Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 442 What a promising ancestor!

The sky was as blue as gauze, and the sun shone brightly.

At this time of year and time, even amidst mountains and rivers, the humidity is not high.

A cool breeze frequently blows from the river, making it the most comfortable weather.

When all the riders heard Chu Tianshu's words, they all felt a chill run down their spines.

It felt as if my heart and lungs were suddenly gripped and then abruptly released; I was sweating profusely, and my vision went black.

Dozens of skilled horsemen staggered and fell off their horses because of this one sentence.

The sounds of people falling from their horses were incessant, including that of the so-called prince.

As he struggled to get up, ignoring the dirt on his snow-white fox fur, he met Chu Tianshu's gaze.

The prince felt another sharp pain in his head, his whole body went numb, and he couldn't get up, even though he could support himself with his hands on the ground.

And indeed, he ended up kneeling there.

"Ah! Sorcery! Help me! Help me!"

The prince screamed and turned to look at his Mr. Wen.

But then he saw that the scholar had also rolled down not far from him, kneeling as well, one hand on the ground and the other covering his chest.

Chu Tianshu didn't use any particularly clever tricks; he simply released his aura and, incidentally, added a bit of targeted mental energy to the scholar.

Of all the horses, only the two unridden giants remained standing.

"Who are you, you wicked bastard, daring to offend the nineteenth prince of the Great Heavenly Kingdom!"

The two giants roared in unison, their veins bulging on their arms, their skin red and hot, as they charged toward Chu Tianshu, defying the oppressive force.

Although he was a giant over four meters tall, when converted to the height of the Tang Dynasty, he would be considered to be about ten feet tall.

But they were not clumsy. They dragged large hammers in their hands, and as they charged forward, they suddenly bent down and pushed off the ground with their feet.

Boom! ! !
The ground trembled, and that massive body seemed to shoot off close to the ground.

The strong winds generated were so powerful that they snapped off a large number of grass blades.

The kneeling nineteenth prince was nearly knocked to the ground by the force of the wind.

From the front, the two figures look almost like two small trucks that, when they unleash their maximum power, suddenly sprout wings and glide towards each other.

Chu Tianshu stood still.

When the two giants approached him, suddenly, it seemed as if only one remained.

This is a visual error.

In reality, it was one of the giants that actively encroached on the field of vision.

Another giant suddenly lunged to the side, plunging one foot deep into the grass, twisting his waist, and swinging his hammer to strike Chu Tianshu's back.

This hammer blow was almost simultaneous with the giant's hammer strike from the front.

Chu Tianshu's figure rose into the air, just in time to avoid the hammer's attack range.

The two hammers were about to collide at his feet.

The two armored giants showed no panic on their faces, but instead a sinister smile flashed across their faces. They simultaneously twisted their wrists and exerted force.

The two enormous hammerheads, shaped like iron gourds, began to spin in an instant.

The different angles of force application result in different directions of rotation.

With a loud bang and a flash of fire, the two hammerheads separated instantly upon contact, both changing direction.

The hammer blow, which came from the front, actually accelerated upwards.

The hammerhead instantly burst through the air above, creating a sonic boom, and then slammed into Chu Tianshu's feet with a soaring upward momentum.

"Die!!"

The two giants roared inwardly at the same time.

This is precisely the combined attack method of the two armored giants, and it has never failed!
People often think they're rather simple-minded when they see how tall and strong they are.

In fact, they are not only much faster than ordinary people when they act, but also just as quick-witted.

Faced with such a deadly method, even someone whose strength is clearly superior to theirs could be killed on the spot.

Faced with this blow, Chu Tianshu's figure only floated upwards briefly before accelerating its descent.

He fell at almost the same speed as the hammer was lifted.

His feet were harder than a hammer.

The hammerhead deformed violently like a lump of mud, and a powerful surge of force traveled along the long shaft to the giant in front of him, instantly creating lacerations on his arms.

Chu Tianshu's foot, already pressing down on the iron mud fragments, fell onto the second hammerhead.

A similar scene also appeared on the giant in the background.

They all felt the long poles in their hands shake violently like wet noodles, and then break completely into many pieces.

boom! ! ! !

The explosive blast wave overturned large areas of grass and the two giants.

Chu Tianshu stood in the pit and slowly raised his head.

The giant behind crashed into the river, causing a large amount of blood to seep out.

The giant in front of him almost crushed the prince, and when he got up, blood spurted from his arms.

He tried to raise his hand, as if trying to use his strength to close the wound.

However, these lacerations cut diagonally into his muscles, causing blood to gush out too quickly, but the force could not be transmitted properly.

In the blink of an eye, the giant, pale from blood loss, collapsed to the ground, his body gradually swaying.

