Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 332 Drawing fire from the bottom of the cauldron
The defensive mechanism in Baidi City is truly remarkable.

After the Blade Guard, Lu Ping encountered two levels in succession: the "Self-Destructing Mechanical Beast" and the "Mechanical Swordsman".

The former will actively pounce on the enemy and explode, while the latter can fight like a normal swordsman.

However, under Lu Ping's attack, all these ordinary irons were vulnerable.

But as he continued to go deeper, Lu Ping gradually felt something was wrong.

"Strange, why is no one coming out to fight the enemy?"

Logically speaking, there are tens of thousands of bandits in the Baidi City headquarters, spread all over the city. I have broken through three defensive formations and walked here. I shouldn't have seen no one.

Just as I was wondering, I suddenly heard a noisy sound coming from the front.

Lu Ping knew that the situation was different, so he immediately quickened his pace and walked forward. Once he got out of the passage, he suddenly felt that the environment in front of him became clear.

Unlike the narrow passage they had just walked through, or the square completely occupied by the guards, the place in front of them was more like a port converted from a huge pool.

Perhaps a long time ago, this was a place for people to watch and entertain.

However, at some point in its long history, it was converted by its then owner into a port connected to external water sources and convenient for navigation.

The port is very large and can accommodate a lot of people, so there are many people here at this moment.

Those who were injured in the collapse of Baidi City Tower, those who had recently resisted Lu Ping's invasion at the city gate, and many water bandits who had originally stayed in the city, all gathered here.

They planned to escape from Baidi City by boat.

But in Lu Ping's opinion, there were very few people here, unexpectedly few.

A rough count showed that there were no more than two or three thousand people, even fewer than the water forts that Lu Ping had destroyed yesterday.

"What's going on? Where are the tens of thousands of pirates in Baidi City? Why are there only so few left?"

Seeing Lu Ping coming, the bandits became even more panicked and the crowd became restless again.

At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise from the front, followed by familiar screams and wails, and faintly, there were strange sounds of fighting.

Lu Ping was not interested in paying attention to those pirates. He took a step and in the blink of an eye he crossed a distance of dozens of feet, passed the crowd and came to the source of the sound. Then he saw Xie Yunliu fighting fiercely with a giant octopus.

Xie Yunliu held a sword in his hand, and the sword energy turned into a rainbow, or condensed into a shield, or dispersed into a human-shaped shadow, floating three feet away from his body and able to be retracted and released freely. As he swung the sword and turned it, every move showed the style of a master.

Seeing this scene, Lu Ping's eyes suddenly lit up and he praised it in his heart.

He had long known that the development of martial arts in the Tang Dynasty was no less advanced than that in the Southern martial arts world, but this was the first time he had actually seen the battles between those martial arts masters with his own eyes.

Before this, neither Li Wangsheng nor Dongfang Yuxuan had ever shown their strength in front of Lu Ping.

Therefore, Lu Ping only knew that their internal strength was strong and their skills were superb, but he didn't know to what extent their combat effectiveness could be exerted if they really fought.

But now we can infer something from Xie Yunliu.

If compared with the people Lu Ping had met in Southern Wulin before, Xie Yunliu was probably only below Juemingtian, Yanmo, and Yin Zhong, and could be compared with Xiongba at his peak;
Li Wangsheng is slightly inferior to Xie Yunliu in physical strength, but has better martial arts knowledge and theory;
Dongfang Yuxuan is a little bit worse, about the same level as Shen Lang.

After having a plan in mind, Lu Ping turned his gaze to Xie Yunliu's opponent.

Giant octopus?!
This is also an old acquaintance!
It is the fourth one in the copy "Mystery of Baidi City", a huge exotic beast brought back from overseas by the Yuwen brothers.

The giant octopus has eight tentacles, each of which is dozens of meters long and about ten feet thick. If you are hit by its tentacles, you will at least be paralyzed on one side of your body.

And now, for some unknown reason, the octopus's eight tentacles are flailing around randomly, destroying everything in front of it.

If we let it continue to run wild, the port in front of us will definitely be destroyed, and the ships docked here will also suffer.

Just then, a cry for help came from above.

Lu Ping looked up and discovered that there was a machine on the port that extended several iron rods out of the water. Each rod was connected to an iron chain, and an iron cage was hung under the chain.

