The wild laughter on Blood Fiend Asura's face froze instantly. For the first time, soul-deep terror appeared in its six eyes!
From that saber intent, it sensed a fatal threat capable of utterly erasing it!
It wanted to flee, but its body seemed to be locked in place by some invisible force, unable to move!
It could only watch helplessly as Lin Feng slowly drew his saber.
"Seventh move of the Seven Fiends Saber Technique..."
Lin Feng's voice echoed softly through the dungeon.
"Divine Fiend Returns to Origin."
A saber light beyond all description lit up.
That saber light was not bright, not resplendent, nor dazzling. It looked plain and unadorned, like an ordinary slash.
Yet that single slash seemed to contain the ultimate truth of slaughter between heaven and earth.
Where the saber light passed, space itself seemed frozen, and time came to a halt.
The enormous blood-colored fire vanished soundlessly like an illusion the instant it touched the saber light.
The saber light did not lose momentum. Lightly and soundlessly, it passed through Blood Fiend Asura's massive body.
Then, everything ended.
Lin Feng sheathed his saber and stood where he was, as though nothing had happened.
Blood Fiend Asura's huge body remained frozen in place.
Its six eyes still held the uttermost terror and disbelief from before its death.
The next moment.
A thin, perfect straight line extended from the top of its head all the way to its feet.
Then its indestructible demonic body, like a weathered sand sculpture, began to crack apart inch by inch from the middle, turning into ash that filled the air before completely vanishing.
Not even a trace of blood remained.
[Ding! Successfully killed Third-Order Demon · Blood Fiend Asura!] [Critical hit multiplier increased to 35x! Obtained 10,000 Crit Points!]
One slash, beheading!
No, even more thorough than that.
It was annihilation!
The entire dungeon fell into deathly silence.
Chu Mengxi stared blankly at the sight before her, her mind completely empty.
What had she just seen?
A Meridian Opening Realm martial artist had instantly killed a peerless fiend at the peak of the True Qi Realm?!
As Blood Fiend Asura turned to ash and vanished, the core of the great formation disappeared with it. The blood-colored dome covering Qingyang County's skies shattered inch by inch like unsupported glazed glass, turning into countless motes of light that dispersed.
Long-lost moonlight once again spilled over this scarred and battered land.
The chaos within the city gradually subsided as well.
The crazed civilians corrupted by demonic qi collapsed one after another into unconsciousness, while the remaining Walking Corpses and demonic creatures, having lost the support of the blood fiend qi, turned into pools of stinking pus.
The crisis was over.
Inside the dungeon, Lin Feng glanced at the enormous 10,000 Crit Points on the system panel and nodded in satisfaction.
This haul had been a bloody profit.
He turned and walked toward the stunning woman who was still petrified in place.
"Are you all right?"
He crouched down and reached out a finger to poke Chu Mengxi's cheek.
Nice feel. Smooth and springy.
"You..."
Startled awake by his frivolous action, Chu Mengxi's cheeks flushed with embarrassed anger. But the movement tugged at her wounds, and she could not help coughing.
"Don't move."
Lin Feng withdrew his hand, took out a healing pill seized from a Moon Worship Cult priest from his robes, and stuffed it into her mouth without giving her a choice.
The pill melted the moment it entered her mouth, transforming into a warm current that swiftly repaired her damaged meridians and internal organs.
A trace of color visibly returned to Chu Mengxi's face.
She looked at the man so close before her, her heart a tangled mess of emotions.
Embarrassed anger, gratitude, shock, curiosity...
All sorts of emotions intertwined, leaving her unsure what to say for a moment.
"You... why..."
She spoke with difficulty, her voice hoarse.
"Why didn't you run?"
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Lin Feng finished the question for her and smiled. "I told you, it would've been such a pity to miss such a wonderful show. Besides, if you died, who would write me a recommendation letter so I could enter the Demon Suppression Division's martial arts repository and choose a superior technique?"
That reason was powerful, realistic, and utterly Lin Feng.
Chu Mengxi was rendered speechless.
Looking at Lin Feng's face, which carried a hint of an irreverent smile, she suddenly felt that every judgment she had made about him had been wrong.
Afraid of death?
A coward?
Could someone capable of killing a peak True Qi Realm demonic beast with one slash possibly be a coward?
His earlier "hanging around the edges" had not been retreat. It had been a kind of...
A tactic she could not understand, yet one that was incomparably efficient!
In the shortest possible time, he had accumulated enough power to settle heaven and earth with a single strike!
That temperament, that calculation, that strength...
It was terrifying to the extreme!
Just then, Zhao Tie and Li Rui arrived, supporting each other as they staggered over, covered in blood.
When they saw the scene in the dungeon, along with the unharmed Chu Mengxi and Lin Feng, they froze on the spot as well.
"Boss! You're all right? Then... where's that monster?"
Zhao Tie asked anxiously.
Chu Mengxi glanced at Lin Feng, her gaze complicated. "Lin Feng... killed it with one slash."
"What?!"
Zhao Tie and Li Rui both cried out as though they had seen a ghost.
They stared wide-eyed at Lin Feng, then at the empty altar, their minds completely crashing.
Killed it... with one slash?
What kind of joke was that!
That was a peak True Qi Realm demonic beast that had even forced their boss into a bitter battle!
Yet Chu Mengxi's expression did not look like she was joking.
When the two looked at Lin Feng again, their gazes changed completely.
Their earlier disdain and fury had long since been tossed beyond the clouds.
"Lin... Brother Lin! From today onward, you're my Zhao Tie's own big brother!"
This tower-like man actually gave Lin Feng a deep bow. "I'll never forget the debt of saving my life!"
"Brother Lin's great kindness will forever remain in Li Rui's heart!" Li Rui bowed as well, his attitude incomparably sincere.
They knew perfectly well that if Lin Feng had not turned the tide at the end, the three of them, along with all the people in the city, would have been finished today.
This was not only a life-saving favor—it was a towering achievement that had saved all of Qingyang County!
"All right, get up. We're colleagues now."
Lin Feng waved a hand. He was not particularly used to such emotional scenes.
After this battle, no barrier remained between the four of them.
Three days later, order in Qingyang County gradually recovered through the joint efforts of the County Office and the Demon Suppression Division.
Although the city had suffered grievous casualties and everything awaited rebuilding, its foundation had ultimately been preserved.
And the name "Lin Feng" had completely become something like a god in the hearts of Qingyang County's people.
The tale of how he had slain a demon god with his saber was turned into countless versions by storytellers and spread through every street and alley.
Inside the County Office duty room.
Chu Mengxi handed Lin Feng a completed report.
"This is the report I submitted to the Commandery Division. As for your part, I only wrote that you remained calm in the face of danger, joined forces with me, and ultimately killed the demonic beast by catching it off guard at the critical moment."
She looked at Lin Feng and said seriously, "Your talent is too earth-shattering. Once exposed, it may not be a good thing. So I won't ask further, nor will I report it."
"Thank you."
Lin Feng nodded. He understood what Chu Mengxi meant.
She was protecting him.
"Also."
A rare hint of mischief appeared on Chu Mengxi's face. "I've formally submitted an application to the Commandery Division to transfer you, Iron Token Demon Slayer Lin Feng, into the Seventh Demon Slaying Squad that I belong to."
"So pack your things, Constable Lin."
"Tomorrow, come back with us to Nan Yan Commandery."
She paused, and a glimmer of anticipation flashed through her phoenix eyes.
"A broader world is waiting for you."
Lin Feng smiled.
He looked out the window. Qingyang County's sky was very small.
It was time to see the true splendor of this fantasy world.
"Huang Fugui, get ready to move."
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