Please, graduates, slay the demon!

Hu Yunyun's words awakened everyone. After exchanging glances, they all drew their unsharpened swords from their waists.

Despite the intimidating presence of twenty people, Luo Pengfei remained standing, his gaze calmly fixed ahead.

"Get out of the way. We don't want bloodshed today. We just want supplies."

Hu Yunyun coldly rebuked him, and reversed her grip on the battle knife in her hand.

"Damn it, why waste time talking to a scammer! Let's beat him up!"

A new recruit shouted and charged at Luo Pengfei with his long knife. Hu Yunyun and the other new recruits around her didn't hesitate either. They reversed their grip on their swords and slashed at Luo Pengfei's chest and ribs.

Facing the sword flying towards him from the front, Luo Pengfei simply raised his hand slightly to protect his neck.

"court death!"

The lead recruit's blade was already at the edge, striking Luo Pengfei's elbow with a thud. Luo Pengfei raised his other hand, his fist as steely as steel, and struck the lead recruit in the abdomen.

"vomit--"

The recruit, who had been punched in the stomach, clutched his abdomen and knelt on the ground, spitting out water.

Hu Yunyun and the others were taken aback.

They had clearly never seen this style of play before.

Ignore the damage the opponent inflicts on you, and then, while you are still injured, fight with all your might to strike the opponent's vital points.

This kind of fighting style is highly undesirable on the battlefield.

The new recruit, who was seriously injured in the abdomen, was temporarily unable to move. Everyone then turned their attention to Luo Pengfei's hand, which had been slashed by the knife, and found that there was only a red mark on his skin, without any wounds.

How is that possible!

Hu Yunyun gasped. Even though the swords in the hands of these new recruits were not sharpened, they were still high-quality iron swords. The force of smashing the sword down after the full release of their blood and qi was enormous; the elbow bone would at least crack.

Something's not right!

Hu Yunyun recalled that when she saw Luo Pengfei earlier, he had broken his arms and legs, and the kind of wounds that couldn't be faked with makeup, but he recovered in an instant.

His bones were tempered to perfection, making him more resistant to blows than others.

The wound heals very quickly. Being able to do this much would definitely earn you a spot on the new recruit leaderboard, and you might even break into the top ten.

But she had absolutely no recollection of this person.

Why hide such formidable strength on the recruit rankings?

Is it because they are low-key enough?

There is another possibility.

Faced with Luo Pengfei's unique characteristics, Hu Yunyun thought of a species that perfectly matched those characteristics:

Descendants of the demons.

"Something's not right. Everyone, unleash your full power and take care of this guy quickly so we can get out of this alley."

"Swish swish swish swish—"

Everyone present unleashed their full power, their movements as swift as afterimages, as they swung their long swords at Luo Pengfei's vital points.

Luo Pengfei stood as still as a bell, his hands placed on his sides, without moving.

"Clang clang clang—"

The sound of the sword striking the body was like the clash of metal. Luo Pengfei was unharmed, while the others remained in their sword-wielding postures, unable to retract their grips in time.

Luo Pengfei seized the opportunity, his fist leaving afterimages in the air as it struck the lower abdomens of these people, injuring their internal organs.

"Pfft—"

Most people coughed up blood on the spot and knelt on the ground, unable to get up.

As some people fell and got up, just as they were about to launch a second attack, Luo Pengfei stomped on their faces one by one with the top of his shoe.

"Damn it, we can't beat them!"

One of them cursed and turned to look at Zhang Xianzhong at the far end of the corner.

This man had a somewhat scholarly appearance and seemed a bit weaker than the dark-skinned man from before.

They're in cahoots; if they kidnap this person, they'll threaten the other...

Countless thoughts flashed through the minds of the new recruits, and Hu Yunyun was the first to react.

The group surrounded Zhang Xianzhong and charged at him with their swords drawn. When they were still a dozen steps away from Zhang Xianzhong, he not only did not move, but also charged back at them at an extremely fast speed.

What's going on?!

Is this guy stronger than the dark-skinned man?

Hu Yunyun's heart skipped a beat. She saw Zhang Xianzhong suddenly bend over, turn to the side, and push off the wall with his right foot when he was about ten steps away from her, completing the leap.

That was a scene that no one had ever seen before.

Zhang Xianzhong ran wildly along the wall, scaling eaves and scaling walls.

Then it floated lightly down in the center of the crowd.

Then, with a burst of energy from his sword, a powerful wind howled through the alley, and Zhang Xianzhong's sword strikes precisely severed the collarbones and left knees of everyone present.

In an instant, in the dimly lit alley, only Luo Pengfei and Zhang Xianzhong stood upright, while all the new recruits clutched their wounds and collapsed to the ground, groaning and convulsing.

"Damn, are we that strong? This is practically the strongest twin star team ever!"

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Pengfei looked at the new recruits around them, then at their own hands; it was a feeling they had never experienced before.

Two against twenty-four!

Sold out instantly!

What kind of miserable life did we live before!

I get abused by Chen Yang every day, and he even teaches me how to talk back with his shrewish face.

These new recruits were killed by Luo Pengfei and Zhang Xianzhong in an instant. If they had participated in the new recruit martial arts competition, they should have been on the list.

During his fight with these people, Zhang Xianzhong could sense their hesitation in attacking, completely lacking the decisiveness and instinctive reactions ingrained in Chen Yang's body.

Luo Pengfei's feelings were completely the opposite. The attacks of the new recruits were chaotic and disorganized, not as unexpected as Chen Yang's feints, nor as accurate as his ability to hit vital points.

The two exchanged a glance, and a chill ran through them.

Just how strong is Chen Yang?

"Help! Help! Demon invasion! Demon invasion! Level One Alert! Help! Help!"

Hu Yunyun was completely stunned.

How can a first-rank recruit instantly heal his fractures? A first-rank recruit is already scaling walls and roofs right in front of me! What the hell is this if not a demon descendant?

The defenses on recruit night had a breach, and the demons infiltrated!

"Demon invasion! Help! Help me—"

Upon hearing Hu Yunyun's words, the others around her also joined in the shouting.

"Snap."

Zhang Xianzhong lit a lighter, and a flame shot up to his eyebrow, illuminating his face.

"Open your eyes wide and look carefully! Have you ever seen such a handsome demon descendant?"

Zhang Xianzhong lit a cigarette and exhaled smoke toward Hu Yunyun:

"If you're bad at the game, just admit it. Don't blame your failures on the demon race."

Hu Yunyun was stunned.

She stared at Zhang Xianzhong for a long time, but she didn't see any strange scales on him, and his pupils looked like those of a normal human.

Besides, the demon race shouldn't be smoking and puffing smoke at him while looking at him with lecherous eyes.

"Damn it, this is a girl, didn't you go a bit too far?" Luo Pengfei looked at Hu Yunyun and kicked Zhang Xianzhong's butt.

"You think you're so chivalrous?" Zhang Xianzhong retorted, then grabbed Hu Yunyun's hand and placed it on his chest. "Listen to my pounding heart, how could I possibly be a monster like a demon descendant?"

"Old Zhang, you're disgusting!" Luo Pengfei cursed angrily.

Seeing the two of them laughing and joking around, Hu Yunyun, although she believed they were living, breathing human beings, felt a wave of nausea.

She awkwardly withdrew her hand.

"What are your names? I've never seen you at the recruit martial arts competition before?"