Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 413 - 369: Smoke of War Within the City, Undercurrents Surge

Chapter 413: Chapter 369: Smoke of War Within the City, Undercurrents Surge

Pinghu County.

Southern City Slum Area.

After the so-called "Equalize Wealth, Reconstruct the Mortal World" campaign by the Red Lotus Army, the lives of the people residing here didn’t improve; in fact, they turned even more challenging.

Just like after a frenzy, they ultimately moved towards a cold and silent state.

The civilians who saw the "light" only to sink back into "darkness" were unwilling to return to their old lives of servitude.

Deep in their hearts, it seemed as if a wild fire was burning.

Unable to tolerate the disparity, Ni San was one of them.

When the Red Lotus Army entered the city, he was the first to respond to the "Righteous Army" and took the opportunity to exact revenge on his masters for the oppression he suffered in everyday life.

He not only revealed the location of the master’s hidden treasure vault but also gathered some servants to flay Master Ni in public.

Of course, as one of the leaders, he didn’t miss out on the benefits.

Afterward, he not only donned an official uniform but also received some gold and silver as rewards.

Among the thirteen concubines of the Ni family, he chose one named Qiutao, who he wouldn’t have dared to look straight at normally, to be a woman in his room.

The reason he chose Qiutao was, firstly, because she seemed a good breed.

Not only was she exceptionally charming, satisfying all of Ni San’s fantasies about women, but she also filled him with hope for his life.

The other reason, of course, was that Qiutao came from the same village, and she was his childhood "White Moonlight."

Ni San naturally wasn’t surnamed Ni. Since the day he was sold to the Ni Residence as a slave at the age of twelve, he had forgotten his own surname.

The only thing he didn’t forget was that, before his parents died, they earnestly instructed him to have his own son one day.

No matter how hard and challenging it was, he needed to continue the family line and leave behind a trace of lineage for his ancestors.

For that purpose,

Ni San had been feigning illness and hiding at home creating little humans.

A long-cherished wish was fulfilled in an instant.

He was so preoccupied that he didn’t even care that Pinghu County had a new ruler.

He just sent a few capable brothers out to check in and complete some tasks, while he kept hiding at home.

Ni San was naturally skilled in shirking his duties and deceiving others.

These days, he often heard exclamations from neighbors, occasionally mentioning that the Red Lotus Army leaders had died, and the city had changed rulers again.

They also said that the new County Magistrate had enacted strict laws and the days ahead would be tough...

Ni San didn’t care about these matters; his eyes were only for Qiutao.

He thought that even if tomorrow he had to join the battle and lost his head, it would still be worth it.

Because he was exhausted from last night.

Ni San, annoyed at Qiutao’s sobbing, sent her to the outer room...

He felt he needed a good rest, and also, to buy some pig kidneys to nourish his body.

At that moment, he heard a woman’s scream from the outer room.

The sounds of chairs and tables collapsing and dishes breaking woke him up.

"Could it be that someone is bullying their way here, trying to steal Qiutao away?"

Ni San’s eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and he grabbed the regulation-length sword placed by the bed.

This sword, distributed along with his uniform for catching thieves and defending himself, hadn’t been used since the day he used it to behead his old master.

He had just rushed out of the inner room when a quick scan almost stopped his heart from beating.

There, in the middle of the outer room, his cherished Qiutao was now only half a body.

Her upper body was disappearing into the vicious maw of a monster, with blood mixed with foam streaming down.

The monster’s two scythe-like green forelimbs were still carefully slicing through her tender skin.

A pair of fist-sized round bulging eyes looked over, filled with ferocity and bloodthirst.

"Ah..."

Ni San let out a sky-shattering howl.

Tears and snot, along with yellow and white substances, all flowed downward.

The air was filled with a stench.

His legs weakened, and he knelt on the ground, shouting incoherently, "Monster, monster grandpa, spare me..."

A green light flashed.

The monster’s body jerked, leaving a blur behind, and its scythe-like forelimbs had already pierced Ni San’s heart.

Apparently disgusted by his ugly howling, it opened its maw wide and bit off his head.

The room returned to silence, left only with the sounds of "crunch, crunch" as chewing continued.

Suddenly, the mantis-like monster moved all its limbs and sprung up, ready to dart through the window.

It emitted shrill shrieks.

"Shh..."

A line of blade light flowed over like water.

The mantis’s head was severed from the neck, and its body convulsed wildly on the ground for a while before it stopped breathing.

The door flew open, and a tall female general, standing over eight feet tall with inverted eyebrows and carrying a broad long sword, walked in.

She scanned the room and sighed, "I am one step too late; this is the seventeenth massacre already. The Southern City District is heavily affected, a key area for water monsters and demon bugs to infiltrate. Send a message to the general, calling for expert backup."

With a cold command, she heard acknowledgments from outside. After a thought, she didn’t linger any longer, dashed out the door, and leaped, speeding across the uneven rooftops.

Occasionally smashing tiles, she continued her attack.

When she reached the end of the long street and was about to switch to another roadway to clean up a new area, she heard a shout, "Senior Sister Zhan, clearing tasks in the Southern City are handed over to the Green Scale Army..."

