Meanwhile, deep within the County Office dungeon.
This place had already been transformed into an incomparably massive altar of flesh and blood. The walls were carved with bizarre blood-colored runes, while the pools of blood on the ground converged into rivers that slowly flowed toward the center of the altar.
At the center of the altar, a gigantic blood cocoon condensed from countless corpses and resentful energy pulsed violently, like an evil heart.
Chu Mengxi's figure was like an icy-blue bolt of lightning. Breaking through layer upon layer of obstacles, she finally arrived here.
When she saw that enormous blood cocoon, even with her steadfast will, she could not help but draw a sharp breath.
"Blood Fiend Asura!"
She recognized this peerless fiend recorded in ancient demon tomes!
This demon fed on blood and drew strength from resentment. Once it fully took shape, it would possess the strength of a True Qi Realm peak expert, enough to slaughter cities and destroy nations!
"I must stop it!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Chu Mengxi's longsword traced a dazzling flower of steel as her True Qi Realm strength erupted without reservation!
"Profound Ice Sword Art!"
With a sharp cry, she thrust out her sword!
In an instant, the temperature of the entire dungeon plummeted to freezing point, and countless ice crystals condensed in the air.
A visible, supremely frigid Sword Qi roared toward the enormous blood cocoon like an ice dragon!
This strike was enough to freeze rivers and seal mountains in ice!
Yet just as the Sword Qi was about to strike its target!
Crack—
A massive fissure split open across the blood cocoon.
A huge, black-scaled claw gleaming with a metallic luster suddenly shot out and caught the ice dragon Sword Qi with unerring precision!
Boom!
The claw clenched fiercely!
The Sword Qi that could freeze all things was crushed to pieces by sheer force, scattering into ice crystals that filled the sky!
Immediately afterward, the blood cocoon exploded completely!
A terrifying Demonic Beast, three zhang tall and shaped like an Asura ghost, with three heads, six arms, and blood-colored flames burning all over its body, appeared before Chu Mengxi!
Its six scarlet eyes fixed upon Chu Mengxi in unison, filled with savagery and hunger.
"True... True Qi Realm peak!"
Chu Mengxi's face turned deathly pale in an instant.
She had miscalculated.
Borrowing the resentment and blood energy of an entire city's living beings, this Blood Fiend Asura had emerged into the world already possessing the horrifying strength of the True Qi Realm peak!
As for herself, though she too was a heaven-sent genius, her true cultivation was merely at the seventh layer of the True Qi Realm. She was still far from the peak.
Roar!
The Blood Fiend Asura let out an earth-shaking roar. All six arms swung at once, bringing six blood-red claw shadows that ripped through the air and blanketed Chu Mengxi from all directions!
Chu Mengxi clenched her silver teeth. She knew that today boded ill rather than well, but she did not retreat.
As a Demon Slayer Envoy of the Demon Suppression Division, behind her stood countless common folk!
"Fight!"
With a sharp cry, she mobilized all the True Qi in her body, transforming into an icy-blue streak of sword light as she charged forward without hesitation!
A heaven-shaking battle erupted in an instant!
Outside, Lin Feng, who had just gathered enough Crit Points, did not hesitate to pour every last point into the Blazing Sun Art!
[ Ding! 15000 Crit Points consumed. Blazing Sun Art critical hit successful! ]
Rumble!
The True Qi within his body began to boil once more!
Meridian Opening Realm seventh layer!
Meridian Opening Realm eighth layer!
Meridian Opening Realm ninth layer!
Under the impact of this immense power, his Ren and Du meridians burst open!
Within his body, his True Qi circulated into a flawless Greater Celestial Circuit, endlessly renewing itself!
[ Host: Lin Feng ] [ Realm: Meridian Opening Realm ninth layer (complete) ] [ Cultivation Method: Blazing Sun Art (complete) ] [ Martial Skill: Seven Fiends Saber Technique (complete) ] [ Movement Technique: Flowing Wind Steps (complete) ] [ Critical Hit Multiplier: 30x ] [ Crit Points: 250 ]
"Meridian Opening Realm ninth layer complete, 30x critical hit, saber technique complete..."
Lin Feng felt the power within him, powerful enough to destroy heaven and earth, and a frightening gleam flashed through his eyes.
"Now, it's my turn to take the stage!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Within the County Office dungeon, terrifying energy shocks erupted without end. The entire underground space trembled violently, as if it could collapse at any moment.
