The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

Then, the two made contact, and Ru Hua nimbly swung her fists and feet, launching an attack on Shen Chong.

Shen Chong resisted and fought back.

"Xia He, go in and tell the sect leader to release Tu Junfang and the others. We might not be able to stop those people outside with Shen Chong alone." Gao Ning then said to Xia He, who was standing beside him.

As for why Dou Mei wasn't allowed to fight, it wasn't that it was impossible, but as mentioned earlier, the reason why the Four Madmen of Quanxing were so famous wasn't because they were so powerful or had done so many evil deeds, but because their abilities were too disgusting to the supernatural.

For example, Xia He's breath; anyone who isn't detached from worldly desires would be affected by her, or even become her captive.

Then there's Dou Mei's Indolence Qi. Once it hits, even someone who was originally filled with hatred will lose all fighting spirit and become a weak boy or girl with no power to resist. Although the direct damage is not great, the consequences are extremely dangerous. It can be said that anyone who encounters her will lose the power to resist and be killed by Dou Mei under the influence of her ability, without her even having to lift a finger.

So if we were to rank the four madmen's skills, Gao Ning, who developed the Twelve Labors Formation, would be number one. After all, before becoming one of the four madmen of Quanxing, he was a proper monk from a sect with a lineage, a legitimate extraordinary person, and his strength was not weak.

However, when it comes to the depth of one's Qi, Shen Chong, who can collect loans at exorbitant interest rates, is undoubtedly the best.

Then came Xia He, who was young and had learned a few tricks, and Dou Mei, who, apart from her abilities, was really no better than an ordinary, weak woman.

Therefore, even if the Twelve Labors Formation is still in operation while Shen Chong is being held back, the enemy may still seize the opportunity to break through the defenses and reach them.

No sooner had he finished speaking than several attacks, like sniper shots, shot from outside the Twelve Labors Formation directly in front of Gao Ning, Xia He, and Dou Mei, forcing them to take cover.

Xia He then retreated back into the half-dilapidated house and told Ishihara Akira about the situation outside.

"Old Tu, Lü Liang, Yan Yan, it's your time to shine." Shi Yuanzhang's gaze remained fixed on Ma Xianhong and Ding Shian, who were engaged in battle, as he smiled at the other three beside him.

Chapter 319 Brawl

Ding Shian, who was fighting Ma Xianhong, was in no better shape.

Even though he possessed formidable strength and was truly at the pinnacle of the supernatural world, he was still suppressed by Ma Xianhong in the face of Ma Xianhong's endless array of magical artifacts and the various effects they possessed.

For example, Qi and techniques were not only greatly consumed by Ma Xianhong's magical artifact, the Devouring Beast, but most importantly, the Qi of Ding Shian that the Devouring Beast devoured could also be fed back into Ma Xianhong's body through a reciprocal feeding method.

Although only one-tenth or a fraction of his Qi was being devoured, it was continuous. As long as Ding Shian attacked, his Qi was constantly being devoured by the Devouring Beast. So, over time, the difference in energy consumption became quite significant.

While Ma Xianhong remained calm and composed, Ding Shian seemed to have just run a marathon, sweating profusely and breathing rapidly, which made his combat reactions sluggish.

"Alright, Lao Ding, let me handle him." Ishihara Akira said to Ding Shimaan upon seeing this.

"Be careful." Ding Shian was somewhat unwilling, but he also understood that if he continued to fight against Ma Xianhong, who was full of magical artifacts, the result would only be his defeat. So he did not force the issue. After repelling Ma Xianhong's magical artifacts with another attack, he retreated to Shi Yuanzhang's side.

"By the way, your master Bi Yuan is also outside. Aren't you going to meet him?" Shi Yuanzhang said, looking at Ding Shian who had stepped down.

"Master is here too?" Ding Shian asked in surprise.

Clearly, he hadn't expected that his master would also be in Biyou Village.

"You're Master Bi's apprentice?" Ma Xianhong asked, quite surprised.

"Yes," Ding Shian replied.

He didn't see anything to hide about his mentor who had given him his first teachings. Even though he was now part of the Quanxing sect, and exposing this made him vulnerable to exploitation and targeting by outsiders, what did it matter? Given his character and reputation in the world of supernatural beings, it seemed unlikely that anyone would be so bored as to use Bi Yuan to threaten him.

He still has that confidence.

