Start slaying demons from the proficiency panel.

If what he guessed before he came was true, the strange tragedies that occurred in more than ten villages should be the work of this sorcerer, and the destruction of Changqing Village should be the work of that strange man.

Therefore, we cannot allow this demon to escape so easily, otherwise we will have no way to give an answer to the villagers who were killed earlier.

As the Demon Buddha Ning Xiu raised his hand, a huge phantom arm instantly appeared in the sky, enveloping the fleeing Huang Tianfei with overwhelming force.

This palm strike was like the Five Finger Mountain descending, fiercely suppressing Huang Tianfei. No matter how fast he flew, he still couldn't escape the range of the Five Finger Mountain of Demon Buddha Ningxiu.

As the colossal, sky-covering hand drew ever closer, Huang Tianfei was shocked. He knew in his heart that if he did not put up some resistance, he would definitely not be able to escape the obstruction of that first-rank Buddhist and Taoist person today.

Therefore, he directly summoned the Five Directions Ghost King Pestle, attempting to use the treasure to his advantage to contend with the Demon Buddha Ning Xiu.

Five ghost king phantoms appeared on the Five Directions Ghost King Pestle, each spiraling and flying towards the giant palm.

Boom boom boom!!!

In the instant the two collided, the Five Directions Ghost King Pestle was sent flying backward, immediately breaking free from Huang Tianfei's control, and the five ghost king phantoms also shrank back into the Five Directions Ghost King Pestle.

Huang Tianfei felt a tremendous force suddenly surge into his body, tearing his entire body apart and causing his meridians to break at an unimaginable speed.

"puff!!!"

Huang Tianfei coughed up a fountain of blood, his strength simply insufficient to withstand the methods of Demon Buddha Ning Xiu.

He was sent flying backward at an extremely fast speed. His upper body flew directly out of the palm of the Demon Buddha Ning Xiu, but his lower body was still within the range of the giant palm.

As a result, Huang Tianfei's lower body was instantly crushed by the edge of the giant hand, exploding into a dazzling cloud of blood.

Enduring the pain that threatened to make him faint, Huang Tianfei couldn't care less about anything else at that moment.

He chanted the incantation and used his shattered and indistinct lower body to perform the secret technique Blood Escape. Using the blood and flesh of his body as a conduit, he burst forth at an extremely fast speed and flew towards the distant horizon. In just a few breaths, he disappeared from Ning Xiu's sight and vanished without a trace.

"He still managed to escape." Ning Xiu frowned.

Although Demon Buddha Ning Xiu crushed the demon's lower body on the spot, he still managed to save his life. In the future, he might still be able to continue to harm the people of Da Shang.

Although the Buddha and Taoist masters are powerful, they are not truly omnipotent. Their opponents sacrificed half their lives to use Blood Escape, which can accelerate their escape. Even the Demon Buddha Ning Xiu had no way to pursue them for a while.

All we could do was watch helplessly as that guy disappeared into the sky like a shooting star.

Demon Buddha Ning Xiu rode the black lotus platform and flew to the place where the Five Directions Ghost King Pestle had fallen. He quickly found the Five Directions Ghost King Pestle stuck in the rock.

Without human intervention, this precious evil artifact appeared extremely plain and unadorned, without any outward manifestations, except for the five skulls at the end, which appeared somewhat ferocious.

With a flick of his wrist, the evil artifact Ning Xiu sent out of the crevice and into his hand.

Holding the Five Directions Ghost King Pestle, Demon Buddha Ning Xiu nodded with great satisfaction. He was originally a demon Buddha incarnate from evil thoughts, so using a supreme evil weapon like the Five Directions Ghost King Pestle was just right for him.

With the true form of the Demon Buddha controlling the Five Directions Ghost King Pestle, there might be an opportunity in the future to transform the five ghost king phantoms within the Five Directions Ghost King Pestle into Dharma Protector Ghost King Arhats and Ghost King Vajras, further enhancing the power of the Five Directions Ghost King Pestle.

After placing the Five Directions Ghost King Pestle in his bosom, Demon Buddha Ningxiu left the place and flew towards Ningxiu's direction.

Ning Xiu didn't gain much benefit from this search for the demon, but the Demon Buddha Ning Xiu reaped considerable rewards. He first obtained the supernatural power of three heads and six arms by consuming the mysterious essence blood from the body of the violent demon.

To get another free copy of the Five Directions Ghost King Pestle, a powerful evil artifact painstakingly crafted by Huang Tianfei, is an opportunity that can only be described as incredibly wonderful.

