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Chapter 75 Beware of Hidden Weapons
This sudden change shocked everyone at the scene.

All the spectators who came with invitations to show their support stared in amazement at the huge iron furnace that fell from the sky.

But this does not include Geng Xuan.

He became alert the moment the whistling sound was heard.

Master Peng's reaction was only half a beat slower than his.

Although he still couldn't believe that Master Fan's counterattack would be so violent and direct, he couldn't help but be reminded again and again by Geng Xuan.

This made it impossible for him not to worry about it.

So, when he looked up and saw that the roof right above his head was hit by a huge iron furnace with a hole in it, and the iron furnace was still hitting him with great force, he was stunned for a moment and then decisively dodged to the side.

Just when he thought he had avoided the heavy blow from the iron furnace, a change occurred that was beyond the expectations of everyone present.

The iron furnace was halfway down, and the furnace cover was knocked off with a "clang". A meat-ball-like figure flew out of the iron furnace and directly hit Master Peng who was not far away on the ground.

This sudden and completely unexpected change made Master Peng feel like his scalp was exploding.

When he took two steps to the left, the fleshy figure actually turned a small corner in the air and was still pointing directly to the position where he moved.

And the distance between the two sides has become closer.

Knowing that there was no chance of success, Master Peng made up his mind and swung out both arms at the same time, hitting the meatball.

As it swung, its arms, along with its palms, faintly revealed a golden metallic luster, as if they were gold-plated.

Just as his pair of gilded palms were about to hit the meatball, the meatball suddenly stretched out and turned into a short and strong human figure.

A pair of dark black palms collided with the golden palms slapped out by Master Peng.

"boom!"

The sharp sound like the collision of metal instantly echoed in the hall. A gust of wind spread out from the place where the two palms collided, directly tearing an empty chair and table next to it into pieces.

Almost at the same time when the two men were fighting each other, another even louder and duller noise echoed in the hall.

"Duang—"

The huge iron furnace fell to the ground, and the lingering sound continued to vibrate, causing a continuous impact on everyone's eardrums.

Smoke and dust were everywhere.

After a hard fight with the attacker, Master Peng was slightly at a disadvantage. He retreated a few steps but did not confront the attacker immediately. Instead, he looked in the direction of the falling iron furnace with a look of shock.

There was originally an altar there, with a tablet covered with a white cloth on it.

But now, the altar has been torn into pieces under the power of the huge iron furnace, and a piece of clean white cloth has also been broken and deeply "trampled" into the ground by the two feet of the iron furnace.

The tablet placed on the altar and covered with white cloth was no longer visible.

Upon seeing this scene, Master Peng's eyes turned bloodshot in an instant.

"father!"

He turned his head to look at the short and strong figure rushing towards him, gritting his teeth and said, "Duan the Shorty, you are courting death, ahhhh——!"

This person was none other than the actual leader of the black-robed guards, a loyal practitioner of the will of Master Fan, Duan Tianpeng.

Faced with Master Duan's head-on attack, Master Peng, who was filled with anger and hatred, did not evade at all, but instead took the initiative to meet him.

During this process, his entire body seemed to have expanded, and his entire body was glowing with a gilded luster.

"when"

"when"

"bang"

"bang"

"when"

When the two of them collided again, a series of explosions as dense as raindrops and as rapid as metal strikes rang out in the hall.

Wherever it passed, strong winds blew.

Tables, chairs, and cups were broken into pieces and scattered everywhere.

The pillars were broken in an instant and the walls collapsed.

The place was filled with smoke and dust, and the buildings around the hall were instantly destroyed.

The spectators who had originally filled the hall had now all left.

However, these people did not leave. Instead, they all gathered in the center of the empty training ground and watched the sudden "bustle".

Their attention was not entirely focused on the all-out fight between Master Peng and Master Duan.

In their sight, they could also see guards in black robes and tight clothes gathering from many directions in the distance towards where Master Peng and Master Duan were fighting.

But their actions were not smooth, as disciples from martial arts schools flashed out from nearby buildings, and they were obviously prepared for this.

……

However, what many people on the scene did not know was that a more important confrontation was taking place in another open area just across the walls.

Fan Qi carried a huge iron stove with a living person in it and turned around twice, then suddenly let go and threw the iron stove in his hand like a cannonball, falling accurately towards the target position on the roof.

When the big iron furnace came into contact with the roof, a hole appeared on the roof like a piece of paper.

After seeing his own achievements with his own eyes, Master Fan clapped his hands, jumped down from the roof, crossed a courtyard, and walked towards the hall at a moderate pace.

But when he was halfway there, he suddenly stopped.

