Cultivating for Immorality: I Evolved Martial Arts into the Immortal Path – Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Chu Liang Fights the Tiger!

In the village, smoke and dust rose, and it was a mess.

The strongest person in the whole village, Master Hu, had already been defeated. He was defeated miserably, with only one breath left to flee.

The rest of the villagers were running away in panic, each one wishing their parents had given them a few more legs.

“Roar——!”

The Tiger Demon, having defeated Master Hu, was in its prime, as if unstoppable.

It roared towards the sky, its gaze fierce, sweeping across the entire village.

To its surprise, another figure appeared in its sight.

Chu Liang!

He was alone, his expression calm, his hands wearing dark golden gloves, his aura steady, his robe gently swaying in the wind.

“A-Liang, what are you doing?”

A distant, anxious voice suddenly sounded. It was Second Uncle.

He couldn’t help but be anxious!

Even Master Hu had fallen, what use would Chu Liang be going up there? Could Chu Liang be stronger than Master Hu?

Second Uncle’s shout immediately attracted the attention of many villagers.

They turned their heads to look, and when they saw Chu Liang’s back, they couldn’t help but be astonished.

“Is that A-Liang?”

“It’s him!”

“Chu family’s A-Liang is going to fight the tiger?”

“He was able to kill that bear, so he must have some skills.”

“But how can that bear compare to the Tiger Demon? Ten bears are no match for that Tiger Demon! Didn’t you see that Master Hu has fallen?”

“……”

The villagers couldn’t understand. Some thought Chu Liang was risking his life to show off, while others thought he was covering their retreat.

No one believed he could win.

That was a demon!

Among the crowd, only Zhao Hu noticed a detail—Master Hu hadn’t run!

Logically, once Master Hu was defeated, he would immediately flee, like the masters of the previous two villages.

“Why hasn’t Master Hu escaped?”

Zhao Hu’s eyes flickered, and he suddenly thought of an unbelievable possibility.

Could it be……

Master Hu had confidence in Chu Liang?

“No way?”

Zhao Hu was secretly shocked, and he whispered to himself, “Earlier, A-Liang didn’t run with us. I thought he had confidence in Master Hu, but now it seems…… he clearly had confidence in himself!”

That would explain everything.

Chu Liang indeed didn’t sign that slave contract because he wasn’t afraid of Master Hu at all!

“But A-Liang clearly isn’t a martial artist yet. Could he have been hiding his strength?”

Zhao Hu was still unwilling to believe it.

He looked at Chu Liang’s back, his expression complex, both hoping he would win but also not wanting to see that happen.

At this time, Doctor Wang in the crowd also thought of this point.

His aged eyes rested on Chu Liang, with a hint of joy and also a hint of worry.

“A-Liang, you must win!”

Doctor Wang took quick, aged steps towards Second Uncle’s family.

At this moment, Second Uncle was still shouting anxiously.

“A-Liang, come back, that Tiger Demon is very fierce! You are no match for him! You mustn’t……”

“Silence!”

Doctor Wang grabbed Second Uncle and said in a low voice, “Don’t distract A-Liang!”

“Ah?”

Second Uncle was stunned and asked, “Doctor Wang, what are you doing?”

“Trust A-Liang!”

“But, that Tiger Demon……”

“Your silence now is helping him!”

“I……”

Second Uncle opened his mouth, his face full of worry, not knowing what to say.

He had always respected Doctor Wang. After all, Doctor Wang often went to the county town and was much more knowledgeable than a country bumpkin like him.

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After a moment of hesitation, Second Uncle chose to listen to Doctor Wang and stopped making any noise.

Beside him, his eldest son, Chu Shan, looked excited, his fists clenched tightly, and he whispered, “Brother Liang, you must win!”

In his eyes, Chu Liang’s figure grew taller and taller, like a giant, standing between them and the Tiger Demon.

The next moment, Chu Liang and the Tiger Demon moved simultaneously!

