Decaying World

Chapter 64 064 Test Four

"Go and report this immediately! Someone's trying to cause trouble!"

"You wait!"

The two turned around and scrambled into the inner door.

Lin Hui, dressed in a white Taoist robe, held a sword in one hand, glanced at the passersby around him, smiled and cupped his hands in greeting.

"I apologize for disturbing everyone. The Black Dragon Sect once challenged my Qingfeng Temple. Now, I, Lin Hui, have made a breakthrough and have come to repay their kindness. Please forgive me if this has caused any disturbance."

The Black Dragon Gate headquarters was right next to the main road leading to the town center. At this time, passing vehicles slowed down, some even stopping and pulling over to watch the excitement.

Some passersby, watching from a distance and knowing a bit about the story, even shared the feud between Qingfeng Temple and Heilongmen with others.

Seeing Lin Hui's gentle attitude, everyone suddenly felt a little bolder and moved slightly forward, forming a semicircle at the entrance of the Black Dragon Gate.

"Who goes there?! How dare you challenge my Black Dragon Gate?!"

At this moment, a group of Black Dragon Clan members dressed in black rushed out from inside the gate.

The one leading them was none other than the eldest disciple, Wang Hongshi.

He went to Qingfeng Temple yesterday and found it deserted, with only an old man with missing teeth guarding the gate and not a single Qingfeng Sword Sect disciple.

Upon inquiry, it was learned that Qingfeng Temple had announced a holiday the day before, suspending operations for a period of time. The reopening time is estimated to be around one week.

Left with no other choice, he could only return to the sect and wait for the time to pass. But unexpectedly, yesterday the sect leader inexplicably announced that he would be going into seclusion for cultivation, leaving him and the second brother, Chen Yuan, to be in charge of teaching the disciples.

He tried to see his master, but was blocked at the door and refused to see anyone.

His intuition told him that something might have happened, but since his master wouldn't say, he didn't dare to ask.

I had just finished arranging the teaching tasks and sorting out the follow-up lessons, when suddenly someone came to challenge me. This series of events seemed to have been preordained, one after another.

"So you're the one who wants to challenge us?" Wang Hongshi was in a bad mood, and his gaze towards Lin Hui was quite unfriendly. But he also knew that anyone who dared to challenge the Black Dragon Gate must have some skills and wouldn't be a weakling, so he suppressed his emotions slightly.

But just because he suppressed his emotions doesn't mean the other side did too.

"My name is Lin Hui, the current leader of the Qingfeng Sword Sect. I have come to challenge Song Zhanlong, the leader of the Black Dragon Sect. When Leader Song came to my Qingfeng Temple for a duel, he defeated our sect leader, Daoist Baohe, in person. When I watched the battle, I was deeply impressed by Leader Song's profound martial arts and powerful hard skills. Now that I have achieved a certain level of cultivation, I immediately thought of challenging the Black Dragon Sect. I hope Leader Song will be generous in giving me some pointers."

Lin Hui spoke very politely, but he also explained the whole story clearly.

"Where is Sect Leader Song?" he asked solemnly, cupping his hands in greeting.

"The sect leader is in seclusion today and has no time. You're just a piece of trash from Qingfeng Temple, I'll deal with you!" A hot-tempered male disciple from the Black Dragon Sect couldn't hold back any longer. He strode out of the crowd and reached out a claw towards Lin Hui's chest.

This person's claws flashed repeatedly, and his attacks were accompanied by gusts of vicious wind; he was clearly a skilled individual who had reached a high level of body tempering.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so confident as to take the initiative to arrest the person.

Wang Hongshi and Chen Yuan nodded in agreement upon seeing this.

This man, Xie Kong, is a scion of the wealthy Xie family in the outer city. Before joining the Black Dragon Sect, he diligently practiced his family's Iron Hand Kung Fu, already pushing his physical strength to its limit. Now, after more than a year of training, his Iron Hand Kung Fu's limits have been further enhanced by the addition of the fourth-grade Black Dragon Claw. His iron hands are impervious to blades and spears, possessing immense strength. He currently ranks fifth in the Black Dragon Sect, second only to Zhao Jiang'an, who came from Qingfeng Temple.

