Chaotic Times and Disasters: I Hunt Down Martial Arts Masters and Become a God

When Fu Qing was forced back to the edge of the ravine by the two demons, his back hit the guardrail.

The railing was built by the Gu cultivators of the Yue Kingdom using rough wood and vines. Over the years, the wood had rotted, and the vines had been gnawed by Gu insects, leaving them riddled with holes.

The lion demon's twin hammers slammed into his blade, the immense impact sending him flying. His back crashed through the railing, and rotten wood and broken vines clattered and fell into the ravine.

The snake demon followed up with another spear thrust, the tip piercing Fu Qing's right rib. His protective aura blocked most of the force, but the venom on the spear tip seeped into the wound along the cracks in the aura.

Fu Qing felt a tingling sensation in his right rib, as if he had been pricked by an ice pick, and then his entire right leg began to go numb.

The lion demon swung its hammer down again.

The hammer missed Fu Qing and struck the rock beneath his feet.

The rock was already riddled with cracks from the moisture in the mountain stream. When the copper hammer struck it, the cracks widened instantly, and the entire rock shattered with a crash.

Fu Qing lost his balance and fell down the mountain stream.

The lion demon and the snake demon jumped down without hesitation—the high priest's orders to them were to bring Fu Qing's head back, alive or dead.

The mountain stream was extremely deep, with rock walls on both sides covered with dark green moss.

As Fu Qing fell, he forcefully plunged the Cold Iron Blade into the rock wall, the blade drawing a long trail of sparks in the rock, which slightly slowed his descent.

But the injury to his right ribs prevented him from using his full strength; his hand holding the knife trembled, and the blade kept slipping on the rock face.

The two demon generals, relying on their powerful demonic bodies, plummeted directly to the bottom of the valley, crashing into the rubble and creating two shallow craters in the rocks beneath their feet.

They were unharmed.

When Fu Qing landed, his legs went weak and he knelt on one knee on the gravel.

The numbness in his right rib had spread to his entire right leg, and he could barely feel where his right foot was.

Before he could stand up, two large sledgehammers had already come crashing down.

Fu Qing parried with his sword, the blade trembling violently from the impact, and the old wound on his hand reopened, blood flowing down the hilt.

The snake demon's bone spear pierced through his back!

Just as the bone spear was about to pierce Fu Qing's back, a blinding golden light exploded from above.

Suwen floated in mid-air, holding a palm-sized bronze plate in her hand.

The copper plate was covered with ancient runes, the origins of which were unknown. The strokes were simple yet complex, and they lit up one by one under the stimulation of her medicinal energy.

Golden light spilled from the edge of the bronze plate, transforming into a semi-transparent circular shield that enveloped both her and Fu Qing.

The serpent demon's bone spear struck the protective shield with a crisp "clang," and the spear tip bounced back.

A hint of surprise flashed in the snake demon's vertical pupils—it had used all its strength in this spear thrust, enough to pierce even the protective qi of a Qi Realm cultivator, yet it couldn't penetrate this thin layer of golden light.

The lion monster refused to believe in evil spirits and slammed its double hammers down. The copper hammers struck the protective barrier as if they were hitting a giant bell, the buzzing echoes reverberating through the mountain stream, but the barrier remained completely still.

A trickle of blood spilled from the corner of Suwen's mouth.

Activating this magical artifact caused her immense damage to her cultivation; with each increase in the brightness of the runes on the copper plate, her meridians ached more.

But she gritted her teeth and steadily held the copper plate, the protective shield continuously releasing pure medicinal vapors, gradually dispelling the snake venom in Fu Qing's wound.

The numbness in his right rib was slowly subsiding, and he could feel his right foot could step firmly again.

"This magical artifact won't hold out for long."

Suwen's voice came from above, "I can only hold on for the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea at most, hurry up."

Fu Qing nodded and straightened up under the cover of the protective shield.

