Supreme Martial Venerable: Starting with the White Ape Cloak Hammer skill point allocation

Chapter 88 Assault

"The Red Lotus Society? You believe that?"

Gundam sneered.

After Chen Huojia left, Zhou Yuan ordered the troops to regroup.

The magistrate had already issued the warrants, and suppressing bandits was indeed within the purview of the city guards; he could not shirk his responsibility.

"Who are you trying to fool? Honglian will make a move just to steal our food supplies for next month?"

Is it worth taking action for such a paltry sum?

It's not that I look down on those useless people in the Martial Alliance, but how did they manage to escape from the Red Lotus Society?

If Honglian were to actually make a move, she would leave no one alive.

Gundam retorted sarcastically.

The Red Lotus Society was a Jianghu organization, or more precisely, an organization opposed to the imperial court. It was active in various prefectures and counties of the Great Qi Dynasty and wielded considerable power.

Decades ago, the imperial court launched a major crackdown on the Red Lotus Society, but it resurfaced after only a few years.

The Red Lotus Society has always been active in the vicinity of major counties, but it is rarely heard of in Gaoshan County.

"Whether it's true or not, we have to go."

Zhou Yuan said calmly, "Otherwise it would be disobeying orders and disrespecting everyone. Make sure everyone brings all their equipment, just in case."

"7

Zhou Yuan rode ahead, leading the city guards out of the camp.

He didn't notice that two people were standing on a small hill not far away, watching him.

"Father, Alliance Leader Gao told us to find a way to kill Zhou Yuan. What's the use of luring him out of the city?"

He brought two hundred city guards; even if all the people from our martial arts school came out, they wouldn't be a match for him.

Chen Ming whispered.

Zhou Yuan was unaware of this, but he knew that there was no robbery of any goods at all. It was all an excuse his father made up to lure Zhou Yuan out of the county garrison camp.

"What do you know?"

Chen Huojia said, "Zhou Yuan has been hiding in the county garrison camp. Even if I have extraordinary abilities, how could I possibly break into the camp and kill him?"

Furthermore, directly killing someone is only a last resort. If Leader Gao can use someone else to do the dirty work, why can't we?

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Zhou Yuan has broken through four cultivation levels, after all. Although his cultivation, built up with precious medicines, is insignificant, there's no need for us to fight him head-on.

"But whose knife should we borrow? Could it be that there really is a Red Lotus Society outside the city? Father, how did you know?"

"You've colluded with the Crimson Lotus Society?"

Chen Ming blurted it out.

"presumptuous!"

Chen Huojia retorted, "What do you mean by collusion? I'm just using you!"

To survive in this world, it's not enough to just bury yourself in hard work; you need to be resourceful and adaptable. If you do things well, there's no one in the world you can't take advantage of!

It would be even better if Zhou Yuan died after the city guards were defeated by the Red Lotus Society. Even if he didn't die, we could take advantage of the situation and easily claim the credit.

This is the right way to do things.

"Dad, you're so cunning!"

Chen Ming said with a look of admiration.

He hadn't finished speaking.

"puff--!

With a soft sound, a shiny arrowhead pierced through Chen Ming's chest.

Chen Ming subconsciously lowered his head, feeling all the strength in his body drain away like a dam breaking.

"Dad—it hurts so much!"

"Ming'er!"

Chen Huojia's eyes widened in fury as he watched helplessly as Chen Ming was knocked away by a figure and sent flying, then collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud.

Before he could react, a gust of wind was already rushing towards him.

The person who arrived was Zhou Yuan!

Zhou Yuan moved like a cicada skimming the sky in autumn, arriving in front of Chen Huojia in an instant. His muscles and bones were taut like a bowstring, and he swung his arm out suddenly.

"Bang!"

The air was compressed by the fist, producing a popping sound.

Chen Huojia was, after all, a seasoned master. At the critical moment, he suppressed his grief and fear, shrugged his shoulders and back, and used the move "Wild Crane Dives into the Forest".

He tucked his body in, barely managing to slip through the gaps in Zhou Yuan's fist.

Immediately afterwards, he suddenly shuddered his shoulders, spread his wings like a crane, and struck Zhou Yuan's arm joints with his left and right forearms respectively.