The battle between Chu Mengxi and the Blood Fiend Asura had already reached a white-hot stage.
Icy-blue sword light and blood-colored demonic flames collided madly. Every clash was enough to shatter rocks and make the earth quake.
Besieged by six arms, Chu Mengxi's figure was like a lone boat in raging waves, beset by danger on every side.
She drove the Profound Ice Sword Art to its utmost limit, every sword strike containing a terrifying chill capable of freezing souls. Yet the Blood Fiend Asura's power was far too domineering. Those blood-colored demonic flames seemed able to burn all things, faintly suppressing her icy True Qi.
Pfft!
Chu Mengxi failed to dodge in time and was struck on the shoulder by a claw shadow. She flew backward like a kite with its string cut, slamming hard into the stone wall and coughing up a mouthful of blood.
Her black fighting attire was stained red with blood. Her exquisite face was deathly pale, and her aura had grown feeble.
As for the Blood Fiend Asura, although its body was covered in crisscrossing sword wounds and even two of its arms had been severed at the roots, supported by that vast blood energy, its wounds actually squirmed and healed at a visible speed!
As one side waned and the other waxed, defeat was merely a matter of time.
"Hehehe... little girl from the Demon Suppression Division, you smell truly delicious!"
The Blood Fiend Asura let out a piercing, eerie laugh. Its six eyes brimmed with greed and mockery.
"Become this one's sustenance! Your flesh and blood shall become part of this one's power. This is your supreme honor!"
It strode forward, its massive body carrying incomparable pressure as it approached the fallen Chu Mengxi step by step.
Chu Mengxi struggled to rise, but the True Qi within her had long since been exhausted, and her injuries were grave to the extreme. Even moving a finger had become incomparably difficult.
Watching the mountain-like Demonic Beast approach, a trace of despair and unwillingness appeared in her cold phoenix eyes for the first time.
Could it be that I would truly fall here today?
At that critical moment.
A calm voice carrying a hint of teasing suddenly rang out in the dungeon without warning.
"I say, did you forget that there's still someone else here?"
"Who?!"
The Blood Fiend Asura spun around. Its six eyes swept across the surroundings vigilantly.
Chu Mengxi also struggled to lift her head and looked toward the source of the voice.
At the dungeon entrance stood a tall, slender figure, who had somehow silently appeared there.
He wore spotless clothes, utterly out of place amid this hellish scene of blood and carnage.
It was Lin Feng.
"You... you didn't run?"
Chu Mengxi stared at Lin Feng, her eyes full of disbelief.
"Run?"
Lin Feng smiled. "How could I bear to miss such a splendid show?"
He began walking, slowly descending from the entrance one step at a time.
His steps were not fast, yet they carried a strange rhythm, as though every step landed upon a node of heaven and earth's ultimate principles. The aura of the entire space trembled faintly with his movements.
"A... Meridian Opening Realm ant?"
After his initial vigilance, the Blood Fiend Asura sensed Lin Feng's aura and immediately burst into a disdainful laugh.
"Hahaha! I thought some reinforcements had arrived, but it's only an insect that doesn't know whether it lives or dies! Fine, then you and this little girl can both become this one's snack!"
It abandoned Chu Mengxi and instead fixed its target on Lin Feng.
Though its battle with Chu Mengxi had cost it greatly.
It was still in the True Qi Realm. Killing a Meridian Opening Realm martial artist was easier than crushing an ant!
It raised one intact arm and spread its five fingers. An incomparably dense blood-colored demonic flame condensed in its palm, forming a huge blood-red fireball that it hurled viciously at Lin Feng!
This attack was enough to level a small mountain!
Yet facing this heaven-destroying attack, Lin Feng's expression did not ripple in the slightest.
He did not even stop walking. He merely slowly raised his right hand and gripped the hilt of the saber at his waist.
Hum—
A clear saber cry rang through the entire dungeon.
That sound seemed not to come from the mortal world, but from beyond the nine heavens, carrying the supreme majesty of judging all living beings!
[ 30x critical hit triggered! ]
In that instant, Lin Feng's entire aura changed with a bang!
An indescribably terrifying saber intent, tyrannical beyond compare, surged skyward from his body!
That saber intent was sharp, pure, and filled with the will to slaughter and destroy all things!
Before this saber intent, the Blood Fiend Asura's so-called True Qi Realm pressure was as fragile as a joke!
"Th-this... what kind of saber intent is this?!"
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