Given that it is an evil artifact and a treasure, it is not appropriate for Ning Xiu, as the Demon Subduer, to use it. It would be more reasonable and justifiable for the Demon Buddha Ning Xiu to personally take charge of it.

With one demon dead and the other injured, the investigation ordered to be carried out today can be considered settled, and we can go back and prepare an investigation report for the Demon Subduing Division.

The entire process takes no more than the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn.

Chen Peifeng and Daoist Kongxu, who were sitting on the back of the Iron-Eating Beast in the distance, were completely dumbfounded. Before this, they could not have imagined what it would be like for a top-three expert to make a move.

But today, Demon Buddha Ning Xiu showed them with their own eyes what it means to uproot mountains and destroy peaks, what it means to blot out the sky and cover the sun, and what it means to have the power of a first-rank official.

The highest level of Buddhism and Taoism is terrifying.

"Come back." Ning Xiu waved to the distance, and the Iron-Eating Beast immediately obeyed and carried the two of them back.

"My lord, is it all done?" Master Kongxu asked tentatively.

“Yes, we can go now.” Ning Xiu leaped onto the back of the Iron-Eating Beast and prepared to leave.

Behind them, what was once a beautiful mountain has been completely transformed, with its peaks now flat and littered with scattered rocks.

If anyone comes to this place in the future, they will probably never imagine that this place was once a mountain.

Following behind Ning Xiu and the others, Demon Buddha Ning Xiu carefully released a white butterfly from his sleeve. Despite the fierce battle just now, the white butterfly was completely unaffected and began to circle around Demon Buddha Ning Xiu, appearing quite active.

……

Thousands of miles away, at the bottom of a mountain stream.

A body, with only the upper half remaining, lay beside a stream, its chest heaving rapidly as it gasped for breath.

Blood seeped from the broken part of his waist, staining the stream red, and then flowed downstream.

Huang Tianfei stared at the sky, his face pale, his heart filled with the relief of surviving a disaster.

He never expected that a first-rank Buddhist or Taoist would find his weapon-forging place; he was really unlucky today.

Not only was the Five Directions Ghost King Pestle he had forged lost, but he also lost half his life. It was a double loss. At this point, any mid-level Demon Subduing Officer could easily take Huang Tianfei's life.

"Changes in fortune can lead to vastly different outcomes, even with the slightest difference," Huang Tianfei sighed.

As the stench of blood spread with the stream, wild animals from the vicinity soon followed the scent to its source.

Before long, a gray wolf appeared on a rock on the opposite bank of the stream, staring fiercely at Huang Tianfei, who was now only half a body, and regarded him as its prey.

To his surprise, when Huang Tianfei saw the gray wolf appear, a hint of joy appeared in his eyes. He had been worried about how to heal his wounds, and now he had a target.

The gray wolf let out a low growl, finally unable to resist its hunger any longer. It leaped off the rock and pounced on Huang Tianfei.

As the gray wolf's gaping maw drew ever closer, Huang Tianfei suddenly opened his mouth wide, and a long green tongue shot out, instantly piercing the gray wolf's throat and killing it instantly.

sizzle!

With its long tongue swiftly sucking blood, the gray wolf was reduced to a dried-up corpse in no time, lying beside Huang Tianfei.

It can be seen that Huang Tianfei's lower body fracture is starting to stop bleeding in a visible manner, with extremely obvious results.

Soon, one carnivorous beast after another approached, drawn by the scent, but a skilled hunter often appeared as the prey.

Before long, the banks of the stream were littered with the mummified carcasses of wild animals.

……

After leaving the mountains, Ning Xiu did not return to Nanjiang City. Instead, he chose a nearby town and asked a courier in the town to send a message to Nanjiang City, telling Ye Hang that the evil spirit had been dealt with and that he no longer needed to worry.

After doing all this, Ning Xiu, along with Chen Peifeng and Daoist Kongxu, prepared to return to Jingzhou Chaotiandu.

"I never imagined that at my age, I would still have the opportunity to serve the court. I am truly grateful to you, sir."

On the way back to Jingzhou, Master Kongxu stroked his beard and smiled.

His greatest wish in this life was to send Chen Peifeng into the Demon Subduing Division. Although that place was dangerous, it would be better for Chen Peifeng's strength than for him to stay by his side, and would allow him to achieve far more in the future.

Ning Xiu said, "The Demon Subduing Division was founded to gather extraordinary people with strength from all over the world. Since you two have strength, as long as your backgrounds are clean and innocent, joining the Demon Subduing Division will naturally not be a problem."

