Chapter 99: Blazing Sun Wheel, Arhat Foot

Hai Donglai is a person with a very bad reputation.

He originally became famous in Chang'an City according to the customs of chivalrous duels.

At that time, among the chivalrous people in Chang'an, there were successive people who claimed to be the leaders of blade technique, sword technique, spear technique, and archery.

Hai Donglai visited them one by one, dueling to the death, relying only on a red umbrella, making these leaders lose one after another, and thus became famous.

At that time, according to the rules of the Jianghu, he could open a hall to accept disciples himself, or become a guest of the famous families in Chang'an City, and even the Prime Minister's mansion had the intention to recruit him.

Otherwise, he could also choose to join the army to make contributions, hoping to lead a side in the future.

These paths, in the eyes of the Jianghu people at that time, were all upright paths.

However, Hai Donglai chose none of them. He chose to join the Inner Guards.

This organization, which integrates intelligence, assassination, and inspection, has always had a bad reputation.

Moreover, when Hai Donglai joined, it was precisely when the Two-Tax Law was being implemented, and the infighting in the court and the public was extremely fierce.

Wherever Hai Donglai went, the local officials or merchants would inevitably suffer casualties, and the state of death was cruel. Once the rumors came out, they could stop children from crying at night.

Gradually, rumors claimed that his red robes and red umbrella were all dyed red with blood, and he had the fierce name of blood sea surging.

During the battles with rebel armies and foreign countries, he also repeatedly carried out assassination missions and succeeded many times.

At a young age, he had already accumulated merits and was promoted to the commander of the Right Division of the Inner Guards.

Although the high-ranking officials in the court saw that his merits were outstanding, they also felt that so many people with tight defenses could not keep their heads in front of Hai Donglai, and there was a secret feeling of sadness for the death of their kind.

Several times in the court, someone impeached him for being arrogant and domineering, and even used his two nicknames in the Jianghu and at the border to talk about things.

"Chang'an headless Hai Donglai"!

"Blood sea surging, Red Emperor coming from the east"!

No matter which one, they were all things that the Emperor tabooed.

However, the Emperor of Tang just smiled at these memorials, and a rumor spread from the palace.

Our Great Tang has always called the monarch a sage. How can a sage have no capacity for tolerance? If talents are ruined because of Jianghu nicknames, what will happen if someone gets the elegant name of being called a monarch among the people in the future?

Once this was said, the ministers in the court stopped, because those who were called monarchs among the people were mostly these scholars and ministers.

This "so-and-so monarch" is originally the meaning of a gentleman, not a monarch.

But the Emperor deliberately confused it like this, and the intention of protection was already overflowing.

However, after this matter came out, some people who thought they were upright officials were even more critical of Hai Donglai, regarding him as a sycophantic lackey and traitor.

The rumors, half-true and half-false, spread more and more, and he became a big villain who was cruel, killed without limit, was moody, but was extremely trusted by the Emperor.

But even with so many rumors.

Among all his titles, the reputation of "Number One Expert of the Great Tang" is still the most dazzling one.

Dao Bai Shu avoided the Inner Guards a lot and didn't like to talk about these things, only slightly mentioning the name of the Inner Guard commander.

But after Seeing Chu Tianshu saw this battlefield, he could also vaguely realize what kind of person that was.

Hai Donglai should not have been in the mission group originally. He acted alone, and when he arrived, the mission group had already been killed.

Facing dozens of experts with unpredictable strength, he never thought about relying on the complex terrain in the jungle, secret tracking, harassment, and killing enemies gradually.

Instead, he chose to charge straight through in the most cruel way.

The earliest corpses even had their torsos and limbs broken and separated, which shows how heavy his hand was.

Looking at the injury on the Great Tang envoy's chest, it should have been caused by this old monk's palm.

The envoy was pierced through the heart and died, so this old monk was also dug out of his heart and died.

"What a fierce and proud person!"

Seeing Chu Tianshu looked back at the battlefield, yearning in his heart.

For those who practice martial arts, who doesn't want to see such an expert with such temperament.

But after this battle, Hai Donglai is probably also seriously injured.

He was disturbed by the power of dozens of soldier spirits, and the consumption of mental and physical strength is self-evident.

Finally, he had to face the old monk embedded in the tree, who was also a top expert.

If he could face this level of enemy without any major problems, Hai Donglai could simply go to the Tubo capital, find an opportunity to directly pull off the head of the lord of Tubo.

Change a master and pull off a head, not afraid that the opponent will not surrender.

"Wait, there is something wrong here..."

Seeing Chu Tianshu had mostly put his mind on the deduction of the battlefield just now, guessing Hai Donglai's fighting process.

At this moment, when he looked back, his eyes did not see the corpse of the Great Tang envoy, but the scene flashed through his mind.

It was immediately compared by him to a problematic place.

