[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday":3,"chapter-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-the-imperial-hounds-of-the-eight-hour-workday-chapter-620":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Imperial Hound on an Eight-Hour Shift",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2225678,4113,"Chapter 620: True Constancy Killing Intent","the-imperial-hounds-of-the-eight-hour-workday-chapter-620",620,"\u003Cp>\"The time I spent cultivating the five-path Heaven-Man realm before...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Never exceeded ten breaths.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the words fell, Li Miao punched out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As this punch was struck—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky, brightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Fu was startled and looked up, seeing the morning sun in the sky, the slow sunlight spilling down, windless and waveless, the surrounding ruins and corpses wrapped in halos of light, blood rippling out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao’s inner heart illusion dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the immense killing intent belonging to Li Miao, which had been locked onto Xu Fu throughout the previous struggle, vanished as well. Even for Xu Fu, Li Miao’s unprecedented killing intent was difficult to endure. Xu Fu only felt his body lighten, but his heart sank abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wrong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she didn't know what happened, one finger was not enough!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the thought arose, Xu Fu suddenly disappeared from where she was, her speed even faster than the Qi she had unleashed before; the two arrived in front of Li Miao almost at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Whoosh!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Fu waved her palm, sideways horizontally blocking Li Miao’s fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, her other hand swung violently, intersecting with the previously unleashed Qi at the highest point, pouring the True Constancy divine intent and Sumeru Qi, which were condensed like substance, into it, and then with one hand, she smashed it toward Li Miao’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unquestionable killing move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her haste, even the Sumeru realm could not completely contain the aftershock of the killing move, so a few extremely tiny strands of Qi leaked out—instantly setting off a shrill sonic boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should not be...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Fu blocked horizontally with her left hand and swung with her right, looking directly at Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two were almost face-to-face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ten breaths... this is impossible...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if that person scattered his cultivation and recultivated, it would take at least three days to cultivate a Heaven-Man realm from no foundation to completion... Before today, Li Miao hadn't even seen the True Constancy cultivation method, how could he cultivate it within ten breaths...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bluffing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, with Li Miao’s temperament, he shouldn't do such a thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could his talent be stronger than that person’s?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is even more impossible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Fu’s eyes were full of disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew the horror of Master Monk better than her. Since the beginning of martial arts, heroes of the Ordinary Jianghu were like crucian carp crossing the river, knights, swordsmen, enchantresses, demons, high monks, and masters, but they were all just mediocre people walking along the path opened by Master Monk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can be said that if Xu Fu hadn't obtained Master Monk’s realm, she wouldn't even have the thought of competing with Master Monk... because she couldn't imagine that anyone in this world could really contend with Master Monk, whether in strength, realm, or talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only one who can deal with Master Monk is himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thought was the truth for Xu Fu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she couldn't believe at all that anyone’s talent would be stronger than Master Monk’s!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, but... she felt danger from Li Miao with certainty and instinct—deadly danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao’s five senses were still mastered by [Silent Illumination].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn't even a trace of killing intent on Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no protective Qi on Li Miao’s fist, no hard training cultivation method, just an ordinary, slow punch. In the center of Xu Fu’s vision, this punch intersected with her horizontally blocked left palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Bang.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very slight muffled sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was like a spark falling into gunpowder—instantly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the intersection of the fist and palm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost, substantial, violent killing intent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exploded with a roar! \u003C\u002Fp>",614,"2026-06-17T21:54:32.236Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","dbc0597d3f37e6c592039d4a3440b5eb03e09da870702e858741ba059b349445","the-imperial-hounds-of-the-eight-hour-workday-chapter-621","the-imperial-hounds-of-the-eight-hour-workday-chapter-619",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]