The Entry-plundering Demon Hunter

Wei Nan’s strike failed to damage the demon beast.

Its body was covered in what looked like a layer of Scale Armor, which deflected the blow.

However, Wei Nan wasn’t flustered at all.

Instead, he looked at the demon beast with contempt.

"Another ant. Looks like tonight’s late-night snack is a bit..."

PSHHH...

Before the demon beast could finish speaking, a long blade pierced straight through its body.

It stared in horror at the long blade protruding from its chest, its face a mask of disbelief. "This... this is impossible..."

Then, a voice came from behind it.

"Nothing’s impossible. You’re just another dish on the menu!"

After speaking, Lin Yi pulled his long blade out of the demon beast’s body.

Just as the demon beast, not yet dead, was about to make a final, desperate struggle,

Lin Yi gave it no chance at all.

His long blade swung down at its neck.

Instantly, the demon beast’s head went spinning into the air.

Lin Yi immediately stored the corpse in his Storage Ring.

Only the lone head of the demon beast remained, falling to the ground.

Lin Yi, Wei Nan, and Zhou Qi walked over, looking at the two students sitting on the ground.

Wei Nan chuckled and said, "Hey, fellas, can you still walk?"

Everything that had just happened was simply too fast.

In less than a minute, they had taken care of a 3-star Demon Beast.

The two students had yet to recover from their shock.

But Wei Nan’s words pulled them back to reality.

They looked at the group in surprise and stammered, "Yes, we can stand!"

"Then head back. It’s too dangerous in here, not a place for you guys..." Wei Nan said with a smile, then turned to leave with Lin Yi and the others.

The two students quickly asked, "You... which university are you from?"

"Xingwu University. Martial arts candidates from the Old District, just enrolled!"

As soon as the words fell, Lin Yi and his group had already disappeared into the woods.

At that moment, the two students snapped out of their daze.

’Martial arts candidates from the Old District?’

’We... we were saved by students from the Old District?’

"..."

The two students exchanged a look, seeing a trace of helplessness and self-mockery in each other’s eyes.

They were both local students, and they had always been instilled with a certain idea.

That students from the Old District were old-worlders, the abandoned.

They didn’t have enough cultivation resources, nor a suitable environment for training.

They were all desperately breaking their backs to pass the martial arts exam, to come to the New District and snatch their resources.

It was precisely this line of thinking that made these local students loathe the martial arts candidates from the Old District.

They were even filled with hostility toward them, without a shred of goodwill.

But just now, they had been saved by those very students who had come to "snatch cultivation resources"?

This caused a subtle change in their hearts.

Their eyes held an even deeper self-mockery.

They, the local students who held themselves high, who believed they were superior to the Old District candidates in every way.

Just when they were about to become a demon beast’s late-night snack, their lives had been saved by martial arts candidates from the Old District.

Especially the flawless teamwork they had just witnessed.

The boy who looked like a black tower was responsible for attracting the demon beast’s attention.

While another ambushed it from behind. A 3-star Demon Beast didn’t even have time to resist.

It was killed with ease.

Their tacit coordination actually made the two local students a little envious.

The two sat there stunned for a moment, then helped each other up and walked out without a word.

They had both realized this place was not for them.

Besides, both of them were already seriously injured.

If they encountered another 2-star, or even a 3-star Demon Beast, they would surely die.

Throughout the entire night, Lin Yi’s squad was mercilessly harvesting the lives of demon beasts.

The five of them worked together, slaughtering the beasts.

When they encountered a 3-star Demon Beast, Wei Nan and Zhou Qi, or Sun Tao, would go out to attract its attention.

Lin Yi would then appear silently behind the demon beast and kill it with a single strike.

No martial arts skills were needed, just one slash to end the fight.

This saved a great deal of time and allowed Lin Yi to plunder countless talent entries.

After a night of Demon Hunting, Lin Yi discovered that the talent entries from the demon beasts here were all passive enhancements to his own attributes.

Things like Strength, Agility, Constitution, Explosive Power, and Speed could all be improved to some degree.

In addition to that, there were also talents that enhanced physical organs.

[Night Eyes] could improve night vision.

[Heavy Fist] could increase explosive power.

[Strong Heart] strengthened one’s heart...

[Iron Lungs] strengthened one’s lungs...

There were also some other miscellaneous talent entries.

Even his fingers and toes could receive different enhancement effects.

Although Lin Yi didn’t quite understand the point of strengthening these organs, he held onto the belief of plundering every talent he could.

Except for a few talent entries with negative effects, Lin Yi plundered everything else.

For Lin Yi, this night’s harvest was undeniably bountiful.

Not only did he plunder many talent entries, but he also packed up and took all the demon beast corpses with him.

「Until the sky gradually brightened.」

A ray of morning light pierced through the dense canopy of trees, scattering across the forest floor.

The darkness was completely dispelled, and the thin mist was slowly evaporating.

Lin Yi and Wei Nan’s group exchanged smiles and tacitly began walking out...

