Extermination

Spiritual Insight suddenly abandoned his human posture, dropping to all fours and fixing Lin Jun with a dead stare.

Lin Jun drew upon the blood energy within him, coating the blade, then brought it down in a mountain-cleaving strike.

Yet it missed. Spiritual Insight merely twisted his body slightly and evaded the attack.

Lin Jun inwardly cursed that things had gone bad and attacked again.

It was dodged again.

No matter how Lin Jun attacked after that, Spiritual Insight evaded with effortless ease.

Every time, it was just short—and short by exactly that much.

Clearly, Spiritual Insight had already noticed Lin Jun's disadvantage, and that was precisely his own advantage.

Lin Jun could even see the mockery on that rat face of Spiritual Insight's.

No matter how great Lin Jun's strength or how exquisite his blade technique, if he could not hit his opponent, it was all in vain.

Spiritual Insight was originally a Rat Essence. His body was nimble, and once he seriously focused on evasion, Lin Jun truly could do nothing to him.

Lin Jun brought up his panel.

Current martial arts:

[Mortal martial arts: Seven-Star Step (Beginner)]

[Mortal martial arts: Flowing Swallow Saber Technique (Transcendent Realm)]

[Transformation-Origin Martial Arts: Baleful Blood Demon-Subduing Blade (Great Mastery)]

[Transformation-Origin cultivation method: True Scripture of Body-Melting and Furnace-Casting (Perfected)]

[Current experience: 400]

This was bad. His only movement technique, the Seven-Star Step, had never been simulated and was still at the beginner level.

And honestly, the Seven-Star Step was merely a Mortal technique. Even if he trained it to the Transcendent Realm, it would likely be of little use against a Transcendent Realm Demon like Spiritual Insight.

"How is it, benefactor? Heaven's morrow, there will be two more heads hanging from that crooked-necked tree."

Chen Feng, outside, could no longer hold on either. He hastily retreated to Lin Jun's side.

He was only a Mortal martial artist. Being able to withstand the attacks of fourteen Demons for so long had already been the limit of his strength.

"My lord, should we retreat?"

This time, they had truly been careless. They had charged straight into the nest without even knowing what sort of monster they were facing. They had been far too overconfident.

Chen Feng deeply regretted it. This time, he had dragged Lin Jun down with him.

Just then, Lin Jun suddenly smiled.

What a joke. As long as my attack range is large enough, what does it matter if your agility is maxed out?

Lin Jun calmed himself and drew out every last bit of blood energy converted from the previous Hundred Medicines Refinement.

"Chen Feng, run farther away."

Upon hearing that, Chen Feng did not hesitate in the slightest before leaping away.

At that moment, Lin Jun's blade was completely covered by dense blood energy, like a blood-red saber.

Spiritual Insight was seized by a terrible premonition. His instincts screamed madly at him to leave this place at once.

"Haah!"

Taking himself as the center, Lin Jun violently swept his blade in a circle. Astonishing blood energy transformed into Baleful Intent and spread in all directions.

Buddha statues, buildings, and even the surrounding trees were all severed by Lin Jun's terrifying strike.

The fourteen Rat Essences outside had nowhere to dodge beneath the overwhelming attack that covered Heaven and earth, and were directly struck by the surging Blood-Baleful Aura.

Spiritual Insight used every ounce of his strength, but under Lin Jun's deliberate targeting, he still failed to escape.

There was naturally no room to evade a saturated attack.

Only Chen Feng, who had fled in time, was not caught in its range.

At that moment, the entire temple had been sliced apart by Lin Jun's strike and turned into level ground. Even the earth looked as though it had been plowed over, leaving devastation as far as the eye could see.

The terrifying might of that strike nearly made Chen Feng's eyes pop out when he reached the distance.

Were Origin Transformation martial artists truly this terrifying?

He did not dare imagine what would happen if he took that move head-on. He likely would not even leave behind a corpse.

Lin Jun braced himself on his saber with one hand and gasped for breath.

That strike had completely squandered all the blood energy stored within his body.

