Xu Yunfan stood in the center of the city, silent for a long time. The Wuzhou Xianghuo Sect revolted, calling the empress a witch and calling themselves the Demon-Slaying Heavenly Army.
Under the harsh rule of the Great Zhou, the rebellion spread like wildfire, and in just a few months, it had attracted millions of people, and the whole Wuzhou was completely destroyed.
In this case, can Wuzhou's martial arts sects really still exist?
Xu Yunfan was doubtful and slowly walked to a wall and stretched out his hand.
The adobe wall was as soft as tofu in his hands and was easily penetrated.
The next second, he pulled a thin figure out from behind the wall.
Looking at the person in his hand, Xu Yunfan shook his arm slightly, making the other person dizzy, and then threw him to the ground.
He was a young boy, and it was not easy for him to survive in such a cannibalistic environment. Just looking at his face, the meat hanging between his teeth...
He looked up at Dingbei City, which was full of ruins. It seemed that this was the only way to survive.
"I ask questions and you answer them."
Xu Yunfan's cold voice rang in the boy's ears, like a chilling wind, making the boy feel a chill in his heart.
He knelt down on the ground in a hurry, not daring to look up, and just said, "Sir, please speak!"
"Why has Dingbei City become like this?"
"Yes, after the Demon-Slaying Heavenly Army broke into the city, General Qi Tian ordered his troops to massacre the city for three days."
The young man shuddered at this point. When he looked up, his face was covered in snot and tears. He wailed, "My mother and sister were abused to death by them. My brother was forced to join them under threat of violence. My sister, who had just been able to walk, became their meal. My lord!!"
Xu Yunfan's heart twitched when he heard this, and his face became solemn. He let out a breath and asked.
"Do you know where Jilei Mountain is?"
Hearing this, the young man wiped his tears and said, "I heard from the merchants who used to come here that if you walk out of the south gate of Dingbei City, you can reach Jilei Mountain, which is a thousand miles away."
Xu Yunfan stepped forward to help him up. Just as he was about to ask some questions, the young man kneeling on the ground suddenly jumped up, and the cold light from his sleeve pierced Xu Yunfan's throat.
"when!"
The golden hammer of Lei Gu Weng was placed across his neck, and sparks exploded in the twilight.
Xu Yunfan looked at the broken dagger and suddenly smelled a faint fishy sweetness from the boy's mouth, which was the unique stench of decayed human flesh.
The young man's face was red, and he looked crazy, staring at him with hatred.
"What did they feed you?"
Xu Yunfan grabbed the boy and pressed his thumb on his Adam's apple. There were clearly tiny insects crawling in the blood vessels under the boy's skin.
The boy's eyes were suddenly bloodshot and veins on his neck bulged.
"Ming Zun has descended! His flesh and blood are ascending!"
The roar did not sound like a human voice, and dense red granulations emerged from the seven orifices.
Xu Yunfan retreated three steps and watched the humanoid body explode. The pieces of flesh and blood burned as they hit the ground, turning into blue phosphorescent fire all over the ground.
Xu Yunfan's face looked a little ugly. The young man's survival was closely related to the Demon-Slaying Heavenly Army led by the Xianghuo Sect. He was afraid that something had been put on his body.
Now that he had received the news, Xu Yunfan no longer hesitated and prepared to head south. The distance was a thousand miles, and with the speed of his chestnut horse, he could reach the destination in two or three days along the official road.
When they were about to leave Dingbei City, they suddenly heard crying and shouting from the broken city gate.
Xu Yunfan clamped his legs hard against the horse's belly.
The chestnut horse neighed as it smashed the half-collapsed city gate. Suddenly, the view in front of them opened up. Thirty feet away on the official road, more than a hundred refugees were being driven into a circle by black-armored cavalry. One of the cavalrymen was carrying the battle flag of the "Demon-Slaying Heavenly Army" which was still stained with dried brain matter.