An unremarkable middle-aged woman walked out from a doorway at the side and blocked the way of Master Fan.

"who are you?"

"I am Pang Shun's senior sister."

"He has a senior sister like you?
No one has ever told me that!"

Master Fan was surprised and stunned, then sighed with regret.

If they had known this in advance, he and Master Duan would never have chosen Master Peng to be the "monkey" to be killed.

Master Fan felt that he was a bit unlucky. After choosing and choosing, he finally chose the hardest and most difficult one.

The woman said, "Because I only look after the Dharma Teaching Building for him, I don't care about other matters of the martial arts hall.

I haven’t appeared in Kangleji for more than ten years. People who know me probably think I left long ago.”

Master Fan was very good at self-regulation, and he quickly got over his regretful mood.

The look he gave the woman was more playful:
"Then why don't you continue to stay in the Dharma Teaching Building today?"

The woman said calmly:
"Duan Tianpeng is stronger than Pang Shun, and his character is not comparable to my junior brother. In one-on-one battles, my junior brother loses more than he wins.

You still have to go through with this, don’t you think it’s too much of a bully? !”

Master Fan said:
"What I want is a thunderous strike to scare the villains. How can I let them fight each other for a long time?

A lion will use all its strength to fight a rabbit, let alone your junior brother is not a rabbit, how can I hold back?"

The woman didn't say anything else, but Master Fan understood that the other party's energy had completely locked onto him.

Unless he completely defeats the woman in front of him, he will never be able to surpass her and give Master Peng the final say.

Seeing this situation, Master Fan frowned and said:
"You should know that you can't stop me!"

"But I can hurt you badly."

“…You will die!”

The woman did not speak, but the fact that she stood a few steps away from Master Fan, without the slightest sign of wavering, showed her attitude.

Master Fan exhaled a breath of foul air, forced himself to suppress the emotions in his heart, and listened to the clanging sounds coming from afar like a heavy hammer hitting iron, as well as the occasional rumbling sounds of walls collapsing and houses falling down.

……

Looking at the figures of black-robed and tightly-fitting guards approaching from several directions in the distance, as well as the martial arts school disciples rushing out from the rooms to intercept these people.

Geng Xuan quickly moved and grabbed the man he had chatted with at the dinner table last night. This man's name was Guo Cheng, and he also had the cultivation level of the Bone Refining Realm. He was usually in charge of the actual operation and management of the martial arts hall.

The man turned his head and looked at Geng Xuan, his eyes filled with undisguised vigilance and carefulness.

"Su Ruiliang, what are you going to do?"

As he spoke, he looked towards where Geng Xuan was pulling his arm.

Geng Xuan didn't waste any words and said, "Brother Guo, please ask our people to withdraw."

His calling him "senior brother" did have some effect. Guo Chengqiang suppressed his emotions and asked in a deep voice, "Why?"

"Leave these people to me, and take your men to keep an eye on the owner.

He is obviously a little emotional now, I am worried that he is being plotted against!"

After hearing this, Guo Cheng obviously hesitated.

In fact, he also realized that although his own master was more powerful now, he had not formed a real winning momentum.

It should be noted that strength cannot last forever. In addition, he was obviously a little emotional because his father's tablet was smashed by the iron furnace, and his actions were controlled by anger and hatred.

This kind of situation is actually very easy to fall into the opponent's calculations.

Therefore, even though our owner seems to be very powerful now, in the eyes of anyone with a discerning eye, he is actually very dangerous.

But those black-robed guards who were approaching quickly could not be ignored either.

"Can you handle it alone?" Guo Cheng was a little unconvinced.

Geng Xuan did not say anything, but suggested:
"The ones on the owner's side are too weak to help at all. If they go over there, they will only cause more trouble. Leave them to me and just follow my instructions."

"it is good."

Guo Cheng nodded and immediately passed the order down.

Those martial arts school disciples who had intended to intercept the black-robed guards retreated back into the building complex before the two sides met.

Guo Cheng said to Geng Xuan: "I have taken away those who have cultivation above the Blood Refining Realm. You can arrange for the others. I don't need you to achieve any results, as long as you can hold them back!"

He paused, looked at Geng Xuan, and asked directly: "...Can I trust you?!"

Geng Xuan said calmly: "Brother Guo, do you think I can still jump off the boat?"

Now everyone knows that he is the martial arts school's direct disciple.

According to the morality of this world, at this time he has no choice but to advance and retreat together with the martial arts school.

Guo Cheng obviously understood this. He just wanted to confirm whether this "Su Ruiliang" was frightened by the sudden change and thus did some irrational things.

