The Legend of the Demon Hunter

"I'm sorry, I can't join the academy." Xia Shi suddenly said.

This immediately attracted everyone's attention. Teacher Hu and Huang Yunji looked at Xia Shi in surprise. Xiao Zhu quickly walked up and said in a low voice: "Shi'er, what are you talking about? We have come here with so much hardship just to join Nuowan College. Your illness..."

"Brother, I don't care! If Novan College can't even accommodate you, I will naturally not leave you alone to join." Xia Shi said with a determined look.

Xiao Zhu was stunned and instantly felt touched.

"I say, what a deep brother-sister love!" Letianyin laughed and said in a sarcastic tone.

Teacher Hu saw that this matter attracted more and more people, and hurriedly said: "There are too many people here and it's noisy. The three of you can follow me to the academy to talk!"

Just as the three were about to head toward the academy, the middle-aged man whose father Xia Shi had just saved came over. He thanked Xia Shi and Xiao Zhu again and said, "Miss Xia, Mr. Xiao, my name is Du Changqing, and this is my father Du Songzhi. I just heard your names. Please forgive me for being so presumptuous. I cannot repay you today. If you need any help in the future, just come to the Demon Hunter Association to find me. I will go through fire and water for you!"

"Brother Du, you're welcome." Xia Shi replied.

Du Changqing helped Du Songzhi, who had just been treated but was still weak, to stand up. The two thanked him again and then slowly walked away.

Xiao Zhu, Xia Shi, and Le Tianyin followed Teacher Hu and Huang Yunji into the academy, walked around a building and came to a small square. It was very quiet here, and there was no one else except the five of them.

"Your name is Xiao Zhu, right?" Teacher Hu turned his head and looked at Xiao Zhu and asked.

"Yes, Teacher Hu." Xiao Zhu said politely.

"In fact, if you really want to join Novant College, there are ways." Teacher Hu said calmly.

Hearing this, Xiao Zhu was overjoyed. Even Xia Shi's pretty face was full of expectation. Xiao Zhu asked, "What can I do? Please teach me, Teacher Hu!"

Teacher Hu said leisurely: "This place is called the Trial Field. It is where the students of Novan College undergo combat tests."

"In the world of demon hunters, strength is the best voice. Therefore, Novan College has set a rule that any transfer student who missed the enrollment time and wants to join the college must not only complete the blood awakening, but also go through the puppet trial. Only after passing it can they enter the college. I will release the puppet for the college trial later. You try your best to fight it. Whether you can join the college depends on your performance this time."

"Okay!" After hearing what Teacher Hu said, Xiao Zhu felt both nervous and excited, but no matter what, he had the opportunity to join the college.

"Are you ready?" Teacher Hu asked.

Xiao Zhu nodded solemnly.

After getting Xiao Zhu's reply, Teacher Hu waved his hand and a gray monkey puppet appeared out of thin air. It can be seen that he was also wearing a storage jade bracelet on his wrist.

The gray monkey was about the same size as Xiao Zhu, and was made of a gray wood. The workmanship was so fine that even the joints of the fingers were clearly visible. A green crystal was inlaid at the heart position on the gray monkey's chest. Xiao Zhu, who had seen Gu Chuan's giant snake puppet, guessed that this was the energy core of the puppet monkey. This crystal was probably made from the crystal core of a monster.

Everyone backed off, and only Xiao Zhu and the monkey puppet were left in the trial field. The monkey puppet looked around, and finally locked onto Xiao Zhu as its target, then walked towards him, shaking its head.

Facing this monkey puppet of unknown strength, and knowing whether he could join the Nuowan Academy, Xiao Zhu did not dare to be careless. He immediately took out the Magic Shadow Bow, held it in his hand, drew the bow and drew the arrow, ready to shoot.

The puppet monkey took action. He ran towards Xiao Zhu on all fours, but the speed he displayed was very average, even inferior to Gu Chuan's giant snake puppet.

In the past three months, Xiao Zhu and Xia Shi have experienced many attacks from monsters. Today, Xiao Zhu's strength has improved significantly compared to three months ago. Facing the clumsy attack of the puppet monkey, he just jumped away. Then he quickly distanced himself and shot an arrow at the puppet monkey.

With the puppet monkey's clumsy movements, it was naturally unable to avoid this lightning-fast arrow. The arrow whizzed past and hit it right between the eyebrows.

With a "bang", the arrow was bounced several meters away as if it hit a solid wall, but the puppet monkey was not hurt at all.

"Huh?" Xiao Zhu let out a sound of surprise.

After a round of fighting, Xiao Zhu had a general understanding of this puppet monkey. The puppet monkey's attack ability was mediocre, but its defense was surprisingly strong. But how could he break through its defense? While dodging the puppet monkey's attack, he was thinking about how to break it.

But after the puppet monkey attacked for ten rounds, its speed and strength suddenly increased, almost twice as fast as before. The strength it displayed this time was almost the same as that of the soldier ants among the snow ants that Xiao Zhu had encountered before.

