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Chapter 89, 104: The End of a Hero's Road! Huang Rong's Nominal Disciple [Seeking Monthly Tickets!]

"Great Yin-Yang Hand" Yue Hou flew at full speed, and was about to rush in front of Huang Rong when he suddenly felt a figure appear beside him.

Le Hou glanced at the person out of the corner of his eye and saw that it was not Deng Bagong or Gao Kexin, but Lu Chen, who was dressed in a black robe!

Why did the sect leader let him come over?
Le Hou was terrified and instinctively struck out with his palm, aiming for Lu Chen's ribs.

Bang!
His palm strike unexpectedly landed squarely, causing Lu Chen's body to tremble and then explode like mist.

But just as Le Hou struck with his palm.

Having already reached his side, "Lu Chen," who was keeping pace with him, also pointed his fingers like a sword and flashed like lightning.

The fingertip was still three inches away from Le Hou's throat, but Le Hou felt a chill in his throat, as if it had been grazed by an invisible blade, and then he heard the hissing sound of blood spurting from the blood vessels.

"Sword Qi?"

Le Hou clutched his neck tightly, but he couldn't stop the bleeding at all. All his strength was rapidly draining away with the gushing blood.

As Ruan Ruan collapsed to the ground, his gaze swept over Zuo Lengchan's direction, only to see that there was another Lu Chen there, being besieged by Zuo Lengchan and the Seven Great Protectors!
"What the hell? He even has the ability to create clones? This monster... he's not even from our martial arts world..."

Le Hou was filled with grief and indignation, and died with his eyes wide open in anger.

As Deng Bagong, the "Divine Whip," and Gao Kexin, the "Golden-haired Lion," who were rushing towards Huang Rong with Le Hou, saw a black-robed Lu Chengui fly like a shadow to Le Hou's side and fight him to the death, they were still shocked when they saw Huang Rong, who was holding an umbrella opposite them, smile and a long whip flew out from her sleeve, creating a sky full of whip shadows. With a shrill whistle, it lashed down on the two of them.

This whip-wielding skill is on a completely different level compared to Deng Bagong, who was known as the "Divine Whip" for his mastery of the soft whip!
The two Songshan Taibao, who were ranked lower, were shocked to realize that the seemingly frail girl in yellow robes, who looked no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, was actually a great master!

As soon as they started fighting, without Le Hou, whose martial arts skills were second only to Ding Mian, Lu Bai, and Fei Bin, as their mainstay, Deng Bagong and Gao Kexin, even though they were fighting two against one, quickly fell into a disadvantageous position. Under Huang Rong's White Python Whip Technique, they could only parry and had no power to fight back!
the other side.

Zuo Lengchan has already given it his all.

The "Seventeen Styles of Fast and Slow Swordplay" of the Songshan School, which he personally revised and improved, is wide and powerful, like iron spears and halberds, and has an amazing momentum.

While launching a fierce attack with his sword, he would occasionally strike out with his left hand, attempting to use the "Frosty True Qi" to enhance the Great Songyang Palm and achieve victory through a surprise move.

Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to "fight with both hands".

Even if one can combine sword and palm techniques, one cannot simultaneously use one hand to execute a sword move and the other hand to use a palm technique. One can only occasionally strike with a palm during the intervals between sword moves.

This tactic is certainly threatening, but it's no match for Lu Chen.

Lu Chen not only knows the Songshan sword technique, but his swordsmanship is also more than one level higher than Zuo Lengchan's.

While Zuo Lengchan's swordsmanship was far more advanced than Fei Bin's, Lu Chen, who could always quickly surpass his teachers and achieve unparalleled mastery after learning various schools of swordsmanship, saw no change in Zuo Lengchan's swordsmanship as anything more than what he expected. He could see through all the subsequent changes at a glance.

Therefore, no matter how fierce Zuo Lengchan's swordsmanship was, Lu Chen, who used the "Sword Shadow Step," could always be one step ahead of Zuo Lengchan. As if on a spring outing, he could calmly and freely move through Zuo Lengchan's crisscrossing and incomparably fierce sword light.

