[{"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-71":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},2267016,4426,"Chapter 71: Water Beneath the Car, Death for the Man","devouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-chapter-71",71,"\u003Cp>Li Kang saw a figure flash out from the gate and instinctively slammed the accelerator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Southeast Asia, bad marksmanship doesn’t matter—just have plenty of bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But your driving skills must be excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More often than not, ramming someone with your car is the most satisfying way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car was already in drive, engine running; one press of the pedal sent it accelerating instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as the car barely moved, wheels just beginning to roll, the man was already standing right in front of the hood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Jun’s partner—the one who killed the psychotic?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he be this fast?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aruo hadn’t fastened his seatbelt; as his face paled in shock, his body suddenly shattered through the front windshield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glass shards sprayed outward as the figure lunged forward, a German military dagger in hand, aimed straight at Chu Tianshu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu’s form flickered and vanished before him; he stepped forward, spun in a spiral, and was suddenly beside the entire car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His rotating body suddenly thrust both palms outward, slamming hard against the vehicle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Internal and external forces erupted together—Thunderclap Palm, two bare hands delivering a true explosive impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both front and rear doors warped violently inward, glass shattered, the frame twisted with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire sedan was flung sideways over three meters, flipping into the pond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huge waves erupted, the water churning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car, upside down, bobbed up and down with buoyancy, not yet sinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puff-puff-puff-puff!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-green stone fragments flying after him shattered into wisps of smoke as their master’s emotions surged wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aruo’s lunge missed; as he turned his head, he saw the car smashed into the water, his heart skipped a beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was just a human—barehanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet to him, the feeling was almost like those few times he’d been targeted by rocket launchers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time, he’d fled without hesitation—and survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, since the opponent was human-shaped, Aruo instinctively pressed the green capsule on the dagger’s grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The object looked like a capsule, or perhaps a snake’s gallbladder, filled with magic water brewed by Su Ha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since receiving the blessing of Liu Ling Tongzi, Su Ha’s mastery of black magic had skyrocketed, and he’d prepared many useful tools for his comrades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, a technique called “Six Yin Mother-and-Child Nails.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This method required six women born in Yin years, impregnated during a Yin month at a Yin hour; when their children reached six months, all were killed—each death taking two lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, using dog-fat candles to roast the corpses’ chins, they collected the corpse oil, soaked iron nails in it, and inscribed spells onto the nails, forging a vile magical artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within a hundred meters, pointing the nails at a person from afar would make their head feel as if pierced by iron nails—unbearably painful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ha had forged Aruo’s standard German dagger into this artifact and equipped him with poison capsules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each press of the capsule triggered one instance of the distant nail-strike effect; each capsule could be pressed twelve times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aruo’s finger pressing it was easier and faster than pulling a trigger, and at close range, it had a crude auto-locking effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu had clearly dodged, yet he still felt a sharp pain in his brain, spreading to both temples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to hear the shrieks and wails of multiple women and children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mother-and-Child Nails?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu’s temples bulged with veins; as this thought flashed through him, his chest and abdomen trembled violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore a white shirt and black trousers, both loose-fitting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with that tremor, every button on his white shirt exploded off, revealing his chest and abdominal muscles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder surged through his entire body; all mental noise vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re asking for death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu pressed his hips down, his legs like thick steel springs snapping forward, his body lunging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aruo instinctively thrust his dagger forward; Chu Tianshu ignored it entirely, one palm already slamming into Aruo’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aruo’s upper clothing tore into shreds and flew outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire body lifted off the ground; he felt as if a ball of boiling mercury had exploded inside his chest, spreading instantly—his limbs stretched wide in midair, rigidly extended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tai Chi, Immortal Crown Pouring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This punch was originally aimed at the head; ancient Daoists perfected it to the point of divine mastery—striking the crown of a man’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The victim’s body would involuntarily spring upward, limbs flung wide, crashing to the ground in a giant “X.