signingbooks #288 - Terrible battle
#288 - Terrible battle
The guard's expression changed as he felt Liang Jin's aura continuously surge:
"How can your inner force be surging even when it's in disarray… It's almost like the 'Overlord's Armor Removal Art'?!".
Liang Jin frowned slightly upon hearing this.
Why is the 'Overlord's Armor Removal Art' so easily recognized?
It seems this useful Earth-grade technique is quite famous in the upper echelons of the Great Qian.
This also made Liang Jin secretly vigilant, knowing that he might encounter someone else who knows this 'Overlord's Armor Removal Art' in the future.
But he couldn't worry about that right now.
His hands frantically plucked at the strings.
His rampaging inner force surged out wildly with the sound waves.
Within the massive sound waves, it was as if thousands of horses were galloping forth, their iron hooves about to crush any enemy in their path!
The guard immediately steadied his feet, holding his saber high above his head with both hands.
"Saber Force: Mountain Split!!!"
Then, his long saber slowly chopped down towards Liang Jin's zither attack.
His saber fell so slowly, as if even a three-year-old child could dodge it.
But this saber strike of his seemed to be mobilizing the force of a thousand jun, and although slow, it was unstoppable.
At that moment, Liang Jin suddenly felt that this saber strike of the guard could split even a mountain.
His saber seemed to be carrying not just his own strength, but also the power of heaven and earth.
As this saber fell, the terrifying saber aura almost solidified, as if a giant saber was descending from the sky.
Liang Jin's zither attack continuously bombarded this giant saber, constantly being blocked, but also slowly eroding the giant saber formed by saber aura.
Liang Jin had encountered so many enemies, and now he had finally met an opponent who used an Earth-grade martial art!
He immediately focused his mind to face it.
The inner force throughout his body frantically increased non-stop.
The zither music grew louder and fiercer, faster and faster.
His attacks fell like a torrential storm.
But the giant saber formed by the guard's saber aura was still slowly chopping down towards Liang Jin's dense attacks.
The duel between the two was like an ice saber piercing into boiling water.
The ice saber was melting, but it was also slowly approaching its target.
The final victory or defeat would depend on whether the ice saber melted away completely first, or whether the ice saber hit its target before melting.
In an instant.
The entire palace was enveloped by this terrifying power.
The repercussions of Liang Jin and the guard's mutual attacks had already spread throughout the entire palace.
"Ding ling, crash!"
The items in the palace continuously exploded open.
The weak doors and windows were first turned into countless wood chips flying around, and then into powder.
The bricks on the walls were continuously chopped with saber marks, then continuously cracked, and finally shattered along with everything else.
Even the roof beams were being shaved thinner and thinner like sharpening a pencil in this terrifying mutual attack, and finally broke.
The tiles on the roof were also constantly falling.
And these tiles didn't even have time to fall to the ground before being chopped into countless small stones, scattered like raindrops.
In this terrifying change.
Mu Mu, Real Person Jiugong, Imperial Physician Zhang, and others were all frantically looking for places to hide.
The divine physician Mu Mu, while dodging, actually saw the princess still lying on the bed unable to move.
He hurriedly rushed over:
"Princess, I'm here to save you!"
At this moment, he no longer cared about formalities, directly jumped onto the princess's bed and burrowed into the gauze curtain.
On the sickbed, a woman's face was pale, her breath was weak, and her exposed skin was covered with terrible pustules.
"Princess, pardon me!"
Mu Mu hurriedly rolled the princess up in a quilt, then carried her and rushed to the palace window, flying out.
As a fifth-grade martial artist, he could naturally see that the entire palace was now within the attack range of these two experts.
If he continued to stay inside, it would probably be more ominous than auspicious.
Real Person Jiugong only recovered from his shock after seeing the princess being carried away by Mu Mu.
"Don't, don't go!"
He hurriedly wanted to chase after the princess.
The sudden fear had made him subconsciously look for a place of refuge, so he didn't even care about the princess.
Now that the princess was gone, he was worried that his life-saving card was lost.
But Mu Mu's martial arts were strong and his movements were too fast, and he couldn't catch up even if he wanted to.
This frightened Real Person Jiugong, who could only hide behind the guard:
"Lord, you must save me!"
However, how could the guard care about him at this time?
The guard's hands were tightly gripping the saber hilt, and the inner force throughout his body was frantically outputting, resisting Liang Jin's attack.
The young girl beside Liang Jin also exclaimed:
"How exciting!"
"Help me beat him up hard!"
"But don't kill me, I don't want to die yet!"
Liang Jin said in a deep voice:
"Stop shouting."
"Squat behind me, and I'll keep you safe."
The girl hurriedly squatted obediently behind Liang Jin upon hearing this.
But she didn't have the same fear and panic as others, but instead stared curiously at everything around her with her big eyes.
She liked this feeling of destruction!
To destroy all these gorgeous, extravagant, and beautiful things!
This feeling could make her excited and stimulated.
And indeed, as Liang Jin said, she was hiding behind Liang Jin, as if she was isolated from all repercussions and harm.
As if there was an invisible force protecting this position, and any broken bricks and tiles that fell into this range were repelled by this invisible force.
And at this moment.
The giant saber formed by the guard's saber aura was about to fall completely.
His hands were trembling slightly, as if he could no longer hold the saber hilt.
But he was still clenching his teeth, roaring:
"Chop down for me!"
As he began to desperately fight, the giant saber was also pressing down fiercely.
Liang Jin's hands also suddenly pulled all the zither strings.