"As expected, it's not due to bloodline, but rather to his own training. It's the power he unleashes in battle that allows him to control it so precisely."

Chu Tianshu's Heavenly Eye had already clearly detected the strength of their muscles and bones.

The reason for deliberately leaving them to fight was simply to see if there was anything worthwhile in their techniques.

"The recruitment is alright. But the person who acted as an accomplice to the tyrant deserves to die."

Chu Tianshu ignored the two giants and walked up to the nineteenth prince.

The nineteenth prince, with a few drops of blood still splattered on his face and a look of panic, suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said, "Master, these servants have offended you and deserve to die."

"I wish to apologize to the Dharma Master, for I am the Great Heavenly King..."

Chu Tianshu raised his foot high and stomped on the back of his head, burying his face in the mud.

The nineteenth prince looked like a leech, struggling on the ground.

Chu Tianshu then turned his gaze to the scholar.

This nineteenth prince had many impurities in his body due to the medicinal properties, and his bones and muscles had not been strengthened much. He was clearly an uneducated and dissolute playboy.

The scholar, however, was neither knocked unconscious nor bewitched by his mental power.

While both scholars train their bodies and bones, this one has already developed strong blood and brain, making him no less powerful than a single giant in a real fight.

His willpower is probably even stronger than that of others.

"What kind of place is the Great Tianchang Kingdom? You are clearly speaking Tang Dynasty Mandarin. Is this place far from the Great Tang Dynasty?"

Seeing that the prince was almost suffocating, the scholar quickly said, "Our Great Tianchang Kingdom is a neighboring country of the Great Tang Dynasty. The royal family, the Zheng family, has even been granted titles by the Emperor of the Great Tang Dynasty."

"A neighboring country, the Zheng family?"

Chu Tianshu's eyes flashed. "Have you heard of Zheng Hui?"

The scholar was startled: "Could it be that Zheng Hui, the former chief official of the Qingping Bureau of the Nanzhao Kingdom, was actually an ancestor of my king...?"

Chu Tianshu's expression shifted slightly, a guess forming in his mind. "Have you heard of the duel between Hai Donglai, the number one expert of the Tang Dynasty, and Duan Zhong, the number one expert of the Nanzhao Kingdom? In which year was that?"

Back in this world, Chu Tianshu used Hai Donglai's identity to challenge Duan Zhong to a duel.

This was a momentous event that shook the Nanzhao Kingdom, and it was bound to be recorded.

The scholar immediately calculated it.

That incident happened a long time ago...

One hundred and seven years!

Although Chu Tianshu had some guesses, he was still greatly surprised after confirming it.

The worlds he visited using the token had a time flow rate roughly two to one compared to his hometown.

Moreover, he returned to the Republic of China a second time, and the flow of time can still be calculated in the same way.

How come the Tang Dynasty's first battle ended in a 2-1 score, but this time it's been over a hundred years?

He summoned the token screen and mentally tapped all the icons, but failed to trigger any new functions or explanations.

Well, I still don't quite understand the things between different worlds at my current level.

Chu Tianshu continued to question the scholar about the situation here.

The scholar was clearly afraid that Chu Tianshu would actually trample the nineteenth prince to death.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's current attitude, he felt that there might still be room for negotiation, so he answered every question.

It turned out that this happened the year after Chu Tianshu challenged Duan Zhong to a duel.

The Tang Dynasty, in alliance with the Nanzhao Kingdom, has been reporting frequent victories in its attack on Tibet, not only completely recovering lost territory but also achieving further successes in its offensive.

Tibet mobilized the entire nation to resist them, resulting in extremely fierce fighting.

On the battlefield of that great battle, the experts from both sides noticed the changes in the night sky.

When they casually looked at the night sky, the night was still the same, nothing special.

But when they focus their energy on their eyes and concentrate, they may see another layer of the night sky.

A rich red light filled the sky, as red as blood, yet as bright as the sunset glow on a clear day.

Countless, enormous stars hung high in the fiery red night sky.

And this is just the beginning.

Within two years, people from all corners of the world, from all countries, with considerable strength, could see that layer of brilliant red starry sky, no matter where they were, as long as they concentrated.

Later, experts from the Imperial Astronomical Bureau of the Tang Dynasty studied and deliberated on it.

They believe that this layer of blood-red starry sky is neither real nor illusory.

That is the dwelling place of the ancient warrior spirits, mysterious and indescribable, because the universe has returned to its proper place, and they have returned to the human world.

However, the ancient war spirit had been without its master for too long, and in such a long period of time, it was eventually worn down and disintegrated by the way of heaven and earth and the passage of time.