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like prostrating fully, worshipping an immortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu used Thunderclap Palm—not striking the head, but the chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His strike moved in a straight line, shorter and more vicious than swinging an arm to hit the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aruo was blasted into a giant “X,” flying backward and slamming into a tree nearly ten meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tree trunk and branches shuddered violently; willow branches like fine whips brushed across his face, now gushing blood from all seven orifices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpse hit the ground—dead on impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A roar erupted from the pond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Kang kicked open the side door and swam into the water with Su Ha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pond wasn’t deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once free of the car’s confines, Li Kang stood inside, his chest and head above water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His roar came from fury at seeing Aruo killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Chu Tianshu stepped forward two long strides toward the pond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swift and ruthless—he crossed the shore in one step, the second step aimed straight at Li Kang’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Li Kang had been alone, he might have dodged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the angle was treacherous—if he dodged, that foot would crush Su Ha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone had to take the kick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Kang’s experience in Southeast Asian battlefield survival kicked in—he roared in fury but didn’t panic, his arm suddenly shot up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His left hand formed a defensive posture; his right hand shot straight for Chu Tianshu’s crotch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu’s descent from midair was a massive opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Kang’s dual movements created the illusion of defense and counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was naturally hairy; as he unleashed full force, the hair on his face visibly sprouted outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingernails curled inward, transforming into tiger-panther claws—not flat plates, but conical tips, razor-sharp and hardened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Su Ha’s doing—after secretly killing a European mercenary captain, he discovered the man’s physique was unusual, showing rare recent ancestral regression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ha carefully arranged the ritual, using the man as the primary offering, communing with Liu Ling Tongzi to bestow this blessing upon Li Kang—the strongest natural physique among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since then, Li Kang had gained this unique, partial transformation ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His nails could pierce straight through the outer shell of Southeast Asian government armored transport trucks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chu Tianshu’s right leg suddenly shifted, like the tip of a supple great spear changing position—his front sole snapped into Li Kang’s palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they collided, Li Kang’s body emitted the sound of multiple thick hemp ropes snapping taut and vibrating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu, propelled by the kick, leapt back to shore, instantly pushing off with his rear foot and striking again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This retreat and advance felt premeditated—his upper body height barely changed, but his leg posture had shifted completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kick struck Li Kang’s throat; his rear heel followed, stomping down on his chest, driving him fully beneath the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Li Kang’s face vanished beneath the water, a streak of crimson bloomed in the pond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ha, behind him, scrambled backward, one hand clutching a plastic bag, the other still plunged into soaked powder, trying to pull something out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the water’s turbulence severely hindered Su Ha’s movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Kang fall, Su Ha’s face twisted with stunned horror—he bit off a piece of his tongue and spat blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens, hundreds of blood droplets in midair turned from red to green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu’s eyes flickered; his right sleeve swelled with force as he swept one palm hard across the water’s surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water exploded with a thunderous crash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, the water surged upward like a one-meter-high wall, packed with crushing force, slamming forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The green blood droplets were all deflected by the water wall, falling back into the pond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HISS!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu’s hand slid along the top edge of the water wall, snapping toward Su Ha’s throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ha’s pupils had turned fully green—no powder left, no time to chant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He forced every ounce of pure mental power from his brain, blasting it forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a daze, it seemed another face flew from his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That flying face was snow-white, eyes blazing green fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu’s palm struck the flying face—hesitated slightly; goosebumps raced from his handback up to his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The evening glow on the water was fragmented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This true word, radiating yang energy, made the evening glow in the water seem to brighten by a third in that fleeting moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu’s hand had shattered that face and now gripped Su Ha’s throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1479,"2026-06-19T20:45:51.976Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d37d946d34ec53c1b9886e09158e482657cb53c1344563e2612e5bb3d4e1b68e","devouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-chapter-72","devouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-chapter-70",155,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdevouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-cover.jpg"]