The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 268 Cleaning up the mess
When the final killing move of this ambush is broken, with no one left to rely on and no one to command, these ambush experts and assassins alike lose all their morale and can no longer form a battle formation. What follows is a one-sided massacre.

Apart from Manxiang, almost no one else could withstand more than three moves from Wu Chengyu. Wu Chengyu's Shadow Clone Technique could attack seven or eight people at the same time. Someone would be injured as soon as the shadow flashed. Just when you had just survived the figure in front of you, before you could even catch your breath, another figure would appear and take away your life.

In the short span of half an incense stick's time, Wu Chengyu had killed most of the men lying in ambush, and the rest began to flee.

But Wu Chengyu didn't want them to escape. In addition to exchanging secret manuals and his admiration for Qiu Chuji, he had a deeper reason for agreeing to help Qiu Chuji.

These Jin Dynasty spies were usually tasked with dealing with the rebel armies. However, Heshi Lie Liangping was prioritizing personal gain over public duty in his pursuit of power. Coupled with Qiu Qianzhang's instigation, he brought in all the experts he could to specifically target the Quanzhen Sect.

Recruiting these martial arts masters is no easy task. If all these masters die here, then no matter who is in charge of the Jin Kingdom's secret service in the future, there will be a certain period of power vacuum in their hands, and they will not be able to provide many masters to deal with the rebel army.

In terms of military campaigns, with Yan Chunyu's command and the support of Yue Fei's army, as long as the rebels did not launch reckless attacks and fight against overwhelming odds, the Jin army would have no way to deal with them in the short term.

What they feared most was that Jin spies would use these skilled assassins to kill Yan Chunyu and others.

Leaving aside Qiu Qianren, the generals of the rebel army, such as Manxiang, Elder Chi, and Granny Gui, are not someone that the rebel generals can contend with. In terms of fighting in the martial world, they are really at a disadvantage and have little ability to resist.

Therefore, Wu Chengyu considered this as eliminating some potential threats to his wife. He felt that none of the people here today should be lost. Anyway, since they were in the peaceful Buddhist temple of Da Ci'en Temple, if they died here, someone would immediately take care of their funeral arrangements. So Wu Chengyu felt that he was very compassionate.

At this moment, Wu Chengyu pushed his lightness skill to its limit, creating ten figures at once. This was the level he had reached after taking the "double-ended candle" secret medicine when he assassinated Shi Miyuan. Even if he could do it after his transformation, it would be difficult to maintain for long.

Once this ultimate movement technique was unleashed, no one present had any chance to escape. The fastest runner was about to escape the Zen room area when Wu Chengyu caught up with him in a few steps and snapped his neck from behind.

When these figures appeared and disappeared as quickly as a flash in the pan, all that remained were Qiu Qianchi, who had just regained her senses and rushed into the council hall to weep, and Manxiang, who had been chasing Wu Chengyu for a long time with his giant vajra pestle but had never actually fought him.

The barbarian elephant was like someone wielding a giant vajra and performing a fierce dance, but it was entirely a solo performance with no partner, and all the audience members were killed by Wu Chengyu.

Manxiang's martial arts skills were not weak. He was definitely gifted and had superhuman strength, unlike Wu Chengyu who had achieved his physical condition through various extraordinary skills and secret techniques and a complete transformation. In addition, with the great demon-subduing pestle in his hand, Wu Chengyu would not dare to confront him head-on without a heavy weapon.

Unfortunately, his weakness was his lightness skill, his agility and flexibility, which were Wu Chengyu's strongest points. Wu Chengyu was like flying a kite, always leaving him behind. No matter how much he roared or chased after him, he ignored him completely and focused on killing everyone else in front of him.

After fighting for so long, Manxiang finally exhausted all his strength. He was panting heavily, leaning on his vajra, kneeling on the ground with his back bent, unable to get up at all. At the same time, he glared fiercely at Wu Chengyu, his eyes filled with anger and utter helplessness.

This is another weakness of his type of external strength-based martial arts master. Although his attacks are fierce, they are difficult to sustain. It is already quite remarkable that Manxiang has been able to keep chasing Wu Chengyu until now. But no matter how strong he is, if he can't catch up, he just can't catch up.

The elephant was panting heavily when Wu Chengyu killed the last person and then suddenly appeared in front of him.

Seeing that Wu Chengyu was not red-faced or out of breath, as if he had just come from a spring outing, Manxiang swallowed hard and forced himself to speak.

"Han man, you've won, but I'm not convinced. You've been running around like a flea, taking advantage of my lack of light-body skills. I'd rather die than accept this. But I'm exhausted now, so kill me if you want. I guess I'm just unlucky."

As soon as he finished speaking, the elephant slowly stood up, gripping the great demon-subduing pestle tightly, barely managing to stay upright. His eyes were wide open, and he awaited his death.

Wu Chengyu sized up the barbarian elephant, shook his head and said, "A rough man like you actually tried to play tricks on me. You're not exhausted yet; you still have the strength to strike. You're just trying to lower my guard and get closer to me."

Wu Chengyu was at the threshold of the microscopic level, and he could accurately sense the other party's current state, which was definitely not as weak and powerless as he appeared.

Even without keen hearing, he could detect the flaws. Manxiang's breathing and heartbeat were very rapid, and these two were connected, but his breathing rate was much higher than his heart rate, so the rapid breathing was mostly faked.

As soon as he finished speaking, Manxiang knew he couldn't fool the other party, so he immediately returned to his original state, and his panting disappeared by most of his voice.

"I've never been good at lying since I was a child. I never thought that I would try to lie to you at the last moment, but I still failed. It's really ridiculous."

Han Chinese, now that things have come to this, I know I am doomed. I will not ask your name; I only ask for the dignity of a warrior.

"Martial arts skills like yours are rare in the world, so why keep trying to deceive me with your lightness skill? I truly only have one strike left to deliver. Do you dare to fight me head-on?"

Wu Chengyu glanced at the giant demon-subduing pestle in the other party's hand. He was sure the other party dared to do it. He also felt that it was a bit unfair to bully this big monk to death with his lightness skill. Moreover, since his transformation, he had never encountered an opponent worthy of his full strength.

So now that the overall situation is settled, it's not a bad idea to test how strong you really are, but to try to forcefully lift the opponent's great Vajra with your own fists would just be idiotic.

“I can give you the dignity of a martial artist. First, put down the Great Demon-Subduing Pestle, and we’ll settle the score with one punch.”

"Good, that's great." The barbarian elephant casually tossed aside the large demon-subduing pestle in his hand, took a moment to calm his breathing, and then stretched out his palm and said.

"This move of mine is the Great Hand Seal of Tantric Buddhism, extremely powerful and fierce. Please be careful."

As soon as he finished speaking, Manxiang rushed towards Wu Chengyu, his large, vermilion handprint thrusting towards Wu Chengyu's chest.

Wu Chengyu also raised his fist. The most powerful martial art he possessed was the Great Subduing Demon Fist. His most powerful move, Vajra Suppressing the Mountain, collided solidly with the opponent's large handprint.

The meditation room area was already completely silent when suddenly a muffled thud shook the surrounding doors and windows violently.

(End of this chapter)