As for the palm strikes that Zuo Lengchan occasionally unleashed, Lu Chen's sword qi was so refined that Zuo Lengchan's icy qi could not penetrate his qi defenses or freeze his meridians and blood. The freezing effect was practically zero.

Zuo Lengchan also realized that something was wrong.

But he was already in a difficult situation.

They could only hope that Lu Chen, having no sword in his hand and having already exhausted much of his power with the White-Blank Fiend's team, was at his limit and could not withstand the siege of the seven great protectors personally led by him.

But as the fight went on, Zuo Lengchan was horrified to discover that the combined attack of the eight of them, including himself, had no effect on Lu Chen at all!
Not only was the man surnamed Lu thoroughly familiar with the Songshan sword technique, but his unpredictable movements—sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes "appearing and disappearing," seemingly appearing in front and then suddenly behind—were also impossible to fathom.

What's even more terrifying is that while Lu Chen seems to be dodging Zuo Lengchan's fierce attacks, he also moves calmly through the gaps in Zuo Lengchan's sword light, occasionally using his fingers as a sword to poke here and there, and sometimes casually flicking and slashing. Every time he makes a move, someone will fall down.

In the blink of an eye, Zuo Lengchan had already launched more than a hundred attacks.

Lu Chen still did not fight him.

But all seven of the Taibao who participated in the siege were gone, lying flat on their backs!

In a short time, Zuo Lengchan had lost all his helpers and was now fighting alone!
When the last bodyguard was stabbed down by Lu Chen's finger, Zuo Lengchan felt a chill run through his body, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

Lu Chen without a sword...

Is he really that invincible?

That's right, there's still hope. As long as Le Hou can take the hostages, there's still a chance to turn the tide!

With his last hope, Zuo Lengchan glanced at Huang Rong out of the corner of his eye.

That one glance left Zuo Lengchan in a daze, even blank for a moment.

Because Le Hou was lying on the ground with a split neck, and the pool of blood beneath him was spreading down the mountain path with the rain.

Deng Bagong and Gao Kexin were also lying on the ground, their necks twisted, clearly broken.

The girl in the yellow dress still held an umbrella in one hand, standing gracefully in the misty rain, her clothes perfectly in place, seemingly having won with great ease.

at this time.

Lu Chen, who had been dodging Zuo Lengchan's attacks, suddenly stopped.

Zuo Lengchan instinctively thrust his sword straight forward. Just as the tip of the sword was about to touch Lu Chen's heart, Lu Chen suddenly raised his index and middle fingers together and flicked the back of his fingers against the spine of Zuo Lengchan's sword.

clang--

Amidst the long, resounding clang of metal clashing, Zuo Lengchan's longsword suddenly trembled violently, the shockwaves traveling from the tip to the hilt. Zuo Lengchan felt as if the longsword in his hand had transformed into a struggling, living snake, its immense force causing him to lose control. His fingers and palms went numb, and the longsword uncontrollably swung to the side.

Lu Chen took a step forward and instantly rushed to Zuo Lengchan's side, only an arm's length away from him.

"Who exactly are you? Why do you want to be an enemy of my Songshan Sect?"

Zuo Lengchan roared in anger and abandoned his sword. He then unleashed both palms, gathering his icy true energy, and slammed them fiercely into Lu Chen's chest.

Lu Chen remained silent, but instead raised his sword finger and pointed out with lightning speed. The finger struck out before Zuo Lengchan could react, passing through the gap between Zuo Lengchan's palms like a phantom, and with a soft "poof," it struck Zuo Lengchan's brow.

Zuo Lengchan shuddered, and a drop of crimson blood seeped from between his brows.

The two palms that were about to strike Lu Chen's chest suddenly lost their power and hovered an inch in front of Lu Chen's chest.

Zuo Lengchan was far inferior to Ouyang Feng.

When Ouyang Feng was hit in the head by Lu Chen's "Sword One", his palm power was greatly reduced, but he was still able to hit Lu Chen with a palm. The palm power could even penetrate the soft armor defense, causing him serious injury.

The sword between Zuo Lengchan's brows and the icy palm force dissipated.

"How come I'm at odds with the Songshan Sect?"

