Nature of Asura Energy and Predator and Prey.

In a clearing, a 181 cm tall girl with long black hair and white streaks, wearing a white Hanfu, wielded a sword in her right hand and a saber in her left hand, facing the eight demonic beasts that surrounded her. Seven of the beasts were at the 8th level of Body Training, and their leader was at the 9th level.

This girl was Fang Xue, who advanced with confidence, moving with agility and speed as she approached the demonic beasts. The sun shone brightly upon her, making her white Hanfu look immaculate as she jumped to attack the beasts.

The demonic beasts growled, showing their sharp fangs as they prepared to attack Fang Xue. She, in turn, spun quickly and moved with deadly precision, cutting through the beasts' defenses with powerful and accurate strikes. Her gray eyes gleamed with fierce intensity as she delivered her attacks.

The beasts tried to dodge, but Fang Xue was faster and more agile than them, dancing around them with deadly grace. She infused Asura Energy into her arms and sword, increasing the strength of her strikes and making them fast and powerful.

The demonic beast at the 9th level of Body Training charged towards her, but Fang Xue did not retreat. She infused Asura Energy around her saber, reducing air resistance and causing the saber to cut through the air with incredible speed. The beast barely had time to react before it was hit and sent flying away.

Fang Xue did not slow down, continuing to attack the beasts with skill and deadly precision. She activated her Asura Star Power, immediately increasing the strength and speed of her attacks.

From there, Fang Xue became an unstoppable force, cutting and slicing through the demonic beasts with ease. Her sword and saber moved in perfect harmony, attacking, defending, and counterattacking with deadly precision. The demonic beasts tried to fight back, but they were powerless against Fang Xue's skill.

With a quick and fluid movement, Fang Xue decapitated one of the demonic beasts, making it fall dead to the ground. She quickly turned to face the leader beast, which roared in fury as it prepared to attack.

Fang Xue infused Asura Energy into her sword and saber, which, combined with her Asura Star Power, further increased the strength of her attacks. She moved with deadly agility, delivering precise and powerful strikes that hit the leader beast repeatedly. The beast fought with all its might, but could not resist the power of Fang Xue.

With a final powerful strike, Fang Xue cut off the head of the leader beast, making it fall dead to the ground. She looked around, seeing that the other demonic beasts had been eliminated.

The blood of the demonic beasts stained her entire body, but it soon began to be absorbed by her Asura Dress. After six days of absorbing the blood of demonic beasts, there was a slight change in the nine-petaled lotus.

The lotuses were now even redder, and the bloody sensation intensified, increasing the sense of danger around Fang Xue. Turning off her Asura Stellar Power, Fang Xue felt that her muscles had become somewhat accustomed to the pain of the power's recoil. As she had used very little of her Asura Stellar Power, the recoil was already quite weak.

However, Fang Xue didn't care about anything, not the change in her Asura Dress, not the pain in her muscles, nor the surrounding corpses. She frowned as if thinking about something very complicated.

"For six days, I fought tirelessly, only stopping to eat and sleep, learned some ways to use my Asura Energy, and my mastery of the Saber and Sword has reached a very satisfactory level. I gained a lot in these six days, but still feel like something is missing," Fang Xue thought, sighing after a while. Soon, Fang Xue began to open the corpses of the demonic beasts and use the Blood Stones.

These six days were very beneficial for Fang Xue, who had improved beyond her expectations, whether in discovering the uses of Asura Energy or in the use of the Saber and Sword. However, the feeling that something was still missing did not disappear from her mind.

"We are our own worst enemies," Li Qiang whispered in the silence, her words echoing in Fang Xue's mind. Fang Xue understood the meaning, but the significance still eluded her.

Seeing the confusion in Fang Xue's eyes, Li Qiang reassured her, "Don't worry about understanding it now; everything will make sense in due time." Fang Xue nodded and continued filling the third Bloodstone, with only two left to complete the set of five.

"I'm going after my pursuers and then the bandit camp," Fang Xue said, determined, picking up Li Qiang in her arms and heading towards the presence she had felt from her enemies three days earlier.

As they walked, Li Qiang reflected on the peculiarity of Asura Energy. If Fang Xue could sense the essence of this energy, she would find the answer she was looking for.

As a fragment of the soul of an Ancient Goddess, Li Qiang had profound knowledge of various things and felt that Asura Energy not only increased Fang Xue's muscular strength but also broke her limits without causing collateral damage.

When Fang Xue mobilized Asura Energy in her sword, she could alter the structure of the weapon, allowing it to withstand even more force. It was something unbelievable, something that transcended the laws of the universe.

Fang Xue did not realize the true nature of Asura Energy. She thought this energy functioned like her Star Power, but that was not true. Asura Energy had much greater power than Fang Xue imagined, and Li Qiang hoped that Fang Xue could one day feel the true essence of this energy.

Only when Fang Xue's mentality aligned with the nature of Asura Energy, challenging the heavens, disregarding any limits imposed on her, and able to overcome any obstacle, would Asura Energy show its true potential.

As Li Qiang immersed herself in her thoughts, Fang Xue finally arrived at the location where she had felt the presence of the Xia Family assassins three days earlier but managed to avoid them and continue her training.

Fang Xue ran in the direction she saw the assassins heading and soon heard an explosion coming from a certain distance, indicating that someone was fighting a demon beast.

With a cold smile, Fang Xue did not hesitate and ran towards the noise. When she arrived, she saw that Xia Hong and the other three cultivators had already killed the demon beast.

"We've been looking for this woman for six days. Three days ago, our compass detected her, but she disappeared again," complained Xia Hong, irritated with Fang Xue, whom he had considered an easy prey, but now she was proving to be annoying.

"You know, it's really disgusting to be chased by a group of brutish men for so long," said a melodious and cold voice, which made all four cultivators of the Xia family alert but soon relaxed upon seeing the owner of the voice.

"Heh, if you knew we were after you, why didn't you keep hiding?" taunted Xia Hong, smiling happily to see Fang Xue, the prey, present herself before them, the predators.

Upon seeing Xia Hong's smile, Fang Xue smiled even more coldly. Her eyes shimmered slightly in red, and the Asura lineage began to circulate inside her body, ready to be automatically activated and initiate the slaughter.

Soon, Xia Hong and the other three cultivators would realize who was actually the prey and who was the predator.