In the panel, the numbers about life span changed rapidly.
Thirty-four... twenty-one... thirteen...
Until it stopped at "one".
The realm behind the Demon-Subduing Sword Technique also grew rapidly.
[You practiced the Demon-Subduing Sword Technique diligently and achieved a breakthrough to the minor success level in the eighth year]
[You continue to practice and break through to the great success realm in the seventeenth year]
[In twenty-nine years, your demon-slaying sword technique has reached perfection and finally achieved perfection]
[Thirty-three years later, after you reached Consummation, you are still obsessed with this style, and seem to have a new understanding, but this aura is not real enough and has not evolved successfully...]
Demon-Subduing Sword Technique (Perfect)
…
Shen Yi lay on the ground, his mind focused more on his right hand holding the knife.
He wanted to confirm whether he would become a haggard old man or maintain his youthful appearance after losing his lifespan.
The skin on the back of the hand was still smooth and the slender fingers were extremely flexible.
What is even more surprising is that not only is my body not getting older, but it is becoming stronger and stronger at an unimaginable speed.
It was as if Shen Yi had really practiced swordplay devoutly for thirty-three years, stopped drinking and having sex, restrained all his thoughts, and dedicated his entire life to the sword in his hand.
…
The night was dark and the courtyard was dead silent.
The dog demon's huge body was slightly hunched. It came to the door, put its hand on the wall, and stuck its head into the house.
The pair of pale yellow pupils looked at everyone in the room indifferently.
Feeling the stench of the wild beast coming from his nose, Old Man Liu leaned against the wall, his eyes turned outward, and he almost fainted.
If he could muster up the courage to hold the stick tightly when facing Shen Yi's back, but when facing the dog's head so close, even the words of begging for mercy were stuck in his throat.
Fortunately, the other person's eyes quickly shifted away from him and turned to the little girl who looked more beautiful.
The dog demon didn't even want to say much, it just calmly stretched out its claws and hooked its fingertips.
Under great fear, the little girl's eyes were dull and she walked towards the other side in a daze, watching the other party's sharp claws grab her neck.
Suddenly, she felt a warm palm covering her wrist, stopping her from moving forward.
Liu Yatou shuddered all over and looked down.
Shen Yi on the ground frowned slightly, staggered to his feet, patted the dust off his body, and said softly in the same tone as before, as if he was shooing away flies: "Go away, stay in the corner."
"…"
Feeling the claws suddenly tightening around her neck, the little girl broke down emotionally, having no idea what nonsense Master Shen was talking about.
How to go? Where to go?
The dog demon smiled fiercely: "You traitorous beast, why are you in such a hurry? You will be the next one."
As everyone watched, a silver light suddenly flashed through the room, cold and blinding!
Shen Yi held the long sword at an angle, and the silver blade vaguely reflected his expressionless face.
A streak of blood appeared on the blade at some point, gathered at the tip of the blade, and turned into a drop of blood rolling down.
Along with the blood drops, a strong arm with shiny fur also fell.
"Ah——"
In an instant, the house was filled with the dog demon's painful howls. It couldn't even see the trajectory of the knife or when the other party drew the knife.
Without the restraint of her claws, the little girl stumbled back toward the corner and curled up in fear.
In her tear-blurred vision, the thin figure in front of her suddenly rushed forward.
Like a ferocious evil god, he stretched out his powerful arms, grabbed the long hair on the dog demon's neck with his five fingers, and threw it downwards fiercely.
Under that powerful force, the dog demon felt pain again, and its mountain-like body fell to the ground with a bang!
Without giving it a chance to react, Shen Yi pressed down the dog's head with one knee, raised his hands above his head, held the handle of the knife vertically, and stabbed the long knife in his hand fiercely into its throat.
Puff!
The boiling blood poured out, staining Shen Yi's face, adding a bit of hostility to his handsome features.
…
Shen Yi stepped on the dog's head and pulled the sword out of the flesh with his hands very steadily.
It was clearly the first time he killed a monster, but it seemed as if the killing action had been repeated thousands of times and had been deeply imprinted in his instincts.
The whole body was wet with blood and had a nauseating stench.
I should have been shocked and vomiting, but my body was so calm that it was incomprehensible.
This was the sword technique for subduing demons. Killing demons was as easy as eating and drinking. He drew out his sword, stared into the dog demon's eyes, and carefully wiped the blade clean on the demon's fur.
Not to mention this beast, even Shen Yi himself didn't think that the battle would end so quickly.
After thirty-three years of sword training, the strength accumulated in his body has almost reached the peak of mortals.
After doing all this, Shen Yi turned around and looked at the father and daughter in the corner.
The two men's eyes were equally filled with disbelief, but compared to before, there was only deeper fear, but no gratitude at all.
Shen Yi withdrew his gaze, but didn't take it to heart.
After all, half an hour ago, I was still stripping off the little girl's clothes. How could she really trust me?
I guess the two of them still think that there was an internal conflict between Master Shen and the monster.
"…"
He hung up his sword, kicked the dog demon's corpse away, and walked towards the yard.
"Master Shen...would you like to..."
The Liu family girl looked at her wrist that had just been held, and suddenly raised her dirty face and said carefully: "Bandage the wound on your head first."
Upon hearing this, the old man's eyes darkened.
This silly girl, why is she bringing up things that are not relevant? Don't forget how the wound came about.
In the old man's eyes, the current Master Shen is ten times more terrifying than that dog demon!
Shen Yi slowly stopped.
After a moment, he turned around and said, "Okay."
I haven't done anything good in my two lifetimes combined. I finally did something good this time. If I don't have any reaction at all, it would be a lie to say that I don't care.
There is no reason to let the knight walk home by himself.
Even if I can't promise you my body, at least give me some hot water to moisten my throat.
Shen Yi swaggered back to the bed and sat down, taking off his clothes with the clumsy help of the thin girl. Old man Liu felt sad, but he swiftly took out a slightly clean piece of cloth and wiped the blood from the back of his head.
Just then, a panel popped up.
An unfamiliar reminder caught Shen Yi's attention.
[An enlightened dog demon, not yet in the initial stage, total life span is 175 years, remaining 63 years, absorbed completely]
[Current Martial Arts]
Bone-penetrating Grasping Hand (Great)
Demon-Subduing Sword Technique (Perfect)
[Current remaining life span: one year]
[Demon lifespan: 63 years]
[The demon's life span can be used to infuse martial arts, but cannot be converted into one's own life span]
"…"
Shen Yi directed the two men to clean up the dog demon's corpse, while he himself began to think about this new thing.
I have to say, the feeling of emptiness after spending money is really torturous.
Seeing that he only had one year left to live, Shen Yi was silent for a long time, and suddenly he wanted to give himself a slap in the face.
It was clear that he could have perfected the Demon-Subduing Sword Technique in twenty-nine years, but he insisted on showing off and wasted four extra years.
Even though he doesn't have a sense of belonging to this world, it would be good to be able to play games for a few more years.
"So, as long as we kill demons and monsters, we can use their remaining lifespans to replace our own and deduce martial arts?"
"An intelligent dog demon can live for nearly two hundred years. This is too exaggerated."
Shen Yi was slightly surprised.
But then I thought of something else.
If monsters can live so long, is there no way for mortals to extend their lifespan?
If that is true, then the official carrying a sword should be the dog. How could he still be a member of the human court?
"Forget it. There's no point in thinking so much now."
"When we were deducing the Demon-Subduing Sword Technique just now, it seemed that there was some new progress."
Shen Yi now holds sixty-three years of demon lifespan, and for some reason he has the illusion of becoming rich overnight.
Try it out for ten years first?
(End of this chapter)