Republic of China: From Street Performer to War God in a Chaotic Era

The young man in the moon-white silk robe, who was also the head of the Fox Clan in Tianjin, the Seventh Young Master Bai, laughed in anger upon hearing this.

"You lowly warrior, you dare to speak so arrogantly even when you're about to die."

Before he finished speaking, Young Master Bai swayed and swept across the ground like a piece of paper with no weight.

too fast.

This was not the kind of wide-open, powerful punches and kicks you'd find in a typical martial arts school; instead, it exuded a sinister and eerie aura.

His hands had somehow transformed into two sharp, white-haired claws, aimed straight for Lu Guan's throat and heart.

Lu Guan sneered, neither dodging nor flinching.

The skin membrane, which had been tempered to its limit by the finest old medicine and "dragon tendons and tiger bones," tightened instantly at this moment.

A dark blue-black network of blood and qi appeared under the skin.

"Bang, bang."

With two muffled thuds, Bai Qi Gongzi's sharp claws gripped Lu Guan's chest, as if they were striking a city brick. They only tore the old cotton-padded jacket, without even scratching Lu Guan's skin.

"What?!"

Young Master Bai's expression changed drastically.

Even a martial artist at the peak of the Ming Jin realm would have a large chunk of flesh torn off if struck by his "Fox Fairy Cloud-Piercing Claws".

Why is this kid so tough?

"It's over, it's my turn."

Lu Guan grinned maliciously, his right arm veins bulging, and he threw a powerful punch straight at Bai Qi Gongzi's face.

"boom!"

Young Master Bai Qi felt a surge of pure yang energy rushing towards him, which frightened him so much that he hastily retreated.

Lu Guan's punch was too fierce. Even though it only grazed his shoulder, it still made him stagger back five or six steps. His moon-white silk shirt ripped instantly, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

"You...you've actually reached the peak of Ming Jin, with your Qi and blood as powerful as a furnace?!"

Young Master Bai's face was extremely ugly.

He originally thought that even if this kid had taken a few doses of clean old medicine, he would at most be a novice who had just entered the Ming Jin realm.

Who would have thought that the other party would solidify their foundation to such a terrifying level?

If I keep fighting like this, my body will definitely be smashed into mincemeat by this humanoid tyrannosaurus.

Young Master Bai took a deep breath, concealing the disdain in his eyes, and reached into his wide sleeve.

"For forcing me to use this magical artifact, Young Master Lu, even if you die, you have reason to be proud."

"Whoosh—"

A jade-ribbed folding fan suddenly unfolded in the cellar!

That fan bone was crystal clear, definitely not an ordinary item. If it were placed in a pawnshop in Tianjin, it could fetch at least a hundred silver dollars.

But the strangeness of this fan lies entirely in its surface.

On the fan, a lifelike nine-tailed white fox is painted with dark red cinnabar and unknown animal blood.

Just as the folding fan unfolded.

The fox eyes in the fan painting actually "came to life" in the cellar.

"call--"

With a gentle wave of his fan, Young Master Bai Qi.

A pink mist, ten times more intense than the peach blossom miasma, instantly enveloped Lu Guan.

An ordinary martial artist, if he is only touched by the green light of this Soul-Seizing Fan and blown by its demonic wind, will instantly lose three souls and become a walking corpse at the mercy of others.

Minor supernatural power... [Exquisite Heart]!

Foxes have seven clever orifices, which can dispel miasma and enlighten the mind.

All the insidious and deceptive methods of bewitching and hallucinating are futile in the face of this supernatural power.

Amidst the mist, Lu Guan's eyes remained clear as water.

But he did not react immediately.

He deliberately lowered his eyelids, pretending to be absent-minded, and stood there blankly.

"Heh, so what if your qi and blood are like a furnace? A warrior's brain is ultimately just a block of wood that hasn't been opened."

Seeing this, Young Master Bai sneered repeatedly, picked up his Soul-Capturing Fan, and strode up to Lu Guan.

Just as he extended his sharp claws and pierced Lu Guantian's skull.

"Yeah?"

Lu Guan gave a cold laugh.

"You didn't get infected?!"

Young Master Bai was terrified and tried to back away, but it was too late.

"kill!"

Lu Guan roared, his right hand like an iron clamp, gripping Bai Qi Gongzi's wrist that was holding the fan, and twisting it sharply.

"Snap!"

"ah--"

Young Master Bai's wrist was broken, and the white bone fragments pierced through his silk robe.

The "Soul-Capturing Fan" fell to the ground and was crushed to pieces by Lu Guan's foot.

The jade bones shattered, and the fox eyes on the fan let out a mournful cry before turning into a wisp of black smoke and dissipating.

"You little beast, how dare you destroy my magical artifact!"