It would be most appropriate for him to test the people who came.

Seeing Xie Kong's claw strike, the black claw shadow fanned out towards his chest.

Lin Hui casually dodged, precisely avoiding all the claw shadows, and passed by.

Clang!
The sword flashed.

Xie Kong stumbled, missed his target, and inexplicably lost his balance, taking two steps forward.

He collapsed to the ground with a thud and could not get up again.

"My feet! My feet!!" Xie Kong screamed, his face turning deathly pale.

He reached out and grabbed his ankles, only to find two bloody sword marks on the sides of his ankles.

Blood slowly seeped out from the sword wound, yet strangely, there was no pain.

He tried hard to move his feet, but found that he couldn't move his feet at all!
"No!! My foot!!"

Xie Kong screamed in agony as the pain slowly began to surface. But compared to the pain from his wounds, the loss of feeling and control over his legs was what terrified him the most.

Because this means that his legs are now useless.

"Sorry, I thought the experts of the Black Dragon Gate were all very strong, so I hit them a little too hard." Lin Hui smiled as he looked at Wang Hongshi and his group at the door.

At this moment, Wang Hongshi, Chen Yuan, and the others ignored Xie Kong on the ground and instead stared intently at Lin Hui. Xie Kong's attendants quickly stepped forward to help him away.

A cold wind blew, and for a moment neither of them spoke.

On the contrary, the onlookers were extremely excited, and more and more people gathered. They clearly found that Lin Hui's attitude was very good and he did not object to people coming to watch the excitement, so more and more people came.

Watching a spectacle is truly human nature.

"Isn't the Black Dragon Gate supposed to be powerful? Why don't you send some experts over? What are you just standing there for?" a bold voice shouted from the crowd.

"The expert is lying on the ground, gone in one move. They're probably scared." Another person hiding in the crowd echoed this sarcastic remark.

"The Black Dragon Gate is so powerful, why the hell are they afraid? They weren't afraid at all when they smashed up people's fruit stalls on the street the other day. What's wrong with them? They only know how to bully the old, weak, sick, and disabled, but when they encounter someone tough, they just stand there dumbfounded!" Another person joined Yin Yang's group.

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd started to cheer. Some people couldn't help but laugh, some clapped, and some even whistled from afar.

Wang Hongshi and the others at the gate looked increasingly grim.

At this moment, Mu Qiaozhi, who had lost an arm, slowly walked out with Xie Li's help, her face pale as she watched the scene unfold. After losing her arm, she was marginalized and no longer received the treatment she had as the third disciple. Now, she could only stand on the outside, peering through the gaps in the crowd at the scene outside.

Looking at Lin Hui standing at the door with a smile on his face, a trace of fear flashed in her eyes again. Her grip on Xie Li's hand tightened unconsciously.

"Xie Kong, that idiot, can't even beat me, yet he dared to start trouble first. He's practically asking for death! Does he really think I'm bragging?" She didn't even realize her voice was trembling.

Since the battle where she lost her arm, she had been thinking about it behind closed doors for a long time, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't figure out how to counter Lin Hui's move.

That's too fast.
Seriously, by the time she realized what was happening, her hand was already broken. She was completely ruined.

There was no reaction, no resistance.

She stood there like a wooden stake, dumbfounded, waiting for Lin Hui to walk over step by step, casually swing his sword, and sever her arm.

It was precisely because she couldn't find a solution that when Mu Qiaozhi saw Lin Hui again, the shadow in her heart swelled rapidly, expanding to the point of fear.

Having already lost an arm, she understood even more clearly that she would probably never be a match for her opponent in her entire life.

"But no matter how strong he is, he's not at the Inner Strength Realm. Isn't he afraid of the Sect Master taking action?" Xie Li also saw Lin Hui at this moment, and recalled the previous battle in her mind, and asked.

She was incredibly grateful that she hadn't made a move when she arrived, otherwise she might have ended up like her senior sister Mu, losing an arm and being crippled.

"I don't know," Mu Qiaozhi shook her head slightly. She had been recuperating and resting for the past two days and hadn't seen her master at all. In addition, with her status declining, she was worried about the changes she would face after returning home. She never expected that Lin Hui would actually dare to come knocking on her door!

