signingbooks #270 - Are you giving in now?
#270 - Are you giving in now?
“He… How could he be here?”
“Shouldn't he be in Changzhou City, wary of the people from Yanshan Stronghold?”
Dong Xiong, upon seeing this, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
The others, such as Li Rong, Xing Niang, and Lei Zhen, also felt a tremendous pressure, causing them to become serious.
Conversely, the people in the Prefect's team cheered when they saw the man called Li Muyun finally appear.
This person was like a pillar of stability.
Once he was willing to show himself and take action, then this battle would be secure.
Even for a moment, the people from Black Hog Stronghold and the Prefect's team separated, ceasing their fight.
Everyone's eyes were focused on this Li Muyun.
As if his decision could determine the outcome of this battle.
Even the newly appointed Prefect finally emerged from his official sedan.
He strode to Li Muyun's side, as if with Li Muyun there, he had the greatest confidence.
The new Prefect also shouted loudly at the people of Black Hog Stronghold:
“Bandits of Black Hog Stronghold!”
“Listen carefully, if you surrender now, you still have a chance.”
“If you are willing to turn over a new leaf and serve this Prefect, then you will enjoy endless wealth and glory in the future.”
“If you insist on going down the wrong path, then don't blame this Prefect for annihilating you!”
This new Prefect was indeed from a merchant background, his words lacking in culture.
But at this moment, no one would ignore his words.
The people of Black Hog Stronghold also gathered around Dong Xiong, nervously watching Li Muyun.
This Li Muyun only showed his face and released his aura, yet he was able to intimidate the entire scene!
Only one person felt disappointed.
“So, he's just a fourth-rank martial artist.”
“I thought there might be a third-rank master.”
Liang Jin had already killed two fourth-rank martial artists.
He had also killed a state leader of the Six Doors.
These people were no longer a challenge to him.
Liang Jin had originally been eager to act, but after sensing the aura emanating from Li Muyun, he no longer intended to do so.
But even though he didn't plan to act.
Li Muyun's gaze remained fixed on Liang Jin.
Li Muyun slowly extended his hand, which had been behind his back, and pointed towards Liang Jin in the distance.
“'Timely Rain' Song Jiang, is it?”
“You are the one who secretly learned my Six Doors' martial art, 'Hidden Dragon in the Abyss', and rescued a group of important court criminals from the execution ground.”
“Show me your true strength!”
Li Muyun's words were calm and slow.
But his voice was like a loudspeaker, resounding throughout the entire scene.
Even in the noisy battlefield, his words alone could completely suppress everyone else, clearly reaching Liang Jin's ears.
This single shout demonstrated Li Muyun's profound inner strength.
As soon as his words came out.
Everyone's eyes turned to Liang Jin.
Whispers arose from within the Prefect's team:
“He is the Green Forest bandit 'Timely Rain' Song Jiang? His name is so famous, I heard about him as soon as I entered Changzhou!”
“It is said that he kills people like flies, and specifically opposes the government and the court, committing countless major crimes!”
“I originally saw him wandering outside the battlefield and thought he was an incompetent person who didn't dare to participate in the battle. I didn't expect him to be Song Jiang, it seems he is probably the leader commanding this group of bandits!”
… …
The Prefect's team had heard of Liang Jin's great name.
Hearing Li Muyun mention him first after appearing, they all assumed that Liang Jin was the leader of this group of bandits.
On the other hand, the people of Black Hog Stronghold were completely confused.
They had been in close contact with Liang Jin.
But they hadn't found anything too unusual about Liang Jin.
This Liang Jin was not as bold and frank as a Green Forest hero, but instead hid his aura until it was time to negotiate before revealing his true strength.
After that, Liang Jin had not shown any strong strength or courage.
Whether it was the battle to rob the county magistrate or this battle to rob the prefect, Liang Jin had always stood by and watched, not participating.
Even his two sworn brothers participated in the battle, but he had been watching and lazing around.
This made many people in Black Hog Stronghold feel contempt, and they regarded Liang Jin as a coward who was always ready to run away.
Dong Xiong couldn't help but wonder:
“Could it be that this Song Jiang has hidden his strength?”
“But how can I not see it at all? How did Li Muyun discover it?”
Xing Niang and Li Rong also looked confused.
Not to mention Dong Xiong couldn't see it, in their eyes, Liang Jin was just a fifth-rank martial artist, and they couldn't see anything else.
Aside.
Lei Zhen said in a deep voice:
“My eldest brother's martial arts are unfathomable, how can you easily see through them?”
Hearing Lei Zhen say this, the eyes of the three leaders of Black Hog Stronghold lit up.
If this Liang Jin was a real master, then wouldn't they still have a chance to win this time?
On the other side.
After Li Muyun shouted, he still kept his hands behind his back, waiting for Liang Jin's reply.
Liang Jin only said indifferently:
“Want to fight me?”
“You are not qualified.”
His words were still spoken slowly and methodically.
At first, everyone who heard this felt contempt.
They only thought that Liang Jin's words were just to avoid the battle.
Some people even secretly ridiculed:
“If you don't dare to fight, just say so, why make excuses?”
“Stop bragging!”
But soon, when everyone reacted, they all looked surprised and shocked.
Because…
Liang Jin's voice could also be clearly heard in everyone's ears.
But the difference between him and Li Muyun was very big.
When Li Muyun spoke, it was like a loudspeaker, resounding throughout the entire scene, suppressing all the noise.
And when Liang Jin spoke, everyone felt as if Liang Jin was standing in front of them, calmly talking to them.
So natural and smooth.
So much so that when everyone first heard this, they didn't immediately realize that Liang Jin was speaking from a distance.
