From the Ming Dynasty, we will conquer the world

Chapter 111 Killing Lin Lingsu, Seizing the Panlong Staff, and Cutting Off the Arm of Zuo Wuwang (-word Chapter)

At this moment, almost everyone in the capital city raised their heads involuntarily and looked at the black shadow that flashed across the sky.

Compared to the real sun, this man was actually very small, but when he leaped into the air, everyone saw him.

— and could only see him.

It seemed that this figure possessed some kind of vast and majestic aura, covering everything, containing everything, and even able to suppress all things in the world.

Then, he really calmed down!

Boom boom boom boom! ! ! !

At this moment, Xu Xing's figure no longer looked like the scorching sun or the sunshine.

He was more like a golden sword thrown out by a god in anger, extremely fast and sharp, hitting the square in front of the palace head-on with a brutal and ferocious posture.

An indescribable huge explosion occurred on the spot. The sound caused by this impact was so loud that it resounded throughout the entire imperial city. Everyone could hear it very clearly and thought it was thunder from the sky or a thunderbolt riot.

The center of the square suddenly sank, and the neatly laid stones on all sides broke and shattered, collapsing and sinking downwards. The stone slabs farther away that had not been directly hit also began to churn violently.

The shock spread, causing the pillars of the entire hall to tremble, tiles to fall, and windows to burst open immediately.

The sunlight filtered through the thick smoke and flying debris, flowing onto the man's chiseled, handsome face, adding a sharp cold light between his flying brows.

——It’s indeed him!
The moment he saw the face clearly, although Zhao Lie was angry, he still felt unexpected yet reasonable in his heart.

Ever since hearing about Xu Xing's actions in recent days, Zhao Lie realized that sooner or later he would have to face this leader of the Xiaoyao Sect who had emerged out of nowhere, had an outstanding record of military achievements, was known as "the world's number one practical school", and even vaguely had the status of "the world's number one strong man".

But Zhao Lie did not expect that this battle would come so soon.

Zhao Lie never expected that Xu Xing would appear in this way at the most proud and wonderful moment of his life, stealing all his charm and destroying the only happy feeling he had in his life!
Thinking of this, Zhao Lie looked at Xu Xing, and his eyes suddenly turned cold.

He paused with one foot, and five divine weapons flew over and hovered behind him, like an indestructible wall of steel, as if they had forcibly blocked the terrifying shockwaves coming from the ground.

The two forces collided and rushed straight upwards, blowing up half of the dome eaves of the hall. The gate and columns outside the hall also broke and collapsed, allowing sunlight to pour in without reservation.

There was no longer any obstacle between the two of them, and they officially stood facing each other.

After Xu Xing landed, he stretched his body first. After seeing Zhao Ji's body nailed to the palace wall, he raised his eyebrows and said regretfully:
"You start so quickly?"

Xu Xing shook his head, shifted his gaze to Zhao Lie's face, stood with his hands behind his back, and asked with interest:

"How are you going to compensate me for stealing my prey?"

When he questioned Zhao Lie, his tone and attitude were extremely casual, and there was an eager expression on his face.

Obviously, Xu Xing did not really care about Zhao Ji's life, he was just looking for an excuse to provoke him.

After killing Zhao Ji, Zhao Lie already had the consciousness of being the emperor. Now, seeing Xu Xing behaving like a lawless and arrogant madman, he felt disgusted.

Although Zhao Lie looked down on Zhao Ji, the foolish and incompetent emperor, he had to admit that this man was still a disciple of the royal family.

For Zhao Lie, killing Zhao Ji was a matter of righteousness and a way to clear the Zhao family's tracks, but he found it difficult to accept that a commoner like Xu Xing would unscrupulously call for the killing of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.

——They even come to your door with brazen intent.

Zhao Lie was the only one in his life who had no respect for his king or his father to such an extent.

From Xu Xing, Zhao Lie could not even sense the slightest awe or fear of the imperial power.

This made Zhao Lie, who almost had his family broken up by imperial power in the first half of his life and spent the second half of his life striving for the throne, feel humiliated.

Zhao Lie took a deep breath.

Under the scorching sun, his eyes reflected an incredibly strong and terrifying light, bright and yet extremely deep, like an old dragon that had been dormant for thousands of years, with a sense of coldness like the edge of a cold knife.

"Xu Tafa, as a member of the Divine Marquis's Palace, you dared to attack the important area of ​​the palace and rebel. Do you really think I won't kill people?"

Hearing this, Xu Xing just looked at him strangely for a few times, then revealed an understanding expression, shook his head, and sneered:
"The positions are already so clear, why are you still talking about the righteous cause? It makes you sound like you have no choice."

