Jun Xiaomo was unable to wrap her head around why the Dawn Sect would set up all of these formation arrays just to confine large amounts of demonic energy and rear demonic beasts within the forbidden grounds.

In fact, the demonic beast that Jun Xiaomo was battling right now was merely one of the demonic beasts that He Zhang had been rearing within the forbidden grounds. It had been feeding off the river filled with demonic energy that was designed to detect and attack any intruders, just like it had done with Jun Xiaomo and Ye Xiuwen.

The demonic beast possessed fangs that were as thick as a person’s arm, and its blood-red eyes were filled with what seemed to be a hazy, viscous substance which swirled slowly around. The beast’s incredibly nimble tongue was also forked like that of a vicious snake. Whenever it lashed out with its tongue, it would be able to strike anything that was within a five meters radius from it without any warning.

Jun Xiaomo furrowed her brows, and her spirits were tensed up to the extreme as she did her level best to avoid the relentless attacks by the demonic creature. Dealing with the demonic beast was still an incredibly difficult thing to her despite her elementary-tier Nascent Soul stage of cultivation. However, this only stood to reason. After all, in all the years that she was trapped within the Proving Grounds, most of her time was spent completely focused on increasing her mastery...