Demon Slayer System

"Hiss—"

Li Xuanxiao woke with a grimace.

Pain wracked his entire body, and the back of his head felt as though it had been struck by a heavy hammer.

He instinctively reached up, only to pull back a hand covered in crimson.

Fuck!

Blood!

Li Xuanxiao jolted upright, but a wave of dizziness immediately washed over his mind.

Countless memories surged in like a tide.

The Great Yu Dynasty... martial artists... demons...

In just a few seconds, he understood everything.

He had transmigrated and become a constable in a small border city of the Great Yu Dynasty.

Demons now ravaged the human world, and Ning'an City, situated on the frontier, bore the brunt of it.

Ning'an City lay far from the royal capital and was weak in strength, with barely a handful of capable martial artists.

To survive, they could only play along with the demons.

For the most part, they turned a blind eye when demons preyed upon ordinary civilians.

So long as they did not enter the city in large numbers, so long as they did not slaughter openly, so long as they did not go too far.

At least then, everyone could maintain the illusion of peaceful coexistence.

But the demons were soon no longer content with devouring ordinary people and began targeting the human martial artists within the city!

Now, they had directly invaded Ning'an City on a small scale and forced the magistrate to compromise.

As a constable of the yamen, the previous owner of this body had also perished in this invasion.

With the memories reaching this point, Li Xuanxiao immediately understood the whole chain of events.

He forced himself upright and examined his condition.

After checking himself over, he secretly let out a breath of relief.

Though the scene was horrifying, he had no truly fatal wounds.

The blood on the back of his head did not seem to belong to him either...

Li Xuanxiao was startled. Then whose blood was it?

He turned his head and saw several corpses lying beside him.

Blood streamed from them all the way to where he had fallen.

Only then did Li Xuanxiao notice the thick stench of blood filling the air.

His stomach churned, and a wave of nausea rose in his throat.

Li Xuanxiao struggled to his feet, wanting to step outside for some air.

He reached the doorway and looked out through the half-open door.

His pupils abruptly contracted, and he instinctively covered his mouth.

Outside, several young demons were gnawing on human limbs.

The ground was carpeted in crimson, severed limbs scattered everywhere.

From time to time, crows circled down and pecked among the corpses.

Li Xuanxiao carefully backed away, retreating into a corner of the room and staying as far from the door as possible.

He had come from a peaceful era. When had he ever seen such a scene?

His heart pounded like a drum, his breathing came fast, and his scalp tingled.

He took several deep breaths to calm the terror in his heart.

Calm down. Calm down.

Li Xuanxiao quietly steadied his turbulent emotions and tried to gather useful information from the previous owner's memories.

In this world, demons ran rampant. Ordinary humans had absolutely no power to resist them.

To contend with demons, one had to enter the martial path and become a martial artist!

Li Xuanxiao assessed himself.

The good news was that he was a martial artist!

The bad news was that he had only just entered the first layer of the Profound Realm...

Of the ten martial realms, the Profound Realm was the lowest.

It made one somewhat stronger than an ordinary person, but before demons, it was simply not worth mentioning!

Not to mention the main force behind this massacre, nearly ten demons in the late Profound Realm.

Even the young demons outside, who had only just entered the Profound Realm themselves, were likely more than he could handle.

What was he supposed to do?

One idea after another surfaced in Li Xuanxiao's mind, only to be rejected one by one.

When the gap in strength was too vast, no amount of scheming could do more than pale into weakness.

"Damn it, am I going to die the moment I transmigrate?"

Li Xuanxiao cursed inwardly.

Suddenly, his vision blurred.

A screen of light instantly appeared before him!

Demon Slayer System loading...

Loading complete!

Host bound—Li Xuanxiao

Newcomer gift issued—20 Demon Points

Note: Slay demons to obtain Demon Points! Demon Points can be used to raise the realms of martial arts and cultivation techniques...

The rapidly flickering screen left Li Xuanxiao briefly stunned, then the corners of his mouth rose of their own accord.

The system had finally arrived!

Li Xuanxiao immediately opened his personal panel, and the screen changed at once.

Host: Li Xuanxiao

Realm: First Layer of the Profound Realm

Cultivation Art: Evergreen Art (Beginner)

Martial Art: Focused Spirit Slash (Beginner)

Demon Points: 20

Upon seeing his panel, Li Xuanxiao did not hesitate to invest his Demon Points into his cultivation art.

Improving a cultivation art meant improving his realm.

And realm was the foundation of everything.

His current cultivation at the first layer of the Profound Realm was still far too low.

3 Demon Points consumed. Evergreen Art has entered the Lesser Mastery Realm!

Li Xuanxiao froze. Just 3 Demon Points had raised his cultivation art to Lesser Mastery?

The realms of cultivation arts and martial arts were divided into five grades: Beginner, Lesser Mastery, Greater Mastery, Perfection, and the Sublimity Realm.

Every advancement required martial artists to accumulate years of arduous cultivation and temper themselves through real combat.

Without the system, it would have taken him at least three years to advance from Beginner to Lesser Mastery!

Yet now, it had happened in an instant!

As expected of you, System!

A smile tugged at Li Xuanxiao's lips. His realm had also risen two levels in a row, from the first layer of the Profound Realm to the third!

But it was still not enough!

At the third layer of the Profound Realm, he might be able to kill one young demon outside in a one-on-one fight.

But if those young demons swarmed him together, he would undoubtedly lose!

He still had to keep improving!

Without another thought, Li Xuanxiao invested his remaining Demon Points into his cultivation art.

5 Demon Points consumed. Evergreen Art has entered the Greater Mastery Realm!

8 Demon Points consumed. Evergreen Art has entered the Perfection Realm!

Insufficient Demon Points. Unable to continue improving!

After the string of notifications, Li Xuanxiao's realm also rose with the tide, leaping all the way to the eighth layer of the Profound Realm!

The changes brought by the rise in realm were strikingly obvious. He felt a strength unlike anything he had ever possessed.

His body had nearly swollen by an entire size as well.

Feeling the surging power coursing through him, Li Xuanxiao could finally breathe easy.

Of the 20 Demon Points, 4 remained.

"Since that isn't enough to raise my cultivation art, I'll use them to improve my martial art instead!"

At that thought, the screen changed at once.

3 Demon Points consumed. Focused Spirit Slash has entered the Lesser Mastery Realm!

As the screen displayed the message, countless memories flooded Li Xuanxiao's mind.

They were all scenes of his own bitter training and real combat.

Even the muscles and nerves in the relevant parts of his body had been reshaped into a state befitting his current realm.

A true, all-encompassing internalized improvement!

He opened his personal panel again.

Host: Li Xuanxiao

Realm: Eighth Layer of the Profound Realm

Cultivation Art: Evergreen Art (Perfection)

Martial Art: Focused Spirit Slash (Lesser Mastery)

Demon Points: 1

He nodded and silently closed the screen.

Li Xuanxiao took a deep breath. Only now could he truly rest assured.

As long as he did not encounter those main demons in the late Profound Realm, he had the strength to fight.

At the very least, he could retreat unscathed.

He stood and silently pushed open the door...