He raised his head and looked Zhao Lie up and down with an extremely strange gaze, as if he was looking at some rare and exotic animal, and sighed:

"I think you have been in the political arena for too long, and you are full of official taste. At this time, you are still speaking in official language, which only makes people laugh."

Xu Xing sincerely wondered:

"Zhao Lie, are you a boxer or not? Can you be more straightforward?!"

When Zhao Lie heard this frank denunciation, he looked at the man with a bright expression and his face twitched suddenly, revealing an expression as if he was being pricked by needles.

It's just because this kind of upright and honest spirit is too dazzling to him.

In fact, Zhao Lie hated the sun since he was very young.

It was just because his physical foundation was not strong. When he was learning martial arts in Shaolin as a child and building up his strength, the scorching and hot sunny day was like torture to him.

Although Zhao Lie was soon selected into the Dharma Academy with his extraordinary talent and avoided pure hardship, those days still left an indelible impression in his heart.

Moreover, apart from the residual physical pain, Zhao Lie also hated this bright feeling from the bottom of his heart.

In fact, ever since Zhao Lie understood his own life experience, he has always been proud of his origin as a descendant of Taizu and a wise king. He hopes that one day, he can regain the throne as a descendant of Taizu and stand proudly between heaven and earth.

But now the people who control the government are the descendants of Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi. They have stricter supervision over the Eight Sages' Palace, making it difficult for Zhao Lie to travel around the world with his real identity.

For a man like him who longs to be a powerful figure in the sun and hold power in the world, this is truly a kind of pain.

In fact, Zhao Lie's mother named him "Lie", which is a homonym of "Zhao Lie".

Emperor Zhaolie had the spirit of Emperor Gaozu, his virtue was obvious and his deeds were heroic.

The reason why Zhao's mother chose this name was very simple. She hoped that Zhao Lie would have the spirit of Taizu, be able to support the Song Dynasty, and preferably fulfill the dream that Emperor Zhaolie failed to achieve - to rebuild the country.

Ever since he had secretly met his mother once and learned of her expectations of him, Zhao Lie's desire to become famous and rebuild the country with an upright character became more and more urgent.

But even so, Zhao Lie still kept his identity secret.

Just because he wants to achieve great success and make a big splash.

The world is in turmoil right now, and Zhao Lie believes that it is definitely not just the Tang Clan that is eyeing the Eight Sages' Palace and Shaolin. If he reveals his identity in advance, it may bring temporary satisfaction, but it is definitely not the best choice.

If you want to laugh to the end, you must endure to the end.

So, he endured it.

Zhao Lie is a very clear-headed person who knows what is important and what is not. Since he has chosen this path of imperial hegemony, everything else can be sacrificed and put aside.

Even if it is your own feelings, it is the same.

However, there is no limit or end to endurance. If you endure once, you will endure it countless times.

Zhao Lie didn't know that if a person stays with light and dust for too long, he will become covered in dust and lose his light.

Slowly, Zhao Lie changed.

Not only is he patient, he is also cruel and unscrupulous.

The heart that originally pursued uprightness has also become deep and unfathomable.

Therefore, Zhao Lie threatened Xuanci with his son, and secretly cultivated the "Thirteen Evil Outlaws", "Four Evil Outlaws", and Tang Clan leader Tang Shiwu in the martial arts world to disrupt the situation in the martial arts world, eliminate dissidents for himself, and seek personal gain.

In the court, he supported Ling Luoshi, the "terrifying general", and used his identity as a pure military man to win over two of his colleagues in officialdom with superb martial arts skills, "Jiao Tianwang" and "Wanren Di", in order to accumulate strength for his future plans.

——Although Cai Jing was highly skilled in martial arts, he was not a warrior after all. He would never be able to treat warriors equally like Zhao Lie did, and give them the respect that warriors cared about most.

Therefore, the Ten Thousand Enemies and the King of Heaven rebelled against him.

Compared with limelight and fame, what Zhao Lie wants is power and profit.

He knew that if he wanted to ascend to the throne, he had to clear away obstacles.

Clear away anything, all, any obstacles.

Therefore, even after Zhao Lie had a brief battle on the battlefield of Western Xia, displayed his extraordinary martial arts, and was awarded a title of nobility for his military achievements, he still kept a low profile, hid in the dark, and quietly accumulated strength.

Because such a situation is most conducive to his observing the temperament of each person clearly, who is his obstacle and who is his friend.

Also because he was already familiar with such a situation.

As a result, Zhao Lie became more disgusted with sunlight.

But today is different.

Today, Zhao Lie is full of energy and ambition.

Because he had driven away Zhuge Liang, beheaded Cai Jing, and killed Zhao Ji, the throne was within his reach and he was about to achieve his lifelong wish.

Even the originally dazzling and disgusting sunlight became so bright and brilliant in Zhao Lie's eyes.

