The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 1197: Chapter 1197: Entering the Demon Hunting List

Given Hao Yang’s background, it’s already commendable that he doesn’t abuse his power and maintains a sense of justice.

It’s impossible to befriend everyone he meets. Take those few friends of Hao Yang, like Zhu Chun and the others—they all have significant backgrounds within the Beibi River Divine Domain. Even if their backgrounds aren’t as impressive as Hao Yang’s, they’re comparable.

Having a strong background, plus a formidable Martial Arts Talent, qualifies one to be friends with Hao Yang.

”Hmm, this Yan Jin you mentioned is indeed interesting. Where is he now?” Hao Yuntian’s eyes shifted slightly.

He felt an urge to meet Jing Yan.

”Father, Yan Jin is a Martial Artist from another Divine Domain. He wasn’t aware of the Upper Pure Secret Realm before. After getting to know me, he learned about the opportunity to compete for a spot in the Upper Pure Secret Realm, so he signed up at the Demon Hunting Hall. He should currently be hunting Flame Demons inside the Flame Demon Space,” Hao Yang said.

”He went to the Flame Demon Space?” Hao Yuntian frowned slightly, ”There are still eight years until the Upper Pure Secret Realm opens, and he’s already trying to compete for a spot?”

”This person seems arrogant.” Hao Yuntian shook his head.

Under normal circumstances, if Jing Yan, an outsider Martial Artist, entered the Flame Demon Space to hunt Flame Demons, Hao Yuntian, as the Domain Master, would have no objections. However, the current situation was such that Jing Yan entered the Flame Demon Space to compete for a spot for the Upper Pure Secret Realm with only eight years left. This made Hao Yuntian think less of Jing Yan, considering him overconfident.

His interest in Jing Yan plummeted. The initial thought of meeting him faded away.

Hao Yang observed his father’s change in expression and could roughly guess Hao Yuntian’s shift in perspective.

”Father, I feel Yan Jin is rather composed. Although I don’t know his exact thoughts on competing for the Upper Pure Secret Realm opportunity, he doesn’t seem like someone who is arrogant.” The impression Jing Yan left on Hao Yang was indeed steady.

”Enough! If you wish to befriend this Yan Jin, give it a try. Reaching the Nine Stars True God Realm within a millennium is rare. But if you discover he is truly audacious, then distance yourself early. Let’s not speak of him for now.” Hao Yuntian waved his hand and said.

”Yes!” Hao Yang dared not continue speaking.

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As time passed day by day, in the Flame Demon Space, Jing Yan continued to hunt Flame Demon groups.

If a Flame Demon group was small, he would completely use Little Black’s power to eradicate it. For larger groups, he would slaughter many and then use the Nihility Divine Ability to retreat far away.

Years flew by in an instant.

During these years, Jing Yan witnessed several human Martial Artists being overwhelmed by vast numbers of Flame Demons. Some managed to activate directional Teleportation Arrays in time and successfully escaped. Others, however, couldn’t even activate their Arrays in time and died under the Flames spewed by the Flame Demons.

On this day, Jing Yan calculated the time.

”It’s time to return!”

”Yes, I can’t delay any longer!” Jing Yan took out a directional Teleportation Array.

Although he wasn’t sure if his current Points could secure him a spot in the top fifty on the Demon Hunting List, staying here any longer to hunt Flame Demons might cause him to miss the opportunity.

Jing Yan had been in the Flame Demon Space for nearly eight years.

The Teleportation Array was activated, and Jing Yan disappeared from the Flame Demon Space and returned to the Void City of the Beibi River Divine Domain. Without pausing, he used a Transmission Array to reach the main city wasteland of the Beibi River Divine Domain.

Another day passed, and Jing Yan entered the main city, heading straight to the Demon Hunting Hall. He quickly found the Manager he met last time with Hao Yang. The Manager naturally recognized Jing Yan, who had visited with Young Master Hao Yang before.

”Mr. Yan Jin!” Due to Hao Yang’s influence, the Manager was quite courteous to Jing Yan, bowing his hands in greeting upon seeing him.

”Hello, Manager. The ranking for the Demon Hunting List hasn’t stopped yet, right?” Jing Yan directly asked.

”It hasn’t stopped yet, but it’s close. The specific end time should be seven days from now,” the Manager smiled and said.

Jing Yan couldn’t help but feel a bit lucky; if he’d stayed in the Flame Demon Space for seven more days, he would have missed the Demon Hunting List. At that time, even if his Points were enough to be in the top fifty, it still wouldn’t matter.

”That’s good! Please help me calculate my results,” Jing Yan took out the Demon Hunting Token and handed it to the Manager.

The Manager was momentarily stunned, not understanding the meaning of Jing Yan’s words ”that’s good.”

He knew that when Jing Yan last came, he hadn’t hunted any Flame Demons. In other words, Jing Yan had no Points at that time. But now, Jing Yan seemed to want to compete for a spot in the Upper Pure Secret Realm.

”Could he really be crazy?” The Manager internally ridiculed him once more.

However, after a brief moment of surprise, he took Jing Yan’s Demon Hunting Token.

With a touch of Divine Thought, the Manager checked the numbers in Jing Yan’s Flame Demon Token. What he saw made his mouth involuntarily drop open and his eyes widen.

”How is this possible?” the Manager exclaimed.

The Manager even thought he had seen it wrong.

”What’s impossible, Manager?” Jing Yan knew why the Manager was surprised, but he still asked intentionally.

”No...nothing!” The Manager took a deep breath and looked at Jing Yan with a noticeably different gaze than before.

Although he didn’t know how Jing Yan achieved it, the numbers in the Demon Hunting Token don’t lie.

”Lord Yan Jin, please wait a moment. I’ll be right back,” the Manager said apologetically to Jing Yan; Mr. Yan Jin had now become Lord Yan Jin.

He left, intending to convert Jing Yan’s results into Points on the Demon Hunting List and verify if Jing Yan’s Demon Hunting Token was genuine. Although almost no one dares to forge a Demon Hunting Token, this verification step is unmissable. Even tokens of people like Hao Yang are verified at the Demon Hunting Hall.

”Please, Manager!” Jing Yan smiled and said.

After leaving the room, the Manager quickly used several communication channels to report the news to Young Master Hao Yang of the Domain Lord Mansion. Only then did he take Jing Yan’s Demon Hunting Token for verification. The numbers inside reached over ten million, and he knew Mr. Yan Jin achieved this in just about eight years.

Domain Lord Mansion.

”Brother Yan is back?”

”I must go and see immediately. I wonder how Brother Yan’s harvest was this time in the Demon Hunting Space.” After receiving the information, Hao Yang quickly departed from the Domain Lord Mansion, rushing towards the Demon Hunting Hall.

The Demon Hunting Hall quickly finished verifying the Demon Hunting Token. Jing Yan’s Demon Hunting Token had no issues, and the corresponding results were entirely authentic.

On the Demon Hunting List, Yan Jin’s name quickly appeared, followed by a string of numbers that was also updated.