Chapter 74
Swoosh!
If Jiang Ziya's study of the divine footwork had been insufficient, it was a blow that would have taken his life in one go.
Jiang Ziya, who had come to his senses, immediately took a stance to display the Heavenly Demon Hand.
Although he might have won in a contest of internal energy, they were old monsters with rich experience in the martial world.
Soon, Xing Guai, who had come to his senses, also picked up his iron bar and began to rush at Jiang Ziya with the momentum to cut off his breath.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
"Brother! It's the Formless Strange Puppet Formation!"
"Yes, brother!"
As several attacks ended in failure, Wu Guai and Xing Guai immediately displayed their most powerful joint attack, the Formless Strange Puppet Formation.
"Hmph!"
Once, twice. The attacks of the Two Strange Men of the Unshaven, which were displayed in the formation, became stronger and faster.
Since their martial arts were based on strange movements, there was no inconvenience in them running wild in the small tavern.
Jiang Ziya, who had no experience fighting against those who displayed a formation, could not help but to be easily flustered by their strange attacks.
"Hyaah!"
Although Jiang Ziya had thrown a powerful palm, he had only hit an innocent wooden pillar.
"Hehehe... you young brat. So you're trying to risk your life for a trivial matter?"
"Hmm! You have the leisure to laugh?"
"The Twin Swords of Guankou is what kind of hero of the world... isn't he a sword demon who lives in the narrow land of Hunan? Although he was called one of the two great saber masters of Hunan along with the Gentle Saber Master, in my eyes, both of them are just brats."
"How dare you!"
As Jiang Ziya threw a palm, Wu Guai did not back down and stood his staff straight to receive Jiang Ziya's palm.
Jiang Ziya, feeling his dantian shake as it had when he had fought the White Demon before, his body was inadvertently disheveled.
"I don't know where you learned such a martial art, but will a guy with an internal injury be our opponent? Die!"
Jiang Ziya greatly regretted it. Come to think of it, he remembered Yang Jian's words that he should rest for a few days.
"Master!"
Naye, who was watching the staggering Jiang Ziya, called Wu Guang with an urgent voice.
"No, not yet. Not yet."
"Master!"
Wu Guang was not looking at Jiang Ziya and the Two Strange Men of the Unshaven.
The person he was watching was a completely different person.
"Circulate your energy. Hup!"
Wu Guang immediately stretched out his hands and grabbed the shoulders of his two disciples. Then, a wave-like internal energy flowed from Wu Guang's arms and flowed into the blood vessels of his two disciples.
"Hah!"
At the same time, a lion's roar that shook the heavens and the earth burst out. Yang Jian, who had endured and endured, had finally exploded in anger.
Bang!
"Ugh!"
The Two Strange Men of the Unshaven, who were startled by the terrifying lion's roar, grabbed their ringing ears and took a few steps back.
It was not only the Two Strange Men of the Unshaven who were surprised.
Not only Xi Xichang, who was next to Yang Jian, but also Shen Naye and Dao Weibu, the disciples of Wu Guang, were startled by the man's lion's roar.
If the lion's roar was of this level, he was a master who surpassed their expectations.
The inside of the tavern was already in a state of chaos due to Yang Jian's lion's roar.
"Wh-what! You brat!"
Wu Guai could not hide the fact that he was trembling greatly. Even the hot-tempered Xing Guai, who was short of thought, was instinctively showing fear of the opponent in front of him.
"I can endure you insulting me, but I can't endure you insulting the Gentle Saber Master! Not only that, but you also hurt my younger brother, so aren't you an enemy with no equal in the world?"
"A younger brother? Is this brat your younger brother?"
"If he fights for me and sheds blood for me, what is he if not my younger brother?"
Where in the world was there such a dissimilar brother?
Whether Wu Guai was dumbfounded or not, Yang Jian drew the twin swords that were by his side.
At that moment, Wu Guang, who saw the beautifully embroidered yellow sword body, let out a loud groan.
"Hmm, Arang Twin Swords...!"
