The Dazzling New Star of the Heroes of the Martial World
In the Desolate Forest Path, Heroic Blade Eighteen Vengeances was engaged in a furious battle with Yi Zhangzhi. Meanwhile, the Half Lion Man was oblivious, thinking he had found an opportunity. Yi Zhangzhi executed the Magic Technique · Severing Tendons Without Harming Vessels with extreme precision, delivering a cold strike towards Heroic Blade Eighteen Vengeances. Heroic Blade Eighteen Vengeances remarked, "It's useless." He then cleaved through the palm energy with his single blade, unleashing an unstoppable wave of blade energy aimed at Yi Zhangzhi. Yi Zhangzhi utilized his Tai Chi True Qi, but unfortunately, he was unable to exert his full power in time and was injured by the blade energy, his left shoulder garment torn and blood flowing freely.
Seeing this, the Half Lion Man said, "Looks like tonight you will die here, Yi Zhangzhi."
Heroic Blade Eighteen Vengeances displayed unparalleled swordsmanship, drawing both blades to unleash two sharp beams of light aimed directly at Ming Lang Qian Kun. Faced with this life-threatening attack, Yi Zhangzhi twirled his Dust Whisk into the air, gathering energy in his left hand and striking towards the center of the Dust Whisk. Immediately, several beams of light erupted from within it, blocking the sharp blade light from Heroic Blade Eighteen Vengeances. However, this move still resulted in defeat for Yi Zhangzhi, as his right shoulder was pierced by the blade energy, blood splattering across the desolate forest.
At this moment, realizing the dire situation, Yi Zhangzhi immediately withdrew to escape. Heroic Blade Eighteen Vengeances said, "Consider yourself lucky to escape; otherwise, you would have become a soul under my blade."
The Half Lion Man, seeing that Yi Zhangzhi was injured, believed it was a golden opportunity and hurriedly pursued him. Moments later, thanks to his incredible speed, the Half Lion Man caught up with Yi Zhangzhi. He declared, "Damn you, Yi Zhangzhi, tonight you will become my dinner!" and lunged with his claws.
Upon seeing this, Yi Zhangzhi exclaimed, "Alas! Misfortunes never come singly; my life is over!" He quickly dodged the attack from the Half Lion Man, but due to his previous injuries, his speed was hindered. After several exchanges, he sustained multiple claw marks on his body. The Half Lion Man, intent on eliminating this formidable foe for the Half-Orc, launched fierce attacks. Exhausted from fighting for so long and severely weakened, Yi Zhangzhi found himself in a precarious situation. After several more exchanges, he was knocked to the ground by the Half Lion Man, spitting blood and appearing gravely injured. With no other choice but to flee for his life, he waved his Dust Whisk, creating a cloud of dust to obscure vision and took the chance to escape. The Half Lion Man hurried after him but soon lost track of him and could only wave his hand saying, "Quickly inform the Half-Dragon about this." He then returned to the Beast Den.
At this moment, Yi Zhangzhi reappeared and said, "It seems my plan has worked; now we just wait for you all from the Half-Orc and the Half-Insect Man to emerge."
Inside the Ming Kong Residence, Bao Qing faced a life-threatening situation with a giant pair of scissors wielded by Yi Junsheng. Just as Yi Junsheng aimed to stab at Bao Qing's heart with the scissors, a beam of sword light burst through the window and accurately struck the scissors away from him, sending them flying three yards away. Seeing that his assassination attempt had been thwarted, Yi Junsheng shouted angrily, "Who ruined my good deed? Come out and die!"
The assailant suddenly appeared behind Yi Junsheng, revealing himself as the master of this place, Huangfu Mingmo. Grabbing hold of Yi Junsheng, he said, "White Face, have you eaten bear's heart and leopard's gall? How dare you come here to kill? Now that you've fallen into my hands, it seems that Yi Zhangzhi has some concerns." He then produced a thick rope to bind up Yi Junsheng and took him down to the basement for imprisonment. As they walked along, Yi Junsheng cried out for help. Fearing that Qiu Yuxia might find out about this incident, Huangfu Mingmo stuffed a rag into his mouth. Instantly silenced by it and overwhelmed by its foul odor that assaulted his nose, he became dizzy from the stench as he was easily taken down to the basement by Huangfu Mingmo.
