Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 129: Top Master
The righteous sects are unwilling to hand over Linghu Chong.

Dongfang Bubai was planning to continue exerting pressure, when a disciple came up from behind the chair and reported that the head of the Wudang sect, Taoist Chongxu, had arrived outside the mountain.

Dongfang Bubai turned his head and took a look, signaling his left and right: "I will go and capture Wudang Chongxu. If the Shaolin monks rush down the mountain to rescue us, you will kill all the Qingcheng Sect disciples and leave no one alive!"

Following his order, dozens of followers holding steel knives walked out from behind him and put their knives on the necks of the Qingcheng Sect disciples. As long as the righteous people on the hillside dared to act rashly, the Qingcheng Sect disciples would be beheaded in an instant.

Dongfang Bubai also knew that the dozens of lives of the Qingcheng Sect might not be a threat to the righteous sects, so he prepared to fight quickly and decisively. He jumped up, stepped on the tops of the crowd, and floated towards the back.

A red figure flashed by and Dongfang Bubai had already crossed the crowd and jumped in front of Huang Sixi and Chongxu.

Originally, Huang Sixi and Chongxu and others planned to go around the back mountain to avoid Dongfang Bubai, first meet up with the righteous sects, and then discuss ways to repel the evil cult.

But Dongfang Bubai was determined to surround and attack the reinforcements, not giving them the chance to take a detour, and to capture them directly.

Dongfang Bubai thought Chongxu had the best martial arts and looked down on the others. He pinched an embroidery needle between two fingers, reached forward and stabbed Chongxu.

Chongxu saw that he was coming at him so fast that he didn't have time to think. He drew out his sword with a "swish!" and quickly shook his wrist, drawing a circle in front of him. The sword's strength continued to protect his vital points.

But Dongfang Bubai's speed was incredible. In a split second, his arm had passed over the sword and stabbed Chongxu's face with a "puff!"

Chongxu was suddenly frightened, knowing that it was too late to return to defend, so he turned the tip of the sword horizontally and stabbed Dongfang Bubai's throat, using attack instead of defense.

Dongfang Bubai took the opportunity to retract his hand, and the embroidery needle left Chongxu's face and gently hit the tip of the sword. The sword immediately deflected, and Chongxu's arm holding the sword was repelled by the force of the needle, and he felt a slight numbness.

This made Chongxu's heart shocked. The embroidery needle was no more than an inch long. It could be blown away by the wind and would not sink in the water. He didn't expect that it contained such powerful force.

He knew that Dongfang Bubai's martial arts skills were too high for him to contend with alone, so he quickly jumped back, trying to avoid the attack.

But Dongfang Bubai's second needle had already pierced him, forcing him to stay where he was and use all his strength to block the needle. If he dared to relax even a little, the needle would pierce his vital point and he would die on the spot.

Dongfang Bubai had already tested the depth of Chongxu's martial arts after fighting with him for one move, and he was completely suppressed by him, so it was not difficult to capture him.

Unexpectedly, before Dongfang Bubai launched his second wave of attack, his ear suddenly moved, and a strong wind sounded beside him. With a "whoosh!", several flying needles shot out. He immediately waved his sleeves to block and swept away the needle attack.

However, delayed by the flying needles, Chongxu had already seized the opportunity to get away from Dongfang Bubai's needle force. He quickly shook his arms, wielded the long sword, and pushed the Tai Chi Sword Technique to its extreme.

As the sword flashed, white circles of light began to appear outside Chongxu's body. Wherever the sword wind went, large and small circles, straight circles and slanted circles formed, constantly condensing, as if hundreds of long swords were protecting his entire body.

He was afraid of Dongfang Bubai's powerful attack, so he adopted a purely defensive strategy. Under the protection of layers of sword circles, there was no flaw around him. No matter how fast Dongfang Bubai's attack was, once the embroidery needle got within a few feet of his body, it would be blocked by the sword circle.

Dongfang Bubai saw that his sword energy was powerful and his defense was tight, and he could not defeat him within two or three moves. He could not help but show praise: "The Tai Chi Sword is worthy of its reputation!"

But Dongfang Bubai had something else to say: "I just don't know, apart from you, Master Chongxu, whether other disciples of Wudang Sect have grasped the essence of Tai Chi swordsmanship?"