Zhao Lie even felt that this was the first step in his transition from darkness to light. He finally didn't have to pretend anymore, but could follow his heart and reveal his true nature.

He could finally step out from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, greet the respectful, fearful, or horrified gazes of his ministers, and enjoy the feeling of being looked up to and speculated upon.

But the moment Zhao Lie saw Xu Xing and heard what Xu Xing said, this pleasure and satisfaction was torn to pieces.

Because Zhao Lie couldn't deceive himself, he knew that Xu Xing was right, and he also realized one thing very deeply:

The so-called idea of ​​turning from darkness to light is nothing but a self-deception.

Decades of forbearance have already changed Zhao Lie's temperament. He has long become a person accustomed to darkness and unscrupulous, and there is no going back.

At this moment, in the smoke and dust, many shadowy figures of people and horses appeared. Xu Xing could feel several particularly strong auras hiding in the crowd, releasing strong murderous aura towards him, but they were just holding back, waiting for the right opportunity.

Every one of them is at least as powerful as Qiao Feng and Wu Xingyun, and is qualified to compete with Zhuge Zhengwo.

Just before Zhao Lie entered the hall alone, five peerless masters including King Juemie had already brought their own men to clean out the guards in the palace who were loyal to the emperor and completely controlled the palace.

After noticing Xu Xing's arrival, these masters were also surprised, but this surprise could not make them lose their fighting spirit. What's more, there was Zhao Lie, the King Zuo Wu, who had unparalleled martial arts skills, in charge.

Therefore, all the masters brought their men and horses to the scene as soon as possible and surrounded this extremely daring madman.

Although he was surrounded by enemies from all sides, Xu Xing didn't care at all. He just crossed his arms, held his head high, and said with a smile:

"More powerful than in numbers?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a strong and gorgeous divine light suddenly rose up behind Xu Xing. It was as red as blood, but without the slightest fishy smell. Instead, it made people feel excited and their blood boil at the sight of it.

The light faded, and a skinny old monk landed in the square in front of the temple.

In his hand was a glittering, crystal clear blood-red sword, which was exactly the "Blood River Sword" that Zhuge Zhengme had seized from Fang Yingkan.

Tian Jue's "Screen Four Doors Technique" already has similarities with the Xuehe Sect's "One Breath Penetrating the Sun and the Moon Magic Art". With the Xuehe Divine Sword, it can be said that he is even more powerful and can make up for the current shortcomings of being more defensive than aggressive.

Zhao Lie looked at Tian Jue, his face solemn, and said in a deep voice:
"Master, you..."

In Zhao Lie's heart, his master has always been a pure seeker of truth who has not cared about worldly affairs and has devoted himself to martial arts.

He could never have imagined that Tian Jue would actually walk out of the secret cave in the back mountain and come to Kaifeng to cause trouble for him.

Zhao Lie could even more sense that Tian Jue had undergone some transformation that he was unaware of.

Before he could speak, Tian Jue clasped his hands together and said calmly:
"Xuan Ci is dead. For Shaolin, the old monk has to come."

As they were speaking, two sturdy figures had already swept over, drawing a huge arc, crossing the palace walls, and finally crashing into the square in front of the palace.

Xiao Yuanshan stared straight at Zhao Lie, his eyes were green and murderous, he slowly wiped his lips with his thumb, the corners of his mouth stretched into a grin, like a lone wolf staring at its prey, he would not stop until he had skinned it and swallowed it into his stomach.

Ever since he tore Luo Zuoyou apart with his bare hands, the fierce murderous aura in Xiao Yuanshan that had been dormant for thirty years and the cruel thoughts flowing in his blood have been completely awakened, and they are ready to burst out, unable to stop.

In the past, for the sake of his wife and children, Xiao Yuanshan would have restrained this impulse and stopped the murderous intent, but today, this surging impulse and murderous intent will become his best weapon to defeat the enemy!
There was no intense expression on Qiao Feng's face, only calmness, and in that calmness there was an indescribable determination.

——The determination to never regret even if one faces death nine times.

——It is also the determination to kill Zhao Lie!
There has never been a time in Qiao Feng's life when he wanted to kill someone so much, but whether for his parents, his brothers in the Beggars' Sect, or his fellow martial artists, he would never let King Zuo Wu leave here alive!

Then I saw a long frosty river across the sky, freezing cold. Wherever it passed, air condensed into crystal ice crystals, reflecting the sunlight into a rainbow of colors.

Wu Xingyun stepped on the long river, moving slowly with lotus steps.

Among all the people present, she was the only one who had little hatred towards Zhao Lie.

However, when Wu Xingyun saw Zhao Lie's arrogant and contemptuous look, he felt unhappy from the bottom of his heart - because this "Tien Shan Child Fairy" also had the same temperament.

What's more, he is the lover of that bitch Li Qiu Shui!
Thinking of this, Wu Xingyun felt even colder.

