"Thank you, Senior Brother!"
Lin Li accepted the white jade token, cupped his hands in respect, and turned back toward the two-story building.
Meanwhile, the other eleven carefully and stealthily began moving deeper into the Demon Sect outpost.
…
"Haha! Now that I don't need to worry about anything, I can finally let loose and go on a killing spree!"
Lin Li glanced back at the eleven figures gradually disappearing into the darkness and demonic mist, a smile forming on his face. Then, he turned to face the scene before him.
The mass of thick, writhing centipedes made his skin crawl!
Even Lin Li, who was used to many things, couldn't help but feel a shiver run down his spine.
"I can't imagine what these Demon Sect disciples are thinking."
Lin Li murmured, "Living in such a place, constantly smelling this nauseating stench, and right underneath them are all these centipedes... how can anyone live like this?"
As he spoke, Lin Li activated his Xuantian Wuji Sword Qi Art.
His body surged with power, and the longsword in his hand became enveloped in a layer of golden sword energy!
Slash, slash, slash—!!!
With a few casual swings, sharp sword energy shot out!
The fence outside the two-story building was instantly sliced to pieces!
At the same time, a few scattered centipedes were caught in the aftershock of the sword energy and killed!
[Killed Second-Grade Demonized Centipede, gained 18 evolution points]
[Absorbed Demonized Centipede blood, gained 3 energy points]
[Killed Fourth-Grade Demonized Centipede, gained 37 evolution points]
[Absorbed Demonized Centipede blood, gained 4 energy points]
[Killed First-Grade Demonized Centipede, gained 9 evolution points]
[Absorbed Demonized Centipede blood, gained 0.7 energy points]
Ye Fan saw the system prompts and thought, "Although each demonized centipede gives little reward, but…"
Looking at the dense swarm of centipedes, their sheer number was overwhelming, making one's scalp tingle and body tremble with fear. Ye Fan was filled with excitement: "The quantity is just… too much!"
Ye Fan also realized something.
Killing these demonized centipedes only returned a small amount of energy to the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword.
But still!
Even a small gain was better than nothing!
"With so many demonized centipedes, killing them all will still bring a decent haul!"
Ye Fan then started swinging his sword!
Sword shadows flew wildly, and sword energy slashed in all directions!
Without using the Jinghong Sword, Ye Fan's energy consumption was low.
Yet—
Every second, several waves of sword energy were released!
[Killed Third-Grade Demonized Centipede, gained 28 evolution points]
[Absorbed Demonized Centipede blood, gained 3 energy points]
[Killed Fifth-Grade Demonized Centipede, gained 56 evolution points]
[Absorbed Demonized Centipede blood, gained 6 energy points]
[Killed Seventh-Grade Demonized Centipede, gained 82 evolution points]
[Absorbed Demonized Centipede blood, gained 7 energy points]
…
In just a few breaths, the surrounding area had turned into a wreck!
Blue-green demon blood was everywhere, and the building collapsed with a loud crash!
The mass of demonized centipedes had been wiped out by Lin Li in an instant!
In a short time, Ye Fan's system prompts had piled up into the thousands!
"Oh my!"
Ye Fan looked at the system panel and was stunned!
Just after killing the Green Python King, the system panel had shown his evolution points as [Evolution Points]: 32,189 / 200,000, and his energy as [Energy]: 3,999.
But now!
After destroying just this one Demon Sect disciple's residence full of demonized centipedes, the system panel's numbers had already changed to—
[Evolution Points]: 53,276 / 200,000
[Energy]: 4,769
"This one Demon Sect disciple's residence alone gave me over 20,000 evolution points and nearly 1,000 energy points!"
Ye Fan looked at the surrounding Demon Sect residences, his heart burning with excitement!
"Originally, I thought that after entering this Demon Sect outpost, Lin Li killing some demonic beasts and disciples would at most give me tens of thousands of evolution points. I figured I'd have to wait for him to complete one or two more missions in this Cultivation World War to reach the evolution to a middle-grade magical weapon."
Ye Fan was overjoyed: "But I never expected that this Demon Sect outpost would have so many demonized creatures! It's like every Demon Sect residence is a treasure trove! And there are so many Demon Sect disciples and their residences here!"
"Heavens! As long as Lin Li isn't too foolish, after this mission, I…"
"I'll definitely evolve into a middle-grade magical weapon!"
Ye Fan was thrilled beyond words!
Lin Li, too, felt a surge of heat in his chest!
"Even though the energy fed back from a single demonized centipede is small…"
Lin Li could feel the spiritual power filling his dantian, and just like Ye Fan, he was excited: "But after destroying this entire building and killing over a thousand demonized centipedes…"
"The energy fed back to me is even more than what I got from the Green Python King!"
After killing the Green Python King, Lin Li had broken through to the second layer of Foundation Establishment and stabilized his cultivation.
But now!
Lin Li's cultivation had already advanced to the mature stage of the second layer of Foundation Establishment!
He was now only a step away from the peak of the second layer!
Looking around, he saw that there were still many similar buildings!
"Hahaha! Heaven is truly helping me!"
Lin Li laughed wildly!
"It looks like this time, I'm about to soar to new heights!"
Lin Li charged toward another Demon Sect disciple's residence!
Sword energy swept across!
Boom, boom, boom!
In just a few breaths, the two-story building filled with demonized toads collapsed with a crash!
The hundreds of demonized toads inside were almost all slaughtered by Lin Li!
Even the few that escaped amidst the chaos didn't matter!
Because…
There were still many more Demon Sect residences waiting for Lin Li to destroy!
"This is too satisfying!"
Ye Fan was trembling with excitement: "How long has it been? And I've already gained another 10,000 evolution points and 700 energy points!"
Lin Li, too, was gradually growing more and more frenzied amidst the destruction: "Now, my cultivation is…"
"Foundation Establishment, second layer! Peak!"
At that moment, a voice suddenly called out: "Damn it! Who are you?"
"How dare you destroy my house and kill all the centipedes I've raised for eight years?!"
"Damn it, you're dead!"
A black-robed Demon Sect disciple had obviously rushed over after hearing the commotion from a nearby watchtower.
With a wave of his sleeve, countless centipedes poured out from it!
At the same time, another Demon Sect disciple, dressed in blue-green robes, followed behind him.
Clearly, the blue-green-robed disciple practiced a different technique from the black-robed one.
The blue-green-robed disciple clapped his hands.
Suddenly, a blue-green zombie, covered in half-finger-long hair and wearing a constable's uniform, came hopping toward them from behind.
"Black-robed, beast-controlling technique, and the blue-green robes controlling zombies?"
Ye Fan laughed, "Wonderful! These Demon Sect disciples give me evolution points so much faster than those righteous sect disciples!"
"Though, between the zombie controllers and beast tamers, I definitely prefer the beast tamers, hahaha!"
While Ye Fan was ecstatic, Lin Li faced the oncoming demonized centipedes and green-furred zombies without fear. Instead, his pupils constricted, and a grin of anticipation spread across his face: "Hahaha! Come on!"
"Come at me… even harder!"