Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 500: Sword King Turns Around

On the other hand, backstage, in the account.

"That's enough. Stop it, Master Huo." Dugu Sheng, who had finally recovered a little strength, suddenly spoke and said these words to Huo Ming.

Although Dugu Sheng said this in a calm tone, everyone who understood this sentence knew how much determination it took to say this.

"Senior, if we stop now..." Huo Ming hesitated.

"Master Huo, you have done enough for me today..." Dugu Sheng continued calmly, "Now, compared to saving my life, there are more important things waiting for you to do outside, and there are more lives that need you to save."

"Dad!" Hearing this, Dugu Yong naturally couldn't sit still anymore.

The Gao family father and daughter beside him also tried to persuade him.

But Dugu Sheng just remained calm and continued, "Yong'er, from today on, the Sword King's Mansion will be handed over to you... In the future when your father is gone, in addition to studying martial arts, you must also think more about the ways of the world when encountering things... In addition, you are not young anymore, you must also pay attention to the matter of starting a family..."

As he said this, he had silently stopped gathering his energy and no longer followed the guidance of Huo Ming's inner strength. Seeing this, Huo Ming could only slowly put his hands down.

"Lao Gao, you and I have known each other for many years, and we can be considered as friends of gentlemen... Regardless of whether I can become in-laws with your children this time, in my heart, I have already regarded you and your daughter as one family. Please take care of yourselves in the future." At this moment, Dugu Sheng obviously didn't care about revealing the collusion between him and Lao Gao.

After saying these two sentences, he stood up tremblingly.

The next second, Huo Ming also stood up and supported him.

"Master Huo, this is all I have to say..." Just standing up seemed to have taken up most of Dugu Sheng's strength. He continued panting, "... Let's get out of here."

"Dad!" Dugu Yong and the Gao family father and daughter all wanted to follow at this time.

But Dugu Sheng raised his hand and gave them a rejection look.

The three of them did not move forward, because they all understood Dugu Sheng's intention - he hoped that the last impression he left on his relatives was that of a hero who could stand and say goodbye to them.

Huo Ming didn't say anything, but silently helped Dugu Sheng up and walked out side by side.

They all knew exactly what they were going to do next.

At this moment, only if the two of them appear together can they quickly break the lies left by Wu Mingzi and calm the chaos outside.

As long as the chaos backstage is settled, the audience outside will be no problem.

"Huo Ming is here! All disciples of the Tyrant Fist Sect, stop!"

Even though the loss was huge, at this moment, Master Huo still had enough internal strength to let out a loud roar that spread over an area of ​​dozens of feet.

Not to mention the backstage, his shout even stunned the hundreds of people outside.

The shouts were heard, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound and found that Huo Ming was not only alive, but he was also supporting Dugu Sheng and walking out together.

And this... doesn't seem to match what Wu Mingzi just said?

After some hesitation, the fighting among the crowd slowed down.

When the Baquan Sect's disciples saw that their leader had finally shown up and issued very clear orders, they immediately changed from being the most aggressive group to being the first to stop.

Seeing that the situation had taken a turn for the better, Murong Shu responded immediately, loudly asking the disciples of the Murong family to stop.

The disciples of the two major gangs stopped fighting, and the other people behind the scenes also stopped fighting.

Then, Sun Huang and Murong Shu rushed to the audience seats outside with their men to calm the chaos, while Boss Di and the three young masters of the Murong family stayed behind to tell the people backstage that Wu Mingzi had "defected".

At this time, Huo Ming, who finally stopped to take a breath, lowered his voice and said to Dugu Sheng, who was gradually losing his vitality beside him: "There is something I want to ask you, senior."

Dugu Sheng knew what Huo Ming was going to ask.

What Huo Ming wanted to ask was: Dugu Sheng could have survived by doing nothing, so why did he make the choice he did now?
You know, before Dugu Sheng opened his mouth, Huo Ming was actually in a "trolley problem"... He had to choose between "continue to treat Dugu Sheng's injuries, but the casualties outside will be difficult to predict" and "stop treating Dugu Sheng's injuries and come forward to calm the situation."

And if Dugu Sheng had not voluntarily given up the chance to be rescued, Huo Ming would probably not have stopped halfway.

