Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 229 The Man with the Bomb
When the carriage exploded, Liu Xueya was also thrown out, rolled twice on the ground, and then stuck a knife into the ground, kneeling and vomiting blood repeatedly.

The land around the area that was struck by the black blade energy was becoming damp and soft, emitting a foul odor.

The few existing weeds rotted and changed color like sour mud, and withered away.

Chu Tianshu descended from the sky, pulled out the long sword stuck in the chassis of the truck, and with a flick of his wrist, unleashed seven sword energies in succession.

Hiss hiss hiss hiss!
The cyan sword energy, each about three feet long and as thin and sharp as a needle, struck Liu Xueya's body with lightning speed.

You could almost see seven thin rays of light moving through his body.

"what!"

Liu Xueya roared, her whole body trembling, but she couldn't move.

A deep, sinister aura was forced out of his body by the seven sword energies.

The verdant green hue rose above his head, coalescing into a menacing silhouette.

It was a large, deep blue snake with many bulges on its head and small, sharp spikes, and its outline somewhat resembled that of a crocodile.

However, its slender body surface is smoother than that of ordinary snakes, seemingly without scales, more like that of a loach.

Chu Tianshu moved swiftly and appeared in front of Liu Xueya.

The Three-Seven Divine Sword pierced through the serpent's chin, its tip protruding above its head.

"Hmph, I knew long ago that there was an evil spirit inside you!"

Chu Tianshu retreated again, pulling the entire strange snake out of Liu Xueya's body.

The snake's head was immobilized by the Three-Seven Divine Sword, while its body struggled incessantly.

With a flick of Chu Tianshu's left sleeve, more than a dozen silver needles landed on various segments of the snake's body.

The strange snake was finally completely subdued, but it was not dead for the time being. Its strange eyes rolled, and its dark yellow pupils revealed a look of rage and resentment.

hum! ! !
The sword hummed softly, and layers of clear blue light waves flowed down from the hilt and into the monstrous snake's body.

A moment later, Chu Tianshu let out a soft exclamation, only to find that as soon as his internal energy had worn away a bit of the evil energy, the other party could immediately replenish it by half.

He had already mastered the Yellow Sprout True Qi and was also practicing the Heaven-Piercing Divine Skill.

The damage this internal force inflicts on evil spirits is incomparable to that of ordinary internal force.

I have never encountered this situation before when I was slaying evil spirits.

However, the opponent's recovery speed is ultimately a fraction slower.

Chu Tianshu took a deep breath, and transparent flames ignited on the sword.

The cyan internal energy suppressed the flames and blasted them all into the strange snake's body.

The monstrous snake's coiled body, frozen in place, bulged with unevenly distributed lumps, spewing out white mist like leaking air.

A few seconds later, the entire snake exploded into bright green specks of light.

Chu Tianshu immediately summoned the Youdu token and glanced at it.

The Youdu Token seemed to pause for a moment before finally providing a large amount of explanation for the evil spirit from before.

【The Plague God of Zhongping (half a snake): When the people are corrupt and the people are suffering, there is war, plague, floods, famine and earthquake. Evil spirits are born in response to the plague and undergo repeated transformations to become the Plague God.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a large green snake entered the Wende Palace and coiled itself on the emperor's throne, causing panic among the officials. After a short while, it disappeared without a trace. Then, a rainbow appeared in the Jade Hall, all sorts of ominous signs.

Starting in the first month of the first year of Zhongping, an epidemic spread, causing disasters in all directions. The plague god unleashed his power, and the country was in turmoil.

This god had two bodies, one a rainbow and the other a serpent. He displayed his power for a short time before being sealed away. In the following hundred years, the dragon veins also disappeared.

The two bodies were sealed in the mortal world, manifesting their spirits sporadically for over a thousand years. Due to the return of the dragon vein, they were successively broken from their seals and urgently need recuperation.

Characteristics: First, the snake-chosen priest, who is possessed by the snake, is immune to all poisons and can adapt to various plague energies, integrating the ability to spread plagues into other schools of magic.

Second, through intermittent overcoming of limits, those possessed by the snake's body, as long as their vital organs are not damaged, can remain alive through repeated trials that push them beyond their limits. The damaged areas will experience an abnormal increase in vitality, and their power will gradually become tyrannical.

After reading the annotations, Chu Tianshu let out a soft hiss.

This is truly unexpected.

So weak, yet it's still half of the Plague God?
Well, strictly speaking, it's not weak.

Just thinking about the God of Flowing Waves, an existence whose bloodline descendants have all died out, yet even a fragment of his spirit can exert immense pressure on people.

In comparison, this plague god is doing terribly.

"That's a good thing."

Chu Tianshu's mind was churning with thoughts, but he had already turned towards the village.

However, before he even entered the village...

Over there, Huo Ming, gun in one hand and a young man in the other, rushed over.

Chu Tianshu noticed that Huo Ming was not grabbing the young man's belt directly, but rather using a brown rattan spear to tie the young man's waist.

Huo Ming's hand was gripping the rattan spear.

That rattan spear was a weapon specially made for him by Li Genyuan, the principal of the Yizhou Martial Arts Academy. It was soaked and dried seven times in medicinal oil. When it was being shaped and fixed, it was blessed with a spell. It was not afraid of being cut by knives or axes. Even if it was hit by an ordinary rifle bullet, it would only leave a white mark.

It is also very resilient; when soft, it can be coiled into a circle for collection.

"Have you resolved things on your end?"

Seeing the ground covered with people lying or kneeling, Huo Ming breathed a sigh of relief and began to explain.

"My first offensive failed to capture Chen Xuewen, and he even fired a warning shot. Fortunately, you managed to keep things under control here."

