Outside the room, several juvenile minor demons were still immersed in their feeding.
Their massive incisors tore at the human limbs on the ground.
With every opening and closing of their mouths, they swallowed large mouthfuls of flesh and blood.
Dozens of corpses outside the door had now been almost completely devoured!
A wave of lingering fear washed over Li Xuanxiao; if he hadn't awakened the System...
By the time they finished eating the people here, it would have been his turn!
But now, the tide of offense and defense has turned!
He stepped forward and drew the saber at his waist.
With lightning speed, he rapidly approached a rat demon that was currently feeding.
The blade light flashed fiercely, and the rat demon's head went flying.
[Slayed a Strength Realm Second Layer rat demon, gained 1 Demon value!]
Blood splattered everywhere, adding another layer of gore to the scene.
But this time, it was the blood of demons.
The other rat demons were startled one after another, looking up at Li Xuanxiao.
Once they saw him clearly raise his blade and decapitate one of their kind...
They all stopped eating, their faces twisting into ferocious expressions as they emitted sharp, piercing shrieks.
Yet, not a single one dared to launch an attack against Li Xuanxiao.
Clearly, the cultivation Realm Li Xuanxiao displayed had already intimidated them.
Li Xuanxiao paused slightly, silently weighing the gap between them in his heart.
For him to deal with these little rat demons now, he couldn't say it was very simple; he could only say it wasn't difficult at all.
Without waiting for them to react, Li Xuanxiao drew his blade again and attacked the rat demon closest to him.
This time, the rat demons were prepared and scattered in all directions.
They intended to bide their time and ambush Li Xuanxiao when he launched an attack.
But how could Li Xuanxiao give them such an opportunity?
The Spirit Condensing Slash, which had reached Minor Achievement, was unleashed rapidly, each strike taking the head of a rat demon.
In just an instant, eight rat demons were slain!
The remaining three rat demons showed human-like expressions of terror.
Although they still bared their teeth at Li Xuanxiao, their slowly retreating steps already exposed the panic in their hearts.
Li Xuanxiao didn't care what they thought; in his eyes, these rat demons were now just moving Demon value.
Not a single one could be allowed to escape!
He drew his blade once more, and the rat demons scattered in a panic, truly scurrying away like cornered rats.
But their Realm was too low, after all; how could they outrun Li Xuanxiao?
They were caught and slain one by one!
Soon, everything returned to silence.
Li Xuanxiao's breathing was slightly hurried, and his body trembled faintly.
Killing demons for the first time, his heart held fear, disgust, and... excitement!
Yes, excitement!
It was as if some desire buried deep within his heart had been triggered.
This kind of real combat, the frantic secretion of adrenaline, and the resolve to put the opponent to death...
Caused a powerful sense of strength to erupt within him.
A surge of heroic pride suddenly arose in his heart.
Since he had transmigrated to this world infested with demons, he had to adapt to the way of survival here.
Humans and demons, hunters and prey.
The defeated lose everything, the weak have their lives dictated by others; only the strong can survive!
The corpses covering the ground, the devoured flesh and blood...
All of this was demonstrating the true Law of survival to Li Xuanxiao.
I will survive, I must survive!
Become stronger, become stronger, become stronger without stopping for a moment!
"Huff, huff, huff—"
After taking several deep breaths, Li Xuanxiao's eyes showed a look of determination.
After completely calming his restless emotions, Li Xuanxiao began to take stock of his gains.
On this trip, he had slain a total of eleven rat demons.
One of the rat demons was quite talented, actually reaching the Strength Realm Fourth Layer! It contributed 2 Demon value points to him.
In the end, he gained a total of 12 Demon value points.
Adding the 1 point he had left, he now had 13 Demon value points remaining.
13 Demon value points were still not enough to increase his Cultivation Technique Realm, but it was just right for improving his Martial Arts.
Without any hesitation, Li Xuanxiao invested the Demon value into his Martial Arts.
[Consumed 5 Demon value points, Spirit Condensing Slash has entered Major Achievement!]
[Consumed 8 Demon value points, Spirit Condensing Slash has reached Perfection!]
As the Realm increased, many more memories flooded into his mind.
Li Xuanxiao narrowed his eyes slightly, absorbing them with practiced ease.
After a few seconds, the absorption was complete.
A sense of enlightenment arose from his heart; it felt as if he truly had immersed himself in this Martial Art for many years.
He swung his saber, and in an instant, three blade lights were unleashed!
The power far exceeded before; it was a clear and obvious improvement.
If he encountered a group of demons at the level of those rat demons again, he wouldn't need to kill them one by one.
With good timing, a triple kill with one strike would be no problem!
Li Xuanxiao felt invigorated.
Now that demons were running rampant and slaughtering the commoners in the city on a large scale...
It was exactly the time for him to take action!
He wiped the demon blood splattered on his face, a smile of eager anticipation appearing on his lips.
He turned and walked toward the courtyard exit.
...
Yamen, Ning'an City.
"Lord Magistrate, have you considered it?"
"Time waits for no one, and those descendants of ours don't know their own strength when they start working."
A rat demon with a haughty expression stroked its whiskers while glancing sideways at the middle-aged man sitting in the seat of honor.
At a glance, there were a total of eight demons, all of them in the Strength Realm Late Stage!
The weakest among them was at the Strength Realm Seventh Layer!
As for the strongest among them, their aura was even more unfathomable, infinitely close to the Extreme Realm!
Such a lineup, placed in this borderland, was already considered a terrifying combat force.
At this moment, they were all inside the Yamen hall, and for a time, Demonic Qi overflowed, causing people to frown.
The middle-aged man sitting on the main seat in the center of the hall was the current Magistrate of Ning'an City.
Below the main seat stood several Martial Artists with sabers drawn; they were the head catchers of the Ning'an City Yamen.
The Magistrate silently calculated in his heart that even including himself, Ning'an City only had five Martial Artists in the Strength Realm Late Stage.
If they truly fought, there was a high probability they would lose.
But if he agreed to the demons' unreasonable demands and tacitly allowed them to hunt and kill Martial Artists in the city...
Then without a doubt, he would be digging his own grave.
For a moment, the Magistrate fell into a dilemma.
If he fought, there was a high probability he wouldn't see tomorrow's sun.
If he compromised, from then on he could only tacitly allow the demons to feed on the city's Martial Artists, but it would allow him to continue lingering on for a while longer.
The Magistrate clenched his teeth; he didn't want to die, at least not now.
Soon, very soon, he would be able to leave this place and go to an inland city.
At such a critical juncture, nothing could go wrong!
Then he could only let the commoners suffer a bit more.
He let out a long sigh and finally nodded.
"I... agree."
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of several catchers beside him changed drastically!
If the demons could hunt low-level Martial Artists today, they could hunt them tomorrow!
"Magistrate, you mustn't!"
"This will only turn Ning'an City into a playground for demons."
"Martial Artists are Ning'an City's last line of defense; how can you just give up like this?"
"If we go all out, we might not be without a chance in a fight!"
The catchers were both shocked and furious, while the demons opposite them showed smiles.
"Very good!"
"Magistrate Song is a smart man and has made the wisest decision."
"We brothers aren't tactless people either; we'll go ahead and instruct those useless descendants to stop."
The demons laughed arrogantly, revealing the joy of having achieved their goal.
The catchers' faces were as ashen as death, as if they had already foreseen the outcome in the near future.