Fantasy: One Effort, Ten Thousand Times Critical Hit Harvest!

Chapter 16: The Twin Demons of Rakshasa, Mastery of Blade Techniques! 

Quickly.

Cheng Qingman and the other two broke into the depths of the base. Corpses were already strewn all over the place on both sides. Although this was just a small stronghold of the demonic path, there were still over two hundred people.

“Junior Sister Cheng, something doesn’t seem right. How come we haven’t seen anyone at the fifth level or higher of the True Aperture Realm?” Jiang Hai frowned. Logically speaking, after fighting for this long, the demonic faction should have sent out their stronger forces to stop them by now. But not a single one had appeared.

“I’m not sure, but we’ve come too far in to turn back now.” Cheng Qingman also sensed that something was off. “Let’s finish this quickly and talk later.”

“Alright!” Jiang Hai nodded. Then, he looked towards a wooden building ahead. Just as he was about to move forward, the doors of the wooden building suddenly burst open. A tall figure slowly emerged.

He was bare-chested, his body covered with bulging muscles. In both hands, he held thick iron chains. At the ends of those chains were massive meteor hammers! The moment this person completely stepped out of the building, an intense sense of pressure instantly spread across the scene, enveloping everyone! Even Jiang Hai and Cheng Qingman felt the weight of it!

“True Aperture Realm… eighth level!” Jiang Hai’s tone grew solemn. This didn’t match the intelligence they had—according to the information, he should only be at the seventh level, yet now he was at the eighth! Moreover, this man felt unusually strong to him. Very strong indeed!

Tap, tap! Footsteps sounded. Around them, more than ten figures gradually appeared. Not only were they all at the True Aperture Realm, but they were also at the sixth level and higher!

Cheng Qingman’s eye twitched slightly. No wonder they hadn’t encountered any higher-level True Aperture Realm experts on their way in. Turns out they had been hiding here all along.

“Talents from the academy, you really made me wait!” the tall figure spoke. His face was rugged, a scar running across his cheek, and as he spoke, it wriggled like a centipede, looking exceedingly sinister.

As soon as he said this, the expressions of the three changed. They finally understood why something had felt off. This demonic faction had set a trap!

“Wait!” The tall figure suddenly raised an eyebrow when he saw Cheng Qingman, as if he had remembered something, and a gleam of excitement appeared in his eyes. Hurriedly, he pulled out a scroll from his waist. When the scroll was unfurled, it revealed various portraits. His eyes eventually fell on Cheng Qingman’s portrait.

“Hahaha, all this waiting wasn’t in vain after all! We’ve finally caught a big fish!” the tall figure laughed wildly. The demonic faction wasn’t stupid; after their branch had been slaughtered, they knew that information would inevitably leak. Based on the academy’s usual practice, they would likely use these bases as training grounds for their disciples. So, the demonic faction took the opposite approach. They secretly sent their strongest experts to these strongholds, hoping to slay any talented disciples that came to train, so that the academy would suffer significant losses!

“Cheng Qingman… isn’t it? Never thought the day would come when the Twin Demons of Rakshasa would capture the daughter of the Bloodbrave Marquis!” The tall figure’s laughter abruptly ceased, his tone turning icy and sinister. “A month ago, your father destroyed our demonic sect’s branch, and today, we’ll take your life as payment!”

“Rakshasa Twin Demons!” Jiang Hai’s expression grew even more serious. “These are two rather infamous experts of the demonic path from the past few months—Mo Luo and Mo Sha!”

“The elder, Mo Luo, is at the eighth level of the True Aperture Realm, and the younger is at the seventh level! The two of them know forbidden techniques, and when they work together, they can even contend with someone at the Spirit Sea Realm for a short time! Within the True Aperture Realm, the two of them are practically unbeatable!”

After hearing Jiang Hai’s introduction, Cheng Qingman’s face grew darker. Although she prided herself on being able to fight against those at the seventh or even eighth level with her sixth-level cultivation, she was certainly no match for the Rakshasa Twin Demons! This was a dire situation!

“I’ll stay behind with Lin Ruyue to cover your escape!” Jiang Hai looked at Cheng Qingman, gritting his teeth.

“Indeed.” Lin Ruyue also wore a resolute expression. Cheng Qingman’s identity was no trivial matter. Even if they survived, their lives wouldn’t be easy if she were to die here.

“Escape? None of you are leaving today,” Mo Luo sneered. “Kill them!” At his command, the demonic cultivators, who had long since sharpened their blades, rushed towards the three of them! These were no ordinary demonic path warriors. Each one was at least at the sixth level. Their strength was formidable!

The three of them instantly felt intense pressure! Clang! Clang! Clang! Blades clashed and sparks flew! Being disciples of the inner academy, they were well-trained. Even when faced with so many powerful demonic experts, they did not collapse immediately! Instead, they occasionally found openings and pushed their enemies back, gradually stabilising their footing.

Hmph! Mo Luo’s gaze grew cold. He no longer stood on the sidelines. With a burst of force, the ground beneath his feet exploded, and he charged at the three like a mountain! The meteor hammer in his hand flew out, aimed at one of them!

“Watch out!” Jiang Hai’s face changed dramatically. He was already overwhelmed, and now, being caught off guard, he couldn’t react in time. He barely managed to step aside. But his right arm was still struck! A cracking sound echoed. A bloody arm flew through the air, landing heavily on the ground.

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Bang! Several headless corpses fell in succession. Luo Mu’s eyes were cold and indifferent. With a flick of his right hand, he shook off the blood on his blade. All the demonic path warriors in this alley had been slain by him, their limbs scattered everywhere.

He also confirmed something. The base reward for killing humans was much higher than for slaying demons! The difference was about double!

“Ding! You used the ‘Lifeless Blade Scripture’ and killed twenty people in a battle of abandon, triggering a critical hit and gaining a hundredfold reward!” The system’s notification rang out. A hundredfold!

Luo Mu’s eyes gleamed with delight. Now, a hundredfold reward meant the equivalent of two hundredfold in the past!

In the next moment, a flood of insights and combat experience surged into his mind! Luo Mu eagerly absorbed it all! His blade techniques, which had been progressing steadily, quickly broke through their current limitations under this nearly two-hundredfold boost, reaching the level of true mastery!

“Not bad!” Ten breaths later, Luo Mu opened his eyes, a smile curling his lips. After mastering his blade techniques, the amount of blade energy within him had increased from thirty strands to sixty! It was a qualitative leap!

“With my current strength, even facing warriors at the eighth or ninth level, I can easily take them down!” Luo Mu’s gaze was sharp. He now had absolute confidence in his blade skills.

However, up to this point, he had yet to encounter anyone above the third level of the True Aperture Realm. Just as Cheng Qingman had mentioned, those higher-level experts must be deeper within the base.

“Keep going!” Taking a deep breath, Luo Mu continued forward. There weren’t so many people to kill outside, so he aimed to perfect his blade techniques by the end of the day! The only downside was that the deeper parts of the stronghold had been claimed by Cheng Qingman and her companions, and it would be awkward to intrude and steal kills.

Tap~ Suddenly, footsteps echoed. Luo Mu’s eyes narrowed. From the alley ahead, a figure appeared. The person was thin. They wore a half-face ghost mask. And on their forehead was the character ‘Sha.’ In their hands, they wielded two short swords, each about half an inch long.