Chapter 198: Blood Qi Suppresses the Evil God

"I am an official appointed by the Imperial Court; if you dare to kill me, it is treason!"

The handsome-looking Changsheng County Assistant shouted violently, already panicked and in total disarray.

Such scions of noble families are like gold and jade on the outside but rotten on the inside; they might pass if they don't encounter trouble, but once they truly face a situation, they are nothing but silver-plated pewter spearheads—good to look at, but useless.

At his feet lay the corpses of two Martial Artist experts from within the city; these two were indeed not lacking in strength, even a notch stronger than that White Wolf, but compared to the current Chen Mo, they were truly not worth mentioning.

"Pfft!" Chen Mo beheaded them with a single strike of his Pudao, and a rain of blood sprayed across the sky.

The County Assistant could not understand until his death that Chen Mo was actually not afraid of the grave crime of treason and truly dared to kill him.

The reason they were so fearless and dared to scheme against Chen Mo was that they were certain this person had reservations and would not dare to rebel.

They had not expected that Chen Mo had been aiming for rebellion from the very beginning.

"My Lord, this lowly one was possessed by a ghost and did wrong! This entire matter was plotted by the County Assistant; it has absolutely nothing to do with me."

The County Magistrate was already trembling all over with fear; had he known earlier that Chen Mo truly dared to kill an official and rebel, he would never have dared to plot this.

The reason he dared to hatch this scheme was because he had only seen Chen Mo kill demons and never saw him oppress the common people.

Therefore, he assumed this person was a good man, which is why he dared to scheme; because good men have bottom lines and principles, they are easier to bully than bad men.

Had he known earlier that Chen Mo was a villain who dared to rebel, he would never have dared to set his sights on him.

"I heard that you and that Black Mountain Demon King are sworn brothers, and you are still sending people to invite him here." Chen Mo's Pudao was stained with blood, and he stepped lightly as he approached the County Magistrate.

He was very composed and was not in a hurry to kill the other party immediately.

"That was all because I was possessed by a ghost; it was all forced upon me by that demon. If I didn't swear brotherhood with him, he would have killed my whole family!

The person I sent out, I will call him back right now, I will call him back right now!"

The County Magistrate explained in a panicked manner, his body retreating continuously as Chen Mo approached.

"You fear he will kill your whole family, but you don't fear that I will kill your whole family?" Chen Mo's blood-stained long blade flashed as he asked with a smile.

The Changsheng County Magistrate was speechless; had he known this point earlier, he would certainly have tried to find a way to gloss over this matter.

He had originally thought Chen Mo was a righteous hero new to the Jianghu who was easy to fool; he never expected this person to be a madman who would kill an Imperial Court official over a single disagreement.

One must know that even that Black Mountain Demon King would not dare to kill an Imperial Court official at will.

"You are a man of the righteous path, how could you do such a thing!" The County Magistrate continued to babble, eventually arriving near that Shrine.

He suddenly turned and knelt, shouting loudly, "Venerable God of the Fox, save my life!"

Chen Mo also became serious at this moment, gripping his long blade tightly.

The reason he had been pressuring the County Magistrate was to see if the other party could summon the deity from this Divine Idol, and even more so to see what kind of strength this deity would possess if it descended here.

Otherwise, with his strength, he would have finished the other party off with one blade strike long ago; why would he give him the chance to summon a deity?

The Changsheng County Magistrate kowtowed with extreme force; his forehead was already bleeding after only two or three times.

As Blood Qi circulated, the tiger-shaped Divine Idol appeared even more lifelike.

In an instant, Chen Mo sensed the power between Heaven and Earth gathering; the thread connected to this place suddenly grew much thicker, and a force of will was projected here.

Following this, a fierce tiger condensed in the void; this giant tiger was extremely robust, two zhang in length and nine chi in height, its fur multicolored and brilliant, appearing extremely magnificent under the light of the lamps.

"Awoo!" The fierce tiger roared, shaking the mountains and forests.

Chen Mo only felt an incomparably powerful aura washing over him, and then the evil tiger pounced toward him.

Chen Mo slid to the side and dodged, and a look of extremely human-like astonishment appeared on the fierce tiger's face.

That roar just now had mobilized its aura as the king of all beasts and its own Divine Power; an ordinary Martial Artist would definitely have been stunned into a blank mind, with no power left to fight back.

Yet Chen Mo was not affected in the slightest, which truly surprised it.

It did not know Chen Mo's true background; the divine sense of a Heaven-Man Martial Artist, even if it could not be projected outward, was not something just anything could intimidate.

