All Heavens: Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts Starting from the Republic of China

Fu Ze stomped his foot and suddenly exerted force, his body rushing forward.

Instead of retreating, they're advancing!

Bajiquan is all about hard fighting and direct attacks.

With a sudden burst of strength from his arms, he used his waist, hips, shoulders, and back to strike the ground, making him look like a giant iron hammer crashing into a net of branches.

boom!

A powerful elbow strike to the chest snapped a branch in two.

Click!

With a backhand smash, he smashed another branch into pieces.

But the broken branch did not wither after it fell to the ground; instead, it writhed on the ground and continued to coil around his ankle like a venomous snake.

Fu Ze's eyes grew even colder.

"After the spirits of plants and trees were corrupted and their ability to become gods was tainted, they turned into this horrible thing."

He spun around to avoid the entanglement, while simultaneously pinching a talisman between his fingertips and infusing it with spiritual energy.

"The divine fire of the Southern Altar burns away demons and vanquishes evil!"

boom!

A pale red burst of light exploded, landing on a few writhing branches on the ground. The grotesque creatures were instantly burned, twisting and screaming, their eye sockets bursting open one by one, spewing out blackish-red blood.

Fu Ze has become increasingly adept at combining traditional Chinese martial arts with Taoist practices.

On the other hand, the old Taoist priest Feng Xuan was having some difficulty.

He had just set up the altar and forcibly brought out the earth deity's image to manifest, which had already taken a great toll on him. Now, he had to maintain the altar from being destroyed and also block the branches that were coming at him, and for a moment, the veins on his forehead bulged.

"A fierce wind rises, and evil spirits are banished!"

Feng Xuan brandished his peach wood sword, unleashing several fine gusts of spiritual energy that severed two branches that were hurtling toward the altar from the left and right.

But more branches sprouted from the black blood-red robe.

The incense on the altar shook violently, the ashes of the prayer tablets swirled up, and the five small flags fluttered in the wind.

The polluted image of the Yellow Vitex Earth God stood still, its black blood robe churning continuously. It didn't move, but the entire courtyard seemed to be occupied by its branches.

Fu Ze dodged while quickly observing the surroundings.

"wrong."

Although there are many branches, they were not randomly cut.

What they most want to destroy is the altar!

Secondly, there's Liao Xibai!

Fu Ze's heart skipped a beat.

The altar can unleash the suppressed spirituality of the Yellow Thorn Earth God, which is why that evil entity wanted to destroy the altar.

And Liao Xibai... could it be because of his so-called dragon destiny?

Gui Daozi had previously mentioned that Liao Xibai possessed dragon energy. This thing instinctively feared, or perhaps... coveted!?

Fu Ze didn't have time to think it through and shouted directly.

"Brother Li, protect Mr. Liao!"

"Ah Rui, cut down those branches near the altar!"

"Master, the altar must not be broken!"

The three responded almost simultaneously.

Li Junfeng snorted coldly.

"nonsense!"

He took a step forward, the thunderous roar of tigers and leopards rolling through his chest and abdomen, his blood and qi surging like a furnace. With a tiger-shaped strike, his fist and palm brought a sharp burst of air, actually tearing apart several black branches that were rushing towards Liao Xibai.

Zhao Rui fired two shots in quick succession.

He stopped firing randomly and instead aimed specifically at the holes in the branches.

boom!

A water bullet hit his eye.

The branch immediately writhed wildly as if it had been stabbed in a vital spot, and its attack direction shifted slightly.

"It works when you hit the eyes!"

Zhao Rui immediately shouted a reminder.

Fu Ze's eyes lit up.

Upon closer inspection, he indeed discovered that an even more intense black and red evil aura flowed within those eye sockets.

These eye sockets are very likely the points where evil power flows!

"That makes things easier."

Fu Ze took a deep breath and simultaneously pulled out several talismans with both hands.

The talisman paper that Yu Mingzi gave him finally came in very handy.

