Chapter 226: You're the one I'm going to kill!

The icy, killing sound to the extreme echoed through the mountains, rumbling and shaking, never ceasing.

Hearing this sound, Wang Liehu's heart suddenly burst.

He felt as if behind him lay ten thousand hectares of surging waves, thousand‑zhang‑high seas, ready to crush him.

Terrifying!

Extremely terrifying!

The immense danger fell like nightfall, leaving Wang Liehu, who had only a breath of true qi left, almost suffocating, even wanting to give up struggling and await death.

However, those who could cultivate true gang and condense a furnace,

Which of them is not extraordinarily wise and resolute?

Thus, after this thought flashed through his mind, it stimulated the deepest ferocity and arrogance in his heart.

What kind of person is he?

At sixteen he was chosen by Profound Soldier Mountain as an inner disciple; on the martial path he advanced bravely and diligently all the way to the gate of a grand master.

At forty, a half‑step grand master, he could be called a heaven‑pride across the whole Heavenly Phoenix Dao and even the entire Great Li.

Such talent, such strength!

What right does a mud‑leg from a remote backwater town have to kill him?

He was unwilling, moreover indignant!

"Do you even deserve to kill me?"

Wang Liehu suddenly turned around, completely cutting off the thought of fleeing, and let out a roar like a fierce tiger.

Bang!

He stomped heavily, and his mighty true qi ignited instantly.

A blazing bright ball of light ignited from his abdomen, instantly spreading over his body and erupting with astonishing light and heat,

It burst forth from his body!

In an instant, it was as if the sun that had set behind the western mountains fell upon this forest, its blinding light and scorching heat reappearing.

At the point of life and death, Wang Liehu staked his life, igniting the furnace in an instant and drawing upon the terrifying blood qi that had lain dormant in his body for decades.

Ignite the furnace fire!

This is the final refuge chosen by this inner disciple of Profound Soldier Mountain in his desperate straits!

Given his current condition, once the furnace is lit, there is no chance of survival.

Either kill the opponent and perish together;

or burn out his blood qi and turn to ashes in battle.

There is no third path!

Under this desperate explosion,

Wang Liehu's body temperature surged, as if a huge furnace lay hidden within him,

Emitting terrifying light and heat capable of igniting the surrounding vegetation.

"Kill!"

"Step!"

"Long whistle!"

Wang Liehu transformed his boundless fear into utter rage and killing intent.

With this step, like oil on a blazing fire, Wang Liehu's aura instantly rose to an extremely terrifying height, his qi and blood surging heavenward like a stele‑god mountain standing upright.

In the stride, mountains shifted, divine peaks toppled, and the stele's power pressed down on the earth.

Ferocious and violent!

Overbearing to the extreme!

Seeing this, Qin Shuo's eyes narrowed, then he coldly said:

"Do you want to perish together?"

Boom!

With a step, it was as if a falling star smashed into the forest!

The ground within dozens of zhang shuddered violently, dirt, sand, and plants surging up like raging waves.

The next moment, Qin Shuo, carrying a terrifying sound‑whistle airflow, swept across dozens of zhang, raised a fist, and struck like a collapsing mountain, seas pouring backward.

He slammed his fist heavily toward Wang Liehu.

Ang——!

The fist's sound was mighty!

Like a heavenly dragon's chant across the nine heavens, as if all buddhas and bodhisattvas were reciting Buddhist sounds!

With the strength of ten elephants, he drove Gonggong's fist.

A profound whale's illusory form, whose body stretched unknown tens of thousands of miles, suddenly appeared behind Qin Shuo, opened its maw, and swallowed heaven and earth.

In an instant, winds and clouds changed color, and the gang wind raged.

The forest and earth trembled, rocks flew sideways, and the surrounding vegetation was pressed down, bent, and broken.

As if solid, the condensed gang wind struck, and in a moment the earth cracked with thousands of deep fissures.

Like a solidified, condensed strong wind, it slammed in; in an instant, the earth split open, leaving hundreds of deep fissures.

Wang Liehu's heart pounded; the surging killing intent, like a volcanic eruption, was pressed down a fraction by this punch.

But the next moment, the volcano erupted again,

But the next moment, the volcano erupted again,

Wrapped in boundless fury and killing intent, overwhelming all fear and retreat,

With a fearless, death-defying posture, he rose to meet that terrifying punch that seemed to fuse the four seas.

Boom!

In less than an instant, the two fists had already collided.

"This..."

Upon contact, Wang Liehu's pupils were instantly flooded with blood-red; the surging Qi and blood almost squeezed his eyeballs out, and the anger in his heart plummeted to freezing point in an instant.

The sheer rigidity of that punch far exceeded his imagination.

It was not a complete overwhelming by strength, but rather its will, wrapped as if embracing the four seas and seeming to shatter everything, that in the instant of contact crushed his True Vital Energy, External Hardening, and Qi and blood, together with his heart Qi, all at once.

Ferocious!

