Trait: Blade Like Wind! (Please follow!)

Amidst the fierce battle in the dense forest, the two Organ Refining martial artists could not help but glance over.

"Eh? This kid actually killed a Bone Refining expert..." the old woman said in surprise.

Chen Ajiu, whom the old woman was protecting, could not help but look over as well. Borrowing the moonlight, he vaguely caught sight of Li Qiming's gray-robed figure from afar, though he did not pay much mind to it.

Although Chen Ajiu was only at the early stage of the Bone Refining Realm, even an average peak Bone Refining expert was no match for him, all thanks to his talent for the blade.

As a prodigy destined to top the Prodigy Ranking in the future, Chen Ajiu naturally possessed a degree of arrogance; the Bone Refining Realm was hardly worth his notice.

Let alone a mere gray-robed disciple at the Blood Refining Realm?

He had only killed a Demon Sect disciple at the early stage of the Bone Refining Realm... well, thinking about it, it was still a bit annoying.

Every Demon Sect martial artist at the Bone Refining Realm was cultivated using a massive amount of resources.

Chen Ajiu made a mental note that once the battle ended, he would certainly deal with this martial arts school's gray-robed disciple properly and let him experience some inhuman torture...

However, that was assuming this gray-robed Blood Refining disciple could survive until the end.

After all, the Demon Sect was not lacking in Bone Refining martial artists; there were several more in this forest, and one of them was even at the peak of the Bone Refining Realm.

Jiang Lianyue's sword momentum did not diminish in the slightest, yet she could not help but notice the eye-catching performance of the gray-robed disciple in the forest.

As a silver-badge Demon Catcher of the Demon Suppression Division, what kind of prodigies had she not seen?

Comparing him briefly to the true prodigies at the Demon Suppression Division headquarters in her mind, this gray-robed disciple's performance was not exactly outstanding, merely showing some potential.

Withdrawing her gaze, her sword radiance grew even more intense.

The battle in the forest seemed chaotic, but in reality, excluding the two Organ Refining martial artists, the remaining conflict was dominated by the few Bone Refining martial artists.

Originally, the Bone Refining martial artists were evenly matched in one-on-one duels, but the moment Li Qiming struck and killed a Demon Sect Bone Refining disciple, the delicate balance was instantly shattered.

The atmosphere throughout the dense forest suddenly grew tense.

The previously high spirits of the Demon Sect disciples dipped, while the martial artists from the escort agency and the martial arts school were all greatly encouraged, their momentum surging.

"Brothers, kill them!"

A Demon Sect disciple raised his blade to rally the others.

The Demon Sect disciples seemed to have gone bloodthirsty, especially the few Bone Refining martial artists, who gritted their teeth and erupted with a strange, black demonic light, their strength increasing significantly.

Puchi, puchi.

The few Bone Refining martial artists from the escort agency, who were already struggling, were instantly defeated and died under the Demon Sect's methods.

"No wonder the Demon Catcher Jiang Lianyue came to suppress them; it turns out they really are a bunch of things that have fallen into demonic ways."

Brother Wang clutched a gruesome blade wound on his chest, his brow furrowed as he spoke.

"We haven't fallen into demonic ways; we are merely borrowing a bit of the power from the blood of demons," one of the Bone Refining martial artists said, walking over slowly with his blade in hand.

His face was flushed, wearing an incredibly eerie expression.

Under the moonlight, the three Bone Refining martial artists stepped forward, faintly surrounding Li Qiming and the others. All three had bloodshot eyes, with traces of blood at the corners of their mouths.

Clearly, they had consumed some kind of strength-enhancing drug that contained demonic power.

Li Qiming had heard rumors that the Demon Sect was ruthless, and while they were called the Demon Sect, they actually had nothing to do with real demons, otherwise, they would have been wiped out of the martial arts world long ago.

But looking at it now, these Demon Sect martial artists seemed rather sinister!