In fact, ever since Wu Xingyun was "initiation" by Xu Xing and became the guardian of the Xiaoyao Sect, he has sincerely believed that he is indeed the best candidate to be the leader.

This also gave her a new goal in life - to help Xu Xing build the Xiaoyao Sect into the most prominent sect in the world, so that her tablet, Wu Xingyun, could stand in the ancestral hall of the new Xiaoyao Sect in the future.

However, in the previous battles, Xu Xing and others acted too quickly, leaving Wu Xingyun, who was determined to achieve success, with no chance to find. She would not let go of today's battle.

With the arrival of these people, King Extinction, King Desolation and others who were hiding among the soldiers also looked solemn and serious, knowing that they had encountered a powerful enemy today.

Every one of them in the opposing camp was a master who was no less capable than them. The old monk was even more unfathomable, and it was impossible to tell what his true fighting power was.

Zhao Lie looked down at Xu Xing and the others from a high place. After observing for a while, he suddenly smiled, clapped his hands and exclaimed:
"Zhuge Xiaohua really didn't misjudge you, but why didn't he come by himself? Could it be that he is really seriously injured?

But no matter what, I have to thank you. If you hadn't gathered all these traitors together, it would have taken me a lot of effort to wipe them out one by one in the future."

Zhao Lie's expression was relaxed, his tone was firm, and there was an indescribable strong self-confidence in his words.

He looked at Tian Jue again, sighed deeply, and felt extremely regretful.

"Master, you really shouldn't have come.

But don't worry, after you die, I will leave Shaolin behind, and even build the largest and tallest pagoda for you in the pagoda forest, so that future generations of disciples can admire it."

Facing Zhao Lie's tone of condescension, Tian Jue just smiled and said calmly:
"Tallinn has been destroyed. It was destroyed in my hands."

With just one sentence, Tian Jue made Zhao Lie understand his determination and will, and also made him understand that his plan in Shaolin had come to nothing.

Zhao Lie stopped talking and just sighed again.

"Pity."

After saying these three words, Zhao Lie waved his hand:

"On the auspicious day of my accession to the throne, it is not an insult to my status to have the lives of you traitors and villains as gifts."

Xu Xing also laughed:

"I have never seen such a madman like you in my life. If that's the case, what are you waiting for?"

After he finished speaking, Xu Xing took a step forward, and his ten-foot-tall body rose from the ground. The muscles in his right arm were knotted and swollen, like a bunch of tightly twisted iron bars, releasing a blazing heat like a furnace, and he slapped Zhao Lie on the head with the "Divine Hand Splitting the Coffin" palm method.

As Yan Zhao's master, Zhao Lie naturally recognized Xu Xing's palm method. He only regarded this action as a provocation. He snorted coldly, flipped and turned his right hand, and his internal force surged throughout his sleeves, with a whistling wind.

The purple-gold hammer among the five magic weapons seemed to be summoned. It spun around and fell into his hand. It grew in the wind and turned into a giant hammer with a heavy head and purple lightning all over the body. It came towards Xu Xing without giving an inch.

The lightning exploded and the golden light was brilliant.

When the two of them were fighting quietly just now, the entire palace was already shaking and about to fall. Now that they had officially fought, the aftermath was many times greater than before, and this magnificent palace began to irreversibly collapse and completely collapsed.

"Ok?"

As the fight started, Xu Xing immediately felt an incomparably surging and violent thunder force from the purple-gold hammer, like a surging wave. Even with his strong physique, he felt his palms go numb, and his wrists and elbows trembled unconsciously.

He was very familiar with this power, it was the Thunder Gate Divine Art!
Zhao Lie smiled slightly, turned his feet, and moved the purple gold hammer in his hand again, making a more violent thunderous sound, and rushed towards Xu Xing with great momentum.

Xu Xing exerted his strength on his feet, shaking the foundation of the palace, rooting his entire body to the ground. His heart beat violently, and his right shoulder shook, forcing out a powerful force that was no less powerful than that of thunder, and forcibly fought against the purple gold hammer again. With a loud bang, the four walls broke and collapsed, and a mess of debris rolled down, accompanied by thick beams and large pieces of broken roof.

However, before these ruins and debris could hit the ground, they were crushed into fragments or even finer powder by the residual force of the second and third waves.

This time, Zhao Lie was unable to withstand Xu Xing's pure strength, and he was thrown backwards.

There was also a look of surprise on his face. Obviously, he didn't expect Xu Xing's strength and physique to be so strong.

However, just as Xu Xing was about to take a step forward to pursue, the golden mace behind Zhao Lie suddenly expanded, and with a terrifying momentum that could collapse Mount Sumeru and break the pillars of heaven, it smashed down at Xu Xing's crown.

