Moving House, Nan Yan Commandery Manor

The Blood Fiend Asura's manic laughter froze on its face, and for the first time, its six eyes revealed a fear from the depths of its soul!

It felt a fatal threat from that saber intent, one capable of completely obliterating it!

It wanted to escape, but its body felt locked by an invisible force, unable to move!

It could only watch as Lin Feng slowly drew his saber.

"The Seventh Form of the Seven Fiends Saber Technique..."

Lin Feng's voice echoed softly in the dungeon.

"Divine Fiend Returns to Origin."

A saber light, indescribable in words, flared to life.

The saber light wasn't bright, nor was it dazzling or radiant. It appeared simple and unadorned, like an ordinary strike.

Yet, this single strike seemed to contain the ultimate principles of killing and warfare in the world.

Where the saber light passed, space itself seemed to freeze, and time came to a standstill.

The massive blood-red fireball, upon contact with the saber light, vanished silently like an illusion.

The saber light, its momentum undiminished, floated past the Blood Fiend Asura's enormous body.

Then, it was all over.

Lin Feng sheathed his saber and stood in place, as if nothing had happened.

The Blood Fiend Asura's colossal body remained frozen.

Its six eyes still held the extreme fear and disbelief of its final moments.

The next second.

A thin, perfect straight line extended from its head all the way down to its feet.

Immediately after, its indestructible demonic body, like a sand sculpture weathered by the wind, began to crumble from the center line, shattering inch by inch into a sky full of flying ash, completely dissipating into the air.

Not even a trace of blood was left behind.

[Ding! Successfully slain Third-Order Demon - Blood Fiend Asura!]

[Crit Multiplier increased to 35x! Gained 10,000 Crit Points!]

One strike, decapitation!

No, it was more thorough than that.

It was annihilation!

The entire dungeon fell into a deathly silence.

Chu Mengxi stared blankly at the scene before her, her mind a complete blank.

What had she just seen?

A martial artist in the Meridian Opening Realm had instantly killed a peerless ferocious beast at the peak of the True Qi Realm?!

As the Blood Fiend Asura turned to dust, its disappearance, as the core of the grand formation, caused the blood-red dome covering Qingyang County to shatter like brittle glass, fragmenting into countless points of light that dissipated.

The long-lost moonlight once again shone upon the ravaged land.

The chaos in the city also subsided.

The mad citizens, corrupted by demonic energy, collapsed and fell unconscious. The remaining walking corpses and demonic creatures, having lost the support of the blood fiend energy, dissolved into pools of foul-smelling pus.

The crisis had been averted.

Inside the dungeon, Lin Feng glanced at the massive 10,000 Crit Points on the System panel and nodded with satisfaction.

This was a huge profit.

He turned around and walked towards the stunning woman who was still in a state of shock.

"Are you alright?"

He crouched down and poked Chu Mengxi's cheek with his finger.

It felt good, smooth and springy.

"You..."

Chu Mengxi was startled by his frivolous action. A blush of shame and anger rose to her cheeks, but the movement aggravated her injuries, causing her to cough.

"Don't move."

Lin Feng retracted his hand and took out a healing pill, confiscated from a Moon Worship Cult priest, from his embrace. Without further ado, he stuffed it into her mouth.

The pill dissolved upon contact, and a warm, gentle current quickly repaired her damaged meridians and internal organs.

Chu Mengxi's complexion regained a hint of color at a visible rate.

She looked at the man standing so close to her, her heart filled with a complex mix of emotions.

Shame, gratitude, shock, curiosity...

These intertwined feelings left her speechless for a moment.

"You... why..."

She spoke with difficulty, her voice hoarse.

"Why didn't you run?"

Lin Feng finished her sentence for her, chuckling, "I told you, it would be a shame to miss such a spectacular show. Besides, if you died, who would write me a recommendation letter to get into the Demon Suppression Division's armory to pick up advanced techniques?"

This reason was powerful, realistic, and very much like Lin Feng.

Chu Mengxi was speechless for a moment.

She looked at Lin Feng's face, which held a hint of a roguish smile, and suddenly felt that all her previous judgments about him were wrong.

Afraid of death?

A coward?

Could someone who could instantly kill a peak True Qi Realm monster with a single saber strike be a coward?

His previous "edge-sitting" wasn't retreating at all, but rather a kind of...

A tactic she couldn't understand, yet was incredibly effective!

He had used his own method to accumulate enough power in the shortest amount of time to decide the outcome with one blow!

This state of mind, this calculation, this strength...

It was terrifying to the extreme!

Just then, Zhao Tie and Li Rui also arrived, supporting each other, covered in blood.

When they saw the scene in the dungeon, and Chu Mengxi and Lin Feng safe and sound, they were stunned on the spot.

"Boss! You're okay? Where... where's that ferocious beast?"

Zhao Tie asked anxiously.

Chu Mengxi glanced at Lin Feng, her eyes complex, and said, "Lin Feng... cut it down with one saber."

"What?!"

Zhao Tie and Li Rui simultaneously let out screams as if they had seen a ghost.

They stared at Lin Feng, then at the empty altar, their brains completely shutting down.

One saber strike... cut it down?

What a joke!

That was a peak True Qi Realm monster that even the boss had a tough fight against!

But Chu Mengxi's expression didn't seem like she was joking.

The two looked at Lin Feng again, their expressions completely changed.

The previous contempt and anger had long since vanished.

"Lin... Brother Lin! From today onwards, you are my sworn brother!"

Zhao Tie, a man built like a tower, actually bowed deeply to Lin Feng. "Your life-saving grace will never be forgotten!"

"Brother Lin's great kindness, Li Rui will remember it forever!" Li Rui also bowed, his attitude extremely sincere.

They knew very well that if Lin Feng hadn't turned the tide at the last moment, the three of them, including all the people in this city, would have been doomed today.

This was a life-saving grace, and even more so, a monumental contribution that saved the entire Qingyang County!

"Alright, get up. We're colleagues now."

Lin Feng waved his hand; he wasn't accustomed to such emotional scenes.

After this battle, the gap between the four of them was gone.

Three days later, order in Qingyang County gradually resumed under the joint efforts of the County Office and the Demon Suppression Division.

Although the city suffered heavy casualties and everything needed to be rebuilt, the foundation was ultimately preserved.

And the name "Lin Feng" had completely become a god-like existence in the hearts of the people of Qingyang County.

His feat of "slaying a demon god with one saber" was even turned into countless versions by storytellers and spread throughout the streets and alleys.

Inside the County Office's duty room.

Chu Mengxi handed a completed report scroll to Lin Feng.

"This is the report I submitted to the Commandery Division. Regarding your part, I only wrote that you remained fearless in the face of danger, teamed up with me, and ultimately, at the critical moment, caught the demon off guard and killed it."

She looked at Lin Feng and said seriously, "Your talent is too astonishing. Exposing it might not be a good thing. So, I won't ask further questions, nor will I report it."

"Thank you."

Lin Feng nodded, understanding Chu Mengxi's meaning.

She was protecting him.

"Also."

Chu Mengxi's face showed a rare hint of playful teasing. "I've already formally submitted an application to the Commandery Division to transfer you, Iron Token Demon Slayer Lin Feng, to the Seventh Demon Slaying Squad where I am."

"So, pack your things, Captain Lin."

"Tomorrow, you'll come back with us to Nan Yan Commandery's headquarters."

She paused, a flicker of anticipation in her phoenix eyes.

"A broader world awaits you."

Lin Feng smiled.

He glanced out the window. The sky over Qingyang County felt very small.

It was time to experience the true splendor of this fantastical world.

"Huang Fugui, get ready to move."

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