The entire Sanxia Town was in complete chaos.
Countless people were fleeing everywhere, screaming, but under the rampage of hundreds of Red Flame Army soldiers, no one could escape.
People were constantly dying tragically, their bodies left behind.
Blood splattered everywhere, flying all around.
Meanwhile, Red Flame Army soldiers quickly invaded various wealthy households, laughing wildly as they began ransacking the homes.
Adults, children, the elderly, women—all fell under the blade.
Some children were even trampled by warhorses, crushed into pulp on the spot.
"Captain Jiang, what are you still watching for? Join in!"
Xia Longhai sat on his warhorse, his voice cold, his single eye quietly observing the scene before him, akin to an Asura Blood Sea.
Jiang Shi shook his head slightly, saying calmly, "Sorry, I never kill unarmed people."
He directly drove his warhorse forward.
Xia Longhai frowned, spurred his horse to follow behind, and said in a deep voice, "Captain Jiang, what are you talking about? Why haven't you acted yet? This is the task the General gave you, act quickly!"
Jiang Shi stopped his horse again, looked back with a smirk, and said, "A task from the General?"
"Precisely, annihilate Sanxia Town, not leaving a single one, act immediately!"
Xia Longhai said coldly.
"I don't recall receiving such an order from the General. If he truly gave such an order, he certainly would have told me personally."
Jiang Shi smiled faintly and continued to move forward, saying, "But he didn't say anything, so I don't believe it!"
"How dare you!"
Xia Longhai shouted suddenly, his single eye gleaming fiercely. He slapped the horse's back, leaped into the air, and with a palm the size of a fan, grabbed fiercely towards Jiang Shi.
"Dare to defy the General's orders, come here!"
Woosh!
Jiang Shi swiftly turned around, swinging his Wolf Fang Club and fiercely swiped at Xia Longhai.
The terrifying Wolf Fang Club made a heavy whistling sound, crashing forward like a small mountain.
Xia Longhai's expression changed as he twisted and flipped his body quickly in mid-air, narrowly avoiding Jiang Shi's thick Wolf Fang Club and swiftly retreated.
"You!"
His pupils narrowed as he looked again at the Wolf Fang Club made of Star Meteorite Iron.
"General Xia, I'll say it again, if the General had given me an order, he would have told me directly. Too bad he said nothing upon arrival, so it's best you behave and don't make a scene in front of me. Otherwise, I'm afraid something unpleasant might happen!"
Jiang Shi forced a smile, revealing his white teeth.
Xia Longhai's face instantly turned gloomy, and a crackling power sound emanated from his body.
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, please, both of you, don't fight!"
Xiong Kaishan quickly mediated, drenched in cold sweat, saying, "We're all brothers, working for the General. No need for this, stop quickly."
"Well, quite a Jiang Shi!"
Xia Longhai said in a deep voice.
Jiang Shi smiled slightly, holding the Wolf Fang Club, and walked towards the chaotic town.
He was no savior and had no grand ambitions to save the world.
All he could do now was ensure he didn't make a move himself.
As for the lives and deaths of others, he really couldn't save them.
"Spare us, spare us, sirs!"
"We'll give you money, just spare us!"
"Ah, dear, save me!"
Countless people in front screamed miserably.
Even though some wealthy merchants had many martial artists in their homes, they were nothing against the elite Red Flame Army akin to wolves and tigers.
The Red Flame Army, out to collect military funds, were the elite of the elite, the weakest being at Entering Strength Fourth Level.
Far beyond what average Jianghu martial artists could compare to.
Family after family was slaughtered one by one.
Jiang Shi walked along, glancing into various buildings.
Suddenly, he stopped in front of a mansion. The entire place was blood-soaked, corpses lay everywhere, and a large group of Red Flame Army soldiers were searching haphazardly, letting out bursts of wild laughter.
"Looks like a wealthy family; they should have the Entering Strength Pills I need, right?"
Jiang Shi pondered and walked directly into the building.
"Who's there?"
Dozens of black-clad Red Flame Army soldiers rushed out at once.
"It's me, hand over the Entering Strength Pills you found!"
Jiang Shi said.
"It's Captain Jiang!"
The group's expressions changed slightly.
One person nodded, "Alright, since Captain Jiang needs them, we shall hand them over to him."
He took out three porcelain bottles from his body and handed them to Jiang Shi.
During their ransacking, they were allowed to privately pocket some things, so giving some Entering Strength Pills to make connections with Jiang Shi was nothing inappropriate.
Jiang Shi received them, checked carefully, found a total of 12 pills, nodded lightly, and moved on to the next building.
Looking at the three pill bottles in his hand, he removed the caps, tipped them into his mouth, chewed for a while, and swallowed them on the spot.
Thus, time passed.
The dreadful scenes in Sanxia Town continued, with miserable corpses flying before his eyes, wails filling the skies, and the prosperous town starting to perish overnight.
The sun quickly set completely.
After sundown, large fires burned through various buildings in Sanxia Town, billowing with thick smoke, spectacularly flickering with fierce light in the darkness.
Jiang Shi did not continue demanding Entering Strength Pills from people anymore; instead, he started searching by himself.
Since the town's residents were already all slaughtered by the Red Flame Army, he no longer hesitated, first grabbing enough benefits for himself.
Crack!
A bedroom door of a wealthy household was broken open by him with a club.
Jiang Shi walked in, searched around, and found a large amount of gold and jewelry.
Suddenly, his face changed, discovering an unexpected item under a large bed.
Shadow-Following Body Technique!
"Is this a Secret Manual?"
He was slightly surprised, pocketed the Secret Manual, and continued searching, soon finding some Elixir Pills.
Besides two bottles of Entering Strength Pills, the others were Recovery Pills and Healing Pills.
He impolitely dumped the Entering Strength Pills into his mouth on the spot, swallowed them, then pocketed the Recovery and Healing Pills, and continued searching in other directions.
Thus, more rooms were gradually broken open by him.
Jiang Shi's spoils gradually increased.
He knew what he could take and what he couldn't.
Things like gold and silver were too conspicuous; he certainly couldn't take them, and even if he did, they would have to be surrendered upon return.
But things like Secret Manuals and Elixir Pills could absolutely be taken.
Secret Manuals tucked on a body would be unbeknownst to others.
Items like Elixir Pills, swallowed on the spot, would be unknown to anyone.
After some more time passed.
Jiang Shi had looted quite a few good things again.
They were all Secret Manual types.
Bursting Flower Rain!
Gale Sword Technique!
Iron Stone Body!
Additionally, there were some Entering Strength Pills, all swallowed into his stomach.
From then until now, he had swallowed at least dozens of Entering Strength Pills.
Under the effect of so many Entering Strength Pills, the power in his body surged continuously, gurgling like boiling liquid, breaking through realms one after another, and reaching Entering Strength Third Level in one go.
Additionally, something unexpected for Jiang Shi happened.
His Red Sun Body Refining Technique also, driven by the numerous Entering Strength Pills, smoothly reached Perfection of the First Realm.
"Interesting, Perfection of the First Realm means a 20% increase in power from the original, how much would that be?"
Jiang Shi smiled, looking at his palm.
His current strength already reached 7500 pounds.
If increased by another 20%, that would be 9000 pounds of immense force.
Even at Entering Strength Eleventh Level, how much power would that be?
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