Unstoppable Martial Arts: Starting from Fist Technique Deduction
Chapter 272 - 40: Water Demon

Chapter 272: Chapter 40: Water Demon

"Mobilize the surrounding guards and head to Heilongtan. Suppress the water demon uprising with all your might."

At the entrance of the Heilongtan government office, Lin Yuan mounted his horse, ready to instruct Qiao Yuanjing to gather manpower.

And he was to take the lead, whipping his horse towards the direction of Heilongtan.

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Ningping Town, Xindong Village.

This village, nestled by mountains and water, had a tranquil, utopian serenity. In an outer ordinary farmhouse courtyard, a village woman was still carrying fodder, heading towards the pigsty.

Behind her, a five or six-year-old daughter followed, clutching a handful of fodder. At such a young age, she wanted to help her mother with chores.

"Cluck cluck cluck."

In the yard, the free-range poultry watched the village woman enter, flapping their wings and rushing over, crowding around her feet to grab more fodder.

She casually grabbed a handful from the basket and threw it to the chickens. The hens craned their necks at the fresh fodder, beginning to peck.

Some hens couldn’t compete with their peers and pecked at the fodder in the little girl’s hand.

"Cluck cluck cluck."

The little girl scattered the forage in her hand, watching the rooster’s joy as it ate, and laughed out loud.

The village woman, seeing this, wore a slight smile and continued towards the pigsty.

In the shed, the pigsty was usually dim, with little visibility.

But the village woman, familiar with her own courtyard, headed towards the pigsty, intending to pour the fodder into the trough.

Yet as she approached, an eerie sound reached her ears.

Crunch, crunch.

It seemed something was gnawing bones, continuously devouring flesh.

"This damn rat is quite bold, gnawing on the pigsty’s wood post in broad daylight,"

The woman, annoyed, poured the fodder into the trough, set down the basket, and picked up the broom next to her.

She stepped over the pigsty’s fence with a big stride, intending to chase away that criminal rat.

The woman’s actions were grand and her steps loud.

As she stepped into the pigsty, the bone-crunching sound abruptly halted.

"Damn rat, such guts, let’s see if I don’t beat you today,"

Hearing the noise stop, the woman grew angrier, raising the broom as she walked into the shadows.

But just as she stepped into the dim area, her face showed a hint of confusion.

Finding her footing sticky, unlike the usual dry and clean state.

"What a dumb pig, making a mess again,"

She glared closely at her big white pig, only able to see its broad back.

"Get up and eat, you pig, time to eat,"

She lightly kicked the pig’s back, wanting to move the pig aside.

But the pig didn’t budge, seemingly dead to the world.

She was about to kick again when suddenly her body froze.

Seeing a pair of dark red eyes, like two eerie red dots in the dark, watching her.

She widened her eyes in shock, looking closely.

Only to find that her fat pig had been disemboweled by some unknown creature, which was squatting over its belly, devouring flesh and innards.

The creature raised its head, and the woman finally saw it clearly.

The creature had a huge head like a rat, with sharp incisors, its pale teeth still dripping with pig blood. Like a guillotine, it gleamed with a cold light.

Its ugly body resembled a crocodile’s, covered with scales. Its forelimbs were short, but its claws were like gold and iron, easily tearing through pigskin. The stout hind limbs were akin to a frog’s with webbed feet.

While the woman was stunned, the monstrous eyes in the darkness suddenly glowed, striking her at that moment.

"Ah~!"

The woman screamed suddenly, but within half a breath, her voice was abruptly cut off.

In the pigsty, an even more excited chewing noise resurfaced.

The girl was still watching the rooster peck grass, and upon hearing her mother’s scream, her face tensed and she burst into tears.

But before she could open her eyes, a large dark shadow suddenly leaped out from the pigsty.

"Beast, die!"

A middle-aged man appeared out of nowhere, swinging a hoe towards the water demon.

Clang.

The hoe blade clashed with the demon’s body. The hoe could only scratch the creature’s fur but couldn’t penetrate further.

The water demon winced in pain, its bloodred eyes glaring at the middle-aged man.

"Yaya, run!"

The middle-aged man yelled, having drawn the monster’s attention.

The little girl stood dazed, her face full of fear, petrified by this grotesque creature.

"Run." The man hacked again at the demon, but during the clash, a deep, bone-revealing claw mark appeared on his chest.

As the man battled the demon, chaos simultaneously erupted throughout the village, shattering the peace.

"The water demon is here, the water demon is here! Run, run!"

"The water demon’s ashore, eating people. Report to the academy quickly."

"All able men, grab hunting forks, protect the women and children."

The head of Xindong Village ran around, holding a long knife, shouting.

Chaos ensued suddenly.

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At some point, as the sun set, a person and a horse appeared beside the village.

The once-peaceful village was now filled with cries and battles.

Lin Yuan’s gaze sharpened.

In the distance, a man covered in blood, holding a broken wooden stick in one hand and clutching a loudly crying girl in the other, was madly fleeing.

Behind him, a creature was relentlessly pursuing.

With Lin Yuan’s vision, he saw that it would only take moments for the monster to catch up to the man.

The man’s speed, encumbered by the girl he carried, was no match for the quick demon,

not to mention he was severely injured.

"Dare the monster harm humans!"

Lin Yuan’s horse galloped wildly, racing towards the man.

As the water demon’s hind legs suddenly kicked, it leapt three yards forward; in what seemed like an instant, its guillotine-like teeth snapped at the man.

"Die!"

Seeing his horse couldn’t catch up in time, Lin Yuan’s internal energy suddenly surged.

"Green Lotus Pure Energy, Sky Splitting Seal!"

Lin Yuan’s eyes darkened, his hands moved in a blurring shadow. A formidable energy instantly coalesced, as a green lotus silently blossomed in his palms. As the handprint completed, the lotus petals turned transparent, circulating a pure and sharp gang wind.

Lin Yuan’s gaze locked onto the creature, then his hands pushed forward. The green lotus exploded instantly, countless green gang winds shot out like blades.

The shooting gang winds arrived instantly, blasting the leaping demon in midair.

Boom!

In a flash, the roughly five-foot demon shattered into a rain of blood across the sky.

Countless shards of flesh scattered in midair.

The man frantically fleeing felt a clump of mud-like substance fall behind him. He glanced back, realizing that at some point, the monster was gone.

Thud.

Feeling the demon’s presence vanish, the man’s tense spirit suddenly relaxed, and he collapsed to the ground.

The little girl toppled twice as well.

Despite her young age, she knew her father was fighting desperately for her protection. Ignoring the pain, she hurriedly crawled towards him.

"Daddy, daddy."

The little girl stumbled and rushed to her father’s side.

"Yaya dear, daddy just needs to rest for a while."

The man’s breath was weak, clearly severely injured, his breathing like a broken bellows, getting increasingly strained, his eyelids growing heavier.

The heavier his eyes became, the more he struggled to keep them open.

Suddenly, a pair of black shoes appeared in his sight.

"Open your mouth."

A calm voice reached his ears.

The man instinctively opened his mouth.

The next moment, an unknown pill popped into his mouth.

He only felt a burst of coolness spreading in his abdomen. His injuries didn’t seem as severe as before.

"Young hero," the man opened his eyes, gratefully saying, "Thank you."

Lin Yuan saw the man’s condition; after taking the pill and with good rest, he should be fine.

"Find a safe place to hide, I must go ahead,"

After instructing, Lin Yuan walked towards the village.

Sensing there were still dozens more similar auras appearing in various spots in the village.