Xiao Zhu was frightened in a hurry. He quickly curled up and rolled over on the ground, narrowly avoiding the attack of the puppet monkey.

"How could this puppet monkey become so much stronger all of a sudden?" Xiao Zhu thought secretly in his heart.

Facing the strengthened puppet monkey, Xiao Zhu finally got serious. He pulled the magic shadow bow into a full moon shape and shot an arrow with full force at the puppet monkey. At the top of the arrow, there was a flame burning. It was Xiao Zhu's specialty "Flame Arrow" that he had practiced for the past three months.

The arrow whizzed past the puppet monkey. The puppet monkey slammed the ground with its limbs, and its body bounced up more than three meters high. The arrow whizzed past its crotch.

Xiao Zhu used defense as offense and shot out another arrow, but it was dodged by the puppet monkey again. Xiao Zhu couldn't help but sweat on his forehead.

After another ten rounds, Xiao Zhu, who had fought with all his strength, was already feeling a little tired. But at this moment, the puppet monkey was strengthened again, and its speed had reached three times of the original speed.

Although Xiao Zhu was prepared for the puppet monkey's second strengthening, he was still shocked by its sudden burst of speed and power. The puppet monkey clenched its palms into fists and hit Xiao Zhu's chest, leaving Xiao Zhu with no escape.

"Petrification!" The skin on Xiao Zhu's chest instantly turned into a thick layer of rock, and he withstood the attack from the puppet monkey.

Xiao Zhu can now perform the petrification technique with 100% success.

"Bang!" With a loud noise, Xiao Zhu felt as if a huge iron hammer hit his chest. Despite the protection of the petrification technique, he still felt his bones numb from the shock. He took seven or eight steps back before he could barely stand firm.

"Dual attribute person?" Seeing Xiao Zhu first cast the fire arrow and then the petrification spell, Huang Yunji, who was standing far away, suddenly exclaimed in surprise and said to himself. He turned his head to look at Teacher Hu beside him, only to see Teacher Hu looking at the battle situation in the distance with a serious face and slightly frowning, so he swallowed back what he wanted to say.

Le Tianyin, who was standing next to them, showed an interested look for the first time. He touched his chin with one hand and stared at Xiao Zhu.

"A person with dual attributes? That may not be the case..." Letianyin said faintly.

Just when Xiao Zhu stood firm, the puppet monkey chased him again. The puppet monkey's speed was much faster than Xiao Zhu's. When he couldn't pull away, the magic shadow bow in Xiao Zhu's hand was no longer effective. He quickly retracted the bow and arrow and took out the magic shadow sword to block in front of him.

The puppet monkey grabbed the Demon Shadow Sword and tried to snatch the blade with bare hands. Xiao Zhu seized the opportunity and raised the sword tip upwards, cutting towards the puppet monkey's fingers.

The timing was perfect, and even Letianyin, who was standing next to him, showed appreciation on her face.

The Demonic Shadow Sword slid along the puppet monkey's fingers, making a clanging sound like metal and iron intersecting. With the sharpness of the Demonic Shadow Sword, even the fingers of a monster with thick skin and flesh would be cut off at the root, but the seemingly fragile gray wood material of the puppet monkey only left a shallow white mark.

"Prohibition protection?" Letianyin touched his chin, and his usually playful expression became serious at this moment. This puppet monkey may not look impressive, and its body is not big, but it can strengthen itself and is protected by prohibitions. The person who refined it must be a great demon hunter.

Xiao Zhu, who was in the battle, naturally couldn't see all this. All he was thinking about now was how to break the deadlock.

This puppet monkey will strengthen itself every ten times it attacks, and the improvement after each strengthening will be multiplied. It has been strengthened twice now, and its speed and strength are already three times that of the original. Xiao Zhu already finds it difficult to deal with. If he allows it to strengthen once more, he might be defeated in an instant.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zhu became anxious. Coincidentally at this time, he noticed the crystal at the heart of the puppet monkey and immediately had an idea.

This crystal must be the core of the puppet monkey. We must destroy it before it strengthens next time!

The puppet monkey rushed over again, and this time Xiao Zhu did not retreat but advanced instead.

"Rock wall!" A thick stone wall appeared on the way of the puppet monkey. The puppet monkey slammed into it violently, causing the thick stone wall to crack, but fortunately it successfully blocked the attack of the puppet monkey.

"It's now!" Xiao Zhu thought to himself. A ray of fire lit up from the Demon Shadow Sword, and Xiao Zhu tightly grasped the Demon Shadow Sword and stabbed it towards the heart of the puppet monkey.

The next moment, Xiao Zhu's face changed suddenly. The Demon Shadow Sword was like stabbing on steel and could not move forward even an inch.

Xiao Zhu suddenly realized that he had thought too simply. If even he could see the weakness, how could the puppet designer not know it? Therefore, the restriction at the heart of the puppet monkey was much stronger than other positions!

