Flick of the Finger Repels the Enemy

The next day, at the County Yamen Demon Catching Division.

Chu Jiang noticed that the official start time for the Demon Catching Division was 8 AM, but people didn't start arriving until 10 AM.

The subordinates below were surprised to see Chu Jiang arrive even earlier than them.

"Your subordinate pays his respects to you, sir!" a burly man immediately took the lead in bowing.

The newcomer was Ma Han, Chu Jiang's confidant, who was highly valued by the original owner, just like Zhang Liancai.

In Baishi County, Ma Han was tasked with playing the good cop, doing practical things for the people.

Zhang Liancai was assigned to play the bad cop, engaging in self-serving and harmful actions.

When the bad cop couldn't control the situation, the good cop would step in to resolve the conflict.

They were the original owner's Heng Ha Er Jiang.

"Mm."

Chu Jiang nodded slightly. Ma Han was indeed a useful person. Zhang Liancai usually handled the dirty work, leaving Ma Han as one of the cleaner individuals in the Demon Catching Division.

He had some friction with Zhang Liancai and they didn't get along well, but he always followed his superior's instructions without question.

"The Demon Catching Division's second squad has thirty-one people in total. Excluding the eight on external missions, twenty-three should be present, and twenty-two are here," Ma Han reported to Chu Jiang in a booming voice about the day's headcount.

"Zhang Liancai isn't here?" Chu Jiang scanned the room and indeed noticed one person was missing.

Ma Han walked up to Chu Jiang and whispered, "Zhang Liancai was loitering near a residential house on East Street yesterday, doing who knows what. When asked, he just said it was a secret and told me to inform you to expect good news."

He frowned and continued, "He should have been back by now."

As soon as Ma Han finished speaking, Chu Jiang was also puzzled. What illicit business was this guy up to again?

Just then, a commotion erupted outside the Demon Catching Division. A stern-faced young man burst in, his long saber still dripping blood.

He also held a bloody human head in his hand, from which blood continuously dripped.

Liu Guangwu's eyes were filled with killing intent as he looked coldly at everyone.

"Captain Liu, what are you doing? Are you trying to rebel?"

"Guards, quickly protect Lord Chu!"

Ma Han exclaimed in alarm, and over a dozen demon hunters immediately drew their swords, forming a protective circle around Chu Jiang.

"You actually killed Zhang Liancai, and now you intend to draw your sword on Lord Chu? Have you lost your mind?" Ma Han was startled when he saw the still-dripping human head.

How dare this Liu Guangwu do such a thing.

Zhang Liancai was an officer of the law. Even if Liu Guangwu was a captain, he had no right to kill someone, and now he was threatening Lord Chu.

He was completely insane.

Didn't he know Lord Chu's special status in Baishi County?

If he died, Baishi County would descend into chaos again in a short period.

"Chu Jiang, you scoundrel!"

"Hand over my sister, or today, even if it costs me my life, I will spill your blood here." Liu Guangwu glared at Chu Jiang, his eyes filled with contempt and rage.

It turned out Zhang Liancai had kidnapped his sister while he was away and intended to present her to Chu Jiang as a bed warmer. He refused to reveal her whereabouts, claiming only Chu Jiang knew her location. He had a smug and arrogant expression, as if daring them to do anything.

In a fit of rage, Liu Guangwu beheaded Zhang Liancai and stormed into the Demon Catching Division, furious.

He didn't believe Zhang Liancai would dare to capture his sister without Chu Jiang's orders.

"What?"

Chu Jiang was dumbfounded. It was truly a case of trouble finding him at home.

He had never even met Liu Guangwu's sister, yet he was being blamed for this.

"Don't play dumb with me. Zhang Liancai himself said you were the only one who knew," Liu Guangwu pointed his long saber directly at Chu Jiang, completely enraged.

He was still pretending to be innocent. Damn it, how could he commit so many wicked deeds and still act as if he knew nothing?

It made him seem so innocent.

"Liu Guangwu, I really haven't seen your sister, and I don't know where she is," Chu Jiang replied calmly, showing no emotion.

Seeing that Liu Guangwu was so enraged that he killed Zhang Liancai, it seemed his sister was truly missing.

If Zhang Liancai were still alive, there might still be a chance to find her.

Now that Zhang Liancai was dead, could he conjure someone out of thin air?

"Good, good, good!"

Liu Guangwu looked at Chu Jiang, who refused to admit anything, and a surge of anger welled up within him. He tightly gripped the bloody head in his hand, pouring all his rage into it, and hurled it fiercely.

The head arced strangely through the air before smashing heavily onto the ground, kicking up dust and blood.

This gruesome scene made everyone around gasp, but Liu Guangwu paid it no mind.

He quickened his pace, like an enraged tiger, lunging forward three steps.

"How dare you!"

Ma Han roared, leading a group of people to intercept him.

More than a dozen steel sabers slashed towards Liu Guangwu simultaneously, glinting silver and chilling the bone.

Although Liu Guangwu was at the Ninth Level of Body Refinement, facing the encirclement of more than a dozen Demon Hunters at once, he could only defend passively, retreating step by step. It was impossible for him to free his hands to deal with Chu Jiang anymore.

"Lord Liu, we're here to help you!"

Liu Guangwu had fewer subordinates than Chu Jiang, only about twenty, and seven or eight of them were present today.

The twenty-odd Demon Hunters from the Demon Catching Division descended into chaos, and the scene became momentarily disordered.

Just then, Liu Guangwu found an opportunity and suddenly changed his move, breaking through the defensive circle.

A long saber chopped down towards Chu Jiang, making everyone's hearts leap into their throats. Chu Jiang was in the Body Cultivation Realm, still in the Blood Refining Stage; how could he withstand the enraged strike of someone at the Ninth Level of Body Refinement?

The speed was too fast; this strike would at least cost him an arm.

"Protect the Lord!"

Ma Han rushed forward, but he was still a step too late.

"Hmm?" Chu Jiang's eyebrows twitched slightly, a flicker of surprise in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure.

He looked at Liu Guangwu before him and said slowly, "Your momentum is not weak, but I wonder... how about the force?"

With that, Chu Jiang extended his right index finger and flicked it gently.

In an instant, an indescribable immense force surged from his fingertip like a surging torrent, quickly converging on the long saber.

Immediately after, this immense force traveled along the blade at an astonishing speed, reaching Liu Guangwu's hands gripping the hilt in the blink of an eye.

Liu Guangwu felt as if he had been hit by a mountain, his tiger's mouth throbbing with unbearable pain. His arms felt as if they were being pierced by thousands of steel needles.

The next moment, the long saber was sent flying several meters away.

His hands trembled, his pupils contracting in shock.

And this was merely from Chu Jiang's gentle flick of a single finger.

Liu Guangwu stared fixedly at Chu Jiang, unable to understand. His physical body was already close to the Marrow Cleansing level, yet he was utterly defenseless.

How could Chu Jiang be so powerful?

For so many years, he had been known for his arrogance and neglect of cultivation, remaining stagnant in the Lower Three Levels' Blood Refining Stage for years without any progress. Was all of this just a disguise?