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

"Tonight, I've come to borrow your head to pay tribute to my junior brother's departed soul!"

"boom!"

The moment the words fell.

The three people holding the umbrellas unleashed terrifying bursts of energy almost simultaneously.

The rainwater, three feet away from them, was violently shaken into white water vapor.

"The unity of intention and spirit?!"

Lu Guan's pupils suddenly contracted.

These three people were all martial arts masters who had entered the second stage of the Inner Three Realms.

Especially the leader, Hu Sanniang, whose qi and blood were so strong that she even gave off a faint sense of oppressive power.

"Such a lineup..."

Lu Guan felt a chill run down his spine.

He carefully investigated the information about the Fox Clan at the Governor's Mansion.

As far as he knew, this Hu Sanniang was a notorious figure in the Tianjin underworld, a veritable living devil.

Rumor has it that this woman once single-handedly tore apart a top-thirty martial arts prodigy ranked on the Hidden Dragon List!

The Fox Clan actually sent out a core figure of this caliber to kill him, and even dispatched three Qi Harmony Realm experts at once.

A lion hunting a rabbit—that's a huge investment!

"Just you three lost souls?"

Lu Guan sneered and slowly pulled his right hand out from under his raincoat.

"Buzz—"

The shadow puppet of Huang Xian, which was pressed against my heart, suddenly came back to life at this moment!

That was a superior form he had refined from the abandoned tombs in the west of the city, using the wandering souls of the mountains as inspiration.

Lu Guan's eyes instantly turned dark yellow, and his pupils contracted into thin slits.

"Hu San Niang..."

"Do I look like a man, or like a god?"

boom!

Upon hearing this, Hu San Niang's body stiffened abruptly.

That terrifying aura, approaching the level of the Power Harmony Realm, actually stalled under this sudden mental questioning.

A dream world has descended!

The deep alley in front of Hu San Niang's eyes disappeared.

Following that was a golden-armored deity, hundreds of feet tall, with his head reaching the heavens and his feet treading the netherworld.

The deity was bowing his head, staring at her with emotionless eyes, awaiting her answer.

Speaking of people? Their cultivation is completely destroyed, and they will never recover.

Speaking of gods? Their fortunes have been stolen, and they've been reduced to servants.

"What...what kind of evil magic is this?!"

Hu Sanniang was, after all, a top expert in the Qi Harmony Realm, with a resilient spirit.

In the instant she was trapped in the illusion, she bit her tongue hard, trying to break free of the illusion with the excruciating pain and the secret techniques of the Fox Clan.

"Break it!"

Hu San Niang let out a shrill cry, and the golden-armored deity before her began to shake violently, the illusion about to shatter.

But that's enough.

In a battle between masters, even a half-breath flaw can become a chasm between life and death!

"Whoosh!"

Lu Guan's feet stomped on the "Thirteen Styles of Shadow Walking".

"Leaves no trace."

His figure seemed to melt into the rain, instantly covering ten steps and closing in on Hu San Niang.

"A tiger stubbornly climbs the mountain!"

Lu Guan's eyes were filled with murderous intent. He poured his full strength and the fierce tiger fist intent of "heart and mind in harmony" into his right fist without reservation.

"No--"

Having just escaped the illusion of the [Seal-Binding Technique], Hu Sanniang was confronted head-on by an ancient ferocious tiger with its blood-red maw wide open!

She didn't even have time to raise her hand to block.

"Bang!"

Lu Guan's powerful punch, capable of splitting stone tablets, landed squarely on Hu San Niang's head.

"Pfft!"

For example, defeating the enemy.

Hu San Niang's beautiful head exploded instantly.

Red blood and white brain matter mixed with the pouring rain, splattering the two evil cultivators from the Fox Clan next to him.

The headless corpse swayed in the rain before collapsing limply into the puddles.

Sold out instantly!

It was just a brief encounter.

A core member of the Fox Clan, who was at the half-step Strength Integration level and had once killed a prodigy on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, had his head smashed open!

"Senior Sister!"

"Gulp..."

The two evil cultivators from the Fox Clan, both at the Qi Harmony Realm, were terrified when they saw the corpse at their feet, whose face was completely obliterated. Their blood seemed to freeze.

What the hell kind of monster is this?

Didn't the intelligence report say that this kid was just a Ming Jin Da Cheng who overdrawn his potential by using unorthodox methods?

Who is the master of Ming Jin, capable of instantly defeating the senior sister who is half a step into Li He with a single move?

"That's too risky a move, retreat, retreat now!"

The two of them had no desire for revenge whatsoever; they were so frightened that they even threw away the paper umbrellas they were holding.

He pushed his Qi Harmony Realm movement technique to its limit, then turned and ran wildly towards the exit of the alley.

"Since you're here, why don't you all stay?"

Lu Guan stood in the rain, flicking the blood off his fist, not even bothering to give chase.

He simply watched coldly as the two figures fled for their lives.

"Huff, huff..."

The two evil cultivators from the Fox Clan ran for dozens of meters, and the exit of the deep alley was just a stone's throw away.

however.

Just as they were about to rush out of the alley.

Three imposing figures, as tall as mountains, had somehow appeared at the end of the narrow alleyway.

The three men, all dressed in oversized black leather trench coats and wearing large straw hats, resembled three lifeless iron towers in the wind and rain.

"Get out of the way, a good dog doesn't block the way."

The two evil cultivators from the Fox Clan, eager to escape, roared and drew their short swords, slashing fiercely at the black-clad man blocking their path.

"Clang, clang!"

When the blade struck the three men, instead of the sound of flesh tearing apart, a metallic clang rang out.

It only tore the thick black leather trench coat, revealing dark red runes and short black and white fur underneath.

"What...what the hell is this thing?"

The two were utterly horrified.

In that moment of distraction...

Those three "iron towers" moved!

"roar!"

Ah Da stretched out his thick arms and grabbed the waist of a heretical cultivator.

The immense power of the Half-Step Ironclad Fiend erupted with a deafening roar.

"Click, click..."

That martial artist, whose reputation had reached the realm of fame, had his vaunted blood and qi defenses rendered as fragile as paper in the face of A-Da's monstrous strength.

The evil cultivator's spine was broken, and his entire body was mashed into a bloody pulp, gushing blood.

On the other side...

Ah Er moved like a ghost, his sharp claws piercing through the chest of another evil cultivator, lifting him high into the air.

The Indian man opened his mouth wide and bit down on the man's neck, sucking the warm blood from his body.

"ah--"

The piercing screams echoed through the alley for only three seconds before abruptly ceasing.

Rainwater washed away the bloodstains on the bluestone slabs.

Two top experts at the Qi Harmony Realm were torn to shreds before they even had a chance to fight back under the terrifying onslaught of the Three Talents Corpse Array.

Lu Guan walked slowly to the alley entrance, looking at the mutilated corpses scattered on the ground, his face cold and stern.

He bent down and groped around on Hu San Niang's headless corpse.

Soon, he pulled out a thick stack of silver notes and a blood-stained booklet.

"If you're going to kill someone, you have to leave some money to buy their life."

Lu Guan tucked the spoils into his pocket.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, Third Brother. Return to the ranks."

The three-headed fiend retracted its claws and obediently stood behind Lu Guan.