Outside the Ming Kong Residence, members of the Martial Arts Tribunal had been locked in battle with Tang Bo Hu's Skeleton Army for several hours. The members of the Judicial Court were already exhausted and could barely maintain their position in battle. Inside the courtyard, having lost one hand in combat against Qiu Yuxia, after dozens of exchanges, the Red Skeleton ultimately fell short; its entire skeletal structure shattered by her sword energy for the first time. Having learned from what just happened with Yi Junsheng, she quickly picked up one of Tang Bo Hu's bones. Once Tang Bo Hu reassembled himself afterward but missing one hand now could no longer fight. At this point, as more Skeletons rushed in from outside to join their ranks against them, members of the Judicial Court could only retreat into the courtyard. Tang Bo Hu commanded: "Everyone surround that woman immediately; retrieve my hand bone!"
The Skeleton Army surged toward Qiu Yuxia. Alone she fought against dozens of Skeletons; her sword danced like a storm while her palms shook the ground. The sword energy shot forth rapidly while her palm energy surged forth; in an instant, she shattered the Skeleton Army. At that moment she shouted: "Everyone quickly pick up their shin bones before they can reassemble; if we do so they won't be able to move!"
Members of the Judicial Court immediately took advantage of this moment when Skeletons were shattered before they could reassemble and collected their shin bones. Afterward when all Skeletons did manage to reassemble they found themselves unable to walk; they could only flail their arms in place. Seeing this situation unfold before him Tang Bo Hu remarked: "Consider yourselves lucky; you four—Sun Simiao, Lin Cong, Lu Kui, Jia Baoyu—we're retreating." With that Tang Bo Hu abandoned his Skeleton Army and fled alongside Sun Simiao and others from the Ming Kong Residence.
Once outside Ming Kong Residence Sun Simiao and others were puzzled about what had transpired. Sun Simiao asked: "Yi Junsheng? Wasn't he supposed to enter Ming Kong Residence with you Tang Bo Hu? Why is your hand bone missing?"
Tang Bo Hu replied: "That damned White Face turned traitor at a critical moment and cut off my left hand bone before taking it away! While I was fighting against Qiu Yuxia she shattered my body again and took another hand bone from me! Now I must return to Snow Sea Human Bone Bridge to retrieve my hands before plotting against Bao Qing!"
Lin Cong asked: "Aren't your hand bones in Yi Junsheng's possession along with Qiu Yuxia? When we get back to Snow Sea Human Bone Bridge how will you retrieve your hands?"
Tang Bo Hu replied, "What you don't know is that as long as it's a Skeleton, on the Snow Sea Human Bone Bridge, any bone can replace the ones that are already missing. Without further ado, I will head back now; you all stay here to monitor Ming Kong Residence."
Sun Simiao said, "Alright, it's settled then."
The Half Lion Man returned to the cave beneath Beast Den, where Yi Zhangzhi and Heroic Blade Eighteen Vengeances were fighting fiercely over a woman. He informed Half-Dragon about Yi Zhangzhi's injuries and escape. After pondering for a moment, Half-Dragon said, "Yi Zhangzhi is highly skilled; how could he be so heavily injured?"
The Half Lion Man replied, "This is absolutely true; I saw it with my own eyes. Yi Zhangzhi and Heroic Blade Eighteen Vengeances were indeed fighting for their lives. Heroic Blade Eighteen Vengeances is at the Pinnacle of Knife Realm, so defeating Yi Zhangzhi is not surprising. I also chased after Yi Zhangzhi with the intent to take his life, but unexpectedly, he still had enough strength to spar with me. After I injured him in several places, he managed to escape."
Half-Dragon said, "It seems Yi Zhangzhi has reached the end of his life. You should immediately go to Insect Peak and inform Half Locust Man about this matter. I want to eliminate our formidable enemy Yi Zhangzhi together with Half Locust Man."
The Half Lion Man responded, "Yes, I will set off right away." He then left Beast Den and headed towards Insect Peak.
