Yang Silang stabbed Hong Tatian with many gunshot wounds, mostly on his back. When Hong Tatian turned around to fight back, Yang Silang broke the gun barrel with his bare hands in just over ten moves.

Therefore, he had few gunshot wounds on the front of his body and almost none on his chest and abdomen.

The tattoo remains intact, depicting the contours of mountains and rivers, with a thick ink dot in the center, resembling a treasure map.

About ten breaths later, the blood and qi in Hong Tatian's body dissipated, and the pattern on his chest and abdomen naturally disappeared.

"This must be where he hides things somewhere."

With a wave of his hand, Instructor Qi snatched the broken spear from the ground and used it to stab many large holes in the corpse's chest. He then slashed wildly with his knife, completely destroying the tattoos.

"Shiro, just pretend you never saw this, and don't mention it to anyone else."

Yang Silang nodded in agreement.

He didn't want to know what secrets the map held, because that meant trouble, but he did clearly memorize the pattern.

Instructor Qi wrapped Hong Tatian's head in a cloth and tied it around his waist. The heavy responsibility of carrying the corpse fell to Yang Silang, and the two of them walked down the mountain together.

At this moment, whistles sounded continuously from all directions.

Qi Rubai responded by blowing his whistle.

"Our team suffered heavy losses," Qi Rubai said, his excitement fading and replaced by a sense of desolation. "I rushed here, and almost all of them died at the hands of those two scoundrels."

Qi Rubai's team was the weakest, and the direction the Detective Gu had set was this. Hong Tatian and Chai Qing suddenly appeared and almost wiped out the entire team.

"Where is Tong Baisui?" Yang Silang asked urgently.

He doesn't know much about others, but Tong Baisui is his good friend, and if he were to die, it would be truly heartbreaking.

"He's better off. He took a blow to the chest, his armor shattered and a row of ribs were broken, but luckily he was wearing inner armor, which protected his life," Qi Rubai replied. "This kid is lucky. After he recovers, it shouldn't have much of an impact on his martial arts."

Yang Silang breathed a sigh of relief.

Without the Toad Armor, Tong Baisui probably wouldn't have lived to be a hundred years old; he must return to his position today.

Not long after.

As the whistle drew near, a group of armored experts sped toward them.

Upon seeing the corpse of Hong Tatian, the team leader on the other side was overjoyed, and a look of relief appeared on his face.

"Good, good, good, at least it wasn't all for nothing! The Skybreaker is dead!"

"It's a pity..." he changed the subject, "that Chai Qing got away."

"That guy jumped into the river."

"The higher-ups have ordered a search along the river."

After that, the manpower was redistributed to continue the search.

Qi Rubai's team suffered heavy losses and naturally did not need to continue participating; they could go down the mountain to rest.

Yang Silang found Tong Baisui on the mountain. The old man was lying on the ground, pale-faced, but fortunately not unconscious. There was a corpse nearby, which should be that of Brother Di.

Tong Baisui was energized when he saw Yang Silang.

"Si Lang... if it weren't for the armor you gave me, I would be dead today!"

"Brother Centenarian, say no more, I'll carry you down the mountain."

the other side.

Chai Qing climbed ashore from the river, angrily pounding the ground, and turned around in surprise and doubt to look back—why hadn't Hong Tatian arrived yet?

But how could something have gone wrong just because we were dealing with a tiny bug?

Or did he deliberately abandon me and run away?

Just as he was wondering what was going on, he suddenly felt numbness and itchiness in his hands and feet.

"what……"

Chai Qing screamed and collapsed to the ground. Looking at her wrists and ankles, she saw several large, thread-like Gu worms crawling out. They fell to the ground, twisted for a few breaths, and then turned into ashes.

He was terrified!

The Iron Wire Gu had all died out, but the Gu worms and their hosts were bound by life and death.

If the Gu worm dies, the host will suffer a backlash; if the host dies, even the strongest Gu worm will die. So, it was Hong Tatian who died.