Chen Mo was not in a hurry to kill this fierce tiger; solving this tiger was simple—just smash the Shrine and then use his own Blood Qi to collide with it.

The Blood Qi power within Chen Mo's body was not strong, but its essence was extremely high; if projected outward, it would not just make gods retreat.

It would absolutely be enough to force back an incarnation of such a wild, licentious god.

The reason Chen Mo was not in a hurry to act was that he was pondering how to keep this power and turn it to his own use.

As for doing this, it would inevitably offend the Incense God Path cultivator behind this incarnation.

But that would be even better; if the other party truly dared to come, Chen Mo would ensure they never returned, just in time to turn this evil god into his own resources.

He was not afraid of the other party coming to hunt him down; he was only afraid they would not dare to come.

This hungry tiger was a gathering of Heaven and Earth Power, but it contained a trace of the Incense God's Divine Nature and a large amount of Divine Power.

If he could intercept it, not only could he increase his own power, but more importantly, he might be able to use this trace of Divine Nature to connect the power of this world into his body.

Even if that failed, refining this wisp of Divine Nature would still bring him many benefits.

"Swish! Swish!" Black winds rolled up; the evil tiger moved with the wind, its speed increasing by another thirty percent.

The entire residence was already in chaos; countless bricks and stones were shattered, and even those two high-quality lacquered wooden beams had snapped.

Chen Mo dodged the evil tiger, his divine sense circulating within his Shenhai, constantly observing the composition of the evil tiger's power, and more importantly, pondering how to keep it.

Although the evil tiger was a gathering of Heaven and Earth Power, there were threads from afar constantly pouring Divine Power into it, which was the only way it could condense into a tiger shape.

Not only that, but a wisp of Divine Nature resided within the tiger's body; the Divine Idol being worshipped also shone with golden light at this moment, pouring countless Incense Divine Power into the tiger's body.

Although Chen Mo could not project his divine sense, he could roughly see the current situation and already had a plan in mind.

"Boom!" Chen Mo's internal Blood Qi vibrated, and specks of crimson aura flowed from his skin, even staining his Pudao a deep crimson.

"Swish!" Chen Mo's eyes were crimson as he slashed his blade fiercely into the air in front of him.

That thread connecting to a place unknown, tens of thousands of miles away, was severed directly by him.

The evil tiger looked stunned, not knowing how to react to the remaining Divine Nature power within its body.

But immediately after, it felt a wave of Blood Qi rushing toward it; Chen Mo's Blood Qi was of an extremely high essence, and now it surged from his body, condensing into rolling wolf smoke as it washed over the evil tiger.

In an instant, the tiger's body dissipated, leaving behind only a wisp of golden divine form and a mass of blood-red Divine Power.

The golden Divine Nature wanted to take the remaining Divine Power and escape into the Divine Idol, but how could Chen Mo give it that chance? His own Blood Qi condensed like a wolf and a tiger, pouncing directly onto that mass of Divine Power to swallow and envelop it.

The Divine Nature, wrapped in Divine Power, vibrated incessantly, attempting to break free from within Chen Mo's body.

How could he possibly give this Divine Nature a chance? He immediately began to continuously refine the Divine Power, transforming this strength for his own use.

Furthermore, with boundless Blood Qi, he firmly suppressed that wisp of Divine Nature within his Mysterious Aperture, and used his own Blood Qi to continuously wear it down.

Chen Mo would slowly wear away the will within it until it was gone, leaving behind only a wisp of the purest Divine Nature.

As the Divine Power entered his body, it was continuously transformed into his own Blood Qi, and the strength of this incarnation of Chen Mo also climbed continuously.

It grew from fifteen thousand jin, not stopping until it finally reached twenty-four thousand jin.

The Divine Power was refined clean by him; only that wisp of Divine Nature remained, still being continuously scoured by his own Qi and Blood.

At this moment, tens of thousands of miles away, in the midst of vast mountain ranges, inside a magnificent and resplendent Godly Palace, a tiger roar that shook the mountains and forests rang out.

The tiger sound shook the heavens, boundless might radiated, the clouds of heaven and earth were cleared in an instant, ten thousand beasts in the mountains and forests prostrated, hundreds of birds were startled and scattered, and countless demons knelt on the ground, huddled into balls, not knowing who had angered this King of Ten Thousand Beasts again.

Inside the Godly Palace, a demon with a tiger head and human body sat on the main seat.

When demons undergo Shape Transformation, some are willing to completely transform into humans, even imitating the living habits and hobbies of the Human Race.

