The Traitor
A flash of cold light.
A huge wolf head shot into the sky, and dark red blood gushed out from the severed wound, splattering the heads and faces of the first-tier wolf demons behind it.
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 2 wolf demon, gaining 10,000 Demon Points]
As the system notification sounded, Lu Feng's blade had already slashed towards the next one.
He kept moving, his figure weaving through the wolf pack as if it were empty.
Each cut was precisely made into the throat or back of the neck, without any unnecessary movements or wasting a single ounce of strength.
Eight first-tier wolf demons, eight slashes, eight breaths.
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 1 wolf demon, gaining 1000 Demon Points]
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 1 wolf demon, gaining 1000 Demon Points]
The notification tones were so dense they almost overlapped.
As the final warning sounded, Lu Feng had already sheathed his sword.
Nine wolf demon heads lay scattered on the ground, dark red blood slowly seeping into the withered leaves.
He took out a jade bottle, collected the essence blood of the second-tier wolf king into it, and then turned to look at the three of them.
"Who will collect the body?"
The three of them stood rooted to the spot, as if they had been frozen in place.
Su Qiaoqiao's mouth gaped open, and even Zhao Hong, who was usually the calmest, stared wide-eyed, her gaze fixed on Lu Feng. Her lips moved for a long time, but she couldn't utter a single word.
One cut.
The second-tier wolf king was killed with a single strike.
Including the nine first-tier wolf demons, the entire process took less than ten breaths.
Is this their newly promoted Demon Slayer?
"I'll do it!"
Su Qiaoqiao was the first to come to her senses. She quickly ran forward and deftly put the wolf demon heads into her storage bag one by one.
She made large movements, as if using her busyness to mask the turmoil in her heart.
After packing the wolf head, she was about to hand the storage bag to Lu Feng, but Lu Feng didn't even glance at it. "Let's go."
"Sir! The Earth Spirit Mushroom is in that direction."
Zhao Hong walked up from behind and pointed to the depths of the dense forest on the right.
"Then let's go this way." Lu Feng took the lead and walked to the right.
They hadn't gone far when the woods ahead suddenly began to thin out.
Sunlight streamed through the gaps in the tree canopy, illuminating a low-lying valley.
On the decaying wood in the center of the valley, hundreds of umbrella-shaped mushrooms grew densely, with a ring of dark red veins around their edges, gleaming with a warm luster in the sunlight.
Earth Spirit Mushroom, patches of Earth Spirit Mushroom.
But the three of them didn't go forward. This was because right in the center of that Earth Spirit Mushroom lay a bear.
It lay on its back in the pile of rotten wood, its belly rising and falling with each snore, causing the surrounding Earth Spirit Mushroom to tremble slightly with every breath.
The aura of a second-tier demon beast emanated from it without any concealment, and it was much more powerful than that of the wolf king from before.
Lin Miao and the other two took a step back at the same time, subconsciously moving closer to Lu Feng.
They felt somewhat relieved when they saw that Lu Feng's expression remained unchanged.
The second-tier bear demon was awakened by the footsteps, slowly rolled over and sat up, patting the weeds stuck to its belly.
When it saw the four people, it was taken aback at first, then it grinned and showed a mouthful of yellowed fangs.
"Hahaha! More humans have delivered themselves to our doorstep! Four of them! This time we can have a good feast!"
Lu Feng looked at it, but instead of drawing his sword, he asked a question:
How many second-tier demonic beasts are there in this inner area?
The bear demon licked its lips, drool dripping down its chin.
"Want to know? Go inside my belly and you'll find out!"
It pounced on Lu Feng with all fours on the ground, its massive body like a moving mountain.
The moment the bear's paw slammed down, a muffled sonic boom exploded in the air, its force far surpassing that of the wolf king from before.
Lu Feng did not draw his sword. He simply raised his right hand and met the attack with a palm strike.
The Cold Plum Jin, reaching the perfect level.
"Bang!"
A muffled thud.
The enormous bear demon was struck as if by an invisible giant hammer. Its massive body flew backward, smashing through three or four trees as thick as bowls, before crashing heavily to the ground, stirring up a cloud of withered leaves and dirt.
It struggled to get up, but the spot on its chest where the Cold Plum Jin had struck it was already frozen numb.
My internal organs feel like they've been stuffed with a block of ice, and they're slowly losing their warmth.
It raised its head, its large, bell-shaped eyes filled with fear.
"You... you're actually Hua Jin cultivator!"
"What? Hua Jin?"
Su Qiaoqiao's voice came from not far away, trembling noticeably.
It wasn't a trembling of fear, it was a trembling of excitement.
"Didn't you just become a Demon Slayer? How did you get to the Hua Jin already?!"
No one answered her.
Lu Feng walked up to the bear demon, drew his Six Harmonies Saber, and pressed the tip of the blade against its throat.
"Tell me the location, number, and type of all second-tier demonic beasts in the inner perimeter."
I'll talk! I'll talk!
The bear demon desperately tried to shrink back, but behind it were broken tree trunks, leaving it nowhere to retreat.
"There are only a dozen or so second-tier demonic beasts left in the inner perimeter of Black Forest Mountain! Last month, your Demon-Slaying Bureau wiped out a batch of them, many of which escaped, and the rest are scattered in various directions..."
It described the distribution of the second-tier demonic beasts in the inner perimeter in detail.
He told them everything in detail: how many were in which direction, which one was the strongest, what abilities each one was good at, and which areas were the territory of third-tier demonic beasts that they absolutely could not approach.
His voice trembled as he spoke, as if afraid that if he spoke too slowly, the knife tip would advance half an inch.
After listening, Lu Feng frowned almost imperceptibly.
A dozen or so is too few.
Moreover, the distribution is too scattered. According to the location mentioned by the bear demon, it would take at least half a day to traverse the entire inner perimeter, which is too inefficient.
With a flick of his wrist, the blade flashed past.
The bear demon's voice abruptly stopped. The enormous bear head rolled to the ground.
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 2 Bear Demon, gaining 10,000 Demon Points]
Lu Feng collected the bear demon's blood essence into a jade bottle, then raised his head, his gaze passing over the bear demon's corpse and landing on a dense forest not far away.
"Come out."
Lin Miao and Su Qiaoqiao were both startled and looked in the direction Lu Feng was looking, but they couldn't see anything.
The dense forest was quiet; not even a bird could be heard.
Just then, three masked figures silently descended from an ancient tree not far away.
The leader was tall and slender, and his footsteps landed without making a sound.
The Hua Jin Perfection.
The two people behind him had slightly weaker auras, indicating they were at the peak of their Nei Jin Perfection cultivation.
The three of them deliberately did not conceal their auras, releasing their cultivation fluctuations without any disguise. Lin Miao and Su Qiaoqiao's faces instantly turned deathly pale.
Just then, Zhao Hong suddenly started running towards the three people.
"My lord! I have lured Lu Feng here! He promised me..."
Before she could finish speaking, the leader of the men in black slapped her in the chest.
Zhao Hong was sent flying backward, crashing into an ancient tree. She was already lifeless when she slid to the ground.
"Lu Feng has broken through to the Early Hua Jin, and such important information hasn't been leaked. And they still dare to ask me for benefits?"
The man in black withdrew his hand and said indifferently.
Lu Feng's gaze lingered on Zhao Hong's corpse for a moment before shifting away, his expression unchanged.
It was her suggestion to go into the inner circle today. She also pointed out the direction of the Earth Spirit Mushroom. Although Lu Feng also sensed that something was wrong, he didn't take it to heart because of his cultivation level.