Eleven Skin Grinding Martial Arts!

Rumble, rumble, rumble!!!!

Fierce fighting erupted everywhere throughout the Qingfeng Stockade area, plunging it into utter chaos. The Qingfeng Stockade bandits controlled by demons naturally crumbled quickly, and the demons could no longer remain hidden.

Suddenly.

A massive blood-red Demon Wolf stood atop a hill before charging swiftly downward.

"Not good, it's a Level 4 Demon Wolf!"

The many powerful martial artists' expressions changed drastically.

A Level 4 Demon Wolf was even thirty percent stronger than a Blood Changing Realm martial artist. It took several Blood Changing Realm martial artists working together to hold one off.

Xu He and the other Martial Arts Hall Masters attacked one after another, intercepting the Level 4 Demon Wolf and battling it fiercely.

Yet even with a Level 4 Demon Wolf appearing, Xiao Long still did not make a move.

Soon, several more Level 4 Demon Wolves appeared, and Blood Changing Realm martial artists stepped in to intercept each one.

At last, the Level 5 Demon Wolf lurking behind the Qingfeng Demon Stockade could no longer hold back and attacked.

Xiao Long moved at that moment, leading ten captains toward the Level 5 Demon Wolf. The other City Guards also sprang into action, charging at the Demon Wolves.

Li Changsheng had wanted to stay hidden all along, but that was clearly impossible.

Before long, an injured Demon Wolf came his way.

He immediately drew his bow, nocked a Demon-Slaying Arrow, and aimed at the Demon Wolf.

However, his archery was dreadful. The Demon-Slaying Arrow only struck one of its legs.

Still, the Demon-Slaying Arrow was indeed powerful. It pierced straight through the Demon Wolf's demon hide and went through its leg, worsening its injuries.

Only then did the Demon Wolf notice Li Changsheng. Seeing that he was merely a Stone Skin Realm martial artist, it revealed a savage expression and charged straight at him.

Li Changsheng wanted to fire a second arrow, but the Demon Wolf was now on guard and easily dodged his Demon-Slaying Arrow.

By then, the Demon Wolf had already reached him.

He put away his bow. With a flicker of movement, he unleashed Wind Shadow Leg and dodged the Demon Wolf's pounce.

The Demon Wolf pounced again and again, while Li Changsheng repeatedly evaded with Wind Shadow Leg. When he dodged its fifth pounce, he seized the opportunity to unleash Azure Steel Hand, slamming a heavy blow into its neck.

His terrifying strength dealt a crushing blow to the Demon Wolf's neck, but even so, it still did not die.

"What a terrifying physique!"

Li Changsheng finally understood just how fearsome demons were. It had already been injured, then one of its legs had been shot through by him, and its neck had suffered a devastating blow—yet it could still fight. Had it been a human, it would have died long ago!

However, no matter how formidable this Demon Wolf's physique was, after suffering such severe injuries, it no longer had much fighting strength.

Before long, Li Changsheng killed it with a single palm strike. This was also the first demon he had ever slain.

"If this Demon Wolf hadn't been injured, its strength should have been comparable to Iron Skin Realm major accomplishment. After being injured, and with one leg shot through by me, it was at most as strong as someone at Iron Skin Initial Accomplishment. That was the only reason I could kill it!"

Li Changsheng judged.

And among Level 1 Minor Demons, a Demon Wolf like this was probably only an ordinary one. If it had been a top-tier Level 1 Demon Wolf, he would have had no ability to resist at all.

After killing the Demon Wolf, Li Changsheng did not collect its Demon Blood or corpse. Instead, he changed locations again.

He waited a while longer when a wolf-like roar suddenly rang throughout the entire Qingfeng Demon Stockade area.

Immediately afterward, Xiao Long's voice carried over.

"The Demon Wolf leader is dead! Hunt down the remaining Demon Wolves!"

Hearing that, Li Changsheng knew it was settled. The mission to wipe out the Qingfeng Demon Stockade was considered complete.