This time, it is a mace technique that combines the "Sumeru Mountain Palm" and "Vajra Palm Power" of the 72 Shaolin unique skills!

Even Tian Jue, who was responding to the desolate king and called the king of heaven, couldn't help but raise his head and look here with an expression of emotion on his face.

——Simply speaking of the mastery of these two unique skills, Zhao Lie, who transformed the palm technique into the "mace technique", is no less than his master.

Even more so.

It was because although Tian Jue had mastered all seventy-two unique skills, over the years, the only person who forced him to use these martial arts in battle was Xu Xing.

Zhao Lie, however, kept his real name hidden and roamed the martial arts world for decades, but he always used these martial arts to defeat his enemies. He also constantly innovated them based on his own combat experience, and finally came up with the mace he has today.

From this perspective, Tian Jue, who changed his career path to Shaolin, is actually an authentic and orthodox academician, while Zhao Lie, who learned Shaolin martial arts since childhood, seems like a wild fox Zen monk who changed his career path to Shaolin.

While Xu Xing and Zhao Lie were fighting fiercely, the five peerless masters under Zhao Lie had also found Tian Jue and others and were fighting against each other.

Although Xu Xing brought many masters, only a few of them were qualified to participate in such a battle between the strong. Among them, Zhuge Zhengwo suffered serious internal injuries, "Yuan" was also beaten to the point of death by Xu Xing, and Ye Aichan also suffered a lot of losses.

Therefore, Xu Xing only brought Tian Jue and others to attack Huanglong directly.

However, he never expected that in addition to the three people mentioned in the intelligence, Zhao Lie actually had two hidden peerless masters under his command, which meant he had one more person than Xu Xing's side.

Therefore, Tian Jue, the strongest one, naturally faced off against the two strongest people in Zhao Lie's camp - "King of Calling to the Sky" Cha Jiaotian, and "King of Desolation" Changsun Feihong.

The strength of these two people is much higher than that of "Sword" Luo Zuoyou, "Old Zhang Fei" and "First-line King", and their experience and flexibility are also better than Wu Xingyun and others.

Even if it was Tian Jue, who had not yet fully recovered his physical strength, he had to move forward step by step and be extremely cautious when fighting two people in a row. He was no longer as relaxed as before.

However, even so, he was still shocked by Zhao Lie's mace technique, which was enough to show how powerful this move was.

Xu Xing, who faced this move directly, felt it much more clearly than Tian Jue.

He also realized that in addition to the authentic Shaolin martial arts, this move also incorporated another type of fierce and fierce battle martial arts.

Xu Xing’s guess was indeed correct. This was exactly the unique skill of Qin Qiong, Duke of Hu, and Qin Shubao during the early Tang Dynasty - the trump card!

The Duke of Wuchang of the Hu State once boasted that he could "strike the six prefectures of Shandong with his mace and trample both banks of the Yellow River with his horse". He relied on his thirty-six-move mace and his trump card mace of "three on horseback and three on foot". Whenever he had to fight to the death, he would throw the golden mace in his hand and always hit the target.

The golden mace came too fast, and Xu Xing had no time to retract his right arm. He could only raise his left arm, with his five fingers forming claws, and make a powerful move called "Mo Yue Zhai Xing Hand" to grab the sun and the moon, trying to capture the golden mace.

Just as the five fingers of his left hand touched the golden mace, he saw a sharp white light piercing through the air, carrying with it the tragic murderous aura of the sound of golden drums and thousands of troops, and stabbed forward.

Zhao Lie has now changed his hand to the Panlong stick, using the stick as a spear. The spear head shook and turned into thousands of pear blossoms, pointing to all the important acupoints on Xu Xing's body. It was the most refined Yang family pear blossom spear.

Fortunately, Xu Xing was now able to free his right arm, giving him more room to move.

He was also a master of spears and sticks. Now he used his right arm as a stick, and wielded the "Kinnara Stick" with its fierce and murderous look, and he was actually on equal terms with Zhao Lie.

While they were fighting, a purple-gold hammer that had shrunk to the size of a palm broke out of the ground behind Xu Xing and hit the back of his head.

Fortunately, Xu Xing had a strong sense of perception and had already noticed the subtle movements coming from underground. He leaned forward, swung his right leg backward and kicked the purple gold hammer back with a scorpion-like "inverted horse stance" kick.

Although this move temporarily avoided the crisis, the rash kick still affected Xu Xing's body movements.

Zhao Lie saw the flaw, but he kept moving forward, pressing forward step by step. The long stick in his hand was as big as a mountain, pressing down on Xu Xing with overwhelming force, constantly forcing him to take action.

At the same time, apart from the "Dragon Head Cane" which remained calm, the other three magical weapons were also constantly exerting their abilities, large and small, to attack Xu Xing's body, and each attack left some strength to prevent Xu Xing from capturing them.

