Chapter 83 : Chapter 83
Chapter 83. Slaying the Enemy!
Xu Tianlong was horrified.
The other party’s Wandering Dragon Step had grown ever more fluid and elusive. Every advance, retreat, and dodge flowed like moving clouds and running water, causing eight or nine out of every ten of his attacks to miss.
Even more terrifying was Xu Yuan’s body. In the night, that faint bronze sheen could be seen on his skin. When Xu Tianlong’s fist force landed on it, it felt like striking rotten leather, making it nearly impossible to inflict any real damage.
No wonder Yang Feng had been unable to do anything to him.
Xu Yuan said nothing. A cold light flashed in his eyes as he suddenly shifted from defense to offense!
The footwork beneath him changed again and again. His figure flickered left and right, forward and back, and within that tiny space he actually produced several afterimages.
Xu Tianlong’s eyes blurred, and for a moment he could no longer tell what was real and what was false.
In that instant, Xu Yuan’s true body had already slipped behind Xu Tianlong like a ghost, and a knifehand struck silently toward the back of his neck!
Xu Tianlong’s hair stood on end. At the moment of life and death, he abruptly ducked his head, and the knifehand skimmed past his scalp, slicing away a lock of hair.
He broke out in a cold sweat, then smashed an elbow backward in retaliation, only for Xu Yuan to block it with ease.
The two of them pulled apart once more.
Xu Tianlong’s face looked ugly to the extreme.
He suddenly realized that he probably could not even hold Xu Yuan back any longer.
“Brother Qiao, help me!”
Unable to hold back, he shouted, “End this quickly—kill Xu Yuan first!”
In the other battle circle, Qiao Sheng frowned when he heard that.
He had been in secluded cultivation here by the fish market and had not yet heard that Xu Tianlong had already been defeated by Xu Yuan. He had assumed Xu Tianlong taking down Xu Yuan would be effortless, but instead he had fallen into a stalemate.
Seeing Xu Tianlong’s somewhat battered state, he cursed him for being useless, but the attacks in his hands turned even fiercer as he tried to finish Hong Qianshan as quickly as possible.
Sensing his intention, Hong Qianshan let out a wild laugh.
“Qiao Sheng, I’m your opponent. You want to get away? Did you ask my fists first?”
His fist style changed again. He actually switched to a trade-injury-for-injury style, completely disregarding his own defense and attacking without guarding at all!
Though Qiao Sheng was strong, he was forced into a flurry of disarray for the moment by such savage ferocity.
Seeing that Qiao Sheng could not break free for now, Xu Tianlong gradually began to think of retreat.
Xu Yuan sharply caught the hesitation in his eyes and suddenly spoke.
“Street Guard Xu, it seems your teammate… isn’t very reliable.”
Before the words had even finished, his figure burst forward.
This time, Xu Yuan held nothing back.
Pushing the Wandering Dragon Step to its limit, his whole body became like a streak of black smoke, tracing a strange arc through the night as he instantly closed in on Xu Tianlong.
Both fists shot out together, the fist shadows pouring down like a torrential storm!
Xu Tianlong was shocked and could only defend with all his strength.
But Xu Yuan’s fist force came wave after wave, endless and unbroken. On top of that, the penetrating force carried within those blows was incomparably tricky. Even with his treasure armor weakening it, Xu Tianlong was still shaken until his Qi and blood churned violently.
Ten moves, twenty moves, thirty moves…
The longer Xu Tianlong fought, the colder his heart became.
He discovered that he simply could not break Xu Yuan’s defense at all, while Xu Yuan’s fist force could pass through the treasure armor and gradually erode his internal organs.
If this continued, defeat and death would only be a matter of time!
“Qiao Sheng, if you don’t come help me now, both of us will die here today!”
Xu Tianlong roared hoarsely, his voice already tinged with panic.
Hearing that, Qiao Sheng also grew anxious.
He held a slight upper hand, but Hong Qianshan was ferocious beyond compare, and there was no way he could finish him off in a short time.
If Xu Tianlong truly fell, and Xu Yuan freed up his hands to join Hong Qianshan against him, then he would definitely die.
At that thought, a ruthless light flashed in Qiao Sheng’s eyes. He suddenly took one of Hong Qianshan’s punches head-on, borrowing the force to fly backward as he lunged straight at Xu Yuan!
“Die, you little bastard!”
Still in midair, his five fingers formed claws, the claw wind as sharp as blades as it descended toward Xu Yuan’s head.
