Demon Extermination System, Mountain Splitting Saber Art Perfected!

"Demon Extermination System?"

"My Golden Finger has arrived?!"

With that ball of red light merging into him, Lu Yang's consciousness, which had been on the verge of collapse, cleared somewhat.

"Ding! This system is the Demon Extermination System. The host may strengthen himself by slaying demons and monsters."

"Slaying demons and monsters will earn Experience Points."

"Experience Points can be used to improve cultivation and martial arts."

Lu Yang's eyes lit up at once, and a system panel promptly appeared before him.

[Host: Lu Yang]

[Realm: Body Tempering Sixth Level (4/6)]

[Martial Art: Mountain Splitting Saber Art (Mastery: (4/10)]

[Experience Points: 8]

Lu Yang was delighted.

"These eight Experience Points must have come from that Bat Demon just now."

"Ding! It has been detected that the host has sufficient Experience Points to meet the conditions for a cultivation upgrade. Would you like to consume 2 Experience Points to raise your cultivation?"

"Raise it." Lu Yang did not hesitate in the slightest.

The moment he spoke, a quarter of the red light within him split off and silently dispersed, sinking into his limbs and bones.

Lu Yang felt an intense numbness and itchiness all over his body. The wounds on his body healed at a visible rate.

At the same time, a sense of power far surpassing anything he had felt before spread through his entire body.

Lu Yang's heart stirred, and he silently recited in his mind.

"Open the system panel."

"Ding!"

[Host: Lu Yang]

[Realm: Body Tempering Seventh Level (0/7)]

[Martial Art: Mountain Splitting Saber Art (Mastery: (4/10)]

[Experience Points: 6]

His cultivation had risen to the Body Tempering Seventh Level, while his original 8 Experience Points had decreased by two.

"Just as I thought!" Lu Yang was overjoyed, his breathing quickening.

At that moment, the sounds of battle coming from the distant forest gradually weakened.

Clearly, Captain Yan's situation was not looking too good.

"Ding! It has been detected that the host meets the conditions for a martial art upgrade. Would you like to consume 6 Experience Points to upgrade [Mountain Splitting Saber Art]?"

Lu Yang pondered for a moment.

His current six Experience Points were not enough to raise his cultivation to the Body Tempering Eighth Level.

Yet they were just enough to meet the requirements for upgrading [Mountain Splitting Saber Art].

There was still a 'Big Gray Rat' to deal with. Naturally, he had to maximize his Combat Power.

"Upgrade it."

The remaining red light within his body dispersed, and a figure suddenly appeared in Lu Yang's mind.

That figure held a long saber and performed [Mountain Splitting Saber Art] move by move.

There were only subtle differences, yet it was far more profound than Lu Yang's own [Mountain Splitting Saber Art].

By the time the figure finished demonstrating the saber art, Lu Yang's understanding of [Mountain Splitting Saber Art] had already undergone a world-shaking transformation.

After the red light completely vanished, Lu Yang opened the system panel once more.

[Host: Lu Yang]

[Realm: Body Tempering Seventh Level (0/7)]

[Martial Art: Mountain Splitting Saber Art (Perfection: (10/10)]

[Experience Points: 0]

Seeing this, Lu Yang's confidence surged.

The martial arts under heaven also had ranks, high and low.

As far as Lu Yang knew, martial arts could be divided into four grades: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow.

Yet in Black Mountain County, even Yellow-grade martial arts were secret treasures kept hidden away by the major Martial Arts Schools, let alone anything else.

The [Mountain Splitting Saber Art] he cultivated was taught by the Martial Arts School established by the County Yamen, and it did not even qualify as a Yellow-grade martial art.

Strictly speaking, it could only be considered a commonplace, lowly martial art.

For such a low-grade martial art, a warrior did not need much talent. As long as one was willing to put in the hard work, even a Body Tempering Realm warrior could cultivate it to Mastery.

But to reach Perfection, talent and painstaking cultivation were both indispensable.

"Captain Yan himself has only reached Mastery in the [Mountain Splitting Saber Art]."

"My saber art has now reached Perfection. Even if my cultivation is one level below his, I should still be able to hold my own against him for a while!"

With this level of strength, if he joined forces with Captain Yan, they would surely have a chance to kill the remaining Bat Demon.

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Lu Yang tightened his grip on the long saber, just about to go lend a hand, when a sudden warning blared in his heart!

The mottled patch of moonlight beneath him abruptly darkened by a shade!