All attacks will hit this one strike.
His hands suddenly released.
"Buzz!!!"
The zither sound exploded monotonously.
But this terrifying sonic attack had already swept the entire field!
…
At this time.
Outside the palace.
Everyone was looking at the palace in horror.
In their line of sight, it seemed as if some terrifying power was surging outwards from within the palace.
The doors and windows of the palace were the first to be destroyed, shattering and turning into dust.
The sounds of impact echoed continuously within the palace.
Even the outer walls were shaken, with pieces constantly falling off and huge cracks appearing.
Dust from the palace roof kept falling in showers.
Even the tiles on the roof flew off, raining down on the crowd.
The martial artists were still able to stand.
But those officials, eunuchs, and palace maids who didn't know martial arts were already fleeing with their heads in their hands, screaming in pain.
"Something's wrong! Quickly, save the princess!"
The martial artists shouted, all wanting to rush into the palace.
At that moment, Cao Xian felt a sense of crisis.
He hurriedly shouted:
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"Everyone, retreat!!!"
Then, Cao Xian hurriedly retreated.
Those fourth-rank martial artists also felt the same as Cao Xian, and they all retreated together.
When the other martial artists saw this, they knew something was wrong and hurriedly retreated as well.
Suddenly!
Inside the palace, it seemed as if two extremely powerful forces had finally collided fiercely.
"Boom!!!!!"
Accompanied by a huge sound, a terrifying shockwave swept across the entire area.
Dust filled the sky.
Everyone fled in panic.
In the constantly spreading dust, people could still hear the continuous sound of the zither, accompanied by the sound of metal clashing.
Following closely, was the sound of everything being torn apart.
In the end, everything returned to silence.
"What exactly happened?"
After retreating far away, everyone looked in horror at the palace, which was already shrouded in dust.
Cao Xian and the other fourth-rank martial artists all had solemn expressions.
They felt it more clearly than anyone else.
The duel in the dust was a true battle of experts!
Although the experts inside were also fourth-rank like them.
It gave them a sense of powerlessness that could not be compared:
"How could this be? Their auras are clearly the same as ours, fourth-rank, but why are they so strong?"
"That's right! I feel that if I were to fight against any one of them, I probably wouldn't even last three moves."
"What martial arts are they using? How can they be so powerful?"
… …
At that moment, whether it was the Six Doors leader or the military camp guard, these fourth-rank martial artists felt a burst of fear.
If any of them were in that situation, they would probably have been crushed to pieces by that violent force.
Could there really be such a big gap between fourth-ranks?!
Only Cao Xian, who was knowledgeable and experienced, was considered calm.
But in his old eyes, it was difficult to hide his surprise:
"Just who is this Great Virtuous Teacher?"
"My Imperial Censorate has been unable to find out his origins, but why is his martial arts so high?"
Cao Xian initially didn't take Liang Jin too seriously.
In his opinion, Liang Jin was just an ordinary fourth-rank martial artist.
Cao Xian knew the strength of the princess's guard quite well.
The princess's guard was from a famous family, and was carefully selected from a group of genius martial artists before becoming an imperial guard.
He could be called a top genius among geniuses!
In addition, his family was wealthy, he not only had famous teachers to teach him from a young age, but also had endless resources to pile on him.
So that he became a fourth-rank martial artist at the young age of just over twenty!
He was a true prodigy!
Logically speaking, he should be able to easily crush Liang Jin.
But the two of them were currently evenly matched.
This kind of thing was really unbelievable.
"Buzz!!!!!"
The sound of a zither string being plucked suddenly burst out from the dust.
The next moment.
The dust in the sky seemed to have been stirred by some powerful force, and was quickly pressed back to the ground.
And everyone's vision finally became clear.
When they looked at the palace again, they were all shocked and opened their mouths wide:
"This…"
What appeared in front of them was no longer a palace?
But a scene of ruins!
Even the broken walls were not left behind, only a pile of broken bricks and tiles remained.
The terrifying duel just now was able to completely destroy an entire palace!
At this moment.
There were still figures on the ruins.
Liang Jin was still sitting at the desk, his hand on the Heavenly Devil Zither.
The girl behind him slowly stood up, looking at everything and cheering:
"It's so exciting!"
"I really like watching fights like this!"
"The martial artists in the palace before were so weak, they didn't even have any destructive power."
"How could it be as exciting as today?"
Then, it could be seen that there were still figures crawling out from under the ruins.
The one who crawled out was Imperial Physician Zhang, he was crawling weakly on the ground, his face covered in blood.
Obviously, the falling bricks had already smashed his head and caused him to bleed.
Besides that.
There was also a person rolling around in the dust and screaming.
He was none other than the Nine Palace Master.
It's just that the Nine Palace Master was in a more miserable state at this time.
He not only lost an arm, but also lost a leg.
Blood was gushing from the broken part of his leg, causing the Nine Palace Master to lose too much blood, resulting in his skin being as pale as paper.
Near him.
That guard was still there.
It's just that he was kneeling on one knee at this time, holding a knife in one hand to ensure that his body would not fall down.
A trail of bright red blood flowed from the guard's mouth, obviously he was seriously injured.
At first glance, the guard had lost.
"What?!"
"The princess's guard, actually… lost?"
When a group of fourth-rank martial artists saw this scene, they couldn't help but show an expression of disbelief.
Cao Xian should have been the most surprised.
But at this time, he seemed to have understood something, and was the most calm instead.
"So that's how it is…"