Since "Su Ruiliang" was not dizzy and was very sober, he had nothing to worry about. He reached out and patted him on the shoulder, then led the seven or eight people away.

Around Geng Xuan, there were more than twenty people standing near and far, all looking at him, waiting for his instructions.

From the looks of these people, it can be seen that they are very nervous, and many of them have even thought of retreating and running away. No wonder.

They are all only at the Skin Refining Stage and the Flesh Refining Stage, and are just being ordered around in the martial arts hall.

Although the martial arts school has a high status in Kangle Village, they are not given any meat or even soup on weekdays. At most, they can just smell the meat. Naturally, they have no motivation to work hard for the martial arts school.

Geng Xuan knew their mentality clearly.

With just one sentence, he saved these people from their torment.

“I don’t need you to fight these people. All you have to do is use your familiarity with the martial arts school to mobilize them. The more dispersed the better.

The rest, leave it all to me!"

Geng Xuan picked out three smart-looking people from the crowd and said to them, "What you three have to do is to pass on the news from all over to me in a timely manner."

After that, he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's go."

The cannon fodders in the Skin Refining and Flesh Refining realms looked at each other. A few people who should have some prestige stood up and said to Geng Xuan:
"Uncle Su..., we understand what you mean. Can you let us discuss it?"

Geng Xuan nodded: "Okay, but it'd better be quick."

The few of them didn't waste any time and reached a general agreement in just a few words, and agreed on the most suitable range for "exercise pulling".

They chose an area that was not very large, but most likely to confuse outsiders, to "mobilize" the black-robed guards.

……

A man in black robe, with a solemn expression, in his early thirties, with a horrible scar on the left side of his face, led six guards and broke into the martial arts hall from the left door.

Originally, he expected that when they arrived at the martial arts hall, they would definitely meet several martial arts disciples along the way.

While letting the newly bought sword in your hand see blood, you can also cut off the resistance of the martial arts school.

Together with their companions who broke in from other directions, by the time they met up in the martial arts hall, most of the people in the hall had been wiped out by them.

Finally, they just need to jointly strangle the last few strongest martial arts masters who are gathered in the hall with a group of spectators, and the operation will be over.

With the most powerful leader Peng and the martial arts master Duan stepping in to deal with the situation, he really didn't think that the other members of the martial arts gym would be able to do anything under their joint attack.

This operation is not difficult.

It is not as dangerous as when the streets were cleared.

But when he led his six men into the martial arts hall through the side door, he felt something was wrong.

I didn't meet any disciples from the martial arts school along the way.

As they marched cautiously, they didn't meet anyone and didn't encounter any obstacles. They arrived at the edge of the spacious training ground in front of the hall unimpeded.

The fight between Master Duan and Master Peng has already begun. The hall is already in a mess. The noise of the fight between the two can be heard clearly from afar.

From time to time, they could hear the sound of houses collapsing and rubble shattering, accompanied by the spreading smoke and dust, which made them more cautious as they approached the battlefield little by little, and they dared not speed up rashly.

At this moment, figures holding knives and swords jumped out one after another, looking at them warily.

Seeing this situation, the scarred man's heart sank immediately.

He realized that the situation might be much more difficult than he had originally expected.

"I can only eat it."

Although he was confident that he could achieve final victory, he was also prepared to sacrifice one or two of his companions.

These people are obviously on guard, and by taking advantage of the familiar terrain, they can achieve some results.

However, just as he was about to lead his six men to charge towards the martial arts disciples in front of them, these people suddenly retreated.

Just as he was wondering, he saw a group of people with obviously the strongest cultivation level among them turn around and rush towards the place where Master Peng and Master Duan were fighting.

The group of twenty or thirty "small fish" whose cultivation was only at the Skin Refining and Flesh Refining levels, scattered into some nearby buildings with a bang.

These buildings are on the route they must take to get to the place where Peng and Duan fought.

The scarred man instantly understood these people's intentions.

If they want to get rid of these trash, they will inevitably be disgusted and harassed by them.

If you bypass this area, it will take more time, and these small fish will also move.

Relying on their familiarity with the martial arts school, they could rush out at any time to disgust them and hold them back.

So, even though these small fish are not strong, they must eat them up first.

At least they had to make sure that they no longer posed a threat before they could rush to the place where Master Peng and Master Duan were fighting.

As for now, we can only let Master Duan hold on for a while.

The scarred man sorted out these thoughts in just a few breaths, and it didn't actually take him much time.

With a clear idea in mind, he waved his hand and led the six men under his command to rush towards the area where the group of small fish were hiding.