"Tonight was awesome! How many demon beasts did we kill in total?" Wei Nan said with a big laugh.

As soon as he finished, Zhou Qi frowned.

"Twenty or thirty, right?"

"More than that. I remember we saved twenty or thirty students, right? And there were other scattered demon beasts..."

"Lin Yi, what are you doing with so many demon beast corpses? Xiaoqi can’t eat that much, can it?"

"It can’t eat them all, but I can help. Demon beasts are full of treasures; selling them for money is a good option too!"

"Sell them for money?"

"Holy crap, why didn’t I think of that? Give me a few corpses!"

"Selling them for money is pointless, isn’t it? I don’t see anywhere we need to spend money at the university!"

Lin Yi glanced at them. "Nowhere to spend money? Have you forgotten how those local students improve their Cultivation Realm?"

"It’s by relying on those compound potions and stuff that they can cultivate to such high realms!"

"If you want to improve your cultivation, you can’t do without compound potions either. And these compound potions aren’t cheap. Relying on school credits is unlikely, so we’ll have to use money to buy them from the outside!"

Lin Yi’s words seemed to wake them up.

There wasn’t much to spend money on at the university.

Even meals in the cafeteria were free, and they received a monthly cultivation stipend.

Although it wasn’t much, it was enough to live on.

Moreover, Zhou Qi and Sun Tao were even planning to send their monthly cultivation stipends to their parents. It was enough for them to live in the New District.

But Lin Yi’s words were a wake-up call.

Right now, the most important thing for them was to improve their cultivation.

But if they wanted to rely on just dry cultivation, it would take too long. They would never reach their desired realm in a short amount of time.

Using compound potions as an aid was a good solution.

It’s just that the price... was far beyond what they could afford.

With this, they could now understand Lin Yi’s behavior of constantly collecting demon beast corpses.

"No way, you have to share some with us!"

"Yeah, I want a few too! I killed several demon beasts myself!"

"I regret it so much! If I’d realized this earlier, I wouldn’t have left those other corpses behind!"

Listening to their complaints, Lin Yi just smiled without a word, quickening his pace toward the edge of the forest.

He was like a Pixiu; things could go in, but nothing came out.

Want him to spit out the demon beast corpses he had collected? Absolutely impossible.

By the time Wei Nan and the others finished their lamenting and looked for Lin Yi, they found he was already far ahead.

Seeing this, Wei Nan quickly shouted, "Uh-oh, he’s making a run for it! After him!"

...

「Deep in the forest.」

Wei Shang was carrying the corpse of a demon beast.

Judging from the qi leaking from the beast’s body, it was clearly a 3-star Demon Beast.

He stared toward the edge of the forest, his eyes filled with despair.

"We’ve been looking for a whole fucking night and still no sign of Lin Yi and his group. Don’t tell me they already left?" Wei Shang muttered as if to himself.

Feng Lei shook his head. "Why don’t you try calling him again? Maybe it’ll go through this time."

Hearing this, Wei Shang nodded, but he didn’t have much hope.

He had been calling all night yesterday and kept getting the message, "The number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable."

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been searching everywhere for them.

Wei Shang took his phone out of his pocket, found Lin Yi’s number, and dialed.

But, the moment he heard a soft "RING..."

Wei Shang was completely stunned.

It wasn’t until the second and third rings that he said excitedly, "It’s connecting! The call is going through!"

Feng Lei hurried over.

After five or six rings, the call was answered. Lin Yi’s voice came through: "Hello? Who is this?"

Lin Yi didn’t have Wei Shang or Feng Lei’s numbers. The caller ID just showed an unfamiliar number.

Wei Shang couldn’t hide his excitement. "Thank God! You... you’re still alive!"

"Idiot..."

Lin Yi cursed into the phone and hung up immediately.

"What did he say?" Feng Lei asked quickly.

Wei Shang, dumbfounded, replied, "He called me an idiot..."

"You deserved it. Who the hell starts a call by asking if someone’s still alive? Forget him, even I want to punch you!"

"I was just excited and misspoke!"

"Should I try calling again?"

"Call him, but don’t say something so brainless this time. Just state your name!"

Wei Shang nodded and called Lin Yi again.

The call was answered just as the second ring began.

"I said, are you fucking done? Calling this early in the morning looking for trouble? I’m warning you, call one more goddamn time and don’t blame me for crawling over there and kicking your ass..."

This time, the person who answered was actually Wei Nan.

To prevent the misunderstanding from deepening, before Wei Nan could finish his tirade, he quickly announced his identity.

"No, listen to me, I’m Wei Shang..."

Suddenly, there was silence on the other end of the line.

A few seconds later, Lin Yi’s voice came on, "Wei Shang? What’s up, calling so early in the morning?"

"Something’s up. Where are you guys?" Wei Shang said, suppressing his excitement.

Lin Yi paused for a moment, then after a few more seconds of silence, he said, "Uh, we’re on the subway!"

Wei Shang: "..."