Young Master Bai, clutching his severed wrist, scrambled back to the wooden fox spirit statue, his hair disheveled.

Knowing he had suffered a setback in both fists and magical weapons, a mad glint flashed in his eyes, and he spat a mouthful of blood onto the ruby ​​eyes of the wooden fox spirit statue.

"I originally valued your powerful blood and energy, and intended to nourish you as a top-grade blood offering to the fairy maiden."

"But I never expected that you, a peasant, would be so resilient, that you would actually turn around and become a lackey of the 'Strange Things Investigation Section' of the Military Equipment Department of the Governor's Office."

The temperature in the cellar plummeted to freezing.

The ruby ​​on the fox spirit statue flashed wildly, and a sinister aura revived within Bai Qi Gongzi's body.

He even went so far as to burn his lifespan to forcibly summon the true form of the "fox spirit" enshrined within his body!

"Do you think that 'yellow rat' in the ghost market died unjustly?"

"That thief stole three of my family's most treasured possessions; he deserved to die."

"but……"

Young Master Bai's feet were already off the ground, hovering in mid-air.

Three enormous phantom fox tails faintly appeared behind him.

"Tonight you stepped into my Hu family mansion, sang the forbidden song 'Inviting the Immortals,' and smashed the incense hall of my Fox Clan..."

"This blood debt must be settled by the Fox Clan."

"Fox Clan's rule is that enemies must be punished three times over."

"Young Master Lu, what you owe our Fox Clan, you'll pay it back tonight in this cellar, principal and interest."

"boom!"

As he finished speaking, a three-tailed fox spirit, over ten feet tall, materialized behind Young Master Bai.

The entire cellar was on the verge of collapse, and the tallow candle went out instantly.

Only the fox spirit's shadowy figure had a ghastly green light emanating from its eyes.

Just as the fox spirit's demonic shadow pounced down...

Lu Guan felt a sudden burning sensation on his sleeve.

It was that magical artifact, the "Illuminating Heart" Ancient Mirror, which I had acquired at the Ghost Market for three silver dollars!

Without the slightest hesitation, he flipped his wrist, and the ancient mirror covered in verdigris slid directly from his sleeve into his palm.

Facing the overwhelming, demonic shadow, he abruptly flipped the mirror, aiming it at the Seventh Young Master Bai in mid-air.

"Buzz—"

On the ancient mirror reflecting the heart, the verdigris peeled off instantly.

A beam of pure golden light shot out from the mirror and struck the fox spirit's shadow directly.

"How could this be? It's...it's that again?! Ah—"

The arrogant fox spirit's shadow, as soon as it was enveloped by the golden light, let out a shrill scream.

The illusory body was frozen in mid-air, unable to move an inch.

"I'll fuck your mother."

Lu Guan's eyes flashed with murderous intent. He stomped his feet hard on the bluestone slab, and his whole body shot up into the air like a heavy cannon.

The Eight Extremes Killing Move... "Tiger Climbs the Mountain Hard"!

"roar!"

Under the horrified and desperate gaze of Young Master Bai.

A blood-red tiger with piercing eyes and a white forehead leaped out from the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, pouncing towards them!

"Bang!"

Young Master Bai's sternum shattered into dust instantly, and a bloody hole suddenly exploded in his back.

The fox spirit's shadow, which had been frozen in place by the "Mirror of the Heart," was shattered along with Bai Qi Gongzi's physical body by this pure Yang tiger fist intent.

Blood rained down from the sky.

Young Master Bai Qi suffered a backlash from being possessed by a fox spirit, and then took a peak strike from this Great Perfection Ming Jin. He died on the spot before he could even say his last words.

"hiss……"

The moment Lu Guan landed, he was surprised to find...

The shattered remnants of the fox spirits in mid-air did not dissipate.

Instead, they were drawn into the mirror by a tremendous suction force emanating from the "Heart-Illuminating" ancient mirror in his hand, like a whale sucking in water.

The ancient seal script characters "照心" on the back of the mirror faintly glowed with a red light before returning to silence.

"This ancient mirror can actually imprison the remnant souls of demons and monsters?"

Lu Guan was astonished.

Spending those three dollars was like getting a steal.

But he didn't have time to examine the mirror closely.

"Da da da da da—"

The sound of Maxim machine guns could be heard above the cellar.

It seems the elite troops of the Armed Forces Department have already leveled the front yard of the Hu family and are now marching towards the back yard.

Lu Guan groped around on the remains of Bai Qi Gongzi.

Soon, he found a thick stack of legal tender and silver notes, as well as a token engraved with a nine-tailed fox totem.

This is clearly a token of identity for a core member of the Fox Clan.

Lu Guan stuffed the money and tokens into his pocket, along with the "human skin book" and "weasel skin" he had previously obtained from the offering table, and packed them away.