That morning, at daybreak.
In a forest in the back hills of the Demon Suppressing Division.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A blood-red afterimage flashed rapidly through the forest, moving at incredible speed!
Wherever it went, leaves swirled into the air!
And that wasn't all!
Thump!
Thump!
As the blood-red afterimage swept past, the severed limbs of Demonic Beasts fell from the sky every so often!
[Slayed a Body Tempering second-grade Demonic Beast, Draw Sword count +1000] [Slayed a Body Tempering first-grade Demonic Beast, Draw Sword count +500] [Slayed a Body Tempering first-grade Demonic Beast, Draw Sword count +500]
The figure was, of course, Lin Guanhuo.
At that moment, Lin Guanhuo held a long saber. With the Blood Flow Art enhancing him, his speed had reached its absolute limit.
For the past half month, Lin Guanhuo had been cultivating in the back hills.
He practiced drawing his saber, accumulated Draw Sword counts, and took pills to temper his bones and sinews.
Demonic beasts occasionally appeared in the back hills, too. They weren't very strong, but little by little, the numbers added up. Over the past half month, Lin Guanhuo had slain demons and exorcised evil, accumulating more than twenty thousand Draw Sword counts.
During that half month, Lin Guanhuo had used up four Bone-Tendon Pills and successfully advanced to the Muscle-Tendon second-grade.
He'd also had an unexpected bonus: with constant use over this period, his Blood Flow Art had steadily improved and successfully reached the Minor Accomplishment stage, saving him a large number of Draw Sword counts.
The effect of breaking through with the Blood Flow Art was that when he unleashed it with all his might, his body became incredibly light, as if he were a gust of wind sweeping through the forest.
Before, it had only increased his