The Girl in Purple

Fortunately, Lu Feng had Carefree Steps to rely on. His feet were as light as a ghost's, and a flicker of his figure was enough to dodge the pig demon's savage attacks with ease. Strong as the pig demon was, it could never so much as touch the hem of his clothes.

"Since I can't kill you with one strike, I'll deal with your underlings first, then take my time with you!"

Lu Feng turned his gaze to the eight unranked pig demons nearby.

He activated Carefree Steps and flashed forward, appearing before an unranked pig demon in an instant. His saber swept out in a clean, decisive stroke.

Thud!

The pig's head fell to the ground, blood gushing from its neck.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing an unranked pig demon. Demon Points gained: 100;]

The system notification had barely sounded when Lu Feng flashed forward again, appearing behind another unranked pig demon. His saber slashed out, and another pig's head fell.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing an unranked pig demon. Demon Points gained: 100;]

"I'll kill you!!!"

The first-tier pig demon watched its underlings being killed one after another. Its eyes turned scarlet, and it let out a deafening roar, unleashing a full-powered blow

straight at Lu Feng!

Lu Feng's expression remained unchanged. He used Carefree Steps and dodged the lethal blow.

Boom!

The first-tier pig demon's palm slammed into the open ground, sending dust flying and leaving a deep crater.

Lu Feng, meanwhile, had already reached the third unranked pig demon. His saber rose and fell, claiming another demonic beast's life.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing an unranked pig demon. Demon Points gained: 100;]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing an unranked pig demon. Demon Points gained: 100;]

System notifications kept ringing out as Lu Feng darted through the pig demons. Saber light flashed, and every strike claimed the life of an unranked pig demon.

The first-tier pig demon flew into a thunderous rage, but it still couldn't keep up with Lu Feng. It could only watch helplessly as its underlings were killed one after another.

The time it took an incense stick to burn passed in the blink of an eye.

All eight unranked pig demons lay in pools of blood. Not one had survived.

With a thought, Lu Feng opened the system panel.

[Demon Points: 900;]

System, spend Demon Points to raise Carefree Steps to perfection! Lu Feng said inwardly.

[Ding! Demon Points spent: 100. Carefree Steps raised to perfection;]

In an instant, a vast amount of cultivation experience for Carefree Steps flooded his mind. It was as though he had spent years painstakingly practicing the footwork, and every one of its secrets was now second nature to him.

Lu Feng felt a lightness beneath his feet as his body grew even lighter. When he used Carefree Steps, his movements flowed like clouds and water, and he was several times faster than before!

At the same time, his cultivation broke through, and the presence around him surged!

It only took 100 Demon Points to raise Carefree Steps to perfection! Lu Feng thought in surprise.

Raising the Gale Saber Art cost 200 Demon Points back then. It seems cultivation arts differ in quality!

System, keep spending Demon Points and raise both the Gate-Severing Saber Art and Grasping Hand to perfection!

[Ding! Demon Points spent: 200. Gate-Severing Saber Art raised to perfection;]

[Ding! Demon Points spent: 200. Grasping Hand raised to perfection;]

Two more vast streams of cultivation experience flooded his mind.

[Cultivation arts: Gate-Severing Saber Art (perfection), Grasping Hand (perfection);]

After spending 400 Demon Points, both arts had reached perfection. Lu Feng could clearly feel that his control over the force within his body had reached an unprecedented level, and his strength had also risen by leaps and bounds!

He looked at the system panel again. He had 400 Demon Points left, and his cultivation had successfully broken through to Late Ming Jin!

It's a pity I couldn't break straight through to Ming Jin Perfection. Lu Feng felt a slight regret, but he wasn't impatient.

Still, it's enough to deal with this first-tier pig demon!

The first-tier pig demon stared at Lu Feng's surging presence and roared, "You... you actually broke through?!"

Lu Feng wasted no words. His figure flashed, and he appeared before the first-tier pig demon in an instant.

"Grasping Hand!"

