Cultivating a deduced martial art perfectly suited to oneself did not actually consume much Demonkin Lifespan, but deducing a martial art technique from scratch was truly painful—it could easily cost several hundred years of lifespan.
Still, that was only natural. After all, even for an extremely simple martial art technique, an ordinary martial artist might spend an entire lifetime without being able to create one.
Since ancient times, many unfathomably profound sect-defending techniques had only taken shape after hundreds or even thousands of years of continuous deduction and refinement by countless outstanding talents and prodigies within a sect.
Chen Fan himself was not some monstrous genius with heaven-defying comprehension and extraordinary talent.
With the help of the Golden Finger, using Demonkin Lifespan to deduce for several hundred years before raising the Body Tempering Fist and Blade Draw Slash in his hands to another level was already no easy feat!
At the end of the day, it was only a few hundred years of Demonkin Lifespan. Kill a few more demons, and he would earn it back. But the increase in his strength was solid and real!
No sooner said than done.
From the moment Chen Fan began deducing until he grasped Blade Intent at the perfected level and cultivated the deduced blade technique, Heaven and Earth One-Blade Slash, to perfection, only an instant had passed.
Yet in that single instant, his strength had already undergone an earth-shaking transformation!
"You survived one blow from my club. You do have some skill."
"Then take another!"
Howling Moon Wolf Demon roared. In his wolf-headed human form, he stood nine feet tall, his muscles bulging high all over his body as he gripped the Wolf Tooth Club and smashed it viciously toward Chen Fan!
Just now, Chen Fan had held the advantage in offense, while he had merely blocked in a panic, yet the two had still fought to a standstill. Now that he had gathered strength for a strike and taken the initiative, there was no way Chen Fan could block it!
He seemed to have already seen Chen Fan being smashed into minced flesh by his Wolf Tooth Club. That imagined scene made the corners of his mouth curl upward in a cruel smile!
"Heaven and Earth One-Blade Slash!"
Chen Fan shouted sharply, wielding the Meteorite Iron Blade and unleashing Heaven and Earth One-Blade Slash at the Great Perfection level. His Innate Body connected with the primordial energy of heaven and earth. Though he could not draw it into his body, he could guide it to empower his martial technique.
The Blade Intent of Great Perfection erupted from him. Standing between heaven and earth, he seemed to become a blade himself—a blade capable of fighting all things beneath heaven and earth!
Slash!
The Meteorite Iron Blade swept across the sky like water, colliding violently with the Wolf Tooth Club in Howling Moon Wolf Demon's hand. Yet Chen Fan's Meteorite Iron Blade sliced straight through the club as easily as cutting tofu, severing it in two. The fracture was smooth as a mirror.
The Meteorite Iron Blade in Chen Fan's hand did not lose any of its momentum as it shot toward Howling Moon Wolf Demon's chest. With a wet thrust, it pierced straight into his chest, the sharp blade passing out through his back!
"Th-this... how is that possible?"
Howling Moon Wolf Demon stared wide-eyed and spoke in utter disbelief.
Killed a first-layer Divine Aperture Realm Wolf Demon. Stole 218 years of its remaining lifespan!
"Blade Intent!"
"Chen Fan has comprehended Blade Intent!"
"He's actually a genius of the blade!"
Lu Xuening could not help crying out at the sight.
"Not only that, his strike just now resembled Blade Draw Slash, but its power far surpassed Blade Draw Slash. If I'm not mistaken, he has pushed that ordinary blade technique to an entirely new height!"
"A breakthrough in the heat of battle—growing braver and stronger with every fight. Is this what an unparalleled genius is like?"
Huang Chengyue could not help sighing in admiration as well.
When everyone saw Chen Fan kill Howling Moon Wolf Demon, one of the Three Demons of Black Mountain, with a single slash, their spirits soared.
"To achieve glory and merit, to slay demons and eradicate evil—the time is now! Kill!"
For a time, morale surged. Five hundred county soldiers, nearly a hundred Brocade Guards, and more than a hundred constables and yamen runners charged toward the demons, while the remaining three hundred county soldiers took every bow in the county and began firing arrows at the demons as though their lives meant nothing.