"I know what you want to ask." Anyway, no matter what they said next, as long as Huo Ming didn't tell anyone, only heaven and earth would know, so Dugu Sheng spoke freely at the moment, "Actually, I just figured it out...

“Many years ago, I had the opportunity to save Wu Mingzi’s master, and all I had to do was to rush over and say a few good words for them, but I chose to stay out of it and remained indifferent.

"As a result... you have seen it. Today, I almost lost my life, and I was about to die here.

"I guess this is karma...

“If I had made a different choice back then, perhaps Wu Mingzi wouldn’t have become what he is now.

“So just now, rather than saving my life with all its meridians destroyed, I would rather you, Sect Master Huo, save more people and not leave regrets like I did back then.

"At the same time, by doing this, I can also give myself an explanation."

As the saying goes, when a man is about to die, his words are good. At this moment, Dugu Sheng changed his "old" character that he had developed over the years, and every word he said sounded sincere.

After hearing this, Huo Ming nodded and said, "Then I have another question."

“Heh…” Dugu Sheng laughed, “I know about that problem too…” His voice became weaker and weaker, “To be honest, if we both try our best and fight for our lives, you should be better than me…”

Huo Ming was no longer afraid of being rude and said, "Well, it's pretty much what I expected."

“However, if my son continues to practice hard, then within three years, he will be able to... will be able to..." Dugu Sheng did not finish his words, and stopped breathing with a relieved smile on his face.

Huo Ming paused for a few seconds, as if thinking about something. Then, he supported Dugu Sheng, who seemed to be just asleep, and returned to the tent.

The noisy crowd in the distance, who were listening to the spirited Boss Di telling the whole story of today, did not notice at all that a generation of "Sword King" had died sadly in this corner that had lost all attention.

…………

At the same time, a few miles away, in the woods.

Wu Mingzi ran away in a hurry.

He ran all the way here without stopping because there was someone still chasing him.

Even though everyone else gave up the chase due to the chaos in the venue, the abbot still insisted on following.

Of course, Wu Mingzi was not afraid of the abbot. After all, he was a top master. If he really stopped and fought the abbot one-on-one, he basically had no chance of losing.

The problem was that he wasn't sure...how many moves and how much time he would need to defeat the abbot.

Considering the huge difference between a spearman like the abbot fighting outdoors in an open area and in a tent, and considering the variable of "other people coming to disrupt the fight in the middle of the fight"... stopping to fight is definitely not a good idea.

Anyway, we have run so far now, and Wu Mingzi has also tried out the abbot's lightness skill (he can neither get rid of him nor catch up with him in a short period of time), so let's just keep running.

So, both sides ran a long way away.

But something unexpected happened at this time...

It is said that Wu Mingzi was running when he suddenly noticed: Why is there a person coming towards him?

Moreover, the man's lightness skill is quite impressive, so he must be a master, right?
Who, then, did he see?

I believe some readers have already guessed it—Yu Wang.

This guy and Wu Mingzi were running in opposite directions, and Wu Mingzi was particularly good at light Kung Fu, so as they ran, they met face to face in this grove.

Yu Wang was also shocked when he took a quick look. He thought: Why didn't the four of them chase me when I ran away? So there are people here to intercept me? And they sent a master like Wu Mingzi to intercept me? The Murong family has lost all their face!

This kid was young and impetuous. When he saw that there was a guy opposite him who he was definitely no match for, and who he might not even be able to beat in terms of lightness skills, he misunderstood that the other party was coming for him... The first thought that naturally popped into his mind was to "use a shady trick to escape."

As he was thinking this, he had already reached into his arms, ready to take out the lime powder.

Obviously, they are "natural thieves" and have this skill. After all, they are low-class people and have no moral burden to do this.

However, Yu Wang knew Wu Mingzi, but Wu Mingzi did not know Yu Wang.

"Who is this guy? I should know all the young martial artists who have such Qinggong skills... Could he be one of those unknown young masters who learned a set of magical skills through a fortuitous encounter?" Wu Mingzi suddenly thought more, "Wait, he put his hand into his arms, is he going to use a hidden weapon?"

