The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

Seeing that the old nun, Brother Chu, and... that young master Hua were about to clash, Lin Pingzhi immediately stepped forward and, with a surge of inner strength, loudly proclaimed, "The day is the day for the Fuwei Escort Agency to avenge itself! Yu Canghai, why don't you come out and face your death!"

Upon hearing Lin Pingzhi bring up "serious business," everyone's attention finally shifted—at least superficially, since continuing to focus on extinction would be quite embarrassing for him.

Not taking action is not in her nature.

But if they really make a move... who can Extinction defeat?

Only the younger ones, their hearts already burning with gossip, were thinking about whether they could ask their elders for information when they got back.

When Lin Pingzhi shouted at him in front of the mountain gate, Yu Canghai couldn't save face. His short figure flew out and landed on the open ground in front of the mountain gate.

"You little beast, I failed to kill you back then... but you still dare to come here to die today!" Yu Canghai dared not mention the matter of his son being killed.

He didn't know if Chu Luren would shamelessly take action, but the people from Yihua Palace would definitely take action without any reason!

"Yu Canghai, I have sworn an oath before my parents' graves that I will not let any of you or the Qingcheng disciples who came to Fuzhou back then go! Today, it will start with you. Only one of us will be able to leave this place alive!" Lin Pingzhi faced Yu Canghai directly, and he did not expect that he would switch from extreme anger to extreme calmness in an instant.

Instead, his mind was free of any other thoughts besides revenge...

Chu Luren also glanced at him in surprise, vaguely sensing that Lin Pingzhi's spiritual perception had suddenly become clearer. Although it hadn't reached the level of enlightenment, he was now definitely able to perform beyond his usual level.

"It seems that Sect Leader Yu is also going to have a head-on duel with Brother Lin. Everyone, please step back a bit." Chu Luren said, taking the initiative to retreat a few steps.

Seeing that Chu Luren had no intention of making a move, the bystanders naturally stepped back, giving the two of them some space...

Chapter 425 Duel

"I'd like to see if those little fish who slipped through the net back then have become a serious threat... Who gave you the confidence to fight me one-on-one!" Yu Canghai, who was one meter tall, tried his best to exude an aura of profound composure.

Facing Yu Canghai, Lin Pingzhi was surprisingly calm, and he didn't even have the desire to trash talk anymore.

Yu Canghai showed no mercy when he wiped out the entire Fuwei Escort Agency back then, but now, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he's putting on airs of a superior being. It's impossible for him to make the first move or draw his sword!

Lin Pingzhi then swaggered towards Yu Canghai...

This is somewhat of a "cheating" move, and it was taught to Lin Pingzhi a few days ago by a certain martial arts master who wishes to remain anonymous.

As they closed to within ten steps, Yu Canghai visibly became more wary, and even the corner of his mouth twitched as if he wanted to say something.

Lin Pingzhi stopped there, knowing that this was the limit of Yu Canghai's psychological endurance!

With many prominent figures from Sichuan present, Yu Canghai was not in a position to make the first move, or even to draw his sword first. It was even more impossible for him to retreat before the fight had even begun.

However, there is always a limit. If Lin Pingzhi moves forward again, even if Yu Canghai appears somewhat weak, he will still open his mouth to mock him.

During the few days of rest, Lin Pingzhi wasn't idle either; Chu Luren gave him some pointers...

Chu Luren first asked Lin Pingzhi if he was confident—the answer was obviously no.

In Lin Pingzhi's own words, his chances of winning were less than 30%, and it wasn't a 70/30 split where the battle was evenly matched. Instead, he would take advantage of the speed and movement of the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique, as well as the exquisite Five Mountains Sword Technique, to catch Yu Canghai off guard!

If he can win within the next thirty moves, then he has won. After thirty moves, Yu Canghai will have adapted, and Lin Pingzhi, whose skill is still shallow, will have a much lower chance of winning...

According to Lin Pingzhi's self-assessment at that time, the probability of defeating Yu Canghai within thirty moves was 30%. However, now that Lin Pingzhi is in excellent condition, Chu Luren thinks the probability is 50%.

Moreover, Lin Pingzhi has now taken ten steps closer to Yu Canghai after listening to his guidance. Chu Luren felt that if the "three ultimate moves" he had taught him over the past few days were effective, his chances of success could be increased to 70% or 80%!

As Yu Canghai became wary of the distance, Lin Pingzhi also stopped, held the scabbard horizontally at neck height, and slowly drew the sword...

Just as Lin Pingzhi had slowly drawn the sword nearly halfway out and Yu Canghai's attention was focused on it, he suddenly accelerated and drew it out, while simultaneously flicking the scabbard and adjusting the angle—it was midday, and the smooth blade reflected the sunlight, dazzling Yu Canghai's eyes!

This was the second ultimate move taught by Chu Luren. He first used a sword technique that injured the eyes and eye meridians, but Chu Luren could use pure sword light, while Lin Pingzhi's skill was insufficient, so he had to rely on the reflected sunlight...

