Slaying demons and eliminating evil, a martial saint among mortals.

After Qin Lie's figure disappeared into the portal of light, the portal in the courtyard slowly shrank back into the Hundred Demon Mirror.

A bronze mirror hangs above the stone table, its surface gleaming with a grayish-white light.

From above, you can clearly see Qin Lie's situation inside.

Lu Chen glanced at the mirror and asked:

"How many levels do you think he can get to?"

Li Hu crossed his arms and chuckled without thinking.

"Even the first hurdle is uncertain."

"Although the demons in the Hundred Demon Mirror are evolved from magical artifacts, their injuries and deaths are real."

"For someone going in for the first time, seeing the scenes inside, it's a miracle if they can even muster half their full strength."

"This kid wasn't very bright before, it's hard to say whether he'll even make it past the first hurdle."

Lu Chen turned and glanced at him.

"I remember when you first entered the Hundred Demon Mirror, you only passed the first level."

The smile on Li Hu's face froze for a moment.

"Boss, why are you bringing me up out of the blue?"

Lu Chen said calmly:

"Just reminding you."

"If he passes the first hurdle, his score in the first assessment will be the same as yours."

"If you keep calling me an idiot, then who do you think you are?"

Xu Qinghe stood beside her and added softly.

"Li Hu didn't have an easy time getting through the first hurdle either."

"My legs were shaking for a long time when I came out."

Li Hu glared at her immediately.

"Xu Qinghe, if you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."

Xu Qinghe remained calm and ignored him completely.

Li Hu coughed, bringing the topic back on track.

"That was my first time going in, I had no experience."

"Besides, I at least passed the first hurdle."

"How could this kid be like me?"

Lu Chen continued to look at the mirror.

"I think he can get past the first hurdle."

Li Hu was stunned for a moment.

"Boss, you really think highly of him?"

Lu Chendao:

"To gamble or not?"

Upon hearing this, Li Hu immediately perked up.

"What are we betting on?"

"If he passes the first test, you are not allowed to drink alcohol for three months."

Li Hu's expression immediately changed.

"Boss, that's way too ruthless!"

"You don't dare?"

"Who's afraid?"

Li Hu immediately patted his chest.

"Let's gamble."

"If he can pass the first test, I will not touch alcohol for three months."

"But if he can't even get past the first hurdle, then that jar of ten-year-old wine you've been hiding will have to be mine."

"Can."

Lu Chen agreed very readily.

Li Hu grinned, already eyeing that jar of wine.

Qin Lie couldn't hear what was being said outside, but Zhang Erniu could.

He sat in his wheelchair, looking at the gleaming Hundred Demon Mirror in the courtyard, his fingers tightening around the armrests.

From the moment Lu Chen entered the room, he heard everything the people said.

Filling a vacancy doesn't mean you can directly enter the Demon Suppression Bureau just by having a Demon Suppression Token; you still need to pass an examination.

That damned Steward Li.

I clearly told him that as long as he got the Demon-Suppressing Token, he wouldn't have to worry about anything else.

Now it seems that the person wasn't telling him the truth at all.

Fortunately, Qin Lie regained his senses in time and did not hand over the Demon-Suppressing Token last night.

Otherwise, if the people from the Demon Suppression Bureau arrive today, everything will be exposed.

At that point, let alone filling the vacancy, it's uncertain whether Zhang Erniu will even be able to save his life.

Now, he actually hopes that Qin Lie can pass the test.

As long as Qin Lie enters the Demon Suppression Division and receives a salary, this family will have a stable income.

As for whether Qin Lie will still be willing to listen to him after joining the Demon Suppression Division...

Zhang Erniu slowly released the handrail, and his honest smile returned to his face.

It's too early to think about these things now.

Let Qin Lie pass the test first.

At this moment, inside the Hundred Demon Mirror.

Qin Lie was standing on the dirt road outside Huai Shu Village.

He didn't rush into the village, but stared at the wooden sign that read "Huai Shu Village" for a while.

It was very quiet all around.

A gust of wind carrying a strong smell of blood blew out of the village.

Qin Lie gripped the wood-chopping knife in his hand and slowly walked forward.

As soon as he reached the village entrance, he saw a corpse lying on the ground.

