The Entry-plundering Demon Hunter

"It’s starting!"

Lin Yi stood by the window.

He stared down, watching as the men in black swarmed into the school.

The Xingwu Guard, who had long been lying in wait,

all charged out from their positions around the school.

In an instant, the two sides clashed.

Wei Nan rushed to the window and glanced down as well.

"Holy shit, they’re really going at it?"

"Let’s go, let’s go! We gotta go downstairs and help!"

Wei Nan grabbed his long staff and headed straight out.

Seeing his frantic urgency,

Lin Yi just smiled and followed Wei Nan out.

Just as they reached the ground floor,

they saw several men in black surrounding and trying to kill two Xingwu Guards.

It was clear the guards wouldn’t be able to hold on much longer.

Wei Nan’s eyes turned crimson.

CLANG—

Just as two long sabers were about to strike the Xingwu Guards,

a long staff blocked the way.

Sparks flew from the clash of metal.

The men in black all froze, but before they could react,

Wei Nan swung his staff again, smashing it down viciously upon them.

BOOM—

The men in black couldn’t dodge in time and took the full force of the blow.

Several of them went flying.

"Students, get back inside! It’s too dangerous out here..."

The rescued Xingwu Guard said hurriedly when he saw that students had come out.

Wei Nan glanced back at the two of them.

"You’re getting your asses handed to you, what’s with the tough act?"

With that, Wei Nan gripped his staff and charged at the men in black once more.

At that moment, Lin Yi also walked over from behind.

He smiled at the two Xingwu Guards. "Are you two alright?"

"Huh? N-No, we’re fine!"

The Xingwu Guards shook their heads.

The next instant, a Black Gold Tiger Head Spear appeared in Lin Yi’s hand.

PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!—

Wherever the long spear passed, it claimed the lives of several men in black.

As he plunged into the crowd, the men in black screamed incessantly.

He left a trail of their bodies in his wake.

Just the addition of Lin Yi and Wei Nan

was enough to make the lives of the men in black in Dormitory Zone 1 a living hell.

Wei Nan’s staff techniques were all wide, sweeping strikes.

Relying on his excellent physical conditioning,

he was over 1.8 meters tall, with muscles like blocks of iron.

The long staff in his hands weighed over forty pounds.

No one could withstand a direct hit from it.

Moreover, when Wei Nan fought, he was like a madman, paying no mind to who was around him.

One sweep of his staff would knock down a whole group of people.

In his hands, the heavy staff seemed to be weightless.

The whooshing sound it made as it cut through the air was enough to make one’s scalp tingle.

The men in black, especially,

wore grave expressions whenever they saw Wei Nan, not daring to approach rashly.

The corners of Wei Nan’s mouth turned up in a wicked grin.

He charged once more toward the densest group of men in black.

Lin Yi kept a short distance from Wei Nan.

The spear in his hand had become a deadly reaping tool.

Every sweep of its tip was certain to take the lives of several men in black.

They didn’t even have time to see how they died.

They only felt a cold sensation on their necks, as if all their blood had been instantly drained,

and their bodies immediately went limp.

One after another, the men in black fell to the ground.

Meanwhile, Lin Yi calmly and steadily advanced.

Whenever he saw a trapped Xingwu Guard, he would go over to help them break free.

The rescued Xingwu Guards didn’t even have time to offer their thanks

before Lin Yi was already heading off in another direction.

As Lin Yi and Wei Nan joined the fray,

the students watching from the upper floors saw everything clearly.

These local students had never witnessed such a scene.

A massive number of men in black had swarmed the school.

The sounds of a life-or-death battle shook every student to their core.

Blood, death, and fear rampaged through their minds,

finally intertwining into a complex mix of emotions.

They too wanted to charge out, to fight back against the invading men in black just like Lin Yi and Wei Nan.

But an intense sense of fear suppressed these thoughts.

This was just as Lin Yi had said.

The local students living in Dormitory Zone 1 all had decent Martial Arts talent.

Among them were quite a few 2-star and 3-star students.

There were even some 4-star students.

However, they had grown up in a greenhouse, their privileged living conditions shielding them from most dangers.

Even their cultivation had been built up with supplements and elixirs.

They didn’t even need to go to a Martial Arts Hall; they would just hire top-tier instructors for one-on-one training at home.

They had never experienced the harsh realities of the world,

let alone the environment of the Old District, which was constantly shrouded in death.

Therefore, whether it was their mental fortitude or their courage in the face of death,

they were far inferior to the Martial Arts exam candidates from the Old District.

They could only watch as their school was invaded, hiding in their dorms, too afraid to charge out...

Time passed, second by second.

For these local students, every second was an inner torment.

They watched as the men in black who had rushed into Dormitory Zone 1

were slowly driven back under the combined assault of Lin Yi, Wei Nan, and the defending Xingwu Guards.

Lin Yi and Wei Nan, meanwhile, were like two gods of war.

One wielding a spear, the other a staff.

They charged at the forefront, reaping the lives of the men in black.

SCREECH—

Suddenly, a clear cry echoed.

A ball of fire whistled across the night sky.

