Ping An County's eastern outskirts.
Brocade Guard Precinct grounds.
Chen Fan's residence.
Having washed up, Chen Fan sat cross-legged on his bed. With a thought, he checked his Attribute Panel:
Name: Chen Fan Realm: Divine Treasury Realm (Limit) Techniques: "Body Tempering Fist" (Perfected), "Blade Draw Slash" (Perfected), "Heaven and Earth Millstone Fist" (Perfected) Remaining Lifespan: one hundred years Demonkin Lifespan: three thousand one hundred and seventy-five years
Ever since he had cultivated the "Heaven and Earth Millstone Fist" to the Grand Perfection level, he had broken through the Martial Dao Ten Stages and forged an Innate Body. His aptitude had improved, and even his lifespan had increased dramatically.
Normally, someone at the peak Divine Treasury Realm had a lifespan of around one hundred and fifty years. Yet this body of his was only sixteen years old, and although he had now reached the limit of the Divine Treasury Realm, he only had one hundred years left.
That was rotten luck when he thought about it!
Still, being able to reach the utmost extreme of the Divine Treasury Realm, become invincible among those of the same rank, and grow even stronger than demonkin in the same realm left him thoroughly satisfied.
Most of the demonkin they had slain today had died by his own hand, so he had amassed an ocean of Demonkin Lifespan in just one day.
More than three thousand years! When had he ever fought such a rich man's battle?!
"I have to go to Dragon Abyss Prefecture and exchange for a Divine Aperture Realm technique. If I can trade for a formidable saber technique and a movement technique as well, that would be even better."
"Three thousand-plus years of Demonkin Lifespan may look like a lot, but my aptitude and comprehension are honestly mediocre. To cultivate a Divine Aperture Realm technique to Grand Perfection may require even more Demonkin Lifespan."
"If I want to deduce it further, turning it into a more perfect technique that suits me better and is even more powerful, then I might need a vast ocean of lifespan. Even these three thousand-plus years of Demonkin Lifespan might not be enough!"
"Besides, I need to learn more profound saber techniques and movement techniques. Those will also require lifespan to deduce. At first glance, I seem quite wealthy, but in truth, I'm still rather poor."
"But with this capital, entering the Divine Aperture Realm will become much easier. I can also speed up the opening of my acupoints, rapidly increase my strength, and count it as taking a great stride forward."
Chen Fan pondered inwardly. Looking at the Demonkin Lifespan on his Attribute Panel was like a rich old landlord counting the grain in his storehouses. This was the capital of his cultivation!
The next moment.
Chen Fan seemed to sense the atmosphere around him changing. A dangerous aura swept toward him, and he sprang from the bed, casually gripping the Embroidered Spring Blade resting on the table in his bedroom.
Boom!
A thunderous crash rang out. A massive, pitch-black figure descended from the sky and smashed Chen Fan's residence to pieces.
Chen Fan leaped away, putting several yards between himself and the colossal creature. Only after it landed did he see that it was an enormous black gorilla!
"Roar! Roar! Roar!"
The black gorilla pounded its chest fiercely and let out a howl. Its eyes, each as large as a bronze bell, fixed on Chen Fan. With an enraged roar, it swung its fist down at him viciously.
"Give me my two cousins' lives back!"
Chen Fan: "???"
Could it be the two ape demons he had killed at the Ping An County instructor's home?
They had been white apes, while this bastard was a black gorilla. What kind of relatives was it trying to claim?!
Boom!
Facing that fist as large as a sandpot, Chen Fan showed no fear whatsoever. He threw a punch of his own. It was as though a savage dragon lay dormant within him; the instant it exerted force, his fist shot forth like a dragon, unstoppable!
Crack!
The large and small fists collided brutally. With a crisp crack, the black gorilla's fist was smashed apart by Chen Fan's blow.
Chen Fan sprang up and lashed out with a kick, striking the black gorilla squarely on the head. The immense force sent it flying backward, shattering half a wall. Chen Fan's house collapsed completely as well!
The black gorilla crashed heavily to the ground, a huge depression caved into its skull. Chen Fan's kick had directly crushed its cranium. Blood flowed from its seven orifices, and it was clearly taking in less breath than it let out.
