Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 299: Three-point Return
When Jian Chen heard Xiong Ba's words, he immediately moved aside.

He temporarily stopped his attack and no longer confronted Huang Sixi, but let Huang Sixi face Xiong Ba directly.

He retreated to the wall of the hall and watched the contest between Huang Sixi and Xiong Ba.

The clay Buddha and Master Buxu at the door of the hall saw this scene and both of them frowned. They stood by the door and did not go deep into the hall.

When the Clay Buddha saw that Xiongba was not dead and was about to fight with Huang Sixi, he became worried about Huang Sixi's safety. He knew that Xiongba was a martial arts master, and even though he suffered a sword wound on his chest, his martial arts should not be underestimated.

However, the clay Buddha thought again: "Young Master has the Fire Kirin as his helper, which is equivalent to two against one, so he may not suffer a loss! Besides, the root of the mountain in the Palace of Illness on Xiongba's face is broken, which is clearly a sign of great misfortune. Young Master has an unparalleled destiny, and he may be Xiongba's nemesis. The one who will be defeated and calamity today should be Xiongba, not Young Master!"

The clay Buddha calmed down and no longer worried about Huang Sixi's situation. Instead, he began to think about the task Huang Sixi had assigned him.

He turned his head to look at Jian Chen and the sharp sword in Jian Chen's hand, and thought to himself: "Young Master asked me to keep an eye on Master Buxu in order to find out the whereabouts of the 'Hero Sword'. Now that the nameless successor has appeared with the 'Hero Sword', I will directly snatch the 'Hero Sword' for the young master, so there is naturally no need to bother Master Buxu anymore."

Although his idea was good, he also knew that Wuming had been dominating the martial arts world for twenty years, and his title of 'Martial Arts Legend' was not undeserved. After twenty years of seclusion and hard training, Wuming's martial arts skills were probably far superior to Xiongba, and Wuming's successor must be no weakling.

He first went to ask Master Buxu: "Master, is that Young Master Jianchen really the disciple of the nameless hero?"

Master Buxu said confidently, "It is absolutely true! The magic weapon in Jianchen's hand is Wuming's Hero Sword. Wuming has only accepted Jianchen as his disciple in his life, so he loves him very much. Not only did he give him the Hero Sword, he also taught him the Unknown Sword Technique!"

The clay Buddha had long heard of the great reputation of "Unnamed Sword Technique". Back then, Wuming defeated the sword master who was at the peak of his career with this self-created sword technique.

The clay Buddha asked again: "How much of the essence of the Unknown Sword Technique has Master Jianchen learned?"

Master Buxu was stunned for a moment, and replied carefully: "I think Jian Chen has at least understood 70% to 80%. When I was tracking the Sword Saint these days, I met the Sword Saint and Jian Chen fighting. Jian Chen did not lose to the Sword Saint, but..."

The clay Buddha asked hurriedly, "But what?"

Master Buxu turned to look at Huang Sixi and said, "The Sword Saint also fought with that Young Master Qilin. In my opinion, that Young Master Qilin's martial arts is more advanced than Jian Chen's!"

That night, Huang Sixi had a decisive battle with the Sword Saint. Huang Sixi relied entirely on his own strength to force the Sword Saint to leave.

As for the competition between Jian Chen and the Sword Saint, although Jian Chen did not show any signs of defeat, the Sword Saint saw that Jian Chen was using the Hero Sword and guessed that Jian Chen was the descendant of No Name, so he deliberately held back his strength and did not use a killing move on Jian Chen.

Master Buxu therefore concluded that Jian Chen was no match for Huang Sixi.

Master Buxu naturally did not want any conflict to occur between Jian Chen and Huang Sixi. The scene of Jian Chen stopping Huang Sixi just now actually made Master Buxu very nervous.

Master Buxu himself had no good feelings towards Xiongba. He hoped that Huang Sixi would take advantage of Xiongba's serious injury to kill the gang leader directly and destroy the Tianxiahui in one fell swoop.

But Master Buxu could never have imagined that Jian Chen would actually use the greater good to pressure others and stand on Xiongba's side. This made Master Buxu dissatisfied and he couldn't figure it out. Was this Jian Chen's own idea, or did Wuming instruct Jian Chen to do so?
He speculated at random.