The lion demon and snake demon continued their fierce attack from outside the protective barrier. The copper hammer and bone spear made the barrier tremble, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of Suwen's mouth again.

Fu Qing's gaze swept quickly between the two demon generals.

"Remove the cover!"

Su Wen was startled for a moment, but chose to believe Fu Qing.

When the snake demon thrust its spear forward, Fu Qing stepped forward, his protective aura blocking the fatal penetration of the spear tip, but his flesh was slashed open with a half-foot-long gash.

A hint of smugness flashed in the snake demon's vertical pupils, but Fu Qing's left scapula tightened sharply the moment the spear tip pierced through, the bone gaps jamming the spear tip, and the snake demon couldn't pull the spear out.

In that split second, Fu Qing's blade had already slashed into the snake demon's neck.

The dark blue blade of the Cold Iron Blade cleaved into the snake demon's neck from the left and emerged from the right.

The snake demon's vertical pupils suddenly dilated, and its head flew off, tumbling twice in the air before landing on the pile of rubble.

The headless corpse swayed twice before collapsing with a thud, gushing out dark green demonic blood.

The lion demon's expression changed drastically.

The venom of the serpent spear also has a strong suppressive effect on those at the Qi Refining Realm. The two demon generals should have been able to easily defeat a human of the same level when they joined forces, but one of them was killed instead.

He swung his double hammers wildly, trying to take advantage of Fu Qing's injured left shoulder to launch a surprise attack. At the same time, the demonic bone runes on the copper hammers lit up, and each strike was accompanied by hissing demonic fire.

However, Fu Qing's [Blue Overlord Clothing] was rapidly restoring his blood and energy. The wound on his left shoulder had stopped bleeding, and the numbness in his right rib had completely disappeared under the dissipation of the medicinal energy.

The stacking of [Combat Excitement] had reached a very high level. Fu Qing cleaved his copper hammer away with a single slash. The left hammer flew out of his hand and crashed into the mountain wall, creating a large crater. The right hammer was then sliced ​​off by Fu Qing's second slash, which removed the demon bone runes from its head.

Fu Qing flicked his wrist, and the blade swept upwards, slicing off a wisp of demonic fire from his mane.

That demonic fire was the lion demon general's natal demonic fire. After it was cut off, the lion demon's aura visibly weakened.

The lion demon was forced to the edge of the cliff in the mountain stream, with a stone wall behind it, leaving it with nowhere to retreat.

Fu Qing's knife was pressed against his throat, the blade still stained with the snake demon's dark green blood.

The lion-like monster looked down at the blade on its neck, its Adam's apple bobbed, and suddenly its knees buckled, causing it to kneel down and its forehead to slam into the gravel, creating a shallow dent.

"Don't kill me!"

His voice trembled, "I'd be willing to be the general's mount!"

Fu Qing's blade rested on his Adam's apple, neither stabbing nor moving away.

Give me a reason not to kill you.

The lion-like monster raised its head and said urgently.

"I am from a collateral branch of the Lion Clan. I am not valued in the Demon Emperor's Palace. The direct line of the Lion Clan never treats us collateral branches as their own. I was sent to the Southern Frontier this time as cannon fodder by the High Priest's request."

"He told our clan leader that he needed a few capable fighters to help, and the clan leader sent out a few from our side branches. My death would not cause any loss to the Demon Emperor's Palace. No one would avenge me, and no one would care."

"But being alive is useful to the general. I can fight, as you just saw. These two bronze hammers are quite powerful for their rank. I can carry people. It takes several mountains to get back to the Jingjun camp from here, and the general can ride me faster than walking..."

"I can scout the way through the forest. Our demon scouts know this vast mountain range best. If you want to fight your way back to the Valley of Ten Thousand Gu to settle scores with the High Priest, I can even lead the way for you. As long as you don't kill me, my life is yours. I'll be your mount and your henchman. I'll go wherever you tell me to go!"