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Chapter 196: Hammer strikes, first actual combat

Feeling the constant stinging pain in his left arm, Babek frowned, raised his head, and looked at the man on the distant wall. The setting sun floated just behind Su Heng's head. It looked like the "round light" in the temple murals, symbolizing the supreme power of the Buddha.

With Su Heng's arrival, the originally chaotic battlefield suddenly became quiet.

The roar of the raging fire, the screams of the injured people, and the roar of the collapsing buildings... All the sounds that could be heard were peeling away, and all the images were fading and dimming. Under the bloody sunset, it seemed as if only Su Heng and Babek were left in the world.

Babek swung his hand violently, and with a "bang" sound, black fire exploded, and his broken left hand healed again.

Click!

He took a step forward, and the ground sank and cracked.

"It seems that you are Wang Xinlong's support." Babek raised his head, with flames burning in his dark golden pupils, and looked at Su Heng without fear, "With a strong man like you in Baihua County, it's no wonder that the Heavenly Demon Alliance no longer exists."

"Next, I--Puff!"

Before Babek could finish his nonsense, Su Heng pointed his finger again.

The extremely strong power left a shadow in the sunset, turning into a black line, like a bullet shot from a sniper rifle, accurately hitting Babek's heart. Blood oozed from the latter's mouth and nose, and he slowly lowered his head, clearly seeing a head-sized hole on the right side of his chest.

It was unexpected that it was hit so hard.

Babek did not show any signs of pain or weakness, and stood firmly in place.

Even though the death-level demons had strong vitality, it was impossible for them to act as if nothing had happened after their hearts were pierced.

Su Heng also showed an interested expression on his face. Compared with ordinary death-level demons like the Crocodile Lord and the Black Demon Bodhisattva, the aura of Babek gave him a familiar feeling. He thought about it for a while and finally figured out where this feeling came from.

"I didn't expect that demons would have such means." Su Heng slowly stood up from the city wall and looked down at Babek.

"Among human warriors, there are only a few who can enter the realm of Heavenly Guile by worshipping Buddha."

Su Heng said disdainfully, "Not only is the power in you weak, but it also doesn't seem to come entirely from yourself."

"Weak?" Babek's face was full of anger. "You know nothing about the power of the Lord."

Roar!
He took a deep breath and finally stopped holding back.

Blood lines intertwined in his eyes, exploded outwards, and quickly spread throughout his body.

Babek's muscles undulated violently like restless wolves, his hair grew rapidly, and a large amount of black mist gushed out of him. Suddenly, he raised his head and let out a long howl, then Babek got on all fours and in the blink of an eye, he turned into a lion six meters tall at the shoulder and more than ten meters long.

The huge and sturdy body filled the street, and its long tail covered with metal barbs swung around at will. The earthen walls of the buildings on both sides collapsed, and thick smoke billowed out.

Every step forward taken by such a huge beast leaves a noticeable dent on the ground.

The whole city was in turmoil and countless people fled in all directions.

Even the disciples in white were trembling with fear. They had only joined the Demon Suppression Division for a few months and had never seen such a horrific scene.

Babek's fangs protruded from his black lips and a terrifying wave of air came from his throat.

"How dare you assassinate the king..." Babek's eyes turned red as he growled angrily, "I will tear you into pieces."

"hehe."

Su Heng's shoulders twitched and he couldn't help laughing.

“I don’t have much ability, but I have a big temper.” Before he finished speaking, the entire city wall under his feet collapsed.

With a thunderous roar, Su Heng leaped high, the black cloak on his shoulders fluttering in the wind, blocking out the setting sun. Then he touched the ground with his toes, like a swallow flying over the lake, and crossed a distance of a thousand meters, and lightly slapped Babek's forehead with his palm.

Boom!

Amid the billowing smoke and dust, Babek's huge headless body slowly fell down.

The air waves were blowing, dispersing the smoke and dust.

Su Heng's legs, as thick as pillars of heaven, landed steadily on the ground. He took two steps forward, came to the corner where Wang Xinlong was leaning against, and stretched out an arm.

Snapped!
The two men held hands, Wang Xinlong's muscles flexed, and he stood up suddenly.

Neither of them spoke for a moment.

Wang Xinlong noticed that Su Heng was looking down at his arm. Following the Lord Dusi's gaze, he saw that the muscular arm had become loose. The old skin drooped on the muscles, revealing a sense of sadness of a hero in his twilight years under the setting sun.

"It seems that I am indeed old." Wang Xinlong sighed suddenly, but the light in his eyes did not dim.

For him, this statement was neither an excuse nor an admission of defeat.

It is a statement of objective reality.

And then a series of attempts and improvements will be carried out on this basis.

For people like him who have devoted everything to martial arts, aging is a long and painful torture. The little they have left is cruelly and ruthlessly taken away by time. No matter how hard they try, they can't get anything back.

Is that really the case?
At least in Su Heng's eyes, that's not necessarily the case.

"Have you heard of the Dragon Guards?" Su Heng took a step forward and walked out of the city, while Wang Xinlong followed closely behind Su Heng.

"I've heard of it." Wang Xinlong said, "A few days ago, Zhou Guiyu led people to Canglong Mountain and dug out some corpses of dragon guards."

"I plan to create a replica of Anshelie's Dragon Guard."

"So..." Wang Xinlong raised his eyebrows. He knew that Su Heng would not speak without a purpose. "You have already made it?"

"Yeah." Su Heng nodded.

“But it’s still in the early stages of verification, and the possibility of failure is very high.” Su Heng stopped outside the collapsed city wall and said seriously.

"What will be the consequences of failure?" Wang Xinlong and Su Heng were looking at the same sky.

What Su Heng saw were lush green mountains in the distance, and golden wheat fields like the tide below the mountains.

