Wiping Out the Demonic Beasts
Everyone was caught up in the fighting before them. No one noticed that Lu Feng had already slain nine first-tier wolf demons.
Lu Feng flashed across the ground and appeared beside Ergou.
"Swish!"
His blade flashed, and the head of the untiered wolf demon lunging at Ergou tumbled to the ground. Blood sprayed all over Ergou.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, for slaying an untiered wolf demon. Demon Points gained: 100;]
"Boss! What are you doing here? Are you all right?"
Gasping for breath, Ergou hurriedly wiped the blood from his face and instinctively looked toward the place where Lu Feng had been fighting the first-tier wolf demons.
At the sight, he froze, his face full of disbelief.
"These first-tier wolf demons are all dead? You killed them all?"
Ergou considered himself the person who knew Lu Feng best, but the scene before him was still beyond his comprehension. He could hardly believe his eyes.
"Don't just stand there," Lu Feng said evenly, turning with his saber in hand.
"Go look after those three trapped villagers. Leave the remaining wolf demons to me!"
Before he finished speaking, he charged out again, swinging his saber. Its gleam flashed like lightning as it chopped at the other untiered wolf demons.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, for slaying an untiered wolf demon. Demon Points gained: 100;] [Ding! Congratulations, host, for slaying an untiered wolf demon. Demon Points gained: 100;]
System notifications rang out one after another. Wherever Lu Feng went, wolf demons fell, none able to withstand a single exchange.
Soon, the constables trapped in combat with the wolf demons had all been slain by Lu Feng.
They looked at the wolf demon corpses covering the ground, then at Lu Feng calmly sheathing his saber.
"Heavens! Constable Lu is far too strong, isn't he? It feels like he's even more formidable than the records officer!"
"Yeah! One slash for each wolf demon, and he didn't even stop to catch his breath. That has to be Ming Jin cultivation, right? When did he get so strong?"
Chen Hu also stood to one side, his saber sheathed. Looking at Lu Feng's back, he murmured under his breath,
"Could Lu Feng have been pretending all this time?"
Before long, the untiered wolf demons in the den had all been slain. Lu Feng had gained a total of 3,200 Demon Points.
Having dealt with the untiered wolf demons, Lu Feng turned and fixed his gaze on the last first-tier wolf demon, which was locked in combat with Records Officer An.
The wolf demon was wholly focused on fending off Records Officer An's attacks and had no idea that mortal danger had already descended upon it.
Lu Feng used Carefree Steps, flashing behind the wolf demon in an instant and bringing his saber down hard!
"Swish!"
The wolf demon's head fell to the ground. It didn't even have time to scream.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, for slaying one first-tier wolf demon. Demon Points gained: 1,000;]
"What?!"
A constable cried out on the spot.
"A first-tier wolf demon, killed in one slash? Just how strong is Constable Lu?"
"I don't know, but the records officer has already reached Ming Jin Perfection, and he couldn't take down that wolf demon after fighting it for so long. Yet Constable Lu finished it with one slash!"
"Then... has Constable Lu reached An Jin?" someone ventured quietly.
"Impossible!" Chen Hu immediately retorted, his voice firm.
"There isn't a single An Jin cultivation technique in all of Lin'an County! If there were, the records officer and the county magistrate's deputy would have broken through to An Jin long ago!"
Elsewhere, Records Officer An looked at the wolf demon's head on the ground, then turned to look at the nine first-tier wolf demon corpses behind him.
Every one of them had been beheaded with a single slash, clean and decisive, without the slightest wasted movement.
Stormy waves surged in his heart. His saber technique has reached perfection, and it isn't the yamen's Gate-Severing Saber; his Iron Cloth Shirt has reached perfection, so even a first-tier wolf demon's sharp claws can't break through it; and there's his Carefree Steps. He's incredibly fast, so that has also reached perfection!
If I remember correctly, he only exchanged for those techniques at the records officer's residence the day before yesterday. It's only been one short day, and he's cultivated them all to perfection?
If what he suspected was true, then Lu Feng's talent was monstrous!
During the fight just now, he had faintly sensed that Lu Feng's cultivation was also at Ming Jin Perfection.
What shocked him even more was that Lu Feng was far stronger than him, even though he had also reached Ming Jin Perfection.
He had cultivated diligently for decades, yet he had only brought Grasping Hand to perfection and Iron Cloth Shirt to great accomplishment. His Gate-Severing Saber and Carefree Steps had only reached the beginner level.
Records Officer An composed himself and gave Lu Feng a deep cupped-fist salute.
"Many thanks for your help, Constable Lu!"
"There's no need to be so polite, Records Officer An," Lu Feng said, waving a hand.
"We should hurry and search the den to see if there are any other trapped villagers or demonic beasts that slipped through the net."
"You're right!" Records Officer An's expression grew serious, and he turned to give Chen Hu an order.
"Chen Hu, take some men and search the entire den at once. Make sure you find every villager who's still alive!"
"Yes!"
Chen Hu answered and immediately led his men off, spreading out to search the den.
Once Chen Hu and the others had gone some distance away, Records Officer An walked over to Lu Feng.
"Lu Feng, you want to join the Demon-Slaying Bureau, don't you?"
Lu Feng made no attempt to hide it and nodded lightly.
"I knew it," Records Officer An said with a smile. "Otherwise, you wouldn't have fully revealed your martial talent at a time like this."
He changed the subject, his tone growing grave. "But you need to be careful of Lin Shan. He wants to join the Demon-Slaying Bureau too. He's a scheming man, and he might trip you up behind your back."
"Thank you for telling me, Records Officer An."
Lu Feng thanked him respectfully, but paid it no mind.
It would be fine if Lin Shan left him alone. But if he dared provoke him, Lu Feng wouldn't mind cutting down this trouble directly!
"Ah!"
Just then, a terrified cry suddenly rang out from deep within the den, shattering the brief peace.
Lu Feng and Records Officer An's expressions changed at once. Without another word, they flashed forward, hurrying toward the source of the cry.
When they arrived, the sight before them filled them both with shock and burning rage.
Deep in the den was a circular pool of blood several meters across. Dozens of dried, headless corpses hung upside down above it, evidently drained of blood;
Beside the pool lay hundreds of deathly pale skulls, piled so densely that the sight made one's hair stand on end.
"Beasts! They've completely lost their minds!"
Records Officer An trembled with rage and cursed through gritted teeth.
Lu Feng's face was grim as he gripped his saber tightly with both hands.
He had never imagined that these wolf demons would be so cruel, treating humans as food and storing them in such an inhumane manner!
"Chen Hu!"
An Shi's tone was icy, his voice carrying unquestionable authority.
"Take some men and bring these victims' bodies down at once. Give them a proper burial!"
Then Lu Feng raised his eyes and swept his gaze over everyone present.
"From now on, not a single demonic beast will ever appear in Lin'an County again! Those are my words!"
With that, Lu Feng stayed no longer. Saber in hand, he strode out of the den.
Everyone watched Lu Feng's retreating figure in silence. They all knew he was going to wipe out every demonic beast on North Mountain and avenge the dead!
"Chen Hu," Records Officer An quickly recovered himself and ordered,
"You stay here and take those three villagers and all the wolf demons' heads back to the city, so the people can rest easy!"
"I'm going to help Lu Feng!"
Before he had finished speaking, Records Officer An turned and hurried after Lu Feng.
North Mountain had long been the exclusive territory of the wolf demons, with no other demonic beasts there. As soon as Lu Feng left the den, he headed straight toward the mountain to the east, where rat demons and rabbit demons still held sway.