Hearing Lin Yun’s shout, the four teammates snapped out of their daze.
“Engage quickly!” Captain Zhou Bocheng roared, brandishing a long iron chain that whipped through the air.
The other three swiftly drew their weapons, launching attacks at the demon.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A fierce battle erupted instantly, and Lin Yun swung his sword again, striking with force.
Apart from Lin Yun and Mu Ji, the other three were Mysterious Saints, their strength far from weak.
Under the relentless assault of the five, the demon was quickly overwhelmed, sustaining multiple injuries.
“Damn it!”
The demon let out a roar, then turned to flee after one last attack.
“Don’t let it escape!”
Lin Yun was the first to charge, his arm instantly covered in dragon scales, a terrifying surge of energy emanating from his palm.
He swung his sword with full force.
Cloud-Piercing Strike!
The sword pierced through the void, its power surging.
The Ultimate Dragon Technique, Dragon Claw, Dragon Emperor Bone, and the indestructible physical strength all erupted, combined with the might of the Cloud-Piercing Strike and the penetrating power of his pseudo-Saint-level sword.
Pfft!
The sword pierced through the black mist surrounding the demon, plunging into its skull.
Roar!
The demon let out an unwilling roar before collapsing to the ground.
This was Lin Yun’s first demon kill, a smooth start.
A gaping hole appeared in the demon’s skull, oozing black blood.
Lin Yun glanced at his sword, now stained with the same black blood, sizzling as if highly corrosive.
But as a pseudo-Saint-level weapon, the sword was unaffected by the corrosion.
“Gulp! Gulp!”
“This guy… he’s actually that strong?”
Lin Yun’s four teammates stared at his figure ahead, swallowing hard in disbelief.
They could clearly sense the immense power of the strike that killed the demon.
For Lin Yun, an Initial Saint, to unleash such strength was a shock to them all.
Ahead, Lin Yun landed beside the demon’s body and sliced open its skull with his sword.
A dark red glowing demon crystal appeared before him.
“So this is a demon crystal?”
Lin Yun picked it up, feeling the unique energy within.
The demon crystal was the essence of a demon’s power.
But as the demon was dead, the energy in the crystal was slowly dissipating.
Lin Yun’s eyes gleamed as he held the crystal.
He returned to his four teammates.
During the chase, they hadn’t caught up before Lin Yun had already killed the demon.
“Do you have to be that scared? It’s just a demon,” Lin Yun said, shaking his head at his teammates.
He then looked at Zhong Hongkai, “Especially you, Zhong Hongkai. Was it necessary to scream like that?”
Earlier, Zhong Hongkai had mocked Lin Yun, saying his volunteering for demon hunting was reckless and that he’d panic when facing a real demon.
Ironically, Zhong Hongkai was the one who panicked most.
“Uh, well… this…” Zhong Hongkai gave an awkward laugh, clearly embarrassed.
“Lin Yun, it’s everyone’s first time facing a real demon. We lack experience, so this reaction is understandable,” Captain Zhou Bocheng said with an awkward chuckle.
Zhou Bocheng was also embarrassed. As captain, he hadn’t been the worst performer, but he hadn’t handled it well either.
“Whether it’s a demon or anything else, they’re just living beings, no different from us,” Lin Yun said, shrugging.
To Lin Yun, demons were no different from the demon beasts he’d fought on the cultivation continent. They were just different in appearance and type.
Having dealt with demon beasts extensively, Lin Yun was used to fighting them, so he remained calm and composed against the demon.
This composure came from rich experience.
But for his teammates, it was different.
Though the Ancestral Land was chaotic, they had never left human territory. They’d mostly fought human cultivators, rarely other races.
“Lin Yun, you’re so brave! I didn’t expect you to be this powerful,” Mu Ji said, approaching him with a sweet smile.
Her attitude had shifted dramatically from before.
Over the past five days, she had barely spoken to Lin Yun, reserving her warmth for the other three teammates.
“I wouldn’t say powerful. Friend Mu Ji, if you’re hoping I’ll help you more in future battles, rest assured, as a teammate, I’ll do my best to assist,” Lin Yun said, wiping the black blood from his sword and sheathing it.
He knew what Mu Ji was thinking: she wanted his help in dangerous situations.
“Thank you in advance,” Mu Ji said, stepping closer, placing a delicate hand on Lin Yun’s shoulder, her voice soft and slightly flirtatious.
“Friend Mu Ji, let’s keep some distance between us,” Lin Yun said, stepping aside with a cool expression.
Mu Ji was surprised. Was this guy immune to her charm?
“Uh, Lin Yun, now that we have the first demon crystal, we should discuss how to distribute it. The sooner it’s used, the better,” Captain Zhou Bocheng said.
Lin Yun held up the crystal, “This should be a fifth-grade demon crystal. I’ll take this first one. The next four we get will be yours to split.”
Demons varied in strength, so their crystals were graded accordingly.
Human cultivators classified them into miscellaneous, first-grade, second-grade, and so on.
Crystals from demons weaker than Eternal Realm cultivators were considered miscellaneous.
Higher grades had better effects.
A pile of miscellaneous crystals might not match the effect of a single first- or second-grade crystal.
“Fine,” Zhou Bocheng agreed readily.
Before, Zhou Bocheng would likely have insisted on taking the first crystal, as the captain and strongest member.
But Lin Yun’s display of strength, surpassing even his own, and the fact that Lin Yun killed the demon, left him with little to say.
