From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Jack added, "Generally speaking, the hideouts of bandits and terrorists are not as heavily guarded and disciplined as military camps. As soon as there is any movement, most people will run in the direction of the movement."

Passing through the canyon, a green pool comes into view. To the north of the pool, there is a row of wooden and stone houses. Behind them, on the cliff face, there are caves with hundreds of holes and openings, with rope ladders, plank roads, and houses. Inside, you can vaguely see figures moving around.

"action!"

At Jiang Liu's command, Ango, Jax, Yagata, Jin Ge, and Zubo each led two mercenaries into the bushes by the pool and slowly approached the house directly north of the pool.

Jax, with his speed advantage, was the first to reach the house. Finding no one inside, and adhering to his "outlaw" principles, he kicked down the door, rushed into the bedroom, ransacked the place, and pulled out a pile of clothes. He put them on first, then tossed them to the two mercenaries following him, saying, "Hurry up and change! We're 'undercover' now!"

The three quickly changed their clothes, put on hoods, and covered their mouths and noses—this kind of attire is common in the desert, and as long as they don't make direct eye contact with the robbers, they are not easily discovered.

The three then approached the cliff face and climbed up the rope ladder, preparing to be the first to occupy a passage.

Ango, Zubo, Jinge, and the others were unlucky and encountered bandits patrolling near the stone house, so they had no choice but to take direct action to deal with them.

Yagata's mission was rather special; all three of them were carrying a large case of bottles filled with highly concentrated spirits.

The three men went into the bushes and put the box down.

turn on.

Two mercenaries carried out bottles of liquor and lit them one by one, while Yagata threw out rag dolls, releasing dozens of invisible threads that bound the bottles. Then, he swung his limbs and tossed them toward the wooden house and the stone house.

Snapped!

The bottle shattered, spilling the liquor, and blue flames followed the spilled liquid, igniting everything that had come into contact with it.

Within three minutes, thick smoke billowed from the wooden and stone houses, shooting into the sky, with faint, dark red flames appearing and disappearing amidst the smoke.

Seeing this, Jiang Liu blew a breath towards the Xun position.

But we see:

The wind swirls, smoke billows, and a scorching heatwave sweeps across the land. The wind fuels the fire, burning the green pools; the fire, aided by the wind, scorches the black cliffs. The raging flames boil the mountains and rivers, and billowing smoke reflects in the puddles. Yet, with the combined power of heaven and earth, a pot of Longjing tea is brewed.

The river's flow added a gust of wind, billowing smoke and flames swirling in all directions, filling the sky with smoke and fire. The green pool was also affected by the smoke and fire, rippling with waves and constantly bubbling up, just like a pot of fine Longjing tea being steamed, waiting to be poured into a teacup and savored.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

Inside the stone house, bandits shouted.

Inside the wooden house, robbers shouted.

In an instant, the entire mountain stronghold was thrown into chaos. The bandits who remained in the house by the pool were anxious and rushed to fetch water to put out the fire. In the midst of the chaos, they were dealt with one by one by Yajiata, Ango, Zubo, Jinge and others.

The towering flames also caught the attention of the bandits standing inside the cave. They hurriedly ordered their men to go down and put out the fire, but every time one man went down, another died. This made the bandits above realize that an enemy had secretly infiltrated their headquarters and was going to wipe them out.

So, some people fired indiscriminately at the figures by the pool, not caring whether they were their own or not, while others went to inform the eight-headed bird that was fighting Lu Jin.

"Boss! Something's wrong! There's a fire in the back! Someone started it!"

Outside the oasis, the eight-headed bird was playing with Lu Jin when it heard shouts behind it. It turned around and saw thick smoke billowing behind it. It realized that it had fallen for a "luring the tiger away from the mountain" trick, which had led to its attack on the east while its homeland was stolen.

Damn it!

The eight-headed bird was furious and sent Lu Jin crashing to the ground with a single wing, before flying back towards the Green Wave Pool.

Upon landing, Lu Jin quickly hid behind a cliff and said to the others, "The enemy is in disarray. Let's take this opportunity to charge and strike at their heart!"

Allevan, Siwon, and the flat-headed magician exchanged glances, then led their men, using the cliffs as cover, to approach the cliff face, either climbing up into the caves to charge in, or running into the canyon to shoot down any thieves who tried to stop them.

Lu Jin sat cross-legged on the ground, regulating her breathing and calming her mind.

