None Other Than Young Master Zhao Heng!

Xu Ye soon stepped into the Demon Prison as well.

Seeing this, Lü Tao smiled. "With this kid making a move, first place will definitely be his."

"Mm." Du Yuanxiu nodded slightly, offering no denial.

Others might not know Xu Ye's strength, but didn't he?

The moment Xu Ye stepped into the Demon Prison, an icy wind blew over him.

His whole body shuddered. When he clearly saw everything inside the Demon Prison, he could not help but marvel.

"How is this a Demon Prison? This is practically an underground world!"

The Demon Prison was enormous, located deep underground like an entirely new subterranean world.

Though he had yet to see a single demon, the dense demonic wind told him that quite a few demons had to be imprisoned here.

As for the others who had entered ahead of him, Xu Ye spotted only a scattered few.

The rest had clearly gone off separately to find their own targets.

"Kill!" Just then, a battle cry rang out. Xu Ye turned and saw that Zhao Heng was still nearby, currently locked in a fierce struggle with a wolf demon.

That wolf demon was only at the fifth level of Meridian Opening, yet this fellow was actually fighting it to a standstill.

"Beast, die!" Over on the other side, Lin Yuyan was also battling a rat demon.

The rat demon was likewise at the fifth level of Meridian Opening.

Yet Lin Yuyan appeared completely at ease, clearly far superior to Zhao Heng.

"The gap isn't small at all." Xu Ye shook his head slightly.

It seemed Zhao Heng's sixth level of Meridian Opening was full of water!

"Yo! Has the Demon-Suppression Bureau brought us more food again?" Just as Xu Ye shook his head—

A low voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Xu Ye turned and saw a tiger with a mouth full of fangs staring at him sinisterly.

"Fifth level of Meridian Opening!" Xu Ye narrowed his eyes. This was actually a fifth-level Meridian Opening tiger demon.

Xu Ye did not take it seriously.

"Come obediently into my mouth! I haven't had meat in so long!" The tiger demon spoke in human language, then lunged at Xu Ye with astonishing speed.

The Demon-Suppression Bureau did not kill them, instead imprisoning them here for the Bureau's examination.

But weren't they also treating these examinees as rations?

As it pounced toward Xu Ye, one massive tiger claw slammed at him, its terrifying strength causing the air to explode with a bang.

Clearly, this claw carried boundless power. An ordinary person would surely have been smashed to pieces by it.

But Xu Ye was different. He did not waste a word. Taking one step forward, he raised a hand and firmly caught the tiger demon's massive claw, stopping it dead in its tracks.

"What?" The tiger demon's face changed drastically, utterly shocked.

What kind of person was this?

Before it could react further, Xu Ye had already seized its other claw and pulled hard to both sides.

With a rip.

The tiger demon did not even have a chance to scream before Xu Ye tore it alive into two halves.

Blood sprayed everywhere, a horrifying sight.

A tiger demon had died instantly.

"What?"

"How is that possible?"

"This guy..."

At that moment, Lin Yuyan and Zhao Heng, who had originally been fighting demons elsewhere, had both noticed Xu Ye entering the Demon Prison from the start.

Thus, they had secretly been watching him from the corners of their eyes.

When they saw Xu Ye tear a fifth-level Meridian Opening tiger demon in half after just one exchange, both were greatly startled, shocked beyond measure.

This guy was that terrifyingly strong?

Was this the strength someone at the sixth level of Meridian Opening should have?

This was far too terrifying!

How had he done it?

Stormy waves surged through their hearts.

"Isn't it just a fifth-level Meridian Opening beast? I can kill one too!" Zhao Heng was the first to recover. With an angry roar, he launched a barrage of attacks at the demon before him.

Clearly, Xu Ye had provoked him.

He would never allow anyone to surpass him.

First place in this examination had to be his.

"Kill!" Lin Yuyan paused for only a moment before resuming her battle with the demon before her.

She did not want to fall behind either.

Meanwhile, Xu Ye paid no attention to any of that. He calmly walked over to the tiger demon's corpse and used the dagger he had brought in to cut off one ear.

This was proof of the number of demons killed.

Of course, to prevent anyone from cheating, people from the Demon-Suppression Bureau were also secretly keeping records.

Perhaps that, too, was part of the Demon-Suppression Bureau's examination.

Xu Ye could not be bothered with it. Next, he did not waste any time. If he wanted first place, he had to kill enough demons within this one hour.

Thus, he began pushing deeper inside, searching for demons to kill.

Very quickly, Xu Ye discovered that the demons in the Demon Prison were generally not very strong.

Even the strongest were only at the sixth level of Meridian Opening. They were pitifully weak.

With his strength, he was like a fish in water here. Whenever he encountered a demon, he slaughtered it with ease.

In the blink of an eye, an hour had passed.

A voice rang out through the Demon Prison.

"Time is up. Everyone, leave the Demon Prison. Those who fail to do so will bear the consequences!"

As the voice faded, Xu Ye cut off the last demon's ear before finally leaving the Demon Prison.

When Xu Ye arrived outside the Demon Prison, he saw Du Yuanxiu, Lü Tao, and the other examination participants.

However, he noticed that more than half of the participants were now gone.

Clearly, those who had not emerged had been left behind in the Demon Prison forever.

Even those who had returned bore injuries to varying degrees.

This was the cruelty of the Demon-Suppression Bureau's examination.

It seemed as if there were not many rules.

But precisely because of that, it was the most terrifying.

Because people truly died here.

Only after seeing Xu Ye emerge did Du Yuanxiu nod slightly. Then he announced in a clear voice, "The examination is over! Next, we will tally everyone's results. I look forward to becoming colleagues with you all."

As he spoke, he glanced at Lü Tao.

Lü Tao wasted no words. He stepped forward to inspect the results of everyone's demon kills, then announced them aloud.

"Li Yong, killed two demons. Passed the examination."

"Zhang Kai, killed one demon. Failed the examination..."

"..."

Next, each time Lü Tao called out a name, many voices rose from the crowd.

There was joy and sorrow.

But without exception, rules were rules.

Those who failed could only leave the Demon-Suppression Bureau.

Finally, Lü Tao called out Lin Yuyan's name. "Lin Yuyan, killed seven demons. Passed!"

"As expected of the Lin Family's Second Miss!"

"She killed seven demons? That's too strong."

"Is this the gap between us?"

Boom!

Upon hearing this, quite a few people present were stunned.

Seven!

That was far too strong!

The gap was simply too enormous.

After all, they had fought for their lives to kill just two demons, or even only one.

Yet Lin Yuyan alone had killed seven. How could that not be impressive?

Du Yuanxiu and Lü Tao both nodded, clearly satisfied with Lin Yuyan's performance.

Then Lü Tao began tallying Zhao Heng's results.

A moment later, he announced loudly, "Zhao Heng, killed twelve demons. Passed!"

Boom!

The moment his words fell, the entire crowd erupted in another wave of shock.

Countless people were utterly stunned.

"Oh my heavens!"

"Young Master Zhao Heng actually killed twelve demons! That's far too strong!"

"It seems first place in this examination can be none other than Young Master Zhao Heng."

Everyone looked at Zhao Heng with envy.

They had all already decided in their hearts that first place in this examination was unquestionably Zhao Heng's.