He turned his gaze and stared at Cheng Gao, a Wudang disciple next to Chongxu. Next to Cheng Gao stood Yu Renhao, a disciple of the Qingcheng Sect. Yu Renhao had just been injured by the members of the Demon Sect, so Cheng Gao took Yu Renhao to his side to bandage his wounds.

Dongfang Bubai didn't know Yu Renhao, so he mistook Yu Renhao and Cheng Gao for disciples of Wudang Sect and pounced on them.

"Cheng Gao, watch out for his flying needles!"

When Chongxu sounded the alarm, the sword circle fortress formed by his sword wind also moved, trying to cover Cheng Gao and resist Dongfang Bubai's capture.

However, Chongxu wants to push thousands of apertures forward layer by layer, and the speed is definitely not fast. Once he speeds up, the aperture will inevitably weaken and the flaws will be exposed. Even if he protects Cheng Gao, his aperture defense will be broken by the embroidery needle.

Dongfang Bubai was as fast as a ghost and in the blink of an eye he was between Cheng Gao and Yu Renhao.

Yu Renhao was frightened and turned around to run, but he suddenly felt a numbness and pain in the occipital point behind his head. Then his eyes went black and he collapsed to the ground.

Cheng Gao is the chief second-generation disciple of the Wudang Sect. He is an expert in swordsmanship and is considered a top-notch fighter in the martial arts world. He tried to use Tai Chi sword techniques to protect himself, but in front of Dongfang Bubai, he could not block even a single move.

Just as a red shadow flashed, the embroidery needle had already pierced Cheng Gao's forehead. Just now, when Dongfang Bubai pierced Chongxu with the needle, Chongxu still had enough strength to attack instead of defend, forcing Dongfang Bubai to retract the needle.

Cheng Gao did not have the same profound cultivation as Chongxu. When the embroidery needle pierced his face, he had no way to deal with it, just like closing his eyes and waiting to die.

However, although Dongfang Bubai's needle pierced Cheng Gao's flesh, it failed to take Cheng Gao's life.

Halfway through the attack, Dongfang Bubai suddenly retracted the needle, leaned sideways and stabbed, "Ding!", the needle tip hit a thick heavy sword.

Cheng Gao looked forward and saw that it was Huang Sixi who came to rescue him. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, with a look of having survived a disaster on his face. He shouted to Huang Sixi urgently: "This man has extraordinary Qinggong skills and his attacks are as fast as lightning. Uncle Huang, you must not let him get close to you!"

After Cheng Gao finished speaking, he held up his sword, intending to assist Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi said, "You'd better stay away and stay with Uncle Dingyi."

Just now when Dongfang Bubai was charging towards Chongxu, Huang Sixi did not join the battle immediately, but escorted Master Dingyi, Lan Fenghuang and Yihe away from the battlefield. At this moment, the three of them were riding their horses and stopped dozens of feet away. Once they failed to stop Dongfang Bubai, they would immediately ride away.

Even if they participated in the siege of a top master like Dongfang Bubai, they couldn't withstand a single blow. Not only could they not help, but they also caused more trouble.

Like them, Cheng Gao is not qualified to fight against Dongfang Bubai.

At this time, Chongxu had already come to the other side of Dongfang Bubai. Seeing Chenggao still standing there, he sternly ordered: "You are getting in the way if you stay. Get out of here!"

Cheng Gao then turned around and left: "Master, be careful, Uncle Huang, you should be careful too!"

Dongfang Bubai saw this and smiled: "You Wudang sect is full of talented people!"

His embroidery needle was still against the heavy sword, and this blow did not knock the heavy sword away, which surprised him.

Even though the embroidery needle is as short as a cow hair, it is infused with powerful internal force. No matter what weapon it hits, as long as the opponent's power is not strong enough, even the heaviest weapon will fly away.

Huang Sixi's heavy sword firmly blocked the attack of the embroidery needle, and the power of the sword and the needle seemed to be equally strong.

This attracted Dongfang Bubai's attention. He looked at Huang Sixi and said, "You are young, but your internal strength is quite good. I just don't know how good your swordsmanship is. Is it as profound as that of Taoist Chongxu?"

