Celestial Demon Starting from Attribute Points-Chapter 48: Overturning Rain

In the blink of an eye, another ten or more days passed.

The weather gradually turned hot.

At the entrance of the Prefect’s residence of Hundred Flowers Mansion, an old man stepped into a carriage.

More than two hundred soldiers straddled horses, equipped with long knives, and among them several dozen carried arrows soaked in oil, guarding on either side, ready to set off.

Cao Shuda bid farewell to the old man nearby, raising his voice, "Xiongshan County is in chaos. Sir, your journey will surely lead to great accomplishments."

The old man smiled, "For the country and the people, it must be so. Prefect, please remain, I am off to take office."

As he spoke, the old man drew down the curtain and sat upright in the carriage, though his expression carried a trace of inexplicable... tension.

If someone came closer for a look, they would notice the old man’s face had some strange wrinkles.

And if that person dared venture further to tug, they would pull off the old man’s entire "face," for it was actually a human skin mask.

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...

At this moment...

The real Su Cangyuan was dressed like someone from the martial world, riding a horse.

He had left Hundred Flowers Mansion two days ago, and up ahead was the gorge leading into Xiongshan County.

Within half a day, he would reach Xiongshan County.

The flower thief in Xiongshan County had reemerged, and now everyone was living in constant fear.

Yet the Li family remained unmoved because Tian Yun found out that Wei Yao was still with the Li family, and the Secret Martial Arts warrior known as "lady’s maid" did not accompany the young master on a long journey.

Tian Yun wanted to raid the flower with the Li family but was stopped by Wei Yao. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

However, the other plans proceeded smoothly.

Now Tian Yun had arranged for both the Tian and Li families to dispatch their experts to jointly attack the bandits on Red Flower Mountain.

Tian Yun, as the County Captain, claimed the flower thief to be a bandit from Red Flower Mountain, and further dispatched his trusted followers to produce evidence, with full support from the Tian family leadership, ensuring the plan proceeded without a hitch.

As for the motive, the County Captain wanted to make an achievement before the new Magistrate arrived, which was motive enough.

And Su Cangyuan was going to take advantage of this, infiltrating Tian Yun’s ranks, and when they reached Red Flower Mountain, he would harshly interrogate the Li family experts, and then slay them one by one, thus removing their wings.

Moreover, since the Patriarch of the Tian family would also go for the bandit raid, how could the Patriarch of the Li family escape?

And when the Li family fell, the "Su Cangyuan" in the carriage would arrive as planned, and at that moment, he would openly reveal his identity and finalize everything.

As for the matter where the "Su Cangyuan" in the carriage might encounter demons on the road, Su Cangyuan had considered it, hence the special arrangement of over two hundred soldiers, and the equipping of fire arrows.

Those demons, once hit by the fire arrows, would die quite quickly.

Su Cangyuan, with his deep scheming and vicious mind.

He was contemplating various matters when suddenly, he sensed something was off.

He abruptly reined in his horse, looked around, only to see more than a dozen people emerging from behind the rocks in the gorge.

With a sharp turn of his head, he saw more than a dozen people emerging behind him.

The next instant, he heard a rumbling sound.

Looking up, he saw several figures on the canyon top pushing boulders.

The boulders rolled down, insufficient to completely block the road, but already making it impossible for the horse to proceed smoothly.

Besides, as the boulders dropped, the malevolent spirits nearby and from behind were rapidly closing in, quickly entangling Su Cangyuan.

"Interesting."

Su Cangyuan snorted coldly, unhurried, leaped off his horse, drew the longsword from his waist, and swiftly slashed at the approaching spirits.

Perhaps knowing these spirits couldn’t be killed without fire, Su Cangyuan aimed his sword slashes at the spirits’ legs, seeking only to halt them, not to annihilate.

And the spirits’ strength was mostly related to the leaders in front; even if some so-called martial arts experts were hidden here, how could they be a match for Su Cangyuan?

Amusingly, Su Cangyuan’s sword moves were dignified and proper, distinctly a hallmark of a prestigious family’s techniques.

It was at this moment that the rumbling of the boulders ceased.

The next instant, several figures leaped down from the heights.

Strangely, they didn’t fall off the cliff, but instead clung to the cliffside with their limbs, eerily resembling spiders, rapidly climbing down.

A flicker of an unusual glow appeared in Su Cangyuan’s eyes. Seizing the opportunity, he swiftly mounted his horse and charged toward the pile of loose rocks ahead.

Though the gorge was narrow, it wasn’t blocked entirely by a few boulders.