About a quarter of an hour later, Li Changsheng finally rushed toward the Qingfeng Demon Stockade.

By now, those demons should have been nearly wiped out. It was surely time to reap the harvest. He had not come all this way for much else; naturally, he wanted to find some martial arts manuals.

As for Skin Grinding Martial Arts, he would never think he had too few. The more, the better.

Before long, he arrived inside the Qingfeng Demon Stockade. There were many houses here, and numerous martial artists had already come over, ransacking the entire Qingfeng Demon Stockade.

Li Changsheng naturally did not dare search the core area. That was not somewhere a small fry like him could set foot. He merely searched around the outskirts.

He used Wind Shadow Leg, moving at great speed.

"There's nothing good in this room!"

"Nothing here either!"

"Huh, there are a few secret manuals here. Take them!"

Half an hour later.

Li Changsheng carried a bundle filled with some of the items he had acquired, while the other martial artists had also nearly finished their searches.

Before long, Li Changsheng found his master, Xu He. Xu He did not look well, clearly having been injured.

"Master!"

Li Changsheng walked over and called out.

"Not bad!"

Seeing that Li Changsheng was uninjured, Xu He nodded in satisfaction. A Stone Skin Realm martial artist could die all too easily in a place like the Qingfeng Demon Stockade. It was already quite good that Li Changsheng had survived. Even if he had survived by hiding, that was still skill.

After a while, several other disciples arrived as well.

"Qin Xun, go find your other Junior Brothers," Xu He instructed.

"Yes, Master!"

Qin Xun immediately left, but after some time, he found only one severely injured disciple. The others were all dead.

Thirty disciples from the Azure Steel Martial Hall had come this time, but only sixteen had survived. Fourteen disciples had died.

Seeing such losses, Xu He's heart ached terribly.

If Xiao Long and the other City Guards had acted earlier, perhaps they would not have lost so many people this time. But he did not dare blame Xiao Long and could only swallow this grievance.

"Return to the Martial Arts Hall!"

Xu He said.

Not long after, everyone returned to the Azure Steel Martial Hall, where they rested and treated their injuries.

Li Changsheng also went to the training room where he usually cultivated. Opening his bundle, he inspected the gains from this trip.

Thirteen portions of secret medicine!

Seven spiritual herbs!

Six pieces of metal!

Eleven secret manuals!

What Li Changsheng cared about most were the eleven secret manuals. He glanced through them briefly. They were all Skin Grinding Realm martial arts. Ordinary Qingfeng Stockade bandits could only obtain Skin Polishing Martial Arts. It would have been strange if he had found Bone Refining Martial Arts!

Most of these Skin Polishing Martial Arts were ordinary ones: six Low-grade Skin Grinding Martial Arts and five mid-grade Skin Grinding Martial Arts.

"Eleven Skin Grinding Martial Arts. Once all the Stone Skin across my body reaches the Perfection Realm, I can continue cultivating more Skin Polishing Martial Arts and forcibly push the Stone Skin Realm into the Iron Skin Realm. If I have enough Skin Polishing Martial Arts, could I force my way into the Silver Skin Realm?"

According to his master, top-tier mid-grade Skin Grinding Martial Arts could advance one's cultivation to the Copper Skin Perfection Realm. That was the limit. To break through to the Silver Skin Realm, one had to cultivate High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Arts.

Yet the Azure Steel Martial Hall had no High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Arts. Only the inner city possessed such martial arts.

Therefore, in the outer city, even geniuses would choose to break through into the Bone Refining Realm after cultivating to the Copper Skin Perfection Realm.

Only geniuses within the inner city had any hope of breaking through to the Silver Skin Realm and entering the Bone Refining Realm with Silver Skin Realm cultivation!

If he could forcibly pile his way into the Silver Skin Realm through numerous Skin Polishing Martial Arts, and if that method worked, then he would not need High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Arts.

Of course, achieving that would be difficult, but he had to give it a try.