Then Duanmu Ying took dozens of silver needles and inserted them into Lu Jin's main acupoints such as Zusanli, Guanyuan, Qihai, Xuehai, and Sanyinjiao, and combined them with acupoints such as Baihui, Neiguan, and Shenmen to help him replenish his vital energy, warm his lower abdomen, enhance his yang energy, and calm his mind.

The entire process—insertion, twisting, turning, and replenishment—allowed Lu Jin to recover her vitality and regulate her blood and qi in a very short time.

Furthermore, the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts inherently possess the effect of sustaining Qi, so in just three minutes, Lu Jin opened his eyes, exhaled a breath of turbid Yin Qi, and his Qi had been mostly restored. He said to Duanmu Ying, "That eight-headed bird is quite remarkable; it actually has such abilities. If it were just me alone, without unlocking my genetic lock and stimulating my potential, I truly wouldn't be able to defeat it."

"So you used the gene lock?" Duanmu Ying asked.

"No."

Lu Jin shook his head. "If I were to use it, you would definitely feel it too. It would exude an almost savage aura, and the moment it's activated, it's as if you could feel our human ancestors leaping down from the trees for the first time, picking up spears, shedding their prey status to become predators, roaring and shouting to the sky, awakening the bloodlust deep within our bodies and souls..."

I'm not using it because my task is to hold off the Eight-Headed Bird and create an opportunity for Brother Jiang to launch a sneak attack, not to fight him to the death.

The gene lock system—

While the side effects on those of us who cultivate Qi are minor, it still depletes our innate Qi. Since we haven't reached the level of accumulating the Five Elements and internally refining the Six Qi, it's best to use it only when necessary to preserve our lives.

# Chapter 734 One Punch Kills the Nine-Headed Insect

The eight-headed bird, relying on its wings made of black qi, flew back to Green Wave Pool. Sure enough, it saw the wooden house on fire and the stone house emitting thick smoke. It took a deep breath and exhaled it towards the Dui position.

In an instant, a mist of water fell from the sky, carrying a chilling aura that stirred the atmosphere of the place, creating a light drizzle that dissipated the smoke and extinguished the flames.

"Get out here!"

"Jiang Liuer!"

The eight-headed bird stood at the north of the pool, staring directly south. With a roar, it called out Jiang Liu's name.

Jiang Liu was also surprised. He stepped out of the bushes, waded into the water, and created a ripple that calmed the surface. Looking at the eight-headed bird, he felt a sense of familiarity.

It wasn't the person himself, but the aura emanating from him that gave him a strange sense of "closeness," as if he were one with him.

"You know me?"

In the blink of an eye, countless distracting thoughts enter the cycle of reincarnation.

Jiang Liu inquired.

The eight-headed bird chuckled coldly and said, "You don't recognize me, but I do. Back then, Xuanzang and I used the Heart Sutra to sever me from my body."

now.

"But I'm here to take my revenge!"

Is it related to Xuanzang?

Jiang Liu narrowed his eyes, realizing that the eight-headed bird was a deity conferred upon him by "himself" through his supernatural abilities! It was a part of him!

To be more precise, it should be a deity conferred upon the body by a "past self" unknown to oneself. Moreover, it is not based on the five internal organs like oneself, but is directly conferred from the three gates and nine orifices of the body as the source. It is the yin energy and evil thoughts of the whole body.

Jiang Liu understood why his past self had been so forgiving; he wanted to separate Yin and Yang into one Qi, cultivate himself to be pure Yang, and also possess pure Yin Qi.

But this was a terrible move!

The cultivation of life and nature takes place in the nine orifices and eight meridians, and is based on the five internal organs and six bowels. The deities are conferred upon them, and they are different from one's own body and soul but of one mind, returning to the same oneness. They may have verbal disputes, but they are of one mind and cultivate the Great Dao together. Regardless of male body, female appearance, or animal body, they are all part of the same river.

However, if the Nine-Headed Insect is sealed with the Yin Qi of the Nine Apertures, it is probably based on the system of internal cultivation of life through the Nine Apertures and Eight Meridians that it seals another "soul" that can rival the original.

The best way is to cut it out of the body to avoid digging your own grave.

at this time.

Black energy surged from the eight-headed bird, coalescing into a massive bird with eight heads, each twelve feet long. The eight heads were ferocious, and a ninth head sprouted from its neck as well.

