Wuxia: Start with max-level Nine Yang Divine Skill

Chapter 91 Even a rat will bite when cornered? (4k4)

"Night mill" is a common name for rats.

As Zishu spoke, his figure suddenly blurred, and he darted towards Li Fu again like a ghost. The poisoned short knife in his hand drew several streaks of light, about to attack Li Fu's vital points. His speed was astonishing!

Li Fu sat motionless in the middle of the seat, then flicked his finger into the air.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

The Finger Flicking Divine Skill!

With a flick of his fingers, several invisible, scorching, and powerful finger forces shot through the air, precisely cutting off Zishu Yemo's attack.

The force of his fingers clashed with the short sword, producing a resounding clang of metal against metal, which made his hand go numb.

Although Zishu's movements were strange and swift, and his knife skills were ruthless and cunning, he was temporarily forced to stay away from this finger force from a distance.

At the same time, because he was wary of Li Fu's unfathomable martial arts skills, he circled a few feet away, looking for an opening.

"You must have gone to great lengths to kill me!"

Li Fu's figure was as steady as a mountain, having already connected the dots.

This rat, disguised as an orphan named Stone, came to his side in this way, only to find an unexpected opportunity to kill him.

One can imagine how long he had been planning this, and how long he had been lying in wait.

This forbearance and scheming is truly alarming.

"Unfortunately, it's still not enough."

The rat gritted its teeth at night, making a sharp, shrill sound.

"I originally thought you were just a nobody, and killing you would be a piece of cake, without any effort at all."

But upon arriving here, I heard about what had just happened in Yanzhou: you were able to kill Tiebi Hengjiang Dai Yue, and even Tianpeng Elder died at your hands.

I only realized then that you might not be so easy to kill, which is why I painstakingly planned this.

So I searched around and finally found this widow and her child who were both wronged and in distress!

People like you, who call yourselves righteous, love nothing more than to stand up for what's right, lend a helping hand, win applause, and have your stories told throughout the land, thinking yourself so great!

He attacked again, his short swords flashing like venomous snakes, and his words were even more sinister.

"Back then, the famous martial arts master Lu Wengong, who was renowned throughout Hunan, was no less skilled than me. I was not confident in fighting him head-on, but he still died from a similar move of mine."

While he was facing away and fighting with someone, I drew my sword and killed him with a single strike!

My plans for you are even more elaborate!

They even poisoned this brat to restrain your hands and feet and your internal energy!

Even so, the sudden, deadly attack failed—your martial arts skills are even higher than the rumors suggest!

Thud, thud!

Li Fu deflated the attack once again with a snap of his fingers.

Zishu Yemo was forced back again, his face filled with resentment and a hint of fear.

Gu Changfeng, who was lying paralyzed to the side, watched in horror.

This rat's movements are far superior to his, his swordsmanship is more cunning, his knife skills are more ruthless, and his attacks are more vicious!

But the young constable was even more terrifying. He sat still, saving people with one hand, and with just his finger strength from a distance, he forced the terrifying assassin to stay away!

"They killed Dai Yue and Elder Tianpeng?"

Could he be the constable Li Fu we just mentioned?

The hidden merchant and peddler exclaimed in disbelief.

"The Twelve Deadly Forms, I've heard of them. They're supposedly one of the most terrifying assassin organizations in the martial arts world. Is this Tianpeng Sect's revenge?"

"The Twelve Fierce Signs... I feel like I've heard of them somewhere before?"

The scholar-lady frowned.

"But weren't you an orphan from a village that was ransacked? I'm the one who saved you!"

Looking at the grotesque face of the rat, Zhao still couldn't believe it and said in a trembling voice.

"I'll take you back to the village and bury your parents who were killed by bandits—"

"idiot!"

The rat chuckled as it ground its millstone at night.

"I killed those people!"

What parents?

I shed a few tears, pretending to have painstakingly buried them, and they become my parents?

You and your daughter are both idiots!

All along the way, I secretly led you in the direction you were fleeing for your lives, and you were completely unaware!

These words sent a chill down everyone's spine.

To secure an assassination opportunity, they first slaughtered an entire village of innocents?

