It was night, and the crescent moon was like a knife.
The October night already had a hint of autumn coolness.
Several cars quickly left Lingzhou City's Martial Arts Department (MAD) under the night.
Duan Tianhe, Cheng Dongfeng, and Ji Dongxu sat in the same car.
The atmosphere in the car was a little quiet.
It was only when the car drove out of Lingzhou City that Cheng Dongfeng breathed a long sigh. "I'm so silly that I'm actually worried about a monster like Jiang He … come to think of it, that brat could even kill the Sentinel of the Right and the Senior Elder of the Sky Demon Cult?"
Duan Tianhe said nothing.
Beside him, Ji Dongxu could not help asking, "Chief Duan, where did Jiang He come from?"
He was really curious.
After all, the Sentinel of the Right, the Senior Elder, and several Grands of the Sky Demon Cult could not have slain the Sentinel of the Right, the Senior Elder, and several Grands singlehandedly. Even a rank-nine with perfect grasp of the Boundary of Wills would not have been able to do so … after all, the Sentinel of the Right was a champion of that level, and the Senior Elder was not far from perfect grasp of the Boundary of Wills.
But on the phone …
And yet, Jiang He, the one who had insulted him so badly, said that he was not divine-tier …
Cheng Dongfeng took over the conversation and told Ji Dongxu about Jiang He's feats.
After that, he sneered and said, "Two days ago, when the Blue Flood Dragon King attacked Jiangnan City, didn't they say that a human expert killed the Black Flood Dragon King? In my opinion, that brat Jiang He might have killed the Black King Drake! "
"This is impossible!"
Though Ji Dongxu had only left seclusion for a few days, he would definitely know about such a major event. Shaking his head, he said, "The Black King Drake is a Feral King and is equal to a human divine-tier elite. Jiang He is a rank-seven, and even a peerless rank-nine would not be able to kill a divine-tier elite above his own tier."
"Why not?"
Cheng Dongfeng sighed. "I've always thought it impossible for a rank-five to kill a rank-seven, a rank-six to kill a rank-eight, and a rank-nine, but didn't Jiang He do it all the same?"
It was just a passing remark, but Cheng Dongfeng's eyes lit up right then. The more he thought about it, the more convinced he was that Jiang He was the culprit.
"I've seen relevant reports. It's said that before the mysterious expert landed on the island, he killed and dispersed nearly a thousand Direbeasts …"
Duan Tianhe was shocked.
Damn.
He stared wide-eyed at Cheng Dongfeng. Needless to say …
Blowing things up before killing was too much in line with Jiang He's style.
Most importantly, Jiang He happened to be in Jiangnan during those two days. In fact, according to the feedback from the Jiangnan Martial Arts Department (MAD), after Pei Donglai and Wang Hou shifted the battlefield to the wildlands, Pei Donglai personally flew Jiang He to Jiangnan City …
Cheng Dongfeng had clearly thought of that as well, and quietly asked, "Old Duan, do you think that aura just now belonged to Jiang He?"
Very soon.
He had arrived at Jiang He's house.
Right now, Jiang He was standing at the doorway.
The group got out of the car and approached them, with Duan Tianhe introducing them to Jiang He. "Jiang He, this is Grandmaster Ji Dongxu, an elite of Xibei's Ji clan. He is here to help watch over Lingzhou City."
"Grandmaster Jiang!"
Ji Dongxu offered Jiang He a fist-palm salute, his tone showing respect for Jiang He. At the same time, he was very curious, and could not help studying Jiang He a few more times before smiling. "I've heard of your great name, Grandmaster Jiang, and it seems that you do live up to your reputation."
Jiang He offered a fist-palm salute in return, and they chatted for a while before Cheng Dongfeng suddenly asked, "Jiang He, are you rank-eight now?"
"Yes, Rank-8. Peak Rank-8 now."
"What the hell!"
Cheng Dongfeng was stunned. "Weren't you rank-seven just two days ago?"
"A few days ago?"
Jiang He thought about it. Speaking of which, he had ascended to rank-seven at Mount Helan, and that was around ten days ago, was it not? Still, when he remembered that he had only been cultivating for a month and a few days, ten days was almost a third of that time. Was it not a long time?
After his shock, Cheng Dongfeng felt that it was only natural.
Was it not reasonable for something like that to happen to Jiang He?
Cheng Dongfeng realized that he was a little used to it now. In the future, he would not be that surprised if someone told him that Jiang He could cut down the moon with a single swing of his blade.
As Duan Tianhe directed the other MAD personnel to clean up the 'battlefield', Jiang He quickly said, "Don't run around. Just clean up the corpses — I've buried landmines elsewhere!"
The personnel promptly shuddered, not even daring to move a single step.
Jiang He chuckled when he saw that. "Is there a need to be so scared? Just don't run around. The landmines I planted are very stable, and they won't blow up if you step into them. "
"…"
Two of the personnel were old acquaintances of Jiang He. One was Liu Xue, the superstrength Awakened, and the other was Su Ze, Cheng Dongfeng's martial nephew.
Unable to decide whether to laugh or cry, Su Ze said, "Don't scare us, Mister Jiang."
"Who's scaring you?"
Jiang He glared, at a loss for words. "The landmines I buried are so powerful that even a rank-eight was blown up … whatever, I'll lead you there."
Duan Tianhe, Ji Dongxu, and the others followed him.
They first went to the back of the house, where the Sentinel of the Right had ambushed them.
What they saw was a colossal crater.
