With half a game of chess, I vanquish all demons!

Far from Zhaoqian Village, Yin Yu's headless corpse lay on the ground, and nine withered, eyeless heads rolled around on the ground.

Zhao Yao stood before Yin Yu's corpse, a flash of light appearing on his jade ring. He put away the demon core of the Moon Devouring Dog, raised his hand to cover his eyes, and sensed the changes within them.

Now, there are twenty-eight pairs of pupils in his eyes.

This caused some changes in his eyes.

He raised his head and looked up at the night sky. The night was as clear as day, and the clouds in the sky were clearly visible in his eyes.

He looked around, his field of vision vast and expansive.

His height of over ten meters gave him an excellent vantage point.

He took in the scene in the distance.

Looking towards Zhoucheng, I wonder what happened, but in the middle of the night, the city was brightly lit by lights.

Outside Wangzhou City, two strongmen, Yin Bingtie and Jin Feng, were rushing anxiously into the city.

Could it be that news of Yun Chi's death has spread?

Or is it that Yun Chi is still alive and someone took the opportunity to assassinate him?

Zhao Yao frowned, lost in thought, but could not come to a conclusion.

He shook his head, putting the matter aside for the time being. He raised his hand, waved it gently, and put Yin Yu's body and the shield into his jade ring. Then he turned and walked towards Zhaoqian Village.

At the entrance of Zhaoqian Village.

The body of the bronze warrior Jin Chi has been completely burned.

Zhao Yao gazed at the still-standing, towering corpse of Jin Chi, then conjured a long staff from his jade-colored armor and struck it suddenly onto the charred remains.

Boom!

The human-shaped charcoal collapsed with a crash.

A bright bead rolled out from it.

This is the demon core of the Sun-Devouring Heavenly Dog!

He stepped forward, picked it up, turned around, and saw the villagers nervously carrying kitchen knives and rolling pins, cautiously venturing out of the village.

Zhao Yao casually put the demon core and the crossbow lying on the ground into his jade ring, then walked up to the group of villagers.

"Don't be afraid, everyone! Charge together! Even if we die, we'll be covered in his blood! Kill!"

The villagers roared and charged towards Zhao Yao.

"...Don't hit me, it's me, Zhao Yao!"

Zhao Yao quickly shouted, stopping the villagers.

"Ah~ It's Zhao Yao?"

"Mao has turned red and grown taller, and his face is still Zhao Yao's; it's definitely him."

"How did Zhao Yao end up like this?"

"Where is the person who threatened to kill us?"

"That person seemed to have threatened to kill us because of Zhao Yao, right?"

In an instant, the villagers erupted in cheers, looking at Zhao Yao's more than ten-meter-tall body and then at the more than twenty-meter-tall charcoal pile beside him, their eyes filled with awe.

"Quiet down, everyone, listen to me, listen to me!"

Zhao Yao mustered the strength of a demigod and shouted loudly to drown out the villagers before explaining what had just happened.

"...That's how it is. They came because of me, and I've already killed them. But I can't guarantee that no one else will come after them."

I've prepared some money for everyone; hurry and run for your lives!

As he spoke, he released piles of money he had obtained from the Su family from his jade ring, distributing it to each household, and the money flew out of thin air towards the villagers.

"This...this is a bit too much money."

The villagers looked at each other, somewhat at a loss, their hands trembling slightly as they clutched their money bags.

"I've dragged everyone into this mess, so consider the extra money as an apology. There's no time to waste, everyone hurry and escape tonight."

Go to the dock, board the biggest ship, change your name and identity, and never come back.

Zhao Yao repeatedly explained the seriousness of the matter and urged everyone to leave.

What's the point of saying anything now that things have come to this?

The villagers, each carrying their money, packed their belongings and hurriedly left Zhaoqian Village that very night. For a time, the sounds of footsteps, shouts, and children's cries mingled together, gradually fading into the night.

Not everyone left; some elderly people did not choose to leave.

Zhao Yao stepped forward to offer advice, but received this response.

"I'm not going anywhere. I'm too old for that. Where can I go?"

