Chapter 163: Too Scary—Who Made This?

After harvesting a large amount of Military Merit, Jiang Chen wants to change his monster‑grinding method.

This time, Jiang Chen decides not to toss corpses into the Spatial Tunnel, to avoid attracting the Flame Demon King's attention.

He knows his strength is far insufficient to confront the Flame Demon King; the first two successes were merely luck, and the next time he might die.

Now he is still far too weak to venture and provoke the Flame Demon King, so he decides to wait for demons to emerge from the Spatial Tunnel on their own, then slay them one by one.

Jiang Chen's confidence comes from his understanding of his own strength; he firmly believes that someday he will surpass the Flame Demon King.

But now, his power gap is too great; it's not worth provoking this powerful BOSS.

Shortly after, the Spatial Tunnel lights up with countless red specks again, and eye‑shaped demons surge out.

Before they can even see this side of the world, they have no time to let out a Roar.

Only a booming sound.

Their pupils lose focus, consciousness vanishes, they die cleanly, instantly erased by Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen lowers his hand that released the Skill, easily instantly slays this batch of Abyss Demons, gaining nearly 1,000 Military Merit; together with his previous merit, he now has 1,800 Military Merit.

Jiang Chen's rank is promoted, becoming a One-Star Second Lieutenant.

For a typical Demon Hunter, this achievement would require a year and a half on Battlefield No. 3, but for Jiang Chen it takes only a few days.

Lin Caier giggles, "You've become a One-Star Second Lieutenant, so I'm about to become a One-Star Second Lieutenant too."

Their Military Merit differs by little, only about 600.

Jiang Chen's rank rises, and Lin Caier is close as well.

Jiang Chen smiles at her, "Your rank can also be promoted soon."

Lin Caier's face slightly...

…flushed, she gently hums, and says nothing further.

Jiang Chen realizes his words were inappropriate, quickly explains, "I meant your rank can be promoted."

Lin Caier understands; she is also about to be promoted to One-Star Second Lieutenant.

Shortly after, a third wave of demons erupts from the Spatial Tunnel. Jiang Chen slashes again, easily earning Military Merit.

Lin Caier's Military Badge glitters, with an extra star added.

The larger the Spatial Tunnel, the more stable it becomes.

So far it has persisted for over 10 minutes.

As time passes, the Spatial Tunnel gradually becomes unstable; six waves of demons have already appeared.

Jiang Chen and Lin Caier's Military Merit rapidly increase, bringing them thousands of merit.

The corpses outside the tunnel have piled into a small hill; Skeleton Warriors have to clear some away so the tunnel isn't blocked.

However, Jiang Chen begins to feel uneasy, as the Spatial Tunnel's stability starts to decline.

He estimates another wave of demons is coming.

As expected, shortly after, the final wave of demons appears.

This time there are only five pairs of crimson eyes, spaced widely, indicating they are High-Level Nightmare Demons; their power is immense and cannot accommodate many.

Jiang Chen realizes this is a challenge, because once High-Level Nightmare Demons appear, they become leaders of other demons, summon Man-eating Monsters and launch attacks on Human Professionals.

They are likely to head to a nearby Instance Entrance, seeking Human Professionals.

Fortunately, they encounter Jiang Chen; what lies behind the Spatial Tunnel is unknown to others.

The back of the Spatial Tunnel cannot see the situation in the Alien Battlefield; waves line up to deliver Military Merit.

Finally, the last

…wave of big cargo arrives.

Four High-level Demons pass through the Spatial Tunnel to the Alien Battlefield.

Boom!

Before they can react, an Explosion erupts.

The four High-level Demons let out a simultaneous wail, blown away by the blast.

They are High-level Demons; in both power and vitality they far surpass Ordinary Demons, and a single blast cannot kill them.

They smell the scent of corpses, the smell of demon corpses.

Something went wrong here; the demons that came all died.

Boom!

Another fierce Explosion follows.

The four demons are heavily damaged again.

Jiang Chen gives them no chance to struggle.

Again, two consecutive Corpse Explosions occur.

The troops fall before triumph, dying first.

The four demons, filled with boundless melancholy, bid farewell to the world.

"Kill Level 40 Abyssal Blade Demon, Experience +80,000, Military Merit +500"

Four identical prompts appear in succession, instantly adding 2,000 Military Merit.

Abyssal Blade Demon.

Each of them has eight arms.

The arms are shaped like great blades, razor‑sharp; one can imagine how formidable they are when swung.

Unfortunately, they die before they can even swing a single slash.

The Spatial Tunnel twists ever more violently, rippling like water waves.

Although crimson eyes now reappear behind the Spatial Tunnel, its instability prevents them from approaching.

You don't dare to come, right!

Jiang Chen's mouth twitched slightly, his heart stirred, and the two Skeletons, one left and one right, threw the two Abyssal Blade Demons into the Spatial Tunnel.

