The Legend of the Demon Hunter

Led by the green-robed cultist, Xiao Zhu and Xiao Ya quickly arrived at the west gate. They saw from afar a middle-aged man in a yellow cult robe directing the defense of the area. When Xiao Zhu realized that the other party was a spirit hunter, he could not help but be alert.

At this time, the yellow-robed believer also noticed the three people who came. When he saw the gray robes on Xiao Zhu and Xiao Ya, the man showed an irritated expression on his face and complained: "Is the city so short of people now? Even the gray-robed disciples were brought in to make up the numbers."

Hearing the words of the yellow-robed believer, the green-robed believer who led Xiao Zhu looked a little nervous and quickly replied, "In reply to the envoy, I searched four or five blocks and only found the two of them."

The yellow-robed believer frowned, looking quite dissatisfied. He then pointed at the west gate and said, "Zhao Yin, take these two people to patrol the gate. If you find any movement, report it immediately."

Hearing the yellow-robed man's words, the green-robed believer heaved a sigh of relief and quickly replied, "Yes, Your Excellency!"

Xiao Zhu and Xiao Ya followed the green-robed believer named Zhao Yin out of the city and patrolled near the west gate. Zhao Yin said nothing and was a little cold, but Xiao Zhu was confused and couldn't help asking, "Your Excellency, why did Saint Maiden City suddenly enter a state of martial law today? Who are we patrolling here to guard against?"

Zhao Yin turned around and said with an angry expression: "All this is because of those scums of the Shenxue Sect!"

"The Shenxue Sect? Didn't they already be defeated?" Xiao Zhu became even more confused.

"Hmph!" Zhao Yin snorted coldly: "The Shenxue Sect has indeed been defeated, but they are still unwilling to give up their evil intentions. They have secretly arranged for spies to sneak into the Holy Maiden City, hoping to take the opportunity to steal the secrets of our sect. These scums are really daydreaming!" Although Zhao Yin was only a low-level Green Robe Sect member, his words were very righteous and he had already placed himself among the top leaders of the Red Lotus Sect in his heart.

"So that's how it is. Thank you for your guidance, envoy." Xiao Zhu replied sincerely, and then asked: "I still have one thing I don't understand. I just heard the two envoys mention that the church is very short of people. But the Holy Maiden City is the headquarters of our church. Why is there a shortage of people?"

Xiao Zhu asked a very risky question, and he regretted it right after he asked it. If this matter was known to everyone in the city, the other party might very well discover the abnormality of his identity.

However, Zhao Yin did not notice anything. He replied, "It is said that there is an extremely important mission in the church. The Pope personally led the elites of the church to handle it. This has led to a shortage of manpower in the city. But what the specific mission is is not something that people of our level can know."

Mission? Xiao Zhu couldn't help but ponder upon hearing this. Judging from the Red Lotus Cult members he had come into contact with, the Red Lotus Cult was very powerful. Most of the red cardinals were demon hunters at the soul hunting level, and he had not yet come into contact with the white cardinals. However, it could be inferred that these were all hunter kings. These people were dominant in any country. Now they gathered in a religion and were willing to be led by the Pope. What kind of strength was this mysterious Pope?

Could it be that the Pope is the legendary boundary breaker?

Since the incident with Dean Ruqing of Nuowan College, Xiao Zhu has also studied the origin of the boundary breaker. In the demon hunter world, the number of blood awakenings represents the strength of a demon hunter. The more awakenings, the stronger the demon hunter. Compared with low-level demon hunters, high-level demon hunters will have a qualitative leap in spiritual power and physical strength, and even their lifespans will be greatly extended.

But over the past thousands of years, humans have gradually discovered that no matter how talented a person is, the limit of their lifelong practice is six blood awakenings, that is, after reaching the achievement of the Hunter King, they can no longer make further breakthroughs. Representatives include Bai Ruchen, the great elder of Nuowan College, Yun Zhonghe of Yanhui Peak, and others. They completed six blood awakenings in their prime, but they could not make further breakthroughs in the following hundreds of years and stopped at the Hunter King realm.

People call this phenomenon the "bloodline" of human beings.

Bloodline boundaries are something engraved in human genes. No matter the influence of the external environment or one's own efforts, one cannot break through bloodline boundaries.

However, in ancient historical legends, there are some people who defied fate and changed their destiny. They broke through the boundaries of their bloodline and completed the seventh bloodline awakening. These people are called boundary breakers!

The most well-known are the legendary Red Lotus Saint Jin Ling'er and the Divine Snow God Tian Huan. They created two major religions a thousand years ago and are both people who changed history!

There was also a person in front of him, Ruqing, the dean of Nowan Academy. It was a mystery whether Ruqing was a boundary breaker, mainly because she went crazy because of the disappearance of her biological child, and then almost completely lost her combat power. Regardless of whether she went crazy or not, she never showed strength beyond the Hunter King.

But for some reason, she was considered a boundary breaker by many magical beasts, including the Butterfly Fairy and other beast kings who broke through the Demon-Slaying Formation and attacked Nowan Academy. The reason behind this was unknown.

As for the strength of the current Red Lotus Pope, Xiao Zhu naturally couldn't find out from Zhao Yin. Getting this information was already very important to Xiao Zhu, so he stopped asking and quietly followed Zhao Yin on patrol.

Nothing happened for a day.

At night, as visibility deteriorated, the defense of Saint Maiden City became more intense. Xiao Zhu's patrol team increased from three people during the day to five people. The west gate was closed and outsiders were strictly prohibited from entering. But they knew that for demon hunters above the level of soul hunters, the city gate was just a decoration. They could easily fly into the city, so the yellow-robed cultist stood on the wall of the west gate himself.

Xiao Zhu was following the patrol team along the edge of the city wall outside the west gate when he suddenly felt something strange on the left. He immediately became alert and looked to the left, where there was a small forest. The forest was the easiest place to hide. Xiao Zhu did not dare to release his spiritual power to explore, so he could only turn his head and continue walking forward without making a sound.

Xiao Zhu noticed that the four people who were patrolling with him did not find anything unusual. In fact, this was normal because there was only one mid-level demon hunter among the four people, and the others were all low-level demon hunters.

The four of them continued to walk forward for dozens of steps, and suddenly a powerful aura came from behind Xiao Zhu. The aura was so strong and so close that not only Xiao Zhu, but even Xiaoya, who had the weakest cultivation, could clearly feel it.

"Who are you!" The leader, Zhao Yin, shouted angrily, and turned to face the enemy vigilantly. But before he could draw his weapon, a flash of cold light passed by, and Zhao Yin, the intermediate demon hunter, was beheaded.

"The opponent is a spirit hunter!" As the lurker made his move, Xiao Zhu immediately recognized the opponent's true strength. In this environment, Xiao Zhu was absolutely unwilling to fight with such an enemy. He grabbed Xiao Ya and quickly left the battlefield, running in the direction they came from.

The lurker killed all the remaining patrolmen in the blink of an eye, and they didn't even have time to send out a distress signal.

The lurker glanced in the direction Xiao Zhu left. He never expected that this low-level cultist in a gray robe had actually noticed his ambush place, and when he attacked, the other party was able to react and escape from the battle in the first time. It can be seen that this man is by no means the low-level demon hunter he appeared to be.

But this man neither assisted nor asked for help after being attacked, but chose to flee immediately, which was really a bit strange. The lurker thought that there were more important tasks in the city, so he ignored Xiao Zhu and the other two who were running away, and lifted his body with the fairy sword in his hand, and he jumped onto the city wall.