Only then did Lu Chen look at Zuo Lengchan's rapidly dimming eyes and say softly:
"From the very beginning, it was you who actively sought trouble with me..."

Starting with Ding Mian and his group, they were inexplicably forced to send them gifts.

Unfortunately, Zuo Lengchan could no longer hear these words.

As Zuo Lengchan collapsed to the ground, his face filled with resentment, Huang Rong walked gracefully over, holding an umbrella over his head.

"What should we do with the bodies of Zuo Lengchan and the others?" Lu Chen took the umbrella, put an arm around Huang Rong's slender waist, and casually asked.
"Hengshan disciples frequently patrol the peaks to prevent tourists from encountering danger. The bodies of Zuo Lengchan and the others should be discovered by Hengshan disciples tomorrow, and the Hengshan Sect will handle the matter accordingly."

Huang Rong chuckled softly:
"The expressions on the faces of the Hengshan Sect members when they discover the bodies of Zuo Lengchan and the others will be quite interesting."

Lu Chen smiled as well:
"Then that's none of our business."

Chatting casually, the duo, who didn't care about killing or burying the bodies, didn't even glance at the corpses scattered on the ground. Holding their umbrellas, they leisurely descended the mountain in the twilight and misty rain.

……

The next day.

"What exactly were Alliance Leader Zuo and the others doing? Why did they sneak into Hengshan again? And why did they all suddenly die on Tianzhu Peak?"

At the Hengshan Sect's mountain gate, in the plaza, looking at the more than thirty corpses neatly laid out on the ground, Tianmen Daoist, Yue Buqun, and Master Dingyi, who were still lingering in Hengshan City because of the deaths of Ding Mian and others and wanted to see the Songshan Sect's subsequent reaction, had solemn expressions, but were also puzzled and full of doubts.

Ding Mian and his group's behavior was already highly suspicious.

Now, Zuo Lengchan and his group are even stranger, their behavior is completely baffling.

They knew Zuo Lengchan would come.

Unexpectedly, Zuo Lengchan, like the sneaky Ding Mian and his group, arrived quietly with the Ten Great Protectors.

Furthermore, upon arrival, he did not contact anyone from the Hengshan Sect, but instead, at dusk, braved the wind and rain to go up the mountain.

Unfortunately, on Tianzhu Peak, in addition to the bodies of Zuo Lengchan and the Ten Great Protectors, twenty-one other bodies of men in black were also discovered.

Those men in black were clearly ruthless villains who had committed numerous bloody crimes and then suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Besides the twenty-one men in black, there was another one, whose fearsome name was often used to stop children from crying at night—the Whiteboard Demon!

Judging from the distribution of the corpses at the scene and the fatal wounds of the victims, it doesn't seem like the group led by the Left Alliance Leader were ambushed by the White-Boarded Fiend and other unorthodox villains, and that they fought to the death with them. Rather, it seems like...

Bai Ban Sha Xing and his gang first ambushed someone on the mountain path, but failed. Then, Bai Ban Sha Xing released a firework signal – there is an empty firework signal tube on the scene as proof – to summon reinforcements. As a result, Zuo Mengzhu and the Ten Great Protectors of Songshan Sect arrived at the scene like "divine soldiers descending from the sky".

Then everyone was killed.

The key issue is the fatal wounds of these people, such as the many deaths caused by a "red dot between the eyebrows," and the deaths caused by necks being broken by soft whip-like weapons...

Why does it look so familiar?

Mo Da remained expressionless, but exchanged a subtle glance with Liu Zhengfeng.

Although Liu Zhengfeng had retired from the martial arts world and should not have gotten involved in its affairs, this matter was too big. The Five Mountains Alliance leader and all the bodyguards of the Songshan Sect were wiped out at Tianzhu Peak in Hengshan. Liu Zhengfeng had no choice but to come and see what was going on.

"Left Alliance Leader died unexpectedly on Tianzhu Peak of Hengshan Mountain, and the corpses of the White-Boarded Fiend Star and other evil spirits of the unorthodox path were also left on the mountain... Let's discuss how to conclude this matter." Mo Da sighed and said.

The straightforward Tianmen Taoist snorted coldly:
"What's there to discuss? It's nothing more than the Left Alliance Leader's..."

