Why Didn't You Hide Your Strength? I Did

At this rate, he could amass tens of millions of Demon Points in less than a month.

With tens of millions at stake, the Phantom Sword Art has reached its peak, and the Nine Extremes Heaven-Breaking Slash can be pushed even higher.

He used to worry about not finding enough demonic beasts, but now, the demonic beasts are lining up to come to him. He's only worried that there aren't enough of them.

The next morning, the two Hua Jin experts who had been conducting reconnaissance the day before arrived as promised.

They landed outside the canyon entrance, first glancing at Lu Feng and Lu Shuang's group, then looking around, a hint of surprise clearly appearing in their eyes.

No one was injured. There wasn't even a single human corpse.

"My lords, were there any demonic beasts attacking last night?" one of them stepped forward, cupping his fists in greeting.

"Three waves came," Lu Feng said truthfully.

"Killed them all?"

"Kill them all."

Are there any casualties among the team members?

"No," Lu Feng said.

Not a single one?

The man seemed somewhat skeptical and looked at Ji Qingqing and the others.

The group of female soldiers were in high spirits, organizing their weapons, and did not appear to have been attacked.

"What's the situation at the other checkpoints?" Lu Shuang walked over and got straight to the point.

"From yesterday to this morning, there have been casualties at all entrances except yours."

The scout hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth.

"Several team members at the first and second entrances sustained minor injuries. One person each at the fifth, sixth, and eighth entrances was killed. The seventh entrance suffered the worst damage, with two dead and three seriously wounded."

Lu Shuang showed no expression, as if she had expected it.

Their zero casualties were entirely due to Lu Feng holding off all the demonic beasts.

If it were any other team, they would have surely suffered heavy losses from all three waves of monsters that night.

"Are all the attacking monsters second-tier?" Lu Shuang asked again.

"Yes. The messages received at all the entrances last night were the same: all second-tier wolf demons." The man nodded.

"What about before? The monsters that attacked before had the same configuration?"

"It's different." The scout shook his head.

"When monsters attack, they usually range from level one to level three, and occasionally level four monsters will also be mixed in."

"Situations like yesterday and last night, where all entrances simultaneously only send out second-tier demonic beasts, are rare these days."

"Okay. Thank you. We understand."

The two scouts didn't linger, clasping their hands in greeting:

"We will return to the city to report back and will come again tonight. Take care, sirs."

After saying that, he flew away.

Lu Shuang looked in the direction they had gone and whispered:

"Really."

She turned and walked towards the tent, stopping at the entrance and turning back to Lu Feng, saying:

"Come in."

Lu Feng followed him inside.

Lu Shuang saw Lu Feng enter and spoke directly:

"You heard what those two said. What do you think?"

"Judging from the monsters' behavior this time, they clearly knew we were coming in advance," Lu Feng said.

"Oh?"

Lu Shuang raised an eyebrow.

"That's not like what you said before."

"I hadn't thought about it too deeply before. Now it's different." Lu Feng paused.

"Sending only second-tier demonic beasts to all entrances at the same time is clearly a probing exercise, not wanting to reveal their full strength too early. If it were just an ordinary beast tide, they wouldn't be so restrained."

"So you believe that someone on our side leaked the news of our arrival to the other side?" Lu Shuang asked.

"Hmm. And this person's status can't be low. Otherwise, they wouldn't know the shift change times and personnel configurations at each entrance."

Lu Shuang looked at him, then suddenly fell silent, staring at him for a long while.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Lu Feng felt a little uncomfortable being stared at.

"You're a really strange person."

Lu Shuang gently pressed a finger to her lower lip, her gaze sweeping back and forth over Lu Feng.

"Since you knew they were testing you, why did you say you'd kill them one by one? Why didn't you hold back?"

"I hid it."

Lu Feng shrugged.

"I didn't even use my True Essence."

Lu Shuang thought about it and it seemed to be true.

Lu Feng killed all night, yet there wasn't even a fluctuation of True Essence in his body.

It was pure physical strength that completely overwhelmed the opponent from beginning to end.

"That's true."

Lu Shuang nodded, suddenly feeling a pang of emotion.

"How much more do you possess? Several cultivation techniques perfected, a powerful physique, and a swordsman. The more I learn about you, the less I can see through you."

"Same to you."

Lu Feng chuckled.

"Your Frost Sword is Spirit Artifact; if you unleash its full power, I might not be able to withstand it."

"Forcibly activating Spirit Artifact requires burning one's life essence. No one would use it unless absolutely necessary." Lu Shuang rolled her eyes at him.

"Haha, yes, yes."

Lu Feng smiled and agreed, but secretly made a mental note of it.

It turns out that Spirit Artifact can be forcibly activated even by those below the Yin Spirit Realm, but the price is their life essence.

This means that when encountering an opponent wielding Spirit Artifact, one cannot judge solely by their apparent cultivation level.

On the other side, on Starfall Plain, Su Ying and eight other Grandmaster disciples were stationed in pairs, guarding the area together.

Unlike Severed Cloud Pass Starfall Plain, Xingluo Plain has no natural barriers; as far as the eye can see, it is a flat plain.

However, in some places on the plain, several huge craters were created by something.

The Demon-Slaying Bureau used these giant pits to set up three lines of defense.

At this moment, dust billowed from the other side of the plain, and a large group of demonic beasts, numbering three or four hundred, surged in.

Most of them are first and second-tier monsters, with six of them being third-tier monsters.

Fortunately, it was a plain, so the monsters had nowhere to hide as soon as they showed themselves, and it would take some time for them to reach the defense line.

Su Ying and Shen Qingwu were currently stationed inside the first giant pit.

"My lord! Monsters have attacked!"

"Six of the third tier, one hundred and twenty of the second tier, and two hundred and forty of the first tier!"

"At their speed, they'll arrive within the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, a distance of twenty kilometers!"

Su Ying and Shen Qingwu's demon-slaying guards rushed over to report.

"It's your turn this time. If you need my help, just say the word," Shen Qingwu.

The eight people were divided into four groups, with each group responsible for one wave of attack.

The two members of the group can work together to kill, or they can act alone.

Su Ying and Shen Qingwu agreed that each of them would take on one wave of responsibility.

Only when there are monsters of the fourth rank or higher will the two of them join forces to deal with them.

With a light touch of her toes, Su Ying soared into the sky from the deep pit, heading towards the direction of the demonic beast.

Her men followed closely behind.

In mid-air, Su Ying formed hand seals, and the Lightning Control Technique was suddenly activated.

Lightning flashed like a waterfall, cascading down.

In a short while, the surging horde of beasts was reduced to charred corpses, lying scattered across the plain.

At this moment, several demon-slaying guards were still on their way.

When they arrived, panting, they saw Su Ying standing suspended in mid-air, her clothes perfectly in place.

"This... that's it?"

The subordinates dared not ask any questions, and without Su Ying speaking, they skillfully began collecting the essence blood of the demonic beasts and recording the results of the battle.

Su Ying hovered high above, her gaze fixed on the distance, in case another horde of beasts suddenly appeared.

Only after the blood essence collection was completed did Su Ying fall to the back of the line, escorting her subordinates back to the defensive line.