First Glimpse of the Demon Capital, Star Blade Seals the Station

"Whoosh--rumble rumble..."

The dedicated high-speed train sped smoothly and at high speed across the wilderness.

Inside the premium carriage, after Instructor Wang had patiently explained the situation at Demon Capital Martial University, he picked up his thermos and took a sip of water.

"Alright, you've all confessed. Take a rest and recharge; it's still a three-hour drive to Demon Capital."

"Understood, Professor."

The three senior students nodded, their eyes filled with longing for Demon Capital, but also with an undisguised seriousness. After all, they were the pride of the nation in Jinling, but in Demon Capital, they might become the bottom of the class.

In contrast, Xiahou Ying appeared unusually quiet.

She leaned against the window alone, her eyes unfocused as she watched the ruins rushing past outside, her mind racing with thoughts of what to do next.

On the other side...

The sophomore boy named Lin Feng hadn't stopped talking since he got on the bus.

He skillfully approached the three senior students, his face beaming with smiles, acting as if they were old friends.

"Senior Li, Senior Zhang, once we get to Demon Capital Martial University, we'll really need your help. I've heard that Demon Capital is rampant there, so we Jinling natives need to stick together!"

As Lin Feng spoke, he pulled out several cans of expensive, specially supplied energy drinks from his bag and handed them over obsequiously.

The three senior students glanced at Lin Feng. Although they found him a bit noisy, they didn't want to offend someone who was smiling, so they accepted the drinks.

"It's not really about mentoring, just mutual support," said Senior Li who was leading the group, casually.

Seeing this, Lin Feng was overjoyed, feeling that his "social offensive" had worked.

He turned his head and glanced at Dongfang Yueming, who was sitting in the corner, not only not trying to get close to him, but also resting with his eyes closed. A hint of undisguised disdain flashed in his eyes.

"Dongfang, I have to say, you really don't know what's good for you."

Lin Feng deliberately raised his voice, speaking in a lecturing tone, "We're about to enter Demon Capital, and you're still acting like you're half-dead. Instead of asking your seniors for advice, don't blame us for not helping you if you get bullied there."

Faced with Lin Feng's sarcastic remarks, Dongfang Yueming didn't even open her eyes, but gently stroked the E-grade Tang sword lying across her lap.

Seeing that Dongfang Yueming ignored him, Lin Feng was rebuffed, and his face immediately turned ugly.

"Hmph, what's with the pretense of being high and mighty?" he muttered to himself, then turned back to continue trying to get closer to the senior student.

Just then...

"Splash."

The automatic door to the VIP carriage was suddenly and roughly pushed open.

Four or five young men, dressed in extremely flashy specially made combat uniforms and with their hair dyed in various colors, swaggered in.

The tall young man at the head of the group, with a toothpick dangling from his mouth, brazenly scanned the carriage before finally settling on the group from Jinling Martial University.

"Oh, aren't you from some rural place like Jinling?"

The tall young man chuckled, making no attempt to conceal the fluctuations of his vital energy.

"Boom!"

An extremely condensed dark red aura instantly filled half of the carriage!

"Blood Refining Realm... fifth level?!"

Lin Feng was the first to be affected, his face turning pale from the pressure of the qi and blood, and he cried out in alarm.

The three senior students also frowned and stood up. Although they also had the Blood Refining Refinement, they were clearly less imposing in front of their opponent.

"Gentlemen, this is a carriage booked by Jinling Martial University. Is there anything we can do for you?" Senior Li, who was leading the group, asked, forcing a smile.

"I wouldn't call it giving pointers, I was just passing by to see what a country bumpkin looks like." The tall young man defiantly spat out his toothpick. "What, you're not convinced? If you're not convinced, then let's have a go?"

Just as the atmosphere was becoming increasingly tense...

"Snort!"

Instructor Wang, who had been sitting in the same spot, suddenly let out a cold snort.

"Buzz--!"

An extremely heavy, terrifying pressure, seemingly capable of crushing bones, was released and then immediately withdrawn from Instructor Wang's body.

Blood Transformation Realm!

The faces of those arrogant youths changed instantly. Although they were arrogant, they were not so arrogant as to provoke a Blood Transformation Realm team leader.

"Let's go, let's go, this is boring. Once we get to Demon Capital, you bunch of country bumpkins will have your turn to suffer."

The tall young man swallowed hard, uttered a harsh remark, and led his men away from the carriage in a dejected manner.

Watching the group leave, Lin Feng and the others breathed a sigh of relief, but a shadow fell over their hearts.

Before even arriving in Demon Capital, I've already encountered this kind of trouble. The outside world, with its survival-of-the-fittest jungle law, is more than ten times more brutal than Jinling.

"See?" Instructor Wang's expression was grave. "This is the atmosphere in Demon Capital. In the face of absolute power, all rules are nonsense."

Silence fell over the carriage once again.

