Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 253 Tactics for Surrounding and Killing the Supreme

After nightfall, the entire city of Luoyang fell silent.

The moon tonight hangs in the sky like a thin arc, and there are few stars.

Many families are reluctant to use oil for lamps, so once it gets dark, it's time to go to bed.

Only those families who were relatively well-off, or whose clothes were so tattered that they needed urgent mending, kept their lights on.

Even though some people were awake, everyone's voices were not as loud as during the day, as if the night had naturally filtered out their voices.

On the contrary, the sounds of cats meowing and dogs barking became even more pronounced.

As night deepens, occasionally someone carrying a wheelbarrow can be seen collecting incense at night in the streets and alleys.

The wheels rolled over the dirt road, the old axles creaking and groaning.

Boom! !

The old man pushing the cart shuddered, as if he had heard a muffled thunderclap.

But the thunder was strange in a way; it wasn't like a typical muffled thunder that was far-reaching or long-lasting.

The sound seemed to shake the ground as well, reverberating from the soles of one's feet straight to one's heart.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
A continuous rumble of thunder sounded, and only then did the old man realize that something was wrong.

The sound didn't come from the sky; it came from the east of the city.

Even those in the west of the city could hear it.

As you follow this hard, muddy road eastward into the city, the sound becomes clearer and more terrifying.

That was the sound of cannons.

With a deafening roar, the old but heavy city gate was shattered in the flames of the explosion.

Several shells struck it in succession, sending shattered pieces of wood flying into the city.

Even the bricks and stones of the city wall at the door frame were flying in fragments.

The city wall trembled incessantly, like a weakened giant, shrinking back and enduring a brutal beating.

From the windows of all the houses in the east of the city, it seemed as if one could see figures hurriedly getting up and approaching the doors and windows.

But in return, they tightened the doors and windows even further, and no one dared to push the door open to peek out.

When Liu Xueya stormed into Luoyang, he didn't even need to use cannons.

The sound of cannons and gunfire is so different that it sends shivers down your spine.

The people in the city still don't understand that what's attacking the city now is just mortars.

However, these mortars were operated by more than thirty ninjas who were extremely skilled at adjusting the muzzle and the shells landed with precision.

As soon as the city gate was smashed, more than a hundred people rode into the city and dispersed along the roads in all directions.

Throughout the entire process, the shelling never stopped, but not a single shell landed on the riders.

The cannons were raised, and numerous shells whistled down onto the city wall.

Dozens of soldiers guarding the city wall were killed by the bomb, and the rest all felt a sharp ringing in their ears and crawled to avoid the damage from shrapnel.

The lights in the Marshal's Mansion in the city were turned on, and the direction of the barracks was also brightly lit.

The sounds of numerous cars, trucks, and horses starting up could be heard.

But the fastest to act were undoubtedly Chu Tianshu, Sun Feng'an, Huo Ming, and a handful of others.

A figure in blue leaped over the rooftops of houses in the city.

Each leap traced an arc of about thirty meters in the air, and as soon as it landed on the new rooftop, it immediately soared off again.

When Chu Tianshu landed on the main road in the city, his breathing was perfectly normal, as if he had just taken a walk.

But as soon as he landed, the dozen or so galloping warhorses in front of him all felt the intense pressure, their front legs buckled, and they fell to the ground.

Large clouds of dust billowed up from the road, and the neighing of warhorses could be heard incessantly.

Chu Tianshu glanced at it and frowned.

Because there were only horses, no people.

Just now, when he was flying through the air, he could clearly see people riding horses rushing into the city from afar.

But soon after these people entered the city, they all abandoned their horses.

The more than one hundred men were agile and skilled in horsemanship. They dismounted halfway through the journey and did not need to slow down their horses. The warhorses continued to gallop wildly through the streets of the city.

Those people themselves have all gone into hiding.

Bang bang bang! !

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out like lightning, and a bullet flashing red light came hurtling towards them.

The bullet trajectories, flashing and disappearing in an instant, intertwined on the street.

Chu Tianshu's body left afterimages as he zigzagged through the streets in an instant, dodging all the bullets.

He turned his head at the corner of the long street and saw a gunman lying prone and firing from a rooftop two hundred meters away.

All the shooters were positioned approximately 200 meters away, scattered in different directions, and from a high vantage point.

Chu Tianshu's oppressive aura could not cover such a wide area.

He turned the corner, chose a direction, and was about to approach the gunmen who had fired the most alert shots earlier.

Suddenly, several gunshots flashed from the rooftops quite far to the left.

This time, Chu Tianshu didn't bother to dodge too far. He simply moved seven feet to the side to avoid the bullets and locked his gaze on them.

"The average person's eyes can't even detect my position, let alone make such a predictive shot..."

He already sensed that these people had been enchanted.

Cannonballs bombarded the city, warhorses galloped, creating a sense of turmoil.

These gunmen all abandoned their horses and scattered, constantly changing their positions.

If any skilled individuals enter this area, they will face their sniping amidst tremendous noise interference.

Even if one group manages to escape, a second group will immediately take over.

