Li Mugui closed his eyes, feeling the surging genuine qi in his body, the rolling qi and blood, as well as the boiling sword intent.
Today's battle with the Tiger King had deepened his understanding of sword intent.
The vastness and magnificence of "Dragon Roar in the Box", the cold loneliness and arrogance of "Snowstorm and Biting Wind", and the ultimate invincibility of "Skylight Piercing the Clouds".
These different sword paths merged in his heart at this moment.
Especially his accumulation of understanding of the sword path over the past six months.
It all came to mind at this moment.
His embryonic sword intent had completely solidified.
Given some more time, this sword intent would be completely perfected!
And his imagery would be born from this!
Li Mugui slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
He was quite delighted in his heart.
This time, the harvest was too great.
Then, he walked over to the Tiger King's corpse.
A strong aura of evil spirit and blood came rushing towards him.
He couldn't help but frown and waved his hand to dispel the smell.
The huge tiger in front of him, with a head as tall as a person, even though it had fallen at this moment, still exuded a terrifying aura.
Especially its huge eyes staring stiffly, as if it could not rest in peace, which was chilling.
However, Li Mugui didn't care.
Instead, he observed the tiger's corpse with great interest.
Apart from the separation of the head and body, and a hole pierced through the middle of the abdomen, the Tiger King was still well-preserved.
This made him nod in satisfaction.
Good, the more intact it was preserved, the better.
After all, this was the corpse of a demon king at the peak of the third realm, and every part of it, from fur to blood, was a treasure.
Previously, just the wine made from the bones of a second-order demonic tiger had benefited him a lot.
If it were replaced with the bones of the Tiger King...
Tut-tut.
Li Mugui couldn't help but feel excited just thinking about it.
In addition, the meat of the Tiger King could enhance qi and blood; its blood could temper the body; and its fur and skin could be woven into treasured clothing.
Even if he didn't use them himself, handing them over to Qianzhu Chamber of Commerce to handle would also be a huge income.
Of course, these were secondary.
The most precious part of the entire Tiger King was its inner core - the demonic core.
The demonic core was only formed in demonic beasts that had broken through the third realm.
It contained all the essence and power of a demon king.
However, the demonic aura of the demonic core was strong, and if a human martial artist directly consumed it, they could easily lose their sanity and go astray!
It had to be processed by an alchemist before it could be swallowed.
For this, he would have to rely on Qianzhu Chamber of Commerce to find a skilled alchemist for him.
At most, he would pay a few demonic cores as a price.
After all, he had slain twelve demon kings today.
There were plenty of demonic cores.
"Hmm?"
Li Mugui's sword pierced the tiger's head and quickly encountered a hard object.
With a slight exertion of force, the Tiger King's head was instantly split in two.
A round bead popped out.
This was the Tiger King's demonic core.
A genuine qi emitted from his hand instantly cleaned the blood and flesh off the demonic core.
Upon closer inspection.
The demonic core was reddish in color, covered with dense patterns that seemed ready to crack at any moment.
It seemed that this Tiger King was indeed just a step away from breaking through to the fourth realm.
Just as he was about to store the demonic core in the jade bottle he carried with him.
He heard the mechanical sound of the special effects system ringing in his ears:
"A high-energy mass is detected. Whether to consume 1000 points of [Reputation] for absorption and extraction?"
"Absorption" refers to absorbing the demon core, but what does "extraction" mean?
Li Mugui had many doubts in his heart.
Unfortunately, his current "Reputation" was not enough to try this function.
Well, there was no need to rush.
With that thought, he put the demon core into the jade bottle.
...
Inside Feiying City.
Everyone was speechless.
They stared blankly at the lifeless body of the demon king outside the city.
Li Mugui's actions were too fast.
It only took him one breath to defeat all twelve demon kings.
After that, his battle with the Tiger King far exceeded the limits of their vision.
They didn't know what had happened.
They could only see the horizon.
A sword light that cut through everything flashed.
Afterwards.
A series of loud bangs sounded.
The bodies of the demon kings fell one after another.
Until the end.
In the distance.
A gentle tremor came from the ground.
A figure appeared in the farthest distance.
It was their city lord.
Li Mugui.
Everyone was at a loss for words.
As if they had lost their ability to speak.
Whether it was Shen Bing, Zhao Jian, and others who deeply believed in Li Mugui, or Yu Ganshi who later developed admiration for Li Mugui.
Or those foreign martial artists who only knew Li Mugui's reputation.
Facing the unearthly elegance of that sword just now.
They didn't know how to react at this moment.
Shocked.
Afraid.
Worship.
Countless thoughts emerged in their hearts.
"Long live the city lord!"
No one knew who started it.
"Long live the city lord!"
"Long live the city lord!"
Instantly.
Soldiers, martial artists, civilians, everyone shouted in unison!
The sound shook the heavens.
Li Mugui walked slowly back into the city.
At this moment, he had already concealed all his special effects.
Facing the cheers of the crowd, he still maintained that indifferent demeanor.
"My Lord!"
Ying Yanxin was the first to greet him, her eyes full of fanaticism.
"City Lord! You..."
Zhao Jian and the other guards of the city lord's mansion also walked over, wanting to say something.
But the words got stuck in their throats.
Facing such a god-like city lord, no matter how much praise they gave, it seemed pale.
So, they could only bow deeply to show their respect.
"Mr. Li, I really don't know what to say to you."
Yu Ganshi didn't know what else to say either.
Although he didn't witness the whole process.
Just that one sword light alone was enough to make him stand in awe.
After today, the name of Li Mugui, the city lord of Feiying City, would become well-known throughout Dongshan Prefecture.
And unlike those previous occasions when his name became known.
Although his reputation was also loud before.
Most people only saw him as a rising star.
A talented individual with a promising future.
This time.
Everyone would understand.
Li Mugui was already a grown-up strong individual!
Facing everyone's reaction, Li Mugui just smiled and said, "Send some people out to clean up the mess outside."
"I don't want Feiying City to be in a state of complete disorder."
"Yes!"
Zhao Jian and the others immediately responded.
Then they turned around to make arrangements.
In the end, only Ying Yanxin, Shen Bing, Yu Ganshi, and a few others remained.
"City Lord Li, Feiying City is about to become lively after this," Yu Ganshi exclaimed.
The most powerful demon kings in the twelve mountains outside the vast mountain range had all been killed.
As a result, the abundant first and second-order demonic beasts, rare herbs, and other treasures in the outer regions of the vast mountain range would be exposed to the world.
Low-level martial artists from all over Dongshan Prefecture would go crazy for them!
Not only that.
As news of Li Mugui's sword cutting down multiple demons spread, countless martial artists would come to challenge and seek apprenticeship.
Just like Xu Wenxuan, even people from outside the prefecture would come for this.
A person's reputation was like a tree's shadow.
It was the same everywhere.