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Southeast Fortress, on the city wall.

"This is the Emerald Twin Blades Demon, a fifth-tier demon."

Chen Ping stared intently at the demon before him, his voice grave. "Its speed, defense, and physical strength are several times greater than those of an ordinary dual-wielding demon. It has been lurking in the cracks of the city wall, just waiting for us to let our guard down."

"Know!"

Qi Tian slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

The numbness has been suppressed by 30%, and I can barely move my left arm.

He stared at the crimson eyes of the Azure Twin Blade Demon and suddenly laughed, "Very well, I was just worried about not having a chance to test the true power of the Dawnbreaker Sword."

As if understanding human speech, the Emerald Twin Blade Demon let out an angry roar.

Its arms were crossed over its chest with jade blades, and dark green light flowed across the blades, clearly indicating that it was preparing to launch some kind of killing move.

"Team Leader Chen, cooperate with me."

Qi Tian lowered his voice, "You focus on defense, I'll focus on offense."

"Its weaknesses are the joints and the eye. The hardness of the jade blade far exceeds that of ordinary bone blades, but the connection between the blade and the arm bone is still a weak point."

He certainly couldn't defeat this emerald-green twin-sword demon alone, but he had helpers!

As long as Chen Ping takes charge of the defense, given his understanding of the demon race's structure, the two of them still have a chance.

"Alright, go ahead and do it; leave the defense to me!"

Chen Ping raised his heavy shield, and the earthen-yellow spiritual energy formed an illusory rock wall on the shield's surface.

As an earth-elemental being, his defense is unparalleled!

The battle resumes!

The Emerald Twin Blade Demon was the first to attack.

It stomped its legs on the ground, causing the city wall bricks to shatter, and its figure turned into a green afterimage, its two blades clashing to unleash a cross-shaped light blade strike!

This attack was not only fast, but also contained strong corrosive energy, turning the air in its path dark green!

"The rock wall is as motionless as a mountain!"

Chen Ping roared, and the heavy shield slammed into the ground. The phantom of the rock wall on the shield surface instantly solidified, turning into a half-meter-thick earthen wall!

"boom--!"

The poisoned blade struck the earthen wall, causing it to shatter. Chen Ping, along with his shield, was forced back three steps, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

But his defense bought Qi Tian a precious second.

It's now!

Qi Tian made a move.

He held back no longer, unleashing his full fourth-tier inner spiritual power!

His spiritual power erupted like a volcano, pouring entirely into the Dawnbreaker Sword!

Holy light runes lit up one by one on the sword, and the dark gold sword turned into a blazing golden-red!

Light Amplification Activated: Dawn Strike Unleashed!

"cut--!"

Qi Tian took a step forward, his figure as fast as lightning, and the Dawnbreaker Sword transformed into a golden-red streak, piercing straight at the joint of the Green Twin Blade Demon's right arm!

This sword strike was more than three times faster than before!

The Emerald Twin Blade Demon clearly hadn't expected this human's speed to suddenly increase so drastically. In his haste, he tried to defend himself, but Qi Tian's sword was too fast!

"laugh--!"

The sword tip precisely pierced the gap between the jade blade and the arm bone!

The armor-piercing effect of the Dawnbreaker Sword was brought to its fullest potential at this moment—its destructive spiritual power, specifically designed to target the carapace and hard bones of demons, penetrated without any resistance, like a red-hot iron needle piercing through butter!

"roar--!!!"

The emerald-green twin-bladed demon let out a painful scream.

The connection between the right arm's Jade Bone Blade and the body was severed by a single sword strike!

The bone blade fell, making a crisp sound as it struck the city bricks.

But it was, after all, a fifth-tier elite, and the intense pain only fueled its ferocity.

With his left arm bone blade abandoned defense, he thrust straight at Qitian's heart in a posture of mutual destruction!

"Shield Charge—!"

Chen Ping arrived just in time.

He abandoned his defensive stance and rammed into the side of the Emerald Twin Blade Demon like a cannonball!

The angle of the impact was so tricky that it deflected the trajectory of the jade blade by three inches!

The blade tip grazed Qi Tian's ribs, drawing out a string of blood droplets.

