The prehistoric infrastructure maniac

Chapter 161 Chaos Erupts in Jizhou

Unexpectedly, Su Hu's son, who was not well-known, was not only skilled in martial arts but also knew Taoist arts.

Chong Houhu, due to his carelessness, not only suffered heavy losses, but was also pursued and killed by Su Quanzhong's troops for more than ten miles. He was in a very sorry state!
If it weren't for his loyal subordinates who risked their lives to stop him, he himself would probably have been captured alive by Su Quanzhong.

During his escape, Chong Houhu happened to encounter his younger brother, Chong Heihu, the Marquis of Caozhou, who had come to help him with troops and supplies.

Chong Heihu has been cultivating Taoism with a strange man since childhood. Not only is his martial arts skill remarkable, but he also raises a fierce iron-beaked divine eagle, which is quite formidable.

Therefore, even knowing that Su Quanzhong was quite brave and knew Taoist arts, and should be a cultivator, Chong Heihu did not care too much.

He thought Su Quanzhong was young and probably only knew some minor magic, enough to fool ordinary people, but Chong Heihu was full of confidence and not afraid at all.

The following day, outside the city of Jizhou, thousands of elite Jizhou soldiers stood ready in battle before the two armies.

Clad in silver-white armor, wielding a gleaming silver spear that shimmered with five-colored light, and riding a flawless white steed, Su Quanzhong faced the returning army of Chong Houhu and couldn't help but sneer:

"Chong Houhu, I spared your life yesterday, but you still dare to invade my Ji Province. Do you really think I wouldn't dare to kill you?"

Chong Houhu was furious upon hearing this, while Chong Heihu, standing to the side, smiled confidently:
“Brother, don’t be angry. This Su Quanzhong is a brave young man, but he is still young. How much skill can he have? He is too arrogant because he has learned some Taoist magic! Let me capture him and hand him over to you for disposal.”

“Hmm,” Chong Houhu nodded slightly, looking coldly at Su Quanzhong opposite him, and said, “I’m sorry to trouble you, my brother! You must be careful not to fall for his magic.”

After giving Chong Houhu a slight nod and a smile, Chong Heihu rode his mount, the Fiery-Eyed Golden-Pierced Beast, to the front of the formation.

"Arrogant brat of the Su family, your grandfather Chong Heihu is here. Do you dare to fight me?"

"Oh? Chong Heihu?" Su Quanzhong raised an eyebrow slightly and couldn't help but sneer with a hint of sarcasm.

"Is your elder brother Chong Houhu afraid of me? He doesn't dare to go into battle himself, but sends his younger brother to his death?"

"Arrogant brat!" Upon hearing this, Chong Heihu's face darkened, and he couldn't help but shout. He brandished two golden axes and urged his Fiery-Eyed Beast to attack Su Quanzhong.

Su Quanzhong, undaunted, spurred his horse forward, spear in hand, the gleaming silver spear transforming into a phantom as he met Chong Heihu.

"Quan Zhong, be careful, don't be careless!" On the city wall of Jizhou, Su Hu, who was watching the battle with the generals of Jizhou, saw Chong Heihu with a serious expression and frowned, and shouted a reminder.

In the blink of an eye, accompanied by the sound of weapons clashing, Su Quanzhong and Chong Heihu were engaged in fierce combat.

After exchanging blows for more than ten rounds, Su Quanzhong, whose silver spear was glowing red as if it were on fire, swept his spear horizontally towards Chong Heihu with a gust of scorching wind.
The powerful and violent spear strike terrified Chong Heihu, who hurriedly grabbed two golden axes and crossed them to block it.

With a crisp clang, one of the golden axes flew out of his hand. Chong Heihu, whose tiger's mouth was split open and whose other hand was barely holding onto the golden axe, hurriedly turned around on his Fiery-Eyed Beast and tried to escape.

"Stop running!" Su Quanzhong shouted and spurred his horse to give chase, his bright silver spear stabbing mercilessly straight at Chong Heihu's back.

