I Become a Martial Arts God in the Chaotic Demon World-Chapter 172: One Person Destroys One Village

In the stronghold, seeing Li Tianbao defeated once again, all the Red Flag Thieves were chilled to their bones.

They dared not manage the Siege Crossbow to intercept the Demon Cleansing Bureau by crossing through Han Zheng’s position, so they could only think about going around to the back of Five Elders Mountain and escaping on other small boats.

After all, Smoke Wave Lake was so vast, it wouldn’t drown these seasoned water bandits.

In an instant, the entire stronghold descended into chaos. It could be said that Han Zheng single-handedly brought down a stronghold.

Seeing this scene, Han Zheng slightly shook his head.

He was now ninety percent certain that Liao Hongsheng was not killed by Li Tianbao.

Li Tianbao was nothing more than a stay-at-home dog without ambition, who only wished to dominate this place called Five Elders Mountain, thus, stability was his priority.

He wouldn’t dare to risk completely infuriating the Demon Cleansing Bureau by killing Liao Hongsheng, even though Liao Hongsheng had previously led a fierce attack on Five Elders Mountain, causing severe losses to the Red Flag Thieves.

Additionally, Li Tianbao did not have the capability to kill Liao Hongsheng.

Although Li Tianbao was at the middle stage of the Xuan Gang Realm, his strength wasn’t particularly strong, just passable.

When Han Zheng unleashed his full power, he was able to suppress him with the early stage strength of the Xuan Gang Realm.

Han Zheng had personally witnessed Liao Hongsheng’s strength during the battle at the Guiyuan Sword Pavilion.

Even though Liao Hongsheng had been severely weakened in a fight with the Dragon King of Smoke Wave Lake, Li Tianbao wouldn’t have been able to kill him.

At this moment, seeing his own men beginning to flee, Li Tianbao’s eyes reddened with rage as he roared, his blood Qi suddenly flaring up furiously.

Previously, Liao Hongsheng, leading all the elite forces of Smoke Wave Prefecture, had failed to break through Five Elders Mountain, yet Han Zheng alone had destroyed it!

Li Tianbao now wished he could tear Chen Lao San and Fang Dahai to pieces. What on earth had they brought back?

However, Li Tianbao couldn’t find them when he wanted to kill them. Knowing they had caused trouble, they ran faster than anyone.

In the boiling blood Qi, a giant blood whale formed behind Li Tianbao. The ten-plus Zhang long Gang Qi whale was tremendously grand, almost draining all of his Gang Qi.

Han Zheng gently shook his head.

The cultivation technique of Li Tianbao, although Xuan Gang Realm, actually wasn’t suited for his practice.

His foundational strength was mediocre, unable to wield such an imposing technique.

This Giant Whale Sea Splitting Fist was more suitable for martial artists from a sect, having a sect background to rely on, enabling them to fully unleash its power.

Indeed, this was the case. Li Tianbao had serendipitously obtained this technique at Smoke Wave Lake, probably left by a sect from many years ago.

Seeing that this technique was of the Xuan Gang Realm level, Li Tianbao was instantly enticed and started practicing it, regardless of whether it was suitable.

The blood whale rolled forward as Li Tianbao burned his blood Qi for a desperate strike, his power momentarily nearing the peak of the Xuan Gang Realm.

Han Zheng grasped at the void with one hand, and a massive hand of Gang Qi suddenly appeared, grasping the blood whale in a flash. A huge portion of the overwhelming blood Qi and Gang Qi was instantly stripped away by the Moving Mountain power.

The blood whale visibly began to shrink and was then flung out by Han Zheng using the Moving Mountain Power, hurtling towards Li Tianbao.

Accompanied by a cracking sound of Gang Qi explosion, Li Tianbao was sent flying, already on his last breath.

Just then, shouts and killing cries echoed from outside; Zhang Yan and others, leading more than thirty Xuanjia Guards charged in.

Upon arriving, they hadn’t seen even a single Red Flag Thief; instead, they entered a stronghold that was in complete tumult.

Red Flag Thieves’ great master, Li Tianbao, lay amid the mess, barely clinging to life.

The surrounding thieves were frantically trying to escape, even lacking the courage to face Han Zheng.

Zhang Yan and his men exchanged glances, the shock in their eyes almost too much to hide.

What was happening?

Mr. Han alone brought down the entire Red Flag Thieves?

Han Zheng gestured with his mouth towards the still fleeing thieves, "Don’t just stand there, hurry up and clean up the mess. Capture alive if possible, kill if necessary. This is all creditable work."

"Yes, sir!"

Zhang Yan and others immediately showed excitement, quickly starting to capture the fleeing thieves.

On the water, they really had no way to deal with these thieves.

But now on land, even one Xuanjia Guard could handle five or six Red Flag Thieves without a problem, let alone now that their courage was completely broken.