Chongxu added: "My junior fellow Taoist priest is the best in Wudang martial arts. I admit that I am not as good as him!"

"You're not as good as him? Hey!"

Dongfang Bubai felt that Chongxu was being modest.

He suddenly shook his wrist, pinched the needle and flicked it, and the heavy sword immediately deflected. He then swayed his body, and passed Huang Sixi's arm along the sword, and then went along the arm and into Huang Sixi's chest.

Just as the embroidery needle was about to pierce the vital point in front of his body, a palm shadow suddenly appeared and formed a palm wall in front of Huang Sixi. The defense was impenetrable, and the embroidery needle also lost its target.

In fact, at this moment, Huang Sixi could take advantage of the situation to retreat, away from Dongfang Bubai, and avoid the elusive needle attacks.

But if he evades, he can only defend passively and cannot cause effective damage to Dongfang Bubai.

In order to defeat Dongfang Bubai, Huang Sixi decided to fight in close combat.

Dongfang Bubai relied on the miraculous speed of the "Sunflower Manual" and used close-range acupuncture no matter who he was fighting against.

He had hardly ever fired long-distance flying needles, let alone practiced any moves similar to 'Flying Fairy from the Sky'.

The reason for this should be related to the external skills of "Sunflower Manual".

This collection of scriptures is for both internal and external cultivation. The internal skills are based on taking elixirs and practicing qigong, while the external skills are mainly based on sword practice. The "Bixie Sword Manual" handed down from the ancestors of the Fuwei Escort Agency is a collection of sword techniques extracted from the "Sunflower Manual".

When Dongfang Bubai used the Embroidery Needle, most of his moves were sword techniques such as plucking, lifting, and stabbing. He most likely used the needle as a sword, so he did not use flying needles.

Comparing speed alone, Huang Sixi is definitely not as good as Dongfang Bubai, but as long as Dongfang Bubai continues to attack him closely, Huang Sixi will eventually be able to hit Dongfang Bubai with his Dragon Subduing Palm.

He first used the "Dragon's Path" to defend himself.

"Is this the Thousand-Handed Tathagata Palm?"

Dongfang Bubai was blocked by the palm wall and his offensive was temporarily suspended.

He believed that by accumulating internal strength, he could make the embroidery needle penetrate the palm wall and pierce Huang Sixi's body, but he was not sure that he could hit Huang Sixi's vital points.

If he insisted on attacking with the needle, Huang Sixi would definitely counterattack with palm force. No matter how fast he was, he might be hit by the palm force.

He faced this situation when he fought with Master Fang Zheng a few days ago. He stabbed Master Fang Zheng with an embroidery needle and at the same time took a move from the Thousand-Handed Tathagata Palm, but it did not cause any harm to him.

Looking at the entire martial arts world, only the Huashan School's "Nine Swords of Dugu" can make Dongfang Bubai feel a fatal threat. This is the pinnacle of swordsmanship and is extremely powerful.

During the time when he was chasing Ren Woxing, he repeatedly saw Linghu Chong perform the "Nine Swords of Dugu". It was because he was afraid of this sword technique that he asked the righteous path to exchange Linghu Chong for Yu Canghai when he was negotiating terms with the righteous path earlier. His purpose was naturally to eliminate the threat of Linghu Chong.

He didn't think that Huang Sixi's palm power could have the same killing power as "Nine Swords of Dugu".

So he used his old strategy again, swung his arm violently, pierced through the palm shadow, and stabbed Huang Sixi with the needle.

Unexpectedly, Huang Sixi noticed that he was launching a needle attack, and instantly changed his tactics, using the "Dragon Fighting in the Wild" to strike forward in the air.

Dongfang Bubai let out a "Huh!" and twisted his body suddenly, dodging the palm strike like a snake.

But Huang Sixi had already predicted the direction of his escape, and sent out three consecutive palm strikes to block his retreat. No matter how fast he was, he would definitely be hit once by the palm strike.

At this time, the two were very close to each other. There was a muffled sound, and Dongfang Bubai suffered a heavy blow on his right shoulder, and his body suddenly became slow.