I have to mention here that hidden weapons are probably the type of martial arts with the highest success rate in "killing people above their level" in the martial arts world.

If it were other martial arts, such as swords, spears, halberds, or fists, palms, legs and feet, then even if Yu Wang was really an "unknown young master who acquired magical skills through a fortuitous encounter", Wu Mingzi would not be very afraid, because as long as there was "attack and defense", Wu Mingzi, as the one with the leading experience and technology, would always be able to gradually gain the upper hand.

Only the hidden weapons... due to their long-range characteristics, their attack and defense systems are different from other martial arts: people using hidden weapons may have the opportunity to attack one or even several rounds longer than their opponents, and some can even rely on the special nature of their martial arts or props to only attack and not defend. In addition, there are some hidden weapon skills that are specially developed for "first sight killing", which can be said to be impossible to defend against.

"Damn it... They could actually lay such a difficult ambush in a place like this. I guess it's the work of those two guys, Dong Xie and Xi Du..." Wu Mingzi was getting more and more anxious and angry the more he thought about it.

He did not dare to speed up and rush forward to take the initiative, because he was afraid that after he rushed forward, the other party would suddenly use a hidden weapon to attack him, which he would not have time to dodge.

He didn't dare to slow down, because the abbot might catch up and shoot him in the back at any time.

As they hesitated, Yu Wang and Wu Mingzi got closer and closer.

"Okay, when you get close, I'll throw out a handful of lime powder, then turn right sharply. By the time you open your eyes, I'll be long gone."

"It might be risky to meet him head-on. It would be better to feint, turn left quickly, and run in another direction. This way, he and the abbot will be behind me, and I won't be attacked from both sides."

The two people were thinking their own thoughts, but they came up with the same idea.

Almost at the same moment, Yu Wang and Wu Mingzi, who were still several meters away from each other, both attacked...

One of them used the professional lime powder skills taught by his master, and with the inertia brought by his sudden change of direction and the magic wrist movement, he threw an exploding "lime ball" towards Wu Mingzi.

The other one used a high-end fake move that "if the opponent's martial arts skills are not at the first-rate level, he will not be fooled at all, but a first-rate master will be fooled because of the pre-reading movements." While using the sword style, his body turned into a shadow and turned sharply to the left.

So, after a moment, the two were surprised to find that they were already sticking close to each other, side by side... and running in the same direction.

At this moment, the two people's inner thoughts were:

"Lime powder?" (Wumingzi)
"Fake move?" (Yu Wang)

"I've been seen through?" (both of them at the same time)

Thinking of this, both of them responded quickly.

One, jump onto the tree.

Another one also jumped onto the same tree.

Two seconds later, the two people jumped onto the same branch of the same tree with almost synchronized movements.

Even the abbot who was following at a certain distance behind was stunned by this scene.

Yu Wang knew Wu Mingzi, and he knew that the other party's martial arts skills were much higher than his, so he thought that the other party saw through him and was playing tricks on him.

But Wu Mingzi didn’t know Yu Wang. When he saw that a boy he had never seen before actually predicted his own predictions continuously, he felt a lot of mental pressure.

At that time, he was ready to use all his strength and kill Yu Wang with his bare hands while the two were close.

Yu Wang was completely confused at this time, and he just instinctively reached into his clothes to take out the props... As a result, he accidentally used too much force and crushed a lime ball that he hadn't taken out yet.

"Oh--"

Then Yu Wang's eyes turned white, and he suddenly disappeared from Wu Mingzi's sight while screaming strangely.

Wu Mingzi was also shocked, and because he was so close, everything in front of his eyes turned white.

How can Wu Mingzi take action after this?
Wu Mingzi thought: Forget it, let’s just run… maybe that guy will shoot something out of that “white mist” soon.

But just as he emerged from the white fog, a figure that was completely beyond his expectations suddenly appeared from the side.

There was almost no sound when this person approached, so Wu Mingzi, who had been using his ear skills to detect the abbot's location, failed to notice his actions.

In this person's hand, he held a thin sword.

The sword style used was the "silent and subtle" one.

This kind of sudden sword, which can strike silently, as fast as lightning, and kill with one strike when people are distracted, is the most powerful sword of a killer.