Chapter 187

"I am the Garrison Commander of the Annan Army; do you dare to kill me?"

Although Gao Zhen wasn't sure if the person before him was truly Mountain Yama, he hoped that announcing his name would intimidate the other party.

In Yunzhou.

The reputation of the Annan Army was still very effective; anyone would have to weigh the consequences.

"Garrison Commander?"

"It's precisely a Garrison Commander I'm killing!"

He couldn't draw his sword in time, nor could he dodge.

In the flash of lightning, Gao Zhen's right hand suddenly turned crimson-gold, and a flame transformed from red light surged on his fist and palm, illuminating the rain-filled sky with a deep red.

He raised his arm to his brow, intending to use his true qi to block this blade.

At the same time.

Scorching true qi swirled around his body, layer upon layer, and he himself was covered in red light, as if he were the legendary God of Fire.

"Red Refining Divine Fire Diagram?"

Li Rui raised an eyebrow.

This was the first time he knew that the qi-diagram Gao Zhen practiced was the fire-form Red Refining Divine Fire Diagram.

Those who practice this diagram can gather qi into fire; when facing an enemy, they cover their whole body with the fire form, which is incomparably scorching and has miraculous effects.

It is a superior qi form.

Boom!

Like a thunderclap, Gao Zhen's pupils became bloodshot in an instant, and his heart jumped wildly.

The moment they made contact, it was as if his whole body had been electrocuted; the strange true qi acted like an electric current, passing from the blade through his arm and into his whole body.

"Dragon Form!"

The shock in Gao Zhen's heart reached its peak.

His fire form was being suppressed to death by the dragon form.

As a member of the Gao clan, his knowledge far exceeded that of ordinary martial artists.

The dragon is the supreme being among all beasts; the Emperor calling himself the True Dragon Son of Heaven shows its status, and the dragon form is naturally the highest-grade qi form.

High grade also means it is harder to practice.

There were countless geniuses who were brilliant in the early stages and originally compatible with the dragon form, but because the dragon form was too difficult to practice, they could only settle for the dragon-like form.

But once successfully practiced, it was a sure-fire crushing of those at the same level.

"You are not Mountain Yama!"

"Who exactly are you?!"

Gao Zhen's eyes widened in anger.

Mountain Yama practiced the tiger form, and neither Ning Zhongtian nor Jiang Linxian practiced the dragon form; so who was it that struck tonight to kill him?

Another blade!

Gao Zhen had only just entered the Longmen after gathering qi into form; his true qi was inferior to the other's, and he was fiercely suppressed, retreating several steps with a muffled groan.

He stepped out several mud pits on the ground.

He also finally took the opportunity to draw the long sword in his hand, the firelight spreading along the sword like a furious fire dragon.

"Go to hell!"

A roar.

Gao Zhen drew his sword to counterattack, the thick sword intent wrapped in the power of the fire form, weaving a sword net layer upon layer in the air, falling toward the top of "Mountain Yama's" head.

Li Rui's long blade was in front, a green dragon coiling around it.

Almost the moment the blade and sword made contact, the green dragon tore a hole in the blazing fire sword net.

Clang, clang, clang!

The sound of blade and sword clashing rang out repeatedly.

"Damn it!"

Gao Zhen's roar echoed through the rain-filled mountain forest, and following that, the long blade swept across his waist and abdomen, lifting a large piece of flesh.

The outcome was decided!

As expected of the dragon form; the fire form was already an extraordinary thing among all forms in the world, but in front of the dragon form, it was suppressed everywhere.

Moving his feet, he wanted to pull away and dive into the mountain forest.

"Want to leave?"

Li Rui sneered.

Tipping his toes, he leaped two zhang high, and with a flip, landed steadily in front of Gao Zhen.

Seeing this scene.

Gao Zhen gasped.

"This person has practiced the dragon form, and actually still has time to practice such superb light-body technique?!"