It appeared they really did have some connection to demons.

Jiang Lianyue's words, "You have fallen into demonic ways," might not have been nonsense after all.

While everyone else was shocked and stunned, Li Qiming had long since touched the corpse without leaving a trace.

[Corpse looting successful. Obtained entries:]

[1. Half of a Bone Refining martial artist's assets: Wealth/Valuable]

[2. Blade Like Wind: Talent/Rare]

This time, only two entries had dropped.

Li Qiming looked at entry 1. It was nothing more than the Demon Sect member's land, a few houses, and several taels of gold; it held no appeal.

He immediately looked at entry 2.

[2. Blade Like Wind: Talent/Rare]

[Blade Like Wind: You have a natural affinity for the blade. Your comprehension of blade techniques increases by 1 level. Cultivating any blade technique will yield twice the result with half the effort! Your blade speed +5%, up to a cap of 25%.]

"It appeared again!" Li Qiming was overjoyed.

He had not expected there to be so many blade technique geniuses in the Demon Sect.

He currently always used his fists to hit people, not because he liked using his fists, but because he hadn't mastered any blade techniques, and he always felt awkward holding a blade.

But once he possessed a talent for blade techniques, it would absolutely be able to greatly increase his combat strength.

With a blade and without a blade, using a blade and not using a blade—these were completely different concepts in terms of combat power.

With a single thought, Li Qiming naturally chose the Blade Like Wind talent.

The entry selection was complete, yet he felt absolutely nothing.

After a moment of thought, Li Qiming hooked his toe, kicked up the crescent scimitar from the hand of the Bone Refining realm corpse, and gripped it in his hand.

Instantly, a feeling of extreme familiarity welled up from the hilt of the blade.

It seemed that things were indeed different, but the sensation wasn't very obvious; it seemed quite vague.

Suddenly, he remembered that the Blade Like Wind talent of the same level on this Bone Refining corpse was far inferior to that of Shadow Blade, who had been hunting him earlier.

It appeared that the same talent could manifest to vastly different degrees depending on the person.

Shadow Blade himself was diligent enough, having poured a great deal of effort into his blade techniques, and his own martial arts aptitude was not weak either; therefore, discussing blade techniques alone, he was indeed much stronger than the Bone Refining corpse before him.

"Just as I judged before, having talent alone is useless; if one doesn't work hard to cultivate the corresponding techniques, it will also appear quite ordinary..."

"If it isn't used for a long time, this talent will likely gradually go to waste."

But what Li Qiming lacked right now was the time to slowly practice with the blade.

If only he could trigger an entry that directly increased and instilled blade technique experience points...

Of course, Li Qiming knew that this thought was wishful thinking; his luck couldn't possibly be so good that he got whatever he wanted.

It was impossible for him to have all the good things go his way.

Being able to obtain a talent for the blade was enough to be satisfied with.

"Kid, I didn't expect you to be a blade user too?"

Three Bone Refining realm martial artists stood before Li Qiming.

Two of them were in the early stage of Bone Refining, and looking at their companion on the ground who had died with his eyes wide open, they couldn't help but feel a sense of sympathy for a fellow sufferer.

The way they looked at Li Qiming inevitably carried a hint of wariness.

Although that strike just now was a sneak attack and caught them off guard, no matter what, he had killed an early-stage Bone Refining martial artist.

This meant that the opponent possessed the ability to kill them.

Among the three, another square-faced martial artist had a slightly relaxed and disdainful look in his eyes; he was the one who had just spoken.

He was a mid-stage Bone Refining martial artist.

The square-faced martial artist raised the long blade in his hand, pointing the tip at Li Qiming:

"Since that's the case, pick up your blade, and I'll go one-on-one with you, so I can show you what a real blade technique is!"

His words seemed to show great confidence in his own blade technique!

"Fine." Li Qiming nodded.

The next second, his body moved without any warning.