The words that flowed out of Wu Guang's mouth were short, but they echoed loudly in the tavern like thunder.
"The Twelve Honored Ones of the World... the invincible sword demon..."
"The Twin Swords of Guankou!"
What kind of a bolt from the blue was this? The Two Strange Men of the Unshaven looked back and forth between Jiang Ziya and Yang Jian with an expression of disbelief.
"Don't interfere. This is a problem I can handle on my own."
Jiang Ziya, rubbing his ringing ears, said to Yang Jian with a sullen face.
"You lack experience in joint attacks, and since this is also my problem, you should yield."
Although it was a gentle tone, it contained an irresistible force.
Jiang Ziya could feel that if Yang Jian were to step forward, his own actions might interfere with his attitude.
"Then I'll step back, considering it as a study."
As Jiang Ziya stepped back, Yang Jian picked up his twin swords and approached the Two Strange Men of the Unshaven.
"Are you really the Twin Swords of Guankou?"
Wu Guai felt his hand, which was holding the staff, tighten on its own.
"It's not important whether I'm the Twin Swords of Guankou. But the fact that you guys will die today is important."
"Hahaha! Isn't he a truly arrogant person? I don't believe the words of the common people who say he is one of the Twelve Honored Ones of the world. By whose standard and by whose judgment is that made?"
Among those who walk the same martial path, why is one classified as a demon head and another as the number one master in the world?
Yang Jian's twin swords were slowly placed on his shoulders. He had already finished his preparations.
"Today, I will kill you and let the world know that we, the Two Strange Men of the Unshaven, are the masters with no equal in the world!"
"My Arang Twin Swords are good friends who don't talk. But you are truly long-winded."
As Yang Jian's twin swords were swung, a golden steel qi flew towards the Two Strange Men of the Unshaven.
"This! Is it steel qi?"
Wu Guang, who had not expected him to display steel qi so recklessly, immediately grabbed the back of his disciples' necks and withdrew from his seat.
If he were to enter the range of Yang Jian's steel qi, he could not guarantee his life.
Crash!
"Aack!"
The onlookers in the tavern screamed and scattered like a swarm of ants.
Due to the influence of the steel qi, wooden fragments and debris flew in all directions, and the thick dust was about to block their vision.
"Disgusting!"
Wu Guai, who had spat out the dust-mixed saliva, neurotically dusted off his clothes.
As expected, Yang Jian's Heaven-Breaking Three Ultimate Swords had a terrifying power that was more than the rumors suggested.
But for some reason, it seemed that the moves lacked meticulousness.
'Oh!'
Wu Guai, who had a lot of experience in the martial world, could soon guess the abnormality that had occurred in Yang Jian's body.
He was in a state of having suffered a serious internal injury.
If one were to suffer an internal injury, depending on the case, the operation of the true qi would not be free, and the moves would also not be smooth.
"Heaven is helping us, the Two Strange Men of the Unshaven."
As Wu Guai lifted his staff and gave a signal with his eyes, Xing Guai also knew his intention and immediately took a stance with his iron bar.
It was a momentum to display the Formless Strange Puppet Formation without any time to delay.
"Hey, Brother Jiang."
"Yes? Are you talking to me?"
"Are you not pleased that I call you that?"
At Yang Jian's question, Jiang Ziya shook his head.
"It's an honor for me, but... why do you ask?"
"What do you think is the scariness of a joint attack?"
"That is..."
Jiang Ziya, recalling the Formless Strange Puppet Formation of Wu Guai and Xing Guai just now, opened his mouth with an unpleasant expression.
"When competing with moves, it takes two or three times the strength, and there are also many irregular moves."
"You saw it right."
As soon as Yang Jian's words were finished, Wu Guai's staff aimed for his brow.
Yang Jian gently swung the Arang Twin Swords and blocked Wu Guai's staff, which was attacking him.
Swoosh!
Thwack!
Yang Jian, who had kicked away Xing Guai's iron bar, immediately bent his waist and drew a large circle with his sword to protect himself.
