Chapter 288: Slaughtering the Pig (Requesting Monthly Votes)

"Dragon-Slaying Sword"—just from the name, one knows it unleashes its maximum power only when facing dragon-kin.

Against the Wild Boar Fang, these few strikes were blocked aside in the urgency of the moment.

But the Tiger-Headed Guillotine was different.

This "National Dynasty Suppressor" targets all evil spirits.

Had the Wild Boar Fang been in its prime, even the Tiger-Headed Guillotine might not have been able to slay it.

Even after the recent battle with the Barber and the Old Black Dog, the Wild Boar Fang might still have managed to escape.

And another concern Xu Yuan had was that the Tiger-Headed Guillotine bore the stamp of the Shanhe Office.

So before Xu Yuan summoned the Tiger-Headed Guillotine, he covered this stamp with a piece of cloth.

Now it depends on whether Lord Miao chooses to pursue the matter or not.

The National Dynasty Suppressors of the Three Offices of Strange Affairs all bear their respective stamps in the same location; that is to say, if Lord Xu covers this spot, it proves beyond doubt that this Tiger-Headed Guillotine does not belong to the Evil-Dispelling Office.

But if it were not covered, it truly would not work; anyone could see it at a glance.

Even if Lord Miao wished to turn a blind eye, he could not.

At this moment, the Wild Boar Fang had beast-tendon ropes tethering its snout, a skin pill covering its eyes, a hole torn in its skull with the scalp pulled back, and a wound on its neck opened by the Old Black Dog.

Add to that the electric shock poured into its skull, and the constant rotting of its body and soul...

No matter how formidable it was, it could not exert even thirty percent of its usual strength.

Xu Yuan suddenly raised the Tiger-Headed Guillotine—

Slash!

A streak of dazzling light slid across the snow-bright blade of the guillotine.

Immense power gathered from between heaven and earth, seized the Wild Boar Fang, and forced it down toward the blade.

The Wild Boar Fang's earlier collision had indeed been too heavy; its head still buzzed with ringing.

Only when it was halfway pressed by that force did it suddenly snap awake.

With a roar of "Aaaah!", it struggled desperately.

Xu Yuan, using his mind for two tasks at once, raised the guillotine blade while secretly controlling the Sword Pill.

As the Wild Boar Fang roared, the Sword Pill drilled into its mouth.

But the Wild Boar Fang swiftly clamped its blood-filled jaws shut, biting down on the Sword Pill with a crack.

Suddenly, the beast-tendon rope yanked again; a pair of Dragon-Slaying Swords drilled in through its two nostrils.

The Wild Boar Fang pinched its nostrils shut once more.

The Dragon-Slaying Swords were squeezed tight, unable to move.

The Wild Boar Fang knew its own strengths and weaknesses well; in battle, it always guarded against such clever tricks.

But Xu Yuan, distracted by these consecutive divided attentions, suddenly felt his arms go weak, and the Tiger-Headed Guillotine fell heavily by several inches!

Such a National Dynasty Suppressor requires a sixth-rank cultivator to operate the guillotine alone, and even then, they must give their all.

Xu Yuan had the Dragon Transformation Method strengthening his body; otherwise, relying solely on the level of a sixth-rank Rank Dan Xiu, he might not have been able to lift the guillotine blade so easily.

Xu Yuan quickly gathered all his strength and raised the guillotine blade completely once more.

He dared not be distracted again.

Behind Miao Yu never expected Xu Yuan to be hiding a Tiger-Headed Guillotine!

Immediately afterward, he noticed a piece of cloth wrapped around the Tiger-Headed Guillotine.

The corner of his eye twitched involuntarily.

After Behind Miao Yu took office, he inventoried the assets of the Shanhe Office's Occupied City Bureau.

He learned that Lady Fu Shuanghui had once lost a Tiger-Headed Guillotine.

But at this very moment, Behind Miao Yu had no other choice.

He tossed his great seal talisman into the air—

The talisman suddenly expanded to a size of one zhang.

Behind Miao Yu shouted with full force: "Evil spirits causing chaos shall be executed according to the law!"

The power of the law was unleashed through the talisman.

Another surge of immense power poured forth from the inscription on the great seal, pressing heavily down upon the Wild Boar Fang.

This became the final straw that broke the camel's back.

The Wild Boar Fang staggered, its four hooves carving a string of deep footprints into the ground, before plunging headlong beneath the guillotine blade.