"The Divine Fire of the Southern Altar!"

"Azure Altar Gale!"

"Golden light to ward off evil!"

Three talismans burned simultaneously.

Fire, wind blades, and golden light exploded simultaneously in front of him.

Fu Ze's eyes were sharp, and his whole body seemed to carry wind, fire, and golden light as he moved among the branches.

Boom boom boom!

Flames burned the branches.

The wind blade sliced ​​open the eye socket.

The golden light dispelled the evil spirits.

For a moment, the courtyard of the earth god temple was filled with flashing lights, wildly dancing black branches, and a mixture of fishy and burnt smells that was almost nauseating.

The polluted image of the Yellow Vitex Earth God finally let out an angry roar.

A faint trace of pain could be heard in that voice.

"Kill me..."

"Save...save them..."

The next instant, the sound turned into a vicious shriek.

"Die! Die completely! Become my nourishment!"

It suddenly raised its arms.

The entire Vitex negundo tree trembled violently.

In the courtyard, black tendrils resembling tree roots burst forth from the ground, heading straight for everyone's feet!

In an instant, the entire courtyard of the Earth God Temple seemed to come alive.

Dark tree roots, covered in damp soil, emerged from the cracks in the blue bricks and under the offering table, wrapping around the ankles of the crowd.

The village chief of Shuangjing Village was so frightened that he scrambled backward.

But he was just an ordinary old man; how could he possibly hide?

Just as a black tree root was about to wrap around his neck, Li Junfeng kicked it out!

boom!

The tree roots were kicked and cracked open.

The dark red liquid splattered on the ground, making a sizzling sound.

"Don't get in my way!"

Li Junfeng shouted sharply, grabbed the village chief of Shuangjing Village by the collar, and threw him behind Liao Xibai.

The village chief was dazed and confused after the fall, but he didn't dare to utter a sound.

Liao Xibai grabbed him and said in a low voice.

"Don't panic, squat down."

His voice wasn't loud, but it was very steady.

The village chief of Shuangjing Village nodded tremblingly, and surprisingly, the atmosphere gradually quieted down.

Zhao Rui kept making jokes while firing his gun.

"Mr. Liao's voice is more effective than my gun."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Fu Ze weaved among the branches and roots, replying irritably.

"Save your bullets, aim for the eyes!"

Zhao Rui immediately stopped joking.

Bang bang bang!

Every shot was aimed at hitting the round holes in the branches.

The water bullet pierced the eye and immediately exploded into puffs of grayish-white smoke. The branches twisted wildly, like venomous snakes writhing from being scalded.

The old Taoist priest Feng Xuan was also getting anxious.

He bit his tongue, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the peach wood sword, which flashed red light.

"Lingbao Edict, protect the altar and stabilize its form!"

He planted the peach wood sword in front of the altar.

hum!

The five small flags around the altar suddenly lit up, forming a faint yellow light that kept the approaching black roots at bay.

But the yellow light only lasted for a short while before it began to shake violently.

Feng Xuan's face turned pale, and cold sweat poured down his forehead.

"Although this local deity has been corrupted, it was once connected to the earth's veins and received offerings from the local people. Its roots are here, and its energy is almost inexhaustible!"

Fu Ze shattered the black branch that was rushing towards him with an elbow strike, and his heart sank.

They are indeed difficult to deal with.

Even though the Earth God is only the most common and weakest type of deity, once he truly manifests his power, he is still incredibly strong.

This is not a complete local earth god statue; it is merely in a state of spiritual confusion and mental disorder.

If it were a fully conscious and complete righteous deity, who could borrow the earth's veins, gather incense offerings, and protect the land, they would probably be even more powerful—of course, it would be impossible to fight them while they were conscious.

boom!

Pollution Law Enforcement suddenly swung its arm.

A dozen or so black branches swept in at the same time, creating a sharp whistling sound in the air.

