Soon, there were trialists who refuted the claims.

"There have been too many sudden deaths of trialists, and it’s not just these past few days."

"Terrifying demons? Have you encountered any? I certainly haven’t. In fact, the demons in the Dark Lands are just that, as long as we don’t leave the safe house or enter forbidden areas like the city, we’re basically safe!"

"I’m laughing, what a bunch of nonsense!"

Their words were harsh.

Obviously, they did not agree with this speculation.

After all, it was just a guess without factual basis.

It couldn’t withstand strict scrutiny!

They had more reason to believe that someone was deliberately creating panic to cause chaos among the trialists for their own gain.

...

Regardless, some trialists became more cautious.

After all, among the demons that had escaped the city’s restrictions, there seemed to be some truly terrifying entities.

But for some reason, they hadn’t appeared since leaving the city.

This led many trialists to believe that there were no excessively powerful demons.

But is this really the case?

Everything was filled with uncertainties!

...

On the other side.

Waldo watched as a demon suddenly appeared outside, his eyebrows slightly twitching.

After days of slaughter, the area outside his safe house was now piled high with demon corpses.

Bizarrely shaped demon bodies lay strewn about, with black blood flowing freely on the ground.

The stench was overwhelming, rising to the heavens.

Fortunately, the safe house had the ability to isolate air.

Otherwise, just the smell alone could have been the end of Waldo.

Over these days, Waldo had collected thirty-nine super Source stones.

"Just one more to go. Unfortunately, I’ve killed five demons in a row and haven’t gotten a single super Source stone. Such bad luck!"

Waldo sighed in resignation.

Not every demon contained a super Source stone within its body.

Waldo’s luck had been quite poor these past few days.

"Logically speaking, every three demons should yield one super Source stone, but recently, it’s been like one super Source stone for every five or six demons!"

"It’s really strange!"

Waldo couldn’t help but shake his head.

Then, he turned his attention to the outside of the safe house.

A demon was approaching.

It was a "person" that looked somewhat odd.

And also, incredibly beautiful.

With a slender, curvaceous figure.

Skin pale and smooth.

Even the face was exceptionally enchanting, with beauty that could overthrow cities and countries.

But Waldo was sure that this bewitching beauty was not a "human"!

It was simple because this beauty was holding her own head in her hands!

Where was that human? Clearly, it was a demon!

However, this demon was indeed very rare.

In this period, Waldo had killed countless demons of various bizarre shapes.

But this was the first time he had seen a humanoid demon.

And such a good-looking one at that.

If it wasn’t for the fact that she was holding her own head, others might not believe she was a demon!

...

"Interesting!"

Seeing this demon, Waldo was initially slightly surprised.

Then, he seemed to discover something, and a look of amusement appeared on his face.

This demon was no ordinary being!

This was the conclusion Waldo came to in his heart.

The ease and nonchalance he had felt up to that moment were all put away.

"I can’t sense any aura from it, as if it doesn’t exist. But that’s what’s most terrifying. It means the demon’s strength is so high that even I can’t sense its presence!"

The bewitching demon suddenly stopped.

Its profound eyes, like two vast vortexes, swept over the safe house before it.

It could faintly sense that this safe house was somehow different from the others it had encountered before!

This safe house was filled with the massive resentment and evil aura left by its companions.

This greatly stirred its innate desire for destruction.

"I will destroy you!"

The head in its hand opened its mouth.

A hoarse voice emerged, indiscernible as either male or female.

Then, the bewitching demon suddenly opened its mouth wide.

Its mouth stretched to the ears, revealing a dense, spine-chilling array of terrifying teeth. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

These teeth were like sharp knives.

Each one was pitch black, with dark auras swirling around them.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

...

A long, terrifying roar suddenly erupted.

It was like a torrential flood or a mountain collapse, immense in terror.

The enormous volume swept out like a fierce storm, spreading for miles.

For a moment, every demon in the area affected by the sound stopped what they were doing.

Some demons were rampaging across the wastelands.

They had just broken into a safe house and torn three trialists to shreds.

Now, they were preparing to move to their next target.

Roar!

A terrifying sound wave passed by...

All the demons froze momentarily.

Then, their hollow eyes turned towards the distant source of the sound.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

A series of roars echoed as if responding to a call, heading unhesitatingly towards the direction of the sound.

Among the demons, there was a strict hierarchical order.

Typically, they were like wild beasts without intelligence.

However, they inherently feared and obeyed stronger beings.

...

Meanwhile, in another location.

More than ten second-level demons were attacking a safe house with full force.

Wild, chaotic, and frantic energy surged violently, bombarding the safe house like a frenzy.

Second-level demons already possessed a certain level of intelligence.

Although their intelligence was negligible.

It still allowed them to learn some tactics for hunting their prey.

These second-level demons circled the safe house, constantly searching for weak spots in its defense to bombard.

Some demons opened their fanged mouths wide, spewing out a stream of foul-smelling, sticky liquid with powerful corrosive properties.

The moment it landed on the safe house, it caused the surface to crackle and pop.

Various rune light spots flickered ceaselessly, and numerous runes were extinguished!

Other demons, covered in lumpy growths and oozing pus-filled sores, continuously slammed into the safe house. The safe house was like a small boat in a stormy sea, seemingly about to capsize at any moment.

"It’s over!"

"We’re done for! What do we do? Why are there suddenly so many demons, and all of them second-level? This makes no sense!"

"I don’t want to die! Can someone help us? I can offer super Source stones as a reward!"

Inside the safe house, there was a cacophony of desperate cries.

There were three trialists in total.

All of them second-level trialists.

But at this moment, all of their faces were pale with fear.

These second-level demons were too powerful and too numerous; their safe house could not hold out much longer.

As the safe house was about to collapse...

Roar!

A terrifying roar suddenly resounded.

Buzz!

The safe house trembled.

The three trialists felt as if their hearts had stopped beating in that instant.

An unprecedented feeling of suffocation and palpitations overwhelmed them.

At that moment, the second-level demons outside, as if under a spell, stopped their attack on the safe house.

They let out an ambiguous roar and ran wildly in a certain direction.

Quickly, their figures disappeared into the vast wilderness...