Between the boulders, there were always gaps sufficient for a person to pass through.

Su Cangyuan spurred his horse forward wildly, brandishing his sword, seeing white energy surging, enveloped within, transforming the longsword into a divine blade; upon contact, the spirits were split in two, collapsing... then writhing.

In just a brief moment, the horse had completely crossed the passage.

But just then, the horse suddenly let out a pained neigh and tipped sideways.

Startled, Su Cangyuan sprang into the air, looking down, only to find numerous long spikes hidden in the dirt among the scattered stones.

Su Cangyuan gazed at those long spikes with a deep look.

All of a sudden, he sharply sensed... mist was forming.

Su Cangyuan thought to himself darkly: ’Today, it seems I must carve a bloody path to escape.’

He looked at the swiftly approaching fearless demons, his eyelid twitched, and he said coldly, "You forced me!"

After that, he casually threw aside his longsword and then spread his arms. Those two originally unimpressive fists suddenly glowed fiery red, like two lumps of molten iron freshly taken from the furnace.

And the spirit of this old white-haired man also suddenly surged, showing a few hints of a lion and tiger. He roared towards the sky, his pupils turning blood red.

Bang!

With a step forward, he charged straight at the approaching demons.

In the air, those arms radiated surging blood energy, converging entirely on the two cauldron-sized iron fists.

Meanwhile, the blue robe covering his body suddenly emitted a tearing sound, the sleeves ripping apart, revealing his arms nearly entirely wrapped in blood energy.

Boom!

One punch landed squarely on a demon’s body.

That demon was sent flying high, its body igniting into flames.

Su Cangyuan grinned viciously, moving like a snake, he plunged into the group of demons. Whenever those fists landed, a demon would catch fire and be sent flying away.

The mist... grew thicker, and even the valley winds couldn’t disperse it.

The demons rapidly decreased in number.

The demon resembling a wandering knife fighter shouted urgently, "Why aren’t you acting?!"

Just as the voice fell, Su Cangyuan saw a figure swiftly emerge like a whirlwind from behind a nearby boulder.

Very fast, also hidden within the mist, indeed very hard to detect.

But...

’A trivial trick.’

Su Cangyuan sneered secretly.

He channeled his strength into his arms, the scorching flames on his fists grew even fiercer.

Stretching his arms, pulling tendons, like drawing a strong bow.

Boom!

The fist pierced the air, like electricity, charging towards the approaching figure.

Before the fist arrived, the hot wind arose first.

In the fierce fist wind, some of the mist was scattered.

Su Cangyuan finally saw the appearance of the newcomer, his eyes showing strong surprise because the newcomer’s face was surprisingly... "Hundred Flowers Mansion Prefect" Cao Shuda.

Fear and absurdity surged from Su Cangyuan’s heart.

But his fist had already landed on the "Cao Shuda".

However, in the next instant, before he could react, he saw "Cao Shuda"’s head start to crack open.

Inexplicably cracked open.

But he quickly saw clearly.

It was a twisted transparent saw line, within the rolling mist, a tall thin black shadow rushed from behind "Cao Shuda".

White mist rolled over the five fingers holding a saw line blade emitting a sharp scream.

The blade gruesomely sliced open "Cao Shuda" and then whistled through the air towards him.

Bang bang bang!

Su Cangyuan, only just exhausting his punch, was momentarily stunned by "Cao Shuda"’s face.

At this moment, he had no room to retreat.

He roared furiously, combining both fists, hurriedly leaping skyward, attempting to block that airborne blade.

Li Xuan envisioned "Melting Copper Hell Ghost", holding the saw line like a ghost’s deadly tool for sawing sinners.

Five lines entwined, two saw blades, one slash, and fall!

Buzz...

Buzzzzz...

A piercing cutting sound was heard, Su Cangyuan’s fists were sliced off at the wrists.

The blade did not stop, continuing to fall to the end.

Su Cangyuan stood motionless, eyes still showing disbelief.

At this moment, he realized, this was a Secret Martial Artist.

But he couldn’t understand why a Secret Martial Artist could mix with demons, nor could he understand why this Secret Martial Artist had to kill him.

He asked himself if he had never provoked such an enemy.

Suddenly, his pupils fixed on the saw line.

"Zhangsun..."

Before the words were finished, a blood mark appeared on his body, then with a loud bang he exploded, breaking into two halves.

Su Cangyuan, dead!

Li Xuan looked around, quickly killing off the remaining demons, then threw their bodies onto those set ablaze by Su Cangyuan’s fists, immediately transforming his form, changing shape, turning into Su Cangyuan’s likeness.