When Chu Tianshu walked through the crowd, he didn't knock everyone unconscious.

The most solid counterattacks are usually received by those who attempt to attack him.

However, having witnessed the battles just now, the remaining conscious people in Chenjiagou dared not make any rash moves.

"What aspect of his original power is it—speed, strength, or some kind of magic?" Chu Tianshu asked, sheathing his sword and grabbing Liu Xueya by the back of his collar, throwing him onto the truck.

Huo Ming also came over and put Chen Xuewen on the truck.

The truck was reduced to a bare chassis, completely exposed on all sides, making it convenient to place prisoners on it.

"Any attack will slow down once it reaches a certain range around him."

Huo Mingyang gestured with the gun in his hand, "Even bullets slow down when they hit him, and the effect is even more pronounced if you try to grab him with your hands."

"I tried to grab him several times and chased after him, but I couldn't catch him."

"But I found that some of my drive seemed to have been transferred to him out of thin air."

"It temporarily boosted his stamina and made his movements more agile."

"The True Explanation of the Tomb Tiger": A barren tomb slows down external forces, allowing the tiger within to escape.

The term "tomb" originally meant a cenotaph, where only clothing and hats were buried, not the actual person.

Upon hearing this and glancing at the rattan spear, Chu Tianshu roughly understood how Chen Xuewen had been captured.

This Chen Xuewen clearly doesn't have a good foundation in martial arts.

The rattan spear is flexible and resilient, going out and returning, looping back into a trap.

Even if the speed is slowed down, a few more moves will still be enough to restrict Chen Xuewen's position.

This forced him to touch part of his limbs to the gun barrel.

Once he touches the gun barrel, he will be unable to escape Huo Ming's control.

"Sima Yi's original text is truly amazing, and it's also thanks to his poor martial arts foundation that he was able to succeed."

Huo Ming sighed, "If he were in better physical condition, I wouldn't have been able to knock him out so easily."

Chu Tianshu chuckled softly.

"Then you underestimated him. It's true that you caught him, but his dizziness was an act."

Chu Tianshu tapped the truck's steel plate with his finger. "Still loading?"

Chen Xuewen opened his eyes, propped himself up on his arms, and slid down from the edge of the truck, his legs still a little weak.

"Chen had indeed fainted before, but he woke up relatively quickly."

Chen Xuewen said regretfully, "I shouldn't have woken up so quickly, as I ended up hearing some things I shouldn't have heard."

Chu Tianshu said meaningfully, "You are indeed a smart man. You guessed a lot of things just by hearing Sima Yi's words from the original text."

When Chen Xuewen obtained this original text half a year ago, he was unaware of the secrets of the dragon vein and only thought that it was a miraculous connection between Sima Yi and the previous life.

However, at that time, he also discovered that the Nine Provinces seemed to be in a three-way struggle between Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan.

At that time, Chen Xuewen inevitably had some delusions.

However, he was well aware of his own shallow foundation, so he was not driven by delusions and continued to live in seclusion, not daring to show his face.

It seems that even though he kept a low profile for the past six months, he was still being watched.

Chen Xuewen's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but when he saw the people lying all over the ground and looked at the two young men in front of him, he stopped.

He already knew in his heart that if the other party was determined, they could not be swayed by words alone, so he could only ask, "I wonder what you two intend to do with me?"

Chu Tianshu calmly said, "You should know how to deal with you."

Chen Xuewen frowned: "I dare not presume to know your intentions."

"You are a renowned and talented man."

Chu Tianshu said, "Over the years, don't you know what unethical and illegal things you've done? Can't you think of what punishment you should receive?"

Huo Ming was rather tolerant, saying, "He is well-versed in the ways of the former Qing Dynasty, but he may not know the laws and regulations of our Great Han Prefecture."

"Let me explain. According to what has been verified so far, he has only been in charge of the Hebei Academy for a few years. He is quite good at cultivating his reputation and has not oppressed the local people, much less caused harm to the surrounding areas."

"But he was happy to act as a go-between and offer advice to nearby officials. In many cases, he could be considered an accomplice. According to the law, he should be sentenced to ten years in prison."

The reason I say "currently" is because we don't yet know if there are any cases that haven't been investigated.

Chen Xuewen remained silent for a moment, then straightened his shirt.

"Why do you two need to lie and deceive? There are plenty of people in this world who should be in jail but aren't, and everyone else is worth it. Why would someone like you two personally come to our door?"

Chen Xuewen said, "This Sima Yi original text is probably the main reason for whether or not to kill me."

Huo Ming laughed and said, "The Sima Yi classic is like a bomb. Knowing that there is such a big bomb there, we naturally cannot let the enemy take it away, in order to prevent it from harming our comrades in the future."

"However, how to deal with the person who possesses this bomb depends solely on their past actions and whether they deserve to die."

Huo Ming's expression turned serious as he spoke.

"This is a strict order given to me by the Grand Commander."

Chu Tianshu had asked about this matter when he arrived, and upon hearing the reply again, he still chuckled.

It is said that within the Han military headquarters, after learning about Sima Yi's original work, someone also proposed at a meeting that he should be eliminated as soon as possible to prevent him from threatening Cai Shanjun.

However, this suggestion was carefully refuted by Cai Shanjun.

If Sima Yi's original power is used, then it can only be used for Sima Yi's cause.

Doesn't that mean we're admitting that the world will eventually be divided for nearly a century, then decline, and that the people will suffer even more terrible humiliation?
The Cai Shanjun that Chu Tianshu knew would never admit to such a thing.

In this incredibly chaotic world, a little over a year can indeed bring about a tremendous amount of events.

But at least, this comrade-in-arms has not become a stranger to Chu Tianshu.

(End of this chapter)