Outside the Wu Ming Ruins, many people soon heard hurried footsteps. The Official Elite Special Operations Forces on guard tightened their grips on their guns and watched the Stone Gate. Before long, explorers came rushing out.
They fled in a panic, as though something terrifying were chasing them. The people outside looked at one another in confusion. What was going on?
The explorers sprinting out spotted the crowd and shouted.
"Run! Don't just stand there! A monster that's been sealed away for hundreds of years is about to come out!"
"The arms and part of the torso of Great Yuan Demon Master Pasba, which Human Immortal Martial Dao Ancestor Pei Canghai sealed away, are about to break free!"
"Why are you still standing there? Officials, get everyone out of here!"
A monster sealed for hundreds of years? Great Yuan Demon Master Pasba? Human Immortal Martial Dao Ancestor Pei Canghai? Arms and a torso breaking free?!
The people outside grew even more bewildered. They understood every word the explorers said, but put together, none of it made sense.
"What the hell are you talking about?!"
"Can you explain it clearly? We have no idea what you mean..."
The explorers who had escaped through the Stone Gate couldn't be bothered to explain further. They had said what needed saying and warned the people outside. Whether anyone listened was up to them.
If the Pillaring Grandmasters and Transforming Strength Great Boxers inside failed to stop Great Yuan Demon Master Pasba's remains from breaking free, people would die when they came out.
Some quicker-witted onlookers caught on and began running away.
Major Chen, the official in charge at the scene, saw the Dragon Fang Special Operations Forces emerge and hurriedly asked, "What happened inside? Why is everyone running?!"
The Dragon Fang team members exchanged glances, then quickly gave Major Chen a brief account. He froze, wondering if he was hearing the plot of some mythological novel.
"You're saying this Great Yuan Demon Master Pasba was dismembered and sealed deep inside the ruins by the founder of Human Martial Arts, and now, hundreds of years later, he's come back to life?!"
The Dragon Fang team leader looked at the incredulous Major Chen and corrected him. "To be precise, it's Great Yuan Demon Master Pasba's two hands and a section of his torso that have revived. The two Pillaring Grandmasters and four Transforming Strength Great Boxers are still inside. We just don't know if they can hold him back..."
Professor Zhang, the biology expert standing nearby, said in disbelief, "It's been seven or eight hundred years since the Yuan Dynasty, hasn't it? How could two hands and a section of torso remain alive all this time? It sounds like a myth."
Professor Sun, the historian beside him, thought for a moment before speaking gravely. "According to historical records and folklore, Basiba was extraordinarily gifted. At three years old, he could recite mantras, practice incantations, and read and write in the five branches of learning. He was called a saint reincarnated. Later, he became head of the Sakya School and was appointed imperial advisor of the Great Yuan Dynasty..."
As a precaution, Major Chen, now the highest-ranking official on site, quickly made his decision. He ordered the elite Special Operations Forces to move everyone back from the Wu Ming Ruins. They readied their guns, grenades, and grenade launchers, then took up positions.
As the officials ushered the onlookers away, a rumble suddenly came from within the Wu Ming Ruins. The Official Elite Special Operations Forces stared tensely at the Stone Gate as several figures burst out at top speed: the two Pillaring Grandmasters and four Transforming Strength Great Boxers who had remained inside.
Only a few breaths after they emerged, a headless figure wreathed in Dark Light came charging through the Stone Gate after them. Its body was pieced together. Its upper half was bare, with two long arms ending in sharp black nails. Below the abdomen was a Blood Qi Puppet from the ruins, and a Golden Tooth Plaque hung at its waist.
Faced with this grotesque being assembled from Great Yuan Demon Master Pasba's remains, the Official Elite Special Operations Forces did not hesitate. Following their earlier orders, they opened fire at will.
Rat-tat-tat...
Gunfire erupted. Scorching bullets roared from the barrels and engulfed the creature.
But a layer of Dark Light spread across its body, stopping every bullet. Everyone stared in shock.
Farther away, some of the evacuees filming on their phones couldn't help swearing. "Holy shit! Is that telekinesis or magic?!"
"That's terrifying! Even bullets can't hurt it!!"
"Is that monster the remains of Great Yuan Imperial Advisor Basiba, the one dismembered and sealed deep in the ruins? It's vicious!"
Driven by instinct, Basiba's demonized remains surged forward on the Dark Light. They covered forty or fifty meters in a second, moving so fast that even automatic rifles struggled to track them.
Within seconds, Basiba's demonized remains reached the troops. Their sharp nails were as keen as daggers, while the Dark Light coating them cut like a high-frequency electromagnetic blade. Guns and bulletproof vests split apart with ease, and blood sprayed everywhere.
Slash! Slash!
In just five or six breaths, Basiba's remains tore through the armed Official Elite Special Operations Forces and back again. They were savagely vicious. In this first clash between a modern elite fighting force and the revived remains of an ancient Great Yuan Demon Master, the modern force had lost.