The Freshman Slayer went berserk during his internship Chapter 9 : Chapter 9

Chapter 9: A Giant Python with a Body Comparable to the Aperture Opening Realm

Once the Essence Condensation Pill entered his stomach, Lu Zhan finally understood why everyone said its effects were ten tis greater than those of a Qi Condensation Pill.

At the sa ti, the system’s voice rang out.

【Ding! The Slaughter System is at your service wholeheartedly】

【The Host spends 750 Slaughter Points and begins cultivation】

【Ding! The system detects that the Host has taken a Essence Condensation Pill. Cultivation speed increases by 50%】

【Entering the Unceasing Cultivation State...】

【Because the Host has taken a Essence Condensation Pill, you feel a vast surge of Spiritual Power within your dantian. Without hesitation, you guide that power to force open the Du ridian】

【Under the impact of that powerful Spiritual Power, you advance with unstoppable force, and before long, you open the Du ridian】

【Congratulations, Host, on breaking through to the seventh level of the Qi Condensation Realm】

【After the Host breaks through to the seventh level of the Qi Condensation Realm, more than half of the imnse dicinal power has already been consud】

【You quickly notice this, so you want to use the remaining dicinal power to force open the Chong ridian in one final push】

【In the end, effort does not betray the diligent. After ditating in bitter cultivation for three months, you finally open the Chong ridian】

【Cultivation complete. During this session, you open a total of two of the Eight Extraordinary ridians】

【Current Realm: Seventh level of the Qi Condensation Realm (80%). I hope the Host keeps up the good work and continues to strive forward, ദ്ദി˶•̀֊•́)✧】

Looking at the system notifications, Lu Zhan felt that although only a few brief lines were displayed on the screen, the hardship behind those words was all too real.

He really had worked hard for this.

Lu Zhan clenched his fist, and his joints crackled. He could feel the powerful strength surging within his body.

The sixth and seventh levels of the Qi Condensation Realm appeared to be separated by only a single level, but this was the dividing line between the middle stage and the late stage of Qi Condensation.

Though he had only advanced by one level, his strength had doubled.

Not long afterward, Lu Zhan finally arrived at the place Li Zeyu had ntioned. It was a lake. The surface of the water shimred, and several ancient trees along the shore cast their reflections upon it.

From ti to ti, a few birds perched on the branches, while the cries of cicadas grew ever sharper. Lu Zhan’s sudden arrival shattered the forest’s stillness, and the birds burst into the air in alarm.

Suddenly, the sound of battle ca from the distance.

“Damn it, has soone else beaten to that Demon Beast?”

Lu Zhan’s heart tightened at once.

This was a Demon Beast at the eighth level of the Qi Condensation Realm. If he killed it, the system would surely award him a great many Slaughter Points.

He imdiately dashed toward the sound.

Before long, he saw a giant python more than thirty ters long fighting a young man.

That person was none other than Wang Botao, one of the favorites to take first place. But at this mont, he was already covered in wounds and looked thoroughly bedraggled.

“Damn it, how can this Demon Beast possibly be this strong?!”

Wang Botao had been pursuing a Demon Beast at the sixth level of the Qi Condensation Realm all the way here.

Unexpectedly, once he reached the lakeside, it vanished without a trace. Just as he was feeling disappointed, a giant python shot out from the grass.

At first, he had been quite delighted.

But that delight had not lasted long, because the giant python actually possessed the strength of the eighth level of the Qi Condensation Realm.

anwhile, Wang Botao himself was only at the seventh level of the Qi Condensation Realm.

At the sa level, Demon Beasts were already stronger than humans. And this one was even a full level above him.

He had not hesitated at all and had turned to flee imdiately.

That sort of situation was quite common in the assessnt. No one could predict whether they would run into a Demon Beast stronger than themselves.

If they did, it simply ant they were unlucky.

But Wang Botao wanted to run, while the giant python clearly had no such intention. It had already marked Wang Botao as its prey.

The python’s relentless pursuit naturally infuriated Wang Botao.