Obviously, Zhao Lie wanted to use this method to measure Xu Xing's strength and speed. Once he had a rough idea in his mind, it would be time to determine the winner.

In an instant, the two men engaged in hundreds of attacks and defenses.

Xu Xing was forced into a dilemma by Zhao Lie's endless tricks. His figure sometimes fell heavily, making a huge dent in the ground, and sometimes flew up, being hit by the purple gold hammer or the golden mace and flying several feet away.

The scope of the fight between the two has been getting larger and larger, and it is constantly advancing into the palace city, but Xu Xing has never been able to break out of the encirclement formed by Zhao Lie and the five divine soldiers.

This formation is very similar to the "Vajra Subduing Demon Circle".

It's just that Zhao Lie was able to do five things at once, and the coordination between the four magic weapons and himself was truly seamless, without any flaws to be found.

In terms of pure strength and explosive power, Xu Xing is undoubtedly better than Zhao Lie, but the five magic weapons are too flexible, and they can be changed in size at will. It can be said that they can take shape when gathered and become gas when dispersed. They are really hard to defend against.

After gaining the advantage by relying on his own methods in the frontal attack and defense, Zhao Lie felt very proud and satisfied.

But amid this joy, there is still a little regret.

Because he noticed that even though he was at an absolute disadvantage, Xu Xing's eyes were extremely calm and his expression was focused. There was no trace of panic on his tense face, but instead there was a hint of excitement that was barely noticeable.

——This is definitely not the expression a loser should have!
Indeed, today was the first time that Xu Xing was forced into such a situation since he came to this world.

But that's what makes him excited.

If there were no pressure, no crisis between life and death, how could fighting set his heart and soul on fire?
The higher his fighting spirit became, the calmer Xu Xing's thoughts became.

Just as Zhao Lie frequently used the magic weapons to test Xu Xing's methods, Xu Xing was also using this method to test how close Zhao Lie's connection with these five magic weapons was.
After fighting for hundreds of rounds, Xu Xing keenly realized that Zhao Lie's five weapons could not be described as simple magic weapons or divine weapons.

In fact, there is such a thing as magic weapon in this world.

Just like Jiumozhi's Dharma chariot, it can be said to be a magic weapon. The many wind chimes and prayer flags on it have been worshipped for hundreds of years. Even in the hands of people who are familiar with the esoteric Dharma, they can exert effects that ordinary people can hardly imagine.

Liu Dufeng's "Six Treasures of Catching Gods" also belong to this category.

However, the power of this magic weapon has always been constant. No matter who uses it, the final effect is almost the same, and it is difficult to threaten real masters.

The other is "Red sleeves in the blood river, should not be retained". This material is special and can be cast into a portable magic weapon with extraordinary power.

The power of this magical weapon depends on its user. The more advanced the user's swordsmanship and the more profound his martial arts skills are, the more powerful it can be.

If the sword is not used, it can stimulate the life potential of its owner with its deep magic, which is why there is the legend that "a man goes crazy once he holds the sword".

But the five weapons in Zhao Lie's hands are different. Rather than being magic weapons or divine weapons, it is better to say that they are the crystallization of this person's martial arts, or they are simply his "incarnations"!
This is also the reason why Xu Xing could feel the aura of Leimen Divine Art on the purple gold hammer just now.

This was because that was the magic weapon that Zhao Lie finally refined using the remains of the purple gold hammer, combined with the true meaning of many of the Thunder Clan's magic skills, and then forged through heavenly thunder for forty-nine days.

This kind of martial arts thinking is very similar to Xu Xing's "true form and method of body".

However, Xu Xing practiced all these martial arts and finally formed a "true form of Dharma body", while Zhao Lie separated these martial arts into separate pieces and combined them with the remains of the five great magical weapons handed down from generation to generation, and finally formed five magical weapons that belonged to him alone.

Only then did Xu Xing understand why Zhao Lie was able to have so many disguised identities, because he could just use one magic weapon when playing one of the identities.

No matter how high other people's martial arts skills are, it is impossible for them to sense the existence of other martial arts from him.

In fact, this was the idea that Zhao Lie came up with after he saw the "Six Paths of Reincarnation Array".

In Zhao Lie's opinion, the reason why the "Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation" was a failed design was because Tian Jue cared too much about his human body and martial arts.

To Zhao Lie, there is no difference between martial arts and weapons. They are just tools to help him fight for power and achieve his imperial ambitions.

If that’s the case, why can’t it be separated out and made into a more useful weapon on its own?
For example, if the Six Paths Roulette could be disassembled on a normal day, and then reassembled when encountering a strong enemy and used against the enemy, Tian Jue would not be trapped by his own martial arts achievements.