One had to know that this blood energy also contained a vast amount converted from the medicinal power of the Hundred-Herb Elixir.

Lin Jun had only barely managed to unleash that all-out blow. At this moment, the blood energy throughout his body was depleted, and he could not muster even half a shred of strength.

Fortunately, the results were quite good.

[Slain a Mortal Rat Demon. Obtained 500 experience.]

[Slain a Mortal Rat Demon. Obtained 500 experience.]

[Slain a Mortal Rat Demon. Obtained 500 experience.]

...

[Slain a Mortal Rat Demon. Obtained 500 experience.]

There were fourteen of them in total, bringing Lin Jun's experience to a terrifying 7,400.

He had never been this wealthy before.

But Lin Jun quickly discovered that something was wrong.

Spiritual Insight was not among those notifications.

"Cough, cough cough... That move was truly formidable."

Amid the dust, Spiritual Insight slowly rose to his feet.

He had not evaded that strike. With Baleful Intent filling Heaven and covering the earth, there had been nowhere for him to flee.

But he was, after all, a Transcendent Realm demon. Naturally, he was not something Mortal Demons could compare to.

At that moment, all the fur on his body had been sheared away by the Blood-Baleful Aura, leaving him bald and unspeakably ugly.

Still, compared to fur, keeping his life was more important.

Spiritual Insight soon noticed the remaining Rat Demon corpses.

"You... you killed them?"

For demons—or rather, Transcendent demons—the higher their realm, the lower their chances of successfully reproducing.

Otherwise, this world would belong to demons. When would humans ever get a say?

"What, aren't you a monk? Haven't you severed yourself from the mortal world? Don't tell me these Rat Demons were your offspring."

Lin Jun caught his breath and recovered some of his strength.

While the Rat Demon was lost in thought, Lin Jun opened his panel again.

Simulate the Baleful Blood Demon-Subduing Blade Technique

[1. Cultivate diligently and improve through the accumulation of days and months. Costs 500 experience.]

[2. Your blood energy is depleted. You decide to first restore your blood energy. Costs 100 experience.]

[3. Ponder carefully. This blade technique seems to possess even greater power that you have yet to comprehend. Costs 800 experience.]

Yes, the panel's functions were even more versatile than he had imagined.

Lin Jun silently chose option two.

[You continuously squeeze your fleshly body dry, converting the energy of Heaven and earth into stored blood energy. Your blood energy gradually increases. (-100)]

[You continue converting it. During this process, you seem to realize something, and your blood energy begins to fill up. (-100)]

[Your blood energy has recovered to its peak, with even quite a bit extra. You store the blood energy in every cell, and the amount of blood energy you can store increases. (-100)]

[Blood energy fills your body. You enter an entirely new state, gaining a deeper understanding of the Baleful Blood Demon-Subduing Blade Technique. Baleful Blood Demon-Subduing Blade Technique (Perfected). (-100)]

In almost the blink of an eye, Lin Jun's depleted blood energy became full again, filling every part of his body.

At the same time, his understanding of the Baleful Blood Demon-Subduing Blade Technique deepened further.

"Cough cough. At worst, I can have a few more."

"Now, you must be at the end of your tether, right? Cough cough. The body of an Origin Transformation martial artist is an excellent tonic."

Though Spiritual Insight was in terrible condition, Lin Jun's condition should have been even worse.

That kind of attack had surely exhausted all of Lin Jun's energy. It had been an attack made by staking everything on a single throw.

Now it's my turn!

Yet, beneath Spiritual Insight's astonished gaze, Lin Jun slowly raised his blade.

Dense Blood-Baleful Aura covered the blade, even thicker than before.

Lin Jun looked at the Blood-Baleful Aura on his blade in surprise. He had not expected it to be so concentrated this time.

"You motherfucker!"

What are you so surprised about? Shouldn't I be the surprised one?

That bastard pretended to be weak just to toy with me?

No matter what Spiritual Insight thought, he was swallowed by the Blood-Baleful Aura that filled Heaven.