Starting with the drowned ghost, he synthesized the Myobo no Shinjun.

037 Standing upright with no shadow

With their escape route cut off, the nine bandit leaders exchanged glances, bared their rotten teeth, and cackled maliciously.

They are all evil spirits who crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, how could they possibly be afraid of a boy's threats?

The nine men didn't need to say a word. The eldest, Chang Wei, remained seated, while half of the remaining eight went to clear away the rubble, and the other four rushed towards Ning Kui.

Among the four, one was a martial artist at the early stage of the Bone Refining Realm, while the other three were all at the Great Perfection of the Flesh Refining Realm, and their speed was astonishing.

They formed a dispersed encirclement, attacking Ning Kui from both sides.

Ning Kui immediately released the Dragon Scale Immortal Robe and simultaneously condensed a Yin Water Domain thirty feet wide.

The pervasive chill of the air only slightly slowed down the activities of the river bandits.

The surge of their qi and blood dispelled the influence of the cold and damp aura.

"The counterfeit goods industry is hopeless; they'll be exposed when they encounter genuine Kungfu products."

If I could create a Yin Water Domain similar to the Forbidden Ruins of Evil Spirits...

How exhilarating it would be to engage in hand-to-hand combat with someone!

These are all things to be discussed later. He looked at the approaching water bandits, raised his Dragon Scale Halberd, and conjured a massive water dragon.

He slashed down fiercely at the opponent.

Just do it!

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Within the county town, with the bandits and puppets eliminated, countless people who had been hiding in the homes of local gentry and powerful families finally breathed a sigh of relief.

A woman squeezed at the back of the refugees wore a joyful smile of relief, tears welling up in her eyes.

She reached out to touch her daughter behind her, wanting to tell her: the disaster is over, we can go home now.

However, they found nothing.

"Ya'er? Ya'er?"

She frantically searched the back hall until she passed a room with a half-open door, from which came strange "crunching" sounds.

She trembled as she reached out her finger and poked a hole in the window paper.

Then he aimed his eyes at the hole and didn't even dare to breathe.

"Ya'er!!!"

The horrifying scene inside caused her face to drain of all color instantly, turning her as pale as paper.

Excruciating pain overwhelmed her entire being.

What was she doing just now? Why didn't she keep an eye on her daughter?

Inside the room crouched a monster with disheveled hair, devouring flesh that was no longer human.

The familiar pink dress lay scattered to the side, stained with blood.

She suppressed her grief and was about to call for help to kill the monster.

An elderly man dressed as a butler appeared behind her like a ghost and kicked her into the room.

Then he took out a chain and locked the door.

"Honestly, I told you bunch of peasants to stay put in the back hall and not wander around."

Why won't you listen?

No one answered his complaints.

Only the sounds of chewing inside the house became more cheerful.

Scenes like this play out in every family that worships evil spirits.

They won't actually do good deeds by taking in refugees. If out of a hundred people who come in, sixty of them will leave, and that would be considered a sign of their conscience.

The cellars of many evil families are filled with fresh people and animals, bound hand and foot.

Once the disaster is over, we can slowly pay homage to the evil spirit.

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The southern center of Yugu County has now been reduced to ruins.

A roar erupted from the mouth of an iron statue that appeared to be cast from pure gold, as it relentlessly attacked Li Qijue.

Every punch and palm strike contains immense power.

An ordinary martial artist would be injured if grazed, and killed if touched.

He dismantled more than half of the entire street by hand.

"Hey Li, didn't you look down on my Iron Mountain Sect? Why are you running around like a rat?!"

After smashing another tower with a single punch, Tie Hanshan, panting heavily amidst the dust and smoke, roared and questioned.

"Heh, how long can your Vajra Indestructible Divine Power last? As far as I know, this divine power is extremely energy-consuming."

Li Qijue lowered his gaze, looking down with disdain at Tiehanshan, who only knew how to charge around recklessly.

"When you can no longer maintain your indestructible divine power, that will be your death day."

"call out!"