This mistake made Xiao Zhu miss his last chance. The puppet monkey received its fourth enhancement. Its speed and strength instantly increased to four times of the original. Then it punched Xiao Zhu in the chest with a heavy punch!

"Brother——" Xia Shi yelled, and she wanted to rush forward nervously. After spending three months with Xiao Zhu, she could see that Xiao Zhu was already at the end of his strength. If he was hit by the puppet monkey, he would probably be seriously injured if not killed.

But she was stopped by Teacher Hu beside her.

Teacher Hu shook his head at her to reassure her.

Just when the puppet monkey's fist was about to hit Xiao Zhu, it suddenly stopped, and its fist hung two inches in front of Xiao Zhu.

Xiao Zhu let out a long sigh of relief. He looked frustrated and said, "I failed."

Teacher Hu suddenly said: "Not bad, you have passed the test if you can hold out for thirty rounds under the puppet monkey. The three of you can go and do the blood test together!"

Before Xiao Zhu could recover from his shock, Xia Shi had already rushed forward excitedly. She excitedly grabbed Xiao Zhu's arm and said, "Brother, you succeeded!"

Seeing Xia Shi's beauty, Xiao Zhu was filled with excitement. After three months of hard pursuit, he finally got what he wanted today. He touched Xia Shi's hair and said, "Yes, Shi'er, we succeeded!"

"Brother, you weren't hurt just now, were you?" Xia Shi asked worriedly, thinking of the thrilling scene just now.

Xiao Zhu shook his head and said, "I'm fine, but that puppet monkey is really powerful, even more powerful than the monsters we encountered along the way. I wonder what level it will reach in the end if we allow it to continue to strengthen."

"Yes, the monkey became more and more courageous as the fight went on. I was so worried just now." Xia Shi pouted.

"However, Shi'er, have you ever thought about how powerful the person who designed this puppet monkey is? It shows that there are many hidden talents in the Novan School. Now I am more confident that I can cure your illness." Xiao Zhu said with a smile.

Seeing the intimate conversation between the two, Le Tianyin looked at Xiao Zhu with jealousy, and then walked towards Teacher Hu. He looked arrogant and looked down upon Xiao Zhu and Huang Yunji, but was very respectful to the gray-haired Teacher Hu, and said, "Teacher, where is the blood test?"

Teacher Hu pointed to a pointed-roof building next to him and said, "That's it."

Letianyin thanked him and walked towards that direction without stopping.

Xiao Zhu looked at Le Tianyin's back and said, "Shi'er, let's go do the blood test too!"

"Hmm!" Xia Shi smiled, and suddenly there was a breathtaking beauty in her.

After the three of them had all gone away, Huang Yunji looked at Teacher Hu and asked in confusion, "Teacher Hu, you have always been the most disciplined person. Why did you make an exception today for this student and increase the difficulty of the puppet monkey?"

Teacher Hu stroked his beard and said, "This Xiao Zhu, did you see his performance just now?"

"Although he is young, he is calm and decisive in his actions, and can think of quick wits when facing a crisis. He is a rare and good seedling. Especially..." Huang Yunji suddenly pondered for a moment.

"What is it?" Teacher Hu asked with a meaningful smile on his face.

"Especially, he used both earth and fire bloodlines in the battle just now, but I see that the spiritual power in his body is deep and complex, and it seems that there are other bloodlines hidden in it." Huang Yunji expressed his guess.

Teacher Hu showed an admiring look on his face and said, "You are worthy of being their outstanding senior for having such vision and judgment. Although I have not met this Xiao Zhu, I can feel that he has at least four bloodlines in his body, and it may even be the legendary psychic bloodline."

"Spiritual bloodline? Is it because of this that you, teacher, let the puppet monkey continue fighting after the 20th round, until the 30th round?" Huang Yunji asked.

"Yes, for the normal entrance examination one only needs to survive twenty rounds of fighting to pass. I did this to test the strength of this student. If he can last thirty rounds, his strength is already almost the same as that of a first-level high-level magical beast. And what surprised me is that Letianyin seems to have discovered the unusualness of Xiao Zhu's bloodline." Teacher Hu said thoughtfully.

"By the way, teacher, what is the origin of that Le Tianyin?" Huang Yunji suddenly asked.

"Have you heard of Lotte Family?" asked Teacher Hu.

"Is it the Lotte family, one of the top ten families in the Rhine Empire?" Huang Yunji looked surprised.

"Yes, this Le Tianyin is the son of the Le Tian family." Teacher Hu said, "It is rumored that 20 years ago, a genius was born in the Le Tian family. He completed his first blood awakening at the age of six, and in just five years he learned the essence of the Le Tian family's inherited skills. The Le Tian family called him a genius that only appears once in a century, and trained him as the next successor of the family. With the influence of the Le Tian family, this incident caused a huge uproar at the time."

"The genius the teacher is talking about, could it be this Le Tianyin?" Huang Yunji asked in amazement.

"Yes, that's him." Teacher Hu said as he watched the three people disappearing from the room.