[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-devouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h":3,"chapter-devouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-devouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-chapter-130":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Devouring Evil, Exterminating Demons Across All Heavens",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2267075,4426,"Chapter 130: Bold, Precise","devouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-chapter-130",130,"\u003Cp>The man’s eyes flickered, then he couldn’t help but smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good, good—after all, he’s an old ghost.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Guangzong and his crew are one of Ghost Market’s better suppliers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Bo, as head of the procurement department, personally led the team to receive the goods and, as per protocol, brought the top-tier detection equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the most advanced portable scanner from the Americas, a masterpiece of corporate giants—even the American military hadn’t yet secured a deal or deployed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only because Ghost Market maintained close overseas trade did they acquire this set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The device’s greatest value lay in its ability to roughly detect signs of sorcery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And its resistance to spiritual interference far surpassed that of ordinary electronic devices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though to avoid triggering the instincts of powerful cultivators, no lethal components could be installed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for remote reconnaissance, it was utterly reliable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially here, in a tech park, a robotics competition arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, since this deal has problems, why not just pull out? Transportation’s been blocked lately anyway—many goods can’t even reach overseas.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too many cursed artifacts gathered together carry risk. This deal isn’t worth overthinking.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The subordinate had barely voiced his opinion when he met the boss’s dark, heavy gaze—and suddenly felt a dry throat, his heartbeat erratic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We may have originally worried about transportation and storage issues, but now all board members demand more, as much as possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Bo tugged at his sweater collar, as if his neck felt stifled; his pupils trembled faintly, revealing intense emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Jindao Wuxiao so much as shows its face, we abandon the deal? What kind of response is that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fleeing at the mere rumor? Running at the first sign?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Bo smiled. “No— they haven’t even shown their faces yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The subordinate’s temper flared at that; he instinctively licked his dry lips: “Then let’s find a way to eliminate them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Bo chuckled in agreement, then his expression turned strange—he scratched the back of his neck and glanced again at the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no—this doesn’t make sense!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could we possibly eliminate Feng Jianhua and Yuan Chongxiao?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Bo fell into thought and ordered, “First, dig up detailed files on Jindao Wuxiao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he reviewed the data pulled up by his subordinate, Wang Bo smiled in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow grew heavier today; the ground, just shoveled, was already blanketed in white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tech park’s staff, who had earlier deliberately sought icy patches to test robot mobility, now hurried indoors, seeking shelter in exhibition halls and entering the competition grounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snowflakes drifted, piling against the glass doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Jindao Wuxiao, on the frozen river, the snow accumulated thicker and thicker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Downy snowflakes were blown slantwise by the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little stone lions on the railings had half their bodies buried in snow; the other half, their paws, remained exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gate across the bridge remained open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snowflakes blown inside melted instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the entrance, a large puddle had formed—but had not yet spread to the room’s center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu sat cross-legged, his hair falling over his shoulders, clad only in a black long-sleeved tunic, gold rose vines embroidered across chest and back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sanqi Divine Sword was tightly bound at his waist; his black trousers were equally thin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body heat melted the snow—but not the wind outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The canvases hanging on the walls still swayed gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he gazed into the mirror, it showed not only the candle flame forming the character “kill,” but also those swaying paintings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thickened mental force, like transparent flame, seeped from his waist-bound sword into every bone, swelling and receding; his hands pressed hard against his knees, every tendon and sinew straining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint drumbeat that should have accompanied Chu Tianshu’s training grew deeper, heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The combined circulation of condensed mental force and martial qi was like burying fourteen drumheads beneath thick, viscous mud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the drumheads trembled constantly, no sound reached the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when the golden sand beneath the water, stirred by the drumbeats, rose in increasing volume and breached the mud—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would the hidden heart-drum reveal itself in brilliant new glory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The cervical vertebrae supporting the head…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu slightly arched his shoulders; muscles swelled inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like two small hills spreading and joining, they rose into a larger mound in between.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The contours of his muscles emerged, flowing smoothly from neck to head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu’s long hair lifted slightly, each strand curling like tiny snakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The condensed mental force poured toward his shoulders and neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His shoulders, filled with this force, stretched outward; his skin tightened further; his arms pressed on his knees shifted slightly, elbows flaring out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the parts of his wrists extending beyond his sleeves slowly grew longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The parts of his ankles beyond his trousers also lengthened; the veins on his ankles grew more uniformly dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huhhh!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu exhaled a long white stream of breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The candle flames before the mirror, previously flickering erratically, suddenly all surged toward the glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if unable to bear the pressure Chu Tianshu generated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure seated in the mirror visibly expanded by a third.