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Danger Zone 0911, outskirts.

A pack of Mutant Hounds bared their fangs and charged!

Standing 1.9 meters tall,

Lin Chen gripped a two-meter Mo Saber and did not dodge!

Instead, he charged straight at them!

As dozens of Mutant Hounds closed in,

Lin Chen swung his Mo Saber horizontally and vertically!

He forcibly carved out a one-meter Safe Zone around himself!

Whenever a Mutant Hound came close, it was either cut in half at the waist or disemboweled!

Or its head flew off, blood spraying everywhere!

[Ding! Killed one Mutant Hound. Qi-Blood Value +0.1!]

[Ding! Killed three Mutant Hounds. Qi-Blood Value +0.3!]

[Ding! Used Mad Demon Slash twice. Proficiency +0.2!]

[Ding! Killed ten Mutant Hounds. Qi-Blood Value +1!]

With his blood and qi surging throughout his body,

Lin Chen seemed to have limitless strength as he crazily swung his saber!

After he killed the last Mutant Hound, the ruins fell silent!

Covered in blood, Lin Chen swept his gaze around.

He immediately planted his saber in the ground and dropped down on his butt.

During that frenzied slaughter, his stamina had also been draining at lightning speed!

Fortunately, his steadily increasing Qi-Blood Value barely kept the weakness at bay!

Ignoring his need for rest, Lin Chen got up and quickly stored the dozens of Mutant Hound corpses.

After finishing all that, he pulled the Mo Saber from the ground again!

When he casually glanced at it, Lin Chen's eyes lit up!

Visible to the naked eye, a patch of silvery white had actually appeared on the rust-covered blade!

Though it was only the size of a fingernail, it was still impossible to miss!

What was going on?

Could it be that killing Monsters had worn away the rust?

Lin Chen pursed his lips.

He had been hoping this saber came with tetanus damage.

Who would have thought that after only a few swings, the rust would actually come off?

"Let's go home first..."

Lin Chen shook his head slightly.

Knowing when to quit, he understood that this was no place to linger and immediately sprinted toward Chuan City!

Not long after he left, another pack of First-Level Demon Beasts howled their way over, drawn by the scent of blood...

At the city gate.

As evening fell, the final Bus 502 pulled into the station.

After getting off, the bus driver glanced toward the gate and expertly lit a cigarette.

As smoke curled from his mouth, he seemed to be waiting for something.

As the seconds ticked by,

figures gradually began entering through the city gate.

Their eyes were cold, and their expressions were solemn.

Wrapped in Alloy Battle Armor, they radiated killing intent!

Used to the sight, the bus driver exhaled a smoke ring.

He looked at the returning Martial Artists and gave them a slight nod of respect!

Some Martial Artists left on other transportation without even looking back.

Others, short on cash, silently boarded the bus.

After several people took their seats, the bus driver could not help but sigh!

He thought about how he had made ten trips today!

There had been eight Martial Artists heading out in total!

No, that was not right!

Including that last rookie, there had been nine!

Yet fewer than five had returned now!

The fate of those who had not returned was obvious!

Time to go!

Just as the sighing bus driver was about to head back,

he saw another figure run in through the city gate.

The person was tall and thin, dressed in the most ordinary, cheap Combat Suit.

If his face had not still been recognizable,

his blood-soaked body would have made him look exactly like a corpse!

"Wait for me! I haven't gotten on yet!"

The sprinting Lin Chen drew quite a bit of attention.

The Monster blood covering him made the two Martial Artists on the bus frown.

After secretly glancing at him a few times, they chose to ignore him!

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"Damn! It's you, rookie!"

"How many Monsters did you kill?"

Recognizing Lin Chen, the bus driver stared at him in shock!

"Kill Monsters? Don't even mention it," Lin Chen complained. "It was my first day out. I was lucky enough not to be killed by Monsters. This blood splashed onto me when some One-Star big shot was killing Monsters!

It scared me so badly that I ran right back. Outside the city is way too terrifying!"

The bus driver: "..."

Speechless, the bus driver put away his shock.

He glanced at Lin Chen and started the bus for the return trip.

After hearing that, the two Martial Artists who had frowned earlier showed a trace of disdain in their eyes and stopped paying attention to him!

Just like that,

Lin Chen successfully bluffed his way through.

Not intending to draw attention to himself, he casually found a place to sit!

Looking at the closed city gates, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Chuan City Martial Arts Base enforced a curfew!

Martial Artists were not allowed to leave the city for training at night!

If they did not return to the city on time, they could only spend the night outside.

Lin Chen, who had run back quickly, smiled and opened his panel:

[Name: Lin Chen!]

[Age: 18!]

[Specialty: 18 cm!]

[Realm: One-Star Martial Artist!]

[Qi-Blood Value: 402/600!!]

[Combat Skill: Mad Demon Slash! Novice Stage! (Novice Stage, Minor Mastery, Major Mastery, Perfection!)]

His Qi-Blood Value had surged from 351 to 402!

And that was only from killing a few dozen First-Level Demon Beasts!

If he killed a few hundred,

Lin Chen seriously suspected that he could break through to Two-Star Martial Artist today!

As for Mad Demon Slash, it was still at the Novice Stage and remained some distance from Minor Mastery!

After exiting the panel,

Lin Chen sank his consciousness into the Warrior Badge space again.

When he saw the mountain of Monster corpses, his heart raced with excitement!

For someone on his first day leaving the city to hunt Monsters, such gains were already extremely rare!

For anyone else, simply surviving would have been impressive enough!

Happy as he was,

Lin Chen began wondering where he should trade these Monster corpses!

Not wanting to attract attention, once the bus arrived at its stop, he ran straight toward an empty alley...

A moment later, a figure wearing flashy Sunglasses and a Duckbill Cap appeared in the Warrior Association Trading Hall!

That person was none other than Lin Chen!

To conceal his identity, he looked over the many trading shops.

Then he began asking around one by one!

After making the rounds, he finally stopped at Old Li Exchange!

"You're back? Have you checked the prices?"

The shop owner was a fat middle-aged man with a face full of smiles!

Rubbing his hands, he glanced at Lin Chen, apparently unsurprised by his return!

"Don't hesitate. My place offers the best price for First-Level Demon Beasts in the whole exchange. Kid, are you selling or not?"

Hearing the question, Lin Chen nodded.

After confirming no one was behind him, he walked into the shop.

Splash...

With a thought from Lin Chen, the Warrior Badge space was instantly emptied!

A mountain of Monster corpses appeared before Old Li.

"Damn, no wonder you were so cautious. That's quite a haul, kid. You're already a Two-Star Martial Artist, aren't you?"

Lin Chen did not say a word.

Seeing that, Old Li did not ask any further questions.

After all, Martial Artists had their rules, and exchanges had their own rules.

They never asked where a Martial Artist's goods came from.

Soon, after doing some calculations, Old Li said with a smile:

"I pay five thousand per First-Level Demon Beast corpse. Thirty-five come to 175,000. Want to count it?"

Looking at the money handed over to him, Lin Chen directly stored it in his badge!

Monster corpse prices at the exchange were divided by rank.

First-Level Demon Beasts were the cheapest, averaging only a few thousand each.

Second-Level Demon Beast corpses were worth twice as much.

And so on—the higher the rank of the Monster corpse, the more valuable it was!

Back when he killed fish at RT-Mart, Lin Chen only earned three thousand a month!

Now, after one trip outside the city, his wealth had skyrocketed!