Just then, Chen Fan felt the ground tremble faintly. Two hands suddenly thrust out from beneath the earth, clamping onto both his legs and dragging him underground!
His body staggered, then he stomped down fiercely, directly shattering the two arms that had gripped him tightly. He plunged one hand deep into the soil, yanked out a small pangolin, seized its head, and twisted hard, killing it on the spot!
"Kill!"
At that moment, Li Mo led seven Brocade Guard Squad Leaders beneath him. Dressed in night clothes with their faces covered, they surrounded Chen Fan from all directions alongside more than a dozen demonkin, charging straight at him!
Yet the Embroidered Spring Blades in their hands and the standard Brocade Guard boots on their feet had long since exposed their identities. In truth, they did not care whether Chen Fan saw through them.
Because tonight, either he died or they did. There was no second road to take.
Covering their faces was merely an act of plugging one's ears while stealing a bell, born of guilty consciences!
"A pack of chickens and dogs! Even if ten times as many came, I could still slaughter every last one of you!"
"Cao De, why aren't you, you dog-thief, taking action yourself?"
"Instead, you've incited demonkin and a pack of fools to attack me?"
"Are you trying to wear down my strength?"
Chen Fan shouted sharply. The thousand-forged Embroidered Spring Blade of black iron slid from its sheath, and he unleashed the Grand Perfection Blade Draw Slash. With one slash, cold light flashed, and a snake demon's head was instantly cleaved in two, demon blood staining the sky!
"Don't be so arrogant! I'll be the one to kill you!"
"Eightfold Frenzy Saber!"
From within the crowd, Li Mo roared. Holding an Embroidered Spring Blade, he unleashed an even more unfathomable saber technique. The blade danced in his hand as a dense gale of force surged up like a violent storm, assaulting Chen Fan directly!
This was a saber technique Li Mo had exchanged from the armory of the Dragon Abyss Prefecture Brocade Guard Thousand-Household Office using the merit points he had accumulated over many years. It could be called an advanced version of "Blade Draw Slash."
When cultivated to the extreme, this technique could unleash eight streams of saber force with a single slash, terrifying beyond compare. Li Mo could currently only produce three streams of saber force, but that alone was enough to make him proud.
Relying on this saber technique, he could kill demonkin at the fourth level of the Divine Treasury Realm when he had just entered the fifth level, and he could even fight demonkin at the fifth level of the Divine Treasury Realm!
He knew that he might not be Chen Fan's match, but Chen Fan was not facing him alone today. Under the combined siege of so many demonkin and Martial Dao experts, two fists could not fend off four hands!
"Brocade Guard Precinct of Ping An County, follow me in slaying demonkin and exterminating evil!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
At that moment, the entire Ping An County Brocade Guard Precinct blazed with light. Lu Xuening, Huang Chengyue, Wang Chao, Qin Yuan, and Squad Leader Zhao Changfeng arrived with more than forty Brocade Guards.
Wearing Flying Fish Robes and carrying Embroidered Spring Blades, they charged directly at the dozen-plus demonkin and the seven Squad Leaders!
"How could this be?"
"Who leaked the news?"
Li Mo's face drained of color in shock. The saber technique in his hands became a chaotic mess, allowing Chen Fan to seize the opening and slash off his right hand. The Embroidered Spring Blade held in that hand fell to the ground.
He still wanted to move, but Chen Fan's blade had already settled against his neck.
"Li Mo, you thought your arrangements were flawless. You deliberately had Zhang Kai monitor Lord Chen Fan's every move, but he himself was under our surveillance as well!"
"Today, after Lord Chen Fan returned to the Centurion Office, Zhang Kai quietly slipped away to tip you off. Little did he know that everything was under Brother Wang Chao's watch."
"Our purpose in doing this was to lure you into acting."
"Now, with more than forty Brocade Guard brothers, three Brocade Guard Squad Leaders, the former Brocade Guard Chief Squad Leader, and the county yamen's Ninth-Rank Black-Robed Constable as witnesses, the evidence that you colluded with demonkin to murder fellow officers is irrefutable. What do you have left to say?"
Brocade Guard Squad Leader Zhao Changfeng walked up to Li Mo, ripped the cloth from his face, and revealed his true appearance.
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