The mere act of the two using internal energy to transmit sound demonstrated their respective strengths.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Liang Jin in shock, no longer daring to underestimate him.
They certainly wouldn't believe that Liang Jin was afraid to fight.
Li Muyun also raised an eyebrow:
"Interesting!"
He really couldn't perform Liang Jin's skill of sound transmission.
This made Li Muyun even more certain that Liang Jin's strength was definitely not as simple as the fifth rank he appeared to be.
However, according to intelligence, when Liang Jin raided the execution ground in Zhongsong City, he displayed an extremely powerful sonic roar.
His roar alone severely injured two fifth-rank experts from the Six Doors.
It seemed that Liang Jin was skilled in this type of skill, so it was normal for him to be better at sound transmission.
But fighting and grappling couldn't be decided by sound alone.
Li Muyun immediately sneered:
"Song Jiang, since you are unwilling to take action."
"Then I will kill all your people first, and then see if I can force you to take action!"
As Li Muyun spoke, his gaze turned to the three leaders of the Black Boar Fortress and Lei Zhen.
The person being stared at couldn't help but tremble.
Dong Xiong said angrily:
"The four of us are fifth-rank, we don't believe we can't beat a fourth-rank!"
The gap between the fourth and fifth ranks was not as large as that between the fifth and sixth ranks.
So, in theory, a four-on-one fight did have a chance.
It's just that the chance was too small.
However, Li Muyun only snorted dismissively at this.
Clearly, he didn't take these four bandit leaders seriously at all.
He didn't even bother to respond to their words.
Liang Jin spoke at this time:
"Want to force me to take action?"
"I'll find a bird to play with you first, you can talk after you beat my bird first."
Bird?
At first, everyone thought that Liang Jin was deliberately teasing and humiliating Li Muyun.
But the next second.
They suddenly realized and couldn't help but look at the battlefield of the divine eagle.
Could it be… that the divine eagle was summoned by Liang Jin?!
Everyone could clearly see how fierce the divine eagle was.
An entire cavalry of nearly five hundred people was routed by the divine eagle!
At this time.
The divine eagle had already scattered the cavalry, leaving very few survivors.
Most of the surviving cavalry were also fleeing on horseback, unable to pose a threat anymore.
The divine eagle and Xiaoyu were not fighting at all, but were already playing.
It's just that their way of playing was to kill people.
The divine eagle was already a bird of prey, and killing was its nature.
Xiaoyu also had too much bestial nature, which made her personality particularly brutal, completely disregarding human life, and even taking pleasure in killing.
Liang Jin had already begun to communicate with the divine eagle and Xiaoyu in secret:
"You two stop playing, come here quickly."
"There's a guy who needs to be dealt with."
The divine eagle and Xiaoyu heard this and raised their heads.
Xiaoyu patted the divine eagle and pointed at Liang Jin.
The divine eagle flapped its wings and flew towards Liang Jin.
They quickly landed beside Liang Jin.
Liang Jin also breathed a sigh of relief.
After these two stubborn creatures had enough fun, they were finally willing to listen.
This Xiaoyu seemed to have a good relationship with the divine eagle.
Xiaoyu hugged the divine eagle and didn't want to come down, as if she hadn't ridden enough.
The divine eagle also turned its head from time to time, using its hooked beak to scratch Xiaoyu's hair, and seemed to help her peck lice.
This person and this bird were like a pair of good friends.
On the contrary, Liang Jin should have been the master of this divine eagle.
But the divine eagle had a strange arrogance, and sometimes it didn't like to listen to Liang Jin's orders.
It was okay usually, and he could slowly teach and tame it.
If the divine eagle didn't listen to orders or even feared death during a key battle, it would cause Liang Jin to misjudge.
The flaws of a battle pet were exposed.
This made Liang Jin thoughtful.
If he could make Xiaoyu listen to him, then he could put more pressure on the divine eagle and make the divine eagle obey him obediently.
Liang Jin patted Xiaoyu's head, then touched the back of the divine eagle.
He stretched out his hand and pointed to Li Muyun in the prefect's team:
"It's that person."
Xiaoyu and the divine eagle's heads also turned to Li Muyun at the same time.
At this time, everyone finally determined that the divine eagle was a fierce bird raised by Liang Jin.
After confirming this, everyone couldn't help but gasp.
Who knew that Liang Jin was not only profound in internal skills, but also had such a fierce bird as a helper.
Li Muyun's face suddenly became ugly when he saw this.
This divine eagle was very strong.
Li Muyun could deeply feel it just by watching the divine eagle's battle.
Although he was not afraid of fighting the divine eagle head-on.
But he also knew very well that if the divine eagle wanted to fly away or maintain its altitude and entangle with Li Muyun.
Then Li Muyun really couldn't do anything about it.
Li Muyun had thought about the divine eagle being Liang Jin's helper, but he didn't expect the divine eagle to be so knowledgeable about human nature and so obedient to Liang Jin.
This made Li Muyun deeply worried.
He was not afraid of fighting Liang Jin one-on-one, or fighting the divine eagle one-on-one.
But what if…
Liang Jin and the divine eagle didn't talk about martial ethics, and one person and one beast besieged Li Muyun at the same time, then Li Muyun was really a little worried.
What if…
Adding the three warriors from the Black Boar Fortress and Lei Zhen.
Then Li Muyun didn't have much confidence.
These people were bandits, and Li Muyun didn't believe that they would really follow the rules of the Jianghu and fight one-on-one.
He also deeply realized that he was obviously a little careless, and today's enemy was much stronger than expected.
Immediately, Li Muyun said in a deep voice:
"Song Jiang, we can talk."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
The dignified Li Muyun actually wanted to negotiate with the bandit leader?
Was this… admitting defeat?