And so, man and beast began to fight.

But the longer Wang Botao fought, the more alard he beca, because to his horror, he discovered that he could not even break through the python’s defenses.

By this point, three of his ribs had already been broken.

But the giant python was completely unhard.

Then, in a single mont of carelessness—

This is bad!

He cried out in alarm, and the giant python’s tail struck him squarely.

He was sent flying backward and slamd into a large tree.

“Cough, cough, cough!”

Wang Botao coughed violently, a Teleportation Talisman clutched in his hand.

He was hesitating.

He could not defeat this giant python, and he could not escape it either. It now seed that abandoning the assessnt was his only remaining choice.

Inside the Demon Extermination Bureau, many people had also noticed this scene.

They could not help sighing.

“What a pity. Wang Botao is truly too unlucky. He’s currently second on the leaderboard.”

“Didn’t any of you notice? Isn’t that giant python a little too absurdly strong?”

“That is true. The seventh and eighth levels of the Qi Condensation Realm both belong to the late stage of Qi Condensation. There should be a gap, yes, but not so large that he cannot even break its defense.”

“Perhaps that giant python encountered so fortuitous opportunity.”

“Wait, look. That expert nad Lu Zhan has also reached the giant python.”

“He did not get lost, did he?”

“I do not think so. He is probably heading straight for that giant python.”

“It’s over. He may be strong, but he is absolutely no match for that giant python.”

“If a prodigy like Lu Zhan gets eliminated, do you think the Demon Extermination Bureau might recruit him through special admission?”

“Hmph! Just because he has a little talent and strength, he dares charge recklessly around the Demon Nest. If he gets eliminated, then he deserves it. As for special recruitnt, that is pure fantasy. The Demon Extermination Bureau is not lacking in geniuses.”

“I suggest you show a little kindness. Brother Lu broke through three levels in a single day. Even in the talent-filled Demon Extermination Bureau, that kind of aptitude is rare.”

……

In the observation area, Li Cunguang raised his brows when he saw this.

“Old Zhao, isn’t that giant python’s physical body abnormally strong?”

Zhao Jun stared at the giant python and fell into thought. Only after a while did he say gravely, “It must have swallowed so kind of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.”

“If I rember correctly, there is a Vajra Fruit Tree in the Demon Nest.”

“When I saw that the Vajra Fruit had not yet ripened, I did not pick it. I thought I would leave the examinees a bit of good fortune. I never expected that beast to get there first.”

Li Cunguang was sowhat speechless.

“That giant python’s physical body should now be comparable to that of the Aperture Opening Realm, should it not?”

“That was not leaving the examinees a stroke of fortune. That was setting them an ordeal far beyond their level.”

Zhao Jun smiled bitterly. “Let us not even talk about that now. Lu Zhan seems to have his eye on that giant python. What should we do if he gets eliminated?”

To be honest, it would be a pity if a talent like Lu Zhan were not brought into the Demon Extermination Bureau.

Li Cunguang frowned. “It is still too early to discuss that. If it really cos to it... do we not still have three special recruitnt slots?”

At those words, Zhao Jun nodded.

“That is true. Using a special recruitnt slot on that boy would hardly be a waste.”

Inside the Demon Nest, Wang Botao heard the sound of approaching footsteps. It was not hard to guess that soone had co to hunt the giant python.

“That Demon Beast is not sothing you can kill. You should run while you still can.”

He had originally thought it would be Shangguan Ling who had arrived, but after seeing that it was an unfamiliar face, he could not help feeling disappointed as he offered the warning.

“And you, when you’re about to be beaten to death by this giant python, are still trying to stop ?”

When Wang Botao heard that, he nearly coughed up blood from anger.

He had offered a kind warning, only for this man’s words to be so infuriatingly sharp.

“I do not care if you want to hunt this giant python, but let warn you: although its realm is only the eighth level of the Qi Condensation Realm, its physical body is already comparable to that of an Aperture Opening Realm Demon Beast. If you die in a mont, do not bla .”