Always maintain a safe distance between the person firing the gun and Chu Tianshu.

This tactic is specifically designed to counter top-tier fighters.

Gathering so many fierce gunmen and riders is secondary. What's truly rare is having the resources to simultaneously cast spells on so many riders, using spiritual ink, talismans, and medicinal powders that must be worth a fortune.

Bang bang bang!

The starting point of the gunfire continues to change.

People kept taking over from all directions, and the previous batch was immediately replaced.

Along the main street, roof tiles were accidentally hit by projectiles, causing black fragments to shatter.

Chu Tianshu dodged to the side, suddenly reaching out with a speed faster than the shooting fragments, easily pinching the broken tile.

Snapped! !

Chu Tianshu flicked his forearm, his hand lashing out like a whip, creating a tiny ring of air.

Two hundred meters away.

A gunman had just put away his gun and was hiding behind the roof, preparing to slide down the slope on the back of the roof ridge to change positions.

Suddenly, a flash of blue light appeared and flew out from the man's chest.

He was stunned for a moment before he saw the blood splattering from his chest.

A hole was punched through the man's torso.

The roof slope behind him, and even the slope on the other side of the roof ridge, also had such a hole punched in it.

The roof tiles and heavy wooden rafters were all smashed through.

Even after a rifle bullet has traveled two hundred meters, it may not be able to penetrate two such slopes and then pierce a human body.

Only the latest sniper rifles available internationally today could have such power.

The gunman's body lay on the roof.

Within two seconds, six gunmen had followed in his footsteps.

Their concealment methods were all the same, basically relying on the sloping sides of the roof, which served as both shelter and landslides for retreat.

This is indeed a tactic designed for top-tier fighters, and it has been proven effective in practice by the Beiyang Army.

Unfortunately, the experts they faced earlier weren't top-tier enough!

Chu Tianshu moved swiftly, grabbing and shooting at the same time.

The tiny tile, filled with internal force, pierced through two slopes at supersonic speed before shooting through the human body.

However, after taking down a group of gunmen, the remaining gunmen took advantage of the time to put away their weapons and go into hiding.

They were too scattered, and there was the sound of cannons, horses' hooves, and even the panicked breathing of countless civilians providing cover.

Once he puts away his gun, Chu Tianshu can no longer rely on his sense of danger to pinpoint all their locations.

"They really have plenty of experience. Is this tactical foundation really only used to kill Sun Feng'an?"

Chu Tianshu looked around and stomped his foot.

He was like a blue firework, shooting straight up and landing on the crenellations at the top of the city wall, facing inwards.

At this height, with solid ground beneath his feet, he could shoot without fear, while still getting a clear view of the distribution of those people.

The hundreds of gunmen scattered throughout Dongcheng District are like venomous snakes and monkeys, roaming the streets and alleys.

They were in a hurry to change their position and didn't care about hiding in the shadows.

Anyway, the moonlight is dim tonight, so they won't be illuminated when they dash across the street.

However, Chu Tianshu was quick-witted and had already discerned the locations of nearly twenty people.

For him, it was just a matter of glancing around; he could spot twenty people, and he could spot even more.

But, just as my gaze swept across half of it...

Chu Tianshu felt a pang of anxiety, turned around abruptly, and slapped his palm towards the outside of the city.

Now, his palm strike, delivered from a distance, is powerful enough to penetrate an ordinary brick wall from over thirty meters away.

The cyan palm print shot out about thirty meters in an instant, only to be met by a cannonball.

boom! ! !
The shells exploded in mid-air, and the shockwaves and debris mostly scattered outwards from the city.

Those ninjas not only had mortars, but also grenade launchers, and their ability to adjust the muzzle was far faster than expected.

Shells rained down from the sky, landing on the spot where Chu Tianshu was standing.

Chu Tianshu dodged and weaved, and the footholds on the city wall were bombarded and destroyed by the dense cannon fire.

The tightly packed bricks and stones were blasted into cracks and loosened, sliding down the high city wall.

"So they were all impact-detonated shells!"

Suddenly, Chu Tianshu pushed out with both palms, and a five-meter-sized cyan four-leaf seal appeared out of thin air, like a dream, illusory and unreal.

The shells slowed down drastically when they reached the vicinity.

Chu Tianshu was furious. He turned around, and the four-leaf seal carried the cannonballs, which followed him in a circle before being flung out of the city.

"Get back there!!"

Chu Tianshu used all his strength in this turn.

The shells flew at almost the same speed as when they came.

A chaotic burst of cannon fire erupted outside the city.

The ninjas abandoned their belongings and fled quickly.

However, they didn't have time to move their mortars and ammunition boxes too far.

The shells bombarded the area, detonating the ammunition.

Clusters of flames stretched out in a continuous line, and violent explosions followed one after another, turning that wasteland into a sea of ​​fire.

Chu Tianshu had already turned back to look at the city again, his eyes still blazing with firelight.

"Let's see how many more tricks you have up your sleeve!"

Sun Feng'an and Huo Ming have also arrived in Dongcheng District.

Chu Tianshu practically tore through the air from the city wall as he swooped down.

(End of this chapter)