Lin Li's eyes gleamed as he stood in the midst of the demon rat horde, showing not the slightest hint of fear!
How laughable! Even when surrounded by a pack of leopard demons, Lin Li had dared to take risks and stage a counterattack!
The Golden Leopard King itself had been gutted alive by him!
Now, standing before these small, insignificant demon rats, how could Lin Li possibly feel any fear?
However, he decided to feign fear, hoping to get more information out of the man in the black robe. "Y-you! Who are you?! The information the sect gave me wasn't like this at all..."
"Surprised? Scared? Hahaha!"
The man in the black robe laughed maniacally. "Blame your bad luck for becoming the scapegoat for Xuantian Sect! Now, my sacrificial array is nearly complete! In just forty-nine more days, I'll finish the formation, and the entire population of Danyang County will become my offerings, helping me break through to the Foundation Establishment stage!"
"Don't think that just because the righteous sects control the Foundation Establishment Pill, we from the Sacred Sect can't advance! I'll use your blood, you so-called righteous disciple, as an appetizer for my grand achievement! Hahaha!"
"This fool is even more naive than I thought!"
A cold smile appeared on Lin Li's lips. "With just a little acting, he spilled all his secrets! And he thinks he's a big villain? Too inexperienced!"
"The Sacred Sect, huh? Never heard of it. Luckily, he hasn't succeeded in reaching Foundation Establishment yet."
Lin Li glanced around...
The dense swarm of demon rats didn't terrify Lin Li—in fact, it fueled his desire to kill.
"Now that I've reached the peak of the seventh layer of Qi Refinement, with all these demon rats around, I don't even need to kill them all to break through to the eighth layer! After that, I can slaughter the rest, kill the Four Rat Generals, the Rat King, and that black-robed man. If everything goes as planned, I might even reach the ninth layer, or maybe even perfection!"
With that thought, excitement and anticipation surged in Lin Li's heart! His body trembled slightly with bloodlust that he could barely suppress.
His breathing grew heavy, thick with the desire to kill.
The black-robed man mistook this sight as fear and began to laugh even more wildly. "Hahaha! Tremble in fear! Despair in the face of my demon rat army! No one can save you now! Keh keh!"
"Kill him!"
"Squeak! Squeak!"
At the black-robed man's command, the once-silent town of Linhe erupted in chaos!
Countless demon rats poured out from hidden holes, dark corners, and abandoned houses, swarming toward Lin Li like a grey-black tide.
The ear-piercing sound of the rats' squeals merged into a deafening roar!
"Hahaha! Bring it on! Come at me with all you've got! This? It's nowhere near enough!"
With the bloodthirsty nature of Ye Fan's magic sword affecting him, Lin Li no longer held back the killing intent that had been boiling within him. He threw his head back and laughed maniacally!
"Haha, has he lost his mind already? How pathetic."
From the second-story window, the black-robed man shook his head in disdain as he watched Lin Li.
But the next moment, something that shocked him to his core happened!
Lin Li drew his sword, and in an instant, spiritual energy surged into it as if there was no end to it!
The sword in Lin Li's hand began to emit a strange mix of dark red and deep purple energy.
"How can a disciple of a righteous sect like Xuantian look so... sinister?" The black-robed man was stunned as the first wave of demon rats reached Lin Li.
From every direction, ten or more demon rats leaped into the air, their jaws open wide, ready to bite into him.
But Lin Li, holding the bloodthirsty magic sword, spun with a graceful twist of his body!
A purple-red arc of sword energy flashed around him, slicing all ten demon rats in half at once!
Blood sprayed into the air!
[Killed demon rat, gained 6 evolution points]
[Absorbed demon rat's blood, gained 0.3 energy points]
[Killed demon rat, gained 6 evolution points]
[Absorbed demon rat's blood, gained 0.3 energy points]
[Killed demon rat, gained 6 evolution points]
[Absorbed demon rat's blood, gained 0.3 energy points]
...
"Here it comes!"
Ye Fan finally felt the long-awaited thrill.
"After waiting so long, and spending a month watching Lin Li in secluded cultivation, I was about to go mad!"
"Now, finally, we're seeing some blood!"
Amid the slaughter, Ye Fan surveyed his surroundings...
Endless... countless enemies!
There were so many rats that it was impossible to estimate their numbers.
The only certainty was that, for the time being, the swarm of rats seemed endless!
"Even though each demon rat only gives me 6 evolution points and 0.3 energy points..."
"The sheer number of rats in this town is insane!"
"There could easily be tens of thousands of them!"
"And then there are the higher-level demon rats and that black-robed guy controlling everything... I'm certain, after all this, I'll finally be able to evolve again! Hahaha!"
Ye Fan was ecstatic!
At the same time, as Lin Li slaughtered the rats, he too could feel the excitement from the bloodthirsty magic sword in his hand.
"You've been waiting a long time for this, haven't you?"
As the demon blood splattered across Lin Li's face, making him look even more savage, he murmured, "Surrounded on all sides, the only thing I can rely on is you! Let's enjoy this massacre together!"
"Hmph, does he think his spiritual energy is endless?"
The black-robed man sneered as he stood at the window, watching Lin Li slaughter the demon rats with disdain. "At this rate, his spiritual energy will run out after a few dozen strikes! Then he'll be at my mercy, just like all the others!"
"As for these rats... hah!"
Everyone knows that rats are prolific breeders.
Even if Lin Li kills hundreds of them now, with their terrifying breeding rate and the number of rats I already control, their population will recover in just a day or two.
But...
The more the black-robed man watched, the more shocked he became!
"How... how is this possible?!"
Now, piles of dead demon rats surrounded Lin Li, and their blood was pooling on the ground, forming a small stream.
Yet Lin Li's attacks showed no sign of slowing down!
In fact...
His strikes were only becoming fiercer!
"His spiritual energy... could it be... limitless? How can he still be fighting so fiercely?!"