Mad Improvement!

Outside the room, several young fiends were still engrossed in their meal.

Their massive teeth tore at human limbs on the ground.

With every opening and closing of their jaws, they swallowed large chunks of flesh and blood.

The dozens of corpses outside the door were now almost entirely devoured!

Li Xuanxiao felt a surge of fear, realizing that if he hadn't awakened the system.

Once they finished eating the people here, they would have turned their attention to him!

But now, the tables had turned!

He strode forward, drawing the saber from his waist.

With lightning speed, he rapidly approached a Rat Fiend that was feeding.

The saber flashed down, and the Rat Fiend's head flew off.

[Killed a Profound Realm Layer 2 Rat Fiend, gained 1 Demon Point!]

Blood splattered, adding to the gruesome scene.

But this time, it was the blood of the fiends.

The other Rat Fiends were disturbed and looked up at Li Xuanxiao.

Upon seeing him swiftly decapitate one of their own, they all stopped feeding, their faces contorted into ferocious expressions, letting out sharp, piercing screeches.

However, not a single one dared to attack Li Xuanxiao.

Clearly, the cultivation realm Li Xuanxiao had displayed had intimidated them.

Li Xuanxiao paused for a moment, silently weighing the gap between them.

Dealing with these small Rat Fiends now, he couldn't say it was simple, only that it was not difficult at all.

Without waiting for them to react, Li Xuanxiao drew his saber again and attacked the nearest Rat Fiend.

This time, the Rat Fiends were on guard and scattered.

They intended to wait for an opportunity, to ambush him when Li Xuanxiao launched his attack.

But Li Xuanxiao wouldn't give them such a chance.

The Focused Spirit Slash, which had reached the Minor Accomplishment stage, was unleashed rapidly. Each strike took the head of a Rat Fiend.

In just a moment, eight Rat Fiends were killed!

The remaining three Rat Fiends showed human-like expressions of fear.

Although they still bared their teeth at Li Xuanxiao, their slowly retreating steps revealed their inner panic.

Li Xuanxiao didn't care what they thought; to him, these Rat Fiends were now moving Demon Points.

Not one could be spared!

He drew his saber again, and the Rat Fiends scattered, truly fleeing in disarray.

But their realms were too low, how could they outrun Li Xuanxiao?

One by one, they were caught and killed!

Soon, everything returned to silence.

Li Xuanxiao's breathing was slightly rapid, and his body trembled slightly.

This was his first time slaying fiends, and he felt fear, disgust, and also... excitement!

Yes, excitement!

It was as if a deep-seated desire within him had been ignited.

This kind of real combat, the rush of adrenaline, the resolve to put the opponent to death.

It ignited a powerful sense of strength within him.

A surge of heroic spirit rose in his heart.

Since he had transmigrated to this world overrun by fiends, he had to adapt to its way of survival.

Humans and fiends, hunters and prey.

The vanquished lost everything, the timid had no control over their lives, only the strong could survive!

The ground littered with corpses, the flesh and blood that had been gnawed.

All of this was showing Li Xuanxiao the true law of survival.

I will survive, I must survive!

Become stronger, stronger, stronger without a moment's pause!

"Hoo hoo hoo—"

After taking a few deep breaths, Li Xuanxiao's eyes were filled with determination.

After completely calming his restless mood, Li Xuanxiao began to take stock of his gains.

He had killed a total of eleven Rat Fiends on this trip.

One of the Rat Fiends was quite talented, actually reaching the fourth layer of the Profound Realm! It contributed 2 Demon Points to him.

In the end, he accumulated a total of 12 Demon Points.

Adding the 1 point he had left, he now had 13 Demon Points remaining.

13 Demon Points were still not enough to upgrade his cultivation realm, but they were just right for upgrading his martial arts.

Without any hesitation, Li Xuanxiao invested the Demon Points into his martial arts.

[Consumed 5 Demon Points, Focused Spirit Slash has entered the Great Accomplishment stage!]

[Consumed 8 Demon Points, Focused Spirit Slash has entered the Perfected stage!]

As his realm improved, many more memories flooded into his mind.

Li Xuanxiao narrowed his eyes slightly and absorbed them with practiced ease.

After a few seconds, he finished absorbing them.

A sense of clarity arose in his heart; it seemed he had truly immersed himself in this martial art for many years.

He swung his saber down, and instantly three saber lights shot out!

The power was far beyond what it was before, a clear and visible improvement.

When encountering fiends at the level of the Rat Fiends he had just fought, he wouldn't need to kill them one by one anymore.

If he grasped the timing correctly, killing three with one strike would be no problem!

Li Xuanxiao felt a surge of excitement.

With fiends rampant and slaughtering the city's residents on a large scale, Now was the time for him to act!

He wiped the fiend's blood splattered on his face, a eager smile appearing on his lips.

He turned and walked out of the courtyard.

Ning'an City, Yamen.

"Your Excellency Magistrate, have you made up your mind?"

"Time waits for no one, and when our descendants strike, they won't hold back."

A Rat Fiend with an arrogant expression stroked its beard while glancing sideways at the middle-aged man seated at the head of the table.

At first glance, there were a full eight fiends, all at the late stage of the Profound Realm!

The weakest among them had reached the seventh layer of the Profound Realm!

And the strongest among them had an unfathomable aura, infinitely close to the Apex Realm!

Such a lineup, in this border region, was already considered terrifying combat power.

Yet, at this moment, they were all gathered within the Yamen's main hall, filling the air with demonic energy, causing frowns.

The middle-aged man seated in the central position of the hall was the current Magistrate of Ning'an City.

Below the main seat stood several martial artists holding sabers; they were all constables of the Ning'an City Yamen.

The Magistrate silently calculated in his heart; even including himself, Ning'an City only had a total of five martial artists at the late stage of the Profound Realm.

If a fight were to break out, they would most likely lose.

But if he agreed to the fiends' unreasonable demands and allowed them to hunt martial artists within the city, That would undoubtedly be digging his own grave.

For a moment, the Magistrate fell into a dilemma.

Fight, and they would most likely not see tomorrow's sun.

Comply, and they would forever have to tacitly allow fiends to prey on the city's martial artists, but it would allow him to continue to linger on for a while longer.

The Magistrate gritted his teeth; he didn't want to die, at least not now.

Soon, very soon, he would be able to leave this place and go to an inland city.

At such a crucial juncture, he couldn't afford any mistakes!

So, he could only make the common folk suffer a bit more.

He sighed deeply and finally nodded.

"I... agree."

As soon as these words were spoken, the constables beside him turned pale with shock!

If the fiends could hunt low-level martial artists today, they could hunt them tomorrow!

"Your Excellency Magistrate, you cannot!"

"This will only turn Ning'an City into a paradise for fiends."

"As martial artists, we are Ning'an City's last line of defense. How can you just give up like this?"

"If we go all out, we still have a chance to fight!"

Several constables were shocked and furious, while the fiends opposite them wore smiles.

"Very good!"

"Magistrate Song is a wise man; he's made the most sensible decision."

"We brothers are not unreasonable people. We'll order our useless descendants to stand down."

The fiends roared with laughter, revealing the joy of achieving their goal.

The constables, however, looked ashen, as if they had foreseen the outcome that would soon arrive.