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ink-black hair streamed, thick brows like blades, eyes sharp as knives—he trained with fierce joy, a faint smile revealing his sharp teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To those in the know, the killing aura on the surrounding canvases had once been strikingly obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the first couple days, whenever the door opened and the wind swept across the bridge, the aura would surge—many students instinctively avoided this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But over these past few days, that aura had both depleted and been absorbed by Chu Tianshu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His own aura merged with the killing aura of the paintings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because when he trained, his mind turned inward, the surrounding killing aura likewise retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qilian Yong had come to watch for a few moments each of these past two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from seeing snow and wind cross the bridge, the room alive with drifting hair, candlelight, and canvases—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He no longer felt that sensation of a blade pointed at his brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I didn’t know he cultivates both body and spirit, and practices fist techniques focused on qi, I’d almost think he was a qigong cultivator.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qilian Yong held his umbrella against the snow, paused a moment, and sighed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were a qigong cultivator, such scenes—snow melting into water, hair fluttering—wouldn’t be strange at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought of the two files Chu Tianshu had given him: “Gluttonous Fist” and “Thunder in Palm,” and felt a sudden urge to push harder, train more—he turned and headed toward the cafeteria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu knew Teacher Qi had come and gone behind him; he paid it no mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maintaining his expanded posture for over twenty minutes, Chu Tianshu finally returned to his normal form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu paused his training; mental force retreated into his belt; a light sheen of sweat formed on his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ceased moving his tendons and bones, simply feeling the lingering aura still in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura was an abstract concept—somewhat like mental force, yet different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A steep cliff, precariously poised, about to collapse—its very image carried an aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that cliff certainly didn’t emit any mental force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A martial artist’s aura resembled this, yet was far more vivid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, unless a martial artist maintained it with full focus, his aura easily dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu sensed the aura’s dissipation, half-closed his eyes, and shifted his opening state from inward to outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Insight Technique proceeds from outside to inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he let it radiate outward—naturally attuning to the air’s changes inside and out, less clear than Insight, yet spreading farther and longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faintly, he sensed a figure leaping over the Wuxiao’s wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu snapped back to awareness, rose, and with a light hop, stood before the south window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this angle, no movement could be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled the window open two inches; the southern wind rushed in more clearly, the air currents met, and the nearby candles instantly snuffed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu listened intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There really was someone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wuxiao students were on break, and it was broad daylight—there was no reason to climb the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Wang Bo scaled the wall, he held his breath; his first few steps left only faint footprints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when he reached ground marked by others’ footprints did his steps become firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The building ahead had excellent sound insulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the first floor housed meditation chambers for students; according to the distant scan from the smart device, the feed sent to the vehicle’s computer showed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the first floor, only one student was now cultivating internal qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second floor held Feng Jianhua’s painting studio and study; the third floor was the principal’s bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who do underground business must adhere to the principle of boldness and caution; if you lack sufficient boldness, you might as well do legitimate business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But directly challenging seasoned masters is somewhat like courting death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After checking the records of the Golden Knife Martial School, Wang Bo discovered that several department heads were away from the campus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The principal and vice-principal are currently at the East Suburb Science Park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately conceived the idea of striking straight at the school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both the principal and vice-principal live on campus; their personal collections must contain valuable items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking their collections would not only be revenge, but also bring tangible gains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this level of revenge is still too mild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the opportunity arises, I should turn all those who have wronged us into the same kind as us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, turn them into the same kind, hahaha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Bo chuckled inwardly, unaware that his thoughts had anything strange about them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in an instant, his caution rose again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve heard Feng Jianhua’s incense-making skills are exceptional; though not magical arts, they are remarkably effective.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll roll in the snow first, combining it with my years of cultivation in the Spirit Turtle Stillness Method; even if there’s fragrance, I can conceal it within the snow, then discard my clothes afterward to avoid pursuit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Bo spotted a thick patch of snow to his side, moved with light agility, and rolled through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His clothing, especially the black sweater, was instantly coated with ice and snow, covering his face and hair as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strangely, even the snowflakes on his face did not melt from his body heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyebrows and hair dusted white, making him appear like a ghost emerging from the snow, sprinting upward along the southwest corner of the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the third-floor height, Wang Bo’s figure flickered again, like a gecko scaling a wall, swiftly approaching the third-floor window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His internal energy seeped through the window frame, and the window opened silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Bo leapt into the room, wrapped in the cold wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three large wardrobes in the corner, a large bed, a TV cabinet on the other side, and a bookshelf wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bedroom was spacious and simply furnished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Bo’s eyes immediately locked onto the three large wardrobes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The older generation disliked installing separate safes; they often concealed valuables within wardrobes equipped with traps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to step forward when his nape suddenly twitched—he instinctively spun around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that very moment, a figure crouched on the third-floor windowsill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thief?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu had barely spoken when Wang Bo launched a ruthless attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a thief—a bandit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1884,"2026-06-19T20:45:51.976Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","fe72524dde305fd2f809db9719c4ea832a24a1ae73cf66f04e40169e504c1cc9","devouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-chapter-131","devouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-chapter-129",155,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdevouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-cover.jpg"]