Tao Rui chased the evil spirit deep into the forest. Without outsiders around, he naturally stopped suppressing his cultivation.
Tao Rui flipped in mid-air and landed in front of the evil ghost, blocking its way. He then took out the Golden Money Sword and chopped it down vertically. The evil ghost immediately screamed, and one of its arms was chopped off!
The evil ghost yelled angrily, "Who are you? I have no grudge against you, why are you ruining my good deeds?"
"You have no grudge against that girl, so why do you want to kill her?" Tao Rui asked back, approaching again.
The evil spirit fled in panic, shouting, "I paid 500,000 yuan for that woman's dowry, how could I have harmed her? I am the protector of this village. Don't come and cause trouble in our village. Get out of here!"
The evil ghost let out a piercing howl towards the sky, and soon several ghosts appeared around and attacked Tao Rui to cover the evil ghost's escape.
Tao Rui narrowed his eyes and threw the Money Sword. The copper coins on the sword were instantly scattered, and the red rope connecting the copper coins extended rapidly, forming a circle. The red rope around the evil ghost's body suddenly contracted and trapped it in place.
While cleaning up the ghosts around him, Tao Rui said coldly, "You've done so much evil, and you dare to call yourself a protector? That girl didn't volunteer, and you've killed her. The mortal world is no longer your place!"
The evil ghost was filled with hatred and anger, and deep down he was afraid. "I have protected the village for decades. Xiaoyue's parents have agreed to the marriage, and it is final. The rules in my time were different from yours. You can't..."
"There's no point in saying more. Just go where you should go!" Tao Rui cleared out the little ghosts, took out three talismans and threw them at the evil ghosts. When the talismans burned, he closed his eyes and quickly recited the spell.
The evil ghost felt an invisible force trying to pull him away and roared in fear. At this time, Aunt Long San caught up with him and hurriedly stabbed Tao Rui with a peach wood sword.
Tao Rui dodged, then returned to his original position, letting Aunt Long San's sword slash his arm, leaving a streak of blood on the blade. He continued chanting the incantation, and within seconds, the evil spirit vanished like an explosion, leaving only a string of copper coins on the ground.
Tao Rui waved his hand, and the string of copper coins turned back into a golden sword, flew back into his hand, and then disappeared.
Aunt Long was startled. The sight of the thing disappearing in Tao Rui's hand was so shocking to her. Such a powerful evil ghost was gone and was killed by Tao Rui just like that. She stared at Tao Rui with wide eyes in fear, stepped back repeatedly, and then turned around and wanted to run away without saying a word.
Tao Rui took a few steps forward, handcuffed her hands, picked up the fallen peach wood sword with a tissue, and pushed her, saying, "Let's go. You assaulted a police officer and are mentally ill. Go to the police station and explain yourself."
Aunt Long San struggled and yelled, "I didn't know you were a police officer. You hit our guardian deity, so of course I had to hit you. I, I was protecting the guardian deity. You are a member of the Xuanmen sect, so you must understand that the guardian deity is the father of our village chief. I must protect him. Please let me go..."
Tao Rui smiled and said deliberately, "You hurt me, I will definitely arrest you. If you have anything to say, go to the police station and talk."
His words made Aunt Long San think that he was just upset because of the injury, so she immediately put down her temper and apologized. But no matter what she said afterwards, Tao Rui remained silent and did not respond at all, leaving her helpless. So when she saw the other police officers, she immediately shouted, "I didn't know he was a police officer before. I didn't attack the police. He hit our guardian deity, so I attacked him."
The village chief asked anxiously, "Where is the guardian deity? Where is the guardian deity?"
Xiaoyue's family also asked anxiously: "Yes, how is the guardian deity?"
Aunt Long San's face was very grim. "Dead."
Xiaoyue's family gasped and widened their eyes in disbelief. The village chief's face turned pale, then red, because he was angry!
He struggled furiously and yelled at Tao Rui, "You dare to kill our guardian deity? I'll fight you to the death!"
The four police officers worked together to pin him to the ground, looking at Tao Rui in confusion. Wu Jian quickly ran over to Tao Rui and looked him over. "Brother Rui, your arm is bleeding. Are you injured anywhere else? Let's go to the hospital!"
"No need." Tao Rui shook his head, handed Aunt Long San to the police officer, and said, "Please take her to the car. Wu Jian and I will go find someone else."
Suddenly, two girls came staggering over from a distance. One of them was wrapped in a thin blanket and was being supported. She looked very haggard. Wu Jian was shocked when he saw her, "It's Xiaoyue!"
He quickly rushed over to support Xiaoyue and asked anxiously, "Xiaoyue, what's wrong with you? Why are you so cold?"
Tao Rui said to several police officers: "Looks like there's no need to look for anyone. Let's go."
Xiaoyue's family reacted and rushed over to stop them. Xiaoyue's grandmother grabbed Xiaoyue, pushed Wu Jian and yelled, "Let go! This is my granddaughter! How could you, a pervert, harass my granddaughter? I'm suing you!"
Xiaoyue's father also shouted: "You guys leave quickly, the police have to be reasonable. Xiaoyue is my daughter, our family is fine, why do you take Xiaoyue away?"