As the iron-eating beasts advanced, some martial artists in tight-fitting clothes, wielding swords, clubs, and spears, gradually appeared on both sides of the road.

Most of these people were at the ninth or eighth rank in martial arts, while those at the seventh rank were relatively rare. When the Iron-Eating Beast appeared, all the martial artists cast curious glances at it.

You should know that this kind of thing is not commonly seen.

"Where are you all headed?" Ning Xiu asked, bowing his head as he passed two martial artists in tight-fitting clothes carrying knives.

Upon seeing the black silver chainmail on Ning Xiu's body, the martial artist immediately clasped his hands in greeting: "Greetings, Lord Fumowei. We are on our way to Cangshan to witness the martial arts tournament of Yunze Prefecture."

"Martial Arts Tournament..." Ning Xiu was no stranger to this term.

He had heard about this matter from Yao Shouchong, a member of the Blood Blade Society, when he was at Tianya Tower in Nanjiang City.

However, judging from the intelligence at the time, the Azure Dragon Society's purpose in planning to hold the martial arts tournament was definitely not simple, and it seemed that they had some secret scheme.

Looking at these martial artists who have gathered from all directions, one can see just how amazing the attraction of this Yunze Prefecture Martial Arts Tournament is; it's likely that all the martial artists in Yunze Prefecture will go to watch it.

Even if you don't go into the arena, it's good to watch other martial artists' powerful figures and their martial arts exchanges.

Behind anything that arouses suspicion lies a secret worth investigating.

If there is a demon secretly orchestrating this martial arts tournament, and the Demon Subduing Division failed to take precautions in advance, then things could get very bad.

Ning Xiu pondered to himself, and the idea of ​​going to Cangshan to take a look arose in his mind.

【066】Seven Steps to Catch the Cicada: Learn and Apply Now

"Yunze Prefecture has always been relatively quiet in terms of martial arts, without much activity. The fact that the Azure Dragon Society suddenly chose to hold a martial arts conference in Cangshan to compete for the title of martial arts leader must be hiding some unspeakable secret," Chen Peifeng said in a low voice after hearing what the martial artist said.

If a martial arts world were to truly take shape in Yunze Prefecture, the first thing to attract attention would be the imperial court. With such a powerful force governing the people, it could easily cause uncontrollable chaos.

Hundreds of years ago, before evil spirits caused chaos in the world, there was already a saying that "using force to break the law." Later, the world was thrown into chaos by evil spirits, and even much of the territory was lost.

The imperial court was too preoccupied with its own problems to interfere with the affairs of martial artists in the countryside. Instead, it continued to recruit powerful martial artists from the countryside to join the Demon Subduing Division, thereby weakening the strength of the martial arts world.

Now that the Azure Dragon Society is trying to revitalize the martial arts world of Yunze Prefecture, the news probably hasn't reached Chaotian Capital yet, so Ning Xiu plans to go to Cangshan to investigate.

Let's check if there are any problems behind this martial arts tournament.

Cangshan is not too far from here, only slightly off the main road back to the capital, so it won't take too much time.

"Let's take a different route and head to Cangshan first," Ning Xiu said.

Upon hearing this, Chen Peifeng and Daoist Kongxu immediately replied, "We will follow your arrangements, sir."

Since the two had already decided to join the Demon Subduing Division and later Ning Xiu's Bronze Leopard Squad, they began to treat Ning Xiu as subordinates, and their responses were quite standardized and formal.

Ning Xiu looked around. Although he could sense the aura of the Demon Buddha Ning Xiu, he couldn't see him at all.

Ever since the incident of exterminating the demon in the mountains, Ning Xiu has kept his promise and given this guy a leave where he can move freely.

All he needed to do was keep the other party at a distance that would allow them to arrive in time to rescue him if he encountered danger. In his spare time, as long as the Demon Buddha Ning Xiu did not do evil, he did not care what the other party did and let them wander around as they pleased.

Ning Xiu withdrew his gaze and ordered his iron-eating beast to speed up, heading towards the direction of Cangshan.

To conceal his identity, Ning Xiu removed his black silver chainmail halfway through the journey and changed into a simple set of close-fitting clothes.

In this way, on the way to Cangshan, no one will notice him because of his identity as the Demon-Subduing Commandant.

According to the information I learned from Yao Shouchong in Nanjiang City, the martial arts tournament will officially begin tomorrow.

At that time, any martial artist in Yunze Prefecture who has the desire to compete for the title of Martial Arts Alliance Leader can step onto the arena to fight.

Once you defeat all the heroes of Yunze Prefecture, you can become the martial arts alliance leader who will rule the entire Yunze Prefecture for a year.