But Chong Heihu, who turned his head to look, revealed a cold smile: "What a ruthless kid!"

The next moment, a red gourd suddenly appeared behind the crouching Chong Heihu.

A stream of black mist shot out from the mouth of the red gourd, spreading out like a net. A hoarse sound came from within the black mist, and a pair of jet-black wings spread out, covering the sky and shining the sun. It was an Iron-Beaked Divine Eagle, which opened its beak and pecked at Su Quanzhong.

With a sneer, Su Quanzhong, unperturbed and neither dodging nor evading, simply pointed his gleaming silver spear, red-hot like a branding iron, into the air, and instantly, scorching flames erupted from it.
The Iron-Beaked Divine Eagle was startled as if it had crashed into a sea of ​​fire. It hurriedly flapped its wings and flew up, its wings and the black feathers on its chest charred. Then it turned into a wisp of black smoke and disappeared into the large gourd on Chong Heihu's back.

"What?" Chong Heihu was startled, his eyes widening as he stared at the fire-breathing spear in Su Quanzhong's hand:

"Su Quanzhong, you brat, what is your background? Where did you get this divine spear? It can spew out such powerful flames that even my Iron-Beaked Divine Eagle can't withstand it?"

"Chong Heihu, prepare to die!" Su Quanzhong, having extinguished his flames, roared and charged at Chong Heihu once more.

Now Chong Heihu dared not be careless. He quickly took out a small black flag, which grew larger in the wind and transformed into a black banner in which various poisonous insects and creatures were faintly visible. Black poisonous energy spread and swept towards Su Quanzhong.

With a hiss, Su Quanzhong once again set fire to the spear in his hand. The blazing flames transformed into a wall of fire, blocking the poisonous aura and quickly burning it away.

"This kid's spear is really troublesome!" Seeing that Su Quanzhong had blocked two of his trump cards in succession with his spear, Chong Heihu couldn't help but feel a headache.

"We can't fight him head-on, or my Hundred Poison Banner will be ruined," Chong Heihu gritted his teeth and rode away on his Fiery-Eyed Beast, signaling Chong Houhu to retreat. Only after he was far away did he recall his magical treasure, the Hundred Poison Banner. Just as Su Quanzhong was about to give chase, Su Hu, watching from the city walls, shouted, "Quanzhong, don't pursue a desperate enemy!"

Somewhat unwilling, Su Quanzhong still ordered his troops to return to the city.

Meanwhile, at the summit of Babao Peak on Jiuding Iron Fork Mountain, Shi Mo, who was drinking tea, watched the entire battle between Su Quanzhong and Chong Heihu that had appeared in mid-air before him. He couldn't help but smile and look at the handsome man in the golden brocade robe with a sharp aura beside him: "Kong Xuan, you've trained this disciple quite well!"

“However, those five-wheeled spears were forged from innate five-element spiritual materials. The five elements rotate and complement each other, with endless mysteries. Although they are acquired spiritual treasures and divine weapons, their power is extraordinary. You bestowed them upon your disciple so easily; you are truly generous,” Shi Mo continued.

Kong Xuan respectfully replied, "Teacher, Quan Zhong hasn't been cultivating for long, and his cultivation level is limited. Without the Five-Round Spear, he simply can't do anything to Chong Heihu. If he's easily dealt with, wouldn't that make you lose face in the future?"

"Hehe. You've been protecting the Yin Shang for so long, and you've taken in quite a few disciples! I'm afraid my lineage of sages will rise from you," Shi Mo said with a chuckle.

"Teacher, I was just bored in the human race, and when I saw some promising young humans, I couldn't help but give them some pointers," Kong Xuan said, sounding a little nervous and apprehensive.

Shi Mo waved his hand and smiled, "It's alright! Would your master stop you from taking on disciples? It's just that if you take on these disciples, I'm afraid the karmic consequences of this great calamity will be quite significant!"

“With my teacher’s protection, I am naturally not afraid of the calamities that may befall me in this mortal world,” Kong Xuan said.