Half of the corpse's body had been gnawed apart, and its abdomen had been ripped out, leaving only some broken pieces of flesh.

Upon seeing this scene, Qin Lie felt a sudden nausea.

Having lived a peaceful life in his previous life, he had never seen such a scene before.

Not to mention, this is the way he died.

"Help!"

Just then, a scream suddenly came from inside the village.

Qin Lie forcibly suppressed the discomfort in his stomach and ran towards the direction from which the sound came.

He hadn't run far when he saw an old woman carrying a child stumbling out of a dilapidated house.

Behind her followed several small, dark creatures.

Those things were about half a person tall, crawling quickly along the ground with their limbs close to the ground, and had a row of fine, sharp thorns growing on their backs.

"Help!"

"Someone, please save us!"

The old woman ran while crying and shouting.

Without hesitation, Qin Lie grabbed his machete and charged forward.

Hearing the commotion, the little demon running in the lead turned around sharply to look at Qin Lie.

His small eyes were full of ferocity.

The next moment, it exerted force with all four limbs and pounced directly at Qin Lie.

Qin Lie gripped the wood-chopping knife tightly with both hands, the movements he had practiced that morning flashing through his mind.

Raise the knife.

Turn your waist.

The knife falls.

The machete swung down from above, aiming for the little demon's head.

puff!

The blade pierced the little demon's head.

A tremendous force emanated from the hilt of the sword, causing Qin Lie's hand to go numb.

The bones of this thing are much harder than the firewood I chopped this morning.

However, the knife still managed to cut in.

The little demon let out a scream, its body fell to the ground, twitched a few times, and then remained still.

The next moment, a line of text appeared in front of Qin Lie.

[Slay the demon slave]

[Gain 0.1 attribute points]

Upon seeing the system notification, Qin Lie frowned.

Although these demon slaves were evolved from the Hundred Demon Mirror, the system can still obtain attribute points from them.

This shows that they are not just powerless, false images.

They possess genuine demonic power.

Their claws and teeth can indeed kill.

Li Hu did not lie to him.

If you die in this place, you're truly dead.

Thinking of this, Qin Lie gripped the wood-chopping knife in his hand even tighter.

He must get out of here alive.

Qin Lie had just killed the first demon slave when the remaining demon slaves caught up with him.

They scattered and pounced on Qin Lie from different directions.

Qin Lie was naturally afraid.

Being scared is useless.

The only way to survive now is to kill them all.

What's more, the old woman and the child were behind him.

Killing these demon slaves will also provide him with attribute points.

He could both save lives and become stronger, so he had no reason to back down.

Qin Lie kicked away a demon slave that lunged at his calf, while simultaneously holding the wood-chopping knife horizontally in front of him.

boom!

Another demon slave crashed heavily into the blade.

Qin Lie was knocked back half a step, and the wound on his arm from last night was pulled painfully.

But at this point, he no longer cared about his wounds.

If you can't hold on, you'll die.

Qin Lie flipped his wrist.

The machete that was originally held horizontally in front of him was swung upwards from below.

The blade sliced ​​across the demon slave's chin, tearing open half of its mouth.

The foul-smelling black blood splattered all over Qin Lie.

Qin Lie did not stop; he gripped the knife with both hands and slashed down again.

puff!

The second demon slave fell to the ground.

[Slay the demon slave]

[Gain 0.1 attribute points]

Qin Lie took a deep breath.

He could feel that he was a little stronger than the night before.

However, it only improved slightly.

These demon slaves aren't too powerful on their own, but when there are many of them, they can still bite him to death.

Just as Qin Lie was thinking this, a dense crawling sound suddenly came from deep within the village.

rustle.

rustle.

At the end of the gloomy dirt road, a dozen or so demon slaves crawled out close to the ground.

Behind them was a monster with a belly as big as a water vat.

The monster was lying under the old locust tree.

Its abdomen contracted continuously, and one demon slave after another crawled out from under it.

It turns out that all those demon slaves were born from this monster.

And this first hurdle has only just begun.

We cannot allow all those demon slaves to gather together.

Once surrounded, even if he knows basic swordsmanship, it's impossible to block attacks from all directions at the same time.

We must take the initiative.

Before these demon slaves gather together, kill as many as you can.

