Ancestral Divine Weapon, Touching the Limit (bonus chapter for Alliance Leader "M Faceless," with thanks)

Bang!

Somewhere inside Dragon City, at a tavern.

A figure suddenly flew out, smashing through the railing and falling into the street.

A sword wound crossed its chest, but what sprayed from the wound was not blood-it was pitch-black demonic aura. After landing, its body swiftly reverted to its original demonic form, trembling as its disguise fell away.

Before its true form could fully emerge, however, a strand of Sword Qi swept over like an autumn breeze, brushing across its body. Its trembling instantly stopped, and it collapsed, dead.

Li Hao and Li Xiaoran walked up to the broken railing.

The demon lying dead in the street was like a drop of ink falling into a lake, spreading fear through the surrounding townsfolk, who dared not approach.

Li Hao checked his quest progress. His exploration quest had not advanced, but his Mo River completion had increased slightly, by 0.01 points.

Killing a Heaven and Man Realm demon had earned him only this tiny amount of progress. Li Hao found that rather horrifying.

At this rate, would killing a thousand Heaven and Man Realm demons only amount to one point of Mo River completion?

He had now spent thirteen years on his [Growth] quest, and his Mo River completion had reached 2.

"Judging by the quest progress, surviving here is harder than hunting demons."

"That should normally be the case. If an outsider came here to clear it without the Li Family bloodline and reincarnated into an ordinary household, the demons in the city might have assassinated them long ago."

"Revealing your talent draws the demons' attention, but hiding it means you get no cultivation resources. What a dilemma!"

"And you could even reincarnate into a demon's next-door neighbor's household. Then you'd be on your knees right from the start."

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