This person's cold-blooded cruelty is beyond description.

"What?"

You—you killed so many people, and even poisoned such young children! You're not human! You're a beast! You're excrement, you're maggots!

The scholar and his daughter were trembling with anger, but their vocabulary of insults was truly inadequate.

"Heh," Zishu Yemo said indifferently, glancing at the poisoned, dying little girl and revealing a deep and cruel sneer.

"Killing people is as natural to me as eating and drinking."

I started killing people when I was six years old, and I've lost count of how many I've killed.

What I hate most is children!

His eyes were filled with disgust and pleasure.

"Noisy and boisterous, so-called naivety is nothing but foolishness!"

When I kill someone, if there are children around, I always torture them severely so that they can experience the cruelty of the world before they die!

It's rare to see a little brat die so easily!

Li Fu's face darkened, and the killing intent in his eyes had never been so cold.

"Are all twelve of the most wicked men as inhuman and utterly devoid of conscience as you?"

"Ha ha!

Why are you asking this?

Did they really think they could leave this temple alive today?

The rat grinded its teeth at night, sneering coldly.

"Why shouldn't I make a move? Your internal energy must be quite depleted."

What I gave this brat was the deadly poison of the Jianghu, Golden Cup Tea!

Time is money; even a martial arts master can lose his life in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea!

If you want to keep her alive, you will need to expend a lot of your true energy, and your true energy will soon be exhausted!

Of course, you still have a choice.

His tone was full of sarcasm.

"Give up her life and attack me with all your might."

With your martial arts skills, I may have no choice but to retreat and find another opportunity.

But I bet you hypocrites, with your hesitation, won't make this "wise" choice even when my knife is at your throat!

Li Fu's face was turning pale, seemingly confirming Zi Shu's words.

Upon hearing this, the peddler and porters in the temple felt even more hatred and fear towards Zishu's malicious exploitation of people's hearts, but they also felt a sense of powerlessness and despair.

This situation seems to have truly become an unsolvable dead end.

However, the next moment, something unexpected happened.

"Is that so?"

Li Fu slowly withdrew his hand from the little girl's back and stood up.

He actually—sacrificed the little girl's life?

"Um?"

Zi Shu Ye Mo's expression changed. He was extremely wary of Li Fu, whose martial arts skills were unparalleled among all the assassination targets he had ever encountered.

Seeing Li Fu's decisive action, he felt a pang of anxiety.

"Huh? I didn't expect I underestimated your character; you're ruthless and decisive too."

The rat, as if facing a formidable enemy, said sarcastically, "That's right, what human life is more important than one's own?"

The peddler and others in the temple felt a pang of sorrow. Although they felt that Li Fu's choice to save his own life was understandable, they couldn't help but feel saddened to see the little girl being abandoned.

"No—don't let go!"

The scholar and the young lady exclaimed in surprise, rushed to the little girl's side, and hurriedly tried to take over the transfer of internal energy from Li Fu.

But as soon as she grasped the little girl's pulse, she froze.

Although the little girl's face was still pale, the terrifying bluish-black color from before had faded by more than half, and her breathing, though weak, had become steady!

"It seems her poison has been neutralized?"

The scholar and the young lady were both surprised and delighted, unsure of what to expect.

"What?"

Gu Changfeng, lying on the ground, could not believe it. He had long heard of the extraordinary poison of Golden Cup Tea, a legendary poison that could kill without the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Compared to the poison he used to kill, it was like heaven and earth; such poison was actually neutralized by someone using internal energy in such a short time.

"impossible!"

Zishu Yemo shuddered and jumped up slightly, looking exactly like a frightened mouse, staring at Li Fu with disbelief and horror on his face for the first time.

"What kind of internal energy are you practicing?"

It has such an incredible and miraculous effect in neutralizing highly toxic substances?!

Li Fu slowly straightened up, realizing that the exertion of his internal energy to detoxify had indeed been quite taxing.

However, his Nine Yang Divine Skill was inexhaustible. After a slight adjustment of his breathing, his complexion returned to its rosy hue in the blink of an eye. He was full of energy and spoke coldly.