"You take your troops, guard the ferry point, set up the Three Talents Formation, and form the Coherent Seal."

As soon as the sound entered her ears,

Zhan Shanhe felt a huge surge of heat rise within her body.

The meridians that had just begun demonstrating the Grand Circulation of True Qi suddenly became scorching hot. As the True Qi moved, she gained fine control...

Within her bones and flesh, an infinite strength was generated, making her form even more agile and swift.

At the same time, her mind became exceptionally clear, and all the martial arts knowledge and intricacies of sword techniques that had eluded her became crystal clear.

Even the knowledge about troop formation and leadership that she’d been cramming these past few days opened up to her in new ways.

’I’ve become smarter, and my strength, agility, and reaction speed have all increased.’

’What kind of method is this, Junior Brother Zhou?’

Although Zhan Shanhe was somewhat puzzled,

she admired it immensely...

Guessing that maybe her own master had imparted some powerful Daoist incantation that Junior Brother Zhou had silently used on her.

’This is too beneficial.’

If she could maintain this state, she felt she wouldn’t fear even True Disciples of the External Power Rank in combat.

Zhan Shanhe, following orders, immediately sounded the gong and gestured for her followers to gather.

Hundreds of elite troops gathered behind her like rivers flowing into the sea, charging towards the dock.

Just after running a few hundred steps, she heard a cold sneer in her ears: "Come out now, what use is there in hiding any longer? I could smell you from miles away."

’That’s Junior Brother Zhou’s voice, was there actually a formidable enemy hidden nearby?’

Zhan Shanhe abruptly reined her horse and turned around to look.

She saw in the middle of the street, water churning, and suddenly a blue-scaled fish monster as tall as a building appeared out of thin air.

The monster’s two antennae moved like snakes.

Screaming fiercely, it wielded a huge black trident, breaking the ground beneath it, sending rocks flying and dirt sinking, as it charged towards the street corner.

With the monster’s charge,

many more creatures with dark green or bright red skin burst out from the ground, from wells, and from corners of roofs.

"I’ve been waiting for you!"

Zhou Ping’an reached out to grab the golden-red patterned huge bow on his back, drawing the bowstring taut like a full moon.

A dazzling red light appeared between his fingers.

"Swoosh..."

The rainbow light was like the sun crossing the sky.

The temperature of the entire street suddenly rose sharply.

Even from dozens of steps away, Zhan Shanhe vaguely felt as if her body, deep inside, was going to burst into flames.

She felt a chill inside her heart and quickly urged her horse to move away a bit.

But her gaze remained unshifted.

She saw where the rainbow light passed.

The huge blue-black fish monster, about ten feet tall, had only charged forward about twenty to thirty feet when the rainbow light swept over it.

Its head exploded into a cloud of blood and scattered in the air, turning into black ash fluttering about.

The giant half of its body continued to run forward for dozens of steps before falling to the ground.

Drifts of fishy aroma came with the wind.

Clearly, not only was the fish monster’s head shot off, but the rest of its body was also cooked.

Unfortunately, given the monstrous and frightening appearance of the fish monster, no one would think of eating it.

After firing the "God Extinguisher Arrow," Zhou Ping’an felt as if one tenth of the True Qi in his body had been drawn out.

At the same time, the image of the Karma Fire Red Lotus that he visualized in his mind also quietly lost about one percent of its substance.

Though it wasn’t too apparent,

he still felt a hint of weakness.

"Good Lord, this arrow, from its spiritual soul to physical body impact, a dual extermination, its power might even be comparable to a full-strength strike from my Sixth Level Lotus Body.

This is only having mastered the Sun-shooting Archery to the proficient level. If I were to achieve great accomplishment, or even completion, wouldn’t that become my strongest move?

No wonder when Yi Heavenly King unleashed his arrows back in the day, they were so inevitable and unstoppable, even my body, sturdy as Hundred Refined Fine Steel, would have a hole blown through it each time.

Indeed, archery experts have extraordinary abilities...

Perhaps they can’t sustain a long fight, but their attack power in a short period is truly terrifying."

Zhou Ping’an examined the giant Phoenix Patterned Sculpted Bow in his hands again. Listening to the lingering sound of the bowstring, like thunder, he couldn’t help but feel amazed.

After all, the Red Lotus Sect is wealthy and powerful, with many treasures.

Facing such enemies, even by the dozens, would only make him happy...

Having shot a "God Extinguisher Arrow" and realizing it consumed much energy, he switched his mental method to [Soul Chasing Arrow].

His fingers moved so fast they blurred, and streaks of arrow light drew arcs as they sped out, much like they had trackers, forming a net of fiery lines that resembled a torrential downpour.

The strange and grotesque creatures that had just emerged.

were locked onto by these streaks of arrow light...

Whether they tried to dodge in advance or swung their weapons in defense, nothing worked.

Each arrow, as if having eyes, automatically avoided blocks, curved to pursue, and struck heads with every shot.

Whoosh...

As the arrows rained down, seventy to eighty bodies collapsed simultaneously.

On the street, no traces of the fish monsters could be seen anymore...