Underground Demon Den, Slaughter Feast

"This is bad!"

Huang Fugui's heart was filled with terror. A sense of fatal crisis instantly enveloped his entire body.

Without a second thought, it turned and tried to dart into the cracks of the well wall.

"Run? Too late!"

The Black Robe Priest let out a cold snort, and his withered palm suddenly grabbed upwards!

An invisible, black stream of energy, like a ghostly claw, shot out from his palm, crossing dozens of meters and precisely grasping at Huang Fugui!

The speed was incredibly fast!

"It's over!"

Huang Fugui felt an icy force lock onto him, his demonic energy completely suppressed, unable to even move.

He could only watch as the ghostly claw drew closer and closer, his beady eyes filled with despair.

"Master, this little demon will go on ahead! You must avenge me!"

At this critical moment!

"Buzz—"

A clear, crisp blade hum, like thunder from the heavens, exploded without warning throughout the underground stone chamber!

Immediately after, a blade light, so condensed it was impossible to look at directly, as if tearing through space, instantly appeared before the black ghostly claw.

The blade light flashed and vanished.

The seemingly unstoppable black ghostly claw, like ice and snow under the sun, melted away without a sound.

This sudden turn of events stunned everyone.

The Black Robe Priest's pupils contracted, and he abruptly looked up, staring intently at the well's opening.

There, standing at the edge of the well, was a person.

The person was dressed in a constable's uniform, standing tall and straight, holding an unremarkable Hundred Refined Steel Blade, their face expressionless.

It was Lin Feng.

"You... you didn't drink that cup of tea?"

Zhang Datou pointed at Lin Feng as if he had seen a ghost, his voice trembling.

Lin Feng didn't even look at him, his gaze fixed directly on the Black Robe Priest, a cold curve forming on his lips.

"Trying to touch my people in front of me?"

"You have brought your own doom!"

Before his words fell, Lin Feng's figure leaped down from the dozens of meters high well!

He didn't use any tools, just jumped straight down. As he fell, his robes fluttered, making him look like an immortal.

"Kill him!"

The Black Robe Priest snapped out of his initial shock and shouted sternly.

Lin Feng's strength far surpassed his imagination; he absolutely could not let him get close!

The few black-robed cultists behind him, along with Zhang Datou, all drew weapons from their robes and charged at Lin Feng in mid-air with strange cries.

However, what awaited them was a one-sided, bloody massacre.

In mid-air, Lin Feng's body twisted impossibly, and the saber in his hand transformed into a streak of death!

The perfect combination of Flowing Wind Steps and Basic Constable Saber Technique!

Pfft!

Pfft!

The two black-robed cultists who charged the furthest had their heads fly off before Lin Feng's clothes even brushed them.

Lin Feng lightly tapped the shoulder of one of the headless corpses, using it to change direction, and the blade light flashed again!

Zhang Datou's plump head, with an expression of disbelief, flew into the air.

To his death, he couldn't understand why everything he had meticulously planned had turned out this way.

Lin Feng landed steadily on the ground. The five or six enemies around him had all become headless corpses.

The entire process was smooth and fluid, incredibly fast!

[Ding! Successfully killed 6 cultists!]

[Critical hit multiplier increased to 11x! Gained 300 Crit Points!]

"You... who exactly are you?!"

The Black Robe Priest was completely terrified.

He considered himself a skilled practitioner of the Ninth Level of Body Tempering, but before this young man, he felt as powerless as an infant.

This was absolutely not the strength a Body Tempering realm cultivator should possess!

"Who I am is not important."

Lin Feng flicked his blade and walked towards the Three-Eyed Demon Ape chained up, "What's important is that all of you are going to die today."

"Roar!"

The Three-Eyed Demon Ape seemed to sense the terrifying killing intent emanating from Lin Feng. It roared restlessly and struggled violently, its chains clanging loudly.

"Stop him! Quickly, stop him!"

The Black Robe Priest screamed in terror. He knew that if Lin Feng got close to the magic circle and released that second-tier demon, the consequences would be unimaginable!

As he retreated, he pulled a black object from his robes and put it in his mouth, blowing hard!

"Woo—"

A silent sound wave spread out.

Immediately after, the iron cages around the stone chamber, which held young men and women, were violently shaken open by a force!

The young men and women, whose eyes had been numb, became like madmen upon hearing the whistle. Their eyes turned blood-red, and they let out beast-like roars, charging at Lin Feng without regard for their own lives!

They had all been controlled by dark arts, turned into mindless "Corpse Slaves"!

"Using human lives as shields? Truly... courting death!"

Lin Feng's eyes flashed with cold light, showing no mercy.