Let those people come if they want; it's the same whether they die sooner or later.

The elderly people leaned against the door frame, their faces calm, their tone indifferent, their cloudy eyes showing little emotion.

Zhao Yao felt helpless as these elderly people all held this view.

"Sigh~"

He took a deep breath, his chest heaving, and decided to do his best to handle the matter.

He returned home, took off the jade ring and gave it to Zhao Yi to wear. He then put Zhao Yi back into the broken jade chessboard and also took back the primordial energy figure that had merged into his body, restoring him to his normal human form.

puff~

He jumped into the basin of water, his body sinking all the way down. After disintegrating the two demon cores, he arrived at the lower realm of the desolate rocks.

"Gurgle~"

Zhao Yao swallowed the demon pill, channeled divine power to digest it, and fused it with the demon blood within.

The primordial energy surged upwards, and within the jade chess piece, the primordial energy reserves rapidly increased.

The increased primordial energy first replenished Zhao Yi's repeated losses, and then accumulated in the fourth jade chess piece.

Perhaps because the two warriors died too quickly, the energy in their demon cores was extremely abundant, filling eight of the ten layers of flames and outlining eight small figures of primordial energy.

Primordial Qi, unite!

Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz~...

Twenty layers of jade-colored light emanated from his body, and Zhao Yao's body swelled violently, his height soaring all the way to thirteen meters and thirty-one inches, reaching the peak of the first level of demigod warrior.

He encountered the key to the strongman once again.

But it doesn't matter, this is precisely when Yin Yu's corpse comes into play.

He took out the jade ring from the broken jade chessboard, took out the corpse of Yin Yu, squeezed out its blood, poured it on his body, and absorbed the mysterious substance, and his body began to change.

crackling sounds~

After a series of crisp sounds, Zhao Yao's height increased again, breaking through the bottleneck of his cultivation realm and growing to over 13.32 meters, reaching the second level of demigod.

"Phew~"

Zhao Yao exhaled a breath of stale air, ran and jumped, and moved his body to adapt to the new physical changes.

After a long while, he stopped and checked his body.

His demonic blood also quietly changed as he broke through to the level of a warrior.

The demonic blood of the Sun-Devouring Tengu and the Moon-Devouring Tengu merged into his body, gradually becoming more concentrated, and he was already able to use one of their divine abilities.

Swallowing the sun: Absorbing and absorbing matter to transform it into energy.

Swallowing the Moon: Absorbing and absorbing light to transform it into energy.

Besides these two, what Zhao Yao didn't expect was that the demon blood of the Hehuan Ape also condensed into a divine power.

Burning with lust: The person being watched feels a burning desire, an unbearable thirst, and an insatiable urge to ejaculate.

After a moment's thought, he realized that the supernatural power of burning desire must be related to the cloud dragon.

Next, he examined the divine power of the three tribes.

The divine power within the statue of the Shanyang tribe has accumulated to some extent; if we consider ten as the maximum, it has now accumulated two or three tenths.

The divine power within the mountain demon tribe's statue had been completely depleted during the previous battle against the cloud dragon, leaving only about a fraction. This power was reserved for them as a precaution and to treat their petrification syndrome.

Perhaps because the people of the Mountain Demon Tribe are not that devout, the statues in the Mountain Demon Tribe contain the least divine power.

The divine power within the statue of the Shanyin tribe had accumulated the most and the fastest, but some of it had just been used up, leaving only about eight-tenths remaining.

Zhao Yao drew upon the divine power within the statue of the Shanyin tribe, using its incredible strength to replenish the magical talismans and the energy of the demon blood.

After he finished replenishing his power, his eight parts of divine power decreased by one part.

If Yun Chi is still alive, there's another battle waiting for him, and he needs to ensure he's in perfect condition.

In the courtyard of Zhaoqian Village, Zhao Yao climbed out of the basin in a normal human form.

hum~

A burst of jade-colored light erupted, and he washed away the moisture from his body, walked into the courtyard, and suddenly felt that the entire village was quieter than ever before.

Yes, they've all left.

It's my fault that they've been dragged down.

Then let me put an end to this matter myself.

