Becoming a Saint Starts with Copying Martial Arts

Chapter 156 Ghostly Skills

"I never expected that old thief Sima would use himself as bait to exchange for the Devouring Spirit Demon's growth opportunity," Lin Qing said softly.

"Based on my understanding of him, he wouldn't do something like this. I think it's highly likely that the Devouring Spirit Demon sold him out. Such evil spirits are extremely cold-blooded and never treat people as human beings," Qiu Changming said in a deep voice.

"We should go too," Wang Ling said.

..

the other side.

Inside Ishikawa Castle, at the North Camp of the City Guard, a young man in white was surrounded by numerous soldiers.

His eyes gleamed with an unusual blue light, with no pupils visible; looking into them would naturally evoke a chilling feeling.

At his feet lay no fewer than eighty corpses, all of them mummified.

"Old Wei, what do we do now? This guy is impossible to kill." Fang Yue, the city guard commander, gripped his double-edged axe, his eyes fixed on the boy in front of him, and silently swallowed.

"Fire!" Wei Qixian, the city guard commander clad in black armor, suddenly waved his hand.

Brush brush!

Hundreds of soldiers around him fired arrows at the same time. In an instant, arrows rained down, flying from all directions toward the white-clad youth, completely blocking all his escape routes.

However, the white-robed youth's next move chilled everyone to the bone. His figure flickered, not by magic, but by his exceptional lightness skill and his extraordinary, agile body, making his movements incredibly fast, so fast that the naked eye could not even track his trajectory.

He moved like a ghost through the rain of arrows, easily dodging the vast majority of them. Only a very few arrows struck his body, but he easily knocked them to the ground.

While dodging, he also pounced on Wei Qixian along a strange and unpredictable path.

"Oh no, he's charging at us!" Fang Yue's expression changed drastically. He shouted first and swung his axe at the enemy.

However, when the white-robed youth, who was also the Devouring Spirit Demon, opened his mouth and inhaled, both of them felt a large amount of their vital energy being drawn away, leaving them with a feeling of lightheaded weakness, and they couldn't even stand up straight.

In that instant, the Devouring Spirit Demon moved, and the two of them felt a flash before their eyes, followed by a sharp pain in their chests.

Two pale hands struck the two men's chests, unleashing a tremendous force that sent them both crashing backward to the ground.

Wei Qixian fared slightly better, though his face was pale, while Fang Yue, standing to the side, coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Such speed! What kind of monster is this?" Fang Yue's eyes were filled with shock. He had never seen anyone move so fast. He couldn't track its movement at all, and he couldn't even see its attack movements.

"Get out of the way!"

Suddenly, Wei Qixian shouted and reached out to grab Fang Yue, pulling him to the left a short distance. A spear was then thrust into the open ground where Fang Yue had just been lying.

Fang Yue was still in shock and had no time to catch his breath when he saw the white-clad youth rushing towards him at lightning speed, appearing as a black shadow to the naked eye.

But just then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a warhammer flying rapidly from afar, enveloped in a cloud of silvery-white energy. It struck the white-clad youth squarely, and then exploded.

With a loud bang, dust billowed up, and the boy was sent flying. However, as he hit the ground, he braced himself with one hand and performed a series of backflips before finally landing safely.

Wei Qixian glanced around and saw three people rushing over at top speed: Yang Chenglu, the chief envoy of the Soul Suppression Division; Jin Yulong, the head of the Jin family; and Xiang Wenyuan, the general of the city guards.

The young man glanced at Yang Chenglu, a strange smile curving his lips, a smile that was neither a smile nor a cry.

"Yang Chenglu, I'll remember you. Just wait, I will devour you!"

His voice was extremely eerie, cold and mechanical, without the slightest emotional fluctuation, and it echoed in all directions, making it impossible to discern the direction.

After saying this, he didn't linger. His figure flickered and disappeared into the night in an instant.

"We're just going to let him go like that?" Fang Yue, who had gotten up from the ground, brushed the dirt off his clothes and couldn't help but ask.

He thought that with the arrival of these three important figures, they would surely defeat the Devouring Spirit Demon.

"This evil spirit is too fast. If we chase it now, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch it," Wei Qixian said.

"Even the three adults can't catch up? Then isn't he invincible?" Fang Yue said.

"If the Devouring Spirit Demons weren't strong, how could they have caused such a catastrophe, leaving the entire prefecture devastated?" Wei Qixian said coldly.

As the two were talking, Yang Chenglu and his two companions quickly ran up to them from a distance.

"Unfortunately, this evil spirit was too alert and fled the moment it saw us coming. Otherwise, with the combined strength of the three of us, we would definitely have been able to kill it!" Xiang Wenyuan said in a deep voice.

"General Yang, is your hammer really any good? How come this young man is completely unharmed after being hit?" Jin Yulong complained.

Logically, he wasn't qualified to say that, as Yang Chenglu's status was far higher than his. However, he also knew that Yang Chenglu was honest and kind, and that a few jokes wouldn't cause any trouble.

Yang Chenglu coughed lightly, slightly embarrassed: "It's not that my throwing hammer is weak, but that the Devouring Spirit Demon is too strong."

At this moment, Wei Qixian and Fang Yue approached and shouted in unison, "Greetings, Your Excellency!"

Xiang Wenyuan glanced around and saw the dried corpses scattered on the ground. His anger surged and a violent aura emanated from him.

"So many people have died; this general cannot escape responsibility. He must be captured and killed within a month!"

"My lord, we are guilty!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Qixian and the other man both knelt on one knee, their faces filled with self-reproach.

"You two just fought him. How strong is the Devouring Spirit Demon now?" Jin Yulong stepped forward and asked.

"He's very strong; I can't even touch him," Fang Yue said first.

"My lord, the two of us are no match for him. I fought him a few days ago, when he wasn't this strong. But now, there's a huge gap in combat power between us," Wei Qixian said.

"The most terrifying thing about this kind of evil spirit is its growth rate. Although other Yin Yuan Sect followers can devour blood and qi to quickly become stronger, there are many limitations. If they rashly increase their strength, they will risk dying suddenly. But the Devouring Spirit Demon does not have this problem. As long as there is enough blood and qi, he will become stronger at a speed that ordinary people cannot understand. We must find him as soon as possible and kill him!" Xiang Wenyuan said in a deep voice.

"The experts from the Shuzhou Soul Suppression Division will arrive soon. This evil spirit won't be able to cause trouble for more than a few days," Yang Chenglu said from the side. His words immediately reassured the others.

As dawn broke, normal order was finally restored within the Beidaying camp, and the dried corpses were all sent to the Zhenhunsi town.

At the same time, Lin Qing also returned to the town of Zhenhunsi.

When Yang Chenglu saw Sima Yi's head, his reaction was the same as Qiu Changming's: first shock, then confusion.

"Who did this? Is Sima Yi dead?"

"This was Lin Qing's doing, sir. You're not mistaken, Sima Yi is indeed dead," Qiu Changming said with a smile.

"Sima Yi is a Yuan Gang martial artist, while you are merely a Zhen Gang martial artist. You are able to fight across two realms. You are truly skilled and daring. With a young man like you in our Zhenhun Division, we will surely prosper in the future," Yang Chenglu said with admiration.