I Become a Martial Arts God in the Chaotic Demon World-Chapter 353: High and Far Cui Zeyuan

After bidding farewell to Wan Zhongshan, Han Zheng and Su Wuming made no delay and left the city immediately.

Upon leaving the Demon Cleansing Bureau, Han Zheng encountered Lian Sheng at the city gate.

"Master Lian Sheng, you haven't left yet?"

Lian Sheng chuckled, "I am returning to the Great Compassion Temple today. Given the significant events that occurred during the Weapon Casting Conference, I must report back to my Master at the temple.

Mr. Han, are you also headed back to the Demon Cleansing Bureau?"

Han Zheng shook his head, "No, I'm different. Given my hectic duties, I still need to carry out the Bureau's missions.

I wonder if Master Lian Sheng could help me check whether I'm still under the shadow of 'killing calamity'?"

Lian Sheng gave a bitter smile, "My perceptions are usually precise with others, but not so much with you, Mr. Han.

The force of killing calamity around you is constantly changing; at this moment, it's especially intense, sometimes lighter, sometimes heavier.

Most of the time, however, you are almost always enveloped in killing calamity.

So, Mr. Han, no matter what mission you undertake, remember that caution is paramount."

"Thank you for the reminder, Master Lian Sheng. Should fate decree, we shall meet again."

Han Zheng did not delay any further and, after exchanging a few words with Lian Sheng, he and Su Wuming rode out of the city.

In truth, Lian Sheng's perceptions were quite accurate. Han Zheng, having killed many and with many wishing to kill him, naturally had severe killing calamity surrounding him.

Moreover, every choice he made would lead to changes in his killing calamity, making it indeed hard to predict.

Lian Sheng watched Han Zheng's departing figure, shaking his head with a hint of regret.

He could tell Han Zheng was surely off to kill.

If he didn't have to return to the Great Compassion Temple, he would definitely join Han Zheng to kill, no, to save people, to be precise.

As Han Zheng and Su Wuming's figures disappeared, Lian Sheng clasped his hands together and proceeded toward the direction of the Great Compassion Temple.

...

Five days later, outside Smoke Wave Prefecture.

The once bustling Smoke Wave Prefecture was now a scene of desolation.

The gates of Smoke Wave Prefecture were fully sealed. The massive crossbows and cannon carts, once used to defend the city during the Black Mountain Demon chaos, were now posted on the city walls.

But what they faced were not ordinary enemies but a dense swarm of Demons!

Most of these Demons were water sprites with fish demons, turtle demons, and myriad others such as giant toad dragons.

Some weren't even Demons, having no demonic power within, yet for some reason, they had grown to terrifyingly enormous sizes.

For instance, there was an odd gigantic fish creature below the city walls, over ten meters long with immense strength, having legs covered with scales, extremely grotesque and fierce.

Unable to climb the city walls, these fish creatures continuously crashed into the gates until they battered their heads bloody, and some even died right below the gate.

That's why Smoke Wave Prefecture had completely sealed its gates.

By now, the citizens within Smoke Wave Prefecture were all relocated into the inner city.

Thousands of soldiers manned the city walls, operating the defense machinery or utilizing bows and arrows to injure those lower-ranked Demons.

However, the real effort was from the people of the Demon Cleansing Bureau, along with Wen Jingyun and other powers from Smoke Wave Prefecture's Martial World.

After about two hours of fierce fighting, the Demons finally retreated.

However, everyone remained vigorously on guard.

These Demons attacked very systematically; as soon as they killed more than half of them, the Demons would temporarily retreat.

Yet, from Smoke Wave Lake, Demons continuously emerged, gathering in numbers until they were ready to attack again, in a repetitive cycle.

After several days, their endurance was beginning to wane.

"What the hell is this all about!" exclaimed Tuoba Feng, exhausted, sitting next to Wen Jingyun as he spat out and cursed.

Wen Jingyun sighed, "We are just unlucky to have encountered such a damned creature. Oh, if only Mr. Han hadn't left Smoke Wave Prefecture back then."

"If I had known that the Demon Sweeping Captain succeeding Mr. Han would be such a bastard, I should have killed him first!"

Tuoba Feng cursed furiously while glaring at Cui Zeyuan, who was also sitting atop the city wall and resting, attended closely by two Xuanjia Guards.