But Wang Xinlong saw a different picture.

The flying geese, the dim sky fire and the blood-red setting sun.

"You will die." Su Heng said.

"Really?" Wang Xinlong grinned, "Then there's nothing to be afraid of."...

……

……

Wang Xinlong agreed to the plan proposed by Su Heng.

After that, the two of them said goodbye temporarily, and Su Heng went to find the other candidates in the plan and had a brief chat with them.

What surprised him was that another deputy commander Zhou Guiyu chose to refuse after some consideration. Su Heng briefly understood that it was because Zhou Guiyu lost half his life in the last fusion of the demon corpse, which left a psychological trauma.

In addition, he is now quite old and no longer has the drive he had when he was young.

So, Zhou Guiyu is very sorry.

Su Heng expressed his understanding and naturally would not force it.

The next person to be chosen was Zhao Zongwu. Although Zhao Zongwu was not a deputy commander, he was very powerful. He was one of the few people in the Demon Suppression Division who could fight off the demon king head-on. Mr. Zhao Zongwu was a very decisive person. After a brief conversation with Su Heng and understanding the whole story, he readily agreed.

As for the remaining candidates——

Su Heng was not in a hurry to produce all the Dragon Guards at once, but planned to do it slowly.

On the one hand, it is possible to upgrade the existing first-generation version, add more strengthening organs, and optimize the existing effects. On the other hand, the research and development and adjustment of female dragon guards can be slowly advanced based on the information collected now.

This is a long-term job.

Moreover, Su Heng still has to focus his main energy on his own cultivation.

After all, Su Heng's plan to create the Dragon Guards was to guard the house, not to dominate the world.

Therefore, the number of the first batch of dragon guards is tentatively set at thirty-three. If everything goes well, Wang Xinlong will become the commander-in-chief of this guard, and Mr. Zhao Zongwu will be the deputy commander. As for the issue of loyalty, Su Heng is not too worried.

On the one hand, Wang Xinlong, Zhao Zongwu and Su Heng have known each other for a long time.

He knows both of their personalities and characters and they are trustworthy.

On the other hand.

Because the core material of the Dragon Guard transformation surgery comes from the dragon blood in Su Heng's body, just like An Ran, these Dragon Guards are inherently very loyal to Su Heng.

So...

After completing the Dragon Guard transformation surgery on Wang Xinlong and others.

Su Heng continued to practice the "Five Internal Organs Sealing Divine Art" to refine and seal the new divine form, while recording and summarizing the changes that happened to them. The first generation of Dragon Guard's "gene glands" required Su Heng to make and install each one by himself, which was indeed time-consuming and laborious.

If you want to mass produce, you have to iterate on subsequent versions.

The implantation of the "gene gland" is simple.

Anyway, for ordinary people, implanting a demon skeleton also requires cutting open the body and installing it in a specific position of the body. The process of the two is similar. The key issue lies in the manufacture of the "gene gland". If a "gland" can be installed in the dragon guard, then an additional "gland" can be harvested during the growth process.

Then one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things. Wouldn't it be true that an endless supply of Dragon Guards could be created? ?

Unfortunately--

This is a wonderful idea, but it has not yet become a reality.

The dragon marrow in Su Heng's body is active, but this activity is not infinite, and the dragon blood that can be produced is limited. If you want to turn this idea into reality, the key issue is to get a complete dragon marrow.

With this thought, Su Heng became even more curious about "Long Yuan".

There is another point.

Su Heng talked to Wang Xinlong, who mentioned that "Lion King Babek" seemed to have returned from Hunxi Mountain.

Hunxi Mountain is located at the border of the Great Zhou Dynasty and is the only way to the Longyuan Prairie. Although Babek's strength is average, he has a kind of vitality that is different from ordinary people. Even after his heart is broken, he can still maintain considerable combat power.

It’s just not clear whether this vitality is related to Long Yuan to some extent.

For a whole month, Su Heng was very busy.

Fortunately, the final result is good.

The Five Internal Organs Sealing Divine Art was cultivated to the great stage, and the remaining three divine forms were refined. At the same time, thirty-three dragon guards were also created.

I have to praise "Babek" again here. This guy didn't make much contribution when he was alive.

But this death really helped Su Heng a lot. The resources accumulated in the Demon Suppression Tower were almost exhausted, but with Babek's head, Su Heng's demon flesh and blood reserves were instantly restored.

As for the subsequent transformation surgery of the first generation of Dragon Guards, due to various reasons, the success rate was less than 70%.

Some people didn't make it and died directly on Su Heng's operating table. Fortunately, the two key figures, Wang Xinlong and Zhao Zongwu, survived, and their strength improved significantly, and they already had the combat power of the Tiangui level.

Moreover, the Dragon Guard surgery improved the two men's bones, extended their lifespans, and restored their energy, blood, and mental state to their peak state.

In addition, there is the secret method of the Thirteen Phases of the Tyrant Dragon that Su Heng completed from the Yunzhongtian Secret Realm.

For both of them, it is only a matter of time before they truly enter the Tiangui realm.

The only regret.

If Li Daoxuan could hold on for another half a year, perhaps the world would be completely different.

There was no time to sigh, as the first test since the birth of the Dragon Guards soon arrived. In Jiangbeizhou, the Skeleton Army, which had been stagnant for a long time, finally finished its repairs and began to prepare for a new round of expansion, with its troops heading all the way to the entire Jiangzhou.

After that, two Tiangui masters, Blood Demon General and Iron Demon General, were defeated one after another.

On the list of the Dark Organization.

The name Su Heng is so red that it looks like it is dripping with blood.

This time the action will no longer be assassination or testing, but a direct heavy hammer attack, and we will not stop until this nail is pulled out!

(End of this chapter)