Just as Yu Canghai's vision blurred, Lin Pingzhi threw out his sword sheath, which also turned and swept around the sand and gravel to Yu Canghai's left!

This clever technique was the third ultimate move that Chu Luren instructed Lin Pingzhi to use. It borrowed some techniques from the "Traceless Heart Sutra". Because it was only for throwing a fast and curved sword sheath, Lin Pingzhi quickly mastered it in just a few days.

Yu Canghai was startled, thinking that Lin Pingzhi's movement technique was really that fast. Back then, Yu Canghai's master, Changqingzi, was defeated by Lin Yuantu's "Evil-Repelling Sword Technique" and died in depression. Therefore, Yu Canghai had also heard his master mention some characteristics of the "Evil-Repelling Sword Technique".

What impressed Changqingzi the most was naturally the speed of his movements and the speed of his attacks...

Lin Pingzhi approached within ten steps, putting some pressure on him, and that was the reason for this.

Yu Canghai hurriedly swung his sword to sweep it away—but he didn't even have time to draw his sword!

However, all I saw was emptiness... I immediately realized it was a "deceptive trick"!

While feeling ashamed and annoyed, Yu Canghai was also somewhat relieved—it wasn't that fast after all, his skill was still too shallow...

And at this time, Yu Canghai's eyesight was gradually recovering.

However, just as this thought arose, a cry of surprise came, and Yu Canghai also felt the sound of a sword cutting through the air coming from the other side!

Clang—clang…clang—sizzle—

As Yu Canghai raised his sword to parry, he tried to draw his longsword, but Lin Pingzhi used a combination of the charm of Hengshan swordsmanship and a "soft but gentle" force to knock the scabbard back into place, leaving a not-too-deep wound on Yu Canghai's ribs.

It's a natural law that short people often can't draw their long swords!

However, given Yu Canghai's swordsmanship skills, he wouldn't normally be unable to draw his sword...

Now... not only have they been careless and fallen into a trap, but they've also been deliberately targeted by Lin Pingzhi.

Lin Pingzhi, having gained the upper hand, pressed his advantage relentlessly. His moves were still primarily based on the meticulously crafted "Evil-Repelling Sword Technique," but at the same time, they also fully displayed the essence of "strangeness, danger, and weirdness" in the Five Mountains Sword Technique!

If the original version of the "Evil-Repelling Sword Technique" only focused on speed and coordination, believing that speed was the only way to break through defenses, then Lin Pingzhi's current version adds an extra layer of "demonic" quality to that speed.

Like strange rocks in the mountains, like precipitous cliffs on peaks, like bizarre cypress trees in the forest...

This is a sword technique that Lin Pingzhi has been honing on his own recently. It's not something that Chu Luren could teach him in a few days. Chu Luren only gave him a few pointers.

This swordsmanship, in particular, is very targeted—every move, before actually injuring the enemy, always prioritizes striking the opponent's weapon first…

Whether it's a sword strike, a burst of internal energy, or a kick or elbow strike!

When facing others, it might be to disrupt the opponent's attack, but when facing Yu Canghai, who hadn't even had time to draw his sword, it was blatantly preventing the opponent from drawing his sword.

Taking advantage of his speed, Yu Canghai made three moves while Lin Pingzhi had already made four and a half moves, two and a half of which were used to stop him from drawing his sword.

The other two moves were a feint that deflected Yu Canghai's block, and a move that left a deep sword wound on the outside of his thigh!

Finally, when Yu Canghai had even half a move left...

"Hmph!" Chu Luren snorted coldly, and Yu Canghai felt a lump in his throat.

Not only did he fail to draw his sword, but Lin Pingzhi also slashed across his face with his sword. Before he could dodge completely, a piece of flesh was sliced ​​off his cheekbone—Yu Canghai cried out in pain for the first time!

Many people, including Miejue, glared or frowned at the Chu Lu people, but the Chu Lu people were not to be outdone, glaring back at those who had exclaimed in surprise when Lin Pingzhi made his move...

He adopted a "you guys spoke first" attitude, while his hand had already reached for the suona at his waist. When others glared at him, he just sneered back, as if he didn't care about a fight!

Chapter 426 Revenge

Seeing that Yu Canghai had been injured in the face by a sword, not only losing face but also becoming increasingly disorganized in his attacks, many people glared at Chu Luren, the "culprit".

"Hasn't Master Chu lost his integrity?" the old master of Xinda Hall in Mianzhu asked in a deep voice.

"Oh? When Brother Lin drew his sword just now, what he reminded Yu Canghai about was being upright and honorable?" Chu Luren said with utter disdain.

For a moment, the crowd outside the arena froze—after all, someone had indeed been astonished by Lin Pingzhi's speed and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. As for whether Yu Canghai reacted because of this information from outside the arena, well... no one can really say for sure.

Moreover, Lin Pingzhi's initial attacks were indeed shameless, but ultimately, Lin Pingzhi came for revenge, not to compete for the title of the world's number one...

It's hard to say who's right and who's wrong, but Chu Luren used this as an excuse to retaliate. Naturally, some people were annoyed by his "despicable" behavior, but they didn't say anything more!