Some demons at the first stage of the Divine Treasury Realm were directly shot into hedgehogs by several waves of dense arrows.
Even demons at the second and third stages of the Divine Treasury Realm did not dare be careless before the arrows blotting out the sky. Though those arrows could not take their lives, they could still pierce their flesh and wound them!
"Second Brother!"
"Second Brother!"
Tiger Demon Mountain Lord and Three-Eyed Ape Demon cried out in shock when they saw Chen Fan kill Howling Moon Wolf Demon with one slash.
The next moment, the two exchanged a glance and charged directly at Chen Fan!
They knew there could be no peaceful resolution today!
The tiger demon rose upright, extending his two forepaws, whose tiger claws were as sharp as steel blades, and pounced straight at Chen Fan. With such overwhelming force behind that strike, even Cao De of the Divine Aperture Realm would be slapped into a mist of blood!
Clang!
Chen Fan raised his blade to block. The tiger claws collided with the Meteorite Iron Blade, sending sparks flying in every direction. Then Chen Fan twisted his blade and slashed diagonally. Terrifying Blade Intent struck Tiger Demon Mountain Lord squarely in the chest, sending him flying backward!
The Meteorite Iron Blade left a wound on Tiger Demon Mountain Lord's chest deep enough to expose bone. In an instant, demon blood drenched half his body.
"Demon Eye!"
Three-Eyed Ape Demon roared. The vertical eye on his forehead blazed with dark light, shooting a black beam directly toward Chen Fan's head. Chen Fan raised his blade to block, but the black light struck the Meteorite Iron Blade and actually left a deep dent in the supposedly indestructible blade!
This was Chen Fan's first time seeing a magical attack in this world. No, it should be called a demon technique or divine ability!
If his guess was correct, Three-Eyed Ape Demon had opened the Yintang aperture between his brows, then used a secret technique to open a vertical eye there.
He cultivated an eye technique and used his own Demonkin Force to launch attacks. Its power was truly impressive!
Seeing Chen Fan raise his blade and block his attack, Three-Eyed Ape Demon's vertical eye erupted with dark light again. Beam after beam of black light shot relentlessly toward Chen Fan.
Chen Fan held the Meteorite Iron Blade, seeming to become one with his blade. Every time, he blocked Three-Eyed Ape Demon's attacks while constantly closing in on him!
"Had enough?"
"My turn now!"
Chen Fan leaped into the air and thrust his blade toward Three-Eyed Ape Demon's vertical eye. The sharp blade light pierced precisely into the eye between his brows, and with a forceful twist of his hand, the Meteorite Iron Blade pierced straight through his head.
Killed a first-layer Divine Aperture Realm ape demon. Stole 227 years of its remaining lifespan!
"Third Brother!"
Tiger Demon Mountain Lord roared, clutching the enormous wound in his chest as he rose to his feet and bared his fangs at Chen Fan.
He had never imagined that such a tiny Ping An County concealed a true dragon. Though Chen Fan had not broken through to the Divine Aperture Realm, he possessed the strength to kill those within it.
That terrifying and peerless blade technique was simply too shocking!
Once the blade was drawn, who could stand against it?
To be honest, he regretted it now. If they had chosen to let the matter rest, the three brothers should still have been cultivating under Willow Lord in Black Mountain.
If experts from Dragon Abyss Prefecture really came, then they could also choose—
"Don't be in such a hurry. You'll be next soon enough!"
Chen Fan carried the Meteorite Iron Blade and walked straight toward the tiger demon.
"Roar!"
The tiger demon let out a furious roar and made one final desperate attempt, pouncing directly at Chen Fan. Chen Fan extended his hand and pressed it directly onto the tiger's massive head.
"Get down!"
Chen Fan exerted force with his palm, pressing the injured tiger demon into the ground and grinding him against it. No matter how the tiger demon struggled, he could not break free from Chen Fan's restraint!
"Be good. Don't move."
Chen Fan spoke in an even tone, then swung his blade and directly chopped off the massive tiger head.
Thus, the renowned Three Demons of Black Mountain all died beneath Chen Fan's blade.
Killed a first-layer Divine Aperture Realm tiger demon. Stole 199 years of its remaining lifespan!
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