Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 458: Life and Death Fight in the Forest (Part )
Who is the Three-Character King?
In terms of swordsmanship, he created his own "silent and fine" sword technique at a young age, which, combined with a unique rapier, made him feared in the martial arts world.

In terms of Qinggong, he can even be compared with the Huangmen of Shu and the Feihe of Cangshan.

With his unique swordsmanship and martial arts skills, when he was less than 30 years old, that is, before the "Sword and Demon" event, his strength was already on par with the leaders of many powerful sects.

During the "Swords and Demons" period, through exchanges with other sword masters and Shuang Xie, as well as the experience of fighting with Xiao Zhun before and after he became a demon, the Three Character King's martial arts realm reached a new level.

Today, he has already reached the threshold of being a top-notch master.

However, precisely because he has already gained a glimpse of the door to this realm, he is not optimistic about the situation of the current battle.

It's like playing certain competitive games. When your own rank is very low, you will only marvel at how strong those professional players are, but you don't understand how strong they are or why they are so strong. But when your own rank reaches a level close to that of a professional, you will be able to understand many details that people with lower rank cannot see, and you will be able to understand what obstacles these masters have overcome that you have not yet overcome, including how difficult these obstacles are.

This was how King San Zi felt at this moment when he faced the masked man.

Take the opponent's sudden "change of tactics" for example. In fact, it didn't surprise San Zi Wang too much, because it was normal for a swordsman at this level to know several different styles of swordsmanship.

Then Xiao Zhun could also mindlessly repeat "Yingfeng Shanyue" when necessary. It doesn't mean that he is good at using exquisite swordsmanship and won't use rough ones.

Similarly, just because the masked man used crude swordsmanship to repel the three of them before doesn't mean he doesn't have the sophisticated skills.

Maybe... the "non-swordsman disguised as a swordsman" state just now was just a disguise, and the current exquisite style of attack is what the masked man is really good at.

This state of being able to switch between the real and the fake freely is the proof of being strong.

Because only those who are much stronger than you in terms of hard power will have the freedom to choose a different way of playing to play with you.

The weaker side can only have a chance of winning if it tries its best and gives its all.

Shine——

Chiying——

With two sounds of weapons rubbing against each other, the first round of sword fighting between the Three-Character King and the masked man ended.

The three-character king's swordsmanship is fast and dangerous.

His specialty is to strike the enemy's vital points with lightning speed, so the first move of this attack only has a few changes.

It was indeed not difficult for the masked man to resolve this move.

However, after resolving the attack, the masked man was secretly shocked, because what this move contained was beyond his expectations.

Today, the reason why the masked man secretly followed the Three Sisters after sending them out to snatch the True Hero Order was, firstly, to guard against the three guys from doing something weird after they got the things, and secondly, to prevent them from failing to deal with the Three-Character King when they were three against one.

Of course, it would be best if the Three Xiaos could deal with the Three Character King, and if they didn't do anything like backstabbing each other, stealing treasures, and running away after getting the True Hero Order. After all, the masked man doesn't really want to expose himself.

But now that he's out, he wants to take the opportunity to "have some fun" and play with San Zi Wang and others.

Unexpectedly, after the first move, the masked man felt something was wrong - the martial arts of this Three Character King were much higher than what was mentioned in the intelligence he had collected.

Now it is no longer a question of whether or not to play, but rather a question of whether he can continue to "hide his true abilities" and that may be a problem he cannot handle.

"I miscalculated. It seems that he still had some room to maneuver when dealing with Chi Xiao and Bi Xiao. If he really used all his strength, Bi Xiao would probably be killed by his first surprise attack..."

In the second when the masked man hesitated after completing the attack, Linghu Xiang and Qin Feng's swords had already attacked from both sides of him.

Their "raiding formation" was also very accurate. They attacked at the right time when the Three-Character King had finished his first move and had not yet adjusted his posture to launch the second move. This prevented the masked man who had gained a slight advantage after the first move from using that slight advantage to pursue the victory.

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At this moment, Qin Feng's moves were slightly faster than Linghu Xiang's. He used "Wind High and Cloud Quick" to attack the masked man's left Zhangmen acupoint first.

This is the side of the masked man's non-sword-holding hand. Normally, if he wants to take the attack instead of dodging, he has to turn slightly and swing the sword in his right hand forward or backward to deal with it.

