CHAPTER 108: CHAPTER 95: ANNIHILATING THE DEMON PEOPLE_2

Suddenly, he crouched down, concealed himself, and with a shake, transformed into a Flower Fox Mink, clutching his clothes and weapons before swiftly leaving the spot. He could smell that there were only three people left in the courtyard: two severely injured, and another with an aura similar to the one who had come to kill.

When Su Liu arrived at the small hillside, there was no sign of anyone. Unexpectedly, inside the ruins of the residential building, Yang Xiaoshu, who was rummaging through the debris, suddenly felt a gust of wind in the air and instinctively rolled on the ground. When he turned his head back, he saw a door hurtling towards him, covering his face and obstructing his view.

It turned out that Chen Ku had lured the tiger away from the mountain. After transforming into a Flower Fox Mink, he arrived there unnoticed and kicked the door, sending it flying towards Yang Xiaoshu.

Yang Xiaoshu’s expression shifted slightly, and he immediately pulled out a Talisman Paper, tossing it forward. It landed on the wooden door and exploded on impact. BOOM! Wood shavings filled the air!

However, behind the cloud of wooden debris, a staff, carrying the force of a tornado, swept up all the dust and shavings and smashed down on his forehead!

No! I’m going to die! Yang Xiaoshu’s mind went blank as he felt the terrifying power behind the staff, knowing it was not something he could withstand, especially since he wasn’t carrying any weapons. He could only twist his face in a fierce howl, "Peace to the world!"

In an instant, light shone from seven or eight spots on his body. These were the Talisman Papers stuck to him, which he activated with his Qi Power as a last resort.

[Demon Person Yang Xiaoshu has explosive talisman techniques, intending harm to the master...]

Accompanied by this warning, Yang Xiaoshu’s body emitted a fiery light, about to explode.

"Want to explode? Die first, then explode!" Chen Ku smacked down with his staff. The air currents in the ten-zhang expanse above slightly collapsed, instantly causing the Talisman Papers on Yang Xiaoshu’s body to shatter, followed by... BOOM! A staff smashed Yang Xiaoshu’s body, sending his corpse flying far away and exploding against a wall, leaving only a head behind.

"Leader Yang!" The two severely injured Demon People of the Force Transformation Realm let out a startled and horrified howl, "Peace to the world!" Then they too emitted light.

"Still exploding?" But they were met with a cold glance from Chen Ku, who flew up and swept his staff across, exploding their bodies and leaving their heads behind.

[Diagram Master killed Peak of Inner Qi Demon Person Yang Xiaoshu...obtained a stream of Evil Qi]

[Diagram Master killed peak Force Transformation Demon Person...obtained two streams of Evil Qi]

After eradicating these three, Chen Ku glanced at the staff in his hand and his palm. Indeed, under the power of the Mountain-Lifting Palm Force and the great achievement Skyward Strike, combined with his Root Bone Qi Power, a sneak attack could kill even a Peak of Inner Qi expert... It’s just that the explosive power of the Talisman Paper was a bit difficult to defend against.

Meanwhile, Su Liu, who had taken two Inner Qi experts in pursuit, also heard the explosion from the courtyard behind him, and his face changed drastically. "Bad, he has an accomplice! This is a diversion! Quick, go back and help Old Yang!"

However, just as they headed back, they saw a figure running out of the courtyard from a distance. From the looks of it, the figure did not seem to move quickly, almost as if they were just an ordinary person.

"I’ll chase after that person to find out exactly who they are. You go help Old Yang!" Su Liu took off after the figure again.

The remaining two Inner Qi experts cautiously approached the courtyard. From a distance, they saw a mess of blood and flesh on the ground with three heads lying there... It seemed the murderer had already left.

"Leader Yang, Thin Snake... Grey Pig... Whoever it is, we will kill him! We will kill him!" With eyes glaring furiously, the two rushed towards the three heads. But just as they entered the courtyard, a staff struck from behind the broken earthen wall straight at them! Skyward Strike! BANG! A staff blasted one Inner Qi expert! At the same time, the Flower Fox Mink, after that one strike, bit the other to death.

「Elsewhere,」

as Su Liu continued the chase, he found that the person had disappeared midway. He then realized he seemed to have been played again! Illusion Technique? In fact, that was just an Incarnation of Du Xiaodao created by Chen Ku, merely at the Strength Training Realm, designed to attract attention and disperse the strength of this group of people. His heart was immediately shocked. He hastily turned back.

