20: Chapter 20 Seven Fiends Blade Technique, Perfected!

Lin Feng's figure was like a vulture circling above the battlefield, silently weaving between rooftops and shadows.

He did not head to the main street to regroup with Chu Mengxi's trio. Instead, relying on the real-time 'map' provided by Huang Fugui, he accurately maneuvered through the fringes of the battlefield.

These areas also had a large number of Crazed Civilians and Walking Corpses infected by Devilish Qi, but they lacked the suppression of Demon Suppression Division experts, making the threat to ordinary people even greater.

More importantly, this place was far from the sight of Chu Mengxi's group, making it his perfect 'grinding zone'.

Swoosh!

A cold flash of blade light flickered through a pitch-black alley.

The heads of five or six Walking Corpses besieging a household flew into the air in unison.

Lin Feng's figure vanished as soon as it touched the ground; he didn't even look at the fallen corpses, and the blade in his hand didn't have a single trace of blood on it.

[Ding! Successfully killed 6 Rank One Walking Corpses!]

[Critical hit multiplier increased to 15.2x! Obtained 60 critical hit points!]

The System notification sounding in his mind made the smile on Lin Feng's lips grow wider.

"Not bad. Although the individual experience is low, the sheer quantity makes up for it."

He was like the most efficient butcher, starting a frantic harvest in the chaotic city.

His movement was too fast, and his blade technique too sharp.

With Wind-Following Steps at Perfection, he was like a phantom, passing through a vast army without a single leaf touching his body.

Although he was just a beginner in the Seven Kill Blade Technique, with the support of the 15x critical hit multiplier and the True Qi of the sixth level Meridian Opening Realm, dealing with these low-level monsters was still like cutting melons and vegetables—one strike per kill, without the slightest hesitation.

Everywhere he passed, patches of Walking Corpses fell, and the pressure on the originally precarious blocks drastically decreased.

And his critical hit points were also skyrocketing like a rolling snowball.

[critical hit points: 2500... 4000... 7800... 12000...]

[Critical Hit Multiplier: 16.5x... 18.3x... 21.7x...]

Meanwhile, on the main battlefield.

The battle for Chu Mengxi's trio had fallen into an unprecedentedly bitter struggle.

After the Blood Sacrifice Array was activated, more and more monsters emerged from all directions. Among them, some 'Blood Evil Ghost Soldiers' with strength comparable to high-stage Body Tempering Realm appeared. These monsters were fearless and possessed immense strength, making them extremely difficult to deal with.

Puchi!

Zhao Tie roared and shattered the head of a Blood Evil Ghost Soldier with a punch, but several deep, bone-exposing wounds were carved into his arm by the opponent's sharp claws, leaving him bloodied.

"No, there are too many! We can't kill them all!"

Zhao Tie panted heavily, his face turning somewhat pale.

"Watch out!"

Li Rui cried out in alarm, his Judge's Pen striking rapidly to block a fatal sneak attack for Zhao Tie, but he himself was sent flying by another Ghost Soldier, a trace of blood overflowing from his mouth.

The two of them, after all, only had cultivation at the first or second level of the Meridian Opening Realm. Facing this endless tide of monsters, their True Qi consumption was immense, and they were already covered in wounds, struggling to keep up.

Only Chu Mengxi still maintained incredible combat power.

She was like a female war god in the ice and snow, her long sword dancing as cold streaks of Sword Qi crisscrossed. Wherever she went, the monsters were all frozen into ice sculptures and then shattered into pieces.

However, her expression also grew increasingly solemn.

Because she discovered that the blood energy and resentment released from the killed monsters did not dissipate. Instead, they were entirely absorbed by the blood-colored array in the sky, making the array's color even deeper and more sinister.

"Chief! Look toward the County Office Dungeon!"

Li Rui suddenly pointed into the distance in terror.

In the deepest part of the county office, the massive blood-colored light pillar acting as the main formation eye was currently twisting and expanding frantically, forming a huge blood-colored vortex.

A terrifying aura that made one's heart palpitate to the point of suffocation was slowly gestating and awakening within that vortex!

"Not good! That malevolent creature is about to be born!" Chu Mengxi's face changed drastically.

She looked around; although the chaos in the city had been suppressed to some extent due to their hard fighting, that damn Lin Feng had never appeared from beginning to end!

Occasionally, she could perceive some brief and intense energy fluctuations coming from the edge of the city, but they quickly vanished.

In her view, that was clearly Lin Feng cleaning up some insignificant stragglers, not participating in the core battle at all!

"That coward!"

Chu Mengxi cursed in her heart, her disappointment in Lin Feng having reached its Peak.