But since Linghu Xiang is on the right side of the masked man, he can't lose sight of one while the other, so moving and dodging is the best strategy here.

Qin Feng actually took this into account, so he secretly reserved some strength when he made this move, only seeking to make it quick, not strong. In this way, after confirming the direction of the opponent's dodge... he could change his moves and attack more quickly, and then follow up with the next move.

Of course...

The masked man was caught off guard. He did not choose to move, but reached out and drew out another dagger from the short sheath behind his waist. With a clever force, he pushed down the tip of Qin Feng's sword and broke the move before the sword force reached him, just catching the flaw of Qin Feng's sword force left in the "aftereffect".

On the other side, Linghu Xiang's attack also reached the right side of the masked man at this moment.

As for Linghu Xiang's performance on the offensive end... he certainly wouldn't disappoint anyone. The masked man only needed to block and swing the Canxia sword, and he sent Linghu Xiang flying two meters away.

After performing this move, even the masked man himself was a little surprised, thinking, "That's it? Did I overestimate him?"

"This kid from the Heavenly Sword Sect has indeed improved a lot since the Young Heroes Gathering, but his swordsmanship is really not that good... He just used the sword master's skills and combined them with his own experience... He made the Heavenly Sword Sect's swordsmanship three times stronger. If Qing Xiao hadn't been careless, he should have been able to break it within a few dozen moves."

"As for this guy called Linghu Xiang... he is a complete mess. Even a third-rate swordsman can resist this kind of attack. How did he manage to fight Xiao Zhun for so many moves? Could it be that he can only defend but not attack? But then again, his sword... is definitely not an ordinary one. If the full potential of the sword can be brought into play, then I am afraid that the Canxia sword in my hand will be inferior to it..."

The masked man beat back the two men who came forward to raid the battlefield in a single breath, and gave them two not very high evaluations in his mind.

At this time, the second move of the Three-Character King had also arrived.

But the Three-Character King leaned forward, and suddenly drew out his thin sword. His shoulder, arm, wrist, sword... at this moment, formed a deadly arc.

The halo of light released by the sword's edge was also very strange. It did not bloom but instead gathered at one point, forming the "Firefly Shining Alone" style.

When the masked man saw this move, he couldn't help but be shocked. In a flash, he almost instinctively used a strong internal force, crossed the two blades in his hands in front of him, and blocked the sword's path.

Boom——

The next second, the dagger in front of him broke.

The Chanxia Sword blocked the attack with the help of the front sword, but the masked man was forced to take two steps back.

These two steps also changed the masked man's attitude towards this battle.

Some of his people did retreat.

But the murderous intent suddenly increased because of this.

The sword of the Three-Character King made him realize that if he didn't take it seriously, he might be in danger.

Whoosh—bang!

Before the retreat momentum was completely eliminated, the masked man swung the broken dagger to the side and attacked Qin Fengzhi in the face.

Qin Feng, who was about to step forward to provide cover again, was caught off guard by the sudden attack and hastily raised his sword to block it.

But just as he blocked the dagger, the masked man had already arrived in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, the sword of the Chanxia sword flashed, and the "Four Seas Peaceful" style with three parts of sword energy fell towards the flaw revealed after Qin Feng blocked it.

This move was performed with ease, cleverness yet simplicity, the sword force was overwhelming and the sword waves were majestic.

At this moment, the two disharmonious sword styles were perfectly adjusted and integrated together by the swordsman's superb use of the Canxia Sword. The wonder and beauty of the sword principles revealed in the advance and retreat were enough to make any swordsman in the world applaud and be amazed.

The Three-Character King...was a little surprised.

In his opinion, when he used this move, the initial masked man with "big and rough moves" and the later masked man with "agile and exquisite moves" had become one, and this guy had also discarded all the shortcomings of the two styles, leaving only the advantages, and also multiplied them.

The Three-Character King also understood instantly...

This is the true strength that the masked man had been trying to hide until just now.

"Surrender!"

The Three-Character King’s shout was very timely.

When the masked man's sword stopped, the tip of the sword had already cut deeply into Qin Feng's arm through the Quchi point (near the left elbow) and had cut part of the bone.

