Then they focused on destroying the array that the demons were building. After their actions made too much noise and exposed them, they became even more unrestrained, teaming up to slay fiercely, causing the demons left guarding this wasteland, turned barren by the descent of ancient gods, to suffer massive losses.

The demons did not expect them to be so bold, daring to retaliate in a place that had just buried many human elite warriors. The Demon Realm had not left too many Demon Venerables here, thus making it difficult to resist the attacks from top warriors like Wang Zhifan and others.

From the perspective of the battle outcomes, the achievements were not impressive, as they eliminated only a small core of demon forces, but the significance was extraordinary.

It marked that the Calamity Realm experts were indeed unafraid of the recent terrifying methods displayed by the Demon Realm and dared to venture deep into the enemy’s proud burial grounds to carry out bloody revenge.

This greatly boosted the morale of the Calamity Realm experts, and the depressing trend in the war, caused by the massive changes on Extreme Origin Mountain, quickly swung back, with the entire Calamity Realm reentering the rhythm of fierce battles.

This situation continued for a month without ending, with the confrontations between Calamity Realm cultivators and the Demon Realm’s army becoming increasingly frequent.

During this time, Wang Zhifan’s performance was particularly outstanding. Every day, he organized groups of top warriors to attack the strongest army of the Demon Realm.

With the strategy of withdrawing when the enemy advances, harassing them when they are stationed, attacking when they are exhausted, and pursuing them when they retreat, the Demon Realm suffered daily losses to its core strength, yet could not come up with effective countermeasures, and the ancient god’s descent on Extreme Origin Mountain did not occur again.

No one knows whether the player who summoned the ancient god still had their skill on cooldown or had completely lost the ability to summon the ancient god again, or perhaps the player was already eliminated during the massive cleansing operation against the outsiders.

Through this month-long battle, Wang Zhifan also made progress. His merit points on the Demon Sealing List reached ten thousand, making him the undisputed first across the whole list, exceeding the second-ranked Daoist Wutian Wudi by a full thousand points.

And the former number one, whose name had long turned gray, Demon Tathagata, descended to fifth place.

The merit points stalled for an entire month, yet remained so high, showcasing how competitive Demon Tathagata, the Buddhist Sect expert, once was.

On this day, Wang Zhifan joined forces with several experts in a certain area of the Calamity Realm, battling several Demon Venerables in an intense fight.

After fighting for months, both sides had become familiar faces to each other.

Most of the Demon Venerables from the Demon Realm would immediately flee upon seeing him, unwilling to entangle with him at all; only those who considered themselves to have strong power capable of performing miracles would dare to confront him.

Hence, Wang Zhifan’s current opponents were of greatly improved quality; those who weren’t extremely powerful Demon Venerables didn’t have the courage to face off against him.

But after fighting for so long, Wang Zhifan’s strength had equally improved; it was impossible for him to fight for months and remain at the exact same level as when he first began.

Most importantly, in countless battles swinging his saber to kill his enemies, he incidentally acquired valuable saber insights, breaking through the bottleneck of the Great Dream Saber Scripture cultivation technique realm from Lv6 upon entering the instance to Lv7.

Do not underestimate this seemingly minor level change; the cultivation technique level is distinct from skill levels.

Skill levels typically advance evenly, while cultivation technique realms often advance with uneven difficulty, becoming harder as one progresses, but the rewards for mastering them grow greater too.

For the Great Dream Saber Scripture, Lv6 was already quite a high level.

The core technique "Life as Dream" was already mastered at Lv6, and Lv7 wouldn’t introduce any fixed new techniques.

This level relies more on cultivators integrating their own insights, expanding the Great Dream Saber Scripture to develop their own direction of progress, thus developing special techniques with their own personal mark.

For example, during the past months of tirelessly slaying enemies, Wang Zhifan developed his own saber technique: Demon Slay.

This move, unlike "Life as Dream," is not purely forceful but is changeable, can be brutal or calm, suited for both group and single targets, and its power is finely adjustable.

Even a seemingly ordinary slash dealt extra damage to demons and similar entities, closely related in principle to "Life as Dream." When using this move, it destroys the true existence essence of the demon, partly turning it into a void dream, thereby inflicting high damage.

