The Eagle Shooting Heroes: From Golden-Knife Prince Consort to Emperor Guangwu of the Great Zhou Dyn

Guo Liqing smiled and said, "Let me tell you the good news first."

Nahita nodded and said, "I found one of the chivalrous thieves, and he agreed to stop assassinating people."

"The bad news is, the other one disagrees and will continue the assassination attempt?"

"Not only that, Badr is the strongest of the three of us. He's extremely stubborn and won't give up on the assassination; in fact, he's already begun his operation!"

"Do you know his itinerary?"

"I don't know." Nashita looked at Guo Liqing and said, "According to our previous agreement, you have to come with me to stop him."

"But you don't even know his route."

"Although I don't know which route he took, I know that his target was Temujin."

Guo Liqing also realized that Badr's ultimate target was Genghis Khan, so all they needed to do was set up defenses around Genghis Khan.

"I understand. Then come with me to the palace."

Now that Genghis Khan has entered Samarkand, he naturally wants to stay in the most prestigious and luxurious residence in the city, which is naturally the royal palace.

Even though Guo Liqing is now the master of this city, he can only live in the general's mansion.

Guo Liqing led Nashita into the palace, and none of the guards along the way stopped them; they all bowed to Guo Liqing upon seeing him.

Guo Liqing entered the palace with ease.

But Badr's situation wasn't so easy.

After entering the palace, Guo Liqing did not see anyone, but instead found a corner to hide in.

Guo Liqing looked at Nashita beside him and asked, "Are you sure Bader will pass by here?"

"Yes!" Nashita nodded and said, "I just observed the surrounding environment. If it were me, I would also choose to go this way; this direction has the biggest loopholes!"

"Alright, you stay here and keep watch. Call me if there's anything unusual!"

"Yes, Master!"

After Guo Liqing finished speaking, he retreated to a corner and began to practice the moves of the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms.

For the past few days, Guo Liqing has been practicing these moves whenever he has free time.

As Guo Liqing became more and more proficient in the moves, he discovered a problem.

The Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms and the Ambidextrous Fighting Technique are actually not that powerful.

The moves of the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, in terms of the moves themselves, teach you a correct way to exert force.

Given the human body's structure, the way to exert maximum offensive power is through the fist.

The pinnacle of human hand-to-hand combat in later generations was heavyweight boxing. I've never heard of palm strikes!

The method of the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms actually teaches people to change the way they generate power in boxing to generate power in palm strikes, so as to maximize the power.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise of not using internal energy.

Using internal force is different.

Once internal force is used, it has the power to split rocks and shatter trees.

In the original novel, when Guo Jing first used the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, he couldn't even defeat the likes of Ouyang Ke.

Later, it was because he practiced the Nine Yin Manual that his internal strength increased greatly, and the power of the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms was revealed.

So, does the strength of martial arts depend on internal energy?

Humans are the most intelligent of all creatures, and their attack methods are not limited to hand-to-hand combat; they can also use weapons.

If the power to drive palm strikes is this great, what about when it's used to power weapons?

In the novel *The Smiling, Proud Wanderer*, Dongfang Bubai practiced the Sunflower Manual and was able to kill people with embroidery needles. That must be the effect of his powerful internal energy!

Why didn't Guo Jing learn a set of saber or sword techniques?

Just as Guo Liqing was pondering, Nashita whispered, "Master, he's here!"

Guo Liqing saw through the small window that a gray figure was climbing the city wall.

The architecture in Samarkand is Central Asian in style, simple and straightforward, with only a few protrusions on the exterior for climbing and gripping.

But the figures climbing the city wall were like spiders, and they could climb a seven or eight-meter wall in no time.

At this moment, Guo Liqing suddenly realized why the assassins here wore gray clothes; it turned out that gray clothes could be perfectly hidden on the surface of the building under the cover of night.

Fortunately, Guo Liqing has excellent eyesight.

He drew his bow and shot an arrow, which flew straight toward the figure.

The other person seemed to sense something was wrong, loosened their right hand, and naturally shifted their weight to the left.

"Clang!"

The arrow landed right in front of the man.

Guo Liqing was surprised to see the other party avoid him from afar.

Guo Jing's archery skills are so exceptional that they seem to have a protagonist's aura, yet his archery was still dodged, which shows that his opponent was quite skilled.

Guo Liqing smiled slightly and drew another arrow.

"call out!"

"Whoosh!"

Since Guo Liqing has ranged attack capabilities, why is he so fixated on melee combat?

After he fired the first arrow, Nahita quietly left and ran towards the gray-clad man in the distance.

Her footsteps were incredibly light, and she moved so fast that she was practically invisible; she was a natural-born assassin.

Nahita quickly arrived at the location of the gray-clad man.

At this moment, the man in gray had been forced to hide by Guo Liqing's arrows.

Nashita seized the opportunity to rush forward. After a brief exchange, Nashita removed the mask from the man in gray, revealing him to be the chivalrous thief Baldr.

Judging from his appearance, Badr looked like a Turk or a person of mixed race.

"Badr, give up! If you do this, even if you kill Temujin, the people of Samarkand will die."

"Shut up, you traitor!"

Nashita said, "I am not a traitor. My purpose is to save the people in the city, not to kill Temujin to vent my anger!"

"If we kill Temujin and his sons, the Mongol army will naturally fall into chaos, and we can then recapture Samarkand!"

Nashita knew that she had tried to persuade her before, but given the current situation, there was no point in trying again.

"Nahita, why are you wasting your breath talking to him!"

Guo Liqing descended almost from the sky, unleashing a powerful palm strike with the move "Flying Dragon in the Sky."

Badr didn't have time to dodge and was sent flying by a palm strike.

"You attacked me! You're despicable and shameless!" Badr's first words after landing were curses.

"You, an assassin, accuse me of shameless sneak attack?"

Guo Liqing laughed heartily and then chased after him.

Badr turned and ran.

Despite being severely injured, he was still able to escape at lightning speed.

"What amazing lightness skill!" Guo Liqing couldn't help but exclaim.

This guy used the terrain within the palace to continuously widen the gap between himself and Guo Liqing.

"Is he very familiar with the layout of this palace?"

Guo Liqing didn't care about anything else, and the commotion from the chase grew louder and louder, which alerted the guards in the palace.

"There's an assassin!"

"Catch the assassin!"

In the blink of an eye, Badr arrived at the location of Genghis Khan's palace.

The palace guards were no match for Badr; only Guo Liqing could keep up.

Seeing that Badr was determined to kill Genghis Khan despite his injuries, it was probably more than just a matter of being a chivalrous thief.

Guo Liqing quickly snatched a long spear from a soldier standing nearby.

"Who goes there!"

Badr suddenly rushed into the palace, startling Genghis Khan so much that he jumped out of bed and quickly drew his sword to defend himself.

"Prepare to die!"

Badr lunged forward, the sharp blade in his hand gleaming coldly!

"call out!"

In that split second, a spear flew at incredible speed, piercing Badr from behind and pinning him to the ground.

Genghis Khan remained calm upon seeing this, immediately took a step forward, and beheaded Badr with a single stroke.

Guo Liqing stood outside the palace and breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully he hadn't succeeded.

If Genghis Khan were truly angered, he could really slaughter everyone here.

Guo Liqing looked at his right hand. He had used his internal force when he threw the spear, but he hadn't expected it to be so powerful.

Guo Liqing looked at Nashita beside him and said, "You may step back now."

"Yes."

Guo Liqing rushed into the palace and hurriedly asked, "Great Khan, are you alright?"

Genghis Khan looked at it and asked, "Jing'er, did you throw this spear?"