidly and also passing through the lake water to the depths of the lake bottom.

  A moment——

  In the depths of a lake, in a dark and winding lair, the great winged serpent was curled up asleep, its massive scaly wings wrapped protectively around its body.

  "Winged Snake!" A voice came through the water, directly conveyed to this place.

  The giant serpent with wings suddenly opened its crimson eyes.

  "Whats going on?" The giant winged snake let out a low growl, "Go investigate."

  "Yes."

  Outside came the terrified roars of some aquatic little monsters, although most humans couldnt understand the language of these little monsters, they could still understand each other.

  ……

  Two Black Armors are hiding in the weeds by the lake of Wing Snake Lake.

  "Winged Snake?"

  "Somebody is provoking the Winged Snake." Two Black Armors looked at each other with a startled expression, and then they both looked into the distance, but they were dozens of miles away from Ji Ning, so they couldnt see him at all.

  "Ill keep watch here, you go and report."

  There were more than a dozen Black Armors standing guard on the shores of Winged Snake Lake, and at this moment, three Black Armors who were close to Ji Ning also saw his figure. These Black Armors were specially transferred from Xifucheng, so they naturally recognized Ji Nings identity.

  "It is Duke Nings son."

  "Ji Ning Gongzi has come to provoke the Winged Snake? However, Ji Ning Gongzi is indeed formidable, treading on water as if walking on land. Just like Ji Yi Chuans previous leader!"

  "Never mind, go and report this matter quickly."

  ……

  The Black Armors were shocked and quickly began to spread the news back to their respective squads, but it can be imagined that with their efficiency... by the time they reached Xifeng City, it would probably be a day later.

  Ji Ning continued to walk calmly on the surface of the vast lake.

  Wow~~~

  A large green lobsters head and a big black fishs head both emerged from the water, gazing far into the distance.

  "Human youth?" The two little demons looked at each other.

  Wow!

  They quietly slipped into the deep water and swam towards the underwater lair of the giant winged snake.

  "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there is a young man from the human tribe on the waters surface." The green shrimp little demon and black fish little demon both let out low growls.

  "Human youth?" The winged snakes scaly bone wings spread out, a pair of crimson eyes staring at the two little demons, who trembled and nodded repeatedly.

  "But this human youth walks on the waters surface just like Kiwakawa from before, and the waters surface doesnt sink in the slightest." The green shrimp little demon said repeatedly, and the black fish little demon beside him also nodded: "Right right right."

  "Does the floating water sink?"

  The great demon winged snake suddenly transformed into a black mist and then became a man in black clothes.

  A man in black stood there, his narrow eyes full of suspicion. With a snake-like nature and having been pursued and ambushed several times by the Ji familys innate spiritual beings, he had long become a startled bird. Now that a human youth who could tread on water appeared to provoke him, how could he not be suspicious?

  "Have you two seen him before?" The man in black looked at the two little demons.

  "No, no, we remember clearly the few innate spirits who came to our Winged Snake Lake before. This is a human youth, not any of the previous innate spirits." Qingxia little demon said repeatedly, and Heiyu little demon also nodded.

  The man in black nodded: "Then Ill go take a look."

  Whoosh!

  It quietly slipped out of the waterway at the bottom of the nest, although its human form was far inferior to its original form in terms of speed in the water. However, its original form was really too big, and once it appeared on the surface, it would definitely cause a bigger commotion and be discovered.

  "Who is it?" The man in black quickly and quietly poked his head out of the water and looked around.

  At a glance, I saw a young man wearing animal skins in the distance, about 500 meters away. The young man looked very handsome and was walking on the waters surface with ease. As for the surroundings of this human youth, it was empty and desolate, without any other powerful humans nearby.

  "Its him!"

  The narrow and long eyes of the man in black suddenly burst out with a terrible fierce light.

  Killing intent!

  Regret!

  It surged up instantly, even causing the surrounding water surface to tremble.

  From a distance, Ji Ning seemed to have sensed something and turned his head, and at a glance, he saw him. Although the Great Demon Winged Snake was in human form at this moment, Ji Ning still recognized it as the Great Demon Winged Snake at a glance.

  "Great Demon Winged Snake!" Ji Ning bellowed in anger.

  The man in black gave Ji Ning a cold glance before slowly diving back into the deep water.

  "Yì shé." Ji Ning, however, swiftly strode across the water and soon arrived at this stretch of waters surface. He gazed down below and roared, "Arent you going to kill me? Dont you hate me to the bone? Come on, come on... Im waiting right here for you to take my life."

  The deep part of the water.

  The man in black had a narrow and long eye burning with flames of anger, he really wished to kill Qin Ning at this moment and swallow her flesh and blood.

  "That red giant snake was killed by me personally."

  "Haha, I killed it with one sword, how weak." The voice from above continued to come down, provoking the anger in the heart of the Great Demon Winged Snake.

  The black-clad mans body trembled slightly, suppressing the murderous intent in his heart: "Cant be impatient, cant be impatient, one impatience will fulfill the treacherous plan of the Ji family. Previously, Duoyu Ridge and the Ji family only agreed to ban me from Winged Snake Lake for a hundred years, at most it was just that the highest level of the Purple Mansion would not take action. But it didnt say that those innate spirits couldnt take action against me."

  Humans and great demons fought fiercely.

  However, there is a forbidden boundary, and that is the true leaders of both sides will not take action to bully the weak. The old demon from the Zi Fu realm wont take action to kill... nor will the Zi Fu cultivators from the Ji clan come out to kill.

  After all, the Zi Fu Realm is the foundation.

  Once the Zifu border is killed, once it falls, it will shake the foundation of the tribe. Neither the human nor the demon clan wants to shake each others foundation.

  "Ji Nings surroundings are empty, without anyone." The black-clothed mans eyes gleamed with ferocity, "But how could he possibly come to his death, Im afraid there are some innate spiritual beings like Ji Yichuan, his father, hiding in the vicinity using some hidden array techniques. Once I rush out, Ill probably be surrounded instantly."

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