The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 217 - 29 Let the Flames Purify Everything

Chapter 217: Chapter 29 Let the Flames Purify Everything

As Young Man Fu roared in fury, the Forbidden Army soldiers surrounding Qing Yu and his companion pulled the trigger simultaneously, firing nearly a hundred crossbow arrows at maximum power towards the pair.

"Kill me? With just these Innate Realm folks?" Qing Yu shook his head silently. Having obtained the "Xuanji Jade Crystal", Qing Yu’s power had advanced further, breaking through to surpass Innate Eight Layers, stronger than ever before.

Thus, he was able to use the ’Outer Heaven Flying Immortal’ to slay Xie Lang. Otherwise, even if Xie Lang’s strength had been depleted by the "Transformation Skill" and he was severely poisoned, it wouldn’t have been so easy for him to die by Qing Yu’s hand.

Let’s not forget that initially, killing Lin Tengyuan required deploying the deadly ’Six Soul Horror Curse’ on top of severe poisoning, and it took the combined efforts of Luo Yan and Bu Lengchuan to succeed, to say nothing of Xie Lang who was even more formidable.

The supple yet robust "Innate Gang Qi" expanded into a Qi shield, enveloping Qing Yu and Blood Bat No. 1 within.

However, an unforeseen twist then occurred.

"Gang-breaking arrows, huh? No wonder you brought a group of Innate Realm warriors, confident you could kill me..." Qing Yu observed the crossbow arrows almost penetrating the Protective Gang Qi and thought to himself.

Gang-breaking arrows, developed by the Mo Family scholars of Jixia Academy, are designed specifically to counteract Protective Qi Techniques. Below the Divine Origin Realm, it’s impossible to defend against these arrows with mere True Qi. They are the perfect weapons for slaughtering lower ranks in worldly society.

However, due to their high cost, they were not mass-produced. Otherwise, worldly society might have been much more tranquil.

Of course, as the Forbidden Army is part of the emperor’s personal troops, they could afford such equipment. For this ambush on the renowned Gong Ziyu, Young Man Fu brought a substantial number of Gang-breaking Arrows, combined with crossbows also crafted by the Mo Family. Even a master at the Innate Nine Layers would struggle, facing multiple volleys of arrows; if unable to break through the encirclement, death would be instant.

"Pretty well prepared." Seeing the Forbidden Army soldiers merely working the crossbows up and down, the second volley of arrows already shot forth, embedding the Gang-breaking Arrows in the Qi shield and turning it into an ’arrow ball’. Qing Yu still had the presence of mind to muse.

"Pity, you came prepared, but did you think I didn’t?"

To avoid being followed, Xie Lang stuck to secluded, unpopulated paths.

Since his journey brought him through this forest, passing through White Stone Valley, Shouming Creek, and below Golden Yuan Mountain—each of these locations were excellent ambush sites, yet Qing Yu chose none of them. Instead, he selected this nondescript, nameless forest, a place neither particularly good nor bad for an ambush.

The reasons were clear: White Stone Valley featured solid white rocks; Shouming Creek was near a water source; and Golden Yuan Mountain, though a mountain, was devoid of substantial vegetation. None met Qing Yu’s requirements.

Killing Xie Lang, Qing Yu was absolutely confident—otherwise, he wouldn’t have dared promise to deliver Xie Lang’s head within seven days.

But after slaying Xie Lang, the ordeal was not over; Qing Yu also had to deal with the unscrupulous employer’s likely betrayal—a situation he preferred to describe as ’crossing the river and demolishing the bridge’.

At this point, everyone might have already understood Qing Yu’s countermeasure.

With a surge of True Qi, his Innate Gang Qi vigorously swelled, repelling all the embedded Gang-breaking Arrows from the Qi shield.

Qing Yu grabbed Blood Bat No. 1’s shoulder, moved slightly, and stepped toward a nearby large tree before proclaiming,

"Welcome to Fiery Flame Hell!" Under his bronze mask, the corners of his mouth curved up into a cruel smile as Qing Yu pressed his hand against the tree, activating the Wood Thunderclap.

Fire hides within wood, shattering myriad armies.

The true essence of this saying about Wood Thunderclap could only be appreciated in this forest.

"Boom—"

With a deafening blast, a large tree amidst the group of Forbidden Army soldiers suddenly exploded, sending splinters flying like the lead pellets from a Phoenix Shuttle, striking the soldiers around it, turning them into a hive of hornets.

In the forest, where branches were densely intertwined and the roots underground entangled, the Circulating Fire Power flowed unhindered through these linked pathways. The entire forest turned into Qing Yu’s domain for Wood Thunderclap.

"Ha ha ha..."

A long laughter echoed, the surrounding trees burst one by one, flames shot up to the sky, and the entire forest turned into a boundless fiery hell. Under the guidance of Qing Yu’s "Circulating Fire," the flames ruthlessly devoured the bodies of the Forbidden Army soldiers surrounding him, letting them wail in agony within the sea of fire.

Around Qing Yu, the flames miraculously stopped spreading, forming a circle of fire around the two of them.

Despite the heat waves, it caused no harm to themselves.

"Boom—" another explosion resounded, but it wasn’t the Wood Thunderclap ignited by Qing Yu. Instead, due to the spread of the flames, the gunpowder inside the firearms confiscated by the Forbidden Army soldiers ignited and exploded, accelerating their death.

"Time, situation, technique, skill, tools—Circulation’s five essentials. The forest here serves as the terrain, Wood Thunderclap as the cultivation technique, my strategy as the trick, and the gunpowder on your bodies somewhat counts as a supporting tool. Four essentials achieved, only the right timing is missing, so I shall create the right timing."

"Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flower Flow, the wind, rise."

True Qi swept up, raising a breeze, aiding the fire, like adding fuel to the flames, making this Fiery Flame Hell boil even more fiercely.

"Gong Ziyu, die!"

Hysterical words of hatred. Qing Yu’s hearing was sealed, unable to discern the hatred in the voice, but just seeing the face of Young Master Fu, who previously acted invincible, one could tell how deep his hatred ran.

This second-generation who became a Forbidden Army General indeed had some capability. His True Qi surged, parting the flames, and he charged forward in rage.

"The wail of a beaten dog." Leaning on the only unscathed large tree nearby, Qing Yu vibrated his right palm, and dozens of green leaves floated down, blinding Young Master Fu under the effect of the Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flower Flow.

"Boom—" A close-range blast, the flames engulfed his head, and amid painful screams, he was sent to hell.

"Let’s go."

Qing Yu flicked his sleeve and turned around; flames parted before his feet, creating a path, respectfully seeing him off. Blood Bat No.1 followed closely behind him.

After they left, only weaker and weaker wails remained on site, and the fierce fire that continued to burn intensely.

The fire burned for a day and a night.

After the flames consumed everything flammable, only black ash and a patch of white remained on the ground.

An "unable to escape" figure appeared in the aftermath, "This... hiss, this Gong Ziyu is truly ruthless!"

Meng Yunfei took a sharp breath as he looked at the blackened bones on the ground.

The blustery Young Man Fu, who saw Gong Ziyu as an easy target, along with his subordinates, now only had these unrecognizable blackened bones left.

"That item should not have been burned up by the fire." Meng Yunfei muttered with a headache.

The fire had burned everything, not just Xie Lang’s family, but also things proving Young Man Fu’s identity. Meng Yunfei came here to find evidence that wasn’t destroyed by the fire.

"Found it!"

Meng Yunfei picked up a charred badge, wiped off the black ash, and saw "Forbidden Army Divine Guard" engraved on the badge, and on the back, a person’s name.

Fu Hongzhen.

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