Iron Token Demon Slayer

Facing the thunderous pincer attack of two Meridian Opening Realm experts, Lin Feng remained where he stood, not even drawing the saber at his waist.

To his perfected Ninth Level of Body Tempering senses, Zhao Tie and Li Rui's movements might have been fast and their true qi fierce, but they were still riddled with openings.

"Good."

Just when I was worrying about not having any high-level cultivation techniques, a pillow has been delivered right to my door.

To enter the Demon Suppression Division, he had to display enough value.

And overwhelming strength was the best stepping stone!

Zhao Tie threw a punch, true qi surging as the faint sound of wind and thunder accompanied it. Before the fist even arrived, a scorching gust of fist-force had already pressed the air into a humming vibration.

Li Rui moved with nimble footwork, a pair of judge's pens appearing in his hands. His style was soft, sinister, and unpredictable, sealing off every route through which Lin Feng could evade as the pen tips stabbed toward the vital acupoints all over Lin Feng's body.

The two worked in perfect coordination, clearly partners who had weathered many battles together.

In their eyes, this strike was enough to make any martial artist of the same realm lose all combat capability in an instant.

Yet just as their attacks were about to land, Lin Feng moved.

Rather than retreating, he stepped forward.

It was only a simple step, yet it seemed to contain some profound rhythm.

A faint afterimage remained where he had stood, while his true body slipped through the gap between Zhao Tie and Li Rui's attacks at an unbelievable angle!

"What?!"

Zhao Tie and Li Rui were both startled. Their sure-kill strike had actually missed!

What horrified them even more was how their opponent had done it.

That movement technique was practically ghostlike!

Before they could react,

Lin Feng's voice rang out behind them like a ghost.

"Too slow."

"Buzz—"

A clear saber cry suddenly rang out!

Only then did Lin Feng finally draw his saber.

There was no earth-shaking move. It was still an unremarkable Army Sweeping Slash from the Basic Constable Saber Technique.

But bolstered by the power of perfected Ninth Level of Body Tempering, as well as a critical strike multiplier as high as fifteenfold,

this slash had long since undergone a complete transformation, becoming a deathly crescent moon that tore through the air!

[15x Critical Strike Triggered!]

A blindingly bright saber flash streaked through the small holding room!

As the saber light passed, Lin Feng had already sheathed his blade, as though he had done nothing at all.

The entire room fell into deathly silence.

Zhao Tie and Li Rui still held their forward-lunging attack stances, their bodies frozen in place without moving an inch.

"Th... that's it?"

Outside the holding room, the constables who had come to peek at the commotion looked at one another, completely unable to see what had happened.

Only Chu Mengxi's cool phoenix eyes were filled with towering waves and raging tides!

She had seen it clearly.

At the instant the saber light flashed, Lin Feng's blade had swept precisely and gently past the throats of Zhao Tie and Li Rui.

The blade had been less than a millimeter from their skin.

If it had advanced even a fraction further, those two fine heads would already have rolled to the ground.

What a terrifying saber technique!

And what terrifyingly precise control!

Was this really something a Body Tempering Realm martial artist could accomplish?

"Gulp."

Zhao Tie swallowed with difficulty. He could still feel the icy, bone-piercing saber qi lingering against his neck, making every hair on his body stand on end.

Li Rui was in much the same state. His back had already been thoroughly soaked with cold sweat.

They knew they had lost.

They had lost utterly and completely, without the slightest suspense.

From beginning to end, their opponent had only made one slash.

And that single slash had already decided whether they lived or died.

The two slowly turned around. The way they looked at Lin Feng no longer held the contempt and fury from before, leaving only deep fear and awe.

"You let me win."

Lin Feng spoke blandly, as though he had merely done something insignificant.

"..."

Zhao Tie and Li Rui opened their mouths, but could not utter a single word.

What could they even say?

That he had ambushed them?

That his victory had been dishonorable?

Before such crushing strength, every excuse seemed pale and powerless.

"W-we lost."

In the end, Zhao Tie was the one who lowered his proud head and admitted it in a dry voice.

Chu Mengxi took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the shock in her heart.

She slowly walked up to Lin Feng. For the first time, those beautiful phoenix eyes examined the man before her with such seriousness.

"I take back what I said before."

Chu Mengxi's voice was no longer so cold, carrying instead a trace of solemnity.

"With the Body Tempering Realm, you drove back two Meridian Opening Realm martial artists with a single slash. Your strength far exceeds anyone's imagination."

"Now, in my capacity as a Bronze Token Demon Slayer of the Nan Yan Commandery Demon Suppression Division, I formally invite you to join us."

She took a brand-new black iron token from her robes and handed it to him.

"From today onward, you are an external field agent of our Demon Suppression Division, an Iron Token Demon Slayer. With this token, you may freely enter and leave the Commandery Division's martial arts treasury, receive a monthly salary and cultivation resources, and even have the chance to access cultivation techniques and martial skills far beyond the secular world."

At last, a flicker of understanding flashed through Lin Feng's eyes.

The other side had prepared this long ago.

Whether or not he could force the two men back,

they would ultimately recruit him under their banner.

Still, it did not matter.

This was exactly what he had been waiting for.

Without the slightest hesitation, he took the heavy iron token.

"Thank you, Lady Chu."

"No need to call me lady. You are temporarily joining my team now, so just call me Chief!"

At the side, Zhao Tie and Li Rui's eyes nearly popped out of their heads.

They had followed their chief for several years, yet this was the first time they had ever seen her be so easygoing.

This kid was not only monstrously strong—his charm was too outrageous as well!

"Lin Feng."

Chu Mengxi quickly resumed her cool expression. "Although you have joined the Demon Suppression Division, the Moon Worship Cult case is not over yet. The Zhang Manor stronghold was destroyed, so we have undoubtedly alerted the snake in the grass. I suspect that an even deeper conspiracy is still hidden in Qingyang County. Therefore, we will remain in Qingyang County for the time being to investigate."

"Fine."