In those iron cages, a group of martial arts disciples wearing uniforms of the Wanhua, Qixiu, Chunyang and other sects were tied up and unable to break free.

It can be imagined that once the iron chains or cages are destroyed, this group of people will sink into the pool and drown.

"How is this going?"

Lu Ping turned around and looked at the pirates behind him.

The pirates knew it was useless to run away now, so they just confessed everything.

"Woo woo woo...we've all been deceived!"

"Chief Leader... No, that damn Gong Ao actually ran away yesterday!"

"After he received the news that other water forts were destroyed yesterday, he took most of his brothers, packed up all the valuables, and fled overnight!"

"We are the only two thousand people on duty at the outermost layer. We don't know the news and are still standing there stupidly..."

What?! Gong Ao ran away?

How can it run so fast even though its legs are so short?

When Lu Ping heard this, his face was immediately filled with questions: "How could such a thing exist in the world?"

"Don't say you don't believe it, we don't believe it either!"

The pirates had sad faces, obviously feeling resentful, heartbroken and angry about being abandoned by the organization.

The subordinate was about to fight to the death, but when he turned around, he saw that his boss had run away first.

It would be fine if he just ran away on his own, although it is morally corrupt, it is understandable.

But Gong Ao was clearly leading a large army when he retreated, but he did not notify the people standing guard on the outermost layer. What does this mean?
This means that he deliberately left these people here to attract the enemy's attention and buy himself time to escape!

This is too despicable!!
"What a great move to cut off the firewood from under the cauldron..."

"But, didn't you notice anything about the retreat of tens of thousands of people in the city?"

Lu Ping felt that this matter was unreasonable, even absurd.

The pirates explained: "Brothers in the headquarters have always performed their duties. Apart from rotating every seven days, they rarely communicate across the border. These days, it happened to be our turn to guard the city gate, so we don't know what's going on inside."

Is this still possible?
"So there are only two to three thousand people left in Baidi City?"

"Even if there are still people in the city, there are not many."

Not long ago, after these pirates opened the defensive array in front of them, they all retreated to seek help, only to find out that everyone inside had already left.

Because of the killing god Lu Ping standing in front of them, they could only run backwards and gather at this port.

Unexpectedly, they found that a giant octopus was guarding here. It was in a frenzy, destroying everything and completely cutting off their chance of survival.

Lu Ping looked up and found a lot of broken wood floating on the water. Judging from the amount of these broken wood, it should be enough to accommodate the two or three thousand bandits in front of him.

It can be seen that the pirates who escaped early did not forget these brothers, so they deliberately left a few boats behind.

It's just a pity that those ships have now been destroyed by the giant octopus.

At this moment, Xie Yun noticed Lu Ping's arrival, and immediately knocked away the tentacles of the giant octopus with a knife, then took a step back and came to Lu Ping's side.

"Gong Ao ran away with most of the people!"

Lu Ping nodded: "I have heard what those people said."

Xie Yunliu said solemnly: "Not only that, I found a large amount of explosives buried in Baidi City. They should be prepared for us and the heroes following behind us!"

"Explosives?!" Lu Ping was shocked when he heard that.

He was also a person who had read Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and he immediately realized that this was the same method as "Zhuge Liang burning Xinye"!

It is very likely that Gong Ao has already planted a hidden weapon in the city. Once the heroes arrive here, they will immediately ignite the explosives and blow up all the attackers, including the entire Baidi City.

All he had to pay was the two or three thousand abandoned pieces present.

What a vicious heart! !

"No, then why are we still here?"

Lu Ping was very puzzled: "Shouldn't we retreat quickly now and notify the allied forces not to come in? Otherwise, if they step on the trap, won't it be terrible?"

"What do you think I'm doing?"

Xie Yunliu glanced at Lu Ping, then turned his gaze to the group of disciples from various sects who were locked in iron cages.

Lu Ping understood.

The giant octopus is guarding here for some unknown reason and has gone mad. It is not easy to rescue people from under its tentacles.

If one is not careful, the disciples from various sects may sink into the water along with the iron cage.

"Where's the switch that controls the iron rod?"

"It has been destroyed long ago!"

Xie Yunliu continued, "Not only that, the disciples of each sect are shackled and unable to move, and the key to unlock the shackles is also on the octopus's head..."

Lu Ping nodded and stepped forward.

"So, all we have to do is get rid of the octopus, am I right?"

(End of this chapter)