At the moment the Abyssal Blade Demon entered the Spatial Tunnel, the Skill activated.

A faint wail came from behind the Spatial Tunnel.

A prompt appeared simultaneously.

"Kill Level 40 Abyssal Blade Demon, Experience +80000, Military Merit +500"

"Kill Level 40"

Level Abyssal Shadow Demon, Experience +80000, Military Merit +500"

A continuous dozen-plus.

Military Merit instantly increased by 7000.

He and Lin Caier each got 7000.

The Military Badge became intensely hot and dazzling.

A star reappeared on the silver Military Badge.

Military Merit 22000, Two-Star Second Lieutenant.

The final wave, blood profit.

Lin Caier jumped up happily: "I leveled up, I leveled up."

"I became a parent so quickly, a son or a daughter?" Jiang Chen teased.

Swish.

Lin Caier's excitement stopped there, her whole little face flushed bright red.

She hummed, turned around, lowered her head and ignored the guy.

Usually looking dazed, now why the sudden quick reaction?

It's just that I said the wrong thing.

Lin Caier, face red, suddenly slipped her small hand into a pair of warm big hands.

Jiang Chen smiled faintly: "Let's go."

Lin Caier bowed her red face, didn't resist, and let Jiang Chen pull her away.

The Spatial Tunnel burst like a bubble and vanished.

Only the ground full of Demon corpses remained.

Beside the "Three-number Battlefield World" Instance, hundreds of professionals stood in strict formation.

They waited left and right but no Demon arrived.

The base's warning was certainly correct; a large Spatial Tunnel indeed appeared nearby.

But why were no Demons coming?

Now the Spatial Tunnel has vanished, where have the Demons gone?

The base guard advanced toward the direction of the Spatial Tunnel.

The professionals also hurried after.

After walking for a while, they saw corpses everywhere.

The ground was full of Demon corpses, some piled into small hills, clearly artificial.

"What's happening!"

"Who raised a hand and killed so many Demons."

"Not only Ordinary Demons, but also Level 40 high-level Demons

Demons."

"I think this is an Abyssal Blade Demon, hard to deal with, how did it die so easily?"

"Could it be that some Boss happened to pass by and casually slaughtered these guys?"

"That move was too fast; these Demons clearly didn't even resist and were killed instantly."

Wu Lingdong and a few others: you look at me, I look at you.

They felt this scene was so familiar.

Yang Qin was not quite sure: "It couldn't have been Jiang Chen's doing, right?"

Wu Lingdong said in a deep voice: "It's very possible; Jiang Chen's skill could fully achieve this."

"I was just worried about him earlier; seems that was unnecessary."

"Jiang Chen daring to come here to hunt Demons must have his own confidence."

The few also breathed a sigh of relief, Wu Lingdong waved his hand: "Let's go back, continue leveling. After reaching th Level, we can also become Demon Hunters, killing Demons to earn Military Merit."

"Alright!"

The few quickly returned, preparing to re-enter the Instance.

A group stared at the Demon corpses, studied for ages but discovered nothing.

In the end they could only retreat.

At least the Demons were dealt with, not a bad thing.

Killing Demons is the All-Human Race's responsibility and duty.

In the following days, Jiang Chen and Lin Caier kept wandering deep in Battlefield No. 3.

Unfortunately they never encountered a Spatial Tunnel again.

They could only find scattered Demons to kill.

The most killed were actually Man-eating Monsters.

Four days later, the two's military merit increased a bit.

Jiang Chen's military merit reached 24,311, still a bit away from Three-Star Second Lieutenant.

Lin Caier'er leaned on Jiang Chen and said softly, "We should go back tomorrow."

There are three days left until the Professional Competition.

Tomorrow, return to Shen.

Long University, rest for a day, then regroup with Fang Hongxiu and a few others, and head to Hangcheng together to take part in the Professional Competition.

Jiang Chen calculated that the timing was about right.

They have been out for seven days, the tasks to be done are finished, and it's time to go back.

They still need to return to Shenlong University to submit a task.

Lin Caier'er looked at the sky and said, "It's a pity we can't see the stars here, nor the sunrise."

Jiang Chen patted Lin Caier'er's small head and said, "Hangcheng is by the sea; we can watch the sunrise over the water."

Lin Caier'er's eyes lit up: "Not far from Hangcheng there is a small sea island, and inside the island there is an Instance. It is said that at the deepest part of the Instance lies a High Mountain where the most beautiful sunrise can be seen."

Jiang Chen smiled, "Alright, let's go there."

Such a small request can naturally be fulfilled.

Buzz!

A rumbling sound came.

The two exchanged a glance and simultaneously produced the Fixed-Point Teleport Stone that Yi Ning gave them.

"Battlefield Ghost King!" Lin Caier'er called out softly.

"Let's go!"

Remembering the promise he made with Yi Ning, Jiang Chen did not hesitate at this moment.