NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 403 - 154: The Giant Ape Draws the Bow! Farewell to Hua Shan! (Thanks to Book Friend L5??, the Alliance Hierarch)_2
Chapter 403: Chapter 154: The Giant Ape Draws the Bow! Farewell to Hua Shan! (Thanks to Book Friend L5??, the Alliance Hierarch)_2
Su Changkong stood up and looked out of the window toward the street; he saw two men in black hurrying along the street, one of whom was carrying a black cloth bag. From the shape of it, it seemed to contain a person.
“It’s Hua Yi. Those two men came knocking in the middle of the night and took him away. What for? Could it be that Dr. Huashan and the others have offended someone?”
Su Changkong pondered in secret.
Today in this small town, he had encountered Hua Yi, but his master, Dr. Huashan, was nowhere to be found. And now, in the dead of night, someone had come knocking and taken Hua Yi away. There must be some problem hidden here.
“Let’s have a look.”
After a slight hesitation, Su Changkong made up his mind.
By nature, he did not like to provoke trouble, but as Hua Yi was Dr. Huashan’s disciple, and since Dr. Huashan had been kind to Su Changkong—despite Su Changkong having helped Dr. Huashan in the past—debts of gratitude could not be settled so easily.
If he hadn’t encountered the situation, it would have been fine, but now that he had, Su Changkong’s nature would not allow him to stand by and watch an acquaintance die without trying to help!
Su Changkong got up, changed his clothes, and quietly pushed open the door.
In a forest more than ten miles outside of Blade Leaf Town.
The two men in black roughly threw down the cloth bag they were carrying, causing Hua Yi inside to wake up from his unconscious state, reeling from the severe pain in his body, and he struggled mightily.
“Hiss!”
The bearded man on the right brandished his long sword and tore the cloth bag open, allowing Hua Yi to stick his head out and take deep breaths.
“Who… who are you? What… what do you want to do?” Hua Yi asked with fearful uncertainty upon seeing the two standing men in black.
The bald, fierce-looking man in his thirties with a cold gaze fixed on Hua Yi said, “Who are we? Didn’t you just go to the nearby yamen and report us, and you still don’t know who we are?”
Upon hearing this, Hua Yi’s body shook with a mixture of fear and anger. A few days ago, he had visited a yamen in a nearby county town, and he worried about retaliation, which led him to hurriedly come to this small town to lie low. Yet, he had not expected that someone would come for him so soon.
“Speak! Who are you? What do you want to do?” The bearded man, holding his long sword, asked coldly, pointing it at Hua Yi. They had captured Hua Yi to find out his identity and the reason for him reporting them, so that they could deal with him after understanding the situation!
Through gritted teeth, Hua Yi said, “I… my master is a physician. A month ago, your people took him away, and he hasn’t returned. I just wanted to ask the yamen for help.”
“So, you’re that old man’s disciple?”
At that, the two men in black looked at each other with a trace of understanding.
“Don’t worry, the old man is fine, but you’re in trouble!” said the bearded man, his mouth curving into a smirk, his long sword reflecting a chilling light.
The bald man’s eyes also revealed a hint of coldness; now that they had clarified the young man’s identity and purpose, there was no need to keep this kid alive!
A chill ran through Hua Yi’s heart. He was just a medical student; how could he possibly be a match for two burly men wielding sharp swords and skilled in martial arts?
“Who’s there?”
But suddenly, the bearded man turned and bellowed.
At the entrance of the woods, a young man dressed in black, with slightly narrow eyes and a somewhat cold demeanor, walked slowly towards them.
This young man was naturally Su Changkong, who had slightly altered his appearance and followed them here.
With a sincere expression, Su Changkong said, “Gentlemen, could you give me some face and let this young man off the hook?”
“This person… is a bit odd!”
Both the bald man and the bearded man felt a slight chill in their hearts.
They noticed that Su Changkong had a sword at his waist, but his steps were light and floaty, as if he was injured.
“Give you face, sure thing,” said the bearded man with a smile, observing Su Changkong as he approached within a distance of about a zhang. A hint of murderous intent flickered in the depths of his eyes.
“Hiss!”
The bearded man suddenly drew his sword, slashing towards Su Changkong’s neck.
Although they didn’t know the young man’s identity, an appearance at this time and place definitely meant he was not a friend but a foe with ill intentions—strike first to gain the upper hand!
The bearded man was not weak; possessing the strength of the Body Refinement Divine Power realm, he could dominate small counties and towns.
Yet, as the bearded man unleashed his strike, Su Changkong also made a sudden move with his sword—a flash of cold light went fleeting by!
Su Changkong’s sword, both in terms of speed and power, was inferior to that of the bearded man.
“Crack!”
However, as the blades clashed, the bearded man’s expression changed. He felt an unstoppable force behind Su Changkong’s seemingly ordinary strike. It was like a fleeting glimmer of light; the moment their swords met, his long sword shattered like glass, and the momentum of Su Changkong’s sword, unchecked, chopped into his neck amidst his shocked eyes.
“Pfft!”
Without any suspense, the bearded man’s head fell from his neck as blood spurted a couple of meters high from the severed neck, and the headless corpse slumped to the ground.
Even though Su Changkong’s physical condition was quite poor and the speed and power he could muster were hardly stronger than an ordinary person’s, and he was unable to invoke True Qi.
But Su Changkong’s Blade Technique was still there, still able to wield Blade Force. With the blade force enhancing even a casual strike, not to mention a Martial Artist of the Divine Power realm, even one who had achieved Great Achievement in Body Refinement Divine Bravery realm would not be able to withstand his stroke.
“Die!”
The bearded man was killed by Su Changkong in a single encounter, and the bald man, overwhelmed with shock and fury, let out a thunderous shout, his right fist hurling a fierce gale directly at Su Changkong’s face.
However, Su Changkong had already anticipated the bald man’s movement through the twitching of his muscles. He sidestepped the heavy punch and, at the same time, swung his Iron-Cutting Sword horizontally.