The Effect of Averting Evil, The True First!

The coldness in Captain Xu's eyes vanished, replaced by shock and uncertainty.

Lin Feng had left the deepest impression on him.

If Captain Chen hadn't held him back earlier, he would have already struck out to teach that arrogant brat a lesson.

He never expected... the man actually had real strength!

Captain Zhao's gaze flickered constantly.

Though he had worn a smile before, inwardly he had dismissed Lin Feng with contempt—he simply hadn't shown it.

Captain Zhao never believed Lin Feng could stand alongside those Houtian realm martial artists.

But now.

Lin Feng had surpassed all the Squad Leaders and could already compare to some Houtian First Layer Squad Leaders!

So this man hadn't been spouting arrogant nonsense—he truly had the strength and the confidence.

But why had he never seen such a promising genius before?

Captain Zhao felt a desire to recruit him.

He wasn't just a captain of the Wancheng Demon Suppression Division.

He was also a member of the Zhao Family, one of Wancheng's Four Great Families.

If not for the Zhao Family's support, he wouldn't have reached where he was today.

So recruiting talent for the Zhao Family was part of his duty.

Captain Zhao glanced to the side and said casually, "Captain Chen, this kid is the dark horse of this assessment—he doesn't make a sound, but when he does, he stuns everyone!"

"From the look of it, Captain Chen, you seem quite familiar with him?"

Captain Chen had stopped Captain Xu from acting earlier, clearly knowing Lin Feng.

So Captain Zhao wanted to pry some information from Captain Chen.

Hearing this, Captain Chen nodded slightly and said, "You could say I know him a little."

"His name is Lin Feng. He joined the Demon Suppression Division not long ago—less than a month."

"It's normal that you don't recognize him, Captain Zhao, but you should know his father."

Curiosity appeared on Captain Zhao's face: "Joined the Demon Suppression Division so recently? No wonder I didn't know him!"

"It seems he was already quite strong before joining, making him this assessment's dark horse. By the way, who is his father?"

Captain Chen said, "His father is named Lin Zhan. According to Demon Suppression Division intelligence, he died in a demon suppression operation over ten days ago."

The words fell.

Captain Zhao's curious expression instantly froze!

A storm surged in his heart!

Lin Zhan!

This man was Lin Zhan's son?!

The moment he thought of Lin Zhan, of his face, and of the secret Lin Zhan had discovered about him...

Suddenly, a terrifying, sinister darkness flashed in Captain Zhao's eyes!

"Lin Zhan... heh, I vaguely remember him."

Captain Zhao let out a light laugh.

The desire to recruit vanished in an instant!

Instead, it transformed into a nearly tangible killing intent.

"What a pity. I never expected you to be Lin Zhan's son!"

"This kid's potential is so high it might even surpass mine! Give him time to develop, and he'll reach the Houtian realm!"

"I was going to recruit you, but now it seems I can't let you live!"

Captain Zhao's expression remained calm, but the killing intent in his heart grew.

Such a genius could only be nipped in the bud before he matured.

Captain Zhao's mind ran wild. Now he felt that Lin Feng joining the Demon Suppression Division wasn't just for training.

Maybe he had joined to investigate his father's death?

If Lin Feng grew strong and learned his father had died by Captain Zhao's hand...

That would be a real problem.

He never imagined that dead man, Lin Zhan, would have such a talented son.

Captain Zhao's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was calculating something.

Time slowly passed.

The Bronze Man's realm rose from Body Tempering Seventh Level to the Eighth Level of Body Tempering!

And at this stage, Lin Feng discovered that

the Bronze Men's attacks against him now granted +10 proficiency each time!

The increase in proficiency had become terrifyingly fast.

Every second, the gain even reached 1000!

Upgrading Iron Shirt from lv4 to lv5 required a full one hundred thousand proficiency.

Under normal circumstances, Lin Feng had no idea how long it would take to reach lv5.

It would take an extremely long time.

Fortunately, with the help of the Bronze Man Formation, his Iron Shirt's growth was alarmingly rapid!

Before long, it had already reached over ninety thousand.

Lin Feng silently watched the Status Panel before him.

After reaching ninety thousand, every second's gain was 1000.

Six seconds later, the proficiency of Iron Shirt finally broke through one hundred thousand.

And its level also rose from lv4 to lv5!

Name: Lin Feng

Cultivation: Body Tempering Seventh Level

Skills: Archery lv4 (0/100000), Iron Shirt lv5 (0/1000000)

Talents: Infallible Shot, Swift Shadow Soul Chaser, Toxin, Copper Skin, Iron Bones, Steel Tendons, Powerful Shot, Averting Evil.

"Good, it wasn't for nothing that I stood still and played human punching bag for so long!"

"Finally, I've raised Iron Shirt to lv5!!"

A flash of ecstasy appeared in Lin Feng's eyes.

After reaching the Eighth Level of Body Tempering, even with his Iron Shirt at the third layer, these Bronze Men's attacks were starting to hurt a bit.

After all, the Bronze Men never tired, and their punching frequency was extremely high.

Even those Squad Leaders at Houtian First Layer couldn't withstand it.

That Lin Feng could still endure was already impressive.

With a thought, Lin Feng began to inspect his newly acquired talent, Averting Evil.

Averting Evil: Increases defense by five times, while attacks from demons and monsters against oneself are reduced to one-fifth.

Increases defense by five times?

Lin Feng's gaze shifted slightly.

He could indeed feel that the attacks from these Bronze Men had become much weaker again!

When he was still at the third layer, the attacks from the Eighth Level of Body Tempering Bronze Men had been somewhat hard for Lin Feng to bear.

But after Iron Shirt upgraded, that pain and discomfort vanished completely!

Once again, Lin Feng found himself handling it with ease!

However, the defense increase was minor; what mattered was the description after 'Averting Evil.'

Attacks from demons against him reduced to one-fifth?

This was practically a divine skill!

Calculating this way, he would have an enormous advantage when facing demons!

Even against those peak second-tier demons, Lin Feng would no longer fear them.

Their combat power was greatly weakened—what was there to be afraid of?

After Iron Shirt's upgrade, the boost to Lin Feng's strength was no small matter.

Especially for future missions to hunt and kill demons, it would become several times easier!

"Unless I encounter a third-tier demon, there's no way I'll die!" Lin Feng thought to himself.

Before he knew it, another sixty breaths had passed.

The Bronze Men's realm rose from the Eighth Level of Body Tempering to the Ninth Layer of Body Tempering!

And at this moment, the proficiency gained from the Bronze Men's attacks on Lin Feng

had doubled once again!

+20+20+20+20+20...

Each increment was actually 20!

With so many Bronze Men attacking in rotation, the proficiency increase per second had to be over 2000.

At this moment, Lin Feng, immersed in the frenzy of proficiency growth, didn't notice the uproar outside.

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