14: Chapter 14 The Underground Demon Cave, A Feast of Slaughter

"Not good!"

Huang Fugui was terrified, a fatal sense of crisis instantly enveloping his entire body.

He didn't even think, turning around and diving into the cracks of the well wall.

"Running? Too late!"

The black-robed priest snorted coldly, his withered palm suddenly grabbing upward!

Whoosh!

An invisible, black current, like a ghost claw, instantly shot from his palm, crossing dozens of meters to grab precisely at Huang Fugui!

The speed was inconceivable!

"It's over!"

Huang Fugui felt a cold force lock onto him; his Demonic Qi was completely suppressed, and he couldn't even move a muscle.

Watching helplessly as the ghost claw drew closer, his small mung bean-like eyes were filled with despair.

"Master, this little monster is taking his leave first! You must avenge me!"

Just at this critical moment!

"Hum—"

A clear saber hum, like thunder from the Nine Heavens, exploded without warning throughout the underground stone chamber!

Immediately following, a blade light, so bright it was blinding and condensed to the extreme, seemed to tear through space and instantly appeared before that black ghost claw.

Swish!

The blade light flashed and vanished.

That sure-hit black ghost claw melted silently, like snow under the sun.

This sudden scene left everyone stunned.

The black-robed priest's pupils constricted; he suddenly looked up, staring fixedly at the well opening.

At the edge of the well, he didn't know when, a person had appeared.

That person was wearing a constable's uniform, standing straight, holding a plain, ordinary hundred-refined steel saber, with no expression on his face.

It was Lin Feng.

"You... you didn't drink that cup of tea?"

Zhang Datou pointed at Lin Feng as if he had seen a ghost, his voice trembling.

Lin Feng didn't even look at him; his gaze fell directly on the black-robed priest, a cold arc curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Wanting to touch my people right in front of me?"

"You... have already courted death!"

Before the words fell, Lin Feng's figure had already leapt down from the dozens-of-meters-high well opening!

He didn't use any tools, simply jumping straight down; as he fell, his sleeves fluttered, looking like an immortal.

"Kill him!"

The black-robed priest recovered from his initial shock and shouted sharply.

Lin Feng's strength far exceeded his imagination; he must not let him get close!

The several black-robed cultists behind him, as well as Zhang Datou, all pulled out weapons from their robes and rushed toward Lin Feng in mid-air, screaming weirdly.

However, what greeted them was a one-sided, bloody massacre.

Swish!

Lin Feng twisted his body in mid-air in an incredible way, and the saber in his hand transformed into a streak of death!

A perfect combination of Wind-Following Steps and Basic Constable Saber Technique!

Puchi! Puchi!

The two black-robed cultists charging at the front didn't even touch the corner of Lin Feng's clothes before their heads flew into the sky.

Lin Feng lightly tapped his feet on the shoulder of one of the headless corpses, used the force to turn, and the blade light flashed again!

Zhang Datou's fat head, wearing an expression of disbelief, flew into the air.

Until he died, he couldn't understand why everything he had meticulously planned turned out this way.

Bang!

Lin Feng landed steadily on the ground; the five or six enemies around him had all turned into headless corpses.

The whole process was smooth as flowing water, fast to the extreme!

[Ding! Successfully killed Moon-Worshipping Cultists X6!]

[Critical hit multiplier increased to 11x! Obtained 300 critical hit points!]

"Who... who exactly are you?!"

The black-robed priest was completely terrified.

He considered himself an expert at the ninth stage of Body Tempering, but in front of the young man before him, he felt as weak as a baby.

This was not strength that should exist in the Body Tempering Realm!

"Who I am is not important."

Lin Feng flicked his saber and walked toward the Three-Eyed Demon Ape locked by iron chains, "What's important is that all of you must die today."

"Roar!"

The Three-Eyed Demon Ape seemed to feel the terrifying Killing Intent on Lin Feng, roaring anxiously and struggling violently, causing the iron chains to clatter.

"Stop him! Quickly stop him!"

The black-robed priest screamed in horror; he knew that if Lin Feng were allowed to get near the formation and release that Tier 2 demon, the consequences would be unimaginable!

While retreating, he pulled a black bone whistle from his robe, put it in his mouth, and blew hard!

"Woo—"

A silent sound wave spread out.

Immediately after, the iron cages surrounding the stone chamber holding young boys and girls were violently shaken open by a force!

Those young boys and girls, originally with numb eyes, after hearing the whistle, all acted like they had gone mad, their eyes turning crimson, emitting beast-like roars from their mouths, and rushed toward Lin Feng regardless of anything!

They had actually all been controlled by dark arts, turning into mindless "Corpse Slaves"!

