Chapter 258: Not the Methods of the Righteous

Qin Ze grabbed his own hair, unable to believe it: "It really grew into something!"

The faces of everyone in the Purification Bureau turned ugly.

This thing has grown into something far too formidable!

Its head and tail stretched seven or eight zhang, with two bodies as thick as water buckets.

The scales bore some eerie patterns, seemingly capable of channeling a certain evil power!

Those two pairs of snake eyes gleamed emerald green, filled with cold malice!

Regarding everything in the mortal world, it felt only greed and loathing.

In the folk legends of Zheng Province, the two ladies, one white and one green, were described as the white one being virtuous and gentle, the green one being spoiled and arrogant.

But in reality, the vast majority of demons formed from snakes are evil and fallen.

The great fire in the valley burned Xiong Xiong without ceasing.

That great snake simply rolled its body and surged out.

The fire caused by the heavenly thunder had still inflicted some damage upon it.

Qin Ze then said: "We shall only watch the town and ensure this thing does not charge in to eat people. Fu Chongjiu wants this thing as bait; the two of them must fight first..."

Di Youzhi cursed: "Nonsense! I thought you were smart just now. This thing was cultivated by Fu Chongjiu; Fu Chongjiu must have a method to suppress it.

You want to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, but what if Fu Chongjiu swallows this thing in one bite? How then can we defeat him?"

Qin Ze thought about it and realized this was indeed the case.

But he absolutely refused to admit he was stupid; he just sometimes thought a bit slowly.

Xu Yuan commanded: "Fu Jingyu, you cast the spell and try to suppress him."

"Qin Ze, Di Youzhi, follow me down."

"The rest of you guard the exits; do not let this thing charge into the town."

"Yes!" everyone acknowledged the order together.

Xu Yuan then shouted: "Fire rise—Go!"

A pair of fire wheels appeared beneath his feet, with rolling flames carrying him charging toward the valley.

Still halfway there, Xu Yuan pointed his finger: "Bind!"

The Sinew Core flew out from his sleeve, rapidly transforming into a beast-sinew rope that fell straight down with a swish, binding the two-headed evil snake.

This thing seemed to be somewhat unaccustomed to its current body, having just passed the thunder-struck trial.

Burnt again by the thunder-fire, several scorched marks remained on its body.

Thus, its movements appeared quite sluggish.

Di Youzhi followed behind Xu Yuan and, without further ado, spat a mouthful of fire, connecting with the thunder-fire in the valley, and began to burn the snake.

Qin Ze lifted a large Guan Dao; this weapon was suitable for dealing with giant beasts.

However, although his speed was fast, he could not catch up with my lord Xu.

His legs moved so fast they left afterimages.

Xu Yuan, having trapped the two-headed evil snake, immediately shouted: "Good opportunity!"

He yanked the bundle on his back, revealing the sword case.

"Swords, out!"

A Dragon-Slaying Sword flew out with a clang, soaring through the air to strike the two-headed evil snake.

Chak!

With one sword strike, one of the two-headed evil snake's heads fell off.

The Dragon-Slaying Sword soared into the air once more, like a divine dragon in the clouds, deftly circling around before the second sword strike fell.

Chak!

The second head also fell off.

But this time, the Dragon-Slaying Sword failed to fly up again.

The two-headed evil snake writhed in pain in the valley, gushing large amounts of foul blood from its two necks.

This blood hit the ground and turned into a patch of black-red, foul-smelling blood threads.

Layer upon layer, like a fishing net, they wrapped around the Dragon-Slaying Sword.

Xu Yuan held the sword case with both hands, shouting repeatedly:

"Retract!"

"Retract!"

"Retract!"

The Dragon-Slaying Sword rang with a zheng-zheng sound, jumping incessantly.

Yet for some reason, it could not cut through those blood threads.

The corpse of the two-headed evil snake gradually stopped moving, but the foul blood still gushed forth.

Those blood threads, carrying a strong foul stench, grew more and more numerous.

Gradually, the blood threads wrapped around the Dragon-Slaying Sword outside, forming a giant blood cocoon.

The zheng-zheng ringing sound of the Dragon-Slaying Sword also vanished.

Xu Yuan's face showed a trace of panic: "What is happening?"

