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Chapter 496 Du Xue: Further words are useless, kill! [1st update]

Li Tianrun, as one of the four marshals of the Southern Kingdom, was actually quite powerful.

In the original novel, Li Tianrun killed Zhou Tong with a single slash, defeated Dong Ping (who had an injured left arm) in ten rounds of foot combat, and also killed Zhang Qing with a single spear thrust while still on foot.

It took Lu Junyi more than thirty rounds to kill Li Tianrun, so he must have been at least a strong general.

Unfortunately, Du Xue was too strong. In the original story, he fought Lu Junyi for fifty rounds without a clear winner!
The narrator describes his eighteen-foot spear as appearing and disappearing unpredictably, and how Lu Junyi and Sun An were able to kill him with their help!

Du Xue is definitely a top-tier fighter. He sits at the same table as Shi Wengong and Sun An. How could Li Tianrun possibly be his match?

Li Tianrun jumped out with a loud shout, and Du Xue immediately swung his spear at him without saying a word!
Fortunately, Li Tianrun was no ordinary person. At the critical moment, he pushed off the ground with one foot and twisted his shoulder!
"laugh--"

The eighteen-foot spear tore a piece of flesh from his shoulder, and Li Tianrun was immediately unable to lift his left arm...

"hiss--"

Li Tianrun couldn't help but gasp:
Tricky idea!

Du Xue, not one to back down, swiftly retracted his eighteen-foot spear and then thrust it out with lightning speed!
In Li Tianrun's eyes, he only saw a flash of cold light before the winding spearhead reached his heart again!

One wrong step leads to another. Li Tianrun's underestimation of his opponent at the start has left him completely powerless to avoid the spearhead!

Just as Li Tianrun was in despair, a cold wind whistled past his ear and headed straight for Du Xue's face!
Du Xue frowned, raised his eighteen-foot spear, and a clang of metal rang out!
A spiky ball was sent flying by the spear and landed squarely on the pillar with a loud "thud"!
It turned out to be a meteor hammer the size of a fist, covered with sharp thorns like a hedgehog!

A thin iron chain connects to the meteor hammer, with the other end extending into the hand of the stone treasure that emerges from behind the Buddha statue.

Taking this opportunity, Li Tianrun quickly stepped back, held the gun in one hand, and shouted:
"You ring-eyed thief, you deserve to die!"

Du Xue glanced at Shi Bao and snorted coldly:
"I have never met you before, nor do we have any grudge against you. Why did you try to kill me the moment you appeared?"

Shi Bao pulled hard, retracting his meteor hammer, and said through gritted teeth:
“You have never met the Prince of Nan’an before, nor do you have any grudges against him. Why would you want to assassinate him?”

Du Xue suddenly realized: "So you're from the South!"

Li Tianrun glared fiercely at Chen Yun, who was wielding a halberd:

"So it was you who blinded the Prince of Nan'an?"

"What about me?"

Chen Yun ripped off the burlap sack covering his halberd, a sinister grin spreading across his face:
"You actually dare to chase after me and come to your death!"

"Enough talk, let's see who's the real deal!"

Shi Bao raised his wind-splitting blade and pounced on Chen Yun!
At the same time, dozens of Imperial Guards also rushed out and, relying on their superior numbers, surrounded the four generals of Huaixi!
"That's right, there's no point in saying more!"

Knowing they were from the South, Du Xue resolved to fight to the death and thrust his spear at Li Tianrun.

"kill!"

Li Tianrun hurriedly tried to deflect the eighteen-foot spear with one hand, but he couldn't get it away.

Not only did he fail to deflect the spear, but he was also shaken by the spear and dropped it from his hand!

Li Tianrun instinctively stepped back, but after only two steps, his back bumped into the base of the giant Buddha statue!

It's over!

Li Tianrun felt a chill run through him as he watched helplessly as the winding spearheads approached once again!
"Whoosh-"

Just then, an arrow suddenly flew from above and struck Du Xue with lightning speed!
Du Xue heard the sound of something cutting through the air and hurriedly tried to dodge, but the distance was too close and the arrow came too fast!