Huang Sixi rushed forward, activated the 'Dragon Walks Ten Thousand Paths', raised his palm and slashed towards Dongfang Bubai's forehead. The palm wind took advantage of the momentum and blew wildly, causing Dongfang Bubai's red robe to fly and rustle.

The deadly killing intent on Huang Sixi's palm made Dongfang Bubai's pupils shrink. He suddenly pinched his fingers and shot the embroidery needle on his fingertips. With a "whoosh!", it pierced through the palm shadows in the sky and stabbed towards Huang Sixi's face.

Huang Sixi dodged by turning his head, and the palm power also paused for a moment.

It was during this gap of time that Dongfang Bubai's figure flashed and floated far away, falling directly to the edge of the crowd of Sun Moon Sect.

'Dragon Travels Ten Thousand Paths' can no longer hit him.

His shrill voice also rang out loudly: "What a great palm technique! What a great martial arts! So powerful!"

He used three "good" words in a row to praise Huang Sixi to the utmost: "I originally thought that the only righteous martial arts master was Shaolin Fangzheng, but I didn't expect there was a top master like you! When Ren Woxing was on the run, he went to Jianglong Villa to ask for help. The owner of the villa killed the head of Songshan Sect, Zuo Lengchan, with one palm. I guess it must be you, right?"

Huang Sixi did not reply, thinking that the palm strike just now was a pity. If the "Dragon's Ten Thousand Paths" had hit Dongfang Bubai, I wonder what effect it would have?

'Dragon Fighting in the Wild' is a palm force that splits the air. Once the palm force is released, its power will surely decrease. It is definitely not as lethal as the 'Dragon Walking in Ten Thousand Paths' after it strikes solidly.

Now that Dongfang Bubai is on guard, it will become extremely difficult for Huang Sixi to launch a surprise attack using "Dragon Fighting in the Wild" and "Dragon Traveling on Ten Thousand Roads" again.

When Chongxu saw Dongfang Bubai retreating, he slowly put away his sword moves.

Just now he had been standing behind Huang Sixi, guarding against Dongfang Bubai attacking Huang Sixi's back. The halo condensed by his sword was a defensive posture formed by dozens of sword techniques. Once he advanced, he could turn defense into offense.

As long as Dongfang Bubai dared to rely on his agility to attack Huang Sixi from behind, Chongxu was confident that he could stop Dongfang Bubai's attack first.

Unfortunately, he had prepared all the moves, but he didn't use them at all.

Huang Sixi, with his own strength, was able to fight on equal terms with Dongfang Bubai. If Master Fang Zheng had come down the mountain at this time and joined forces with the three of them, Dongfang Bubai would definitely not have been able to escape today.

But will Master Fang Zheng come down the mountain?
At this time, the righteous sects saw Huang Sixi and Chongxu coming and wanted to go down the mountain to support them, but the disciples of Qingcheng Sect were being held hostage, so they were afraid to act rashly.

"Master, why don't we surrender to the evil cult?" Jia Renda was so frightened by the swords and axes that he made the suggestion to his master Yu Canghai while trembling.

“You son of a bitch, stop talking nonsense!” Yu Canghai scolded, “All the fellow sects are watching us. If Qingcheng surrenders to the Demon Sect, we will no longer have a place in the righteous path!”

"That's better than being beheaded!" The eldest disciple Hou Renying also became anxious: "Master, our surrender is only a temporary solution. Let's save our lives first. Our fellow Taoists will understand us!"

“You know nothing!” Yu Canghai yelled, “The Demon Cult is taking us hostage. Even if we surrender, we will still be beheaded. Instead of surrendering to the Demon Cult, we should ask Master Fang Zheng to restrain our fellow sects from attacking the mountain!”

As long as the righteous people do not come down the mountain, the steel knife on the neck will not cut off.

Upon hearing this, Hou Renying hurriedly shouted to the righteous sects who were ready to make a move: "Master Fangzheng, we are here to rescue Shaolin. Do you want to watch us get beheaded by the evil sect? Be merciful and don't rush down the mountain!"

The other Qingcheng Sect disciples also began to cry out at the top of their lungs.

Master Fang Zheng saw this and shouted to them: "Don't worry, fellow donors. The monks of Shaolin Temple will not ignore your lives. I will also do my best to persuade other fellow monks!"

(End of this chapter)