After returning to Martial Bamboo Divine Domain, Yi Zhangzhi received a message from Huangfu Mingmo stating: If you want Yi Junsheng to be safe and sound, meet at Ten-Mile Pavilion tomorrow night at midnight for further discussion. After contemplating for a moment, Yi Zhangzhi thought, "It seems I need to ask Dreamy Beauty for help." He then made his way to Smoke and Rain, Absolute Flower, Eighteen Floors. Just as Yi Zhangzhi stepped out of Martial Bamboo Divine Domain, Reverse Head arrived to inform him about Yi Junsheng colluding with Tang Bo Hu and others to assassinate Bao Qing. Yi Zhangzhi said, "It seems Yi Junsheng has been captured by Huangfu Mingmo inside Ming Kong Residence."
Reverse Head asked in confusion, "Huangfu Mingmo? I didn't see Huangfu Mingmo during the chaos. How did Yi Junsheng get captured?"
Yi Zhangzhi showed Reverse Head the message from Huangfu Mingmo: "This is the information sent by Huangfu Mingmo; Yi Junsheng brought this upon himself."
Reverse Head asked again, "Don't you want to save Yi Junsheng?"
Before leaving, Yi Zhangzhi replied, "Today's wise man cannot be bound by familial ties and become tomorrow's fool."
The Half Lion Man arrived at Insect Peak and met with Half Locust Man, the leader of the Half-Insect Men. The Half Lion Man got straight to the point and said, "Insect Head, now that Yi Zhangzhi has fallen out with Heroic Blade Eighteen Vengeances and is heavily injured, this is our opportunity to eliminate him; we cannot miss it."
Half Locust Man asked, "Is this Half-Dragon's intention?"
The Half Lion Man answered, "Indeed. My master intends to join forces with you to kill our formidable enemy Yi Zhangzhi. Currently, Yi Zhangzhi is severely injured and isolated; if we set up a trap with our forces, he will have little chance of survival."
Half Locust Man pondered for a moment and asked, "If that's the case, when shall we deploy our troops?"
The Half Lion Man replied, "When it's time to move out, my master Half-Dragon will notify you. Since both sides have reached a consensus, I will take my leave now."
Yi Zhangzhi arrived at Smoke and Rain, Absolute Flower, Eighteen Floors to meet Dreamy Beauty. Upon seeing Yi Zhangzhi, Dreamy Beauty was overjoyed and said, "Yi Lang! Since our last parting, do you know how much Dreamy Consort has missed you? What good news do you bring for Dreamy Consort this time?"
Yi Zhangzhi pressed his left hand against the wound on his right shoulder and replied, "Host, do you not see that I am injured? I have a matter I would like to ask for your help with."
Dreamy Beauty looked puzzled and asked, "Oh, the all-powerful Yi Zhangzhi still has problems he cannot solve himself? What is it?"
Yi Zhangzhi said, "It concerns Yi Junsheng being captured by Huangfu Mingmo. The situation is like this... Please replace me tomorrow night at midnight to meet with Huangfu Mingmo at Ten-Mile Pavilion."
After hesitating for a moment, Dreamy Beauty replied, "Alright, considering that you helped me fend off the Half-Orc and Half-Insect Army last time, Dreamy Consort will assist you this time. Remember, this is only for this once."
Yi Zhangzhi bowed in gratitude and said, "Thank you very much for your help, Host. I appreciate it. I have other matters to attend to, so I will take my leave now." With that, Yi Zhangzhi left Smoke and Rain, Absolute Flower, Eighteen Floors. Dreamy Beauty remarked, "Yi Zhangzhi is truly difficult to grasp!"
Tang Bo Hu returned to Snow Sea Human Bone Bridge and leaped down to the bottom of the bridge. There were several beams of light at the bottom, and after a moment, Tang Bo Hu's fully restored Skeleton body soared into the air. At this point, Tang Bo Hu commanded, "Bone Collector, immediately gather the troops and accompany me to Ming Kong Residence to eliminate Bao Qing."
With a single command, Bone Collector and numerous Skeletons appeared. Bone Collector asked, "Bridge Master, are we really mobilizing all our elite forces just to kill one Bao Qing? Why not let me handle it alone? I guarantee I can complete the task."
Tang Bo Hu scolded Bone Collector angrily and said, "Those who underestimate themselves do not even know how they die. To think you can kill Bao Qing alone is simply delusional. Enough talk; everyone follow me." With that, Tang Bo Hu led the second batch of Skeleton Army toward Ming Kong Residence.
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