Starting from the Locked Dragon Well, I'll grind my way to becoming the Great Sage of Immortal

Li Tianxiong, who thought he had escaped, roared and howled in the tree. His hatred and resentment towards Shen Yi caused the eerie energy to transform into sinister skeletons.

If Shen Yi hadn't severed most of the evil energy with two strikes, how could he have been locked down by a sword light!

"You want to eat me?" The young eunuch from the Demon Guard stepped forward with his sword. "I'm saving you, you know that? The one you should eat the most is the Demon Suppression Guard."

"Eat! I want to eat it all!"

Above the eerie aura, the skulls devoured each other, and within a few breaths, an even larger black skull was born.

"That's more like it." The young eunuch in charge of the underworld looked satisfied. "Now you can..."

Before he finished speaking, the young man from the Demon Guard's Office changed his expression slightly and turned to draw his sword.

Clang! Clang!

The clang of metal blocked the two blades.

Ji Yin and Meng Yan were slightly startled. This person was incredibly strong; he had managed to block both of them with a single sword strike.

The young man from the Demon and Ghost Bureau took a small step back, regaining his balance, and looked at the two with a half-smile: "Are you two trying to steal from my Demon and Ghost Bureau?"

grab?

The guilty party filed the first lawsuit!

Without saying a word, Meng Yan and Ji Yin, their blood boiling, unleashed their Demon-Suppressing Blades in response.

"Alright, then I'll play along." The young man from the Demon Suppression Bureau smirked. "Let me see just how much the famous Demon Suppression Bureau really is."

In an instant, the three of them were fighting.

This young man is truly formidable; with just a long sword, he fought to a standstill against Meng Yan and Ji Yin, two powerful cultivators at the Bone Realm.

Birds and beasts scattered in fright, and trees flew about.

After dozens of rounds, Meng Yan and Ji Yin, who were already injured, began to show signs of fatigue, while the young man remained completely unharmed.

"So, the Demon Suppression Division is nothing special after all," the young man sneered.

"Is that so?" Meng Yan blocked the young man's sword with his sword. Although he was clearly at a disadvantage, he grinned. "In my opinion, the Demon and Ghost Bureau is not as powerful as I thought."

"Oh no!" The young man sensed something was wrong, suddenly exerted his strength, shook Meng Yan away, and turned to look at Li Tianxiong, who was nailed to the tree.

A blur of motion appeared, swirling the branches and leaves, and instantly materialized in front of Li Tianxiong.

With a swift stroke, the head was severed.

[Demon Slayer] +45.

So many!

Jiang Qi was overjoyed, but without lingering, he picked up Li Tianxiong's body and left.

"Get down here!" The young man from the Demon Sect roared, unleashing three sword energies in an instant.

clang!

Jiang Qi swung his sword to deflect one sword strike and dodged the second, but the third sword blocked all escape routes. It was this sword that had previously caused Li Tianxiong to fall.

It looks like it's going to happen again.

【Treading the Wind】!

Jiang Qi kicked out from mid-air, causing his body, which should have been falling, to leap up a second time and dodge the third sword.

But the young man from the Demon Sect had already arrived.

His sword flashed like lightning, and he moved like a lone goose in flight, as if he were about to pierce through the entire forest with a single strike.

Jiang Qi had never seen swordsmanship of this level before, and he didn't know how to counter it, but he knew similar knife techniques.

—Shadow Slash!

His figure was like a shadow, and his cold blade pierced through space, slashing out in an instant.

Clang!

The clash of metal seemed to pierce eardrums.

Immediately following, an invisible wave of energy, carrying terrifying sword and saber energy, exploded outwards from the two of them.

Meng Yan and Ji Yin hurriedly dodged or parried with their swords.

The fallen leaves fluttered down like snowflakes falling from the sky.

A giant tree fell, then a second, a third, a fourth...

All the giant trees had clean, flat cuts.

Jiang Qi took ten steps back to steady himself.

The young man from the Demon Sect also retreated ten steps, small craters exploding beneath his feet, and a look of astonishment appeared on his arrogant face.

But in an instant, his surprise was replaced by anger, and the longsword in his hand hummed faintly.

He had not intended to kill the opponent with his sword just now, because of the opponent's identity as a Demon Suppressor.

But at this moment, the killing intent was almost concentrated on that long sword.

