Ming Dynasty: I am truly not the Emperor of Longevity

Perhaps in her opinion, darts wouldn't be very effective against a master like Lu Chen.

As the dart left her hand, she also drew a short sword and launched an attack on her opponent.

This woman's close-combat ability is only slightly stronger than one of her four opponents; she would probably have a hard time winning against two opponents.

Even so, she still did her best to launch attacks on the four in turn, trying to hold off her senior brother's opponents and prevent them from interfering with his duel with Lu Chen.

After starting to play a game of cat and mouse with this martial arts master, Lu Chen became increasingly adept at handling the situation.

As time passed, the other party's movements gradually became slower.

It was clear that the wound in his abdomen was about to burst!

Lu Chen was also able to spare some energy to observe the situation of the others.

Facing four opponents alone, the woman gradually found herself at a disadvantage and probably wouldn't be able to hold out for much longer.

It seems this battle will be over soon.

Those two constables were indeed imposters; real constables wouldn't have their skills!

wrong!

If things continue like this, the only thing waiting for this man and woman is defeat and death. If they can think of this, why can't they?

This is a gross underestimation of this martial arts master!

In this desperate situation, they certainly won't just sit and wait to die!

Sure enough, just as Lu Chen was secretly pondering how the other party would break the deadlock, the burly man suddenly made a move.

Instead of following Lu Chen around and getting left out, he suddenly changed direction and charged into the battle of the other five.

Seeing this person's actions, Lu Chen also used his mental power to quickly stop himself.

Thud. Thud.

The two fake constables who were besieging the woman were caught off guard and struck by this man's two palms. They immediately coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground.

"Junior sister, run!"

After knocking down the two skilled men posing as constables, the burly man shouted loudly,

"Senior brother isn't leaving today, but these scoundrels from the Chang Le Society will have to step over my dead body before they can catch you!"

Oh no, he's risking his life to cover the woman's escape!

Clearly, this burly man also knew that he couldn't catch up with Lu Chen.

He was already severely injured and would eventually be worn down. His junior sister couldn't even defeat four ordinary fighters who didn't know internal energy. In front of Lu Chen, a master who could withstand one of his palm strikes, she had no power to resist at all.

At that point, we'll be at their mercy, like fish on a chopping board.

Now, his goal of killing everyone in this dilapidated temple before he falls is definitely out of the question.

Given this, the most rational course of action is to abandon Lu Chen, the strongest opponent, and take advantage of the last bit of time he can hold on to quickly eliminate the four skilled men disguised as constables and beggars.

Then, with his last bit of strength, he stopped Lu Chen and covered the woman's escape.

He couldn't catch up with Lu Chen, but if he blocked the entrance of this dilapidated temple, Lu Chen would have no choice but to fight him head-on if he wanted to chase after him!

Based on the skills this person just displayed, even though his injuries are getting worse and his movements are becoming more sluggish, it won't be easy to deal with him.

Unless one's mental power can break through his internal energy barrier and directly attack his internal organs.

Otherwise, he would have blocked us in this dilapidated temple for a while.

By the time he could no longer suppress his injuries and collapsed to the ground, his junior sister had probably already run far away.

It was almost completely dark outside, and it was raining heavily.

Under such conditions, tracking down a highly skilled woman deep in the mountains is an almost impossible task.

This woman had personally witnessed her fighting with her senior brother!

As fellow disciples, even if she herself failed to master internal energy for some reason, it doesn't mean she lacks vision.

For a darts master, good eyesight is the most basic requirement.

She saw everything clearly: how he intercepted her dart out of thin air, causing it to turn and shoot at her senior brother, and how he blocked her senior brother's palm strike from a distance!

Similarly, she must have a deep impression of my appearance!

If she manages to escape, these things will definitely spread, and they will even reach a sect that can train such a burly man with internal strength.

Lu Chen had already personally experienced just how powerful this martial arts master was.

His school must have other masters like him!

Although today's battle was not what I wanted, the feud has already been formed.

Even if I went to Linqing and donned the official robes of the Jinyiwei commander, it might not make these people hesitate to act rashly.

According to the descriptions Lu Chen had read in various martial arts novels and films before his transmigration, these martial arts sects disregarded the laws of the imperial court!

The saying "a knight-errant uses martial arts to break the law" is not just a figure of speech.

Ordinary constables and yamen runners were completely helpless against a burly man who possessed internal strength and was a martial arts master.

No, we absolutely cannot let this person's plan succeed!

If this woman manages to escape, the consequences will be dire!

Upon hearing the burly man's words, the woman did not hesitate for a moment. She immediately abandoned her last two opponents and rushed towards the temple gate.

Two skilled fighters disguised as beggars tried to stop them, but were forced back by the wounded, burly man with a single palm strike.

At this moment, with the aid of his mental power, Lu Chen rushed towards the temple gate.

However, the woman was much closer to the temple gate than Lu Chen. When she was about to rush out of the temple gate, Lu Chen was still more than two meters away from her.

Seeing that Lu Chen was trying to chase after the woman, the burly man also suppressed his injuries and rushed towards the temple gate.

Under normal circumstances, this person should be able to block Lu Chen's path before he catches up with the woman.

Unfortunately, the opponent he encountered today was not a martial arts master with internal strength like him, but a superhuman.

He had internal energy to protect himself, but his junior sister didn't.

Just as the woman stepped over the threshold, she suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground.

Lu Chen did not continue the pursuit, but instead retreated a considerable distance, creating some distance between himself and the burly man.

The woman suddenly collapsed, which was naturally caused by Lu Chen's telekinetic attack.

At a distance of two to three meters, the attenuation of psychic power is already very significant, and the woman is still moving rapidly.

If you choose a small target, it is very difficult to locate it and it is easy to miss.

Choosing a large target with insufficient force makes it difficult to determine the effectiveness of the stopping effect.

If I can't make her fall down immediately, she'll continue rushing outwards for a distance and completely escape my telekinetic range.

Therefore, Lu Chen chose a position he originally did not want to attack.

The location is large enough to be easily positioned, and the stopping effect is excellent.

There is a side effect: once the target is attacked, they will most likely die on the spot. Even if they don't die, they will definitely lose their value for questioning.

Lu Chen had originally hoped to extract some information about internal energy from this woman.

Unfortunately, there was no other choice at this point.