Zhao Yao muttered to himself, clenching his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

In the courtyard, he took out the Golden Pool's crossbow and the Silver Guard's shield from his jade ring, practiced with them, and personally familiarized himself with their abilities. Then he left the village and began his journey towards Wangzhou City.

Forgot Zhou City.

Ang~~

The mammoth-like Void Beast let out a miserable cry, its lament echoing through the night sky.

It brought the Void Chariot down from the void again, crashing into a square, breaking its just-healed leg bone once more.

From all directions, black-clad assassins swarmed in, attacking the Void Chariot.

This time, none of the six high-level warriors were by Yun Chi's side, and even Shui Nu was dead... Yun Chi only had some Black Iron Warriors at his disposal.

The Black Iron Warriors surrounded the Void Chariot, fighting desperately to protect the Cloud Dragon, but they were no match for these assassin warriors.

"Miracle, Big Bang!" *7

Rumble~

The warriors, seven to a team, formed three teams in total, charging towards the Void Chariot from three directions without regard for anything else. Whenever a Black Iron Warrior got close, an explosion would erupt with boundless flames.

They had clearly learned from their previous failed assassination attempt.

Last time, even though they knew they were no match for the enemy and were clearly suicide squads, they were unwilling to exert their full strength in order to delay the enemy with a feint attack, and as a result, they were completely wiped out.

This time, they attacked with all their might from the start, fearing that they would suffer the same fate as last time: having great strength but being outmaneuvered by the enemy's dense fog, ultimately achieving nothing and dying in frustration.

However, for some reason...

The warriors and assassins made their way forward with unexpected ease, without encountering a single high-level warrior.

"Miracle, Big Bang!" *7

Rumble~

Boundless flames and shockwaves shattered the roof of the Void Chariot, setting the entire chariot ablaze.

The warriors and assassins were startled by this sight, their eyes flashing with fanaticism. This was the first time they had achieved such a result.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

Yun Chi emerged from the burning Void Chariot, covered in soot and disheveled, his clothes burned with several holes. He cursed angrily, his face so distorted that he was almost unrecognizable.

"A bunch of useless trash! They couldn't even stop this many assassins."

The Black Iron Warriors were either dead or wounded, and the remaining men desperately rallied together, ready to fight Yun Chi again. But when they turned around, they saw her pointing at their spines and cursing them.

The Black Iron Warriors looked ashen-faced and filled with sorrow.

"Dragon, prepare to die!"

The warriors and assassins finally spotted their target. Their eyes burned with fervor, and they charged forward with murderous intent, all having completed their demonic transformation, their inner cores glowing crimson.

"Miracle, Big Bang!" *21

The demon core exploded!

Rumble~

An unprecedented explosion occurred in the middle of Wangzhou City. Boundless flames and shockwaves first engulfed Yun Chi, and the aftershocks spread in all directions.

Just as a tragedy was about to unfold, threatening innocent civilians in the city, County Magistrate Zhou appeared at the critical moment.

He ran around the explosion site at a speed unimaginable to ordinary people, his face solemn, veins bulging on his forehead, and his two fleshy palms slapping repeatedly towards the center of the explosion.

The air was sculpted into the shape of a palm print by his punch, and the aftershocks from the explosion's epicenter were pushed back by him.

"Empty Palm!"

He is a martial artist, and the kind of martial artist whose every move is full of extraordinary power!

By using manpower to race against the speed of the explosion, County Magistrate Zhou succeeded.

In an instant, County Magistrate Zhou struck out nearly a hundred times from all directions toward the center of the explosion. Each strike carried a sharp gust of wind, successfully containing the explosion and preventing the energy from pouring out in all directions, instead sending it soaring upwards.

boom!

Above Wangzhou City, flames shot into the sky, and the mushroom-cloud-like heat wave of fire dispersed the clouds above, illuminating the entire city and disturbing the sleep of everyone that night.

County Lieutenant Zhou frowned, his hands hanging at his sides, his fingers trembling slightly, clearly indicating that he had exhausted himself.

He looked toward the center of the explosion, quietly waiting for the heat and dust to dissipate.