"Ahem!" Mo Da coughed lightly, interrupting Tianmen Daoist: "What did Sect Leader Yue say?"

Upon hearing Mo Da's tone, Yue Buqun understood his meaning. After a moment of contemplation, he slowly said:

"Left Alliance Leader learned that Whiteboard Fiend had gathered twenty-one unorthodox villains, intending to take advantage of Brother Liu's retirement from the martial arts world to harm our Five Mountains Sword Sect. Because there were many people and eyes in Hengshan City, to avoid leaks, Left Alliance Leader led the Songshan Taibao to secretly sneak to Hengshan to search for Whiteboard Fiend and his group. However, they were ambushed at Tianzhu Peak and fought to the death with Whiteboard Fiend and his group."

Upon hearing his explanation, Tianmen Daoist scoffed dismissively but did not refute it.

What else can I say?

Could it be that Zuo Lengchan, the leader of the Five Mountains Sword Sect Alliance, led the Songshan Taibao Group in collusion with Bai Ban Shaxing and other unorthodox villains to ambush someone, but ended up overestimating himself and underestimating his opponent, resulting in his ambush failing and him being killed instead?

If that's the case, the reputation of the Songshan Sect is ruined, but everyone in the martial arts world knows that the Five Mountains Sword Sects are all of the same ilk. The dignified leader of the Five Mountains Alliance has actually colluded with heretical villains. If the leader of the alliance is like this, won't the reputations of the other four sects be completely ruined?
Zuo Lengchan has not yet truly revealed his ambitions, nor has he succeeded in wiping out Liu Zhengfeng's entire family.

These individuals had some doubts about Zuo Lengchan's intentions, but they lacked concrete evidence.

Even the accusation that Zuo Lengchan colluded with notorious villains like Baiban Shaxing was based solely on speculation from the scene, without any witnesses.

Therefore, in order to avoid implicating the reputation of the four factions in the Songshan faction, which was "of the same ilk" and the leader of the alliance, they could only grit their teeth and make the deaths of Zuo Lengchan and others sound more glorious and righteous.

Seeing that Tianmen Daoist tacitly agreed, Mo Da then looked at Master Dingyi:
"Does the nun find this conclusion plausible?"

Master Dingyi remained silent for a long time, then sighed:
"That's all it can do."

At this moment, Yue Buqun suddenly said:
"If any of you are not satisfied with our conclusion, what should we do?"

Master Dingyi said:

"This humble nun will go and have a talk with him."

Mo Da also said:

"I'll go too."

Tianmen, Yue Buqun, Liu Zhengfeng, and others also expressed their intention to go together.

However, when they arrived at the small courtyard where Lu Chen and Huang Rong were renting, it was already deserted.

There was only one little girl in a green shirt, who was sullenly holding a broom and sweeping by herself.

"Feiyan?" Liu Zhengfeng stepped forward and asked, "Where are Young Master Lu and Miss Huang?"

"They're gone!" Qu Feiyan said dejectedly, "They just taught me one skill and left!"

"I'll teach you martial arts?" Liu Zhengfeng asked curiously, "Why would I teach you martial arts?"

Qu Feiyan then perked up:
"My sister Huang has accepted me as a disciple! She said that if I can master the kung fu she taught me to her satisfaction within two years, she will formally accept me as her apprentice!"

"This is great news! I must congratulate you."

Liu Zhengfeng smiled and said that although he was not becoming Lu Chen's disciple, it was still a great honor to become Miss Huang's disciple.

Mo Da and the others also congratulated the little girl, making Qu Feiyan feel very proud.

After saying a few words, Liu Zhengfeng asked again:

Where did Young Master Lu and Miss Huang go?

"do not know."

Qu Feiyan shook her head, her smug expression vanishing, and said with a look of melancholy:
"They are no longer in Hengshan City. By the way, Brother Lu also said that the seniors can handle the matter of Tianzhu Peak as they see fit; he doesn't care."

Hearing his words, Mo Da and the others breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help feeling a little melancholy.

I have a feeling that it might be difficult to see that magical "divine sword from beyond the heavens" again in the future.

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