It was around two to three meters deep and over a hundred meters wide, and the edge of the crater was less than ten meters away from Jiang He's mansion. Jiang He did not pay much attention to the corpses before, but he could not help feeling a lingering fear when he saw the crater now. Wiping the cold sweat off his forehead, he exclaimed, "That was close. Luckily, I buried the landmines a little further away, or my mansion would have been blown apart."
There was silence.
Gasp!
Someone inhaled sharply and exclaimed in shock, "Heavens! Such destructive power! Could it be a W-35 nuclear landmine?"
Nuclear landmines had been around for years, and it was said that there were nuclear landmines with a yield of 1,000 tons. They were so powerful that they could be used against infantry, tanks, and armor.
Still, for someone like Jiang He who did not study weapons, he did not know about the existence of nuclear landmines at all.
"What the heck? Nuclear landmines? "
"Bullsh * t nuclear landmines. This is an Earthen Mine that I made myself. The reason why it is so powerful … is probably because I buried over 30 Earthen Mines in this area."
Jiang He answered truthfully.
As for the landmines and the potato landmines …
There was no need to be so conflicted over them.
Soon.
The Sky Demon Cult Grand's mangled corpse was pieced back together. His Decan Decree had been blown a little far away, and Liu Xue found it three hundred meters away.
The word 'Noble' was written on the Decan Decree, meaning that he was a Noble Star.
After that, Jiang He led the others to the outskirts of his farm's yard … and after piecing them together, they returned with five more corpses.
Liu Xue took out a small notebook and wrote on the side, "Right Protector, Grand Elder, Noble Deity, Sword Deity, Speed Deity, Dark Deity, Grace Deity, Equal Deity, and four Earthly Fiends."
Shock was written all over the cute loli's face. She inhaled sharply and exclaimed in surprise, "Big Brother Jiang, you're so awesome. You actually killed so many people in one battle?"
Jiang He frowned and said, "No, there's an error in the count. It should be six Fiends."
"Eh?"
Liu Xue asked. "Could it be that the corpses were too damaged and you didn't find them? Hold on, I'll ask my colleague who put the corpses back together. "
Soon, Liu Xue returned and said, "My colleague did find some extra parts when he put the corpses back together."
She then turned towards Duan Tianhe, who was standing beside Jiang He and asked, "Chief, should we look for the Fiend Decree?"
"No, why would we look for that stuff? It's not worth much anyway! "
But before Duan Tianhe could say anything, Jiang He added, "By the way, Chief Duan, look at this token plate. I found it from the bodies of the Sky Demon Cultists, but it's a little weird — I've never seen one like this before."
Duan Tianhe took the token plate and studied it closely.
Unlike the Fiend Decree, the Decan Decree, the Elder Decree, and the Sentinel Decree, it was not forged from alloy, but white in color, resembling jade.
The word 'Holy' was written on the back of the token plate, while the word 'Flowing Cloud' was written on the front.
Frowning, Duan Tianhe shook his head. "I've never seen this token plate either … how powerful was this person?"
Clearly.
He did not recognize the token plate of the Sky Demon Cult's Holy Child either.
The many Holy Children of the Sky Demon Cult had been groomed by the Sky Demon Saint since the Revival of Qi, but none of them had ever ventured out into the world. They had only come out for a stroll recently, and Jiang He had unexpectedly killed one of them.
No …
The Cloudscraper Vine had killed him. Jiang He had never even met the Flowing Cloud Holy Child, which was why he shook his head at Duan Tianhe's question and said, "I don't know."
"Eh?"
Duan Tianhe exclaimed in surprise. "Didn't you say that you killed him? Why wouldn't you know his strength? "
"Must I kill him personally?"
"Doesn't my pet kill him equal to me killing him?"
Jiang He's eyes lit up even as he said that. "Hold on, someone might know what this token plate represents …"
He strode into the farm, and soon returned with the Sky Demon Cult's Fourth Elder, who was wearing a magic robe.
Duan Tianhe, Cheng Dongfeng, and Ji Dongxu were all taken aback, and could not help asking, "This is …?"
"I don't know."
Jiang He nonchalantly threw the Fourth Elder to the ground, saying, "My pet caught him. He's not weak and could match rank-nines, so he's probably an Elder of the Sky Demon Cult … Chief Duan, does the Martial Arts Department (MAD) have torture tools? Lend me a few. I'm prepared to torture him and see if I could get anything out of him. "
Duan Tianhe shook his head.
Jiang He sighed regretfully, before saying, "How about this? You lend me your old blacksmith, and I'll design dozens of torture tools. I'll test them on this grandson, and I don't believe he won't tell!"
"…"
On the ground.
Fourth Elder, who had been feigning unconsciousness finally could not hold back. Opening his eyes, he seethed, "Jiang He, you're so young, but your mind is so vicious."
？？？
Jiang He exclaimed in surprise, "You didn't faint?"
"Hehe!"
Fourth Elder laughed coldly and sat up from the ground, staring straight at Jiang He as he flatly said, "Ask whatever you want, Jiang He. We're all civilized people, so why torture?"
"…"
Jiang He was stunned.
Was he saying the most cowardly words with the most unyielding attitude?
Shaking his head, Jiang He said, "I don't believe you … you Sky Demon Cultists are all a bunch of brainwashed zealots. Even before you die, you would shout 'for the tribe, for the Holy Faith,' or 'the Saint will revive them' … would you tell the truth without my torture?"
Jiang He raised his hand to give the Fourth Elder a loud slap, before drawing out his Dragon-Slaying Saber and blowing up the Fourth Elder's thigh. Only then did he ask, "Alright, you can talk now."
(PS: Writing such transitional chapters is really torturous. It would be a running account if the pace is too fast, and a grand total if it's too slow. So be it, try to make it more interesting.)
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