The Clay Bodhisattva said to him, "Master, Master Jianchen said that for the sake of justice, Xiongba cannot be killed. Is this also your opinion, Master?"

Master Buxu shook his head firmly: "Evil is evil. Xiongba kills people without mercy and treats innocent people as worthless. If he continues to live, the people will only bleed more."

After hearing Master Buxu's statement, Clay Buddha was puzzled and asked, "Since Master does not agree with Master Jianchen's approach, why don't you call Master Jianchen over to stop him from rescuing Xiongba?"

Master Buxu hesitated to speak, as there were some things he was not comfortable saying out loud.

He used the secret voice transmission to reveal to the clay Buddha: "This poor monk and Mr. Jianchen have only known each other for a few days, and we are not very familiar with each other. He looks kind, but he is actually very opinionated. I can't persuade him of the things he has decided, and he won't listen to my orders!"

The clay Buddha then asked, "If Young Master and Xiong Ba are in a decisive battle, and Jian Chen attacks Young Master in an attempt to save Xiong Ba from danger, Master, are you also going to stand by and watch?"

Master Buxu: "This..."

Seeing that he did not respond, the clay Buddha continued, "Young Master is able to tame the ancient auspicious beast Fire Kirin, which means he is truly a man with a destiny. If Jian Chen dares to attack you, he will not succeed, but may be killed by you. Then, Master, you will have a hard time dealing with it!"

Master Buxu's eyes were filled with disbelief: "I admit that Master Qilin is very powerful, but he cannot kill the descendant of the Hero Sword, and I'm afraid he dares not to kill him. If Jian Chen dies here today, Wuming will definitely return to the martial arts world. No one in this world can stop Wuming from hunting him down!"

The clay Buddha smiled faintly: "What I just said is just a guess made by observing Jian Chen and the master's face. Even if the young master will be hunted down by Wuming in the future, Jian Chen and the master will find it difficult to escape from Xiong Ba Tang today!"

Master Buxu was stunned for a moment, and a worried look appeared on his face: "Neither I nor Jian Chen have any ill intentions. Please give me some advice, Mr. Shenxiang, on how to resolve this situation?"

The clay Buddha said: "That's easy. Master, go and persuade Jian Chen to leave Xiongba Hall and return to his master Wuming. Don't interfere in any of the Tianxiahui's affairs anymore!"

"What if Jian Chen doesn't listen to my advice?"

"You and I should join forces to subdue him and escort him away. We can't let him lose his life here!"

"I cannot attack Jian Chen. This is disrespectful to Wuming! Besides, even if you and I join forces, we may not be able to subdue Jian Chen!"

Master Buxu shook his head slowly: "Mr. Shenxiang, you are very good at predicting the future, and even Xiongba believes in you. But I trust Wuming's vision more. The disciples he recruits must be righteous and chivalrous. Even if he wants to save Xiongba, he will fight against Master Qilin head-on instead of sneaking up on him!"

He thought to himself that if Jian Chen really made a sneak attack, he would try his best to stop him, and then persuade Jian Chen to leave Xiongba Hall, so as to give an explanation to Wuming.

The clay Buddha also kept silent and began to watch the situation develop.

At this time, the battle between Huang Sixi and Xiongba had already begun.

Huang Sixi knew that Xiongba was a top martial arts master, so he did not test him at all and directly used the killing move "Sword Eighteen" from the "Holy Spirit Sword Technique".

He wielded unparalleled sword energy, covering an area of three meters in radius, and infused the sword energy into the broken weapons and blades scattered on the ground.

The "Eighteen Swords" was created based on the idea of three threes being endless and six sixes being infinite. The sword energy is continuous and can be divided into countless numbers to form a tight sword net to encircle the enemy.

If there is an external object at your side that you can borrow, you can also infuse the sword energy into the external object to enhance the blocking range and power of the sword net.

On that day, the Sword Saint and Huang Sixi fought with swords. The Sword Saint used the sword energy of "Sword Eighteen" to drive thousands of wheat straws. The sword net formed by the wheat straws could move horizontally more than ten feet in the air, cutting off Huang Sixi's retreat in one fell swoop.

To deal with Xiongba today, Huang Sixi directly used the "Sword Eighteen" attack, with the aim of trapping Xiongba on the dragon throne and forcing Xiongba to stay in place and passively defend.

