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

Chapter 382 The Battle for the Great Dao
Being drained of their life force and left to die with their eyes closed is an extremely painful experience. Both of them were in excruciating pain and tingling all over their bodies. In fact, they were still enduring torture in the last moments of their lives.

As soon as Wu Chengyu finished speaking, he slowly regained his true appearance. Then, he gave each of them a Canhe Finger strike, hitting their vital points and sending them on their final journey.

The two men left Wu Chengyu with a final look of gratitude, but their doubts remained. Even in death, they were still wondering what Wu Chengyu sought by changing his appearance and joining the Yangwu Association. Wu Chengyu would not tell them, and they would remain a pair of confused ghosts even in the afterlife.

What Wu Chengyu needed to do next was to calm down and wait for the old monster to finish his work, so as to verify his final conjecture about the Yin-Yang unity of the Xiaoyao Sect. This would take some time. Bored, he began to slowly appreciate the old monster's appearance.

The old monster now has his eyes closed, and the malice and madness in his eyes are gone. His current appearance is truly enough to make people have all sorts of fantasies.

Her face was like a lotus flower, her skin like solidified cream, her black hair like a waterfall, her sideburns like clouds, her forehead was like a cicada's head, her eyebrows were like moths's, her nose was like jade, her lips were like red, and she also had a long swan neck and a graceful waist.

Looking down from the neck, the only flaw is that the two peaks are not very high. It is said that the Song Dynasty valued thinness as beauty and never liked large, fat, or sugary foods. Those moralists, behind closed doors, preferred a slender figure and a round, full body.

For Wu Chengyu, this wasn't exactly a flaw. Although he always preferred big women, after all, she was a fairy-like woman. If she were also so broad and unfathomable that she made him hunch over, she would really lose some of her ethereal charm.

So Wu Chengyu wasn't actually admiring the old monster. The guy opposite him was 120 or 130 years old, and Wu Chengyu just couldn't get over his own conscience. He kept telling himself that what he was seeing was Wang Yuyan.

As someone who grew up reading martial arts novels in my previous life, the name "Fairy Sister" was a beautiful memory from my youth. As for Meng Gu, she was just a minor character, and few people can remember what Meng Gu's real name was.

In this world, the former Queen of Dali is probably buried in the Dali Imperial Mausoleum. No matter how beautiful she was back then, now only a pile of bones remains.

Wu Chengyu had never read the revised version of The Legend of the Condor Heroes. He always thought that Jin Yong had gone to unnecessary trouble, so he firmly believed that Wang Yuyan and Duan Yu would grow old together. The only way to remember the true face of this white moonlight was to stare at the old monster and have some fun imagining.

About two incense sticks later, Wu Chengyu suddenly chuckled and teased, "Alright, stop pretending. You finished half an incense stick ago. You've been pretending for so long just to ambush me. Unfortunately, you are you, and Wang Yuyan is Wang Yuyan. You can't make me lose my mind and let my guard down."

The old monster opened her eyes instantly. She had now overcome the crisis and felt refreshed. Her physical strength and power had reached their peak, and she had even made a breakthrough.

However, she was used to forbearance and using schemes to harm others. At this moment, even though she had the advantage in her own skills, she did not choose to fight Wu Chengyu openly. Instead, she pretended to be practicing and prepared to launch a sneak attack on Wu Chengyu when he was not paying attention. But she still underestimated Wu Chengyu.

Her skill level and realm surpassed Wu Chengyu's, but she always had one flaw: she had not reached the realm of subtle perception, and her perception and judgment of the outside world were forever suppressed by Wu Chengyu.

“I’ve been watching you closely. At first, you were focused on circulating your energy to digest your disciple’s internal strength and life force. Then, about half an incense stick’s time ago, your state began to change. You were actually trying your best to hide it, but you couldn’t hide it from my perception.”

Your heart is beating faster than before, and your breathing is slightly rapid. Although your eyes are closed, you can see that your eyeballs are moving around.

Most importantly, when I stared at your body, my gaze sweeping up and down, you actually started to blush. Not only your face, but your neck turned red too. And you know what? With your fair skin, it was especially noticeable when you blushed.

Moreover, wherever my eyes looked, I started getting goosebumps on your exposed skin. Tell me, you're over a hundred years old, and you're still shy? It's like trying to look young on an old cucumber!