Fu Ze planted his feet firmly on the ground, his chest and abdomen resonating with the thunderous roar of a tiger and leopard, and his throat and nasal cavity emitting a powerful humming and hawing sound.

Woohoo!

He rammed into it with a sudden, forceful thrust, his arms opening and closing like iron gates.

Bang bang bang!

Several black branches were shattered by the shock.

But he was also hit on the shoulder by a tree root, and his whole body slid half a meter sideways, leaving two white marks on the blue bricks with his feet.

My shoulder is burning with pain.

The clothes were torn, the skin was turned inside out, and there were traces of blackish-red corrosion at the edges of the wound.

Fu Ze glanced down, his brows furrowing slightly as he raised a hand to forcefully close the wound, controlling his muscles. He then circulated his spiritual energy to expel the bit of evil energy that had invaded his flesh.

He looked up at the polluted image.

This thing is very powerful, but the combined attack has already had an effect.

As Zhao Rui shattered the eye holes in the branches with each shot, as the Fengxuan Altar continued to restrain him, and as he continued to bombard the area with divine fire and gale, the patterns on the black blood robe noticeably dimmed.

It still has many branches.

But the speed slowed down, and the force wasn't as fierce as it was at the beginning.

"Keep hitting the eyes!"

Fu Ze shouted.

"Those eyes are the nodes where its evil energy flows; the more you break, the weaker it becomes!"

Li Junfeng sneered.

"I can tell!"

He suddenly took half a step forward, and pounced into the forest like a tiger.

Tiger shape!

With hands like claws, the force exploded from the spine all the way to the fingertips.

Click!

Click!

He actually used his bare hands to tear apart two thick black branches, shattering all the eye holes on them.

When those eye sockets burst open, they sprayed out streams of blackish-red viscous liquid.

Li Junfeng's sleeves were corroded with several holes, but he only frowned and didn't even back down.

"Disgusting! But that's all there is to it!"

Zhao Rui's gunfire continued unabated.

Feng Xuan's peach wood sword and talismans were also constantly cutting off branches that were close to the altar.

Fu Ze then stopped abruptly, taking advantage of the crowd's restraint.

We can't keep dragging this out.

They are made of flesh and blood; they get tired, they get injured, and their spiritual energy and physical strength are depleted.

But this Vitex negundo tree has been rooted in the local temple for hundreds of years, and it is supported by the residual incense and earth energy. Even if it is polluted, it will be a loss for them to continue.

We must find the core!

Fu Ze took a deep breath, and spiritual energy surged within his Niwan Palace.

He frantically concentrated his spiritual energy into his eyes.

Activate your vision to its maximum!

hum...

In an instant, the world before his eyes changed.

Everything in the courtyard of the Earth God Temple seemed to have lost its original color.

The blue bricks, the offering table, the altar, the yellow chaste tree, the black branches, and the blood and spiritual light of everyone all transformed into clusters of different colored auras flowing together.

Li Junfeng's body was covered in a fiery red aura.

Zhao Rui exuded a refined and sharp white killing intent.

Liao Xibai possessed a faint yet extremely unique aura of refined elegance, like a dragon's shadow in the mist, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

And that Vitex negundo tree...

A dark red, malevolent aura permeated almost the entire courtyard.

But deep within these evil energies, there were still faint wisps of greenish-blue light, like tender sprouts pressed down by mud, weak but not completely extinguished.

Fu Ze's eyes stung.

A little blood even seeped from the corner of his eye.

But he didn't blink.

found it!

The evil energy flowing through all the black and red branches ultimately does not converge on the polluted Dharma image.

It doesn't gather in the tree trunk either.

Instead, it went down, underground!

Deep within the roots of the Vitex negundo tree, about three feet underground, directly in front of the altar of the local earth god temple, there is a pulsating mass.

It resembles a tumor, or a swollen heart growing between tree roots and soil.

With each contraction and expansion of the tree, a dark red evil aura surged along its roots to the entire Vitex negundo tree, then spread out along its branches and the tree's form.