"Then I'll leave this place to you, Sect Leader. I'm going out to check on my master," Ding Shian said, turning and walking out of the house, which had been severely damaged in the battle.

"He must be Ding Shian, one of the two heroes. Even he is no match for me. Do you think you can beat me?" Ma Xianhong, who had watched Ding Shian leave, turned his gaze back to Ishihara Akira, who had walked up to him, and said in a low voice.

"What do you think made me the leader of Quanxing?" Ishihara Akira asked with a smile.

"Why should I?" Ma Xianhong asked curiously.

"Of course, it's based on my strength." With that, Ishihara Sho activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, directly bypassing the defenses of the magical artifacts in front of him, appearing next to Ma Xianhong, grabbing his arm with one hand, and covering the other hand with the black arm armor transformed from the Truth-Seeking Ball, directly blasting it towards Ma Xianhong's chest.

"boom!"

Ma Xianhong's body shuddered violently, but because Ishihara Akira was holding his arm, he didn't fly away. Instead, after being flung away, he was pulled back by Ishihara Akira, who then struck the same spot again with even more force.

"boom!"

In just two moves, the Udou Kai surrounding Ma Xianhong was completely shattered, the defensive barrier was completely broken, and he appeared in his physical form in front of Ishihara Sho.

Without any hesitation, Shi Yuanzhang immediately slapped Ma Xianhong on the head again. The mental shock and the impact of emotions flooded his brain, instantly knocking him unconscious. Ma Xianhong's defenses were extremely weak because his brain and soul had been manipulated by Qu Tong multiple times. He turned around and looked at the magical artifacts that, although they had not been destroyed, had lost their supply of Qi as Ma Xianhong fell unconscious and had fallen to the ground like flying toys that had lost power. He collected them one by one.

Then, Shi Yuanzhang searched Ma Xianhong's body, finding all the food pouches and magical artifacts hidden on his person and throwing them into his personal space. Only then did he create four wooden clones to set up a barrier around himself, while his true body sat inside the barrier and began collecting knowledge from Ma Xianhong's brain, especially the content of the Divine Hundred Refinements.

……

Meanwhile, externally.

"Master," Ding Shian called out to Bi Yuan.

"Xiao An, you're here too." Bi Yuan said with a mix of surprise and relief, "What brings you Quanxing here this time?"

"The sect leader's target is Ma Xianhong," Ding Shian replied decisively.

There was nothing to hide, and besides, given Ishihara Akira's skills, he didn't think their mission could fail.

Moreover, this place is the essence of the Quanxing sect. Even if these people are performing quite well, he doesn't think they can get anything good out of the Four Madmen, the Three Corpses, and that little girl playing with zombies.

“I thought only people from the company would be interested in what the village chief was doing, but I didn’t expect that the Quanxing would be the same,” Bi Yuan sighed.

Ding Shian remained silent.

He was simply following his promise and carrying out Ishihara Sho's orders to come and help. As for why Ishihara Sho was causing trouble for Ma Xianhong, and what Ma Xianhong had done, that was beyond his knowledge.

"Let's not talk about that anymore. If I'm not mistaken, the corpse that little girl is controlling belongs to a high-ranking master from Longhu Mountain, right? Using it so blatantly, aren't you afraid of provoking the Celestial Master to come down the mountain and cause you trouble?" Seeing this, Bi Yuan didn't say anything more, but turned his gaze to the corpse of Zhang Huaiyi, who had activated the Golden Light Mantra, making himself look like a golden-armored divine weapon and unleashing terrifying combat power, and couldn't help but remind him with slight worry.

"The sect leader said he is ready," Ding Shian replied after a moment of silence.

"Sect Leader, what is the background of your new leader, Quanxing?" Bi Yuan asked curiously, withdrawing his gaze.

"I don't know. But he's very strong. In my personal opinion, he shouldn't be much weaker than the Old Celestial Master." Ding Shian recalled in detail the feeling that Ishihara Sho had given him and said slowly.

"Not much weaker than the Old Celestial Master?! Xiao An, do you know what you're saying? This is no joke." Bi Yuan exclaimed in astonishment.

“I’m telling the truth,” Ding Shian said.

“…” Bi Yuan remained silent, but he couldn’t help but feel curious about Ishihara, the new leader of Quanxing.

A being who is on par with the Old Celestial Master, and whose origins are shrouded in mystery—this world is truly becoming more and more complicated.