At this point, Han Zheng also took a deep breath and took out an elixir to restore his strength, swallowing one.

Although Han Zheng had defeated Li Tianbao, his strength was almost completely depleted by then.

He was alone, deeply trapped within the bandit stronghold, and he needed to ensure he defeated them as quickly as possible; otherwise, getting entangled in a fight would definitely be disadvantageous for him.

If those Red Flag Thieves truly did not fear death, having hundreds of them swarm would cost Han Zheng his life to exhaust his Gang Qi, and then Li Tianbao could make his move, which could indeed pose some trouble to Han Zheng.

Unfortunately, they did not possess such fearlessness to die for someone like Li Tianbao.

Having regained some strength, Han Zheng walked up to the dying Li Tianbao and said solemnly, "Tell me, did you fight with Mr. Liao Hongsheng a few days ago?"

Li Tianbao managed a miserable smile, then a fierce expression crossed his face: "Han Zheng, if you have the guts, just kill me!

You’ve destroyed the foundation of Five Elders Mountain, I will not let you off even as a ghost!"

At that moment, Li Tianbao’s feelings towards Han Zheng were nothing but immense hatred and regret.

Just as Han Zheng had assessed Li Tianbao, he was nothing but a home-guarding dog, his entire life devoted to relying on the geographical advantages of Five Elders Mountain to preserve the power of the Red Flag Thieves, with no thoughts of expanding.

But resisting Liao Hongsheng’s offense last time made him somewhat arrogant, believing that he could indeed stand shoulder to shoulder with the Demon Cleansing Bureau and that his power should grow bigger.

So, when he learned that Chen Lao San and others brought a Martial Artist of the Xuan Gang Realm, aside from the usual caution, Li Tianbao also harbored a desire to incorporate them into his command and expand the Red Flag Thieves.

Little did he expect that his first time being ambitious, after being cautious all his life, would result in disaster.

"Even in life, you couldn’t best me, yet you still think about troubling me as a ghost? Utter delusion!"

Han Zheng sneered, extending just a hint of the Shocking God Needle’s power onto Li Tianbao.

Instantly, the intense pain that seeped into his bones and spirit caused Li Tianbao to howl miserably and roll on the floor in agony.

The Shocking God Needle was somewhat difficult to activate during combat and could easily miss.

But during an interrogation, it almost always prevailed; at least Han Zheng had never seen anyone withstand its excruciating pain.

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In less than thirty seconds, Li Tianbao couldn’t take it any longer.

"I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything! Please, just give me a quick death!"

Han Zheng withdrew the power of the Shocking God Needle.

Li Tianbao gasped for breath, feeling as if he had been pulled from water.

"You could have just spoken earlier, why pretend to be tough? Tortured for nothing."

Han Zheng gave Li Tianbao a disdainful look.

This is how people are sometimes; they don’t shed tears without seeing the coffin.

Li Tianbao gasped, and his gaze at Han Zheng carried a hint of fear.

Now, he understood how he had been defeated.

He was the ruthless bandit, but Han Zheng, as the Demon Sweeping Colonel from the Demon Cleansing Bureau, was even more vicious!

Liao Hongsheng was powerful but acted uprightly, never using any cunning plots.

Saying he would attack Five Elders Mountain, he would just straightforwardly set up and directly assault it, hence Li Tianbao could calmly use the terrain to resist.

And Han Zheng?

Disguised as a flower-picking master to infiltrate, ambushing both internally and externally, and now using torture to force confessions, completely disregarding the code of honor.

More importantly, Han Zheng was exceptionally strong.

A person with such strength who still resorted to these methods against you, what could you use to resist? So, this time, Li Tianbao truly admitted defeat.

"Liao Hongsheng wasn’t killed by me."

"I guessed as much; you couldn’t kill Mr. Liao."

Li Tianbao choked and continued, "Someone shot an arrow from afar to Five Elders Mountain with a note stating that Liao Hongsheng was grievously injured in a fierce battle with Demons.

Not long ago, my Red Flag Thieves were heavily damaged by an attack led by Liao Hongsheng, and I wanted to vent, so I came alone to ambush Mr. Liao.

Unexpectedly, even though he was severely injured by the Demons, he still possessed immense strength. I couldn’t defeat him in the fight; after cutting him a few times, I fled.

Of course, even if I could have killed Liao Hongsheng, I wouldn’t have truly done it; the Red Flag Thieves aren’t developed enough to take on the Demon Cleansing Bureau directly.

I know my limits and though Liao Hongsheng was severely injured previously, the injuries I inflicted were merely superficial, definitely not enough to result in his death.

Unless Mr. Liao used some Secret Technique that overtaxed his life energy during our encounter, his death really has nothing to do with me."