After the old monk died, the blood splashed and flowed from his chest was actually similar to the blood flowing from the Great Tang envoy.

This is what is wrong.

Looking at this old monk, the person had been smashed into the tree trunk, but except for the fatal wound, there were no signs of damage to the muscles and bones elsewhere, which shows the strength of his physique during his lifetime.

For such a person to die, the blood gushing out should be significantly more and thicker than the blood flowing from that Great Tang envoy.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's gaze focused on the old monk's wound.

It was a hole, but the thick blood stains and shadows made it impossible to see the "bark" behind the wound.

Just as Seeing Chu Tianshu looked over with this glance, and hostility arose in his heart, the "thing" behind the wound felt it.

"Dodge!!"

Seeing Chu Tianshu gave a sharp shout and had already side-stepped two zhang away.

The others received the reminder and avoided the direction the corpse was facing without hesitation.

They all separated enough distance to avoid the direction most likely to be attacked.

If it was some kind of hidden weapon, it should have no effect on them.

But that is, light!

Strong light! Penetrating light!

The blazing white light was much brighter than the morning light in the forest.

Even though everyone was not in the position of direct irradiation, they were still swallowed by this light.

They subconsciously closed their eyes, and some even turned their heads and raised their hands to block the light.

But that light seemed to have a unique penetrating power, shining directly through their clothes and falling on their bodies, minds, and eyeballs.

Everyone felt a sudden whiteness in front of their eyes, and then a darkness, their eyeballs aching, unable to see anything.

There was even a feeling of the world spinning, as if the directions around them were shaking and inverted, making people unable to recall the original scenery and orientation.

Naturally, they could not know that the light source actually flashed and disappeared.

Just after the strong light flashed, the old monk's eyeballs trembled, and his footsteps stepped out, having already detached from the tree.

There were dents, blood stains, and a golden round plate about a foot in diameter on the tree.

The round plate was obviously a bit deformed, seemingly the round plate was smashed onto the tree first, and then the old monk was smashed toward the tree trunk.

Hum!!

The round plate suddenly turned, detached from the tree trunk by itself, turned over in the air, and revealed a bead-shaped grip on the back.

The old monk's hand happened to reach back and grab the grip.

Just at this moment, a shadow had appeared in front of the old monk like sticking to the ground.

The Tang blade was drawn from its sheath, and the sound of the wind was like tearing silk.

A blade accurately slashed toward the old monk's knee.

It was Cheng Xiazi. He was originally a blind man, so of course, he didn't care about this strong light.

But he slashed this blade, and the old monk's right foot lifted like a ghost.

The toe actually kicked on Cheng Xiazi's hand.

The speed of a person lifting a foot could actually be practiced to be about the same as someone else waving a hand and drawing a blade.

Cheng Xiazi's heart shrank, knowing that this person's endurance method during his lifetime must have been practiced to perfection.

So even though the body was dead, the muscles and bones had not decayed.

When controlled by the soldier spirit to absorb blood, he could still exert such strength!

His blade was frustrated, his wrist was forced to deviate to the side, but he twisted his palm.

The horizontal slashing blade, borrowing this sway and twist of the wrist, shook and stabbed upward.

The Tang blade is straight-edged and has many piercing methods.

Cheng Xiazi's piercing was enough to penetrate an inch-thick iron plate.

The listening-wind blade followed the gap in the wind, and after penetrating, the blade body remained straight.

Clang!!!

This blade happened to collide with the golden round plate smashed down by the old monk.

The old monk's right foot landed, his right hand smashed down, producing a powerful force that coordinated up and down.

The round plate forced the long blade to bend, almost like the back of a bow.

Cheng Xiazi retreated urgently, the tip of the blade pointed to the ground in front, but his hand could not help but tremble.

There was a wisp of light smoke rising from the tiger's mouth where Cheng Xiazi held the blade, and obvious blisters appeared on the back of his hand.

That round plate was precisely a blood-refining divine weapon famous in Tubo, Blazing Sun Wheel!

The weapon holder became famous forty years ago, and his soldier spirit power was called "Bright Light Exhausting Flame."

Legend has it that wherever the light shines, there is already a raging fire on the body.

Lifting the wheel to shine, it can make dozens of people burn to death.

Cheng Xiazi did not feel that he was stuck by fire, but felt that his blade had become a red-hot branding iron.

He felt something was wrong, forced himself to hold the blade handle, but could not control the traces of being burned on his hand.

This tremor was a huge flaw, but the old monk could not catch up with him.

Because a violent figure rushed back from the side.

The distance of two zhang, when Seeing Chu Tianshu flashed sideways, his body only swayed.

Now he rushed back, his speed was so fast that the ground shook, and the person arrived.

The old monk's dead white eyeballs moved, his left hand bent, his horizontal arm blocked, and his long right arm swung, and the golden round plate shaved over flatly.

Boom! Clang!!!