At this moment, Wang Hongshi and Chen Yuan were looking at Lin Hui in front of the door.

Chen Yuan unconsciously put himself in Xie Kong's shoes, simulating his own attack against Lin Hui. However, in several attempts, he was unsuccessful in using his claw technique to grab and lock onto his opponent.

The opponent was too fast. My body tempering was only at the eighth level. Although it covered my entire body and could withstand sword strikes, those were ordinary sword cuts. If the opponent were to pierce through me at that speed...
Chen Yuan didn't think he could withstand it.

So he turned his gaze to his eldest brother, Wang Hongshi. With their master absent, Wang Hongshi was the strongest person in the Black Dragon Gate.

Not only him, but all the other disciples also turned their attention to Wang Hongshi at this moment.

At this moment, he, being the strongest, became the backbone of everyone.

Wang Hongshi knew he couldn't back down now, otherwise he wouldn't be able to explain himself to the Black Dragon Sect's reputation, his fellow disciples' opinions, or his master.

Although he wasn't confident in dealing with Lin Hui's speed, he figured the other side was also helpless against his defenses, so...
He walked forward step by step until he reached the open space in front of the door, facing Lin Hui.

"Wang Hongshi of the Black Dragon Gate, please enlighten me."

“Actually, I am quite interested in the Black Dragon Claw Sect,” Lin Hui said. “The Black Dragon Claw is indeed unique and very good in terms of hard-skill defense. It would be a wonderful thing if it could merge with my Qingfeng Temple and complement each other.”

"Merge? Are you offering yourself up for a merger?" Wang Hongshi said, squinting.

"Since I proposed the merger, it will naturally be based on my Qingfeng Sword." Lin Hui smiled and said, "Just think about it, with the speed and agility of my Qingfeng Temple combined with the hard defense of the Black Dragon Claw, we won't even need swords anymore. We can use our hands as swords, making ourselves the strongest weapon. It's like adding wings to a tiger!"

"Dream!"

With a whoosh, Wang Hongshi suddenly rushed forward, attempting a surprise attack, and with both hands in a dragon-embracing-tree gesture, grabbed at Lin Hui's arms from both sides.

This move, with its numerous claw shadows, subtly carries a pulling force, slowing down Lin Hui's dodging speed.

However, he greatly underestimated Lin Huijian's speed.

In an instant, a flash of silver light dazzled his eyes. Then, his arms went empty, and a series of nine ringing sounds came from his chest.

Nine sparks flew out, and the last one flew out with a little blood.

The two of them stopped moving at the same time.

Wang Hongshi's arms were dangling in the air as he attempted a second move, grabbing at his opponent's shoulders.

But this move was only halfway through and was already meaningless.

A sword was gently piercing his heart.

The cold tip of the sword was slowly warmed by the scalding blood. Strands of red seeped from the clothes covering his chest.

"It's weaker than I expected." Lin Hui gently sheathed his sword, his face showing disappointment.

He walked forward, brushed past Wang Hongshi, and headed towards the Black Dragon Gate.

With a single strike of the Nine Swords, he forcefully pierced through Wang Hongshi's hard-skill defense in less than a second.

The speed at which the winner was decided was astonishing.

puff!
Just then, Wang Hongshi, who had been standing there blankly, trembled all over, a mouthful of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and he knelt down on the ground, unable to get up again.

The excruciating pain in his heart from the impact of the sword blade made it impossible for him to stand up.

"Where is the Black Dragon Sect Master?!" Lin Hui shouted loudly from not far behind.

"If even the sect leader doesn't dare to show up for the battle, then the Black Dragon Sect should probably stay closed forever."

Lin Hui stood with one foot on the broken plaque, a smile on his face, looking at the training ground inside the gate, which had a hundred or so people.

Yes, he naturally knew that Song Zhanlong's eyes had been blinded by him using his internal energy realm strength.

Otherwise, why would he rush over to kick someone when they're down the very next day?

After all, he is not yet at the Inner Strength Realm on the surface, so he needs to keep a low profile.

(End of this chapter)