Domineering!

Terrifying!

Sturdy!

In this world, there actually exists such a fist technique.

It seemed as if even a heaven‑supporting pillar ahead would collapse with a roar beneath this punch.

Such fist intent!

Too terrifying……

Where they met, it was like the scorching sun high in the sky, bursting out a blinding white light of extreme terror.

An instant later, it was like thunder falling from the nine heavens, emitting a terrifying earth‑shaking roar that echoed through the mountains and forests.

Boom—

The ground shuddered violently, and the terrifying qi wave, centered on where the two clashed, spread out fiercely in concentric circles.

In just a moment, within a radius of a hundred zhang, all plants were uprooted, and millstone‑sized rocks were blown into the air.

The terrifying vigorous wind carved terrifying, heart‑stopping scars across the land.

The place where they met was even more like a meteor striking the ground, with an area of over ten zhang sinking together by more than three chi.

In between, the plants and rocks were ground to powder by the collision's aftermath, vanishing completely.

Along with them, Wang Liehu's flesh and body also disappeared.

"What a pity……"

Looking at the broken bones and flesh scattered across the ground, Qin Shuo couldn't help but sigh.

This was a quasi‑master who had condensed a furnace,

If his qi and blood could be completely absorbed, as the Taotie cauldron's refining energy, it would surely save a great deal of exotic beast meat.

Having successively refined the Dragon‑Elephant Golden Body Divine Intent Diagram, the Dragon‑Spine Splitting Heavens Bow, and the Dragon‑Elephant Relic,

The qi‑blood pills and exotic beast meat he could currently use to replenish the Taotie cauldron's energy were already scarce, requiring him to return to the prefectural city to purchase anew.

"Once Wang Liehu is dead, no matter what tactics Xiao Yingqi employs, I will surely exterminate the entire Xiao clan!"

Qin Shuo's eyes flashed with a cold light as he pondered Xiao Yingqi's and the Ghost Mother Sect's possible next moves.

If his guess is correct, his residence in Yunzhou City at this moment is likely a gathering place for demons.

All that remained was for Wang Liehu to apprehend and kill him on the pretense of fleeing justice, then ransack the city, thereby firmly establishing the charge of his collusion with demons.

Naturally, the charge of the Xiao clan's collusion with demons would also be pinned on him.

Thus, the Xiao family's crisis could be resolved.

What a pity!

Wang Liehu is dead!

All his schemes now had no chance of being carried out.

On the contrary, the demon used to frame him, if well utilized, might even help locate the Ghost Mother Sect's lair.

Thinking thus, Qin Shuo quickly walked out of the forest.

……

Inside the lord's manor, in the study.

Prefect Chen Muyun and Xiao Yingqi sat facing each other across the table.

The former wore a long robe, held a scroll, and though advanced in years, he naturally bore the aura of a learned scholar who had read copiously; his face bore a faint smile, like that of a modest gentleman, easily evoking a sense of closeness.

The latter kept turning the teacup in his hands, appearing somewhat absent‑minded.

"Esteemed nephew, are you worried about Inspector Wang?"

Chen Muyun set down the scroll, smiling faintly as he looked across at Xiao Yingqi.

"Senior Brother Wang had already condensed a True Vital Energy furnace years ago; his body, trained in External Hardening and True Vital Energy, would be considered notable even in the Tianhuang Dao City."

"In this little Yunzhou City, as long as a few masters do not intervene, no one can do anything to him."

Xiao Yingqi raised his hand, drained the tea in the cup, and sighed:

"What I worry about are the elders and youngsters of my Xiao clan, and… my father!"

"Esteemed nephew, no need to worry excessively; once Inspector Wang returns, the Xiao family's predicament will resolve itself."

Chen Muyun, calm and composed, refilled Xiao Yingqi's tea, then spoke slowly:

"By the way, Esteemed Nephew, I heard that your Xiao clan's ancestor once received a bow from a noble person and learned a single style of the Sun‑Shooting Archery; I don't know if it's true or not."

"Sun‑Shooting Archery?"

Xiao Yingqi raised his eyebrows in surprise, then shook his head and laughed helplessly:

"Could it be that you, Lord, also believe the rumors, thinking that a divine Sun‑Shooting bow is hidden in the Wind‑Thunder Valley?"

Chen Muyun smiled and said nothing.

The former also restrained his smile and said:

「If the City Lord helps my Xiao family this time, it's for the Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique; I'm afraid you'll be disappointed.

The Xiao family's ancestor indeed once learned archery from a noble person, but it was not the Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique; it was the Collapsing Cloud Arrow Technique. »

「Oh? 」

Chen Muyun gave an ambiguous smile, neither confirming nor denying.

Xiao Yingqi was about to continue speaking in defense when he suddenly heard hurried footsteps approaching from outside the courtyard.

Not long after, an old man resembling a steward entered the small courtyard, stopped in front of the study door, bowed, and said:

「Sir, Warden Wang…

is dead! »