……

"Wow, Earth Immortal, you're cheating!" At this moment, the inconspicuous Earth Immortal took advantage of the chaos of Tu Junfang, Lü Liang and the other twelve superior root cultivators fighting, and silently sneaked underground. He came to Liu Yanyan's feet, suddenly stretched out his claws, and grabbed Liu Yanyan's ankle as if using the ninjutsu: Heart Decapitation Technique, and dragged her down to the ground.

Liu Yanyan was startled and quickly controlled Zhang Huaiyi's corpse to jump over, then bent down and punched, blasting the ground apart.

"boom!"

Liu Yanyan escaped successfully, but Zhang Kun was not so lucky. He was directly injured in the lungs and internal organs by the power that Zhang Huaiyi unleashed. He jumped to the ground and spat out a mouthful of bright red blood.

Chapter 320 Suppressing the Entire Scene

However, before Liu Yanyan could relax, Fu Rong, enveloped in sword energy, charged towards Liu Yanyan, who had revealed an opening, like a sword energy tornado.

Sword Qi Storm.

Without hesitation, Liu Yanyan quickly controlled Zhang Huaiyi's body to block in front of her, strengthened the Golden Light Mantra, and forcefully withstood Fu Rong's attack with the power of the Golden Light Mantra. Then Zhang Huaiyi counterattacked and fought against his chosen opponent, Fu Rong, once again.

As for Zhang Kun, he naturally ran far away at this time to avoid being tricked by anyone.

After all, the four madmen of Quanxing were right next to them, and with the start of the battle, they also brought the Twelve Labors Formation with them. It can be said that apart from the Three Corpses Tu Junfang, Lü Liang and Liu Yanyan, everyone who fought with them had to fight against the target while also resisting the influence of the Twelve Labors Formation. So, a short battle was fine, but if it went on for too long, they would really be trapped with nowhere to go.

Moreover, he was currently suffering from internal injuries. Although they were not fatal, his resistance to the Twelve Labors of Emotion Array, which targets the meridians, was much weaker. At least for a short while, he felt his temper become much more agitated, and he no longer had the mind to continue entangled with Liu Yanyan. This was the fundamental reason why he did not take advantage of the opportunity created by Fu Rong to win over Liu Yanyan.

However, compared to Haricha Gai, who fought Tu Junfang, his fate was much better.

Because he doesn't value technique and believes that speed and strength are enough to crush everything, Harichagai not only looks down on martial arts techniques, but also has little interest in external objects such as magic weapons and artifacts. He believes that his own body and fists are the strongest shield and weapon, so when he saw Tu Junfang, he attacked him without saying a word...

With his skills and strength, dealing with others would be a piece of cake; he wouldn't easily win, but he certainly wouldn't be at a disadvantage. Unfortunately, his opponent was Tu Junfang, the most troublesome member of the Quanxing Sect. Tu Junfang easily dodged Haricha's attack with a single flash, and then casually patted Haricha's body, instantly activating the three corpses within Haricha's body—

Although the scale wasn't very large—indicating that Harichagai didn't have many thoughts or pursuits regarding money, power, beauty, or other desires, and was a relatively ascetic being—the Three Corpses were still the Three Corpses. As soon as they were activated, under Tu Junfang's influence, they caused Harichagai trouble, leaving him unable to spare much energy to deal with Tu Junfang for the time being.

So the result was predictable: they were soon caught in a fierce battle under the siege of the three corpses that Tu Junfang had released.

Qiu Rang was a technically skilled person, so although he was also attracted by the commotion, he, like Bi Yuan, stayed outside the Twelve Labors Formation to watch and did not rashly participate.

Jin Yong was similar, but he could remotely control Ru Hua to fight, so even though he didn't enter the range of the Twelve Labors Formation, he still managed to have Ru Hua restrain Shen Chong, preventing the Four Madmen from having to spare all their manpower to intercept the Twelve Superior Talents of Biyou Village.

The result was that while Liu Wukui was engaged in a fierce battle with Lü Liang, Zhong Xiaolong, having heard of Xia He's powerful breath control, only dared to use his finger-flicking technique to restrain and attack from the outside. Only Ding Ziheng, relying on his Ghost Shadow Movement ability, acted like a scoundrel in a movie who kept jumping in and out, constantly shuttling between the inside and outside of the Twelve Labors Formation. This allowed him to block the formation's core, or rather, its key figure—Gao Ning, preventing Gao Ning from fully controlling the Twelve Labors Formation and providing invisible assistance to the other cultivators in their battles.

