Obtaining Top Art on Family's Extermination Night

Chapter 343: Chapter 174: Into the Urn (3)

Fang Shuwen completely ignored the feints and evasions of his Body Technique.

With just a single, powerful grab, Fang Shuwen shattered the bones in his shoulder. A tremendous force pressed down, and with a THUD...

The man in the bamboo hat dropped straight to his knees.

Footsteps approached from the side. The man in the bamboo hat instinctively looked up to see a calm young man looking down at him.

His eyes were cold, as if he weren’t looking at a living person, but a corpse.

"You... How are you here?"

The man in the bamboo hat couldn’t help but ask. But then his gaze fell upon Tang Lie, and in that instant, he understood.

"You did this on purpose! You deliberately spared him to lure the snake out of its hole!"

For some reason, Fang Shuwen suddenly heaved a huge sigh of relief. An inexplicable sense of comfort washed over him.

Until Tang Lie spoke up:

"What does he mean?"

The feeling of relief immediately vanished, and Fang Shuwen felt choked up again.

He sighed softly.

"It seems you’ve been watching me for a long time. You understand my personality quite well."

"You know that I either don’t make a move, or when I do, it’s a matter of life and death."

"So you found the people of the Huiwu Sect, disguised your own as villagers, and asked the Huiwu Sect to help you serve justice."

"The reason they didn’t all come is because those others have their own uses—uses you just mentioned."

"However, among all of them, the most important was Tang Lie."

Hearing this, Tang Lie subconsciously puffed out his chest.

"He was the one you specifically sent for me to kill. Filled with righteous indignation, he would attack me without getting the facts straight. And given my way of doing things, his death was a certainty."

Tang Lie’s smugness vanished without a trace.

’So after all that, my role was just to be cannon fodder?’

But these words also made Tang Lie understand everything completely. It was all just as Fang Shuwen had said.

Someone claiming to be a local villager had gone to the Huiwu Sect for help.

Considering they were facing the Demon Evil God, Tang Lie, as the senior disciple, couldn’t risk bringing everyone. One wrong move and they could all be wiped out.

So he had come alone to investigate.

But the corpses in the village had caused Tang Lie to lose his senses, making him draw his blade on Fang Shuwen without thinking.

If Fang Shuwen had struck back and killed him on the spot...

...then to the other members of the Huiwu Sect, it would look like Fang Shuwen was killing him to silence him.

Burdened by their hatred, Fang Shuwen’s reputation for wantonly killing the innocent would be sealed.

Once things reached that point, it would be impossible for even the Cyan Sheep Sect to mediate.

At the Celestial Martial Grand Assembly, all the masters of the Northern Domain Martial World would be waiting for Fang Shuwen.

A great battle would be inevitable.

As Tang Lie thought about this, he felt a cold sweat break out on his back.

The people of his Huiwu Sect had been used as pawns... Unbeknownst to them, someone had assigned them each a role to play on this chessboard.

’This group... they’re terrifying!’

But then he looked at Fang Shuwen, who stood there calm and composed, and felt that this Demon Evil God was perhaps even more frightening.

He had seen through all of their schemes with perfect clarity.

If he were in the same position, he would have been able to do nothing but panic and rage.

In that moment, Tang Lie suddenly felt that there truly was a vast gap between people.

No wonder Fang Shuwen had made a name for himself as the ’Demon Evil God’ at such a young age. This man wasn’t just a master of Martial Arts...

"But... you didn’t kill him!"

Just as Tang Lie’s heart filled with fear at the thought of this group, the bamboo-hatted man’s voice trembled as well.

"You... you knew from the very beginning!?"

"The setup was too crude."

Fang Shuwen shook his head gently.

"The intent to frame me was so obvious it was hard *not* to notice."

"So you knew there was more to come. You even went against your own nature and spared Tang Lie’s life... all to... find me?"

The man in the bamboo hat let out a bitter laugh.

"Excellent, excellent. We underestimated you, Demon Evil God. I am utterly convinced of our defeat this time!"

"I don’t care if you’re convinced."

Fang Shuwen said softly.

"Two things."

"Tell me where your companions are, and tell me where you come from."

"Impossible."

The man in the bamboo hat laughed heartily.

"You may have gotten away this time, but it doesn’t matter. Fang Shuwen, we’ll have plenty of time."

As he finished speaking, he spread his arms, preparing to sever his own heart meridians.

But in that instant, Fang Shuwen’s fingers clamped down on the man’s head.

BANG.

The bamboo hat flew off. As Fang Shuwen activated the North Nether Divine Technique, the man began to tremble uncontrollably. In the blink of an eye, all the Inner Strength he had painstakingly cultivated was gone.

His eyes went wide as he stared at Fang Shuwen in disbelief.

He watched as Fang Shuwen released his head. Forming his fingers like a sword, Fang Shuwen drew forth A Line, then flicked his finger.

The finger struck the man’s Danzhong Acupoint.

A slight tremor passed through the man, followed by an indescribable agony.

It wasn’t simple pain. It was a more torturous, more unbearable form of torment.

"AHHHH!!!!"

The bloodcurdling scream made even Tang Lie, standing behind them, turn pale.

He was secretly grateful that Fang Shuwen hadn’t used such a technique on him.

’How much pain must he be in to scream like that?’

’Even death by a thousand cuts couldn’t be this bad, could it?’

The horrific screams continued for a full quarter of an hour before Fang Shuwen finally withdrew his finger and spoke slowly.

"Speak. Where are you from?"

"I... I..."

The muscles on the man’s face were twitching as he stammered.

"We... we’re from the Western Regions Celestial Eagle Alliance."

Fang Shuwen: "Huh?"