Great Zhou Wensheng

Chapter 60 [Six-Jun Bow], Slaying the Mosquito Demon!

Deep in the river mist,

It was several miles away from the warship.

Four figures in black stood against the wind, their faces covered by bronze masks, their fangs gleaming blue in the moonlight, and their wide sleeves billowing in the rushing river wind.

As his sleeves billowed, the bronze token bearing the inscription "Rebel" hanging at his waist was faintly visible—it was the identity token specially bestowed upon the Rebel Scholar by the Demon Court of the East Sea.

Suddenly, a turbid wave ten feet high burst open in the middle of the river, and a scaly, armored fish demon broke out of the water.

Beneath its feet, the black water condensed into the phantom of a giant python, supporting its demonic body as it stood on the water, its blood-red eyes, like lanterns, sweeping across the ornately decorated ship.

It has a single horn on its forehead, holds a trident blade, and its emerald green pupils are fixed on the "Jiangyin Wenyun" banner fluttering on the mast of a ship several miles away.

"Demon General, my master paid a great price to ask you to take action. Why don't you attack the ship yourself? Could it be that you are afraid of this Jiangyin warship that is transporting the scholars?"

A muffled sound came from beneath the bronze mask of the leader of the men in black.

"How can you be so sure that there aren't any scholars or graduates from Jiangyin secretly hiding on the ship, providing covert escort?"

A sinister glint flashed in the demon general's eyes as he coldly said.

Having experienced countless battles, it knew all too well the cunning of human cultivators—last year, a demon general from the East Sea Demon Court intercepted a grain transport ship under such circumstances, only to have his demon body slashed by a scholar hidden inside the ship.

He ordered only a few hundred well-trained mosquito and shrimp soldiers to besiege the Jiangyin warship, while he himself hid in the distance and watched.

Without an ambush, two hundred mosquito-like guards and shrimp soldiers would be enough to take down this warship.

If it truly harbors a master of literature and Taoism, it can also avoid danger and quickly flee thousands of miles away.

"My lord, rest assured, just focus on attacking the ships! Once this is accomplished, my master will regain control of Jiangyin County and will reward you handsomely. There's no need to worry!"

The leader of the men in black bowed and said.

"Hmph~!"

The fish demon burst open the scales on its gills, a savage glint flashing in its single eye, revealing undisguised contempt.

These traitorous scholars who have betrayed their ancestors dare to put on airs and instruct it on how to do things in front of its dignified demon general!

If it weren't for the fact that these rebellious scholars were useful and could obtain intelligence about the human race, it would have loved to slap them into the water to feed the fish and shrimp.

"If you, Lord Zhao, can regain control of the Jiangyin County government after this battle, that would be the best outcome."

The demon general said coldly.

This mole will be working in cahoots from the inside out.

The demon soldiers of the East Sea no longer need to sneak around and wait for the right moment to open the sluice gate when passing through this Jiangyin sluice gate.

"That's for sure. If we bring down Magistrate Li Mo, my master will definitely be able to reclaim the position of Magistrate of Jiangyin!"
That Li Mo is only relying on the support of the governor of Jiangnan Circuit!
"My master, the Zhao family head, has powerful backers in the imperial court!"

"Boom~!"

A huge wave in the river interrupted his voice.

As the ship set sail and moved ten feet above the water, demon soldiers launched a fierce attack from all sides.

The two hundred mosquito guards and shrimp soldiers received orders and launched an even more ferocious attack on the Jiangyin warship.

Five crimson-armored shrimp demons stormed onto the deck of the ship, and with a sweep of their ten-foot-long blades, the iron shield formation instantly shattered.

A yamen runner with a sword and shield was cut in half at the waist, his intestines and blood splattering onto the deck, and he screamed in agony.

At the second-floor window, the mulberry bowstring snapped one after another, emitting a series of screams and bursting into a cloud of blood mist.

Mosquito guards rushed into the second floor, and a bloodthirsty gun pierced the throat of a mulberry wood archer, its wriggling mouthparts greedily sucking up his blood essence.

"boom--!"

The carved window lattice on the third floor suddenly shattered.

Hundreds of demonic water arrows rained down like a storm, carrying a foul stench as they pierced the cabin, leaving it riddled with holes.

Cao An was unable to dodge in time, and a water arrow pierced his right shoulder. The wound instantly emitted a strange bluish-green poisonous light.

"Crouch down and push over the screen and chairs!"

Jiang Xingzhou kicked over the bronze incense table, extinguishing the open flames in the third-floor cabin. This prevented the demon soldiers outside from seeing inside the ship.

Qingfei lay beside them, her face deathly pale, and whispered, "It's not just these hundred mosquito demons and hundred shrimp demons. There are also several large fish demons underwater!"

