Meeting Shen Junze's gaze filled with murderous intent, the snake demon Xue Wu couldn't help but be stunned.

He quickly reacted and grabbed Shen Junze's hair with even more force, saying, "You are just a despicable ant, how dare you look at me like that! You are courting death!"

With a "bang", the snake demon mercilessly pressed Shen Junze's head to the ground.

Shen Junze, whose head was pressed to the ground, not only did not cry out in pain, but instead uttered a cold cry: "Hahahahahaha."

Hearing this, the snake demon Xue Wu widened his eyes and said fiercely: "What the hell are you laughing at——"

The snake demon hadn't finished his words when he felt a sudden pain in his chest and smelled a strong smell of blood, as if it was his own blood.

Wanwan: [Here it comes, here comes Shen Junze’s classic line]

"Huh? Ant?" Shen Junze lowered his eyes, watching his hand pierce the snake demon's heart, and sneered with disdain: "You, who was stabbed to death by an ant like me, are still worthy of being a strong man. How ridiculous, bah——"

After Shen Junze finished speaking, he opened his mouth and spat at the man in front of him without mercy.

The snake demon Xue Wu widened his red eyes, and before he could curse, he saw the man in front of him suddenly pull out his hand that was stabbing in his chest.

At that moment, blood splattered everywhere. The snake demon Xue Wu stared at the man in front of him in shock. He watched his blood splatter onto the man's face.

His body fell backwards and turned into ashes before he hit the ground.

Along with the bloodstains of the snake demon on Shen Junze's face, hands, and clothes, which turned to ashes, were also left.

Xiao Moqing, standing on a tree branch, looked at the scene not far away, her eyes widening as she lowered her voice and said, "Oh my god, sister, didn't you say that Shen Junze doesn't know martial arts? Why is he so powerful now?"

He stabbed the snake demon's heart with his bare hands.

Xiao Moqing broke out in a sweat when he saw that scene.

Wanwan whispered to her second brother, "It must be his destiny system that is helping him."

[In the original text, when Shen Junze was on the verge of life and death, the system's destiny passed its power to Shen Junze. Although the power of destiny was also very weak, the snake demon had just been hit by the secret valley seal, causing severe damage to its vitality. Therefore, Shen Junze used the power of destiny to stab the snake demon to death.]

The moment the snake demon's body turned to ashes, Shen Junze also fell to the ground, breathing heavily.

He raised his right hand. Even though the blood on his hand had long since turned to ashes, he could still feel the warmth when he stabbed into the snake demon's heart.

He killed someone.

No, he killed the demon.

This was his first time killing a demon.

He did not feel any fear in his heart, but instead felt extremely excited.

A blood-red bead floated in the air.

Shen Junze raised his hand, and the blood-red bead floated into his hand.

[Shen Junze: What is this?]

[Tian Ming: Your Highness, this is the inner elixir of the snake demon. Judging from this inner elixir, this snake demon must have been cultivating for hundreds of years. However, demons are still demons, and their inner elixir also gathers the greed and desires of this world. I do not recommend that Your Highness take this demon elixir for your own use. Compared with the inner elixir of the phoenix, this snake demon's inner elixir is not up to par.]

After hearing what Tianming said, Shen Junze stared at the snake demon's inner core in his palm, and the next second he crushed it to pieces without mercy.

Xiao Moqing, who was standing on the branch, saw Shen Junze ruthlessly crushing the blood-red beads in his hand and asked in a low voice: "Sister, what are those red beads he crushed in his hand?"

Wanwan said, "It's the inner elixir of the snake demon. If you get it, you will have the abilities that the snake demon had when it was alive. However, there are risks. If you are not careful, you may easily go astray."

[With the Phoenix Inner Core as a temptation, how could the male protagonist Shen Junze look down on this small snake demon's inner core? So he directly crushed the snake demon's inner core]

At the moment when Shen Junze ruthlessly crushed the snake demon's inner core, the system destiny also had a little more praise for him. He was truly worthy of being the son of destiny. He should be so decisive in choosing between the two.

[Tian Ming: Your Highness, you have done well. Now that the snake demon has been eliminated, I will take back the power.]

As soon as Tianming finished speaking, Shen Junze felt that the strength in his body was slowly dissipating.

[Heaven's Mandate: Your Highness, do not be disappointed. Once you obtain the Phoenix Inner Core, you will be even more powerful than you are today.]

Shen Junze: Yes.

After hearing what Tianming said, Shen Junze became even more determined to obtain the Phoenix Inner Core.

"Phoenix Inner Core..." Shen Junze looked at the tall stone gate not far away, "The Phoenix Inner Core is clearly inside, but unfortunately I can't break the seal."

I thought that the snake demon's power could break the seal of the secret valley, but I never expected that it couldn't break it even a little bit.

Shen Junze stood up in despair. It seemed that he had to learn from Chang Yuzhen how to break the seal of the secret valley.

Wanwan: [Here it comes, the hero’s halo is here]

Shen Junze stood up from the ground with some difficulty. Originally, when Tianming transferred the power into his body, he did not feel any pain. Now that Tianming took back the power, the pain from the fight with the snake demon just now gradually surfaced in his mortal body.

His knees hurt and his head also hurt a little. Shen Junze subconsciously stood up with the help of a stone pillar beside him. As soon as he stood up, he suddenly felt a tingling sensation in his fingertips.

He didn't take it seriously at first until there was a sudden cracking sound from the stone pillar beside him.

As soon as I looked over, I saw a few drops of blood on the moss-covered stone pillar.

Shen Junze subconsciously looked down at his hand and saw that his fingertip had been cut at some point.

Immediately afterwards, the blood that had dripped onto the stone pillar suddenly disappeared in an instant, and then a dazzling white light emerged from the stone pillar, forcing him to cover his eyes with his hands.

[Tianming: Your Highness, look! ]

The voice of destiny sounded in his mind. Shen Junze put down his hand and looked over while forcing himself to endure the dazzling white light.

In the white light, he saw that the originally inconspicuous moss-covered stone pillar had turned into a stone lion.

Under Shen Junze's shocked eyes, the white light on the stone lion suddenly shattered and spread in all directions like spider silk.

At that moment, the Secret Valley barrier in front of him stood there like a huge mirror, and the white light hit the center of the mirror.

In an instant, a crack appeared in the center of the mirror, and the barrier that had been sealed in front of the secret valley for many years and no one dared to touch it shattered into pieces.

The moment the barrier shattered, the stone slab that had been closed for many years slowly opened.

A dazzling white light shone from inside the stone gate.

Shen Junze looked at the slowly opening stone door with a look of disbelief.

[Tianming: Your Highness, the door is open! ]

Secret Valley Entrance