Chapter 117: You’ll Be The First To Go To The Demon Realm
With one hand torn off, no one dared to speak to Li Ye, and they obediently followed his orders.
The thirty or so people quickly split up, with thirteen martial artists going first to find the remaining people from the Disinfection Bureau, and another dozen or so heading obediently to the Disinfection Bureau.
The remaining juniors who hadn’t yet reached the Six Dragon Gate were spared.
Li Ye grabbed Chen Hualong and leaped directly from the top of the high-rise, flashing straight ahead with lightness skill all the way, rushing toward the mine location on Tongguan Mountain.
When he arrived, Bai Rongzu and the others had already brought martial artists from Jinze City and joined the battle.
Bai Rongzu’s dual swords flowed continuously; once they hooked a demonic creature, they could split it dead.
Qi Yuan’s hook scythe spear poked a hole wherever it struck, and pulling it could sever the demonic creature.
And that Second Realm martial artist Kong Jing from Xuanyue County, with a pair of chain legs flying and dodging amid the demonic creatures, unleashed qi force with each kick that could send a demonic creature flying.
Second Realm martial artists were still very manageable on the outskirts of the Demon Realm.
It was just that the high-intensity combat couldn’t be sustained for long.
Bai Rongzu’s dual swords slashed continuously, splitting a demonic creature into fragments, after which he couldn’t help but gasp for breath a few times.
He glanced at the people on the minefield and couldn’t help but show anger.
Those martial artists driven over from Jinze City were not as hardworking as martial artists from Ningjiang City; each one took forever to kill a demonic creature after engaging it.
Especially that martial artist named Luo Jin, who wielded a single sword; it looked like every move targeted vitals, but in execution it was soft and weak, going back and forth with a Gall Tear Slave, dodging the corrosive liquid sprayed by the Gall Tear Slave, then scraping its face with one sword.
He could clearly expend a bit more strength to behead it with one sword, but he was just conserving energy.
“Stop slacking off!”
Bai Rongzu angrily said: “If you don’t put in effort now, when Li from the Bureau comes, I’ll definitely report you!”
Hearing this, Luo Jin dodged to the side again to avoid the Gall Tear Slave’s sprayed liquid, then pierced its knee in one motion, and as the Gall Tear Slave fell, he stabbed to the side with one sword to pierce an incoming Coin Moth.
He didn’t care if that sword hit a vital spot; after one sword strike, he spun and dodged again, moving next to Bai Rongzu.
“Brother Bai, how am I slacking off?”
He flicked the sword blade casually, “My swordplay is just like this, emphasizing slow and steady, excelling at wearing down the enemy’s stamina.”
As he spoke, he sized up Bai Rongzu and smiled: “Unlike Brother Bai’s fierce swordplay that kills with every move. But let me say, this is the Demon Realm; even on the outskirts, it can’t be cleared in a short time, so conserving stamina is key. After all…”
He said meaningfully: “No one knows what might happen.”
“What do you mean?” Bai Rongzu narrowed his eyes.
“The Chen Family is still very powerful, and Family Head Chen Hualong is also a genius; it’s not that simple for Li from the Bureau to deal with him.”
Luo Jin said: “Better to prepare early.”
Bai Rongzu’s expression changed, “Prepare what? You might as well speak clearly!”
Luo Jin smiled slyly: “The meaning is simple: that Li Longhu can’t possibly win.”
After Li Ye said he was going to deal with the Chen Family, these Jinze martial artists suddenly weren’t so afraid.
The Chen Family wasn’t easy to deal with, especially since Li Ye was going alone.
There was no way he could win.
But they still came, mainly because the Disinfection Bureau corpses weren’t fake.
If Li Ye couldn’t fight the Chen Family, could he not fight them?
But they came, and how hard they fought was no one’s business.
Bai Rongzu glared at Luo Jin, “Let me tell you, Li from the Bureau can’t possibly lose; he’s such a great genius with limitless future prospects—think it over before you speak!”
They also knew the reputation of Jinze’s Chen Family, which was far stronger than them, these martial artists with only regional influence; Li Ye might not be able to prevail and could very well lose.
But he couldn’t admit it.
Not only him; the Ningjiang martial artists nearby who heard Luo Jin were also collectively glaring hostilely this way.
Ningjiang martial artists had a bit of convert fanaticism.
Li Ye had killed until they were afraid and made them kneel and obey orders, so they naturally saw him as their leader.
Now some outsider from another city was telling them Li Ye wouldn’t win…
That was absolutely unthinkable.
If Li Ye lost, what would that make them Ningjiang martial artists?
Martial artists from other cities didn’t take the Disinfection Bureau seriously, but they in Ningjiang City not only took it seriously but knelt and held it high.
Li Ye had to win, and they had to make sure he won!
Only then could their obedience over this period be justified!
But Luo Jin didn’t care about that, “Brother Bai, I admit that Li Longhu is very strong; at his age with that talent, of course his future is limitless, but Chen Family Head Chen Hualong isn’t weak either.”
“A Three Realms martial artist’s strength, and Li Longhu going alone—no way he can win.”
“How about a bet: if he returns alone, we’ll leave, and you put in a good word for us.”
“If he brings the Chen Family over, we’ll just keep fighting demonic creatures—don’t worry about how we do it.”
Just keep slacking off as usual.
