Heavenly Star Baleful Image

"Go take a look."

Hearing this, Chen Feng wore an expression that said he had expected as much.

Whenever anything involved demons or monsters, Lin Jun always wanted to go lend a hand.

The change was truly enormous. He and the former Lin Jun were simply two extremes.

It seemed that throwing Lin Jun into that snake den last time had really changed him.

"My lord, aren't you afraid of death?"

The Demon Exorcism Bureau's death rate remained high year after year. Lin Jun's actions truly piqued his curiosity.

"Afraid? Why wouldn't I be?"

Lin Jun looked at Chen Feng as though he were looking at an idiot.

"Then why are you always so excited when facing demons and monsters? What if you encounter some unbeatable demon or monster?"

Lin Jun patted Chen Feng's shoulder, his eyes carrying the concern one might show a mentally challenged child.

"Can't I run?"

"Huh?"

Run?

To be honest, Chen Feng had never considered that Lin Jun might run.

Not to mention that Demon Affairs Prefecture agents had to charge forward against demons and monsters even if it meant death, based on what he had learned of Lin Jun these past days, Lin Jun did not seem like someone who would run when facing demons and monsters.

"If I can't beat them, of course I'll run. I'm not an idiot."

Lin Jun released the Golden-Feather Eagle and returned to the Demon Affairs Prefecture.

It was already late, and Lin Jun needed to make proper preparations, so he did not intend to set off now.

Judging from the information left on the token, arriving within three days would be fine.

At full speed, the White Deer could reach the destination in a single day.

The Rat Demon had brought Lin Jun a great deal of experience. Now, he needed to turn that experience into strength.

Although he could run, running meant no experience. Unless it was absolutely necessary, Lin Jun would not choose to flee.

[Current Experience: 10000]

Current martial arts:

[Common Martial Arts: Seven-Star Step (Beginner)]

[Common Martial Arts: Flowing Swallow Saber Technique (Transcendent Realm)]

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

[Origin-Transformation Cultivation Method; True Scripture of Body-Melting and Furnace-Casting (Mastered)]

A nice round ten thousand. What an utterly satisfying number.

Lin Jun took the Rat Demon Core from his robes again.

The Bear Demon Core had granted Lin Jun strength last time. Based on his deductions, this Demon Core would most likely improve his agility.

That was precisely what he lacked.

Since he had no lightness skill, Lin Jun could make up for it by using Demon Cores to comprehend the innate talents of demons and monsters.

With that thought, Lin Jun began the simulation.

[After a fierce battle, you obtained the Rat Demon's Demon Core. You already have experience absorbing a Demon Core, and you decide:]

[1. Directly absorb the Demon Core's energy to increase your cultivation (-200)]

[2. Prepare suitable medicinal herbs and begin refining medicine to obtain pills (-300)]

[3. There seems to be a special ability within it. Perhaps it can be absorbed (-200)]

Lin Jun directly chose the third option.

In this godforsaken backwater, where was he supposed to find medicinal herbs? Better to see whether he could obtain some special ability.

[With your previous experience absorbing Demon Core energy, you absorb the Demon Core's energy very smoothly this time. Your cultivation begins to slowly increase (-200)]

[The Demon Core contains more energy than you imagined. You realize that absorbing it will require more effort (-300)]

[You soon realize the might of an Origin-Transformation Demon Core. Your body is constantly washed by this energy, and your originally sealed meridians faintly show signs of opening (-400)]

[You opened one meridian (-400)]

[Borrowing this power, you attempt to strike at the next sealed meridian. Unfortunately, the Demon Core's power has already run dry, and you only manage to force open Hand Yangming (-500)]

[The Rat Demon's power roams through your body. You faintly gain a wondrous sensation, as though heaven and earth have become much clearer. You feel that you have learned something (-1200)]

[You have obtained 'Survival Instinct.' Your intuition has now been greatly enhanced.]

Lin Jun slowly opened his eyes.

He had thought he would obtain some ability related to agility, but it was actually intuition.

This was truly an unexpected delight. Powerful intuition was far better than nimble movement.

It was just that after reaching Origin Transformation, the experience costs truly climbed layer upon layer.

Just like that, Lin Jun had spent three thousand experience.

Good heavens, it happened to match the experience he had gained from killing the Rat Demon.

Lin Jun planned to use the remaining seven thousand experience to strengthen the Baleful Blood Demon-Subduing Blade Technique.

Since Lin Jun could now replenish his blood energy at any time, the value of the Baleful Blood Demon-Subduing Blade Technique had become especially significant.

Moreover, his experience was still fairly abundant, so he directly chose the most expensive third option.

[You believe the Demon-Subduing Saber Art still has undeveloped potential and decide to study it with single-minded focus. However, this may be too difficult for you. You gain nothing (-800)]

[Ten years later, you still gain nothing (-800)]

[Twenty years later, you gain nothing (-800)]

[Thirty years later, you become restless, but still gain nothing (-800)]

Lin Jun's heart trembled with fear. Why was it all nothing gained?

But Lin Jun gritted his teeth and continued to go all in.

At sixty years, it finally changed.

[Sixty years later, you set aside martial arts and begin recalling why you spent so much time looking at this. As long as you can chop your blade into a demon or monster's head, aren't all martial arts the same?]

[Your thoughts open up, and you suddenly see the light. Sixty years of accumulation link together at this moment. You understand the profound meaning of the Demon-Subduing Saber Art. Demon-Subduing Saber Art (Transcendent Realm) (-800)]

[Through these years of research, you have grasped the profound meaning of this martial art: Heavenly Star Baleful Image!]

A full six thousand four hundred experience had been invested, only to gain the Transcendent Realm for a Transformation-Origin Martial Art.

If he had chosen the first option and trained diligently, he could have reached the Transcendent Realm with less experience, but he would not have comprehended a new ultimate move.

Still, the cost was far too great. His experience, which had just been brimming full, had instantly been emptied out, leaving only fourteen hundred.

Fortunately, this much experience could still recharge his blood energy three times.

Heavenly Star Baleful Image was a large-scale attack evolved from the Baleful Blood Demon-Subduing Blade Technique. A single use could directly empty all the blood energy within Lin Jun's body.

If he faced that Rat Demon again, Lin Jun was confident that this one move alone could blow them all to smithereens.

[Current Experience: 1400]

Current martial arts:

[Common Martial Arts: Seven-Star Step (Beginner)]

[Common Martial Arts: Flowing Swallow Saber Technique (Transcendent Realm)]

[Transformation-Origin Martial Arts: Baleful Blood Demon-Subduing Blade (Transcendent Realm)]

[Origin-Transformation Cultivation Method; True Scripture of Body-Melting and Furnace-Casting (Mastered)]

Three of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians had been opened, and four of the Twelve Regular Meridians had been opened.

Once all his meridians were fully opened, Lin Jun estimated that he would be able to advance to the next realm.

Lin Jun drew his blade. If Heavenly Star Baleful Image did not cover such a vast area, he would have wanted to test it right now.

At this moment, Chen Feng stood before the gates of the Demon Affairs Prefecture, carrying a food box in his hands.

"This scene feels strangely familiar..."

Chen Feng could not help but complain.

He did not even dare open this door now. He was afraid that once he opened it, he would see Lin Jun having grown stronger again and doing something shocking.

Like uprooting trees, or shoving houses over.

"Even if he really is an unparalleled genius, he can't possibly break through every day, right?"

Chen Feng consoled himself, then opened the door.