Seven Fiends Saber Technique, Perfected!

Lin Feng moved like a vulture circling above the battlefield, silently slipping between rooftops and shadows.

He did not join Chu Mengxi and the other two on the main street. Instead, relying on the real-time "map" Huang Fugui had provided, he precisely prowled along the edges of the battlefield.

These areas likewise held large numbers of mad civilians and Walking Corpses infected by demonic qi, yet lacked the suppression of Demon Suppression Division experts, making them an even greater threat to ordinary people.

More importantly, they were far from Chu Mengxi's sight—the perfect "monster-farming zone."

"Swish!"

A cold blade flash streaked through a pitch-black alley.

The heads of five or six Walking Corpses besieging a household soared into the air in perfect unison.

Lin Feng vanished the instant he struck, not even glancing at the fallen bodies. Not a trace of blood stained the saber in his hand.

[ Ding! Successfully killed First Order Walking Corpses x6! ]

[ Critical multiplier increased to 15.2x! Obtained 60 Crit Points! ]

The system notifications ringing in his mind made the smile at the corner of Lin Feng's lips deepen.

"Not bad. Though each one gives a little less experience, there are plenty of them to fill me up."

Like the most efficient butcher, he began a mad harvest amid the chaotic city.

His movement technique was too fast, and his saber technique too sharp.

With the Flowing Wind Steps perfected, he moved like a ghost, passing through armies without a single leaf touching his body.

Though the Seven Fiends Saber Technique was only at the beginner level, bolstered by a fifteenfold critical strike and the true qi of the Sixth Level of Meridian Opening Realm, it was still like chopping melons and vegetables against these low-level monsters—one slash, one kill, without the slightest hesitation.

Wherever he passed, Walking Corpses fell in swathes. The pressure on the districts that had been on the brink of collapse rapidly eased.

His Crit Points, meanwhile, rose at breakneck speed like a snowball rolling downhill.

[ Crit Points: 2500... 4000... 7800... 12000... ]

[ Critical Multiplier: 16.5x... 18.3x... 21.7x... ]

Meanwhile, on the frontal battlefield.

Chu Mengxi and the other two had fallen into an unprecedentedly bitter battle.

After the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array activated, more and more monsters poured in from every direction. Among them were even Blood Fiend Ghost Soldiers whose strength rivaled high-level Body Tempering Realm cultivators. These monsters feared neither death nor pain, possessed boundless strength, and were exceedingly difficult to handle.

"Splat!"

With a furious roar, Zhao Tie smashed a Blood Fiend Ghost Soldier's head to pieces with one punch. Yet its sharp claws also tore several bone-deep wounds across his arm, leaving blood streaming down it.

"No, there are too many! We can't kill them all!"

Zhao Tie gasped for breath, his face somewhat pale.

"Watch out!"

Li Rui cried out, his judge's brush darting rapidly to block a lethal sneak attack for Zhao Tie. But another Ghost Soldier sent him flying with a collision, and a thread of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

The two of them were, after all, only at the first and second levels of the Meridian Opening Realm. Facing this endless tide of monsters, their true qi consumption was immense. They were already covered in wounds and struggling to hold both flanks.

Only Chu Mengxi still displayed astonishing combat strength.

Like a female war goddess amid ice and snow, she swung her longsword, sending crisscrossing arcs of frigid Sword Qi through the air. Every monster in their path was frozen into an ice sculpture before shattering across the ground.

Yet her expression was growing increasingly grave.

For she had discovered that the blood qi and resentment dispersed by the slain monsters had not vanished. Instead, they were all absorbed by the scarlet grand array in the sky, making its color increasingly deep and sinister.

"Boss! Look toward the County Office dungeon!"

Li Rui suddenly pointed into the distance in horror.

At the deepest part of the County Office, the enormous scarlet pillar of light serving as the main array core was violently twisting and swelling, forming a massive blood-red vortex.

A terrifying aura so oppressive it made one's heart palpitate and breath stop was slowly gestating and awakening within that vortex!

"This is bad! That vicious thing is about to emerge!" Chu Mengxi's expression changed dramatically.

She looked around. Although the chaos in the city had been curbed to a certain extent through their desperate fighting, that damned Lin Feng had not shown himself from beginning to end!

Occasionally, she could sense brief yet violent energy fluctuations coming from the outskirts of the city, but they quickly vanished.

In her eyes, Lin Feng was clearly just clearing out some stray fish that did not know their place. He had not participated in the core battle at all!

That coward!

Chu Mengxi cursed inwardly, her disappointment in Lin Feng reaching its peak.