This claw strike was launched in fury, and its power was thirty percent greater than before. Clearly, he meant to kill with a single blow!
“Qiao Sheng, I’m your opponent!” Hong Qianshan roared as he gave chase, but he was already one step too late.
Faced with this sudden lethal blow, Xu Yuan did not dodge at all!
A Fifth Meridian martial artist?
Then let’s test it!
A blazing light burst from his eyes. The bronze glow over his body flared brilliantly as he pushed Iron Garment Art to the extreme. At the same time, his right fist moved after yet arrived first, smashing toward Qiao Sheng’s claw!
Fist and claw collided!
Boom—!
With a deafening blast like muffled thunder, the blue bricks beneath Xu Yuan’s feet cracked inch by inch. His whole body slid backward more than ten feet, and a thread of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
But he held his ground!
Qiao Sheng flipped through the air and landed, his eyes full of disbelief. His furious full-powered strike had actually been taken head-on by a mere Fourth Meridian martial artist?!
At the instant his mind wavered, Hong Qianshan had already caught up behind him and blasted a punch toward the center of his back!
Qiao Sheng turned in haste to block, but he had already lost the initiative.
Hong Qianshan pressed the advantage relentlessly, his fists crashing down like a violent storm and pinning Qiao Sheng down completely.
Not bad. At the very least, in front of a Fifth Meridian martial artist, I’m not utterly without the power to fight back.
A smile appeared on Xu Yuan’s face. He wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth and immediately charged at Xu Tianlong again.
When Xu Tianlong saw that Xu Yuan had only suffered a light injury after taking Qiao Sheng’s strike head-on, the last trace of his fighting spirit completely collapsed.
He threw a feint, turned around, and fled at once.
“Trying to run?”
Xu Yuan sneered. The Wandering Dragon Step unfolded again, and he chased after him like a shadow, smashing a punch into the center of his back!
Though Xu Tianlong had treasure armor protecting him, that punch still sent him staggering forward as blood sprayed wildly from his mouth.
He still wanted to struggle, but Xu Yuan’s second and third punches were already following close behind!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Fist after fist struck flesh. The force penetrated his body, and the continuous barrage was like a long string of firecrackers detonating, making his entire body convulse wildly.
“No—!”
The light on Xu Tianlong’s treasure armor flashed repeatedly, then finally dimmed away. At last he let out a miserable scream, collapsed to the ground, and made no further sound.
Xu Yuan lowered his fists and stood still. His breathing was slightly disordered, but his eyes were icy cold as he turned to look toward the other battle circle.
Seeing Xu Tianlong die, Qiao Sheng was horrified, and his offensive unconsciously faltered.
Hong Qianshan seized the opening and slammed a heavy punch into his chest!
Crack.
The sound of ribs breaking was clear and distinct. Qiao Sheng spat blood as he flew backward, smashing through half a brick wall.
He still tried to struggle to his feet, but Xu Yuan had already flashed to his front and planted one foot on his chest.
“Qiao Sheng, the Bai Family’s spy network in Changlin Ward should be completely purged today.”
Xu Yuan’s voice was calm as force burst from beneath his foot.
“To think a junior like you would steal the final gain… I am unwilling…”
Qiao Sheng’s eyes widened. His throat made a gurgling sound, then his head tilted to one side, and he died on the spot.
When the remaining Bai Family martial artists in the courtyard saw that both leaders were dead, their fighting spirit instantly vanished. Some fled, some surrendered, and before long they were all dealt with.
Hong Qianshan walked over to Xu Yuan’s side. Seeing that his face was somewhat pale, he asked with concern, “Brother Xu, how are your injuries?”
“Nothing serious. A short period of breathing adjustment will do.”
Xu Yuan shook his head and looked at Xu Tianlong’s corpse. “What I didn’t expect was that the Bai Family would actually set up this trap and try to turn the kill back on me.”
Hong Qianshan sneered. “That bastard Xu Tianlong held a grudge after losing to you last time, so he joined Qiao Sheng in setting this ambush. He deserved to die.”
After a pause, he continued, “But this time, we turned their scheme against them, wiped out this spy nest, and even killed Qiao Sheng and Xu Tianlong. This is a major merit!”
Xu Yuan nodded, his gaze sweeping across the ruined courtyard. “Brother Hong, this place isn’t suitable for staying long. Let’s clean up and withdraw as soon as possible.”
“Good!”
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