This sudden response unleashed all of Chen Huojia's decades of accumulated experience.

Zhou Yuan secretly praised him, remaining calm and composed.

While dodging to the side, he swung his arm out again in a wide arc, like grabbing a hammer.

Thick blood surged violently within his body, making a clearly audible sound of flowing water. A tremendous force erupted from Zhou Yuan's arm and collided with Chen Huojia's palm.

"Oh no!"

Chen Huojia's expression changed drastically; he hadn't expected Zhou Yuan's power to be so terrifying.

Click!

The sound of bones breaking rang out, and Chen Huojia's forehead was instantly covered in cold sweat the size of soybeans.

The impact fractured his wrist, and the excruciating pain filled him with shock and rage.

He had broken through the barrier four times in over ten years, and had undergone a 40% blood transfusion, yet he still lost to Zhou Yuan in a contest of strength.

Despite his shock and anger, Chen Huojia did not hesitate in the slightest.

He spun around, shifted his stance, stood on one leg, slightly raised his knee, and delivered a vicious groin kick to Zhou Yuan's groin.

Zhou Yuan seemed to have already figured out Chen Huojia's White Crane Fist, and blocked downwards with both fists.

As his blood and qi surged, Chen Huojia felt a sharp pain in the sole of his foot.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yuan's fist transformed into a raging storm, completely enveloping Chen Huojia like a tempestuous tempest.

boom! boom! boom!

Chen Huojia felt as if he had been turned into an iron ingot, being frantically forged by a forging hammer.

He parried and blocked, feeling excruciating pain in his arms, as if his bones had been shattered.

Click!

Zhou Yuan's fists slammed into Chen Huojia's chest, instantly breaking his ribs, with the broken bones piercing his internal organs.

Chen Huojia staggered back a few steps, his body swaying, his face ashen, and then he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"you""

He was a shrewd and resourceful man throughout his life, and never imagined that he would die like this one day.

His pupils blazed with intense resentment, but it was all too late.

With a thud, he fell backward to the ground, twitched twice, and then became completely still.

Zhou Yuan's eyes were cold as he quickly searched Chen Huojia and his son's bodies, then mashed up their wounds.

He picked up a bolt from the Divine Arm Crossbow and used the Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada's Lightness Skill to quickly disappear into the forest.

"A small place is a small place; you can't even find a snake!"

My poor little white dog, whom I've raised for over ten years—”

Gao Liang tossed aside a grass snake with a look of disgust.

He disliked Dong Hailou's nagging and had long ago moved out of the county government office to live on his own.

After leaving the task of dealing with Zhou Yuan to Chen Huojia, he asked the Martial Alliance to help him search for the spirit snake.

Throughout the day, people kept bringing snakes to his door, but none of them were to his liking.

His little white beast is a noble spirit beast, what are these dirty and broken things?

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He disliked everything about Gaoshan County; it was simply incomparable to their Beast Taming Sect.

"Legendary weapons are just legends. If they really existed, the Divine Weapon Valley would have found them long ago. Those old guys are out of their minds, going to all this trouble to come here and get involved."

Gao Liang grumbled unhappily, "After I kill Zhou Yuan, I'll go to Jiangzhou Prefecture, the headquarters of Shenbing Valley. Maybe I can find some good spirit beasts there."

"Men, where have you all gone? Bring me a few girls, I need to vent my frustration."

Gao Liang shouted at the top of his lungs.

A servant-like man entered in response.

"Sir, how many girls would you like? Older or younger?"

"A little fuller or a little slimmer?"

The servant bowed and asked, head bowed.

"full""

Gao Liang said subconsciously, a sudden chill running through him.

Before he could react, the servant suddenly sprang up, a weapon hammer shot out from his sleeve, and slammed into Gao Liang's chest with a loud crash.

Click!

The sound of bones cracking rang out, and Gao Liang's body flew backward.

When the light fell on the servant's face, he was instantly terrified.

Zhou Yuan!

Zhou Yuan, who was supposed to be out of the city to suppress bandits, unexpectedly appeared at his home in the middle of the night!

Even if Gao Liang is stupid, he knows what Zhou Yuan wants to do.

No sooner said than done.

Zhou Yuan's internal energy surged, flowing straight into his arms, causing both arms to suddenly become much thicker.