The next instant, a sharp whistling through the air came from behind him.

The powerful gust made the hem of Lu Yang's clothes flap violently.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

A claw shadow grazed past Lu Yang's face, raising a thin spray of blood from his cheek.

At the critical moment, Lu Yang shifted sideways by a few inches and leaned back, narrowly evading the fatal strike.

At the same time, the long saber in his hand caught the attacker's fangs at an extremely tricky angle.

He twisted his wrist, his blood and qi surging through his body, and stirred the blade within the attacker's mouth. The savage force instantly shattered several fangs.

"Screech!"

Howling in pain, the attacker immediately released its bite. Its body became a black shadow, leaping back and forth among the surrounding tree trunks.

Judging from the shape of that "Big Gray Rats," it was unmistakably the other Bat Demon!

The night was deep, wild winds rising as dark clouds gradually covered the moonlight. A heavy rain looked ready to descend.

The light within the forest grew increasingly dim.

Nighttime visibility was poor to begin with, and the Bat Demon was incredibly fast. Earlier, relying on his foundation as a warrior, Lu Yang had barely been able to track the general position of that "Big Gray Rats."

The instant the clouds covered the moon, Lu Yang's vision dimmed, and the Bat Demon's figure immediately became blurred.

The Bat Demon seemed to realize this as well. A vicious gleam flashed through its scarlet eyes as it turned into a succession of afterimages, rapidly closing in on Lu Yang while constantly shifting positions through the dense woods.

During the earlier battle, it had relied on its ferocious speed and the complex terrain of the forest to repeatedly ambush Captain Yan, piling on injuries and draining his strength until Captain Yan had been driven to the brink of collapse.

Yet Lu Yang, whose cultivation was only at the Body Tempering Seventh Level, was not flustered in the slightest.

After merging his memories, it was not as though he had no experience facing demons.

What was more, compared with before, demons held another meaning for Lu Yang now.

After all, those were Experience Points!

With a slight movement, he landed in an area thick with fallen leaves.

With a sweeping kick, he easily sent layer after layer of dead branches and leaves whirling through the forest, concealing his body within them.

Bat Demons had poor eyesight. They relied on echoes to lock onto their prey.

At that moment, the dense rustling of fallen leaves immediately disrupted the Bat Demon's judgment.

Yet the Bat Demon seemed surprisingly intelligent. It merely darted about in the distance, not rushing to attack Lu Yang.

This little demon really is close to becoming a spirit! Lu Yang's heart tightened slightly.

Especially since, compared with other lesser demons, the Bat Demon could take to the air, making it even more troublesome.

There may only be one chance. If I rashly reveal that I have the strength to kill it, this Bat Demon might flee!

Lu Yang considered it inwardly and quickly made up his mind.

I have to lure it into trying to kill me!

With that thought, Lu Yang suddenly burst forward, charging back the way he had come.

The Bat Demon paused. Seeing the constable had already fled more than a dozen zhang, carrying his long saber reversed in his hand with his unguarded back fully exposed, it finally believed that he was truly fleeing for his life.

"Screech!"

It suddenly dove, its fleshy wings like blades as they slashed toward Lu Yang's neck!

"Now!"

"Mountain Splitting Saber Art!"

Lu Yang spun around, his long saber drawing an upward arc from below. A black saber light tore through the night sky, striking with perfect precision the half of the Bat Demon's fleshy wing it had desperately raised!

A great spray of blood scattered as the Bat Demon lurched forward and crashed heavily to the ground.

Lu Yang strode forward, intending to give it a few more cuts.

The Bat Demon suddenly opened its mouth and spewed out a cloud of black mist.

"Pfft!"

The black mist was thick with a foul, fishy stench. Merely inhaling a tiny bit made Lu Yang's head swim.

Luckily, a storm was brewing, and the wind in the forest blew without cease.

Lu Yang immediately shifted several yards sideways, avoiding the mouth of the wind, and the poisonous mist quickly dispersed.

"Big Gray Rats" also seized the chance, flapping his injured flesh wings as he struggled to retreat onto a thick branch some distance away.

"Ahhh!"

"Treacherous human!"

The Bat Demon shrieked furiously.

"You said there was only one Late Body Tempering cultivator, but now two have appeared—and one of them is at the Body Tempering Peak!"

"If not for that, how could I have been injured? How could Black Bat have died!"

"Once I leave this place, blood food—only more blood food—will be enough to make up for the mistakes committed by you Blood Slaves!"

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