This guy has weathered many storms and was just one step away from escaping death, how could he die?

Chai Qing was completely baffled, but now was not the time to ponder it. There were still pursuers behind him, and without the Iron Wire Gu, he couldn't use his hands and feet to move freely, so he naturally couldn't run fast through the forest.

He was unwilling to sit idly by and wait for his death.

Given his history of escaping from prison, killing officials, raping other men's wives and daughters, and slaughtering all pursuers along the way, if he falls into the hands of the government, he will probably die a miserable death.

Chai Qing took a breath, crawled on the ground like a snake, mobilized the blood and qi in his body, and swelled the muscles in his chest and abdomen. He actually moved forward on the ground like a snake, not much slower than an ordinary person.

He disappeared into the jungle, during which time he evaded several groups of pursuers.

By late at night, Chai Qing was exhausted and his legs were too weak to move, making it difficult for him to escape. At that moment, he saw several pairs of exquisite and elegant boots rustling in the leaves.

Chai Qing thought to himself, "My life is over," and then he fainted.

The owners of the boots crouched down and began to whisper among themselves.

"Wearing prison clothes, with a square face and a long beard, yes, this must be the traitor Chai Qing!"

"If Chai Qing is here, then where is my sect leader, Hong Tatian?"

"Look! There are traces of iron wire gu corpse powder here, and Chai Qing's tendons in his hands and feet are severed!"

"Damn it, the Iron Wire Gu is dead. That means Hong Tatian also died at the hands of the government lackeys. Carry Chai Qing away and revive him. We must find out the truth about the treasure from the previous dynasty. Hong Tatian's report to his superiors was so evasive; he didn't even know the location. So, Chai Qing can't die!"

"Yes, sir!"

The group carried Chai Qing and quickly disappeared into the mountain valley.

-

Half a month later.

The story of the eight masters from different prefectures joining forces to pursue the ruthless bandits is now old news, and no one cares about it anymore.

As for the outcome of the pursuit, it was naturally good. Hong Tatian and Chai Qing resisted and were killed. Their heads were hung in wooden cages outside the provincial government, where a special potion was used to lock their ferocious expressions in place as a warning to everyone.

of course.

Yang Silang had heard Qi Rubai say that Chai Qing's head was a fake, done to appease people.

Back then, Chai Qingyi made a fake head to collapse the sky in order to appease the people. He probably never imagined that he would have to die one day.

Inside the Hanshan Martial Arts School.

A crisp snap.

A whip crackled and fell to the ground.

"Junior Brother Zhu, the key to this 'Mountain Shaking' move is to generate power from the feet, channeling the force throughout the entire body!"

"You stomped your foot wrong; it's less than 30% powerful!"

Tong Baisui lay on the chair, holding a long horsewhip in his hand.

His chest was wrapped in thick bandages filled with the fragrance of precious medicine, indicating he needed to recuperate for a hundred days. Being a restless person, he came to supervise Zhu Tong and Wang Daniu's martial arts practice and point out any problems.

In the empty courtyard.

Zhu Tong and Wang Daniu each occupied an open space. The former practiced the Mountain-Shaking Fist, while Wang Daniu focused on practicing the basic Long Fist. Both of them had recently been whipped quite a bit by Tong Baisui.

However, the more they were whipped, the more excited they became, not because they had awakened any strange attributes.

Rather, it was because Tong Baisui, a martial arts master known for his iron will, could personally guide them, which naturally led to their rapid progress.

Suddenly, at a certain moment.

Wang Daniu stomped his foot, channeling all his strength into his body, and unleashed a powerful cannon punch!

hum!

A low hum echoed in the air.

Wang Daniu felt his blood and qi surging to their peak, and then continuing to surge upwards. At a certain moment, it reached a high point and then transformed into a warm current that flowed through his entire body!

He was startled to realize that his outstretched fist had turned bronze, then his arms, chest, abdomen, back, and legs.

"Hahahaha..." Wang Daniu laughed heartily, hands on his hips, "I've succeeded! I've succeeded..."

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