"Using human lives as shields? Truly... seeking death!"

A cold light flashed in Lin Feng's eyes, without the slightest pity.

To him, these living dead who had been eroded by dark arts and lost their Souls were no different from demons.

Killing them was instead a relief.

Moreover, they could also provide... critical hit points!

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Lin Feng's figure transformed into a whirlwind of death weaving through the crowd.

Wherever the blade light passed, heads rolled and flesh flew.

This was a slaughter feast with no suspense.

Facing Lin Feng, who was at the Perfection of the ninth stage of Body Tempering and had reached the Transcendent level in both movement and saber techniques, these Corpse Slaves, who were once ordinary people, were no different from lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

[Ding! Successfully killed Walking Corpses X29!]

[Critical hit multiplier increased to 12.5x! Obtained 290 critical hit points!]

In just three breaths of time.

The stone chamber returned to silence once again.

On the ground, there were a dozen more mutilated corpses.

And Lin Feng stood before that blood-colored formation, completely unscathed.

In the entire stone chamber, apart from him and the terrified black-robed priest, only the iron-chained Three-Eyed Demon Ape remained, and Huang Fugui, who had poked half his head out from the crack in the well and was already dumbfounded.

"Devil... you are a devil..."

The black-robed priest completely collapsed; he slumped to the ground shivering, and a foul smell of urine came from his crotch.

Lin Feng ignored him and instead looked at the Three-Eyed Demon Ape with interest.

This Tier 2 demon's strength was roughly equivalent to a human Martial Artist in the Meridian Opening Realm, with vigorous vitality and soaring Demonic Qi.

It was a good "experience pack".

"Roar!"

The Three-Eyed Demon Ape seemed to know that disaster was imminent; its middle vertical eye suddenly opened, shooting out a black ray of light directly at Lin Feng's face!

"Insignificant skill."

Lin Feng didn't dodge or evade, simply slashing his saber forward.

[12.5x critical hit triggered!]

"Zheng!"

A blade gleam, condensed to the extreme, exploded from the tip of the saber!

Boom!

The blade gleam and the black light collided in mid-air, emitting a loud sound like metal clashing!

The black light was instantly shattered, while the blade gleam continued unabated, fiercely striking the Three-Eyed Demon Ape!

"Puchi!"

The black scales, hard as iron, were as fragile as paper before this blade gleam.

The Three-Eyed Demon Ape's huge body was split in two from head to toe! Dark green blood erupted!

[Ding! Successfully killed Tier 2 demon Three-Eyed Demon Ape!]

[Critical hit multiplier increased to 14x! Obtained 500 critical hit points!]

One-hit kill!

Another one-hit kill!

The black-robed priest's eyes almost popped out; his last hope, that powerful Tier 2 demon, had actually... also been sliced in one hit?

He finally understood that the person he had provoked was not some Genius, but a complete, unreasonable monster!

He no longer had any thoughts of resistance, scrambling to escape.

"Did I let you run?"

Lin Feng's cold voice rang out behind him.

The next moment, a head flew into the sky.

[Ding! Successfully killed Moon-Worshipping Cult priest!]

[Critical hit multiplier increased to 15x! Obtained 400 critical hit points!]

Looking at his critical hit points, which had surged significantly, he nodded with satisfaction.

He walked to the corner and hauled out the shivering Huang Fugui.

"Well done."

"Master... Master... you... you are simply an immortal descended to earth!"

Huang Fugui was so excited he couldn't speak clearly, his gaze toward Lin Feng now that of looking at a god.

Lin Feng smiled, looked around at the hellish stone chamber, and frowned slightly.

With such a big commotion here, it must have already alerted the Demon Suppression Division in the prefecture city.

The Demon Suppression Division was the official violent organization of the Great Xia Dynasty responsible for handling various demon and evil spirit incidents; its power was immense, and its members were all elites among elites, with unfathomable strength.

Although he was not afraid and even wanted to join, he didn't want to cause too much trouble.

The most critical thing was his "no survivors" working style.

It would likely attract some unnecessary attention from the Demon Suppression Division.

"Need to clean up the scene."

Lin Feng had a plan in mind.

He had Huang Fugui find kerosene and set the entire underground stone chamber, along with all the corpses, on fire.

The raging fire swallowed all the sins completely.

After doing all this, Lin Feng took Huang Fugui and left the Zhang residence silently.

The fire at the Zhang residence burned until the next day before it was extinguished by the officials.

The entire magnificent Zhang residence had turned into ruins.

Zhang Yuanwai, his family, and guests all perished.

This massacre shocked the entire Qingyang County once again.

And this time, it finally, just as Lin Feng had thought, attracted the attention of the Demon Suppression Division of the prefecture city.