Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 289 Medicine Powder (Seeking monthly votes!)
The two sides clashed, and the scene became increasingly intense, with no one daring to relax even for a moment.

Both sides were armed with short knives. Once the thugs had all taken their positions as instructed by their leader, the two sides clashed with their short knives. Due to the close proximity, the reaction time needed to be even faster in order to gain the upper hand.

On the Jiang family's side, the one standing in the middle of the road was dealing with the leader of the thugs and a teammate behind him.

In this case, there are two criminals.

The first to make a move, naturally, was the thug behind the leader who was standing in front of their leader.

When their first attack failed, he and his leader launched a pincer attack on the Jiang family guards.

But this confrontation revealed the true strength of the Jiang family's guards.

The leader of the thugs said to the thug in the middle of the road, "Are you a Heaven-Rank Martial Artist?"

After saying that, a hint of panic appeared in his eyes.

The Jiang family guard standing in the middle of the road replied, "He is indeed a Heaven-rank martial artist."

Just as he finished speaking, the leader of the thugs, and the team member standing behind him interrupted, saying, "So what if he's a Heavenly Rank expert? With so many of us brothers, we can't take down two Heavenly Rank experts?"

After saying that, he still looked completely unconcerned.

As soon as he finished speaking, his boss glared at him fiercely.

His boss was well aware of the difference between Heaven-rank and Earth-rank martial artists.

In terms of physical strength, Heaven-rank and Earth-rank are completely incomparable.

However, he himself was the only Heaven-ranked martial artist in the team.

In other words, the next battle would be a contest between him and these two Jiang family guards.

He knew very well that the leader and the team member behind him, being Earth-rank martial artists, would not be able to resist for long.

He will soon face the pressure of being outnumbered two to one.

The battle between two Heavenly Rank martial artists was indeed extremely difficult, but he wasn't entirely without confidence.

After all, he still had seven brothers to rely on, and even if he removed his core leader who might be subject to change, he still had six brothers he could trust for the time being.

As far as he knew, the core leader wouldn't cause much trouble for the time being.

Therefore, now that he truly knows that his opponents are two Heaven-ranked martial artists, he is actually much more at ease than before, and he is not so uneasy anymore.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief after his opponent admitted that he was a Heaven-rank martial artist.

Although the peak martial artist is a ninth-level Heaven Rank martial artist, and is considered to be in the Heaven Rank martial artist category, generally no one would say that.

Generally speaking, a martial artist at the ninth level of the Heaven Rank would definitely say they are a peak martial artist, rather than calling themselves a high-level Heaven Rank martial artist.

Although that's the situation, in reality, I've almost never seen anyone say that.

Therefore, martial artists generally agree that a high-level Heaven Rank martial artist at the ninth level of the Heaven Rank is considered a peak martial artist, and no one would refer to them as a high-level Heaven Rank martial artist anymore.

Besides beginner-level Heaven Rank martial artists, most martial artists will also specify whether they are intermediate-level or advanced-level Heaven Rank martial artists. Those who only refer to themselves as Heaven Rank martial artists are most likely beginner-level Heaven Rank martial artists, that is, martial artists from the first to the third level of Heaven Rank.

Because his previous predictions were worse, but now he at least knows that the two of them are only Heaven-rank martial artists, not peak martial artists.

In any case, the current situation is at least somewhat reassuring to him.

On the other hand, the situation on the main figure's side was quite different from that on his boss's side.

The leader and the thug he was with were naturally going to confront the Jiang family guard on horseback.

The outcome is not hard to predict: two Earth-rank martial artists cannot defeat one Heaven-rank martial artist.

Unless those two Earth-rank martial artists possess some unique skill that could save their lives or defeat them in one move, the leader and the thugs following him are destined to lose, or even lose their lives.

But the reality is quite different.

After exchanging a few gestures with the Jiang family guard standing in the middle of the road, the leader of the thugs looked towards the direction of their leader.

But the reality was not as he had imagined.