"Dodge!"

"Form a shield for defense!"

Instructor Zheng's eyes were bloodshot as he roared and brandished the ruler.

The cabin instantly descended into chaos, with the students filled with fear, screams, and confusion.

In the past, although the Jiangyin County Academy had training sessions for exorcising demons, it was always the scholars and instructors who led dozens of students to face a wild demon, and their lives were almost never in danger.

This kind of experience is not much different from a picnic.

How could it compare to the bloody battlefield before us!
The imperial court would never allow untrained students to go to the battlefield and face those terrifying demon soldiers and generals.

On the battlefield, the deaths of countless students can happen in the blink of an eye.

However, the situation is now critical, and the students have no choice but to join the battle. If they hesitate any longer, they will likely become bones at the bottom of the river in the blink of an eye!

Once the warship is breached by the demon soldiers, the casualties will likely be extremely severe.

At this moment, Zheng Jiaoyu's pupils reflected only the pale faces of the students.

Several cowards collapsed to the ground, their carefully copied poems scattered everywhere, stained crimson with blood from inside the cabin.

Zhou Guangjin slumped on the deck, his legs shaking like leaves, and all traces of the arrogance of a top student were gone.
"boom!"

A dark green water jet pierced through the window frame, blasting the table in front of Li Yunxiao into a shower of wood chips.

Another water arrow was embedded three inches above his head on a wooden table, its fletching still vibrating.

Li Yunxiao, who used to be the most domineering, was now pale-faced, clutching a wooden chair leg tightly in front of him as if it were his last lifeline.

"Jiang Xingzhou, you lead the students to block them."

I'll go to the drum platform at the bow and beat the war drums!

Instructor Zheng's voice trembled as he shouted.

Before he finished speaking, he leaped down from the third floor and rushed toward the fierce battle at the bow of the ship, toward a heavy war drum platform—a powerful artifact on the ship, its final weapon.

"Crench!"

The ship tilted violently amidst the gasps of the three hundred students.

But looking out the window,

A dense swarm of mosquitoes had climbed all over the mast of the warship, their eyes gleaming with a ghostly light.

They are gathering and unleashing water arrows, which are then blasting into the dark, towering ship.

Their immense pressure caused the ship to tilt downwards.

"Yes!"

"All!
[Six-pound bow]!

Jiang Xingzhou took a deep breath, his sleeves billowing, his literary aura rising from his sleeves as he shouted.

A burst of blue light erupted from his fingertips, and he actually pulled out a six-pound bow that was entirely crystal clear from the void.

With a pull of both hands, a six-pound bow opened like a full moon in his palms. The moment a three-foot-long ice arrow condensed, the temperature inside the cabin plummeted.

The Six-Jun Bow, when fully drawn with a force of 180 jin, can penetrate demon soldiers and their armor.

This is a three-word incantation technique for beginners, boasting the strongest long-range damage, fastest casting speed, and longest range.

"[Six-Jun Bow]!"

Seeing Jiang Xingzhou's fearless leadership, the three hundred students mustered their courage and roared in unison, rising up to chant incantations while their hands gleamed with azure light.

The third floor of the ship suddenly became as bright as day under the glow of the literary radiance.

Outside a hundred windows,
uniform!
Three hundred six-pound bows have appeared!

Suddenly, three hundred cyan crescent moons lit up, and the sound of bowstrings vibrating overpowered the howling of the demonic wind outside the ship.

"put--!"

Jiang Xingzhou shouted.

"Zheng——!"

He fired the Xuanbing Arrow from his six-pound bow toward the mast.

A dazzling blue light shot out.

“Whoosh!

Whoosh—!

Three hundred mystical arrows, a rain of arrows that blotted out the sky, shot into the air.

A buzzing sound, dense and numerous, obscured the sky.

Wherever the Xuanbing Arrow passed, raindrops condensed into ice crystals, drawing a dazzling Milky Way through the dark clouds.

The hundred mosquito demons clinging to the mast were preparing to unleash a second wave of water arrows, aimed at the cabins on the second and third floors.

Seeing three hundred arrows burst forth from the third floor, it was terrified and hurriedly flapped its wings to dodge in the sky, only to collide with them in a panic.

They can fly incredibly fast by flapping their wings.

However, they could not escape the dense barrage of arrows.

"puff--!"

In the blink of an eye, twenty or thirty mosquito guard demons were struck by several Xuanbing arrows, and the frost from the exploding Xuanbing arrows instantly froze them into ice sculptures.

Like shards of ice falling, they crashed onto the first floor of the ship, where yamen runners with swords and shields and shrimp demon soldiers were engaged in a chaotic battle.

(End of this chapter)