In this way, Huang Sixi can control the situation steadily. Even if Jian Chen and Master Buxu launch a sneak attack on him together, he can calmly resolve other attacks while dealing with Xiongba.

After the sword energy of the 'Heaven-Destroying Sword 23' was chopped earlier, thousands of pieces of weapon fragments and foreign objects were scattered on the ground. Huang Sixi rode on the Fire Kirin and jumped left and right. The sword energy swept along the way, and the fragments and foreign objects instantly flew into the air, and then shot like a rain of arrows, covering the sky above Xiongba's head. "This is the 18th sword style of the 'Sword Technique of the Holy Spirit'!"

Xiong Ba recognized Huang Sixi's sword moves at a glance and laughed coldly, "So you are the descendant of the Sword Saint Old Ghost. That old ghost has exhausted all his true energy. Even if he uses the power of the Holy Spirit Sword Technique to the limit, he can't kill me. I'm afraid you don't stand a chance!"

As he spoke, he swung his sleeves vigorously and shouted: "Look at my "Three-point Return to Origin Qi"!"

The true energy surged in his body, and red, blue and green light appeared on his face, rushing straight to the Baihui acupoint. When the true energy penetrated the top of his head, a force was stimulated from outside his body, forming an invisible air wall, blocking the broken blades and foreign objects that were shooting in from all directions.

His internal force was like a tidal wave, constantly gushing out, causing the air wall outside his body to produce a strong recoil force. The flying limbs and arms exploded after hitting the air wall, and only the broken blades and fragments of weapons were not destroyed by the shock, making a "bang bang! crackling!" sound.

The blood mist spread around the air wall and gradually merged.

From a distance, Xiongba seemed to be in a blood-red gas cylinder with a diameter of several feet. The defense was airtight. Even though the sword energy rolled up the broken blade fragments and slashed like a razor, the gas cylinder remained motionless.

After Xiongba stabilized his defense, he immediately stretched out his left index finger, faced Huang Sixi's direction, and quickly pushed out.

Suddenly, the sharp force broke through the air, and the finger force penetrated through the gap between the broken blade fragments floating outside Xiongba's body, and with a "bang!", a gap was broken, and it pierced Huang Sixi's face like an arrow.

Huang Sixi felt the energy coming, and he pushed his palm forward, grabbing the finger force. A strong shock force spread in his palm, causing his wrist to shake continuously.

But after a moment, the strength had been completely absorbed by Huang Sixi's palm, like a gentle breeze that moistens things silently.

Xiong Ba was surprised to see Huang Sixi blocking his finger force without any injury. "My Three-Point Divine Finger can penetrate the back of a fire unicorn, so why can't it shake his palm? Did he practice some special defensive palm technique?"

Xiong Ba was very jealous of talented people, and although he recruited three close disciples, he always kept a trick up his sleeve when he taught them his skills. His unique skill, "Three-Point Divine Finger", was deduced from the essential moves retained in "Sky Frost Fist", "Paiyun Palm" and "Wind God Leg".

In order to enhance the power of "Three-Point Divine Finger", Xiong Ba even ruthlessly cut off two fingers on his left hand so that all the Guiyuan true energy could be poured into the remaining three fingers.

Today was the first time Xiong Ba fought with Huang Sixi, and he was not clear about Huang Sixi's martial arts skills. He saw that Huang Sixi's palm power easily blocked his magic finger, and subconsciously judged that there was something strange about Huang Sixi's palm method.

He immediately stretched out his left index finger, middle finger and ring finger, and used the unique skill "Divide the World into Three Parts" in "The Three-Point Divine Finger". Each finger exerted a force, aiming at Huang Sixi's Yin Tang, Tan Zhong and Qi Hai acupoints, and attacked Huang Sixi from three directions: upper, middle and lower.

However, Huang Sixi used the "Eighteen Swords" to encircle Xiongba, so how could he allow Xiongba to launch a counterattack at will?

After the first finger force came, Huang Sixi had already used the "Twenty-one Sword Styles" of the "Holy Spirit Sword Technique".

He raised the Wushuang sword, pointed the tip of the sword forward, and exhaled streams of powerful energy.