She even thought that once this incident was over, if she could survive, the first thing she would do was report to the main division to revoke Lin Feng's status as an Iron Medal Demon Slayer!

The Demon Suppression Division would never harbor a useless coward who feared death!

"You two, hold this position and wait for me to return!"

Chu Mengxi made a prompt decision; she couldn't wait any longer.

She had to strangle that malevolent creature in its cradle before it fully formed!

Before her voice had even faded, she had already turned into a streak of ice-blue light, rushing desperately toward the County Office Dungeon.

At this time, Lin Feng was standing on top of a bell tower, leisurely looking at his System panel with the joy of a bountiful harvest on his face.

[Host: Lin Feng]

[Realm: Meridian Opening Realm Level 6]

[Cultivation Technique: Blazing Sun Art (Proficient)]

[Martial Skill: Seven Kill Blade Technique (Beginner)]

[Movement Technique: Wind-Following Steps (Perfection)]

[Critical Hit Multiplier: 25x]

[critical hit points: 26500]

In just half an hour of 'peripheral observation,' the number of Walking Corpses and low-level monsters he had slain was no less than a thousand.

His critical hit points had finally broken through the twenty thousand mark!

"System!"

Lin Feng stood atop the bell tower, the Night Wind blowing his robes, but his eyes were calmer and more focused than ever before.

[Ding! Detected that the host has sufficient critical hit points. Confirm to consume 20,000 critical hit points to upgrade the Seven Kill Blade Technique to the Perfection Realm?]

"Confirm!"

Without the slightest hesitation.

Boom!!!

A slaughtering insight, far more massive and pure than any before, flooded into his Sea of Consciousness like a bursting celestial river!

If learning the Seven Kill Blade Technique as a beginner was like a Grandmaster demonstrating martial arts in his mind,

then this time, Lin Feng felt as if he had personally transformed into that peerless bladesman who slaughtered gods and demons, experiencing tens of thousands of bloody battles!

From the first style 'Malevolent Mountain Splitter' to the seventh style 'Divine Kill Origin Return,' the essence, Profound Truth, and variations of every move, even the irreconcilable slaughtering intent contained within, perfectly merged with his Soul!

His muscles, his bones, his Meridians, and even every single cell seemed to have developed a memory of the blade!

What is a blade?

A blade is the tyrant among weapons, an extension of slaughter.

Pressing forward with indomitable will, I alone am invincible!

As the final trace of insight merged into his Soul, Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes.

His gaze hadn't changed; it was still that same look of an unruffled ancient well.

But his entire temperament had undergone a world-shaking transformation.

If he was previously a sharp blade hidden in a scabbard,

then at this moment, he was the blade itself!

Standing there, he was a peerless weapon of slaughter capable of severing the firmament and splitting the earth!

Seven Kill Blade Technique, Perfection!

"It's still not enough."

Lin Feng's gaze once again turned toward the County Office Dungeon.

That awakening terrifying aura was growing stronger. Faintly, it had already surpassed the scope of the Meridian Opening Realm and reached a higher level of existence!

Pulse Opening Peak?

No.

That pressure was already far beyond what a Meridian Opening Realm Martial Artist could withstand!

True Qi Realm!

Although Chu Mengxi was strong, Lin Feng estimated she was at most at the seventh or eighth level of the True Qi Realm.

Against that rapidly growing malevolent creature, her chances of winning were uncertain.

"I must Breakthrough again!"

Lin Feng looked at his remaining 6,500 critical hit points, his brow furrowing slightly.

This amount was not enough to upgrade the Blazing Sun Art to Perfection.

His gaze once again swept over the chaotic streets below.

There were still countless 'experience packs' there!

"It seems I'll have to work a bit harder."

Lin Feng's figure vanished again, turning into a life-harvesting lightning bolt as he charged into the area with the densest concentration of monsters.

This time, his efficiency was more than ten times faster than before!

The Seven Kill Blade Technique at the Perfection Realm, combined with a 25x critical hit multiplier, had reached an appalling level of power.

He was no longer killing one with each strike, but a whole patch with each strike!

As the blade light swept past and the Evil Qi surged, all Walking Corpses and Ghost Soldiers within a ten-meter radius were turned into dust!

[Ding! Successfully killed... Critical hit multiplier increased to 25.1x! Obtained 100 critical hit points!]

[Ding! Successfully killed... Critical hit multiplier increased to 25.5x! Obtained 300 critical hit points!]

[Ding! Successfully killed a Blood Evil Ghost Soldier! Critical hit multiplier increased to 26x! Obtained 500 critical hit points!]

The System notifications were flooding his mind like crazy.

critical hit points were once again soaring frantically!