Not only him, but the guard teams who rushed into the martial arts hall from other directions and also gained nothing made the same choice as them.

They all rushed towards the area where a large number of "small fry" in the first and second body tempering stages were hiding, ready to kick the small stone away as quickly as possible.

Because they entered the martial arts hall from different directions, when they rushed into the building area, they would naturally choose the entrance closest to them and enter from different directions.

Instead of everyone gathering together and then entering in as a team.

The scarred man led his six men and quickly broke into a fan-shaped doorway. They walked quickly along a corridor, scanning left and right with sharp eyes, looking for any place where someone might be hiding.

Just as he turned a corner, he caught a glimpse of four subordinates following behind him out of the corner of his eye.

He didn't care and continued walking forward.

But after taking only two steps, his footsteps suddenly stopped, as if he was frozen in the air.

A man following behind him noticed that he was behaving strangely and asked, "Boss?"

The scarred man turned his head sharply and asked someone behind him: "How many people are there in our team?"

"Seven ah-ah!" The man answered while turning around to look behind him. His expression froze instantly and he let out a scream that was not sure whether it was confusion or fear.

The other three also turned around.

"what happened?"

"Where are Lai Zi and Er Gou?!"

The scarred man had passed in front of them and leaned forward to rush in the direction they came from.

The other four followed closely behind him.

Then, they saw their captain standing on the steps in front of the fan-shaped doorway, his eyes staring straight ahead.

The few of them quickened their pace and came behind the scarred man, and saw a scene that frightened them.

Two familiar companions were lying on the flat ground in front of the steps.

Blood was all over the ground around them.

The way they both died was exactly the same.

There was a huge wound on the neck, the trachea, blood vessels and esophagus were all cut off and turned outward into two big bloody mouths.

Another flying knife was inserted into their temples up to the handle.

What is most memorable is the expressions on their faces, which were somewhat bewildered and a bit belatedly realized.

His eyes were wide open, as if he was unwilling, and as if he didn't understand what was going on until his death.

The scarred man said in a deep voice:
“A knife cuts their throats and breaks their strength, making it impossible for them to make a sound in the first place.

A knife into the brain will accelerate their death.

These four knives were fired at almost the same time, otherwise, we wouldn't have noticed anything at all."

"Everyone, pay attention! There's a hidden weapon expert hiding here!
...That group of small fish is a disguise to confuse us, and hidden inside is a most deadly poisonous snake!"

The scarred man turned around to explain and instruct his companions, but as soon as he finished speaking, his expression froze again.

The others already had experience, and they looked in the direction his eyes struck with a chill in their hearts.

After counting again and again, they could only count four of their companions, who should have been five. Before they knew it, one was missing!
When did this companion disappear?
A bone-chilling chill rose from everyone's heart.

The scarred man drew his sword, strode to everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Get out!"

"Boss!"

"go out!"

The scarred man already knew that the position of this hidden weapon expert hiding in the dark was too high, and the people under his command could not be of any help at all.

If I continue to stay here, I will be nothing more than fish on the chopping board.

In that case, why let them die here in vain!

“…Boss, be careful!”

The three of them stepped out of the fan-shaped doorway and returned to the empty training ground, feeling as if they had escaped death.

I was just walking back and forth in a courtyard, but I felt like I was walking around the gates of hell.

The scarred man held a long knife in his hand, was on high alert, and groped slowly forward step by step.

It's like walking through a mountain of knives and into a sea of fire.

The quiet and elegant courtyards, shade trees, rockery, columns, corners...all places that cannot be seen directly seem to hide deadly dangers.

When he walked step by step to the corner he had just passed, he finally saw the companion who was missing.

The same knife cut his neck, and the other flying knife pierced into his forehead, going all the way to the handle.

The scarred man only paused for a moment, then avoided the pool of blood around him and continued forward.

But what he didn't know was that all he did was in vain.

Because Geng Xuan had already left when the group turned back to the road they came from to look for the two missing companions.

But before leaving, he silently sent away the person walking at the end with two flying knives.

And just as the scarred man slowly came to his companion who died silently at the corner, he had already cleanly and neatly put the other team into a terrified situation, and in the process, he used six flying knives to take away the lives of three people with red names.

He was very efficient and, under the guidance of the martial arts school disciples, had begun to reap the lives of the third group of black robe guards.

This time, he successfully took four lives with eight flying knives.

Geng Xuan moved around the courtyard as agile and nimble as a ghost. When he started his fourth "hunt", an accident finally occurred.

A sharp and long howl filled with anger came from the place where the third member of the black-robed guard died, separated by a few walls.

"Be careful with hidden weapons!"

(End of this chapter)