On the other side, Yu Canghai was already in grave danger...

Logically speaking, if Yu Canghai had calmed down from the beginning and exchanged blows with Lin Pingzhi, he wouldn't have suffered such a terrible defeat—in the original work, Lin Pingzhi only managed to launch a sneak attack, and in reality, his martial arts skills were still quite far behind Yu Canghai's.

However, precisely because of this, Yu Canghai became increasingly angry and ashamed, and his swordsmanship became more and more chaotic...

He had made some progress compared to two years ago, and had initially grasped the sword technique of "swift as the wind". After combining it with the "crane cry in the nine heavens true qi" to imitate "strong as a pine", the "pine wind sword technique" of the Qingcheng School, when used by him, had more and more of the charm of Changqingzi back then.

However, he couldn't even draw his sword before his face was disfigured, and he was filled with shame and indignation!

Of the twenty-five moves, Lin Pingzhi made sixteen, while Yu Canghai only made nine...

Just as Yu Canghai was about to risk injury to escape and regain his footing, Lin Pingzhi struck him with a swift and dangerous sword strike—Lin Pingzhi was originally facing the direction Yu Canghai had jumped away from, but at this moment, he swiftly and ruthlessly stabbed Yu Canghai from under his armpit!

Although he was also injured by his own sword energy, this sword directly pierced deep into Yu Canghai's heel, with a small part of the sword blade embedded in Yu Canghai's calf!

With a flick of the sword energy, Yu Canghai let out a miserable scream as blood mist erupted from one of his legs, rendering it useless.

Unable to hold his breath any longer, Yu Canghai fell back, only to have Lin Pingzhi twist and slice off the fingers of his right hand that were gripping the sword hilt with a single stroke...

At this moment, many Qingcheng Sect disciples were filled with shock and anger—they were already in a state of shock and anger when Yu Canghai was "ambushed" and put at a disadvantage by Lin Pingzhi's tactics.

Seeing their sect leader being restrained, the disciples of Qingcheng could no longer tolerate it.

Although Yu Canghai was a scoundrel to outsiders and sometimes had a fiery temper at home, often resorting to beatings and scoldings, he was indeed protective of his own people when it came to matters of the heart, and this applied not only to his son!

For the Qingcheng disciples, Yu Canghai was a qualified sect leader in terms of his emotions, not to mention his rationality. If he didn't react when his own sect leader was crippled, would he still be human?

Ignoring the question of whether it was a duel or not, and seeing that the Qingcheng disciples behind them were about to swarm forward...

However, at this moment, Chu Luren snorted coldly, and with a movement as fast as a ghost, he flew from Lin Pingzhi's side to the other side of the "battlefield" before the others could even see him.

His speed was so fast that even those who had just lost focus and were not paying attention to him could not tell whether the deer-man was leaping over or crossing the "battlefield".

Faced with the horde of Qingcheng disciples rushing forward, Chu Luren didn't use any heavy blows—he casually swung out two palms to the left and right!

Immediately, the Qingcheng disciples who were charging ahead felt a force that seemed soft but was actually strong, hitting them head-on, and then they were pushed back without any resistance.

Qingcheng disciples surged forward from both sides, but Chu Luren simply used his palms in all directions to push them away, preventing anyone from getting close.

Yu Canghai was too impatient and not very good at teaching disciples. The martial arts skills of the young disciples of Qingcheng were generally not very good, even inferior to the average level of the Five Mountains Sword Sect. Several older elders with solid martial arts foundations were also defeated by Chu Luren with a few more finger strikes.

At this moment, Lin Pingzhi had completely subdued Yu Canghai, holding his sword across Yu's neck and his left hand against Yu's back. Although Lin Pingzhi's internal strength was not high and was not as strong as Yu Canghai's, in this position, it would be easy for him to sever Yu's heart meridian with a single palm strike, not to mention the long sword at Yu's neck!

"Wait a minute!"

"Young Master Lin, it's better to resolve conflicts than to let them fester..."

“Amitabha Buddha, alas, Benefactor Lin, back then regarding the Fuwei Escort Agency matter, this humble monk also went to Qingcheng Mountain and spoke with Sect Leader Yu for a long time…”

"Indeed, the matter concerning your father and mother was not the fault of Sect Leader Yu, but today you and... others are so aggressive that it makes us underestimate you!"

"Young Master Lin, you are a disciple of the Huashan Sect. You have shown no mercy to Qingcheng. Have you ever thought about Huashan?"

Many of the "witnesses" also began to react, making sounds like passersby—unfortunately, their vocal skills were not up to par.

However, they were just talking, after all, Chu Luren was right there. Even if they didn't think Chu Luren could really stop so many people, it would be embarrassing, not to mention that Nan Murong was also there, and Hua Wuque obviously had no intention of making a move at this time.

Moreover, Lin Pingzhi did not hesitate at all, nor did he take the words of the others to heart. He simply whispered to himself, "Father, Mother, I will avenge the first grudge!"