"If it were truly a deadly poison that kills instantly, I'm afraid I wouldn't have had time to save it."

But in order to restrain me, you used a deadly but not immediately fatal poison, which gave me time.

Everyone who heard this was shocked.

The maid, Wei Ying, stared wide-eyed, her heart skipping a beat.

This person's internal energy cultivation has reached an unbelievable level!

It's astonishing that they were able to neutralize such a potent poison as "Golden Cup Tea" so quickly, especially for a defenseless young girl in such a short time.

"Fine, I've lost today!"

Zishu Yemo said "good" three times in a row, his face extremely ugly.

He still had some trump cards up his sleeve, but he was an assassin, a killer, and never engaged in direct combat.

Seeing that his plan had failed and Li Fu had recovered, Zi Shu immediately had the idea of ​​retreating. He moved swiftly and tried to escape through the back window of the dilapidated temple.

"You schemed against me, harmed innocent people, and now you want to leave?!"

Although Li Fu's eyebrows twitched on his face, he was furious. Never before had his killing intent toward a person been so intense and boiling!

He unleashed several bursts of finger-flicking divine power, blocking the rat's escape route.

With a heavy stomp of his foot on the ground, his figure surged out like a dragon emerging from the sea!

He unleashed the Dragon Battle in the Wilds from the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, striking with the force of thunder and lightning towards Zishu Yemo.

"Dragons battle in the wilderness!"

The palm strike whistled, carrying the faint roar of a dragon.

The bonfire was almost extinguished by the fierce energy, and dust flew up inside the temple!

"Don't you know the principle of not pursuing a cornered enemy?!"

Zishu Yemo felt a powerful gust of wind pressing down like a tidal wave, with no way to avoid it and his escape route blocked. He could only let out a fierce roar, turn around and gather all his strength to thrust the poisoned short knife forward to meet this earth-shattering palm strike!

"Are you even human?"

Li Fu attacked in a fit of rage, unleashing all his inner strength without reservation.

Even when facing Elder Tianpeng, he never unleashed such a surge of true energy, leaving no room for retreat.

The Book of Changes says: "Dragons fight in the wild, their blood is black and yellow."

When the dragon fights in the wild, once this move is unleashed, there is no room for holding back. It is the most magnificent and domineering move among the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms. It can only be used when one is extremely angry and filled with killing intent in order to unleash its full power.

Zishu's poisoned dagger came swiftly, but Li Fu neither dodged nor avoided it, but struck out directly. As the palm wind howled, the powerful and unparalleled Nine Yang True Qi was highly condensed, forming a layer of golden Qi that was almost tangible and barely visible to the naked eye under his palm!

"laugh--!"

The poisoned dagger pierced the qi barrier as if it had struck metal.

The blade, sharp enough to cut iron like mud, was stopped just three inches from Li Fu's palm, unable to advance an inch further!

Not only that, but the powerful and unparalleled palm strike caused the thin blade to bend slightly under the pressure!

Zi Shu's expression changed drastically. He felt an overwhelming internal force surging along the blade, causing his tiger's mouth to split open and his entire arm to ache as if it were about to break.

He was horrified.

"break!"

Li Fu shouted loudly, unleashing his true energy.

The rat couldn't withstand the attack, and the rat itself felt as if it had been hit by a giant wave. It felt a tightness in its chest, a sweet taste in its throat, and then it flew backward.

"Boom!"

His body slammed violently into the already dilapidated and broken statue of the mountain god behind him.

The clay sculpture shattered instantly, its upper half collapsing with a crash, burying most of its body in the rubble and dust.

The rat's blood and qi surged, and its internal organs seemed to shift, causing it to spit out a mouthful of blood.

Before he could even catch his breath, Li Fu was already upon him, attacking once more!

Zishu opened his eyes wide and quickly used his lightness skill to dodge the blow like a mouse about to be hit by a broom.

"Dragon Claw Hand!"

This time, Li Fu did not simply unleash the powerful and sweeping Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms. He was wary of Zi Shu's poisoned knife and the Dragon Claw Hand, which involved close-quarters grappling.