He couldn't beat him, and he couldn't run away.

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Gao Zhen's eyes; instead of retreating, he advanced, his long sword turning into a fire dragon, fiercely stabbing at "Mountain Yama."

"Mutual destruction?"

Li Rui didn't dodge or evade, directly holding his blade to meet him; the moment the blade and sword made contact, he actually chose to open his center wide, his chest rushing toward Gao Zhen's sword.

Seeing this abnormal scene, Gao Zhen frowned.

But the situation was already like this, so he could only grit his teeth and fight to see who was more ruthless.

"Die!"

Ning Zhongtian's heart shook.

Gao Zhen's pupils shrank to the size of needle eyes in an instant.

"Blocked... blocked??!!"

His full-force sword strike just now was actually resisted by "Mountain Yama" with his physical body.

"Not right..."

Gao Zhen soon saw the problem; he saw a circular shield formed by purple-gold qi flow tightly pressed against Li Rui's right chest.

The shock in his heart was already beyond measure.

"Dual forms."

And the grade of the other form was even higher than the dragon form.

"What kind of freak is this person?!"

"That's enough."

What did that mean?

Before Gao Zhen's thought could even turn, he saw a flash of cold light break through "Mountain Yama's" sleeve—it was actually a short blade!

"He even hid a blade..."

Gao Zhen's expression changed drastically.

A brilliant blade light flashed, and his body was perfectly cut in two from the middle, silently and soundlessly.

Boom!

A muffled thunder echoed through the rainy night.

"It's the dragon form!"

Gao Zhen, dead!

"Phew."

"Finally dead."

A mouthful of turbid qi was slowly exhaled from Li Rui's chest.

"The Longmen realm is indeed hard to kill."

This was the first time Li Rui had used all his trump cards to kill someone. Although he had just stepped over the Longmen, with dual forms plus martial bones, if he were still like an ordinary martial artist, he might as well just go pee and drown himself.

Embarrassing.

Precisely because he had this reliance, he dared to harbor the thought of killing Gao Zhen.

Gao Zhen had also only just stepped into the Longmen for three or four years; he was definitely no match for him.

Correct.

Ever since he confirmed last time that Gao Zhen was a spy planted by the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao in the Anning Guard, and that his previous actions were all to kill him.

Li Rui decided to strike first.

He was a Sixth-Rank subordinate, and Gao Zhen was a proper Sixth-Rank.

Being one rank lower, wanting to report Gao Zhen wasn't easy; perhaps just after reporting, before the other party had any trouble, he would be the one in trouble first.

And, behind Gao Zhen was the Gao family.

The Gao family might clean house themselves because Gao Zhen colluded with the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao, but they would never allow the matter of a Gao clan member colluding with an evil sect to be brought to light.

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They might even strike to wipe out all those who knew, not letting the matter leak.

Otherwise, if the Imperial Court found out, the Lin faction would certainly make a big fuss about it, and then it would be possible for the Gao family to be raided and exterminated.

As long as it was a head of a family with a normal brain, they wouldn't let such a thing happen.

By then, Li Rui wouldn't even know how he died.

Reporting isn't about what crime the person being reported committed, but about who the backer behind them is.

One must look at the momentum accurately.

There was once a constable in Qinghe who wanted to report the County Magistrate for embezzlement.

As a result, the next day he was found drowned in a small ditch next to his house.

The small ditch was only half a foot deep.

And then it was left unsettled.

Embezzlement is wrong, but behind the County Magistrate was the Prefect, and most of the money collected was given to that Prefect.

Reporting the County Magistrate was equivalent to damaging the Prefect's wealth.

Cutting off someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents.

You don't die.

Who dies?

Gao Zhen's situation was the same.

When encountering such things, there are generally only two ways: either swallow one's anger and go far away, or sneak directly into the County Magistrate's house and kill them directly.

Li Rui chose the latter.

Because he was strong enough.

