Probing
The numbers on the points token also changed accordingly.
Seven hundred, eight hundred, nine hundred...
It quickly broke through the thousand mark and firmly occupied the top spot.
The battle ended, and Lu Feng sheathed his sword and turned around.
Before he could speak, Ji Qingqing had already led several team members to greet him, carrying small jade bottles.
As she deftly collected the essence blood, she looked up at Lu Feng, her eyes filled with undisguised worry.
"My lord, would you like to rest for a while? When the next wave of monsters comes, we can hold them off for a while." She handed over the essence blood bottle and said softly.
Lu Feng took the essence blood, glanced at her, and said, "Just do your jobs well. You don't need to worry about slaying the demonic beasts."
Ji Qingqing wanted to persuade her further, but she swallowed her words back.
She really wanted to say that if this was a war of attrition waged by demonic beasts, Lu Feng would eventually be exhausted if he continued to carry the load alone.
But she also knew that, given the skills Lu Feng had just displayed, killing these demonic beasts wouldn't have required much effort at all.
Lu Feng, however, was preoccupied with something else entirely.
At the front line of Severed Cloud Pass, monsters appeared in large numbers, but no high-level monsters made a move.
It's like Demon Points are automatically delivered to our door.
Others might be afraid of the strain, but he wasn't afraid at all.
Let alone a few batches, even dozens or hundreds of batches, he would love for them all to come.
On this day, the monsters attacked five times, all of them being second-tier wolf demons.
Lu Feng would kill them all in the canyon each time, and then have Ji Qingqing lead people to collect their essence blood.
As dusk approached, Lu Feng glanced at the token one last time.
Two thousand points, ranked first.
The wolf carcasses in the canyon had piled up into a long, dark red carpet.
The blood pooled in the low-lying area, and the heavy, fishy stench couldn't be dispersed even by the mountain breeze.
Because there were so many corpses, the canyon passage actually became wider than before after being trampled flat.
However, this way, any monsters that enter will be spotted by the lookouts much faster.
For the defenders, it's not all bad.
After nightfall, Lu Feng leaned against the mountain wall.
The night wind howled past the canyon mouth, carrying with it a deep, distant roar of a beast.
Lu Feng closed his eyes, but all he could hear was the faint sound of the wind passing through the pile of corpses.
Just then, two Hua Jin masters at the Transformation Realm flew over from inside the pass.
After inquiring about the monster attack, they circled the valley entrance and then left.
Before leaving, he said he would come back early tomorrow morning and would bring information about other entrances.
Lu Feng thought this was a good idea.
They were stationed at the valley entrance, cut off from news. If people inside the city regularly reported on the battle situation at other entrances, they could at least know the overall pressure on the first line of defense.
Ji Qingqing arranged the shifts, and the two female soldiers lay prone on the high observation point, their eyes fixed on the direction of the valley entrance.
The rest of the people took turns resting.
Lu Shuang lit up several fluorescent stones in the tent, and she and Lu Feng sat cross-legged facing each other.
"What do you think their plan is in sending second-tier demonic beasts to their deaths?" Lu Shuang asked first.
"Plans? What plans could they possibly have? Testing our strength?"
Lu Feng gave a casual reply.
In his view, most low-level demonic beasts have little intelligence and are driven entirely by instinct.
Upon hearing this, Lu Shuang nodded slightly. "That's possible."
"Even if it was a test, why didn't they act sooner? Why did they have to wait for us to arrive?"
"They started delivering as soon as we arrived. At this rate, the cost will only be greater."
"Perhaps they're also waiting for a backup plan."
Lu Shuang spoke very softly, as if she were talking to herself.
"Why think so much? This is the first line of defense. Even if it's breached, there are second and third lines."
"Even if the sky falls, there's always someone taller to hold it up. We just need to guard our own passes." Lu Feng leaned against the tent, his tone relaxed.
He wasn't truly underestimating his opponent.
He listened to Lu Shuang's words, but he was even more aware of his own position.
They are merely the first line of defense; judging the grand strategy of the demon beasts is not something they need to worry about.
What they need to do is to lock down this gap and kill as many as come.
Before Lu Shuang could say anything more, a sharp whistle suddenly rang out from outside.
"They're here. I'll handle it."
Lu Feng picked up the Ink-Sunken Saber and crawled out of the tent.
Lu Shuang followed them out.
Another group of wolf demons poured into the canyon.
This time there were more than during the day, a total of seventy or eighty.
The gray-blue fur was a continuous patch. There was no fear in Lu Feng's eyes, but rather some excitement.
He gripped the Ink-Sunken Saber tightly and leaped forward.
"I'd like to see how many you can deliver."
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 2 wolf demon, gaining 10,000 Demon Points;]
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 2 wolf demon, gaining 10,000 Demon Points;]
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 2 wolf demon, gaining 10,000 Demon Points;]
System notification sounds came incessantly.
The darkness of night did not affect Lu Feng's speed in attacking.
In just a few moments, this group of wolf demons was once again wiped out.
When Lu Feng sheathed his sword and turned around, Ji Qingqing was already busy among the pile of corpses with two team members.
The process of collecting essence blood became increasingly skillful, and they no longer needed to exchange unnecessary glances; their division of labor was clear.
Lu Feng glanced at it, said nothing, and turned back to his tent.
"If any more monsters come tonight, I'll handle them. You rest," Lu Shuang suddenly said.
"No need. You rest well, I'll change when I'm really tired."
Lu Shuang glanced at him, as if she wanted to say something.
As if knowing what she was going to say, Lu Feng added:
"If the demonic beasts really have some kind of plan, your intervention might actually play into their hands. We two Grandmaster need to ensure one of us remains in good condition."
Lu Shuang didn't insist any further, but simply nodded and turned to lean against the other side of the tent.
Not long after, Ji Qingqing ran over with several bottles of essence blood.
Lu Feng took it and casually put it into his storage bag.
"Make sure your people rotate shifts on time, don't push them to the limit. They should rest when they need to," Lu Feng said to Ji Qingqing.
"Yes, sir."
Ji Qingqing responded and quickly ran back to the bunker.
Lu Feng returned to the tent and sat down cross-legged.
He glanced at the points token at his waist.
With 3,200 points, he ranked first.
This number has far surpassed everyone else's.
Lu Shuang glanced at him again at some point, her gaze lingering on the token at his waist for a moment before shifting away.
Lu Feng closed his eyes and sat down to rest.
That night was far from peaceful.
Three more waves of second-tier wolf demons arrived, each wave shorter in interval and more numerous than the last.
Lu Feng always charged forward immediately with his sword, slaying all the monsters at the mouth of the canyon.
Lu Shuang sat outside the tent, watching Lu Feng from afar.
She noticed that Lu Feng had never used his True Essence since his first attack.
He killed those second-tier demonic beasts one by one with a single strike, without any unnecessary movements or the slightest sign of fatigue.
She was curious about just how strong this person's stamina was, or whether he simply didn't take the fight seriously.
Lu Feng was thinking about something else at that moment.