"Pfft!" Du Xue only had time to tilt his head slightly before the arrow grazed his cheek and struck his shoulder!

Du Xue grunted, pushed off with his feet, and retreated a full ten feet!
Looking up, Du Xue then discovered that there was an archer crouching on the high roof beam!

Pang Wanchun shook his head regretfully, not expecting Du Xue to have such a keen intuition about danger.

This not only shows that Du Xue was a peerless master, but also that Du Xue had experienced countless life-and-death battles!

Now that Du Xue is on guard, it will be much harder to kill him in one shot...

Zheng Biao held Lin Chong down with one hand and relied on his iron spear with the other, crouching behind the huge Buddha statue to watch the battle.

He originally thought that Li Tianrun and Shi Bao were both fierce generals, and with Pang Wanchun, the best archer in Jiangnan, taking down Du Xue and the other three would be a piece of cake.
Unexpectedly, Du Xue and the other three were all very capable fighters. Putting Du Xue aside, Wei He, Liu Yuan, and Chen Yun were all no less than Li Tianrun and Shi Bao!
In the original novel, Wei He was killed by Shan Shiqi, who was only a weak tiger, in thirty rounds, so he was probably a weak tiger.

The number of rounds Chen Yun fought Qin Ming in the original novel is unknown.

However, thanks to Qiu Qiongying's sneak attack, she knocked him off his horse with a stone, and Qin Ming killed him with a spiked club.

Therefore, it can be inferred that Qin Ming could not defeat him alone, or that it would be very difficult for him to do so.

Chen Yun is at least at the level of a weak tiger.

Liu Yuan was also very powerful; in the original novel, he fought Lin Chong for more than fifty rounds without a clear winner.

The narrator describes him as a valiant general among the thieves.

Pan Zhong came to Liu Yuan's aid, and Lin Chong shouted loudly, stabbing Liu Yuan off his horse with a spear!
First of all, it is quite obvious that Lin Chong's "loud shout" also contained a sonic attack.

Secondly, Pan Zhong clearly did more harm than good.

Otherwise, it makes no sense that without his help, Liu Yuan could fight Lin Chong to a standstill, but with his help, Liu Yuan was instead killed by Lin Chong...

Therefore, Liu Yuan is at least at the level of a weak tiger.

Two weak tigers and one weak steed, how could Shi Bao possibly withstand them?
Li Tianrun was injured and unable to help. Dozens of Imperial Guards were slaughtered and routed!

Because they were going to make dumplings for Du Xue and the other three, the Imperial Guards who were lying in ambush in the courtyard locked the temple gate from the inside.

As a result, they couldn't escape even if they wanted to, and were indiscriminately slaughtered by Liu Yuan and Wei He...

Pang Wanchun crouched on the crossbeam, aimed at Chen Yun who was locked in a fierce battle with Shi Bao, and fired an arrow:
"Whoosh-"

Du Xue had been watching him closely. As soon as Pang Wanchun's arrow left the bowstring, Du Xue rushed forward and swung his spear with one hand.

"Om-"

With a clang of metal, the eighteen-foot spear swept away Pang Wanchun's arrow!
Du Xue laughed triumphantly: "With 'Sick Zhang Fei' here, you can forget about using underhanded tactics against me again!"

Pang Wanchun frowned, drew his bow again, and shot an arrow at Chen Yun!
Du Xue swept away his arrow with another spear thrust!
However, to Du Xue's surprise, Pang Wanchun fired a "repeated barrage" of arrows!
"Whoosh whoosh—"

Du Xue only managed to deflect one of Pang Wanchun's arrows, but two more arrows immediately followed and struck Chen Yun!
One arrow struck Chen Yun's right arm, and another arrow struck Chen Yun's left leg!

Chen Yun grunted and staggered backward!

"Shh-"

Taking advantage of his illness, Shi Bao rushed forward and beheaded Chen Yun with a single, powerful stroke!
"puff--"

Hot blood sprayed onto Du Xue's face, enraging him. He swung his spear at Shi Bao with one hand!
(End of this chapter)