Seeing Chu Tianshu didn't even draw his sword, blasting two punches.

One punch blasted on the old monk's left arm, making his entire burly body shake, his feet pressed deep into the side, his center of gravity swaying.

The right arm waving the round plate was also affected, the trajectory changed, and the speed slowed down.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's other hand, a punch from bottom to top, blasted on the center of the round plate.

The round plate was blasted high by him.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's face was exposed, his eye sockets and eye tails were red, but his eyes were hard open.

He dodged far enough, and the strong light had little effect.

Moreover, ever since his "Food for Immortal" was completed, his internal organs were strong, and the strength of his eyes was increasing day by day.

That strong light made his eyes ache, but not to the point of temporary blindness.

But as soon as his hand hit the round plate, his eyes closed.

Sure enough, the golden round plate flashed with strong light again.

Seeing Chu Tianshu already had the insight technique, but when facing experts, he abandoned vision, feeling it was not safe enough.

Just now, in the close-combat state, he had already looked at the old monk, and his mind retained all the details and signs just now.

In a short time, closing his eyes was already fine!

When the golden round plate flashed with light, the old monk's feet kicked out like a ghost.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's foot, however, intercepted at this time, and his sole stepped directly on the calf bone.

At the moment of the collision, Seeing Chu Tianshu's foot relied on the arc of the sole to retract, so that the two did not rebound instantly, adding a contact time of a snap of a finger.

His foot took the opportunity to rub downward, the sole of his shoe directly crushed the old monk's trouser leg, and his sole smashed heavily on the old monk's instep.

In fist techniques, the kung fu of stomping feet is highly valued. It can be one's own foot stomping the ground, or it can be stomping someone else's foot.

Even if the opponent's foot is not on the ground, it can still be stomped.

Shaolin fist frame, Arhat Rubs Moss!

Shaolin monks combine kung fu with life, cooking, cleaning, nothing can not be practiced. Rubbing moss at the root of the wall with the sole of the foot is also a kind of kung fu to practice strength.

With Seeing Chu Tianshu's foundation, this foot rubbing over, not only rubs away the moss, but can even rub a layer of powder off the stone wall.

One rub and one smash, directly crushing the old monk's instep and sinking into the soil.

The strength on the calf was also scattered in that rub just now, red and swollen.

Seeing Chu Tianshu took the opportunity to lift his foot and kicked the calf bone that had no defense.

The old monk's leg and foot were folded backward, and his body suddenly tilted, the round plate in his hand stood upright, like a big axe hacking down.

But he lacked a heart and a leg, and his whole body was uncoordinated.

This hasty swing relying only on arm strength was clamped tightly by Seeing Chu Tianshu with both palms.

Clang!!

At the moment the round plate could not turn, Seeing Chu Tianshu's right foot had already kicked the old monk's shoulder.

This foot's strength was like thunder, and the sole of his shoe exploded with a bang.

The palm thunder sent from the sole of the foot.

The old monk's shoulder joint was kicked and broken by this foot, and the flesh and blood separated accordingly.

The scarlet blood flowers were like red lotuses in full bloom.

The arm holding the golden round plate completely detached from the old monk's torso.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's leg shadow still did not land, swayed again, and kicked directly on the old monk's collarbone.

Boom!!

The old monk's corpse hit back into the tree trunk dent.

With the current broken state of this corpse, even if it encounters any evil weapon and is manipulated by a wild soldier spirit, it is useless.

Seeing Chu Tianshu retracted his foot, and his hands clamping the golden wheel began to emit blue smoke.

"It's just an illusion!"

Seeing Chu Tianshu opened his eyes, added force to his hands, clamped the round plate with one hand, and pulled off the severed arm.

Afterwards, he folded and pressed the golden round plate, which was a foot in size, into a piece of scrap iron the size of a fist, just like folding a piece of iron sheet.

The gaps in the scrap iron were still trying to flash light and emit heat.

"Just turned into a wild soldier spirit, actually so tenacious, your master's blood is really a great tonic for you."

Seeing Chu Tianshu looked down, his hands collided in front of his chest, making a muffled loud noise.

The golden scrap iron was smashed into a thick cake shape by his hands.

The evil soldier spirit inside only then collapsed, emitting a wisp of curling red smoke.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 100 =====

A harsh metallic sound emanated from Seeing Chu Tianshu's hands, gradually folding the foot-wide golden disc into a fist-sized lump of scrap metal.

Within the crevices of the scrap metal, it was still attempting to flash and heat up.

"To have just transformed into a wild soldier spirit and be this tenacious—your master's blood is truly a great supplement for you."

Seeing Chu Tianshu looked down, slamming his hands together in front of his chest, emitting a dull, thunderous sound.

The golden scrap metal was smashed into a thick, cake-like shape by his hands.

The evil soldier spirit inside only then collapsed, emitting a wisp of curling red smoke.

(End of chapter)