Chapter 2: Cunning Kill of the Monster Chicken

Seeing the glass door falling, Li Jing quickly halted before raising an eyebrow.

Liu Sisi's Solidification Talisman was not completely useless.

At least the glass door was strong enough that it did not crack, even though it had fallen.

Once it had fallen, the glass door rested at a forty-five-degree angle on the counter inside the shop.

This, this seemed like something he could use!

With a shake of his arm, liquid spiritual power arose, merging into the kitchen knife in Li Jing's hand.

The spiritual power attached itself, the blade of the knife flashing with a surprising cold light.

When faced with the demonized monster chicken emanating a fierce aura, Li Jing felt a bit nervous.

However, once he saw the health bar, he felt there was nothing to be nervous about.

Why fear when the health bar is visible?

Outside the shop.

The monster chicken, seeing that the glass door had fallen but not fully toppled in front of it, cried out, beating its large wings as it stepped onto the glass door. Its clawtips gripping tightly, it walked across the smooth glass surface into the shop, stopping behind the point where the door and counter met, staring at the kitchen knife in Li Jing's hand.

Through demonization, it had begun to gain spiritual intelligence.

Although it couldn't be said to be smart yet, it had become aware of lethal danger.

Seeing that the monster chicken hadn't rushed in, an idea sprung up in Li Jing's heart. He quickly stepped forward and kicked the sloping glass door.

Fearing that his kick would not be strong enough, he released all his remaining spiritual power in one go.

"Bang!"

"Crash!"

The glass door slid away.

The monster chicken had been barely able to stay on top of the glass door with its claws. Suddenly finding nothing beneath its feet, it tried to fly up in surprise.

However, things happened too suddenly, and it was too late by the time it started flapping its wings.

The gigantic body of the monster chicken, which had grown to the size of a person after demonization, couldn't just fly up whenever it wanted.

"Bang!"

The glass door was out of the shop in the blink of an eye.

The monster chicken instinctively followed the sliding glass door, but ultimately couldn't keep up, squawking as it tumbled forward.

Li Jing seized this opportunity, immediately stepping forward.

"Plop!"

With a flash of the blade, his kitchen knife sliced through the neck of the monster chicken that was about to hang down due to the fall.

Blood sprayed out like it was free.

The health bar over the monster chicken's head was emptied in an instant.

The numbers dropped to zero.

At the same time, an emotionless female voice echoed in Li Jing's ear.

"Experience +574."

"Level up, 6. Spiritual Power Intensity increased, +12."

"Level up, 7. Spiritual Power Intensity increased, +14."

The consecutive announcements from the emotionless female voice.

But to Li Jing's ears, it was a hundred times more pleasing than his favorite "XX amount received in Xpay."

This wave of experience gain had actually leveled him up on the spot!

It dawned on him.

Killing spirit chickens was a dead-end.

He should be killing demonized ones!

Looking at the monster chicken that was already dead, Li Jing cast his eyes downward, his gaze landing on the place where he had just kicked the glass door.

In his haste, he hadn't had time to look closely.

He faintly realized that he seemed to have shattered the door with his kick.

Looking at it now, indeed there was a dented footprint on the glass door.

Since his status bar only displayed his level, not his realm, he wasn't sure how powerful he actually was.

Now he realized.

He was actually quite strong!

Having been reinforced by a First-order Solidification Talisman, it should have been impossible to break for those under the Second Realm.

Yet the glass door had been shattered by his kick.

Although it was only a footprint, it denoted that his spiritual power intensity was equivalent to the means of a cultivator in the Second Realm.

In this world where everyone was cultivating, being in the Second Realm might not mean much.

But having the cultivation of the Second Realm already set one apart from ordinary people.

Cultivation.

It was about aptitude.

Beginner's Qi Refining was not difficult.

However, to advance further, one had to depend on talent.

70% of the people in this world, due to limited talent, would be stuck in the One Realm for their whole life, not being able to advance to the higher realms.