At the moment when a general's 10-foot snake spear pierced through the pregnant woman's body, Xu Yunfan's arm muscles bulged and the golden hammer in his hand flew off the saddle.
The heavy hammer broke through the air with a muffled thunderous sound, and the first three cavalrymen were smashed into meat paste along with their horses.
Xu Yunfan rode his horse through the blood mist, and the moment he reached out to grab the handle of the hammer, blood energy exploded from his body.
His muscles swelled as if blown, his tight clothes were torn into pieces, his exposed skin had a coppery luster, and his spine crackled like firecrackers.
This is a sign of great success in Tieqiao Town, with bones like fine steel and spine like an iron bridge.
"Form a formation!"
The cavalry commander who saw this scene shouted loudly, and turned the 10-foot-long snake spear in his hand and was about to charge. These elite members of the Xianghuo Sect reacted very quickly. Thirty hook-and-sickle spears were intertwined into a net, and the dark blue poisonous light tempered on the spear tips formed a light curtain.
Xu Yunfan, however, ran straight into the gun array.
There was a loud clashing sound of metal, and sparks flew out from the hook-and-sickle spear that pierced his chest.
The knuckles of the cavalrymen burst open, and before they could change their tactics, the drums and golden hammers had already set off a bloody whirlwind.
Wherever the hammer passed, both men and horses were shattered.
A headless corpse was picked up by the wind from the hammer and smashed into a piece of loess stone not far away.
A strong wind suddenly came to his mind, and Xu Yunfan lowered his head, and the cavalry commander's 10-foot snake spear that was sweeping in his hand suddenly missed.
In the twilight, the cavalry commander reined in his horse and stood still.
He was wearing heavy black iron armor, with only a pair of eyes glowing dimly visible under the visor.
The 10-foot-long snake spear in his hand pointed diagonally at the ground, and the blood dripping from the tip of the spear formed red plum blossoms on the yellow earth.
Xu Yunfan held the hammer in one hand, and as blood and energy surged throughout his body, the muscles beneath his body squirmed like a python, and his bones made a slight humming sound, as if countless pieces of gold and iron were colliding inside his body.
"Mingzun is above!"
The cavalry commander suddenly roared, and the Zhangba Snake Spear emerged like a poisonous dragon from a cave, and nine spear flowers vibrated out of the spear tip.
This move, 'Nine Dragons Exploring the Sea', has reached perfection, with nine rays of cold light blocking all of Xu Yunfan's escape routes.
Xu Yunfan did not move at all, until the tip of the spear was only three inches away from his throat, then he slightly turned sideways.
The snake spear grazed the neck and pierced into the air. The deadly poison on the spear shaft left a black mark on the skin, but failed to break the skin.
The cavalry commander's pupils suddenly shrank.
His spear was powerful enough to penetrate three layers of armor, but it couldn't even pierce the opponent's skin!
"Horizontal training? A three-trained martial artist?!"
Xu Yunfan gently swung the golden hammer in his right hand.
The seemingly casual action brought up a whistling wind. The hammer head hit the spear shaft, and the Zhangba Snake Spear made of fine steel shattered into pieces like a dead branch.
"Bang!"
The cavalry commander and his horse were knocked back three feet. The horse's hooves plowed deep grooves in the ground. His knuckles were broken and blood flowed through the gaps in his armor. The look under his visor finally revealed fear.
Xu Yunfan stepped forward, each step leaving footprints several inches deep on the ground. The blood and energy in his body surged more and more, and he felt a sense of relief that he had to let it out.
The cavalry commander suddenly pulled off his armor, revealing a face covered with tattoos.
He took out a scarlet pill from his arms, threw it into his mouth, crushed it and swallowed it.
"Ming Zun grant me divine power!"
He roared, his muscles bulging, causing his heavy armor to creak. Dense red lines appeared under his skin, as if countless insects were crawling in his blood vessels.
A cold light flashed in Xu Yunfan's eyes. He saw that these patterns were exactly the same as the parasitic granulations in the boy's body. It was obviously the method of the Xianghuo Sect.