The power of these sword energies was extremely violent. As they whistled in the air, they stirred up a fierce wind that blew up into pieces the corpses on the ground. Blood and energy instantly rose into the air and were pulled by the sword energy, absorbing it. In the blink of an eye, several crimson blood swords were formed, floating high and low in front of Huang Sixi.

When Xiong Ba's three finger forces came, they were slashed in mid-air by the blood sword, and the finger forces dissipated with a "bang bang!" without a trace.

The blood sword's power remains undiminished.

Huang Sixi shook the Wushuang sword in his hand, and several blood swords flew into the air.

When they were about to approach the Guiyuan Qi bottle outside Xiongba's body, several blood swords were attracted by their own true Qi, overlapping each other, and the blood and Qi melted into one, instantly combining into a giant blood-red sword over ten feet long, carrying the power of thunder, and slashing forward.

"Sword Twenty-One! Well, you have mastered the essence of Sword Saint Old Ghost's swordsmanship! But you still can't kill me!"

Xiong Ba stretched out three fingers again, and three rays of red, green and blue light emerged from his fingertips. They suddenly shot out from his fingertips and merged into one in an instant, forming a dazzling finger force, like a shining dagger gathered in front of his fingers.

This is exactly the ultimate move 'Return to Origin Strike' in "Three-Point Divine Finger".

The blood-red giant sword hit from mid-air, and the Guiyuan Qi bottle outside Xiongba's body collapsed with a bang, and the defense disappeared. Xiongba's "Guiyuan Strike" immediately stood up, and with a "clang!" sound, the finger light firmly blocked the tip of the blood-red giant sword.

For a moment, the finger light and the blood-red giant sword were in a stalemate with each other, and their power seemed equal.

Just as the two sides were in a stalemate, Jian Chen quietly swung the Hero Sword.

But before he could start to use the sword moves, Huang Sixi suddenly turned his head and gave Jian Chen a cold look.

Jian Chen's heart tightened, thinking that this man was fighting fiercely with Xiongba, but he was still listening to everything around him. He must be prepared to resist my sneak attack, but if I don't take action, Xiongba will probably die under the Wushuang sword.

Jian Chen ignored Huang Sixi's warning and insisted on wielding the Hero Sword, but unexpectedly two figures suddenly approached him.

It was Master Buxu and the Clay Buddha who stopped him on the left and right.

Master Buxu stepped forward and grabbed his wrist, dragging him out of Xiongba Hall: "Nephew, you are no longer fit to stay and watch the battle. Follow me to see your master!"

Jian Chen smiled slightly and pushed Master Buxu away with all his strength: "It was my master who ordered me to stay here. How can I leave so easily? Master, you can go first, I will follow you later!"

His eyes were still on Huang Sixi.

But Huang Sixi had already jumped off the Fire Qilin's back. The Fire Qilin turned around and stood between him and Huang Sixi.

Now he had no chance to launch another sneak attack on Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi leaped high up and landed beside the blood-red giant sword. The sword had just shattered the Guiyuan Qi bottle, and had already used up most of its power. The sword was in a stalemate with Xiongba's finger for a moment before it showed signs of weakness and shattered on the spot with a "bang!"

However, the blood energy after the giant sword collapsed did not disappear. It raised a strong wind and rushed towards Xiongba, and then turned into strands of air and entangled around Xiongba's fingers.

Xiong Ba was possessed by the Qi thread, and the light on his finger suddenly dimmed. He was shocked: "This is... sword energy turning into silk!"

"This is the 22nd Sword Style of the Holy Spirit Sword Technique. It is a sword move of reversing hardness and softness that the Sword Saint has comprehended after ten years of seclusion. Can you break it?"

Before Huang Sixi finished his words, he turned the Wushuang Sword around, cutting off a strand of her hair. The sword energy carried the hair with it even more resiliently, and rushed towards Xiongba like a silk net.

Xiong Ba was entangled in the silk net. Although the Guiyuan true Qi in his body could still circulate, he was unable to break free from the silk net in an instant. He watched helplessly as the Wushuang Sword rushed towards him, piercing into the sword wound on his heart, and then spiraled around, shattering his internal organs.

Huang Sixi stared at him: "Even if the Sword Master doesn't use 'Sword Twenty-Three', he can still kill you. You are no match for him at all!"

(End of this chapter)