Yet others prefer to retain a portion of their demon race characteristics to distinguish themselves from the Human Race.

This demon was clearly one such case.

"Exalted God, who exactly has angered you?" a man with a slender build and a gloomy, cunning face walked into the palace and asked.

His appearance was no different from the Human Race, but judging by the wolf skin on his body and the temperament he revealed, this person was certainly a wolf demon who had undergone Shape Transformation.

"There is a Human Race Martial Artist who destroyed my Divine Idol and even wanted to use Blood Qi to suppress that wisp of Divine Nature I left on the Divine Idol!" Youhu Divine Venerable's face was cold, his tone deep.

Compared to the lost wisp of Divine Nature, he was now even more furious that he had been offended; that a Human Race Martial Artist would dare to suppress his Divine Nature was simply rebellious!

The gloomy man's expression was quite astonished; he also never imagined that a Human Race Martial Artist would dare to do such a thing.

This was not just having lived enough himself; the Human Race of the entire city, I fear, did not want to live either.

"Venerable Bai Lang, go and pass word to the demon kings near Changsheng County, tell them to wash this city in blood; regardless of who it is, as long as they can kill that person and recover my Divine Nature, I will accept them as a Subordinate God!"

Youhu Divine Venerable continued to give instructions; although he was not the most top-tier demon in this world, he was still a rare Great Demon King.

Moreover, he practiced the Incense God Path, and his Divine Idols were spread all over the world; if there were not ten thousand, there were at least eight thousand.

Being accepted by him as a Subordinate God was, for the vast majority of demons, a heaven-sent opportunity.

As long as this news spread, he would not need to take action himself; countless demons would naturally serve him.

Compared to this reward, the Divine Nature he lost was only a small wisp; compared to the reward, it was somewhat not worth mentioning.

But he wanted people to know that his Divine Idol could not be destroyed by anyone, and his Divine Nature could even less be suppressed by anyone.

If he did not wash that person and the city where that person was located in blood, and tear them limb from limb, skinning and de-sinewing them, then wouldn't everyone dare to bully him in the future!

"Understood!" Venerable Bai Lang's expression was slightly surprised, but he did not hesitate and immediately bowed to salute.

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Chen Mo looked toward the Divine Idol before him; it was already shattered into pieces, and the County Magistrate had also taken the opportunity to slip away.

Chen Mo, however, was not worried that he would escape; with Bai Yuxia guarding outside, whether it was the County Magistrate or the two martial artists who had just taken the opportunity to flee, they would all be stopped by her.

Sure enough, Bai Yuxia soon walked over from outside the house, her white clothes stained with blood, the long sword in her hand flashing with a biting cold light.

"This person is the local County Magistrate, how should we deal with him?" Bai Yuxia asked, looking at Chen Mo while the long sword in her hand pressed against someone.

Chen Mo did not say much, walked forward, and with a flick of his blade, ended the life of the Changsheng County Magistrate.

This person was a person of great treachery and evil; killing him would allow him to harvest quite a bit of Good Merit himself.

"The city is already in chaos, what should we do next?" Bai Yuxia's expression was calm as she asked in a focused voice.

"Besides the local government, there are quite a few martial artists in the city who also came to attend the banquet; these are all martial artists from the great clans in the city. Their families must have cultivation techniques; we can just go over and take them." Chen Mo spoke, narrating as he pointed to the corpses on the ground.

These martial artists from the great clans, if not all, at least eighty percent had been killed by him.

No one in the city's clans could stop him; in fact, as these martial artists were killed, these clans themselves had already fallen into chaos.

The situation that occurred in the County Magistrate's residence was continuously spreading out; I imagine that in at most a moment or two, if not everyone in the city knew, at least those great clans would be clear about it.

"Good." Bai Yuxia nodded in agreement.

Footsteps suddenly came from outside the courtyard; Chen Mo looked up and saw more than ten government runners hurrying over, led by an official.

This official was likely the local County Lieutenant; he was robust, his whole body filled with vigorous Blood Qi, and he should have three to five thousand jin of strength.

Seeing the scene in the courtyard, the County Lieutenant felt his legs go soft, and his whole body could not stop trembling.

At this moment, he had only one thought in his heart, and that was that the sky had fallen!

The County Magistrate and County Assistant had been killed; he, this County Lieutenant, could not shirk responsibility no matter what.

And the County Magistrate was the sworn brother of that Black Mountain demon king; he had been killed, so it was impossible for that Black Mountain demon king not to have any reaction.