Only the most stubborn essences remain, like starlight, hanging above the blood-red starry sky.

These gems, aside from their stubbornness, are almost entirely useless now.

However, just as the state of mud, sand, and rocks in a river can reveal the state of the water veins' movement.

These starlight rays are of a strange nature, worn away by the workings of the universe.

The constellations they form today, and the state in which they move, themselves represent the trajectory of the workings of the universe, containing infinite mysteries.

The normal heaven and earth, though containing mysteries, are too complicated and far-reaching to be easily understood.

The starlight transformed from the ancient warrior spirits is much more straightforward.

The spirit of a soldier is nourished by the essence and blood of people, and is sublimated from a period of human emotions and will.

Therefore, the mysteries of heaven and earth revealed by these military spirit essences are closely related to qi, blood, emotions, and will.

For over a century, countless people from all over the world have observed the heavens and studied the Dao, creating all sorts of new martial arts techniques and secret methods. Martial artists all over the world are becoming better and better year by year.

Furthermore, with the coexistence of powerful states such as the Tang Dynasty, Tibet, Nanzhao, the Abbasid Caliphate, Sogdiana, the Khanate, and the Western Roman Empire, the world was in a period of great contention, and China was advancing rapidly.

Martial arts that focus on building physical strength have firmly established themselves as the mainstream.

The Tang Dynasty discussed martial arts, praising it as something that could be called the Dao.

The crimson starry sky is a gift from the ancient sages, revealing the wisdom of the world, from which all have benefited.

Furthermore, those who practice martial arts must possess profound and subtle boxing techniques and mental states to control their surging qi and blood, and to unleash countless wondrous uses.

Therefore, ordinary people often refer to the martial arts of today as the "heart and blood martial arts".

To train oneself into a giant is one branch of this arduous martial art.

A person who practices martial arts normally will experience a surge in qi and blood, and must also continuously refine their skills to achieve greater and greater control, eventually reaching a transcendent, inhuman level.

However, some martial artists believe that increasing one's qi and blood while constantly refining one's skills is too complicated.

They decided to focus solely on increasing their qi and blood.

In any case, Qi and blood are the fundamental life force of a person. No matter how much they increase, the physical body will also improve accordingly. It is impossible for the physical body to have so much Qi and blood that it cannot bear it.

Through their research, they finally discovered a martial art that breaks through physical limitations, allowing individuals to grow taller and taller.

The Hu people called it a giant, and the Tang people called it the "secret method of the strongman".

Those who practice this method, in the same amount of time, will find it difficult to defeat those who have mastered martial arts.

However, although giants have strong digestion, their absorption and utilization are not refined enough. They cannot eat ordinary food alone, otherwise they would spend too much time eating and drinking and excrete too often.

This, on the contrary, became an advantage in the eyes of many nobles and relatives.

Only they could prepare medicinal cuisine, carefully nurture such giant warriors, and provide them with the finest weapons and armor.

While mastering martial arts is good, it is too difficult to control a master, while giants and strongmen are more reliable and easier to manage.

Ordinary people only have a superficial understanding; they only know that these giants look exceptionally majestic and are highly valued by noble people.

Therefore, their greatest hope for their children and grandchildren is that they can become giants.

The fishermen's ballad originated from this.

However, in today's world, a giant who can cultivate to a height of more than ten feet is already considered superior.

If one could truly cultivate to a height of three zhang (approximately 10 meters), they would be an extremely rare master, and indeed, no force would dare to underestimate them.

"The giants are just one branch."

Chu Tianshu was both surprised and delighted upon hearing this, and couldn't help but look up at the sky.

Unfortunately, the blood-red starry sky cannot be seen during the day.

He couldn't help but think of the world during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Both of these worlds, marked by similar events signifying the resurgence of the spirit world, were characterized by celestial anomalies, and both occurred more than a hundred years after the anomalies.

However, the darkness and pollution of the world during the Northern and Southern Dynasties caused countless people to take detours and struggle forward.

The starry sky of this Tang Dynasty world, a gift from our ancient ancestors, provides guidance equally to all.

"It all comes down to our ancestors' good fortune."

"But back then, Old Zheng was such a promising man, caring for both his homeland and the people of Nanzhao. Is this the kind of descendant he has left now?"

Chu Tianshu looked at the nineteenth prince at his feet.

Zheng Hui's great-grandson usurped the throne of Nanzhao and established the "Da Tianchang" kingdom.

In the first few years he was diligent and hardworking, but in recent years he has become a joke, incompetent, stubborn, and extravagant.

This nineteenth prince, the current king's most beloved son, has been raised to such a state of mind, which speaks volumes.

(End of this chapter)