If the Three-Character King had shouted a little slower, Qin Feng would have had his arm broken at best, or at worst would have been chopped off... until his entire torso was broken in two.

Fortunately, after hearing the sound, the masked man retracted his sword very quickly.

呲——

When blood spurted out of Qin Feng's arm, the masked man had already sheathed his sword and retreated three feet away.

Some people may say after seeing this...this guy kills his own people without blinking an eye, so why is he so martial to outsiders?
Oh, how can killing a slave who is not very loyal to you be the same as killing people from Hunyuan Star Gate?

Killing Qingxiao would not have any consequences for the masked man, but letting Qingxiao fall into the hands of others alive, or taking the disabled Qingxiao back would only add to his troubles; and killing the three people in front of him... If you fail to kill them all today, or leave any clues, the consequences of being found by the Hunyuan Interstellar Gate would be hard to predict.

So, if you can avoid killing, don’t kill.

Killing was not the purpose of the masked man. At the beginning, the order he gave to Sanxiao was to seize the True Hero Order, but he did not say that they must kill the Three-Character King. Even if they really killed the Three-Character King, the masked man himself did not leave any traces. At most, he would let Sanxiao sacrifice himself when he was tracked down, and "sacrifice the pawn to save the king."

But who could have thought that Linghu Xiang and Qin Feng would appear here, and that the Three-Character King's martial arts skills also exceeded his expectations...

Things have developed to this point. Not only has the masked man already taken action, but he is also not sure that he can save the three people's lives. Therefore, the "surrender" from the Three-Character King is undoubtedly the result that the masked man is more willing to accept.

After all, everyone understands that "surrender" means handing over the True Hero Order.

"Hmph..." After stopping, the masked man snorted coldly, but he still gave the other party some face in his subsequent words, "Although Brother Wang is a killer, he is also a man of loyalty and righteousness. I admire you."

When the Three Character King heard this, he did not respond, because he also knew that this was just a polite remark made by the victor.

The current situation is that if he hadn't shouted, first of all, Qin Feng would have died, and secondly, it's hard to say whether he and Linghu Xiang could leave alive...

Even if one of them could escape, the plan with the best chance of success was for him to hold the masked man back while Linghu Xiang took the True Hero Order and escaped.

The Three-Character King asked himself that he was not yet so benevolent and righteous, and he did not regard the True Hero Order as more important than his own life.

If he lets Linghu Xiang hold the other party back while he runs away... the effect will not be as good as the previous plan. The other party might take advantage of the difference in lightness skills between them and Linghu Xiang, shake off Linghu Xiang and catch up with them.

Moreover, even if the other party was really held back by Linghu Xiang and didn't catch up, the Three-Character King would still feel bad about the death of Qin Feng and Linghu Xiang.

After calculating the account, it seems that the only way for all three of them to survive is to hand over the things directly.

Therefore, the fact that the masked man stopped in time after hearing the word "surrender" actually made San Zi Wang feel relieved, because at that moment, he understood that the masked man did not necessarily want to kill all three of them.

"Take it." The Three-Character King didn't say much. After the other party finished his polite words, he fumbled in his arms, took out the token, and threw it towards where the other party was standing.

The masked man caught the flying token steadily, lowered his head and took a deep look, then looked at the three people again and said, "Okay, I'm sorry for offending you today, goodbye."

He obviously didn't want to stay long, so after getting what he wanted, he flew away and left the sight of the three people.

…………

After a while, we were still in this gloomy forest.

Qin Feng's wound had been temporarily treated at this time, but for a wound as deep as this one, he still had to go to the city's medical clinic to re-apply medicine and bandage it.

During this time, the Three-Character King communicated with Linghu Xiang and Qin Feng, but because he spoke few words, the efficiency of information exchange was a bit low and it took a lot of time...

As they talked, the three of them started talking about the True Hero Order.

Linghu Xiang, who didn't know much about this thing, asked: "If this thing falls into that person's hands, what is the worst consequence?"

Unexpectedly, the Three Character King didn't seem that worried and just replied, "It's okay."

So does it really not matter?
Definitely not, there are still consequences.

But the Three Character King felt that it was okay and had his reasons, because before he handed over the True Hero Order, that is, the only move that the masked man used his true ability to attack Qin Feng, he had already vaguely guessed the other party's identity...

(End of this chapter)