"I must say, you are indeed talented, but unfortunately, this will be your end."

Tao Jun sneered. He came here intending to completely eliminate Lin Ye.

Despite Lin Ye's seemingly foolish act of recklessly rushing into the Alternate Space for the sake of Origin Power, it didn't stop Tao Jun from following him inside to hunt Lin Ye down.

The fear was that Lin Ye had a way to survive and leave the Alternate Space!

Those so-called prodigies and extraordinary geniuses outside are nothing in front of Lin Ye.

So, Tao Jun had to follow and ensure Lin Ye dies here!

Lin Ye looked at Tao Jun appearing here and, after a brief surprise, quickly regained his composure.

Because for demons like Tao Jun, who fight for their beliefs, it's not surprising to do such things.

People like Tao Jun are, to put it simply, demons in human skin. Seeing them as demons born in the Human World makes understanding their mindset easier.

It's not like they ever thought from a human's perspective; they never even considered themselves human.

Hence, such anti-human beings become the greatest threat to humanity once they become demons.

One could say that even a hundred Zhang Zihao couldn't match the destruction one Tao Jun could cause.

Because demon like Zhang Zihao can change sides whenever the profit is substantial…

But someone like Tao Jun has no room for retreat and often makes various self-sacrifices to fulfill the orders of the Demon God.

Like now, despite Lin Ye clearly stepping into the Alternate Space, where the chance of survival is slim, Tao Jun insisted on coming along to confirm whether Lin Ye was truly going to die.

Even a genuine Abyssal Demon couldn't go to such lengths as Tao Jun.

"End here? Just because of you?"

Lin Ye raised an eyebrow. Honestly, Tao Jun's strength was indeed formidable.

At this moment, Tao Jun had freed himself from the level restriction of the Thirty-Level Secret Realm and had regained his original level.

"Demon General…"

Lin Ye sighed inwardly.

Reaching the level of a Demon General in under thirty years was like rocketing up the ranks among the demons.

But this was understandable because Demon Gods have always been generous to loyal demons like Tao Jun.

This made agents like Tao Jun even more destructive.

Under normal circumstances, unless one's level reached at least Level 50, nearing Level 60, they wouldn't be granted the power of a Demon General by the Demon Gods.

After all, Demon Generals are meant to match Third-Turn Professionals above Level 60.

Tao Jun's Professional Level was under Level 40, similar to Zhang Zihao, but his demon level far surpassed Zhang Zihao and had already reached the Demon General standard—a rapid promotion.

Lin Ye spoke while raising his Raven Staff, warily watching Tao Jun.

The opponent obviously didn't plan to act recklessly either.

Tao Jun naturally knew that Lin Ye had techniques that could deal with him; he never assumed that his higher level would allow him to completely crush Lin Ye.

If Lin Ye were so easy to deal with, he would have died long ago. How could he still be alive now?

"What? Not taking action yet? Are you planning to waste time with me?" Tao Jun uttered a harsh jeer.

As an undead creature, he couldn't achieve true immortality…

Because even undead creatures would ultimately perish once their Soul Power is exhausted, but if he did nothing and maintained only minimal consumption, he could outlast any creature.

That's why he mocked Lin Ye this way, wasting time with him was pointless.

Of course, he wasn't about to attack randomly either.

Since trapped within the Alternate Space, time had lost its significance; if idling could exhaust Lin Ye to death, why bother attacking?

After all, attacking could yield too many variables.

Unless absolutely necessary, he would drag it out, waiting for Lin Ye to lose patience and attack first—it was best for him.

Anyway, the one who couldn't afford to drag things out was Lin Ye…

Because he realized that Lin Ye couldn't bear to lose those Origin Powers and was still distracted trying to maintain control over them from scattering.

"Looks like I've really been cornered by you…"

Lin Ye couldn't help but laugh; compared to Zhang Zihao, Tao Jun was indeed much tougher to deal with.

Such determination to die for his beliefs or faith already surpassed Zhang Zihao by far.

No wonder the Celestial Calamity Demon God was willing to elevate him to the level of a Demon General before he even reached Quasi-Third Transformation.

If he hadn't involved himself, given time, the Celestial Calamity Demon God would probably gain yet another loyal Lower-Rank Demon God under him.

But there was no choice; Lin Ye, this Holy Flame Priest, posed too great a threat to the Celestial Calamity Demon God.

This forced him to prematurely abandon Tao Jun, this potential Demon God, to deal with Lin Ye.

And indeed, as the Celestial Calamity Demon God foresaw, even in death, Tao Jun was determined to complete his mission, showing a form of loyalty that was baffling.

However, Tao Jun still underestimated Lin Ye, his opponent.

"Cornered is too strong a word, after all, you are someone who could even eliminate a Demon Monarch…" Tao Jun spoke, his tone carrying a hint of probing.

As the most loyal servant of the Celestial Calamity Demon God, he naturally knew of the arrangements the Demon God had made before to kill Lin Ye.

At the time, the Celestial Calamity Demon God had found the remains of a strong human Space Mage, transformed it into a Witch Demon, and infiltrated the Champion Battlefield, attempting to assassinate Lin Ye.

But who knows what happened then, Sikong Ming lost control and was killed by Lin Ye.

And because of the failure of that operation, the Celestial Calamity Demon God suffered great losses.

Originally, it seemed like the matter should have ended there.

However, not long ago, news spread that Sikong Ming wasn't dead and was wreaking havoc on the operations of other Demon Gods.

Thus, Tao Jun's tone now carried a hint of probing…

Whether Lin Ye actually had the ability to kill a Demon Monarch was truly something that needed confirmation.

And this gave him the confidence to chase Lin Ye up to this point.

If he were sure that Lin Ye could kill a Demon Monarch, he certainly wouldn't have pursued him.

Better to stay in the Secret Realm and kill more participants than to follow him to certain death.

Upon hearing Tao Jun's words, Lin Ye merely smiled slightly.

"Are you referring to Senior Sikong Ming?"

Lin Ye asked with a smile.

Tao Jun said nothing, but indeed, his curiosity was piqued.

After all, apart from Lin Ye and Sikong Ming, no one else knew what really happened back then.

"To be honest, I actually had no ability to kill Senior Sikong Ming by myself at that time."

Lin Ye said, with a slight hint of emotion, if it weren't for Sikong Ming cooperating, he couldn't have achieved the feat of killing a Demon Monarch.

Lin Ye sighed and said, "But…"

At this moment, Tao Jun's interest was piqued by Lin Ye, clearly intrigued by the "but."

Yet Lin Ye continued, "But now, I have the ability!"

Upon hearing this, Tao Jun was stunned, but quickly reacted.

He immediately raised his staff, intending to cast a spell.

However, at this moment, Lin Ye seemed to have unlocked some seal, his entire body emitting a shiver that made even Tao Jun tremble!

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