Consider it a specialized version of "Life as Dream," integrating powerful strikes into a common slash, making it hard for enemies to predict and react, with significantly reduced energy consumption, more suitable for extended continuous combat.

Just like now, a colossal Demon Venerable with two heads towering a thousand feet high was fiercely battling Wang Zhifan on the wasteland, with another Demon Venerable nearby, smaller but agile and skilled in concealment, constantly looking for opportunities to sneak attack Wang Zhifan from behind.

This pair of Demon Venerables recently gained notoriety in the Calamity Realm because at least three super-innate cultivators had perished under their coordination without even having the chance to teleport to safety before dying suddenly.

Originally, Wang Zhifan hadn’t come to fight alone; he also brought some experts along, but in the end, he decided to face these two strong opponents by himself, letting the others focus their efforts on other battlefronts.

Boom!!!

The enormous Demon Venerable, whose two heads reached the clouds, suddenly threw a punch with speed unbefitting its size, akin to Mount Tai collapsing, immediately shadowing the sky over Wang Zhifan’s head.

And this Demon Venerable’s strike wasn’t only powerful on the surface; those with enough perception could immediately discern that this strike carried special power, such that even space itself would be shattered by it.

Faced with this move, Wang Zhifan had several choices, but if he were to endure it head-on, even he would find it very uncomfortable, so he chose to teleport and evade.

In an instant, Wang Zhifan appeared behind the thousand-foot Demon Venerable.

He did not appear in a more advantageous position because the distance for a single teleport wasn’t sufficient; this Demon Venerable’s body was simply too enormous.

He slashed with his blade, striking the Demon Venerable’s exceptionally tough gray-black scales, whereby the absolute defensive penetration of the Blade of Time sliced through, embedding a full foot deep.

But the Demon Venerable was so enormous that such an attack was merely a scratch on its skin, dealing no effective damage.

Furthermore, there was no time for Wang Zhifan to follow up with a second strike, as a tiny shadow, as small as a mosquito, suddenly emerged from Wang Zhifan’s backside, charging toward the back of his neck with unbelievable speed.

If it were an ordinary super-innate cultivator, there would be a high chance of getting caught in such a surprise attack, given how rapidly and unexpectedly the enemy appeared at their back, making it difficult to react even at that level.

But Wang Zhifan differed from others; his body was surrounded by multiple layers of defense systems.

First, the Epic Layer Biological Force Field slowed the tiny Demon Venerable’s attack speed, then the Infinite Golden Body Skill offered protective golden light to intercept further, and behind that, the hard defenses of the Invisible Deceitful Clothing, Demon King Battle Armor, and other equipment.

Therefore, despite the swift Demon Venerable’s sudden attack, it could not succeed. Just as it expended all its power to approach Wang Zhifan, he had already turned around, and the Blade of Light slashed precisely at it, forcing it to retreat into the void to evade.

At this moment, Wang Zhifan could have attempted to use the time stopping ability of the Blade of Time, and as long as the Demon Venerable couldn’t resist the power of the Time Law, it would be doomed.

However, Wang Zhifan did not intend to do so.

One reason is that he rarely uses such methods, basically reserved for emergencies.

Another reason is that he has never exposed possessing the ability to stop time.

Every time he uses it, he ensures no allies are around and all enemies are dead, preventing surviving enemies from deducing this intelligence.

Given the current situation, he couldn’t quickly eliminate the two Demon Venerables, so he decided to continue maneuvering around them.

He turned to repel the lurking Demon Venerable that always sought to ambush, then quickly turned back to add another saber mark on the back of the colossal Demon Venerable.

Then he swiftly moved out of position before the colossal Demon Venerable could turn its two large heads back and lock sight on him to launch an eye attack, while maintaining vigilance against the small Demon Venerable’s sneak attacks and persisting in whittling it down.

After a while, the situation between both sides remained deadlocked, with neither side gaining the upper hand.

But Wang Zhifan suddenly whispered in his mind: "Demon Slay!"

The slashes Wang Zhifan had earlier inflicted on the thousand-foot Demon Venerable suddenly erupted; its massive, firm body rapidly vanished in sections, as if a series of bubbles was bursting.