Republic of China Era: Entering the Dao through Divine Strike

Chapter 114 Vast Wealth

"A jade belt around the waist."

Ma Shiqing had an arrogant look on his face, seemingly disdainful of making a move.

In reality, their mouths are very honest.

A cold shout.

The two, master and apprentice, with a knife and two pens, were already in a state of utter confusion.

At the same time, he leaned down and rushed forward, close to the ground.

One attack targets the left rib, the other the right chest.

Like two jade belts, they drew an arc, sandwiching Li Xin's chest, abdomen, waist, and ribs.

Gu Yongzhen, relying on the heavy armor she wore, was not afraid of Li Xin's fierce sword strikes.

His body was almost touching the ground as he slashed horizontally at an angle.

The wind howled fiercely.

Ma Shiqing was even more cautious, using one stroke to search for the knife and then another to strike seven major acupoints on Li Xin's chest.

Defense can be combined with offense; advance before attacking.

It turns out.

Ma Shiqing has been able to build such a great reputation.

His rich practical experience is one reason, but the biggest reason is that he is very good at assessing situations.

They almost never put themselves in a disadvantageous position.

He had just swung the pen he was using to protect his neck to his right side when he suddenly felt it lighten in his hand.

Another stroke, with seven lines of ink, plunged down, transforming from a rapid attack into a slanted attack.

At the same time, the tip of the pen nodded.

Point the needles to the Yangchi and Taiyuan acupoints on Li Xin's wrist.

Li Xin let out a soft "hmm," but he wasn't in a hurry to forcefully strike.

I felt a chill on my wrist —

With a swift movement, he changed the diagonal slash into a horizontal parry, deflecting the judge's pen with a snap.

His left hand slipped through his right arm, his palm soft as a cow's tongue, and he caught the long, sharp blade that was slashing down from his waist.

The [Heaven and Earth Palm Force] surges like waves, erupting suddenly.

With a whoosh, the longsword bounced heavily backward.

Gu Yongzhen's arm bones cracked, indicating that they had been dislocated from the elbow.

He was greatly alarmed, threw down his knife, and fled.

With his head down and legs up, and his body still in mid-air, he heard a thunderclap.

boom----

The blade flashed like the moon.

【Southeast Wind Sweeps】

He recognized the blade; its momentum blended into the wind as it slashed swiftly against it.

Normally, when encountering this Bagua Sect sword, one can only guard the gate.

Block if you can, parry if you can —

When you can't block or defend, you have to rely on quick movements to dodge.

But now that he has just taken off and is in mid-air, he cannot make any extra movements.

The opponent's strike was so fast it was like a phantom, and he had no way to counter it.

"Where is Master?"

In his final moments, he had only one thought in his mind: his master had promised to attack them together.

Surprisingly, two pens couldn't stop the opponent's palm strike and knife attack?

Should you let yourself take all the attacks head-on?

In his despair, the blade flashed across his neck, severing the steel neck guard.

With a whoosh, his head flew off.

Only then did he realize that his master, Ma Shiqing, had already retreated more than three zhang away.

You beast!

Gu Yongzhen's thoughts froze, and she fell into a deathly silence and darkness.

Ma Shiqing's eyes reddened.

"How can you draw your sword so quickly? What kind of internal energy is that?"

He was known for his exceptional accuracy in identifying acupoints and his rapid change of tactics, making him virtually unmatched in the capital.

However, just as they changed their tactics and countered the opponent's moves, they found themselves hampered at every turn.

Not only was her exquisite brushwork completely thwarted by the opponent, but she was also significantly slower.

The most outrageous thing was that his Xuanbing Force, which he had painstakingly cultivated for thirty years and was as solid and sharp as an ice blade or snow blade, was completely wiped out by the opponent's force.

The intense heat was like the blazing sun. The sheer force of the energy emanating from it almost melted the entire body.

In a head-on confrontation, after only two rounds, he was already in grave danger.

One of the judge's pens was severed, and at the same time, the opponent's light yet heavy blade strike left half of his body weak and aching.

They were at a complete disadvantage from the very first exchange.

How could he dare to launch a preemptive attack?

They could only retreat in panic.

He retreated halfway and saw his eldest disciple.

His blade was shattered with a single palm strike, and his head was severed with two blows.

Whether his apprentice lives or dies is not very important to Ma Shiqing.

He is a very cold person by nature.

However, he could neither block the opponent's swordsmanship nor seal off the opponent's internal energy.

This situation is very strange.

The two men share the same teacher.

One journey takes place under the blazing sun, the other under the gloomy darkness.

Logically speaking, water overcomes fire, so he should have some advantage.

Internal energies clash, ice and fire interact.

The other party, however, did not feel any discomfort at all.

His mind went blank, and he roared, "How can you be alright? You've only been training for a short time!"

"Didn't you look down on my sect's palm techniques? You don't even recognize the Qianyang Blazing Palm?"

Li Xin chuckled and said, "If it were before, I wouldn't have been able to deal with your Extreme Cold Profound Yin Inner Strength. However, your junior uncle, whom you look down on, cultivates both extremes and combines the two techniques into one."

This is undoubtedly a groundbreaking breakthrough. Senior Brother Ma, I can also use your Xuanbing Force!