Moreover, Zhao Lie's idea also effectively avoided a problem that is difficult to solve with current martial arts theory.

That is, once a warrior transforms into a spirit, it will be difficult for him to reunite into a physical body.

For example, the "Well Walking Method", "Instantaneous Teleportation Method", and the Five Elements Escape Technique, which rely on the spirit body to escape, are all methods that are designed to reunite with the physical body, and therefore they all have their own flaws.

For Zhao Lie, spiritualization does not symbolize a supreme achievement of blending heaven and earth. He just wants to use this method to defeat the enemy in actual combat.

Finally, Zhao Lie’s answer was – since it is difficult to spiritualize the human body, then I will spiritualize the achievements of my martial arts!

However, ideas are just ideas. It is not easy to put them into practice and produce results.

When Zhao Lie was still Xuancheng, he had discussed this issue with Tianjue. Tianjue was also somewhat interested, but after thinking about it carefully, the old monk quickly raised two crucial questions.

One:

Such a carrier is not easy to find.

Second:

Even if one really masters peerless martial arts using this method, there will inevitably be the problem of weak trunk and strong branches, and it will be difficult to reach a higher level.

Xuan Cheng actually had some complaints about the second reason, because he felt that if the martial arts in the world could reach the level he envisioned, there would probably be no further progress.

It is even possible that it was a dead end.

However, in front of Tian Jue, the pioneer, Xuan Cheng did not dare to say so, and he also agreed with Tian Jue's first statement. Such a carrier was too difficult to find, so he did not really work hard on it.

However, when Xuan Cheng became Zhao Lie, he accidentally found a carrier that suits him.

As mentioned before, in the early years of the Eight Sages’ Palace, the remains of the “Dragon Head Cane” left behind by the descendants of the Yang family of Tianbo Palace, as well as the secret book of “Tianmen Divine Art” were preserved.

It was when Zhao Lie sneaked into the palace and went home to visit his relatives that he discovered the existence of the remains of the magic weapon with his outstanding martial arts skills.

He realized that this material was extraordinary and might be the basis for his previous idea.

After inquiring from many sources, Zhao Lie also learned the origins of the five great magical weapons handed down from the Song Dynasty.

When Taizu passed through Huashan, he met a strange man who called himself Fuyaozi. He bet on a game of chess with him, but was defeated by the man's extremely deadly five-step chess move.

After Fuyaozi won, he only asked Taizu to promise that when the country was stable in the future, he would give him Huashan as a Taoist temple. Taizu readily agreed.

As a reward, Fuyaozi presented Taizu with five magical weapons, and said that these five magical weapons all came from a mysterious place called the Valley of Eternal Spring. They were born from the spirits of heaven and earth, were related to the flow of destiny in the world, and were secretly in line with the dragon veins, with infinite power.

The fact is indeed as Fuyaozi said, these five magical weapons in Taizu's hands really have earth-shaking power, helping him to achieve his career and make a great reputation as "a stick as long as the body, and four hundred military states in the world are all named Zhao".

But although this divine power is magnificent, it is finite. After being used many times, the five divine weapons became just five relatively tough weapons. Eventually, they were given to several great heroes, and after being lost for a while, they were lost in the long river of history.

After knowing this history, Zhao Lie had a sense of destiny, and he took it upon himself to gather the remains, recast the five magic weapons, and restore Taizu's former fame.

After decades of searching, Zhao Lie finally found the last magic weapon and successfully refined it, making it the last piece of the puzzle in his martial arts system, and there would be no flaws from then on.

If the "Vajra Demon Subduing Circle" made "Santian" a monster with three heads and six arms, then Zhao Lie had trained himself to become a being with a thousand hands and eyes.

The existence of the magic weapon and its ability to gather and disperse at will determine that the attacks it can launch in a single period of time are far superior to those of the human body. Especially when Zhao Lie controls it with his divine will, this advantage is even more obvious.

Therefore, the term "Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes" is not at all an exaggeration. It can even be said that Zhao Lie's attack frequency has completely surpassed that of a thousand ordinary soldiers.

If Xu Xing's spiritual realm had not been so high that he could have captured the moment when each magic weapon turned from virtual to real, he would have been injured by Zhao Lie long ago.

However, such parrying and resistance have their limits after all.

After another hundred moves, the two fighting shadows had arrived at the outer wall of the palace.

Wherever they passed, the ground exploded and shattered, and the soil was turned over in large chunks. It was as if a thousand thunderbolts were chasing the two figures and continuously striking down, causing such a scene.

In order to resist Zhao Lie's attack, Xu Xing has used the "Tianyu Sword" and the ability to manipulate airflow to the extreme. Within five meters around his body, there is surging airflow, rushing wildly.

