Iron Skin Across the Entire Body, Demon Fighting Arena!

After a while, three mangled corpses were found. They were obviously dead beyond any doubt.

At the sight of the three corpses, Cao Jun merely sighed. He had seen this sort of thing far too often. Whenever demons were being killed, it was rare for no one to die.

"Take them back!"

Cao Jun ordered.

"Yes!" the others answered.

The three corpses were carried away.

After returning to the Demon Suppression Division in Baiye City, everyone began receiving rewards according to their merits. The number of Demon Rats killed served as the basis for calculation. After killing a Demon Rat, one would cut off the fur from its tail as proof that they had killed it themselves.

Li Changsheng had killed quite a few Demon Rats. When he brought out so many tufts of Demon Rat tail fur, the others in the Demon Suppression Division were truly shocked. However, after inspection, they confirmed that it was genuine.

Afterward, the Demon Suppression Division gave Li Changsheng quite a few Merit Points. But these Merit Points meant little to him. He did not lack such a small amount, and forging Demon-Slaying Arrows earned him far more.

If it had not been for killing demons, he would never have joined that mission.

Now that his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit had risen to Level 1, he temporarily stopped hunting demons. He wanted to raise his cultivation first, such as completing Iron Skin across his entire body.

Afterward, he painstakingly trained martial arts for his groin and neck, tempering the Stone Skin in those two areas. With the boost of the Demon Slaying Dao Fruit, his comprehension of martial arts had deepened and his training results had improved, allowing him to cultivate martial arts to higher realms more quickly.

Half a month later, his groin and neck both completed their second skin-polishing, reaching the Iron Skin Realm.

The moment his entire body broke through to the Iron Skin Realm, his physique underwent another transformation. His qi and blood surged, and his physical constitution rose by another notch.

"Although my full-body Iron Skin Realm has only just been achieved, my current strength is already not inferior even in the Silver Skin Realm. I am roughly as strong as someone at the minor achievement stage of the Silver Skin Realm!"

This was only Li Changsheng's estimate. He had also mastered the Azure Steel Fist to the Perfection Realm. Perhaps his combat power was considerably stronger than that of an ordinary Silver Skin minor achievement martial artist.

After achieving Iron Skin across his entire body, he planned to first temper the Iron Skin on both hands. With the Azure Steel Fist at the Perfection Realm to temper his Iron Skin, the results would naturally come faster.

Sure enough.

With the dual assistance of the Azure Steel Fist at the Perfection Realm and high-grade White Spirit Secret Medicine, Li Changsheng's hands quickly broke through to the minor achievement stage of Iron Skin. Both their strength and defense soared.

Afterward, he continued cultivating bitterly, consuming portion after portion of high-grade White Spirit Secret Medicine. Finally, after half a month, he successfully cultivated the Iron Skin on both hands to the Perfection Realm. This training efficiency far surpassed what he had achieved before.

Once the Iron Skin on both hands reached Perfection, he began cultivating the Wind Shadow Leg, striving to raise it quickly as well and bring the Iron Skin on both legs to the Perfection Realm.

However, his Wind Shadow Leg was still far from the Perfection Realm. It was simply impossible to quickly cultivate the Iron Skin on both legs to Perfection.

I still need to kill demons. If I raise the Demon Slaying Dao Fruit to Level 2, I can rapidly raise the Wind Shadow Leg to the Perfection Realm. I might even be able to raise several more martial arts to the Perfection Realm. By then, my strength will soar! Li Changsheng thought.

He also went to the Demon Suppression Division, but there were no missions like the previous one. There were other demon-hunting missions, but the demons were few in number and difficult to find, making them an enormous waste of time.

"The Demon Suppression Division is no longer something I can rely on. I can only find a way to kill demons myself!"

Li Changsheng continued gathering information about demons and soon learned of a place where demons could be killed.

[Demon Fighting Arena]

This place was located at one of the junctions between the outer city and the inner city. It had been built by the great figures of the inner city, and many living demons were imprisoned there, including Level 1 Minor Demons, Level 2 Minor Demons, and even Level 3 Minor Demons.

They made outer-city martial artists fight demons of the same level to the death for their entertainment. They also opened betting pools, allowing people to place wagers while manipulating the odds, filling their coffers to overflowing.

The battles in the Demon Fighting Arena were extremely brutal. Many martial artists died beneath demon claws, while many demons also died at the hands of human martial artists.

The demons there all excelled at slaughter and combat, and they were skilled at learning human fighting methods as well. Every one of them was difficult to deal with. Of the demons that could survive, which had not endured countless battles? Which did not possess astonishing combat techniques? Killing the demons there was difficult unless one was lucky enough to encounter a demon that had just been captured.

"Demon Fighting Arena—what a fine place!"

Li Changsheng was intrigued. He had now cultivated the Iron Skin on both hands to the Perfection Realm, and his strength should be equivalent to the Great Accomplishment Realm of Silver Skin. Minor Demons comparable to Silver Skin Great Accomplishment were exceedingly rare; only Minor Demons with powerful bloodlines possessed combat power at that level.

Therefore, he should not encounter too much danger in the Demon Fighting Arena.

Moreover, his entire body had Iron Skin, so his defense was not lacking. He had no real weak points and was not likely to capsize in a gutter.

"Demon Fighting Arena it is!"

He did not tell anyone and went directly to the Demon Fighting Arena to apply for a demon-fighting match. However, he was not the only participant, so he still had to wait in line.

The Demon Fighting Arena held more than a dozen matches each day, and there were not many martial artists participating. Unless his luck was truly terrible, he should be able to get a match.

Li Changsheng's registration was quickly approved. He waited until the afternoon before it was his turn. Half an hour before the match, information on both combatants would be announced, and the betting pool would open.

Li Changsheng did not place any bets. He had come to kill demons and had no desire to do anything else that might draw the Demon Fighting Arena's attention.

Every fighter in the Demon Fighting Arena had an alias to conceal their true identity, and Li Changsheng used the identity Steel Fist.

He had already cultivated the Azure Steel Fist to the Perfection Realm. When he used it, outsiders would not easily discern what martial art he practiced, so he was not worried about exposing his origins in the Azure Steel Martial Hall.

"Steel Fist, it's your turn!"

A worker from the fighting arena came to notify Li Changsheng.

Li Changsheng put on the fighting arena's specialized combat uniform. No armor was permitted, though one could carry at most one weapon. This was also a rule of the fighting arena.

Soon.

Within the enormous fighting arena, Li Changsheng and his opponent—a Level 1 Minor Demon Red Dog Demon—entered from two separate entrances.

There was no need for a referee's reminder. The Red Dog Demon immediately charged at Li Changsheng, moving with extreme speed.

Among demons, the Red Dog Demon possessed a bloodline that was middling to slightly below average. It was very fast, had astonishing bite strength, and possessed extremely sharp claws, though its defense was somewhat weaker.

The instant the Red Dog Demon made its move, Li Changsheng roughly judged its strength. It was approximately comparable to a martial artist at the minor achievement stage of the Bronze Skin Realm, though even a Bronze Skin Great Accomplishment martial artist could be defeated if careless.

If one proved unable to win, they could choose to surrender. But no one would come to save them after surrendering; only the iron gate at the entrance would be opened. If they could flee inside in time, they would survive. Yet once many martial artists were defeated, they had no time to escape before dying at the demon's hands.

On the viewing platform.

Several important figures smiled. They believed Li Changsheng would most likely die at the hands of this Red Dog Demon, and that his death would be miserable. They would get to enjoy such a scene again.

But what happened next left them all stunned.