The leader and his team member were not defeated by the Jiang family guard on horseback.

Instead, he noticed that the Jiang family guard on horseback seemed to be circling around, trying his best to shake off his leader and his teammate.

This puzzled the leader of the gang.

He couldn't understand why a Heavenly Rank martial artist would fall into such a predicament.

He didn't even want to fight two Earth-rank martial artists. He had some guesses about why this was happening.

One theory is that the Jiang family guards on horseback are plotting something, planning to use some trick to catch them off guard.

However, this point was quickly ruled out by the leader of the gang.

The reason is simple: he could easily deal with those two weak Earth-rank martial artists without resorting to such methods, so there was really no need to do it this way.

Therefore, he had a second guess in his mind.

He felt that the Jiang family guard on horseback was not a Heaven-rank martial artist.

This explains why the Jiang family guard on horseback didn't dismount; he was afraid of revealing his weakness and being seen by them.

Upon realizing this, the leader of the thugs was overjoyed.

He pondered the possibility of this conjecture, but became increasingly convinced that it was true. He believed that the guard on horseback was not dismounting because he was using a trick due to his own lack of strength.

Through the actions of the mounted guards and the eye contact between the two guards before the battle, he became increasingly certain of this possibility.

In that instant, he felt a surge of joy in his heart, and even wanted to shout it out, but he managed to suppress his happiness. However, it was hard to hide his joy on his face.

In this way, he felt that his chances of winning this battle had increased even more.

After a moment of thought, he couldn't help but smile. He tried to hold back, but couldn't. After a struggle, his lips trembled and he managed to raise them.

However, the next moment, something he hadn't expected happened.

Her smiling face froze instantly.

"Boom!"

An arm was severed off, floating in the air before falling to the ground with a thud.

The leader of the gang, following the trajectory of the arm as it had moved through the air, found the owner of the arm.

The owner of that arm was one of his teammates.

The person who severed that arm was the Jiang family guard on horseback.

Just now, he was guessing that the Jiang family guard on horseback was definitely not a Heaven-rank martial artist, but probably just a show-off.

Just moments before, he was still immersed in the moment, even imagining how to celebrate after victory, and he felt that the idea of ​​starting the war was correct.

But now, seeing this scene, a hint of fear appeared on his face.

He felt increasingly confused about the three of them.

Not knowing the origins of the other party wasn't a big deal, but the strength of these three was far beyond his expectations. The action of severing the arm just now was swift and clean. The guard on horseback had eyes as sharp as swords. Judging from his performance, he was definitely not a martial artist of Earth Rank or below, but at least a Heaven Rank martial artist.

Now, he is only grateful that he wasn't the one who went to fight the mounted guard.

Actually, he originally wanted to challenge the mounted guards, but he remained calm only because he thought the Jiang family guard standing in the middle of the road would be quite strong.

That's why he wanted to confront the Jiang family guard on horseback.

But at the final moment of decision, he did not gamble, because the guard on horseback would add a lot of variables to the entire battle.

Since he was armed with short weapons, he dared not easily approach the mounted guard whose strength was unpredictable.

Of course, that's all hindsight, but for now, he just feels like he's escaped a disaster.

He had no time to worry about the teammate whose arm had been severed. His most important task now was to deal with the guard standing in the middle of the road. Right now, he needed to focus all his attention on the guard he was fighting.

Moreover, he also had to ensure that the teammate fighting alongside him did not suffer any major injuries, otherwise he would be fighting alone.

In that case, there will be no good outcome.

He could judge the strength of the mounted guard by the moment he severed his teammate's arm.

Based on his observation, the guard on horseback was definitely stronger than him.

Both being martial artists, he could judge the approximate strength of the man from the moment he swung his sword and the swift and decisive counterattacks.

Based on his guess, there was no doubt that he was a Heaven-rank martial artist, and his strength was even above his own.

This suggests that his opponent, the guard standing in the middle of the road, must also be quite formidable.

Therefore, he dared not be careless and instead fought the guard together with his teammate.