The two personal attendants beside him were also terrified, but they still busily supported the County Lieutenant.

The County Lieutenant cast his gaze toward Chen Mo and Bai Yuxia, feeling a chill run through his entire body.

"Was the letter sent to me by you?" Chen Mo asked in a low voice.

Yang Baishan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and instinctively wanted to shake his head and refuse, but he forcibly stopped the movement.

As a County Lieutenant of the Imperial Court, his collusion with a wicked bandit like Chen Mo who killed officials was, if not punishable by the extermination of his nine clans, definitely a capital crime punishable by beheading.

But he took a look at the blood-stained long blade in Chen Mo's hand and the corpse of the County Magistrate lying on the ground.

He felt that if he denied this matter now, he would likely die right then and there.

Of two evils, choose the lesser; he had no choice but to stiffly nod and admit it.

Even if he bore the name of rebellion and was later surrounded and suppressed by the Imperial Court's army, it was still better than dying right now.

"Yes. Brave Warrior Chen, you are ridding the people of demons; I could not just watch you die here." The County Lieutenant gritted his teeth and nodded.

Behind him, the expressions of the dozen or so runners were varied; these people were his trusted aides to be able to come with him at this time, but they had not expected the situation to change so quickly.

Lord County Lieutenant had actually been in contact with Chen Mo beforehand.

"Good. The County Magistrate and County Assistant have both been killed by me; you are to notify the Imperial Court now and have them send troops here.

Furthermore, since I killed the commander under the Black Mountain Demon King and also killed his sworn brother, the Black Mountain Demon King will inevitably seek revenge; you shall report this matter to the Imperial Court as well."

Chen Mo pondered for a moment and spoke slowly.

"Ah!" Yang Baishan's expression was stunned; he had never expected that Chen Mo would have him report these matters to the Imperial Court.

According to his original plan, he had already prepared himself to become an outlaw with Chen Mo and subsequently face the Imperial Court's encirclement and suppression.

Yet, he could not fathom why Chen Mo wanted him to report these things upward.

"Go do this quickly," Chen Mo urged.

Kill, set fires, and accept amnesty—he had already done what needed to be done; next, the Imperial Court's heavenly troops should come to encircle and suppress him, and he could take this opportunity to accept amnesty.

It would also be a good chance to see what the Imperial Court of this world thinks of demons and monsters.

Whether the situation in this Changsheng County was being covered up by the County Magistrate and the others, or if the Imperial Court simply dared not manage the affairs of demons and monsters.

"Very well." Yang Baishan naturally dared not refuse Chen Mo's request and simply nodded in agreement.

But he truly could not understand why Chen Mo would do this; after killing the corrupt officials, he specifically left him behind to request troops from the Imperial Court.

This was highly improper; one must know that once the Imperial Court's heavenly troops arrived, there was absolutely no possibility of Chen Mo surviving.

But when he thought of the Black Mountain Demon King, Yang Baishan suddenly understood.

Chen Mo had killed the County Magistrate and the commander under the Black Mountain Demon King, which would inevitably provoke the Black Mountain Demon King's fury; if he left now, that demon king would very likely slaughter the county town.

Therefore, he did not leave; not only did he not leave, but he stayed here to summon the Imperial Court's troops.

In this way, the Black Mountain Demon King would certainly not dare to come into the city to cause trouble.

Not only that, but since someone here had killed officials and rebelled, and there was an extremely serious demon infestation, the Imperial Court would inevitably guard against further trouble here and would surely station heavy troops in this place.

It could be said that Chen Mo was now using his own life to save the lives of all the common people in the city.

Thinking about it carefully, perhaps Chen Mo had this plan from the very moment he entered the city.

First slaying the White Wolf commander, then killing the County Magistrate and County Assistant, placing himself into the game as a piece, all to protect the peace of the local people.

Such great righteousness and such a broad mind were truly beyond the reach of ordinary people!

In just an instant, Yang Baishan understood the matter, and his eyes were filled with reverence and admiration!

He immediately bowed down like a collapsing mountain of gold and jade, shouting, "Sir's great righteousness! Baishan thanks you on behalf of the city's common people!"

After saying this, he could not hide his excitement; he stood up and hurried away, preparing to report today's events to the Imperial Court immediately.

Chen Mo heard this and was puzzled, truly not understanding why the other party had changed so drastically.

But he had no heart to delve into it at the moment; he nodded gently toward Bai Yuxia, and the two walked side by side with tacit understanding, preparing to go to a great family in the city to borrow two cultivation manuals to look at.

(End of chapter)