Qin Lie gripped his wood-chopping knife and charged straight at the attacker.

One.

Two.

Three.

hack.

tease.

block.

He used the three moves he had practiced that morning repeatedly.

At first, Qin Lie was a little rusty.

But as more and more demon slaves fell to his blade, his sword-wielding movements became smoother.

The demon slave's black blood kept splattering on his clothes.

The wound on my arm reopened.

However, Qin Lie did not stop.

[Slay the demon slave]

[Gain 0.1 attribute points]

[Slay the demon slave]

[Gain 0.1 attribute points]

System notifications kept flashing before my eyes.

Qin Lie simply didn't have time to check each item one by one.

He only focused on the ever-increasing attribute points.

When I killed the tenth one, I finally had enough attribute points to reach a whole number.

Current attribute points: 1

Qin Lie did not hesitate at all.

"Improve physical fitness."

[Constitution: 4→5]

Current attribute points: 0

A surge of heat spread from my chest and quickly flowed into my limbs.

My arms, which had started to ache, have regained a lot of strength.

Even the pain from the reopened wound lessened somewhat.

Qin Lie's eyes lit up.

When you improve your physical condition, you can not only enhance your body, but also restore some of the energy you have consumed.

This means that as long as he continues to kill, he won't be easily worn down to death by these demon slaves.

At that moment, another demon servant pounced from the side.

Qin Lie gripped the sword with both hands and slashed down at her.

puff!

The machete slammed directly into the demon slave's head.

This time, the blade was not stuck by the hard bone.

The demon slave's head was cleaved open with a single stroke, and his body crashed heavily to the ground.

This is the change after a slight increase in physical fitness.

Originally, Qin Lie was planning to get to the old locust tree as soon as possible and take care of the mother creature.

Now it seems there's no need to rush.

The mother body can continuously produce demon slaves.

He can gain attribute points by killing the demon slaves.

While increasing attributes, it can also restore stamina.

As long as he isn't surrounded by these demon slaves, this place won't only be dangerous for him.

It is also an opportunity to continuously grow stronger.

Since that's the case, let the mother live a little longer.

Qin Lie continued to swing his sword, slashing at the demon slaves who were rushing towards him.

Ten.

Twenty.

Thirty.

Current attribute points: 1

"Improve physical fitness."

[Constitution: 5→6]

Keep killing.

Current attribute points: 1

"Continue to improve physical fitness."

[Constitution: 6→7]

After his physique improved to seven points, Qin Lie could clearly feel that his body was changing again.

What used to require two strikes to kill a demon slave can now be cleaved in two with a single blow if the angle is right.

When faced with the demon slave's charge, he could no longer be knocked off his feet by parrying with his sword.

Qin Lie's killing spree became increasingly successful.

But soon, he realized something was wrong.

Why are there fewer and fewer demon slaves?

Just a moment ago, groups of them were crawling out one after another.

Now it takes quite a while before a demon servant crawls over from the old locust tree.

Qin Lie looked up at the mother body.

The mother's enormous belly continued to twitch, but the rate at which she was giving birth to demon slaves had clearly slowed down.

At first, it could give birth to two demon slaves in just a few breaths.

But now, after more than a dozen breaths, it has only been a little overwhelmed that one could be squeezed out.

Moreover, the demon slaves who had just crawled out were weak in the limbs and could not even stand steadily.

Qin Lie glanced at his attribute panel.

[Physical Fitness: 7]

Current attribute points: 2.5

So, from now until now, he has killed a total of fifty-five demon slaves.

Only fifty-five, and they're already empty?

Qin Lie gripped his wood-chopping knife and walked step by step toward the old locust tree.

The mother sensed the danger.

Its belly trembled violently, and it let out a low, piercing cry.

"If you can produce a few more, I'm not in a hurry to kill you."

"But what if you can't give birth..."

Before Qin Lie could finish speaking, he had already raised the wood-chopping knife in his hand.

The mother under the old locust tree suddenly let out a scream.

Her belly, which had already shrunk a bit, suddenly swelled up again.

The next moment, a dark shadow emerged from beneath it.

As soon as the demon slave landed, it slowly raised its head.

Its body was a whole size larger than that of an ordinary demon slave.