To him, these living dead, corrupted by dark arts and stripped of their souls, were no different from demons.

Killing them was, in a way, a release.

What's more, they could also provide... Crit Points!

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Lin Feng's figure transformed into a whirlwind of death, weaving through the crowd.

Wherever his blade passed, heads rolled and flesh flew.

This was a slaughter feast with no suspense.

Facing Lin Feng, who was at the peak of the Ninth Level of Body Tempering, with his movement technique and blade technique both perfected, these Corpse Slaves, formed from ordinary people, were no different from lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

[Ding! Successfully killed Walking Corpse x29!]

[Crit Multiplier increased to 12.5x! Gained 290 Crit Points!]

In just three breaths' time.

Silence returned to the stone chamber.

More than a dozen mangled corpses lay on the ground.

And Lin Feng stood unharmed before the blood-colored magic circle.

The entire stone chamber, apart from him and the terrified Black Robe Priest, contained only the Three-Eyed Demon Ape chained up, and Huang Fugui, who had poked half his head through the well's opening and was already dumbfounded.

"Devil... you're a devil..."

The Black Robe Priest completely broke down. He collapsed on the ground, trembling, a foul odor emanating from his crotch.

Lin Feng ignored him, instead appraising the Three-Eyed Demon Ape with interest.

This second-tier demon's strength was roughly equivalent to a Meridian Opening Realm martial artist. Its Blood Essence was abundant, and its demonic energy surged.

It was a good "experience pack."

"Roar!"

The Three-Eyed Demon Ape seemed to know its doom was imminent. The vertical eye in the center suddenly shot out a beam of black light, aimed directly at Lin Feng's face!

"Petty trick."

Lin Feng neither dodged nor blocked. He simply swung his saber forward.

[12.5x Crit Triggered!]

"Clang!"

A blade energy, condensed to its extreme, shot out from the tip of the blade!

The blade energy collided with the black light in mid-air, emitting a loud clang like metal striking metal!

The black light was instantly shattered, but the blade energy continued its momentum, slashing fiercely at the Three-Eyed Demon Ape!

"Pfft!"

The black scales, as hard as iron, were as fragile as paper before this blade energy.

The Three-Eyed Demon Ape's massive body was split in half from head to toe! Dark green blood gushed out!

[Ding! Successfully killed Second-Tier Demon Three-Eyed Demon Ape!]

[Crit Multiplier increased to 14x! Gained 500 Crit Points!]

A one-hit kill!

Another instant kill!

The Black Robe Priest's eyes nearly popped out of his head. His last hope, that powerful Tier 2 Demon... had also been cleaved in two by a single blade?

He finally understood. He hadn't provoked some genius at all, but a complete monster that defied all logic!

He no longer had any thought of resistance and scrambled to flee.

"Did I say you could run?"

Lin Feng's icy voice echoed behind him.

The next moment, a head flew into the sky.

[Ding! Successfully slain Moon Worship Cult Priest!]

[Crit Multiplier increased to 15x! Gained 400 Crit Points!]

Looking at his significantly increased Crit Points, he nodded in satisfaction.

He walked to a corner and pulled out Huang Fugui, who was trembling in fear.

"Well done."

"Sir... Sir... You... You're practically a god descended to earth!"

Huang Fugui was so excited he could barely speak. The way he looked at Lin Feng had transformed into pure reverence.

Lin Feng smiled and surveyed the hellish stone chamber, his brow furrowing slightly.

Such a commotion would have definitely alerted the Demon Suppression Division in the county town.

The Demon Suppression Division was the official enforcement agency of the Great Xia Dynasty, specifically responsible for handling all matters involving Demons and Malevolent Spirits. They wielded immense power, and their members were elites among elites, with unfathomable strength.

While he wasn't afraid, and even considered joining them, he didn't want to attract too much trouble.

Most importantly, his "leave no survivors" modus operandi.

That would likely attract unnecessary attention from the Demon Suppression Division.

"I need to clean up the scene."

Lin Feng had a plan.

He had Huang Fugui fetch lamp oil and set the entire underground stone chamber, along with all the corpses, ablaze.

The raging inferno consumed all the sin.

After finishing, Lin Feng and Huang Fugui left the Zhang Manor without a sound.

The massive fire at the Zhang Manor wasn't extinguished by the constables until the next day.

The once opulent Zhang Manor had been reduced to ruins.

Steward Zhang, his family, and all the guests perished without a single survivor.

This massacre once again shocked the entirety of Qingyang County.

And this time, it finally attracted the attention of the county town's Demon Suppression Division, just as Lin Feng had anticipated.