The Tiger-Headed Guillotine automatically adjusted to the size of the evil spirit, expanding to ten zhang in length.

Xu Yuan shouted loudly: "Execute!"

He pulled both arms down with all his might.

The ten-zhang-long guillotine blade followed, falling down.

Crack!

A massive pig's head rolled out from the other side of the guillotine.

Like a great stone hitting the ground, it struck with a thud, smashing a large pit into the earth.

On the other side, the massive pig body, though dead, had not yet stiffened; it swayed and stumbled sideways for a few steps before blood gushed from the severed neck like a waterfall.

Boom...

The pig body finally collapsed; this overlord evil spirit of Little Yu Shan met its end beneath the Tiger-Headed Guillotine.

Xu Yuan felt his arms go weak; he released his grip, and the Tiger-Headed Guillotine returned to its original state.

But Lord Xu did not dare to rest even for a breath, quickly retracting the Tiger-Headed Guillotine back into the carriage.

Behind Miao Yu intended to ask a question, but Lord Xu immediately said: "Lord Miao, act quickly; these evil spirits all over the ground are merit handed directly to our mouths..."

Having spoken, Xu Yuan, forcing back his weakness, flew the Sword Pill and Dragon-Slaying Sword back from the boar's head and proceeded to slaughter the drug-incapacitated evil spirits on the ground.

Old Qin also seized the opportunity, joining the Purification Bureau crowd to grab credit.

Behind Miao Yu snorted and joined in as well.

Once everyone worked together, they completely wiped out the hundred-plus evil spirits.

The descendants of the Wild Boar Fang by the water had already leaped into the water and swam away.

They had not yet become evil spirits; if they ran, so be it.

Old Qin personally killed eleven evil spirits; since joining the Purification Bureau and rising to the rank of Inspector, he had never once accumulated so much merit at a single time!

"Hahaha!" The fellow laughed heartily at the sky.

With his burly figure, this demeanor, combined with the ground littered with evil spirit corpses and a massive wild boar... if someone had arrived at this exact moment, unaware of the preceding battle, they would have thought he alone had slain all the evil spirits on the ground.

Xu Yuan finally recovered his strength, and his arms could move again.

He immediately set about skinning and tendoning the Wild Boar Fang to collect the materials.

While fighting the Wild Boar Fang, My Lord Xu had already decided to use the "materials" from this evil spirit to strengthen the Skin Pill and the Tendon Pill.

So, while working, he said to Behind Miao Yu, "My Lord Miao, take whatever you like."

Because Behind Miao Yu was overly proud, he was excessively concerned with saving face.

This trip into the mountains was forced upon My Lord Miao; he insisted on tagging along.

As a result, upon reaching the ancient tomb, he was captured by evil spirits.

He owed his life entirely to Inspector Xu.

When slaying the Wild Boar Fang, he had only played a minor supporting role.

Therefore, regarding the "materials" on the ground littered with evil spirits, Xu Yuan would not give him a single piece, and he would not say anything.

Although Xu Yuan told him to "take whatever you like," Behind Miao Yu could not truly act so unceremoniously and start taking things.

"My Lord Xu, please go first."

Behind Miao Yu stood motionless.

Not only did he not move, but he also signaled with his eyes to his two subordinates not to move either.

Qin Ze chuckled; he would not stand on ceremony with his own My Lord.

He would not touch the Wild Boar Fang's materials, but for the other evil spirits, Old Qin would not be polite.

The Wild Boar Fang's body was exceptionally massive; even just skinning and tendoning it cost Xu Yuan considerable effort.

By the time Xu Yuan finished collecting these, Qin Ze had already led his men to organize the materials from all the evil spirits.

Piled up like a small mountain!

Qin Ze's face flushed red: "My Lord, you choose first."

Xu Yuan took a look, then picked up the Old Rat's seven whiskers: "Everyone takes three items; the rest are to be moved back and stored in our own treasury."

The crowd of Captains then cheerfully went to select their own items.

My Lord said to put them in our own treasury; that means they are not to be handed over to the Bureau!

Which government office does not wish to possess its own "private treasury"?

In our Great Ming, the size of a private treasury is a reflection of the chief official's capability.

Behind Miao Yu struggled to control his eyes.

Yet, involuntarily, he glanced once, then glanced again... at the Wild Boar Fang's corpse.

Xu Yuan had noticed long ago: "My Lord Miao need not stand on ceremony; if there is anything useful, please take it."

(End of this chapter)