Eight heads become nine, hence the name "Nine-Headed Insect"!

The nine heads converged into one, and a shout resounded through the sky. The energy was then injected into the nine orifices of the body, reversing the five internal organs and circulating throughout the body. A strong magnetic field erupted, and the body grew taller and taller, reaching three zhang (approximately 10 meters). The skin was as dark as a mountain rock, and the muscles were as muscular as a python.

There are heads on its neck, heads on its shoulders, and heads growing from its back. There are nine in total, encircling its neck. Each one has a ferocious face, spewing black qi, and coiling around its body, like a demon from mythology!

Just as this three-zhang-tall, nine-headed Dharma form took shape, the power of the local energy converged at his nine orifices. Amidst the tremors, rumbling thunderous sounds erupted from his body, shaking the mountains and rivers and disturbing the waves of the pool.

"For this moment, I created the aura of this place by feeling, and after a thousand years of refinement, I have finally been able to restore my ninth head."

"For thousands of years, the bodies I have chosen have been of the same lineage. Once the seeds are sown in them, I enter them and influence them with my Qi. Each generation has strong internal organs and robust bones and muscles. Their innate Qi has long surpassed the limits of human beings. Even without cultivation, they can fight tigers and leopards with brute force alone!"

He nurtured the spirit through the flow of Qi, and personally influenced the underdeveloped embryo with Qi, a process that lasted for thousands of years.

This nine-headed worm is quite resourceful!

Jiang Liu had this thought in his mind, but considering that the other party was very likely a deity appointed by "himself" from a certain period in the past based on the Nine Apertures Circulation System, it was not surprising that he possessed some of his memories, ideas, and research methods.

but.

We must get rid of this guy completely right now!

A thought fell.

The river flowed, stepping on yin and yang, shrinking the earth to an inch. At first, it was still a hundred meters away, but in the blink of an eye, it was in front of the Nine-Headed Insect. It threw a punch, and the Qi energy surged, showing the momentum of a dragon and snake.

But the Nine-Headed Insect, with its eighteen eyes blinking, also unleashed a punch, equally fierce, displaying the power of a surging dragon and snake.

Dragon versus snake, a strangulation battle.

At the moment of impact, black and white energy waves stirred the deep pool, creating waves hundreds of meters high. With a splash, the three-zhang-tall figure broke through the waves, smashing and destroying dozens of wooden and stone houses that had been burned by the raging fire, embedding itself into the cliff wall and creating a rock basin dozens of meters wide.

Jiang Liu has gained the upper hand!

Nine-Headed Insect gritted his teeth. Seeing Jiang Liu leap over in an instant, he took a deep breath, straightened his misaligned tendons and bones, repaired his broken internal organs, pressed his arms down, and jumped into the air.

The surging river turned over, lightly touched the rocky cliff face, and then leaped upwards.

Spin!

jump!

Before the Nine-Headed Insect could react, its right foot swept across like an axe splitting the heavens and earth, accurately striking its abdomen and navel. The energy surged forth, unleashing a white streak that pierced through its spine and slammed it into the bottom of the Green Wave Pool.

hum-

The pool water rippled, bubbles rose to the surface, and then a hundred-meter-high giant wave surged forth. The three-zhang-tall nine-headed worm stood atop the wave, raised its head to the sky and roared, its voice shaking the universe: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I have planned for a thousand years, and this body is inherited from the same lineage, constantly controlled and evolved by me!"

In terms of species, I have already surpassed the limits of humanity. In fact, from a species perspective, my current body is now reproductively isolated from humans!

Even those extraordinary beings, with their mortal bodies, are not any different from ordinary mortals; they are still human!

But the only response he received was Jiang Liu's simple and unadorned punch.

Boom!

The latter barely avoided the head on the neck, but the head on the left shoulder was smashed by Jiang Liu's punch, scattering into a cloud of blood mist as the dragon and snake rippled.

Having achieved a successful strike, Jiang Liu pressed his advantage and unleashed another punch. His Qi energy pierced through the nine orifices of the Nine-Headed Insect's body, shattering its entire form into a cloud of blood mist that spilled onto the green pool, adding a touch of crimson.

Planning for a thousand years, creating an aura, nurturing the spirit, regulating genes, yet remaining in a corner, making a living by robbing and plundering, indulging in unrestrained behavior, not cultivating one's character, not understanding the gene lock system, how could one possibly win against Jiang Liu?