"You're strong!" he said coldly. "However, let's see how you withstand this sword strike!"

Due to the regulations of the Demon Suppression Bureau, he could not kill the Demon Suppression Guards, but he could severely injure them.

Jiang Qi stood with his sword in hand, activating the [Blood Gathering] technique, causing twenty streams of blood energy to erupt within his body.

This person is probably the most formidable opponent he has encountered so far.

War is imminent.

But just then...

"Jiu Min," a calm voice suddenly rang out, and the other two members of the Demon Sect walked over on the leaves, "Sheathe your swords."

Shen Yi and Gu Wangzhou also arrived together.

Yuanwu Jiumin was unwilling, stared at Jiang Qi for a few moments, and then sheathed his sword.

The middle-aged man from the Demon Sect and the burly man glanced at the fallen giant tree and Yuan Wu Jiu Min, who had suffered a loss, and then looked at Jiang Qi with curiosity.

Yuan Wu Jiu Min is a genius of the Demon and Ghost Bureau, rarely encountering an opponent of his own level, and often fighting against opponents of higher levels.

But this young man, dressed in ordinary Demon Suppression Guard attire, managed to block two of Yuan Wu Jiu Min's attacks and even dodge the "Nine Swords of Startling Clouds".

The Demon Division of the small town of Licheng actually has such a gifted person; it is indeed a place where Shen Yi has trained.

Not only the three from the Demon and Ghost Bureau, but also Shen Yi, Gu Wangzhou, and others looked at Jiang Qi in disbelief.

While others were unaware of the Demon and Monster Bureau, they knew it was a special organization dedicated to capturing and researching evil and supernatural beings. Those who emerged from it were all highly skilled and possessed considerable strength.

Let alone Jiang Qi, who has just broken through to the Strong Bone Realm, even experienced Zhenxie Wei such as Ji Yin and Meng Yan, at their peak, might not be his match.

Moreover, that young man was clearly one of the best in the Demon and Monster Bureau.

It was truly astonishing that Jiang Qidu could withstand two sword strikes without taking any damage.

"Lord Shen," the middle-aged man bowed respectfully, "I have already received the 'Sea-Splitting Sky-Shattering' strike, and today I will take my leave."

Then, he looked at Jiang Qi and smiled, "Young brother, would you be interested in joining my Demon and Monster Bureau?"

A demonic prison?

Jiang Qi bowed slightly and said, "My duty is to slay demons and eliminate evil."

He doesn't even know what the Demon and Ghost Bureau does, so there's no way he'd be interested.

"Slaying demons and monsters?" The middle-aged man chuckled lightly. "Young brother, wherever there are people, there are demons and monsters. Therefore, demons and monsters can never be completely eradicated."

"Does Envoy Fan still wish to fight?" Shen Yi walked forward and asked, stroking his sword.

"Hehe, I've said too much." Fan Chongli bowed respectfully. "Lord Shen, let's have another chance to spar."

After saying that, he left with the burly man and the arrogant young man.

The night wind swept through the woods, bringing with it wisps of chill.

Shen Yi walked up to Jiang Qi, glanced at the dismembered body of Li Tianxiong, and asked with admiration, "When did you break through?"

"Reporting to Your Excellency, yesterday," Jiang Qi replied.

"Yesterday..." Shen Yi repeated, then glanced at Jiang Qi, "Were the double-pointing and instantaneous slash just now learned from 'Wind Chasing Step' and 'Wind Breaking Blade'?"

As a patrol officer of the Demon Suppression Division, he had seen hundreds of movement techniques and sword techniques, but none of them were as good as the two moves he had just seen.

"Yes." Jiang Qi cupped his hands in greeting.

That's the kind of explanation I was thinking of when using [Windwalker] and [Shadow Slash].

"Your movement technique is good," Shen Yi said after a moment of contemplation, "but your swordsmanship needs improvement. It consumes too much of your energy and blood. It's fine as a special move, but it's not suitable for prolonged battles."

Jiang Qi was slightly startled.

Lord Shen truly lives up to his reputation as the patrol envoy who unleashed the Sky-Tearing Blade Technique; his insight is truly extraordinary. He immediately recognized that the [Shadow Slash] consumes a great deal of health and mana.

"My lord, what about that slash that unleashed the heavens earlier...?"

"To split the seas and cleave the sky," Shen Yi said calmly, "you can't learn that yet."

Can't learn it?