By the time Su Liu returned to the ruins of the civilian houses, he saw five human heads, laid out together. In the yard, a figure wearing a Conical Hat, with arms crossed and holding a staff, stood quietly waiting for him.

"You! It’s you! How is this possible! Just now you were on the hillside! Could you possibly know a Cloning Technique?!" Su Liu took a slight step back in shock. Yet he saw the other party lower their Conical Hat slightly with a raised hand, grasped the staff, and without a word, stepped forward with a sweeping strike!

"Ah! Kill!" Su Liu felt the power of the strike, his mind trembled, but some kind of fervent faith allowed him to fight without fear of death. Wielding the Peach Wood Sword, he charged at Chen Ku. CLANG! The staff clashed with the sword. His Peach Wood Sword, reinforced with a Divine Talisman, was actually cracked by the blow.

Chen Ku sneered in his heart, You have an enchantment, I have one too. While he was waiting, he dismantled the third Transformation Diagram, removed Du Xiaodao, and replaced it with Demon Talisman Transformation, fortifying his weapon. At the same time, he swapped the Golden-eyed White Feathered Sculpture for the Blood Blade. Tonight, he had dismantled three Transformation Diagrams consecutively. Each entered a cooldown period, but this was the strongest combat transformation combination Chen Ku could form at the moment.

BOOM! The figures of the two intertwined, the staff and sword clashing repeatedly. Each collision felt to Su Liu as though he was being hit by a mountain... After three moves! His sword shattered, his strength was spent, and a shadow of the staff dominated his vision. "Peace to the world!"

[Diagram Master kills Su Liu, a Demon Person at the Peak of Inner Qi...]

This one was stronger than the one before. I went all out; the strongest transformation combination, Four Elephants Root Bone, weapon enchantment, plus the Blood Blade just in case... and he was still able to withstand three moves before dying. Chen Ku lowered his Conical Hat, reflecting on the fight, and arrived at a conclusion: Direct confrontation is inferior to ambush.

He turned back into the ruins, making sure there were no survivors, before starting to clean up the battlefield and collect his spoils.

In the end, Chen Ku used the Fine Dog Sense of the Flower Fox Mink to successfully find the items with the strongest scent of Demon People Gate from a pile of rubble... Aside from clothes and miscellaneous items, it was a pair of large chests.

One of the chests contained roughly over a thousand pieces of that "Talisman Paper" used to treat Hu Zi’s illness. The other large chest held eight or nine Peach Wood Swords, each also affixed with "Demon Talisman Paper," made of the same material as the one Ling had. There was also a small booklet, one thousand taels of silver notes, and plenty of small change of silver.

This more than one thousand taels of silver was probably the operating funds of these few people. Indeed, it’s more than enough for activities in such a small town. Chen Ku casually opened the booklet, and with the first line that caught his eye, he knew what it was: "Yellow Heaven nurtures the bountiful earth, the Wise Master descends upon heaven and earth, bestows blessings upon all the world’s people, peace to protect our homeland..."

This was clearly the doctrine for preaching of Peace Path. Inside, it mentioned they revered an existence called the "God of the Yellow Heaven," described through the "Great Way of the Heavenly Scripture." "At that time, the God of the Yellow Heaven, in the Great Luo Realm, was expounding the true scripture to all the immortals and great saints. Beneath the Miro Tree, the Jade Emperor kowtowed, his right knee on the ground, palms pressed together respectfully, and asked our God: ’How can one achieve the Mixed Yuan Fruit Position...’"

Chen Ku was speechless. How does this look anything but a haphazardly concocted fiction? If your Peace Path is so powerful, why bother preaching in the countryside?

However, Chen Ku briefly scanned the booklet and found at least one truth in it: the existence of the so-called recipient of the "Heavenly Mandate Talisman," the Peace Path Leader, who was also revered in the Peace Path as "Son of the Yellow Heaven," and "The Most Sacred and Wise Teacher."

A toad aspiring to eat swan flesh... still ’The Most Sacred and Wise Teacher’... Chen Ku did not want to look at this nonsensical fantasy any longer. He simply packed up the silver notes, Talisman Paper, bagged the heads, and left.

Taking advantage of the night, he returned to Baojiao County, changed his appearance, and entered the Grey Clothes Tower. "Six Peace Path Demon People, heads here. Two at Inner Qi Perfection, two at Inner Qi, Initial Period, two at the Peak of Force Transformation... if the verification turns out to be true, let’s settle accounts."