"No use wasting effort."

Suddenly, a voice sounded; from the other end of the valley, a person walked out with hands clasped behind his back.

He was tall and burly, wearing a blue-yellow robe.

Xu Yuan narrowed his eyes: "Fu Chongjiu?"

The other party nodded, pointing at the blood cocoon and saying, "This thing was specially prepared by me for your Dragon-Slaying Sword."

"Everything arranged in the Zhou family gathering was merely to lure you here, to make you use the Dragon-Slaying Sword to kill this thing."

As Fu Chongjiu spoke, everyone suddenly felt everything before their eyes slowly fade, and then vanish!

The corpse of the two-headed evil snake was gone from the ground; only a giant one-eyed water snake remained.

However, the water snake's eyes had already exploded, 连带 taking the snake's head and blasting it into a petal shape.

Within the "Dragon Transformation Art," there is a technique: Dragon Spits Mirage.

It can transform into anything in the world!

"Those fools from the Fishing Gang still thought this was merely a spirit of no consequence."

"They did not know that this thing was actually parasitized by the 'Yin Silkworm Leech'."

"As long as one nurtures it with care, the foul, turbid silk spat out by the Yin Silkworm Leech is the best means to counter all the most rigid and yang treasures in the world!"

"Trapping the Dragon-Slaying Sword is a trivial matter."

Fu Chongjiu was quite proud: "Coincidentally, I knew that in this stretch of canal, Yin Silkworm Leeches were appearing. After searching carefully, I indeed found them."

He pointed at Xu Yuan: "Of your abilities, the only thing I fear is the Dragon-Slaying Sword."

"I have tested you repeatedly and have already摸清 your true depths."

"My good sister, Hunt-Jiao, in the legends concerning that Jiao, there was a Dragon-Slaying Sword."

"After you killed my sister, the Nancheng Patrol Station suddenly had that yellow light protection at night."

"The Nancheng Patrol Station originally possessed a bridge stone known as an auspicious object."

"Hehehe, isn't this clear at a glance? You obtained the legendary Dragon-Slaying Sword—yesterday's test proved the sword was indeed in your hands."

Fu Chongjiu sneered: "Did you conspire with that Jiao, with it offering the Dragon-Slaying Sword as a reward, asking you to join forces and kill my sister?!"

Xu Yuan shouted in anger: "A pack of lies! You Fu family members are not only sinister and cunning, but also fond of twisting logic!"

Fu Chongjiu shook his head and said, "But it doesn't matter. Today, everyone here, including you, shall not return alive!"

"Where do you get such confidence?" Xu Yuan couldn't help but laugh.

Fu Chongjiu reached behind his back, removed his long blade, and drew it from its sheath: "I am different from Fu Shuanghui; today I will let you witness the true power of the Dragon Transformation Art!"

He opened his mouth, extended his tongue, and licked the blade's edge.

A dark blue hue rose on the blade, with threads of electric light flickering around the edge.

Fu Chongjiu raised the blade and fought in the empty air; with a crack, several bolts of lightning shot out for several zhang!

He crouched low, coiling his legs with power, ready to spring forth and kill.

But suddenly, a sword pierced silently from behind!

"Shish—"

The sword stabbed straight into his neck!

The blade tip pierced through from the front.

Dark blue blood hissed and sprayed out.

Fu Chongjiu was in immense pain and clearly felt that the sword in his neck possessed some kind of suppression over his power!

He struggled to reach back, wanting to pull the sword out.

The sword whooshed back in an instant.

Fu Chongjiu turned to look; not far away stood a person wearing a bamboo hat.

He lifted the bamboo hat, and it turned out to be another Xu Yuan!

And the "Xu Yuan" standing on the fire wheels let out a long sigh of relief: "Finally, I don't have to pretend. My lord, please have someone else take over this duty in the future; Head Qin and the others address me with such respect, and my heart is far too uneasy..."

The fire wheels set this "Xu Yuan" down, then flew over to Xu Yuan's side.

Fu Chongjiu's eyes nearly burst from their sockets: "You are the real one?! You, you, you, a proper Patrol Inspector, a sixth-rank great cultivator, how can you ambush from behind!"

(End of this chapter)