Two golden pellets traced graceful trajectories in the sky, hurtling towards Li Qijue from behind. Yuan Hongwang's eyes lit up with intense surprise as he stared at the motionless Li Qijue.

"Go!"

He shouted excitedly.

Then, like someone who had eaten shit, their mouth was wide open and they couldn't close it for a long time.

The two golden pellets passed straight through Li Qijue's body and then struck Tie Hanshan, who was unable to dodge in time.

The powerful impact even caused the seemingly indestructible Iron Mountain to stagger backward.

"Yuan Hongwang! Why the hell are you hitting me?!"

Iron Mountain roared angrily, but did not retaliate further.

He also witnessed that unbelievable scene: the attack was ineffective.

"The Tie family of Zhenhai City, the Yuan family of Sichuan, the Bai family of Yunzhou, the Ten Thousand Poison Dragon Cult of Nanyue..."

Li Qijue lowered his body slightly and said in an icy voice, "I'll remember you."

The next instant, he sprang up, leaping across most of the street, and slammed his palm down on the head of the girl from Nanyue Road.

This palm strike was like a mountain pressing down on her; even before it landed, the powerful airflow made it difficult for her to breathe.

"Get the hell out of my way!"

The girl hurriedly scolded in a sweet voice, ripped open her collar, and released the swarm of black Gu worms.

The Gu worms swarmed towards Li Qijue like dark clouds. Once they bit a living person, they would gnaw them down to bones in just a few breaths.

However, Li Qijue's body seemed to have no substance, passing right through the dense swarm of Gu worms.

Then, Ba Jue mercilessly struck down with his palm.

"puff!"

The girl's exquisite face resembled a meat gravy pancake compressed to its limit, its surface collapsed and wrinkled into thousands of layers, with the gravy inside splattering everywhere.

Soon, the headless, soft body collapsed to the ground with a "thud".

The out-of-control Gu worms scattered and fled.

Let's solve one first.

Li Qijue stretched out his index finger, wiped the blood off his face, and turned to look at Bai Wuji of Yunzhou.

With just one glance, Bai Wuji staggered back several steps, exclaiming in disbelief, "This is a great divine power! Standing Still Without Shadow!"

"You haven't even broken through to the Elephant Realm yet, how could you possibly withstand the backlash of a great divine technique?!"

"Neither here nor there, standing upright without shadow, attacking without form."

His Majesty bestowed upon me the title of "Invincible Among Those of the Same Rank," yet some people refuse to believe it, which is one thing in the capital city.

The Third Prince and Qingxu Daozi are indeed formidable rivals.

"You bunch of country bumpkins, who gave you the courage to challenge me?"

Li Qijue took a step and walked towards Bai Wuji.

It's like a lion slowly approaching a terrified rabbit.

Bai Wuji's expression changed drastically. Suddenly, he pointed to a magical mirror floating in the sky and said, "Don't come any closer! I have the Mirror of Floating Light. If you kill me, my people will definitely see it, and they will avenge me!"

"A levitation mirror that can clearly record everything and transmit images thousands of miles away?"

Li Qijue's eyelids twitched: "Then I will slowly kill you, so that your parents can see clearly how the son they gave birth to but did not raise can ruin himself."

"Li Qijue, you've gone too far!"

Bai Wuji roared in anger, realizing that he was likely doomed today.

Even if he dies, the devastation he created in Yugu County is enough for the entire court to impeach the "Edict to Expel Evil".

Those censors and officials who speak out against injustice are still loud and vocal. With the evidence recorded by the Mirror of Light, they will surely be able to force the emperor to abolish the reforms.

He will not have died in vain!

While he was fantasizing about being written into history books, being praised, and living in another way, Li Qijue had already walked up to him.

Under the illumination of the Mirror of Light, he reached his ethereal hand into his chest.

Then, the supernatural powers were dispelled.

"puff!"

A dazzling burst of blood erupted, and blood gushed from Bai Wuji's mouth, his eyes revealing a venomous madness.

"Li Qijue!!!"

I'll be waiting for you in hell!