Xiaoyue was very weak, but her anger gave her strength. She lowered her head and bit the old woman's wrist fiercely. After she screamed and let go, she hid behind Wu Jianshen and shouted angrily, "I'm calling the police! I'm calling the police! They imprisoned me, tortured me, and even tried to kill me. I barely escaped. I'm calling the police!!"
Wu Jian held Xiaoyue and quickly stepped back several steps, looking at them vigilantly. At this time, more than a dozen men came running, holding iron rods, shovels, and sickles as weapons in their hands. They surrounded them with murderous looks on their faces and started cursing at them.
It turned out that the village chief's son saw that something was wrong and ran to call for help.
They cursed Tao Rui and others for harming the guardian deity, and stopped them from arresting the village chief. They also helped Xiaoyue's father and prevented them from taking Xiaoyue away.
The police officers' faces changed. There were only six of them, and they couldn't shoot. The other side had more than a dozen strong men, all armed. If a conflict broke out, it would be uncertain whether they would leave the village alive today!
Xiaoyue's face showed a look of despair. She pushed Wu Jian and choked with sobs weakly: "Wu Jian, you guys go, bring more people to rescue me, I can hold on, you guys go quickly..."
Wu Jian really loves Xiaoyue. How could he abandon Xiaoyue to such a cannibalistic village? Is he still a human being?
He hugged Xiaoyue tightly, looked at Tao Rui and said through gritted teeth: "Brother Rui, you guys go. I'll wait here for you to come back!"
Tao Rui glanced at everyone, flexed his wrists, and showed his intention to fight. The village chief said angrily, "You are a useless little brat, and you dare to attack me? I will keep you here today!"
Tao Rui chuckled, "The feng shui of your place is too bad. I won't stay even if you beg me to."
He then switched his phone to camera mode and placed it in Wu Jian's hand. "Take good pictures. This is all evidence. They attacked the police first, not me bullying them."
Wu Jian was stunned and subconsciously took the phone and pointed it at the villagers, just in time to capture their ugly faces.
These people didn't understand the law, nor did they recognize it. They only respected the village chief and the village rules. No one had ever dared to cause trouble in the village, because when they united, they were the strongest force. They didn't think anything would happen. They believed that if they were strong enough, these skinny guys would be scared away.
So they were not afraid of being filmed at all, and they kept getting closer and louder.
"Let the village chief go!"
"Give us back our guardian deity!"
"Get out of the village or I'll kill you!"
"Xiaoyue is from our village. Even if she dies here, you can't take her away. Let her go!"
Tao Rui asked his men to stand behind him and said calmly, "This is a police investigation. Your village chief knowingly broke the law and assaulted officers. He is being taken to the police station to assist in the investigation. If he is innocent, he will be released. Please move aside."
Tao Rui walked forward as he spoke. The villagers were enraged by his behavior and rushed towards him, brandishing their weapons. "You're looking for death!"
"If you dare to arrest the village chief, I will beat you to death!"
They started to fight, and Wu Jian and the four officers were instantly on edge, some even instinctively reaching for their guns. At that moment, Tao Rui raised his bleeding arm, grabbed one of the sickles, and swung it hard, sending the man sprawling.
Then, just like in the movie, Tao Rui single-handedly beat down over a dozen of them, even though he was unarmed and they were armed. Crucially, Wu Jian looked at his phone and discovered that every time Tao Rui attacked, that person had attacked him first, meaning Tao Rui was acting in absolute self-defense!
There were not enough handcuffs at the scene, so Tao Rui used their belts and nearby dog chains to tie them together and took them all down.
The sounds of fighting here attracted the whole village. They all gathered around, young and old, and many of them had farm tools in their hands. However, they were so shocked to see Tao Rui fighting more than a dozen people alone that they did not dare to go forward.
Just as they were hesitating, a very loud siren sounded at the entrance of the village. Soon, a group of police rushed in and shouted sternly: "Drop your weapons! Back off! Everyone back off!"
Faced with so many fully armed policemen, the villagers finally became scared and dropped their farm tools and retreated to both sides.
The call for backup was made by a police officer. Seeing the dozen or so villagers approaching, he sensed something was amiss and quickly called the police station. At this point, the two sides met. The officer who had called breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "Luckily, you arrived in time. Otherwise, we'd have to fight our way out. Even the strongest of men wouldn't be able to handle that."
The police who came to support stared at the dozen or so villagers who had been arrested, dumbfounded, "You guys beat all this up?"
The police officer replied, "No, it's that immortal. His skills are amazing!"
He raised his chin towards Tao Rui, and the other officers all looked at him with admiration. This colleague looked quite thin, but I didn't expect him to have such explosive power.
No matter what, this time they were able to end the fight safely thanks to Tao Rui. The leading police officer saluted Tao Rui and immediately took the villagers who participated in the fight into the car, as well as Xiaoyue's family. Xiaoyue had just called the police, and they were already suspects, and all had to be taken away for investigation.
Tao Rui and Wu Jian also helped Xiaoyue into the car. Of course, the girl who helped Xiaoyue escape went with them. She didn't dare to stay.
The remaining villagers were at a loss. Without the village chief, Aunt Long San, and the evil ghost, they felt like they had lost their backbone. After the police arrested so many people from their village, they didn't know how to react.
The convoy slowly drove out of the village. Xiaoyue looked back at her hometown that brought her endless fear and broke down in tears.
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