Qi Tian's sword was raised once more.

"Second sword strike, left eye!"

The Dawnbreaker Sword transformed into a golden stream of light, its tip pointing directly at the scarlet left eye of the Emerald Twin Blade Demon!

The demon instinctively closed its eyes, its hard eyelids attempting to block out the light.

But the Dawnbreaker Sword is at the peak of the Spirit Demon level, and it is specifically designed to break through the defenses of the Demon race!

"puff--!"

The sword tip pierced through the eyelid, penetrated the eye socket, and reached the brain! Golden-red holy light and spiritual power erupted inside the skull!

The screams of the Emerald Twin Blade Demon abruptly ceased.

Its massive body froze in place, golden light emanating from its left eye socket, before it collapsed to the ground with a thud, twitched a few times, and remained motionless.

Seeing this, Chen Ping dropped his shield, knelt on one knee, and gasped for breath, excitedly saying:

"Phew! Qi Tian, ​​we did it!"

As for Qi Tian, ​​he was pale-faced, leaning on his long sword, swaying unsteadily, and seemed to be struggling to catch his breath.

Qi Tian took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and then said with a wry smile:

"Captain Chen... Captain Chen made a great contribution to the defense! If it weren't for Captain Chen arriving in time today, I'm afraid I would have been done for!"

Just as Qi Tian was speaking, a notification panel appeared in front of him:

[In collaboration, we defeated a level 5 Emerald Twin-Blade Demon, gaining +100 Inner Spiritual Power. Due to the collaboration, our final Inner Spiritual Power increased by 70.]

Added 70 internal spiritual power? That much? Is it because I killed the Emerald Twin Blade Demon?

Upon hearing the system notification, Qi Tian was overjoyed. He hadn't expected that defeating an enemy of a higher level would be so effective.

In this way, his inner spiritual power reached 728, making him a fourth-tier, second-level Grand Knight.

However, the rate of improvement was slower than he had expected.

If there are more opportunities in the future, he also wants to assist in killing some high-level demons, so that his inner spiritual power can improve even faster.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the city wall, Ren Wokuang looked at the exhausted Qi Tian and his companion with a satisfied expression, and said to Qin Lie beside him:

"These two are injured. Take them down to heal. Don't skimp on the medicine; help them regain their strength as soon as possible!"

"Yes, Master!" Qin Lie nodded respectfully.

Qin Lie then appeared beside Qi Tian and the other two, pretending to ask about some details, before taking them back to heal their wounds.

In the following days, the battle on the front lines became increasingly fierce, but as long as no sixth-tier demons appeared, Qi Tian could hold his own until reinforcements arrived.

Aside from dealing with the demons, Qi Tian's normal daily routine consisted of resting and practicing knightly skills. If he didn't know a skill, he would ask other knights in the military camp to teach him (he had a ring of inheritance, so it wasn't considered a violation of discipline), which made his life very fulfilling.

And so, for the next five years, Qi Tian always led from the front whenever he dealt with the demons.

The murderous aura emanating from him was almost tangible, emanating a faint red mist that could not be dispelled.

The number of demons he killed was countless. During the most intense autumn offensive each year, his inner spiritual power increased by more than one hundred every month, and at other times he also gained dozens of inner spiritual power.

Therefore, Qi Tian arrived at the Southeast Fortress and broke through to the fifth level in less than two years, which prompted Ren Wo Kuang to summon him several times and offer him many benefits to keep him in the army.

But Qi Tian rejected all of them.

This left Ren Wokuang feeling frustrated for a while. It wasn't until Qi Tian promised to come to the Southeast Fortress after leaving the Demon Hunter Group that Ren Wokuang finally agreed.

In the three years following his breakthrough to the fifth rank, Qi Tian's kill count of demons increased several times over, and he gained over a thousand points of inner spiritual power each year. After three years, his inner spiritual power had exceeded five thousand, making him a genuine sixth-rank, level three Radiant Knight.

However, news of his breakthrough did not spread, since he had already changed dormitories after breaking through to the fifth rank.

"There are still more than half a year left before the Demon Hunter Selection Tournament begins. It's time to leave!"