Like Liu Sisi for example.

Even though she was selling spirit chickens in the agricultural market and living a high-end life, she was a wealthy woman.

But in reality, she, who is already twenty-six this year, is still in the latter stage of the One Realm.

If she had broken into the Second Realm, she would not be here selling chickens.

Stepping into the Second Realm signifies the potential to approach higher realms.

Why would she prefer to sell chickens instead of doing something else?

Feeling the increase in Spiritual Power Intensity brought on by leveling up twice, joy laces Li Jing's eyebrows.

In this round, the spiritual power intensity within his body has almost doubled.

Host: Li Jing

Experience Points: 7/596

Level: 7

Spiritual Power Intensity: 56

Equipment: None

Passive Skills: None

Active Skills: None

Upon checking the status bar, Li Jing is more determined to move towards "slaying monsters and eliminating demons".

The demand for experience points will randomly increase as his level rises, and the experience points used to level up will be deducted.

It took him three months of killing spirit chickens to reach level 5, with the need for experience points rising to 210.

Now at level 7, he needs 596 experience points to level up.

To continue leveling up relying on spirit chickens, he needs to kill 60!

And they must be ones with a health bar length exceeding 10!

This path is not feasible anymore.

Spirit chickens with a health bar length exceeding 10 are rare; in three months he has only managed to kill over 70 spirit chickens, of which only about a third exceed 10.

Turning his head towards the back kitchen, Li Jing spoke.

"Sisi, you can come out now. It's safe."

At this moment, Liu Sisi hid in the back kitchen, scared out of her wits.

Only a few minutes after Li Jing had gone out, the shop fell silent.

She wanted to come out and see, but she didn't dare.

When she heard Li Jing speak, she delayed for a moment before carefully poking her head out from behind the door.

Inside the shop was complete chaos, with a monster chicken lying crippled near the shop entrance, its neck almost completely severed. A pool of bright red blood, seeing this Liu Sisi felt her legs go soft.

Looking around the shop, only Li Jing was present. With no one else in sight, Liu Sisi stared in disbelief.

"You... you killed this chicken?"

"Hmm."

Li Jing nodded.

"To be honest, this demon-possessed chicken was quite weak," Li Jing shrugged.

At Li Jing's arrogance, Liu Sisi was rendered at a loss for words.

Weak demon possession?

No matter what kind of demon possessed, it was not something an ordinary person could deal with.

In the One Realm of cultivation, one can only maintain the necessities of daily life and basically has negligible combat power. At best, they may know a few negligible magic skills.

After demon possession, the flesh of the monster often becomes extremely tough.

Just this point alone makes it much stronger than the cultivator.

In the One Realm where human cultivators generally have no combat power, the difference in strength is most apparent.

The difference between the two is like that between a predator and its prey!

Staring at Li Jing for a while, Liu Sisi walked out, not saying a word. She threw herself onto his chest.

Li Jing was momentarily stunned by the sudden full hug, not knowing how to react.

"You little rascal! Why didn't you use your Second Realm ability sooner?! I was scared to death! I thought I would never see you again when you left!"

At the sound of her voice choking back tears, Li Jing stiffened slightly, feeling a bit wronged.

In all fairness.

He did not know that he had the ability of the Second Realm either.

As he was hesitating whether to comfort Liu Sisi, two rays of light descended from the sky at the shop's entrance.

With the light fading, a man and a woman, each standing on top of flying swords, appeared.

At the sight of the monster chicken killed at the shop entrance, the two paused slightly.

Seeing Li Jing holding a beauty in the shop, they look at each other, both jump off their flying swords.

The man then coughed lightly.

"We are from the patrol bureau and have received a report..."

Before he could finish, Liu Sisi who had buried her face in Li Jing's chest, suddenly raised her head. With her tear-stained face, she looks terrified.

"This chicken was killed by my Li Jing, you can't take it away!"

"..."

Li Jing.

"..."

The man and woman at the door.