Source Seed Detonation

He had not expected this man to have noticed the presence of the three of them long ago. The reason he had held back was to seek a chance to escape.

The middle-aged man drove force into both claws, which carried a fierce wind as they lunged one after the other at Chen Wu's throat.

Judging by his bearing, he was clearly an eighth-rank martial artist who had trained in external arts.

An ordinary person would likely have been terrified stiff by that imposing aura and captured in one stroke.

Yet Chen Wu remained calm. In an instant, he detonated the fifth-turn true qi source seed within his body, trading it for a brief surge of immense power, and used his left palm to block the vicious claw strike.

Before the middle-aged man's true killing move could arrive, Chen Wu stepped forward, causing the other man's right claw—like the gaping jaws of a savage lion—to miss.

Immediately afterward, he threw a simple, direct punch, slamming it heavily into the man's chest.

"Bang~"

Though it was a basic martial art, the Eight Extremes Fist at mastery level had begun to reveal its might. Coupled with Chen Wu detonating his source seed, his sinking stance and burst of force were clean and decisive.

While it was not enough to severely injure an eighth-rank martial artist, it was enough to make the careless middle-aged man lose control of his body and fly backward.

The young plainclothes officer who had rushed over seized the middle-aged man by the back of the neck. The other two each grabbed one of his arm joints, then stomped into the hollows behind his knees, subduing him in an instant.

Then the leading young plainclothes officer took a talisman from his pocket. After injecting it with true qi, it gave off a golden glow, and he slapped it onto the chest of the middle-aged man, who was struggling to lash out.

The moment the talisman landed, the eighth-rank martial artist's aura instantly withered. Clearly, his true qi had been sealed, leaving him powerless.

"Joint attack techniques, and the item they used—it should be a qi-sealing talisman."

Chen Wu split his attention in two, regulating his breathing while taking in their movements.

Even after being captured, the man continued to roar, "Don't get smug. I crippled a fifth-turn genius of yours, so I've already gotten my money's worth. Hahahahaha..."

The man had never expected that the hostage he picked at random would possess such strength, causing him to be captured after letting down his guard.

Still, he had crippled a martial arts genius on the verge of rising. That was already worth it.

"Now that I've fallen into your hands, I admit defeat. The great Holy Church will surely help the sacred beasts rule the earth once more. When that time comes, you..."

"Shut up!"

Already in a foul mood because his own mistake had nearly implicated innocent passersby, the young plainclothes officer now heard that Chen Wu was a martial arts genius.

The thought that a rising new star of martial arts might lose his cultivation because of his mistake flooded his heart with self-reproach and guilt.

The young plainclothes officer lashed out in fury, kicking the man in the left cheek.

"Puh~"

Though he had trained in external arts and possessed a physique stronger than that of ordinary martial artists, his true qi was sealed. Taking an enraged kick from an eighth-rank young police officer was enough to injure him.

The man spat out a large mouthful of blood along with several teeth.

"Huu~"

At that moment, Chen Wu finished regulating his breathing and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

The young plainclothes officer stepped forward and asked with deep concern, "Student, how are you?"

He had seen that punch clearly. Only by exhausting one's true qi source seed could one unleash enough power to drive back an eighth-rank martial artist.

With a smile, Chen Wu said, "I'm fine now. After regulating my breathing, I managed to preserve my realm."

As he spoke, he opened his hand toward the young plainclothes officer.

A thread of true qi flowed across his palm.

By common knowledge, only those above the third turn of Essence Tempering could release true qi externally.

Since Chen Wu could still do this after what he had just done, it was obvious that he had not lost his true qi source seed.

Seeing this, the young plainclothes officer let out a long breath of relief. "Student, it's fortunate you're all right. Otherwise, even if we caught this villain, it would have lost its meaning."

Chen Wu said with a righteous expression, "Not at all. We train hard in martial arts precisely for moments like this. How could we stand idly by?"

In truth, everything was as the middle-aged man had said. Chen Wu had indeed exhausted the true qi source seed of his fifth-turn realm.

The fruits of several days of cultivation had vanished in a single morning.

But Chen Wu possessed the Holy Demon Embryo.

Of the twin bodies and three souls, the twin bodies could transfer wounds and send true qi across any distance.

Though the true qi source seed of Chen Wu's main body had been lost, he could draw upon the cultivation of his secondary body.

After escorting the middle-aged man into the vehicle, the young plainclothes officer brought Chen Wu into the police car first.

Inside the car, the young plainclothes officer introduced himself to Chen Wu. His name was "Li Xuanran."

The man they had captured was a follower of the "Myriad Evils Cult."

Chen Wu's high school history textbook had devoted more than a page to this cult.

The so-called "Myriad Evils Cult," the "Holy Church" mentioned by that criminal, had originated during the Great Cataclysm.

At the time, humanity repeatedly suffered defeats against the onslaught of beast hordes, retreating step by step.

Thus, within humanity arose a group of cult organizations that worshipped ferocious beasts and believed that they would replace mankind.

They secretly colluded with highly intelligent beings among the ferocious beasts, trading intelligence about their own kind for personal gain.

This made an already difficult war situation even worse, adding frost to snow.

During the early and middle stages of the Great Cataclysm, the Myriad Evils Cult had manipulated many defeats from the shadows.

For this reason, the Human Alliance issued an announcement.

Whenever members of the Myriad Evils Cult were discovered, anyone with the ability was permitted to kill them on the spot without condition.

Later, humanity gained the advantage on the battlefield and launched a counteroffensive.

Like the ferocious beasts they served, those cultists fled in utter disarray and could only go into hiding.

Chen Wu had thought that after so much time had passed, those lunatics should have all been eliminated.

He had not expected to encounter a living one today.

Officer Li said with lingering fear, "It's also thanks to your intervention that nothing went wrong during the arrest."

Indeed, those who joined the Myriad Evils Cult were either crafty schemers or vicious criminals.

Had that man truly succeeded in taking a hostage, Officer Li and the others would have had to fear breaking the vase to catch the rat.

At this point, Officer Li asked Chen Wu, "Student, you contributed greatly to capturing this criminal. Aside from the reward for righteous conduct, do you have any other requests? As long as it isn't excessive, I can help submit an application to the bureau."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Wu declined. "Officer Li, there's no need to submit anything. If possible, could you help keep me out of this case?"

Not wanting to expose the Holy Demon Embryo too early was only one reason.

More importantly, during the arrest just now, quite a few onlookers had taken out their phones to record videos. If the man's accomplices saw them, that would be bad.

According to the history books, the Myriad Evils Cult was a pack of lunatics with no bottom line such as sparing one's family.

If they noticed him, then even if he could evade retaliation with his special physique, his sister might still be implicated.

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