Seeing Xu Xing's appearance, Zhao Lie first raised the "dragon head crutch" that had never moved, and made a gesture ready to go. At the same time, he ordered the golden mace and purple gold hammer to fly out, trying to stop Xu Xing's actions.

Xu Xing's expression indeed moved.

But the real attack did not come from the dragon-headed cane in front of him, but from the extremely thick palace wall behind him!

Logically speaking, everyone knows that since Zhao Lie never uses the "Dragon Head Cane", it proves that this must be the trump card he is prepared to use to make the final decision, and his attention to the "Dragon Head Cane" is also surprisingly high.

Moreover, Zhao Lie also knew that Xu Xing would have to pay attention to the magical weapon which could turn from virtual to real and from real to virtual at any time.

Adding the two together, Zhao Lie confirmed that no matter how strong Xu Xing's mental power was, he would not be able to spare any extra energy to pay attention to other things.

This was the killing plan he had set up for Xu Xing!

This section of red-tiled palace wall, which was five meters wide, rolled up in layers, as if it had suddenly turned into a huge wave and hit Xu Xing from above.

In fact, with Xu Xing and Zhao Lie's martial arts skills, let alone a collapsed palace wall, even a landslide would not necessarily threaten them.

But in the fight just now, a very fragile and extremely dangerous balance has been reached between the two. Any slight change will break this balance.

What's more, the real attack was not the palace wall itself.

But it was the sword that stabbed out from behind the palace wall.

The name of the sword is "Po Jun".

The sword move is "Seven Kills".

This sword was more like an explosion than a stabbing!

A rainbow piercing the sun is not enough to describe the power of this sword, and a comet hitting the moon is not enough to describe the sharpness of this sword, so this sword can only be an explosion, an explosion like spring thunder and furious lightning!

Such power is even comparable to Zhao Lie’s divine weapon attack!
The one who "exploded" the sword was a Taoist priest wearing feathered clothes and a star crown, with an elegant appearance and an upright posture.

His name is Lin Lingsu, also known as the "Kinmen Feathered Guest".

Few people could have imagined that this sorcerer who had always been misleading the people in the court, using tricks to gain the emperor's trust, and even had his position as the imperial teacher taken away by "Master Black Light" Zhan Bieye, could have such high martial arts skills!
Zhao Lie also seized this opportunity and activated the hidden power in the "Dragon Head Cane". A huge palm force burst out from the cane, passing through six towering sky gates between reality and illusion, and turned into a huge palm print five or six feet wide, which heavily hit the collapsed and broken palace wall!

To ensure that nothing could go wrong, Zhao Lie himself held the Panlong Stick in his hands, holding the stick with both hands, one in front and one behind. He used the stick as a spear and suddenly thrust it forward five steps. An incomparably tragic murderous aura burst out from his whole body, like a fluttering flag covering the sky and the sun.

This is exactly the peerless spear technique that Emperor Taizu of Song learned from the extremely sharp and invincible five-step chess move of Master Chen Tuan.

——Capture Huashan in five steps!

With the three deadly moves attacking at the same time, Zhao Lie can guarantee that even if he and Xu Xing switched places, they would both end up dead and there would be no chance of survival.

But in the midst of the smoke and dust, a sword light as clear as autumn water suddenly spread out and stabbed towards Zhao Lie.

The person who drew the sword was actually Lin Lingsu!
——Illusion?!

Although Zhao Lie was confused, the current situation did not allow for thinking. He kept moving the long stick in his hand and pierced through Lin Lingsu's body. His internal force surged and blew the "Golden Gate Feathered Guest" into pieces, with flesh and blood flying everywhere.

Zhao Lie discovered that Lin Lingsu was already dead!

——What on earth is going on?!
——What exactly happened just now?
Zhao Lie couldn't figure it out, but he chose to fly backwards at the first moment.

With his rich combat experience, he naturally knew that this was because the power of the "Tianmen Divine Art" just now was too great.

As a result, the strong wind force is still all around him, which has disturbed his spiritual perception and caused the wrong judgment.

As long as he leaves this place, he will still have a chance to make a comeback.

Just when Zhao Lie was beginning to think of retreating, a round black shadow suddenly appeared among the remains of Lin Lingsu's body.

Zhao Lie suddenly felt his hands were empty, as if he had lost something, and then he heard a cheerful voice with a smile.

"Great gun!"

Zhao Lie did not dare to stop. He rushed forward ten feet before stopping. Only at this moment did he feel a burning heat coming from his right arm.

Moving his eyes slightly downward, a piece of white bone came into view. The broken tendon was hanging softly on the bone, and the cut was as smooth as a mirror.

Xu Xing held the buzzing and violently vibrating Panlong stick in his right hand, danced with it casually, raised his left arm, and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand.

Although he was injured, his eyes were still burning, and he laughed happily:
"Great gun, but it's mine now!"

(End of this chapter)