The Jiang family guards saw all of this, but were not afraid at all.

Looking at Jiang Xian's side, she is surrounded and killed by four thugs.

Of course, it was less of an ambush and more of a kidnapping attempt by the four of them.

Only by capturing the young master in front of them could they have leverage to negotiate with the three men in the group.

The four of them witnessed the moment when their teammate's arm was severed by the guard on horseback.

As a result, a great deal of panic naturally arose in my heart.

Now, one of the eight has been eliminated.

Although the teammate whose arm was severed was not yet dead, he was no longer able to fight.

Therefore, they must now capture Jiang Xian and firmly grasp this bargaining chip in their hands.

This was also the task assigned to them by their leader; they absolutely could not allow their teammates to be so easily killed by these three.

They were determined to hold these three responsible for everything, and afterwards, they would demand something from them.

They wouldn't let these three off easily, so their primary task now was to quickly find a way to abduct the young master from his horse.

They could tell that the young master they were staring at had absolutely no martial arts skills.

Although he carried a bow-like object on his back, concealed by his bow, he never used it.

This was also what puzzled the four of them.

The four of them were all armed with short swords, not long weapons, so they had no effective way to abduct the young master from his horse, who was skilled at horsemanship.

The only solution he could think of was to throw the dagger in his hand and kill the horse the young master was riding.

The problem with this trip was that none of the four of them were willing to give up their weapons.

Weapons are for survival, and they simply dared not gamble with them.

The four of them exchanged glances briefly and decided to kill the young master's horse.

Since their weapons were all short weapons, and the young master was a skilled horseman, they had no choice but to wait until they got close enough to kill him.

After much deliberation, the four of them actually found an opportunity to kill the young master's horse.

For some reason, the four of them felt that the young master seemed to have a poor grasp of the situation.

Just as the four of them were gathered together, the horse suddenly turned around and charged straight at them.

Seeing this, they showed no sign of panic.

They knew perfectly well that the young master intended to ram them with his horse; they had no doubt about that.

The four were extremely excited about this and had already prepared a plan to kill the horse.

Of the four, one aimed at the horse's neck, while another aimed at its legs.

Their eyes met again, and they made their decision in their hearts.

However, to their surprise, the young master was not someone who was confused and unable to see the situation clearly.

Their assumption was completely wrong.

Just as the four of them could no longer hide their excitement, the young master rode up to their side.

As the young master rode past the four of them, just as they raised their short swords to carry out their plan against the horse, they were blinded by a packet of powder in the young master's hand.

They thought the packet of powder was just a way for the young master to deceive them, but they didn't realize it wasn't ordinary powder at all, but a powder that could directly render the four of them incapacitated.

That was the result of Jiang Xian's long-term research at home. It was a colorless and odorless powder that dissolved in water, making it imperceptible and effective immediately.

This was also the packet of powder that Jiang Xian had slipped into the hands of the two guards of the Jiang family.

Since he and the two guards from the Jiang family were also on the battlefield, he should try to minimize the use of poison.

Since the three of them had not taken any antidote beforehand, they naturally had to use a more prudent method.

Before setting off, Jiang Xian gave both guards a cup of tea that could counteract the incapacitating drug.

She had secretly put the antidote into their tea, and naturally, she and their horses also took some.

Therefore, she was naturally not afraid of these powders that could render people incapacitated.

The medicinal powder flew everywhere in the air, and no matter how the four people waved their hands left and right, they could not get rid of the powder.

The four of them struggled for a few moments before completely losing their strength and collapsing to the ground, unable to move, as if they were bound by something.

It doesn't seem like a drug that numbs people and renders them unable to move.

To outsiders, the way the four of them looked, and the struggle in their eyes, was rather frightening.

"Demons!"

"What kind of magic has been cast?"

The leader of the gang was somewhat out of his mind at this moment, his eyes filled with panic. He had never seen such a scene before, and he no longer had any intention of making any plans.

(End of this chapter)