High Martial: I Grind Professions

Chapter 169: Chapter 131: Three Slashes!

A more intense pressure swept over them like a hurricane.

The ordinary members of the Demon Race on the front lines, as if injected with a berserker drug, instantly intensified their assault.

”Elite Level demons!” someone shrieked in terror.

The pressure came crashing down like an avalanche and a tsunami.

Li Wen snapped his head up, a silver glint faintly visible in the depths of his eyes.

The power of his second-layer Primordial Spirit, which had always remained dormant and restrained, was now fully triggered by the life-or-death struggle and the immense pressure from the powerful enemy chieftain.

BUZZ! A cold sensation originating from the depths of his soul swept through his entire body.

His brain’s processing speed, his nerve reflexes, the acuity of his five senses... all of it instantly soared to an inconceivable level.

Everything in the outside world seemed to slow down, as if someone had hit the slow-motion button. This included the minute details of the four Elite Level commanders’ charge, the dark golden runes flowing on their weapons, every subtle flicker of the Star Gate’s light behind them, and even the intricate patterns formed by their intersecting auras of fluctuating energy...

...all of it was rendered in perfect, vivid detail under the scrutiny of Li Wen’s Primordial Spirit.

If his previous ”Absolute Focus” had pushed his combat instincts to their very limit, then the Insight now augmented by his second-layer Primordial Spirit opened up a transcendent, ”bird’s-eye” perspective that went beyond those instincts.

”Come on.” Li Wen met the tangible, rapacious gazes of the four powerful enemy chieftains, leveled his Standard Rapier, and pointed its tip directly at the heart of the surging demonic tide.

The long-dormant qi and blood within him erupted, surging like a great river into the body of the blade.

The dim silver threads within the pale gray blade-light suddenly condensed.

Before the Elite Level commanders had even fully emerged from the Stargate, a figure shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow, charging headfirst against the roiling black tide.

It was Li Wen!

”Is he insane?!”

”Charging in alone? He’s got a death wish!”

”Li Wen! Get back here and form up!”

Cries of alarm instantly erupted at the foot of the city wall.

Whether it was his companions from Jiangnan Province, Chu Feng and Nangong Xue, or the other prodigies from different regions.

Everyone, including Ron Zaka, Du Yun, and the others from the Blue Star Youth Platinum Ranking, was left gawking at Li Wen’s utterly mad actions.

Faced with this overwhelming horde of demons—the weakest of which were at the Unity Realm—as well as the four mountain-like Elite Level Demon Race commanders emanating terrifying pressure, the unanimously agreed-upon optimal strategy was to form a defensive formation and fight cautiously.

In their eyes, Li Wen’s move was no different from willingly walking into a trap.

In the main control room, a Marquis Level expert frowned slightly.

’This kid... isn’t he being too arrogant? The danger is magnified tenfold within a demon horde, and he’s surrounded by four Elite Level demon generals at the Peak of the Power Realm...’

Even Marquis Qingyuan’s gaze focused on Li Wen’s virtual projection, tinged with a hint of scrutiny.

’His courage is commendable, but impulsiveness can often be recklessness. Can the Insight he awakened through his technique truly allow him to pinpoint every threat in such an environment?’

Their doubts were not unfounded.

Elite Level demons not only possessed physical strength far exceeding that of humans at the same level, but their combat skills were also honed through countless bloody battles. At the Peak of the Power Realm, any one of them in a one-on-one fight would be enough to force any of the prodigies present to take them extremely seriously.

Let alone now, with Li Wen all alone and deep within the enemy’s encirclement.

However, Li Wen seemed to have shut out all external sounds and gazes.

In his world, there was only the Standard Rapier in his hand and the surging horde of demons before him.

”Absolute Focus Lv. 9”—fully activated!

BUZZ!

An invisible ripple spread out from Li Wen as his senses were instantly pushed to their absolute peak.

The twitch of every demon’s muscle, the angle of every slashing claw, the trajectory of every biting fang.

Even the minute shifts in the flow of energy in the air transformed into a crystal-clear stream of information, flooding into his consciousness, which had been enhanced by his Primordial Spirit.

”Flowing Rainbow: Fleeting Shadow!”

His cool, low shout was all but insignificant amidst the roars of the demon horde, but its effect was earth-shattering.

SHING! SHING! SHING!

Li Wen’s figure blurred in the gaps between the demons, moving so fast that only a pale gray afterimage remained.

His long blade didn’t move with wide, sweeping arcs, but instead transformed into countless pale blade-lines that were precise, swift, and condensed to their very limit.

These blade-lines seemed to have a life of their own, nimbly weaving, turning, and slicing through the dense horde.

PTHK PTHK PTHK PTHK PTHK...

Wherever the blade-light passed, it was like a hot knife through butter.

One after another, the lunging Wolf Demons, bear-like beasts, and serpentine Demon Beasts—regardless of their tough hides, scale-covered armor, or resilient muscles—were as fragile as paper before the pale blade-light, which was infused with the blade-intent of Li Wen’s peak Power Realm.

The blade-light either pierced a throat, severed a spine, or sliced open a heart... Every strike landed precisely on a vital point, with not an iota of wasted energy.

There were no earth-shattering explosions, no dazzling displays of light.

Only cold efficiency and lethal grace.

Swathes of demons fell silently, like wheat being reaped.

The pale gray blade-light formed an absolute domain of death within a three-zhang radius around him.

Any member of the Demon Race that stepped into this domain was instantly dismembered and slain.

Wherever Li Wen passed, he forcibly plowed a bloody path through the surging black tide—a path paved with severed limbs and broken bodies.

On the score panel, Li Wen’s points skyrocketed at a breathtaking pace. Already far in the lead, he completely widened the gap with those behind him, firmly cementing his position at the top of the leaderboard.

”Hiss...”

At the foot of the wall, all the prodigies who witnessed this scene couldn’t help but gasp.

The pressure on their joint defense seemed to lessen slightly, simply because their attention was completely captivated by the figure moving through the myriad demons as if strolling through an empty courtyard.