Looking closely, one could see a great bird within the fireball.

Beating a pair of enormous wings, it became the sole point of light in the night.

It soared on the wind, unharmed by the flames that wreathed it.

And from time to time, it would launch smaller fireballs down below.

The moment the fireballs hit the ground,

a series of explosions rang out endlessly.

They were like small bombs, making the men in black suffer terribly.

"What should we do? Should we go out and fight?"

At this time, the four residents of Dorm 301 had all returned to their living room and sat down.

They were also students from Dormitory Zone 1, and they lived next door to Lin Yi’s group.

Before this, just like the other local students,

they had shown an unfriendly attitude toward the Martial Arts candidates from the Old District, like Lin Yi and Wei Nan.

Now, however, their opinion of these students from the Old District had changed dramatically.

Ever since the monster invasion, the first to form teams and charge out to fight were the very same Martial Arts candidates they had looked down on.

In contrast, the local students were all too afraid of dying.

For a long time, no one was truly willing to team up and go out to hunt the monsters.

It wasn’t until much later, unable to hold back any longer, that they finally formed teams and went out to fight.

But now, with these men in black swarming the school,

the local students still didn’t dare to go out and help right away.

They all hid in their own dorms, watching secretly.

When they saw Lin Yi and Wei Nan be the first to leave the dormitory building and charge into the crowd of men in black,

they were all stunned.

And then, after seeing Lin Yi and his friend help the Xingwu Guard beat back the men in black who had poured into Dormitory Zone 1,

they had all developed a sense of admiration for Lin Yi and Wei Nan.

Their fearless spirit alone put them leagues ahead of the local students.

"I want to go out and help too!" another student said eagerly.

"Are you guys tired of living? People die out there! If they want to fight, let them fight. As long as those men in black don’t reach our dorm, we’re fine!"

A boy wearing glasses shrugged nonchalantly.

As soon as he finished speaking, his other three roommates all gave him a cold look.

"If you want to be a coward, don’t drag us down with you!"

"I can’t just watch anymore. I’m going to help!"

"Let’s go. If you’re not afraid to die, follow me!"

The other three local students seemed to have made a great resolve in their hearts.

After exchanging a few words of encouragement, they headed out of the dorm.

Seeing this, the student with glasses said anxiously, "Think this through! People are dying out there..."

BANG—

The dorm room door was slammed shut.

His words were left behind in the room.

He looked at the closed door and said with a scornful expression, ’Idiots. If you want to go looking for death, you have no one to blame but yourselves!’

After saying this, he got up and walked to the window.

A short while later, he saw his three roommates who had just left.

All of them, armed with their respective weapons, charged out of the dormitory building.

The student with glasses watched with his own eyes as they joined the battlefield.

The moment they began to fight side-by-side with Lin Yi, Wei Nan, and the Xingwu Guards,

the student with glasses actually felt a pang of envy.

He was terrified of death, afraid he wouldn’t see tomorrow’s sun.

In truth, his way of thinking was common among all the local students.

And when it came to facing death, there was no distinction between the New District and the Old District.

Even the students from the Old District, who had lived their whole lives under the shadow of death, were afraid of it.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have shouldered the conviction, from the moment they were born,

of passing the Martial Arts exam and bringing their families to live in the New District.

However, clinging to life out of fear and facing death with composure are two completely different states of being.

From the moment his three roommates walked out of the dormitory and joined the battle,

they had already made the decision to face death with composure.

As a result, just a few minutes later,

a second dorm, then a third, a fourth...

every few minutes, students from another dorm would join the battlefield.

They all formed small squads of four.

It was as if these students had been inspired by Lin Yi and Wei Nan.

They all cast aside their inner fear of death.

Resolutely, they took up their weapons and joined the fight.

With the addition of these students, the situation for the men in black went from bad to worse.

With just Lin Yi and Wei Nan, they were already finding it hard to advance.

Breaking through the defensive line formed by those two was simply impossible.

What’s more, with the Xingwu Guards also blocking the way, they couldn’t move an inch.

The arrival of the local students finally sealed the deal, completely and utterly blocking the men in black.

Breaking into Dormitory Zone 1 was now an impossibility.

At this point, the student with glasses was still watching from his window upstairs.

He watched in disbelief as more and more students joined the fight.

His expression grew grave as he muttered to himself, "Are they insane? Have they all gone insane?"

"This is a war, a battlefield! People are dying! Aren’t you—aren’t you afraid of death?"

"The Xingwu Guard are enough! If Lin Yi and his friend want to charge out and show off, let them! What are you all going out for? You..."

His voice trembled. As more and more students joined in,

he realized that the only one who was truly afraid of death, clinging to life, was him.

Even his three roommates had charged out fearlessly.

Watching them fight against the men in black on the battlefield,

the student with glasses was filled with envy.

He wanted to be like his roommates, to join the battle.

But the terror in his heart made his limbs grow cold.

His breathing became rapid.

He stood at the window for a long time, staring at the scene outside.

After more than ten minutes had passed, he seemed to make some kind of decision.

He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and silently turned to walk out of the dorm.