Li Ye brought the Chen Family over together, which would at most be a tie, but instead, once they joined with Chen Hualong, they would have even more confidence.
“Then what if we win?”
“Win? Ha, if he wins, I”
Luo Jin laughed once, but his voice immediately stopped.
Because the Bai Rongzu in front of him wasn’t speaking at all; he was just staring blankly at the back, with a hint of excitement in his eyes.
Luo Jin’s body stiffened, his hair standing on end, and after his eye twitched, he arduously turned his head to look.
Right behind him, Li Ye stood there shirtless with a coat draped over, holding a person’s head in his hand.
That person was barely breathing out more than in, limp like a dead dog, and at his left arm, it was broken off at the elbow, as if torn off with great force, with even the exposed bones visible.
Chen Hualong!
“I, I”
He stiffened there, feeling numb all over, muttering from his mouth, his mind completely blank.
“You go to the Demon Realm first.”
Li Ye casually tossed Chen Hualong aside. “Now get lost and go do your work.”
“Yes, yes!”
Luo Jin stammered out the words, using his lightness skill faster than anyone, directly flashing to the Gall Tear Slave he hadn’t killed earlier, his sword carrying qi force as he beheaded the Gall Tear Slave with one strike, then flashing again to poke a hole through the flying Coin Moth.
That speed and power were completely different from before; where was there any so-called ‘slow and steady swordplay’? It could still erupt with fierce power just the same.
And the slacking Jinze martial artists around them all went full throttle, putting even more force into dealing with the demonic creatures than the Ningjiang martial artists, as if these demonic creatures were something that could increase experience points, afraid of others snatching them.
They had thought of many possibilities: maybe Li Ye would slink back alone, or maybe Li Ye would negotiate with the Chen Family and bring them over.
But they never thought Li Ye would win, and win so viciously.
Chen Hualong’s arm was gone!
“He’s just despicable!”
Bai Rongzu spat once, then switched to a fawning smile. “Bureau Chief Li, you’ve worked hard. This Chen Hualong doesn’t know what’s good for him and even damaged your clothes; he really deserves to die!”
“Enough. Let the Ningjiang people go rest.”
Li Ye waved his hand. “Once the follow-up people arrive, you switch shifts, report to the Jinze City Disinfection Bureau, swap out those martial artists, and let them come here.”
“Yes!”
Bai Rongzu’s eyes lit up, his body straightening instantly, putting even more effort into dealing with the demonic creatures, occasionally glancing at those Jinze martial artists with unconcealed smugness.
Originally, Li Ye hadn’t planned to do this.
From a combat power perspective, Second Realm martial artists were definitely more efficient, but he had just arrived here and heard what that Luo Jin said, which made him change his mind.
Anyway, they were all just filling the line; the Ningjiang martial artists were quite hardworking, so give these people a chance to rest—those slacking off ones instead
Like slacking off? Then go slack off inside the Demon Realm!
“You want them to enter the Demon Realm?”
At this time, Fan Tie, who had been dealing with demonic creatures in the distance, quickly rushed over.
From far away, he had seen a figure flash over in the air and knew it was Li Ye, so he hurried over and just happened to hear Li Ye’s words.
But as soon as he spoke, he saw Chen Hualong collapsed on the ground with his arm torn off.
“Good grief!”
He smacked his lips. “Did you beat him this brutally?”
Then he froze, looking at Li Ye like he was some giant demon or great fiend. “You did this?”
Jinze Chen Family’s Chen Hualong—he knew him.
Human Origin status, Three Realms martial artist, a local tyrant.
But looking at this, and the bone shards at the broken arm, it was torn off raw!
Second Realm beating Three Realms.
Fan Tie’s eyes widened. “Break Six Passes?”
Li Ye nodded.
“No way… the Ren Family’s Hulong Palace doesn’t have such a big effect, right?”
With the Demon Realm right there, Fan Tie had no mind for tension, full of utter disbelief.
You’re kidding.
By full count, from September to now, just three months, and Li Ye broke Six Passes?
And even if he broke Six Passes, against one Three Realms, it shouldn’t end up like this, right?
Just how strong is this Li Ye, and this talent
Fan Tie immediately said cautiously, “Why don’t you go back?”
Such a great genius—if something unexpected happened here, he couldn’t bear that responsibility.
Someone with this kind of performance must be a seedling who can directly enter the Four Realms; nothing could go wrong before that.
“What would I go back for? To eat free rice?”
Li Ye laughed, “This counts as special experience for me too. If I don’t see the world, how can I grow.”
With Fan Tie having this attitude, Li Ye could conclude that before he entered university, absolutely no one would let him go to the Demon Realm again, but would let him grow normally.
Geniuses must be well protected.
With his current talent improved by eating demonic creatures, steady progress was possible, but with opportunity right in front of him, using a cheat could lead to even broader prospects.
He had to take advantage of this to eat his fill here.
How else could he level up?
The ‘Trace’-level Mysterious Pass hadn’t been broken yet!
But the pollution and demonic creatures on the outskirts weren’t quite enough for Li Ye; he had forcibly eaten so many before, the quantity was sufficient, but the quality was poor.
While the main force hadn’t arrived, he would use these people to probe the depths of the Demon Realm and see what the situation was inside.
Moreover, to stop the pollution from the outskirts of the Demon Realm, people needed to enter the Demon Realm as well.
It achieved two goals at once, without delay.