He reached back and seized the first-tier pig demon's wrist with unerring precision. Force circulated as he locked it firmly in place.

"Gate-Severing Saber!"

Immediately afterward, his saber swept out. A fierce flash of saber light streaked toward the first-tier pig demon's neck!

After familiarizing himself with the secrets of the Gate-Severing Saber Art and Grasping Hand, Lu Feng hesitated no longer. He circulated his force and followed through with the perfection-level Gale Saber Art.

Saber light flashed, swift as a thunderclap. With a swish, the first-tier pig demon's head fell to the ground, and blood gushed out.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing a first-tier pig demon. Demon Points gained: 1000;]

The system notification sounded.

Lu Feng put away his saber and chuckled. "The Gale Saber Art still feels better in my hands!"

He casually used his saber to cut down a thick, long vine, strung all the pig demons' heads on it, then pulled the vine along as he turned and headed toward Lin'an City.

After only a few steps, Lu Feng came to an abrupt halt and looked up at a patch of woods not far away.

He had just distinctly heard a disturbance there, mixed with the roars of a demonic beast.

A huge figure was fleeing in disarray. It stood a zhang tall, with a bear's head and a human body. Wounds covered it from head to toe, blood streamed from its body, and its breathing was erratic.

A slender figure was chasing close behind it at tremendous speed.

Lu Feng's heart tightened. The presence radiating from this bear demon was more than a whole level stronger than that of the first-tier pig demon he had just killed!

Could that be someone from the Demon-Slaying Bureau?

The thought flashed through his mind, and a flicker of wild joy appeared in Lu Feng's eyes. This was a fine chance to show what he could do, and he absolutely couldn't miss it!

As he pondered, he suddenly shouted and leaped out, blocking the bear demon's path. "How dare you, bear demon! You actually dared trespass into my Lin'an County! Why don't you surrender without a fight?!"

The bear demon abruptly turned its head at his words. After seeing Lu Feng's cultivation, its face filled with disdain and disbelief. It sneered, "You dare block my path with your mere Late Ming Jin cultivation? You're courting death!"

Amid its furious roar, an eerie red light of blood instantly appeared over the bear demon's right hand. Its force surged, and it raised its hand and struck at Lu Feng, intent on slapping him to death in one blow!

Lu Feng's heart jolted. He was just about to use Carefree Steps to dodge when a bolt of purple lightning suddenly descended from the sky, striking straight at the bear demon!

The bear demon reacted swiftly. Sensing the lethal threat, it abruptly dodged, narrowly avoiding the lightning bolt. The strike left a charred black crater in the ground.

Immediately afterward, a slender figure swiftly caught up and landed beside Lu Feng.

It was a breathtakingly beautiful girl in a long purple dress. Her face could topple cities, her bearing was cold and aloof, and a faint presence of lightning lingered around her.

The girl stared coldly at the bear demon. "Xiong Ba, you have nowhere left to run!"

"I'll fight you to the death!"

Driven into a corner and gravely wounded, the bear demon fell completely into a frenzy. It roared as a faint red light of blood appeared over its entire body, and its presence surged once more. It had clearly used its trump card.

"Keep your distance. This bear demon isn't something you can handle!"

The girl in the long purple dress turned and spoke hurriedly to Lu Feng. Then she rapidly formed hand seals, and a fist-sized ball of purple lightning instantly gathered in her palm. Lightning flickered around it, and its power was astonishing.

Lu Feng hurriedly retreated several steps, a storm raging in his heart as a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead. Red light of blood... this is a third-tier demonic beast!

He instantly recalled the ranks of demonic beasts:

First-tier demonic beasts possessed only brute strength and had no special abilities;

Second-tier demonic beasts could use their own hair as weapons, multiplying their combat strength;

Third-tier demonic beasts could wield the power of their bloodlines, increasing their strength severalfold;

Fourth-tier demonic beasts had perfected their bloodline power and could take human form, raising their combat strength to another level;

As for demonic beasts of higher tiers, the original owner of this body had no relevant knowledge of them in his memories.