"Then what do you think is needed to break a joint attack?"
"That is..."
It was Yang Jian, who looked precarious. But now he was trying to teach Jiang Ziya.
"Is this damn brat trying to make fun of us!"
The angry Wu Guai swung his staff with all his might.
"I once competed with the Unchanging Demonic Path and discussed with him about ultimate formations and joint attacks."
Wu Guai's one move was futilely blocked by Yang Jian's Thunderclap Saber.
Wu Guai could not understand. As he had heard, Yang Jian was a swordsman who displayed fast and strong moves.
But what was this softness, as flexible as tofu?
"The Unchanging Demonic Path said that there are largely two ways to break a joint attack."
The Arang Twin Swords danced strangely. At the same time, the weapons of Wu Guai and Xing Guai were also caught up in that dance.
"One is to break their flow meticulously and precisely."
Yang Jian's hands tightened. At that moment, a surprising thing happened.
As Yang Jian raised the true qi of the Thunderclap Divine Art, the bodies of Wu Guai and Xing Guai were lifted up by that force.
"The other is to break it with a force that surpasses that force."
The faces of Wu Guai and Xing Guai, who had become unable to fall from Yang Jian's twin swords as if they were stuck, turned pale.
Although he was clearly in a state of having suffered an internal injury, what was this unbelievable martial power?
"Gentle and strong is my lifelong study!"
Yang Jian's hair stood on end. It was proof that the true qi was flowing fiercely in his eight extraordinary meridians.
"Did you dare to take my martial prowess in your dirty mouths!"
"Aack!"
By the time Yang Jian's large grasp entered the eyes of Wu Guai and Xing Guai, it was already too late.
They died with a short scream, their heads crushed like a watermelon.
Yang Jian shook off the blood that was flowing down his grasp.
At his feet, there were only two corpses that had gone to their deaths with a scream, not the strange men of the martial world, the Two Strange Men of the Unshaven.
"Hmm..."
Yang Jian, who had looked around, let out a short groan.
The inside of the tavern, which had become a mess, entered his eyes.
"Scholar Jiang. Why didn't you tell me that the great hero Huang Jeon was the Twin Swords of Guankou?"
Jiang Ziya pouted his lips at the sharp voice that came from behind him.
Although he had caused the incident, it was Yang Jian who had run wild. But it seemed that he was the one who had become a nuisance.
Although Jiang Ziya could not turn around, in fact, Xi Xichang had a very complicated expression.
The first reason was that she had talked about the Thunderclap Sect excitedly, not knowing that the opponent was Yang Jian, and the second was that it was difficult to easily judge whether this unexpected meeting would be a gain or a loss for her.
"What is there to worry about?"
"What?"
"Since it has come to this, we'll just go together."
Jiang Ziya was sitting next to her in no time and was smiling brightly.
"You seem to have no worries, which I envy. Or are you full of confidence?"
"As for you, Miss Xi, you seem to have too many worries, so just looking at you gives me a headache."
Xi Xichang lightly pressed her forehead, looking at Yang Jian, who was walking with his twin swords, receiving the gazes of the remaining people.
In any case, now there was no choice but to go to the Tang Clan together, but since the opponent was the opponent, her plan to get help with the Tang Clan's matter might be ruined.
"Did I make you two uncomfortable?"
Yang Jian asked with a slightly apologetic expression, looking at Xi Xichang and Jiang Ziya.
"There's no need to think so. There's nothing uncomfortable. Isn't that right, Miss Xi?"
"What? Ah... yes..."
Xi Xichang, thanks to Jiang Ziya, who had suddenly thrown a question at her, ended up nodding her head in a daze.
But her face still had a somewhat uneasy expression.
"Please sit down, 'brother'."
"Hmm..."
At Jiang Ziya's suggestion, Yang Jian put away the Arang Twin Swords and sat down again.
But it seemed that the awkwardness that remained between them would only disappear after a long time.
(End of Chapter)