The hammer slammed down with a sharp, high-pitched whistling sound.

White Ape Cloak Hammer!

Gao Liang landed and flipped over, not having time to think, only managing to channel his strength into his arms and hold them horizontally in front of him.

boom!

The immense pain of his severed arms caused Gao Liang to let out a piercing scream, but the sound was quickly drowned out by the roar of wind and thunder.

A storm of hammer blows filled the room, accompanied by sharp whistling sounds.

One hammer blow, two hammer blows.

With both arms broken and nowhere to retreat, Gao Liang could only lean back and try his best to avoid vital organs.

The hammer struck his chest and abdomen again.

In an instant, Gao Liang felt as if his internal organs had shattered, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

He was shocked and angry, and his heart was filled with fear.

If his little white dog hadn't been killed—

He completely lost his composure, flailing his severed arm in vain, hoping to hold on a little longer and perhaps someone would come to his rescue.

boom! boom! boom!

Zhou Yuan remained expressionless, continuing to strike with the hammer.

Gao Liang's thin, bamboo-like body had already crashed to the ground, but he still didn't stop.

Zhou Yuan only breathed a sigh of relief after Gao Liang was smashed beyond recognition and blood was flowing all over the ground.

call!

With one hand holding a hammer, he groped around on Gao Liang's chest for a while, stuffed a bloodstained object into his pocket, and with a flicker, disappeared like a ghost into the quiet courtyard.

Before dawn, County Magistrate Dong Hailou hurriedly arrived at the courtyard where Gao Liang was temporarily staying.

Upon seeing the corpse, which was no longer recognizable as human, Dong Hailou's heart sank to the bottom, and he felt no glimmer of hope left.

Although the corpse's head had been smashed to pieces, judging from its figure and clothing, it was undoubtedly Gao Liang.

"Who did this?!"

Dong Hailou roared, and with a crack, the eight blue bricks beneath his feet instantly turned to dust.

Gao Liang was the elder's son, and now he's dying right under his nose. Even if he completes his mission, he probably won't fare well when he gets back.

"My lord, Alliance Leader Gao died under the hammer of a soldier—"

"I can't believe it," said Zhu Yiwei, the head constable, trembling with fear.

"Zhou Yuan!"

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Dong Hailou said through gritted teeth, "Before coming to Gaoshan County, I had already learned about the situation there."

"Zhu Yiwei, immediately take your men and seize Zhou Yuan. If he resists, kill him without mercy!"

Dong Hailou shouted.

A master of the hammer, capable of killing Gao Liang who had broken through the pass four times, there was no one else in Gaoshan County besides Zhou Yuan.

"My lord, I'm afraid that won't work."

Zhu Yiwei said cautiously, "Commander Zhou led his troops out of the city to suppress bandits. They've been gone for two days and are probably dozens of miles outside the city now. It's impossible for him to fly back to kill them."

"Um?"

Dong Hailou frowned, his eyes becoming even more sinister.

That's right, Chen Huojia lured Zhou Yuan out of the city, so Zhou Yuan couldn't possibly fly back to kill him.

Who is the murderer?

Could it be that the people from Shenbing Valley have made their move?

That's right, Shenbing Valley can't just stand by and watch their Beast Taming Sect occupy Gaoshan County; they'll make their move sooner or later.

He just didn't expect the Divine Weapon Valley to act so quickly and ruthlessly!

If it was Shenbing Valley that made the move in secret, then things would be troublesome.

Without evidence, he had no way to hold Shenbing Valley accountable.

There are many people in the world who can use weapon hammers, so who can say that the murderer must be from Shenbing Valley?

Besides, could this be a frame-up by someone else?

Even so, he couldn't remain silent when others were bullying him so openly.

"Zhu Yiwei, immediately seal off the entire city and search it!"

Dong Hailou said with a gloomy face.

If he finds the murderer, he can pretend he doesn't know the other party is from Shenbing Valley and kill him on the spot!

"Sir, we can't seal it off."

Zhu Yiwei said with a bitter face, "We need the city guards to seal off the city gates. Commander Zhou has led his troops out of the city to suppress bandits. We don't have enough manpower to seal off the whole city."

Dong Hailou frowned, feeling as if he had shot himself in the foot.