"Ultimately, there are some tribulations that you have to overcome on your own. Only after you overcome them can you truly be carefree and at ease," Shi Mo smiled noncommittally.

As the master and apprentice were talking, unable to defeat Su Quanzhong, Chong Houhu and Chong Heihu could only cut off Jizhou's connection with the outside world and besiege Jizhou.

However, Jizhou still had a sufficient amount of grain, and with the arrival of the grain supervisor Zheng Lun, who was escorted into the city with the help of Su Quanzhong, Chong Houhu and his men's siege strategy was simply a helpless move.

Moreover, Zheng Lun, confident in his abilities, volunteered to fight the very next day to deal with Chong Heihu.

Feeling extremely frustrated, Chong Heihu saw the general from Jizhou provoking him and was somewhat skeptical that Zheng Lun could be as formidable and troublesome as Su Quanzhong. Therefore, he decided to take down Zheng Lun to vent his anger.

Unfortunately, Chong Heihu underestimated Zheng Lun! Before he could even use his Iron-Beaked Divine Eagle and Hundred Poison Banner, he was dismounted by Zheng Lun, captured alive, and brought back to the city.

Upon learning that Zheng Lun had captured Chong Heihu alive, Su Hu was overjoyed and immediately ordered a banquet to celebrate Zheng Lun's victory.

However, just when they thought Chong Houhu would be too scared to fight and retreat, someone came to challenge them the very next day.

On the city wall of Jizhou, Su Quanzhong and Zheng Lun, who had come with Su Hu to inspect the city, were both annoyed to see a giant, over ten feet tall, shouting and cursing outside the city.

“This brute is courting death, my lord. I request permission to go and meet him,” Zheng Lun couldn’t help but say.

Su Hu didn't pay any attention to the big man and directly sent Zheng Lun into battle.

"Something's not right! There's something strange about this brute!" Watching the battle from the city wall, Su Quanzhong noticed that Zheng Lun's breathing technique was no match for the big man, and his expression changed slightly.

"What?" Zheng Lun, who was also a little flustered when he found that his hard-earned supernatural skills could not affect the other party, saw the big man suddenly grow into a hundred-foot giant as if facing the wind. His expression changed and he wanted to return to the city.

However, the giant reached out and grabbed Zheng Lun as easily as if he were a chick, slamming him hard to the ground, causing him to cough up blood, suffer severe injuries, and fall unconscious.

"Su Quanzhong, come down and face your death! Otherwise, I will blast open the gates of your Jizhou city!" The giant, speaking in a booming voice, looked directly down at Su Hu and his son Su Quanzhong on the city wall.

"Hmph!" With a cold snort, Su Quanzhong, his face slightly grim, directly flipped his hand and took out the bright silver spear, unleashing scorching flames at the giant.

However, the giant neither dodged nor flinched at the flames, remaining completely unharmed despite being engulfed in them. He then let out a low roar and slammed his fist, as large as a small hill, into the city wall of Jizhou.
With a deafening roar, the entire city wall shook violently, and the collapsed section blocked the city gate.

Su Quanzhong only had time to leap into the city with his father, Su Hu. Seeing the soldiers on the city wall either turned into mincemeat or were blown away, Su Quanzhong's eyes immediately turned red.

"You villain!" Su Quanzhong roared and flashed towards the giant.

However, immediately afterward, Su Quanzhong was sent flying by a palm strike from the other party.

However, a bloody wound appeared on the other person's palm, but it healed quickly.

Immediately afterwards, the giant took out a Xuanhua broad axe and cleaved it down with a single blow. The axe, which rapidly enlarged, split the ruined city wall in two.
Su Quanzhong, who had nimbly dodged the attack, unleashed a burst of five-colored light from his five-wheeled spear, instantly causing the giant to lose its target.

Under the cover of the rapidly spreading five-colored light, Su Quanzhong launched a series of sneak attacks, leaving the giant struggling to defend himself, and he was soon covered in wounds.
(End of this chapter)