As he spoke, he slashed straight down with his sword, the blade flashing with an icy blue light, an extremely cold sword aura pressing down on people's brows.

Before the blade even reached him, Ma Shiqing's eyebrows were already covered in frost.

It was even more refined than Ma Shiqing's own internal energy.

"Yin arises from Yang?"

Ma Shiqing, being a renowned expert in gossip, quickly figured out the problem.

That was the level of skill that our grandmaster and his master had been longing to break through day and night.

Unexpectedly, it was that useless senior uncle who beat him to it.

Is there any justice in this world?

On what grounds?

He completely abandoned any hope of getting away with it.

This time, let's be sincere and mindful, and treat it with utmost seriousness.

It's not that I haven't considered leaving.

First, I can't bring myself to do it.

Secondly, he knew that Li Xin was agile and quick, and that he had no chance of escaping.

Even Gao Tianyun, the most skilled bandit in the capital, couldn't beat Li Xin in terms of lightness skill. So how could he possibly compete with him in agility?

Then we have no choice but to fight to the death.

"good."

Li Xin didn't say much, and swiftly slashed three times.

Cut out a zigzag shape.

As the sword moved, a great storm arose.

However, each time the blade was about to strike, the enemy dodged it with an extremely slight arc.

He knew that Ma Shiqing was responding with a sense of danger at the Transformation Realm stage.

The opponent's cultivation level was approaching that of his master, and he usually didn't even think much of his uncle Cheng Yuanhua, so he was certainly not someone to be trifled with.

His strength had long since spread throughout his body, converging into a net.

But if an attack is about to strike, they can react in time.

The speed was a little slower, but not by much.

At this moment, the only goal is to survive, not to attack. The tip of the pen moves straight and horizontally, whistling back and forth, like twinkling stars in the sky.

Every move he made targeted Li Xin's vital points.

"Junior Brother Li, it's not too late for you to retreat now. Once the Green Standard Army arrives, tonight will be your death night."

Ma Shiqing shouted angrily, but he felt extremely frustrated.

A master of the Transformation Realm was actually beaten so badly by his junior brother that he couldn't fight back and could only defend himself. He lost all face.

The key point is that this junior brother's grandfather was only thirteen years old.

He clearly hasn't reached the level of "Transformation of Strength" yet.

They weren't even very skilled at techniques for deflecting and neutralizing force.

But why is it that they can accurately sense the rise and fall of power, and strike before the opponent can react?

This is unreasonable.

After tonight's battle, his reputation as "Crab Horse" has been completely tarnished.

All the wives, concubines, and servants in the mansion saw him in his disheveled state.

No, we have to kill all of them after this kid leaves.

The thought flashed through his mind, and he saw a blade that had clearly reached its end suddenly lengthen by three inches, grazing past his shoulder.

A sharp pain shot through my left arm, and my arm flew off.

"I was just testing your Celestial Star Calligraphy technique. You really think you can block it?"

He could hear Li Xin's cold glare.

Yes.

Li Xin only knew the Bagua Knife Technique.

He didn't even use the secret technique of "Eight-Nine Transformations, True Body of Wishes".

Aside from testing the [Qiankun Palm] once at the very beginning, the rest of the time it was simply a matter of countering each move as it came.

With a [Spirit] bonus of 27.5, even ordinary moves are mastered with exquisite skill and executed with unparalleled wonder.

The entire battle situation is within my perception.

He even mastered all sixty-four styles of Ma Shiqing's Tianxing brushwork in a short period of time.

Hearing that Ma Shiqing was about to die, he still dared to threaten him.

They immediately decided to let this Senior Brother Ma see what the Heavenly War God really looked like.

"Take three more of my blows, and I'll spare your life."

Brother Ma, you absolutely mustn't let me down.

Li Xin sheathed his sword and stepped back, taking a deep breath.

The figure moved as if disappearing into thin air.

Only a single blade of light slashed down with a thunderous roar.

Ma Shiqing shouted loudly.

The long strokes dot to the left and cut to the right, preparing to use force to neutralize it.

Suddenly, he noticed that the blade of light had slowed down for a second.

His judge's pen changed its moves twice, both of which resulted in empty air.

As he thought to himself that something was wrong, the gleaming longsword suddenly accelerated, so fast that his eyes couldn't even react.

Chi———

A cool sensation on my neck.

The blade flashed past.

With a clang, the sword was sheathed.

Li Xin's figure reappeared before them, a face with three eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly curved, as if he were sneering.

"you----"

If you have this kind of swordsmanship, you should use it sooner rather than later.

The subtle shifts in speed and deliberation revealed his mastery of human nature. His changes were so nuanced that he couldn't even withstand a single strike.

In that brief moment, he didn't even see Li Xin's figure.

It can only be said that, in terms of skill, he was miles behind his opponent.

With his carotid artery severed, Ma Shiqing reached out and tightly covered his neck, but he couldn't stop the blood from gushing out faster and faster.

Everything went black, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud.

The last thing I heard was, "Senior Brother Ma, I'll gladly accept your vast fortune. Hongxiu, make your move."

And now, the cloth bag can be used.

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