When Cui Zeyuan first took over Smoke Wave Prefecture, his performance was somewhat acceptable.

After all, everything in Smoke Wave Prefecture had been perfectly arranged by Han Zheng, and as long as Cui Zeyuan followed the established procedures, there generally wouldn't be any problems.

Martial World forces like Tuoba Feng's, though they didn't respect Cui Zeyuan, wouldn't become enemies with him without a conflict of interest.

But the deeper into his tenure, the more uneasy Cui Zeyuan felt.

Whenever he wanted to implement any policies in Smoke Wave Prefecture, there would always be someone claiming it was all arranged when Mr. Han was in charge.

When he tried to negotiate with the Martial World Sects like Breaking Extreme Sect, they didn't even give him the time of day, which deeply frustrated Cui Zeyuan.

Especially after Han Zheng took charge of the Kui Character Camp and achieved great Merit at Taishan Prefecture, Cui Zeyuan felt even more pressure.

When Han Zheng was in charge of Smoke Wave Prefecture, he had made widely recognized accomplishments.

Now that he was in charge, his performance was only mediocre, merely mediocre.

Yet Han Zheng had earned numerous Merits after taking over the Kui Character Camp. What did this signify?

It signified that Han Zheng was capable, and it meant that he, Cui Zeyuan, was but a mediocrity!

So, from that point on, Cui Zeyuan abandoned his previous prudence and started to act more aggressively.

He couldn't stand being so inferior to Han Zheng.

Internally, Cui Zeyuan wanted to alter the former resource allocation plans Han Zheng had set with these Sects for the benefit of the Demon Cleansing Bureau.

Externally, if Han Zheng had cleared the Demons around the perimeter of Smoke Wave Lake, then he would clear the Demons at the heart of the lake and secure the water routes.

But Cui Zeyuan was a typical case of ambition far exceeding talent.

He led his forces to the heart of Smoke Wave Lake to exterminate Demons but ended up retreating in defeat, losing over ten Xuanjia Guards in the process.

Fortunately, those who died were all his confidants.

Han Zheng had initially taken the position alone, while Cui Zeyuan, backed by Wu Yunfei, brought over thirty elite Xuanjia Guards from headquarters, forming his inner circle.

Later, Cui Zeyuan informed Wen Jingyun and others to redistribute the plan for the mining fields, which naturally they were reluctant to do.

Mr. Han had such a big advantage previously and had not treated us harshly; who are you, Cui Zeyuan, to change Mr. Han's distribution plan?

So, Wen Jingyun and the others discussed and each led their Sect's elite to Smoke Wave Prefecture, prepared to give Cui Zeyuan a harsh lesson.

As they were talking, discord arose, but before they could act, Demons outside began their siege, completely surrounding Smoke Wave Prefecture.

Tuoba Feng and his group didn't want to die alongside Cui Zeyuan.

He was a Colonel of the Demon Cleansing Bureau at Smoke Wave Prefecture and couldn't abandon the city and flee.

But for Tuoba Feng and others, it didn't matter.

They had even attempted to break out together, but all attempts failed.

The Demons outside were too numerous, layer upon layer, and they themselves were nearly exhausted without having broken through.

Out of necessity, they could only continue to stay in Smoke Wave Prefecture, helping the Demon Cleansing Bureau defend the city while waiting for support from the Demon Cleansing Bureau.

Such a large-scale Demon siege would definitely receive support from the Demon Cleansing Bureau.

However, this didn't prevent Tuoba Feng and the others from resenting Cui Zeyuan.

It was all this bastard's fault; without him, how could they have fallen into such straits?

And even without the Demon siege, Cui Zeyuan's forced changes to the distribution of the mines would have seriously offended Tuoba Feng and the others, possibly even leading to outright conflict.

At that moment, Tuoba Feng squinted at Cui Zeyuan and said coldly, "It's all this bastard's fault; he's even linked with this Demon siege!

In all these years, when has Smoke Wave Prefecture ever seen so many Demons ashore? And some Demons are so malicious.

Just after he visited the center of Smoke Wave Lake, so many Demons followed. Could this be a coincidence?

And these past few days, his misguided commands here have prevented us from collaborating with the Demon Cleansing Bureau to confront the enemy.

Family Head Wen, tell me, if I kill him now, wouldn't we be able to break out?"

Wen Jingyun was immediately startled. Such words shouldn't be said carelessly.