Xiahou Ying watched this scene, then turned her gaze back to Dongfang Yueming.

"In a place where strength reigns supreme... can he defeat Blood Transformation Realm?" Xiahou Ying wondered to herself.

Three hours later.

"Dear passengers, we have arrived at Demon Capital North Station."

As the train's announcement system played, the group from Jinling Martial University shouldered their bags and stepped out of the carriage, filled with excitement and trepidation.

As soon as you step off the platform, the breathtaking prosperity and boundless spiritual energy of Demon Capital come rushing towards you.

Inside the enormous domed hall, people thronged, and almost everyone who passed by emanated a faint but powerful aura.

"This is Demon Capital..." Lin Feng took a deep breath, his eyes filled with longing.

He quickly moved closer to the senior student. "Senior, we don't know anyone here, what will we do when we get off the train..."

However, Lin Feng hadn't finished his ingratiating words.

"Buzz--!!!"

An extremely eerie and unsettling sense of oppression enveloped the entire exit hall without warning!

The once bustling and noisy crowd suddenly fell silent, as if a mute button had been pressed simultaneously!

Everyone, whether ordinary martial artists or scions of noble families, stood frozen in place as if they were being targeted by some terrifying natural enemy, not daring to even breathe.

"What happened?" Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, and was about to ask.

"Shut up!" Instructor Wang's expression changed drastically. He covered Lin Feng's mouth and pressed him firmly to the spot.

A layer of cold sweat instantly appeared on the mentor's forehead.

"Professor, this..." Senior Li, also sensed something was wrong, and his voice trembled.

Following the horrified gazes of the crowd, they looked in that direction.

At the end of the exit, three figures dressed in pure black trench coats with dark gold Flowing Clouds embroidered on the chest were walking slowly with extremely neat steps, yet without making a sound.

They didn't unleash any qi or blood, but the invisible pressure made the air feel thick and sticky!

"The Night Watchers..." Instructor Wang lowered his voice, his tone filled with deep awe and fear.

"Moreover... they are elite Night Watchers at the Qi Gathering Realm!"

A master of Qi Gathering!

Upon hearing this, the students of Jinling Martial University gasped in shock.

Just then, in a corner of the hall, a richly dressed young man, seemingly relying on his family background and dissatisfied with the oppressive atmosphere, tried to force his way through.

"Get out of the way! I'm from Demon Capital..."

He had just taken a step.

"Bang!"

One of the Night Watchers didn't even turn around, merely waving his hand casually. The young man from a noble family, who was at least at the Peak Blood Refining Realm, was struck as if by lightning. He was violently blasted away by an invisible surge of true energy, crashing into the wall and instantly losing consciousness.

The entire hall fell silent.

No one dared to move an inch.

at the same time.

The star-level Night Watchers "Demon Blade" stood in front of a huge holographic screen, coldly watching the surveillance footage of various high-speed rail stations in Demon Capital.

He pressed the headset, his voice icy. "Begin the search. Focus on passengers from trains heading towards Jinling City. That person was able to eliminate the Judge silently; they are highly likely a master of stealth."

"Yes!"

Exit.

Three Qi Gathering Realm Night Watchers received instructions and began to check each passenger at the station.

The atmosphere in the entire hall was extremely tense.

"Drop--"

A specially designed aura detector scanned each passenger.

Soon, the Night Watchers arrived before the group from Jinling Martial University.

"Identity, origins," one of the Night Watchers in the center said coldly.

Instructor Wang quickly handed over his credentials, explaining with a smile, "Sir, we are a team of teachers and students from Jinling Martial University and Technology visiting Demon Capital for an exchange program. This is our letter of introduction."

The Night Watchers took the identification, his eyes rapidly comparing something on the tablet in his hand.

For Lin Feng and his companions, this moment of waiting was even more agonizing than encountering Ferocious Beast in the wild.

Finally, the Night Watchers handed the identification back and nodded coldly.

"You can go now."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief; the tension that had been hanging in their throats finally subsided.

"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir." Instructor Wang quickly led his students to leave.

Just then...

The Night Watchers's gaze suddenly swept over Dongfang Yueming, who was walking at the back. To be precise, it swept over the ordinary E-grade Tang sword in Dongfang Yueming's hand.

"Etc."

The Night Watchers suddenly spoke, his voice carrying a hint of scrutiny.

The knife in your hand...

Dongfang Yueming stopped in his tracks, his eyes calm, and even his breathing was perfectly steady.

Xiahou Ying's heart leaped into her throat.

However, just as the Night Watchers was about to step forward and question Dongfang Yueming more closely.

On the other side of the hall, a middle-aged man wearing a baseball cap, seemingly feeling guilty, mistakenly believed that the Night Watchers's search was to arrest him, and completely broke down in extreme fear.

The middle-aged man unleashed a surge of blood energy from the Blood Transformation Realm, smashing through the crowd like a mad bull and fleeing madly toward a side door of the hall!