Sharp and fierce, targeting key joints and acupoints.

As the fight progressed, his moves would occasionally change, his five fingers taking the shape of claws, but becoming even more ruthless and fierce, his strength fluctuating wildly, as if he were an eagle soaring through the sky, tearing through the clouds and splitting the wind.

It was the same Cloud Roc Dragon Claw that Elder Tianpeng had used before!

Although his skill in the Cloud Roc Dragon Claw was not as good as that of the Dragon Claw Hand, the fierce and ruthless Cloud Roc Dragon Claw suited his state of mind at this moment.

During their fight, Li Fu's claws flashed repeatedly, covering all of Zi Shu's vital points.

The Rat's knife skills are swift and ruthless, and his movements are as fast as a ghost.

However, Li Fu's grappling techniques were too exquisite, and his internal strength was far superior.

Within a few moves, Zishu was already struggling to stay afloat, facing imminent danger. He was struck by several claws, his clothes were torn, his skin was ripped open, and he was covered in blood.

He knew he was in dire straits and that if he couldn't escape, he would surely lose his life.

After stumbling back a few steps, a glint of madness flashed in Zishu's eyes. He pointed his right hand like a halberd and suddenly stabbed several acupoints on his chest.

"The Midnight Reverse Pulse Technique!"

With a fierce roar, his face instantly turned a sickly red, and his eyes were bloodshot, as if dripping blood, making him look like a mad rat.

This method is an evil skill that Zi Shu practiced in his early years. It forcibly stimulates potential at the cost of reversing the meridians and severely damaging the lungs and internal organs, in exchange for a rapid increase in power and speed in a short period of time.

"Li Fu!"

The rat was extremely angry. Its voice became hoarse, and its speed suddenly more than doubled, its figure almost turning into a faint gray shadow.

His moves were purely offensive, lacking any defensive stance, and he appeared frenzied. His short sword moved with lightning speed, aiming straight for Li Fu's vital points.

"If someone finds a mouse in their home, even if they try to chase it away with a broom, no one dares to actually catch it with their bare hands."

Even a rat can bite when cornered!

"I haven't used my Midnight Reversal Meridian Technique since I became famous. You have every reason to be proud!"

"Arrogance?"

Li Fu snorted coldly. Facing this fierce and relentless attack, he used the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth to redirect the opponent's attacks and unleash a powerful move.

"What's so great about dealing with a rat like you who hides in the gutter?"

The martial arts skills that ordinary people may not be able to master even in their entire lives are easily mastered by Li Fu, who seamlessly connects several peerless martial arts techniques.

"Is it this evil skill that gives you your confidence?"

That's not enough!

The Rat was naturally skilled at surprise attacks and assassinations, and direct confrontation was not his forte. He barely managed to hold on by relying on the Reverse Meridian Technique to unleash his potential, thus avoiding defeat at Li Fu's hands.

Although the knife in his hand was coated with a deadly poison, he would have a chance of winning if he was stabbed once.

Unfortunately, Li Fu not only possessed profound internal strength, but what shocked him even more was that, apart from the first few moves where Li Fu was forced to defend more than attack, he became more and more composed as the fight progressed. After only a dozen or so moves, he seemed to have vaguely figured out the style of his short sword technique.

As the saying goes, "An inch longer, an inch stronger; an inch shorter, an inch more dangerous."

The original short sword technique of the Rat was based on danger, deception, and poison. No matter how exquisite it was, once the moves were figured out, the Rat was completely helpless.

"not good----"

The usually invincible Yin Du missed his strike, which was easily dodged by his opponent. Instead, he was struck in the face by a claw, leaving four bloody marks. Zi Shu's face turned pale.

"I finally realized that my wisest choice was to take the opportunity to turn around and run away?"

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Seeing that Zi Shu was about to use his old move and hadn't yet generated any new power, Li Fu suddenly thrust out his right palm. It seemed slow, but it was actually faster than lightning. He used the move "Regretful Dragon Soaring" to unleash his palm power without revealing it. The power exploded as soon as it struck Zi Shu's chest!

"Tell me, what happens to those rats that, when cornered, turn around and bite?!"