At this point, all twelve of the top-tier cultivators, except for Zhuge Qing, had arrived and made their moves. On the Quanxing side, apart from Dou Mei and Ding Shian, who was temporarily restraining Bi Yuan, Qiu Rang, and Jin Yong, only Ishihara Sho, who was still hiding in the house doing something, had not yet made a move. The situation could be described as evenly matched, with neither side seeming to be able to gain the upper hand for the time being, resulting in a stalemate in the battle.

However, the stalemate didn't last long. Soon, with the appearance of Ishihara Akira, the balance of victory shifted.

Yes, Ishihara Yu has emerged.

Because Ma Xianhong had been tormented by Qu Tong so many times, his soul and brain were extremely weak against the Double-Handed Technique, even weaker than that of an ordinary person. So, without much effort, Shi Yuanzhang successfully obtained the secrets of the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements from Ma Xianhong's mind, as well as the location of the Devouring Pouch containing the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements manual. He then obtained the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements manual from both Ma Xianhong's mind and reality.

Having achieved his goal in coming to Biyou Village, Ishihara Sho naturally knew it was time to wrap things up and leave.

After all, Biyou Village contains not only the new Jie Sect members and the twelve superior talents that Ma Xianhong believes, but also the 'eyes' left by Qu Tong to monitor Ma Xianhong. If you don't want too much trouble later, it's better to leave here as soon as possible.

So as soon as he came out, he saw Ding Ziheng smugly gloating there. He immediately flew to Gao Ning's side with a flying kick. When Ding Ziheng charged at him again, Gao Ning grabbed his hair, raised his knee and smashed Ding Ziheng's nose into place. Then, Shi Yuanzhang used a little force to throw Ding Ziheng's blood-covered head into the air, grabbed his neck, and kicked him. Ding Ziheng's legs snapped with a crisp "crack" and he was casually thrown to the ground.

Then, Ishihara Akira's gaze shifted, and he saw Fu Rong, who was fighting Zhang Huaiyi, controlled by Liu Yanyan, because she had become a zombie. Although she could still use the Golden Light Spell, she had lost many of her techniques and could only rely on her physical memory to fight. His eyes lit up, and he flashed to Liu Yanyan's side. In another flash, he appeared in front of Fu Rong, opened his arms, and used the "Embrace the Sister" move to hug Fu Rong's body. Then, he started to emit electricity around his body and entered the Lightning Release Chakra Mode. Fu Rong, who was only a mortal, trembled all over, rolled her eyes, and fainted, foaming at the mouth.

"Watch closely." Ishihara Akira tossed the unconscious Fu Rong to Liu Yanyan and instructed her.

"I know." Liu Yanyan, realizing that Ishihara Akira probably had his eye on Fu Rong, pouted and replied reluctantly.

Then Ishihara Sho rushed to Haricagai, who was being attacked by the three corpses, and immediately activated the Super Light-Heavy Rock Technique to enhance the power of his fist. He then smashed Haricagai's arm and kicked his leg with one punch, leaving him to be dealt with casually by Tu Junfang, who remained calm and did not take Haricagai seriously.

Then Ishihara Akira came to Liu Wu-kui's side, and the five Truth-Seeking Balls directly shattered the Five Directions Revealing Mask on Liu Wu-kui's body, knocking her unconscious.

It's just a child, not worth worrying about anymore.

Then, Ishihara Akira appeared in front of Zhong Xiaolong. In the midst of his fear, he punched Zhong Xiaolong in the chest and abdomen, knocking him unconscious with the powerful impact.

Then, Ishihara Akira turned his head and glanced at a certain place in the distance before turning his gaze back and saying to Bi Yuan next to Ding Shian, "These people are in your hands now. If you don't have anything to say to Old Ding, then we should leave."

"How is the village chief?" Bi Yuan stared intently at Ishihara Sho for a while before asking.

“He’s not dead. He’s still in that house over there. If you don’t believe me, you can go and check it yourself,” Ishihara Akira replied.

"No need, I trust you, Sect Leader Shi," Bi Yuan said, shaking his head.

Just from the fact that he easily suppressed everyone the moment he appeared, if he really wanted to do something, he would have done it directly long ago, and there would be no need to deceive himself with lies.