Immediately, he put on the Wind Concealing Conical Hat to enter an invisible state, and then activated the "Shadow" ability of the Deceitful Shadow Shoes, merging his figure into the dark night, reducing his aura to the smallest possible extent.

All these preparations were made to avoid startling the enemy, hoping to stealthily approach the target and then suddenly inflict heavy injuries or even kill, achieving maximum hunting efficiency.

Before long, as Wang Zhifan moved swiftly and silently through the darkness, he found his intended target.

They were two Demon Venerables that appeared somewhat extraordinary.

Their bodies were quite humanoid, entirely covered in black hair, but standing about three stories tall, with bluish faces and tusks, resembling evil spirits.

At this moment, they were in the mountain city, casually stuffing fleeing residents who couldn’t escape into their mouths as though enjoying a buffet, exhibiting a leisurely contented demeanor.

"Run! You can’t beat them! Run!"

On the current street, a middle-aged man in fine clothing was being held by one of the Demon Venerables, about to be sent into its mouth.

The man’s body only had the upper half remaining, with the lower half completely missing, leaving only blood and swinging intestines.

Yet he still mustered his last strength to shout for others to escape, showing that he also had not weak cultivation; otherwise, he would have fainted long ago in such a state.

"Father!!!"

"Demons! I’ll fight you!"

"Kill!!!"

"Form the sword array quickly! Save Master!"

...

On the street, a group of properly dressed locals held up torches or swords, seeing their master in the hands of the giant demon, unable to resist, yet they didn’t choose to flee, continuing to charge forward despite casualties, even though they hadn’t managed to take even a single hair off the two large demons so far.

"These NPCs have maxed out courage, but sadly most of them have cultivation below the Innate Realm, with not a shred of possibility of winning. The two Demon Venerables are simply too lazy to pay attention to these mere food sources."

Hidden in the dark, Wang Zhifan observed the situation, confirming that the two Demon Venerables present here were indeed separated from the group, with no other demons within at least ten miles around them. Given a two-on-one situation, he was confident he could take them down one by one.

But just as he was about to launch a sudden attack, an abrupt change occurred!

Three figures suddenly appeared in the sky above the mountain city, surrounding the two Demon Venerables in the blink of an eye, as they shouted down:

"Demons! How dare you run wild in my Hezhou! Prepare to die!"

It turned out to be three super-Innate cultivators who, like him, had targeted these two Demon Venerables separated from the demon army. They had arrived using the teleportation of the Demon Sealing List, evidently intending to join forces to capture the rampaging enemies.

"Three people directly came to steal the kill? Not bad... I can stealth in the dark to take advantage, and save some extraordinary power."

Seeing this situation, Wang Zhifan didn’t feel any dissatisfaction; instead, he halted his attack, continuing to maintain his concealed state.

This was because his strategy had never changed, which was to clear the instance as the goal, not caring about how many merit points he earned as long as the enemy was eliminated.

Therefore, he currently had a better choice, which was to let the three arriving super-Innate cultivators engage the two Demon Venerables, completely drawing their attention, while he attempted a sneak attack at the moment the Demon Venerables relaxed, aiming for a double kill.

If successful, it would achieve a perfectly coordinated effort, allowing him to reach his goal with minimal expenditure.

Instantly, with the appearance of the three super-Innate cultivators, the two Demon Venerables, who were leisurely devouring "buffet" in the street of the mountain city, became immediately alert, standing up abruptly.

They tossed away the unconsumed humans in their hands, stomped heavily on the ground, creating a terrifying shockwave, destroying those hindering people around them along with several rows of nearby buildings.

Almost simultaneously, the joint attack from the three super-Innate cultivators landed, engulfing the figures of the two Demon Venerables.

"Martial and Literary Supreme Meteor Sword Skill!"

"Buddhist Great Brahman Seal!"

"Dao Inference Divine Sword Skill!"

The three of them turned out to be a rare Dao, Buddhist, and Confucian combination, with two using the Confucian and Daoist sword techniques, one focusing on a broad attack range and one on single-target elimination, while the third Buddhist used the Great Brahman Seal, confining the Demon Venerables within a small area, forcing them to withstand extremely sharp Sword Intent.

In a flash, this already demon-devastated mountain city area was hit again, with countless sharp sword lights descending from the sky, turning the surrounding night as bright as day, with Buddhist lights and Brahman chants enhancing the effects on the beings from the Demon Realm.

At this crucial moment, Wang Zhifan chose to stealthily retreat, to avoid inadvertently being caught by ally attacks, as despite his confidence in withstanding damage, being unnecessarily consumed was not favorable.

However, just when he stopped and retreated, he suddenly noticed something strange: the two Demon Venerables who were just attacked jointly by the three super-Innate cultivators had mysteriously vanished!

In the place they were previously, only gorges and debris created by sharp sword lights were left, with not a trace of the Demon Venerables!

"How did those two demons disappear?"

"Could it be that our joint strike turned them into ashes?"

"No! Our merit points on the Demon Sealing List haven’t increased; they escaped!"

In the night sky, the confused discussion of the three super-Innate cultivators soon echoed, hoping the outcome was due to excessive sword skill power, but clearly, the reality wasn’t so.

Thus, they hurriedly searched for traces of nearby enemies on the Demon Sealing List, understanding that as a creation of Saints, as long as the Demon Venerables were still in the Calamity Realm, they couldn’t hide their tracks from being detected by the Demon Sealing List.

"Two Demon Venerables have appeared fifteen miles northeast; that must be where those two demons escaped to!"

"If so, why wait? Let’s go capture them!"

"Wait a moment! Three more Demon Venerables are heading this way rapidly within a hundred miles! We might have fallen into an encirclement!"

"And not just three! There are also a few red dots approaching from a bit farther to the west!"

"Damn! We used up all our teleportation attempts today; we must retreat quickly! We can’t let these guys surround us!"

"We must retreat! If we don’t leave now, even with the Demon Sealing List in hand, we can’t escape!"

...

As swiftly as they had arrived, after a brief discussion, the three super-Innate cultivators decided to run away, leaving Wang Zhifan alone in the darkness feeling bewildered.

"Wow... these three people did an unknown damage strike and immediately ran away?

Cautious indeed, but what about me? Should I start running away like them? Or just teleport back? Wouldn’t that be a huge loss?"

Holding the Demon Sealing List to observe the situation, Wang Zhifan quickly confirmed the reasons for the retreat of the three super-Innate cultivators, knowing they had detected an encirclement and fled as a precaution. However, he didn’t want to imitate them.

Mainly because his situation differed from theirs; he still had one teleportation opportunity today, equating to an insurance against danger, so he wasn’t overly worried about being surrounded.

Moreover, he hadn’t accomplished anything since teleporting here, so leaving now would be a massive loss. Hence, he decided to take a somewhat low-risk approach to gain some necessary progress.

"I need to figure out how those two Demon Venerables managed to escape the attack suddenly... Is it an Innate Divine Power or some other special method... Then attempt to kill one or two Demon Venerables before withdrawing, so I didn’t come here in vain."

Having made up his mind, Wang Zhifan immediately took action, swiftly heading in concealment towards the location of the two nearest Demon Venerables.

This time, he wasn’t planning to hesitate and waste time anymore, determined to act as soon as he reached close proximity to the target, trying to see if he could slay both before more Demon Venerables arrived to form a surround.

Based on his battle experience over the past day, he had already confirmed that most Demon Venerables were not his match.

When he went all out, facing two at once should not pose too much of a problem.

As long as the encountered Demon Venerables weren’t an exceptionally powerful type possessing special abilities.