"Found you!"

A cold glint flashed in Fu Ze's eyes.

The corrupted Dharma Image seemed to sense something and abruptly turned to look at him. For the first time, a look of shock and anger appeared on that old and distorted face.

"die!"

It let out a sharp cry.

Almost simultaneously, all the branches turned around and rushed towards Fu Ze!

"Stop it!"

Fu Zeli shouted.

Li Junfeng, Zhao Rui, and Feng Xuan moved at the same time.

The sounds of tigers and leopards thundering, gunshots, and the gusts of wind from peach wood swords erupted all at once.

In a mere instant, they managed to tear open a gap for Fu Ze.

Fu Ze reached into his robes and took out the lightning-struck jujube wood magic dagger. He mobilized almost all the remaining spiritual energy in his Niwan Palace.

He held a magic dagger in his right hand, a talisman in his left, and chanted softly.

"Heaven and earth are boundless, the universe borrows its power, the fiery sword burns the demon, so be it!"

The talisman paper burned.

This time, it wasn't just a pale red spirit flame.

It was a real, raging fire!

The flames instantly enveloped the lightning-struck jujube wood magic dagger, and tiny blue-white lightning bolts appeared on the dagger's surface. The intertwining of fire and lightning caused the surrounding cold and evil energy to suddenly freeze.

The old Taoist priest Feng Xuan's eyes widened.

"Ah, this is... the Shangqing Lingbao Zhengfa!? The Dongshen sect's teachings? Aren't you a wandering cultivator from the common people?"

He was too shocked to even react.

Because Fu Ze had already raised his hand and pushed forward.

"Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! Go!"

Whoosh!

The lightning-struck jujube wood dagger, crackling with fire and lightning, suddenly flew out.

But instead of piercing the polluted image, it plunged straight into the ground!

boom!

The blue bricks shattered, and soil and stones flew everywhere.

Black tree roots frantically coiled around, trying to block the magic dagger. But flames and lightning erupted simultaneously, and wherever they passed, the tree roots snapped as if sliced ​​by a red-hot knife.

The polluted Dharma image emitted a sharp, inhuman roar.

"No!"

The magic dagger had already burrowed into the soil and penetrated deep underground.

next moment.

puff!

It was like piercing a rotting heart.

The entire earth god temple suddenly fell silent.

Then, a piercing scream came from underground.

Boom!

Black and red evil energy surged from the crack in the ground, instantly ignited by fire and lightning. The tumorous mass hidden beneath the tree roots violently expanded and contracted in Fu Zeling's vision, finally exploding with a deafening roar!

Before the countless black and red liquids could even spread, they were burned to ashes by the lightning and fire.

The black branches in the courtyard froze at the same time.

One after another, those eye sockets closed and burst open.

The polluted Dharma image opened its mouth, and the crazed expression and twisted malice on its face receded like a tide, briefly revealing the original old and gentle face of the Yellow Thorn Earth God.

He looked at Fu Ze.

The black and red in his eyes faded, revealing a faint, clear blue light.

"Thank you...so much...you little god..."

Before he could finish speaking...

The entire Dharma image crumbled inch by inch.

The Vitex negundo tree shook violently, its branches and leaves rustling like a mountain wind blowing through the forest.

The black aura, blood-red light, and putrid stench vanished rapidly at that moment.

Large, charred cracks appeared on the trunk of that ancient Vitex negundo tree.

But deep inside, there seems to be a trace of green that has not yet faded.

Before Fu Ze could take a closer look, he suddenly felt a burning sensation in his chest.

[Decree of the Heavens] Tremors and fever.

No one but him could see that wisps of blackish-red aura, mixed with broken green light spots, rose from the collapsing earth dharma form and underground cracks, and were completely absorbed by the Heavenly Decree.

Purple smoke appeared before Fu Ze's eyes.

Lines of ancient characters slowly solidified...