She even thought that once this incident was over, if she could still survive, the first thing she would do was report to the central division and revoke Lin Feng's identity as an Iron Token Demon Slayer!

The Demon Suppression Division would never shelter trash that feared death!

"You two hold this place. Wait for me to return!"

Chu Mengxi made her decision without delay. She could not wait any longer.

Before that vicious creature fully took shape, she had to strangle it in the cradle!

Before her words had even faded, she transformed into a streak of icy-blue light and charged desperately toward the County Office dungeon.

Meanwhile, Lin Feng stood atop a bell tower, leisurely looking over his system panel with the joy of a bountiful harvest on his face.

[ Host: Lin Feng ]

[ Realm: Sixth Level of Meridian Opening Realm ]

[ Cultivation Art: Blazing Sun Art (Proficient) ]

[ Martial Skill: Seven Fiends Saber Technique (Beginner) ]

[ Movement Technique: Flowing Wind Steps (Perfected) ]

[ Critical Multiplier: 25x ]

[ Crit Points: 26500 ]

In just half an hour of "watching from the sidelines at the edge," he had slain no fewer than a thousand Walking Corpses and low-level monsters.

His Crit Points had finally broken through the twenty-thousand mark!

"System!"

Standing atop the bell tower, Lin Feng's robes fluttered in the night wind, yet his gaze was calmer and more focused than ever before.

[ Ding! Detected that the host has sufficient Crit Points. Confirm spending 20000 Crit Points to raise the Seven Fiends Saber Technique to the perfected realm? ]

"Confirm!"

There was not the slightest hesitation.

Boom!!!

A slaughterous insight more immense and purer than anything before burst into his sea of consciousness like the Heavenly River breaking through its banks!

If learning the Seven Fiends Saber Technique at the beginner level had been like watching a grandmaster demonstrate the art within his mind—

Then this time, Lin Feng felt as though he himself had become that peerless saber wielder who slaughtered Gods and Devils, experiencing tens of thousands of bloody battles!

From the first move, "Fierce Fiend Splits the Mountain," to the seventh move, "Divine Fiend Returns to Origin," the essence, profundities, variations of every stroke and every move—even that irreconcilable will to slaughter contained within them—perfectly fused with his soul!

His muscles, tendons, bones, meridians, even every cell in his body, seemed to have gained the memory of a saber!

What was a saber?

A saber was the tyrant among weapons, the extension of slaughter.

To charge forward without turning back—with me present, none could stand against me!

When the final trace of insight fused into his soul, Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes.

His gaze had not changed. It was still as tranquil as an Ancient Well.

Yet the aura around his entire body had undergone an earth-shaking transformation.

If he had previously been a sharp blade hidden in its sheath—

Then at this moment, he was the saber itself!

Standing there, he was a peerless vicious weapon capable of severing the heavens and splitting the earth!

The Seven Fiends Saber Technique, perfected!

"Still not enough."

Lin Feng's gaze turned once more toward the County Office dungeon.

The terrifying aura awakening there grew increasingly powerful. Faintly, it had already surpassed the scope of the Meridian Opening Realm and reached a higher level!

Peak Meridian Opening Realm?

That pressure was already far beyond what a Meridian Opening Realm martial artist could withstand!

True Qi Realm!

Though Chu Mengxi was powerful, Lin Feng estimated that she was at most around the seventh or eighth level of the True Qi Realm.

Against that rapidly growing vicious creature, the odds of victory were uncertain.

"I have to break through again!"

Looking at the remaining 6500 Crit Points, Lin Feng furrowed his brows slightly.

That was not enough to raise the Blazing Sun Art to perfection.

His gaze swept over the chaotic streets below once more.

There were still countless "experience packs" down there!

"Looks like I'll have to work a little harder."

Lin Feng vanished again, turning into a bolt of lightning that reaped lives as he charged into the area where the monsters were most densely gathered.

This time, his efficiency was more than ten times faster than before!

The perfected Seven Fiends Saber Technique, combined with a twenty-fivefold critical strike, had reached an utterly horrifying level of power.

He was no longer killing one with every slash.

He was killing a whole swathe with every slash!

The blade light swept past, Baleful Intent surged, and every Walking Corpse and Ghost Soldier within ten meters was reduced to dust!

[ Ding! Successfully killed... Critical multiplier increased to 25.1x! Obtained 100 Crit Points! ]

[ Ding! Successfully killed... Critical multiplier increased to 25.5x! Obtained 300 Crit Points! ]

[ Ding! Successfully killed Blood Fiend Ghost Soldier! Critical multiplier increased to 26x! Obtained 500 Crit Points! ]

The system notifications flooded his mind as though they had gone mad.

His Crit Points once again soared wildly upward!