I, Who Hate Marine So Much, Have Become A Future Nika?

Chapter 74: Bloodshed is Inevitable

Individual demons cannot stop Maple Flower, and even when multiple demons gather together, it is still useless.

When the demons attack together, Maple Flower always elegantly finds the gaps and swiftly passes through their attacks.

Then, without any hesitation, Maple Flower cuts them apart and severs them.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

Because of its excessive speed and smoothness, many people feel that Maple Flower's flying and slashing have almost no pause.

This ultimate swordsmanship is like a peerless swordsman wielding a sword among the demons. Many people even sense a hint of beauty from Zhong Cang's swordsmanship.

"What fast sword! What fierce slashes!"

Afterwards, those who praised Maple Flower realized that their prey was gone before they could even reach it.

The cultivators who fought alongside the prey were also frustrated.

The demons in the Illusory Void Realm are not lifeless objects. They can attack and resist, making it impossible for cultivators to immediately kill them when they get close. Instead, they become entangled with them.

Then, in the midst of their entanglement with the demons, a flash of light passes by, and the demons are beheaded.

The cultivators, covered in blood or returning empty-handed, look at Zhong Cang with resentful eyes.

However, they only have resentful gazes and do not show any hostility. They dare not even utter reproachful words.

Maple Flower's killing spree is not over yet.

Watching Maple Flower's splendid elegance and extreme fierceness in killing, many people feel a chill down their necks.

Then, they realize that if Maple Flower can kill demons and kill themselves so easily.

Thinking of this, they not only lose their anger, but quickly retreat.

This assessment did not prohibit killing. If Zhong Cang accidentally kills them while killing demons, they would be the ones crying.

Zhong Cang pays no attention to those who leave.

He is not a bloodthirsty person. Instead of killing his fellow disciples, he might as well kill more demons.

The slaughter in place continues for a full three minutes. When all the charging demons are beheaded, Zhong Cang begins his search for more monsters.

And for Zhong Cang, this is also effortless.

- Cultivators sense their surroundings mostly through their divine sense. After advancing in the Ignorant Heart Sword Art, Zhong Cang's divine sense has reached the sixth level of Qi Refining.

With the addition of Sword Heart, Zhong Cang's divine sense has surged even further, reaching the seventh level of Qi Refining.

What's more crucial is that Zhong Cang has the Law of All Things.

As a living being, the rhythm emitted by demons is different from that of lifeless objects. Therefore, as long as they enter Zhong Cang's sensing range, the demons have nowhere to hide.

With a light tap of his foot on a broken wall, Zhong Cang's figure floats forward with the wind.

During this process, Maple Flower always surrounds Zhong Cang, protecting him.

Under Zhong Cang's guidance, Maple Flower occasionally accelerates and stabs towards the ground or dark corners.

Every time it strikes, Maple Flower must draw blood.

The fierce killing and the method of hunting that leaves no escape for monsters are the reasons why Zhong Cang quickly rose to the top of the rankings at the beginning.

Although the cultivators at the seventh level of Qi Refining have stronger actual strength than Zhong Cang, they cannot match him in terms of killing efficiency without the Law of All Things and the ability to perceive the world.

Of course, the competition for points is intense.

What Zhong Cang doesn't know is that his position at the top has caused anger among some geniuses, leading them to mercilessly kill their fellow disciples who happened to be around.

These people believe that since they are fellow disciples, they should have the right to claim the monsters that Zhong Cang has suppressed.

What he also doesn't know is that his first place position has caused a commotion among the spectators outside, even shocking his uncle and You Tao's father.

"Zhong, Zhong, Zhong Cang... Kangping, Lao Kang, quickly look, the first place, is it your nephew!"

"I, I don't know either."

"How could you not know? Zhong Cang is your nephew!!!"

"Of course I know Zhong Cang is my nephew, but he, but my nephew Zhong Cang is only at the fifth level of Qi Refining. I don't know if this Zhong Cang is my nephew Zhong Cang..."

Being too agitated, Zhong Kangping's speech became incoherent and his voice was loud.

Originally, such noise was very annoying to the people watching around.

But upon hearing Zhong Kangping's words, everyone's gaze no longer contained anger, but turned into astonishment.

"Brother, is your nephew the first?"

"No no no, I still can't confirm whether this Zhong Cang is my nephew Zhong Cang."

Although agitated, Zhong Kangping, who was cautious by nature, did not jump to conclusions.

On the other side, his aunt also began to doubt her life.

And just when they were in doubt, with a 'swish', the figure of Zhong Cang, who was killing enemies, appeared in front of everyone in the mirror of the Tai Xu Mirror.

At the first sight of him, Yu Tao's father excitedly patted Zhong Kangping's shoulder and shouted, "Look, it's Zhong Cang, your nephew Zhong Cang."

"Ah... I see... I see!"

Because of being too excited, Zhong Kangping's breathing became somewhat difficult.

—Not being in this era, one simply cannot understand the shock that being ranked first in the inner sect assessment brings to people.

This is even more surprising than entering Tsinghua University or Peking University in the previous life.

After all, although Tsinghua and Peking University were outstanding in the previous life, there were still several universities that were slightly inferior to them.

Moreover, entering Tsinghua and Peking University was just a remarkable starting point, it did not mean that one's life would soar.

But the inner sect assessment is different, it is similar to the imperial examination in feudal society, it can completely make a person rise to the top in one step.

Just think about the scene where Fan Jin was ecstatic to the point of madness when he passed the imperial examination, and you can understand why Zhong Kangping was so excited that he couldn't breathe.

Faced with Zhong Kangping, who was too excited to control himself, the people around him did not despise him, but were deeply envious.

"Congratulations, brother."

Someone congratulated him, and those who knew Zhong Kangping crowded around him and greeted him.

At this moment, the place where Zhong Kangping was located in the viewing area became the liveliest place.

While congratulating Zhong Kangping, some people also paid attention to the battle on the mirror.

Seeing the Maple Flower that would cause bloodshed if it appeared, everyone felt the fierceness of Zhong Cang's attacks.

However, they also noticed that Zhong Cang's cultivation was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

"His cultivation is a bit low."

"Indeed, only at the fifth level of Qi Refining, it is indeed low."

"He can maintain the first place now because he entered the illusion at the beginning, and the monsters around were not strong. But later on, with Zhong Cang's current strength, he won't be able to hold onto the first place."

"Not only that, I think he will have a hard time entering the top hundred."

His low cultivation made everyone not optimistic about Zhong Cang's future.

Zhong Kangping was not angry about this, but instead happily said, "If he can't maintain the first place, then he can't. We, the common people, can't compare to the clan members. My biggest hope is to let my nephew Caoger enter the inner sect."

His modest words won the favor of the people around him.

Therefore, someone spoke up for him, "If you only aim to enter the inner sect and don't aim to be taken as a disciple by a Perfected Being (Gold Core) level master, then the probability of your nephew being accepted is quite high."

"I think so too. Before entering the inner sect, even if we, the common people, have the same talent as the clan members, due to the shortage of resources, our strength and cultivation will be weaker than the clan members. The higher-ups of the sect also know this, so when recruiting common people, the requirements will be relatively lower. Your nephew's cultivation at the fifth level of Qi Refining is indeed not high, but his swordsmanship is superb, so he should catch the eye of some peak Foundation Building seniors."

(End of this chapter)