“Roar!”

The Tiger Demon roared, leaped down from the boulder, its four claws flying, and pounced fiercely towards Chu Liang.

Chu Liang, however, neither dodged nor evaded, completely unlike Master Hu’s evasive maneuvers. He was like another fierce tiger, his aura powerful, and he also pounced towards the Tiger Demon.

The distance between them closed instantly, and they collided in a flash!

Boom!

Fist and claw collided, the sound deafening, like rolling thunder!

Chu Liang’s expression remained unchanged, his body unmoving.

But the Tiger Demon was actually shaken by the impact, its momentum suddenly stalling, and for the first time, an expression of disbelief appeared in its fierce eyes.

It had actually lost in terms of strength to Chu Liang!

It was a demon beast, and a powerful Tiger Demon at that!

The strength of an ordinary tiger far surpasses that of an ordinary human. Therefore, when a tiger becomes a demon, its strength is often greater than that of a human martial artist of the same realm.

Human martial artists can only rely on various techniques, moves, and weapons to fight the Tiger Demon.

“Roar——!”

The Tiger Demon became even more enraged, seemingly angry that it had been blocked head-on.

It pounced again!

Chu Liang didn’t retreat a single step, not using any techniques, and directly collided with the Tiger Demon head-on.

Boom!

Boom boom boom!

His aura was domineering, his fists fierce, each punch like a falling meteor, one punch after another landing on the Tiger Demon’s claws, head, and teeth, like a humanoid tyrannosaurus!

“Crack!”

Suddenly, a crisp sound rang out.

The Tiger Demon roared towards the sky, blood dripping from its mouth. One of its fangs had been broken off!

The bloody fang flew far away and landed in a pile of rubble, its broken surface uneven.

The Tiger Demon’s expression was ferocious, as if it had gone mad, its eyes already bloodshot. Ignoring the broken fang, it pounced once again.

“Beast!”

Chu Liang uttered two words coldly and punched its lower jaw with such force that the Tiger Demon’s front paws left the ground, almost flipping it backward.

In fact, Chu Liang had not yet used his full strength.

The strength he displayed was not even that of a martial artist with two strands of Qi and Blood.

In terms of true strength, he was much stronger than Master Hu.

After all, Master Hu still had hidden injuries and was considered the weakest among martial artists with one strand of Qi and Blood.

At this moment, the distant villagers were all stunned.

They stood there, dumbfounded, as if petrified, completely unable to comprehend the scene before them.

“Is…… is that really Chu family’s A-Liang?”

Chu Liang was even stronger than Master Hu!

Before today, they had never imagined…… that in this small mountain village, someone could be stronger than Master Hu!

Master Hu had long become a high wall in their hearts, one that no one could climb over.

“A-Liang is not only stronger than Master Hu, he’s also stronger than that Tiger Demon!”

“No wonder he didn’t sign that slave contract, no wonder he completely ignored the Hu family’s threats. It turns out he wasn’t afraid of Master Hu at all.”

“Master Hu must have known too, that’s why he never dared to make a move against A-Liang……”

At this moment, even the most foolish person understood.

The doubts that had plagued them for days were now completely resolved, and in the most unbelievable way possible.

Chu Liang had climbed over Master Hu’s high wall and had become an even higher wall!

“It’s A-Liang, it’s really A-Liang!”

Second Uncle muttered in a low voice, looking at Chu Liang who was fighting the Tiger Demon, his eyes becoming brighter and brighter.

Endless joy surged within him.

He knew that from now on, the Chu family would have another master!

And this master was the closest to their family.

“A-Liang is really amazing, can he kill that Tiger Demon?”

“Still calling him ‘A-Liang’? From now on, we should call him ‘Master Chu’!”

“Yes, Master……”

The villagers mumbled this unfamiliar title.

For a moment, it seemed as if an invisible, thick barrier had formed between them and Chu Liang.