Blindly enduring is just being stupid; it would only allow Gao Zhen to constantly use sinister means, impossible to guard against.

Who could endure the feeling of having to worry about being assassinated every time they went out the door?

For today, Li Rui had long been planning.

He didn't know how many days he had been squatting in front of Gao Zhen's residence.

Until he broke through, and it happened that Gao Zhen went far away.

It created the perfect opportunity for him to kill.

To summarize.

It was that the timing, location, and people were all in his favor; Gao Zhen didn't die unjustly.

Looking again at the smoke in his Wisdom Eye.

It had changed from the previous deep red to a pale red.

"It seems that although Gao Zhen and Zhuang Renhe are both people of the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao, the only one who wanted to kill me was Gao Zhen."

Li Rui pondered.

If Zhuang Renhe also wanted his life, then he would really only be able to find an excuse to transfer himself to another guard station.

He certainly wouldn't be able to keep his Sixth-Rank position, but it would be better than losing his life.

Li Rui looked at Gao Zhong, who was washed pale by the rain on the ground.

"Immortal Qi!"

He was immediately overjoyed.

A strand of cyan qi, as thin as a hair, slowly drifted out from Gao Zhong's body.

Li Rui naturally wouldn't be polite.

He grabbed the Immortal Qi and stuffed it into his own mouth, swallowing it into his abdomen.

The moment the Immortal Qi entered his dantian, it actively merged with the Immortal Form; the gold-purple color of the Immortal Xuan Qi was even more vibrant than before, and the immortal flavor was also more authentic.

"Immortal Qi is truly a good thing."

Li Rui could clearly feel that the Immortal Xuan Qi had become stronger.

This strength was reflected in every aspect; if he were to infuse the current Immortal Xuan Qi into Liang He and the other two, the effect of reversing their foundation would be a full doubling compared to before!

He couldn't help but recall the "Immortal Qi Map" he had seen before.

The one closest to him was at Jiang Linxian's residence.

However, Li Rui didn't intend to provoke that great god.

Stealing treasures from Jiang Linxian's hands—one had to see if their life was hard enough.

Li Rui felt that he was just an old man; being able to obtain two strands of Immortal Qi was already satisfying.

Greed is something young people love to do; he was content and thus could always be happy.

And in fact, ever since it transformed into Immortal Xuan Qi, even without Immortal Qi, he could rely on his own qi-nurturing to strengthen the Immortal Xuan Qi step by step; it was just that with Immortal Qi's help, this process could be faster.

Li Rui squatted on the ground and searched out all the treasures on Gao Zhong's body.

"Very good!"

The corners of his mouth couldn't be suppressed from rising.

As expected of someone from a great Gao clan family, just the Sixth-Rank elixirs alone numbered six; in addition, the sword that fell to the side was also cast from a divine weapon, of great value.

He stuffed everything into his bosom.

Although he couldn't use the weapon, didn't he have a disciple in his house who could do blacksmithing?

It could be put to good use.

This was the benefit of taking disciples; if it were in the past, he would probably only be able to find some kind of natural pit and throw it away.

Gao Zhen's weapon was too conspicuous; if people knew, it would definitely be troublesome.

After doing all this.

Li Rui took out the corpse-dissolving water from his bosom.

The rainwater didn't affect the efficacy of the corpse-dissolving water at all; in just the blink of an eye, the corpse completely turned into a pool of sewage.

Under the washing of the heavy rain, it soon flowed to all parts of the mountain forest.

There were absolutely no traces of murder to be seen.

Finally, he turned the killed demon horse into water as well, and only then was the task successfully completed.

Li Rui looked at the bottom of the corpse-dissolving water.

"Have I been using it too frequently lately?"

Just at this moment—

Lines of small characters appeared before his eyes.

【Congratulations to the host for completing the achievement "General and Minister" primary plot—Harmonious Superior-Subordinate Relationship.】

(End of chapter)