The old monster's plan to launch a sneak attack was seen through. Her eyes were filled with shame and anger. She stood up from the ground. Her facial muscles twitched with anger at Wu Chengyu's words. Her extremely beautiful features, which had been distorted when she was exercising, began to twist in her rage.

"You little thief, you lecher, with such a lewd gaze, you must have incredibly filthy thoughts in your heart, and you still have the nerve to talk about me."

Putting all that aside, let me ask you this: when I was channeling my energy just now, I was completely powerless to resist. At that time, you could have easily taken my life with a single palm strike, so why didn't you make a move?

Now that I have fully recovered my strength and even surpassed my previous level, you were never my match to begin with. Now that my ailment is gone, I can use you as a sacrifice to vent my hatred. You little thief, do you regret this now?

Wu Chengyu also stood up, took a few steps back to distance himself from the old monster. Even if the opponent was a pseudo-innate, his realm and power were still above his. No one would dare to sit and talk while facing an innate. That would be tantamount to suicide, even though Wu Chengyu had already made up his mind.

"Don't worry, I'm really not interested in you. I still have some respect for Xu Zhu. I simply can't bring myself to wear his shoes, especially his century-old, worn-out ones."

As for why I didn't make a move earlier, it's because I wanted to test my skills against you and see if your Xiaoyao Sect's Xiaoyao Yufeng technique was more powerful, or if my Quanxing Sect's inherited divine skill was superior.

We both practice Taoist divine skills. Although I now think that the Free and Easy Wind Riding is a demonic skill, it has not deviated from the true essence of Taoism, namely Yin and Yang and the Five Elements.

Our understanding of the changes of Yin and Yang is different. Truth cannot be understood without debate. Before the facts appear, no one knows whether their understanding is correct.

Your idea of ​​using the two of them as a furnace to cultivate the Free and Unfettered Wind is indeed extraordinary, but I have also made a move based on my understanding of Yin and Yang. Now let's see who is right, you or me. This is a battle for the Great Dao, a battle for my future path, so how can I take advantage of a weakness? As for killing me as a sacrifice, old monster, although you seem to have returned to your peak, you haven't truly mastered the Free and Unfettered Wind. You've only taken an extra step forward, and whether that step is correct is still unknown.

"As long as you haven't mastered the art of 'Free and Unfettered Wind Control,' killing me won't be so easy. I, Wu Chengyu, can now emulate Wang Chongyang and claim I'm no less capable than anyone. Old monster, let's see what we can do now."

The old monster didn't reply, but simply raised his hand and unleashed the same Yang Ge Tian Jun move, the most powerful killing move among the Six Yang Palms of Tianshan.

The current Yang Ge Tianjun is completely different from the two palm strikes he unleashed in the palace. His palm force is solid, with yin and yang rotating, making it at least 50% more powerful. It is truly unstoppable.

The biggest advantage of this move is that it can lock onto the target, forcing the opponent to take the hit head-on without being able to dodge. If they can take the hit, all is well, but if they can't, it's a death sentence. But Wu Chengyu knew at a glance that he could no longer take the hit.

Since he couldn't receive the attack, he could only try to avoid it, but his location was locked, leaving Wu Chengyu seemingly helpless.

However, among all the martial arts that Wu Chengyu has mastered, the only one that can rival the Tianshan Six Yang Palms is the Shifting Stars technique, which can break through this lock.

Although I can no longer return the palm strike to the other person, I can at least change the direction of the attack.

Wu Chengyu pushed the Dou Zhuan Xing Yi technique to its limit, and the invisible force field barely enveloped the old monster's palm force. With the rotation of the force field, the direction of the palm force was finally shifted by a foot. At the same time, he used his lightness skill to quickly dodge and finally avoided the move.

As expected, the old monster has returned to her peak. Ignoring the flaws in her moves and whether she has mastered the subtlety, she can overwhelm Wu Chengyu with her internal energy alone. This is the combined internal energy of the Three Elders of Xiaoyao, Xuzhu, and the initial yin-yang unity after absorbing the Yin-yang Cauldron. She has truly become the best in the world.

The old monster no longer engages in martial arts battles with Wu Chengyu; instead, he relies on brute force to overwhelm him, using sheer power to defeat all techniques. Wu Chengyu is helpless against this.

Fortunately, besides brute force, there is another saying in the martial arts world: speed is the only way to win. Whether among the top masters or the known innate masters, Wu Chengyu's lightness skill is the best in the world. Even the old Taoist priest Zhenxiang has to admit this.

If you can't beat them, you can't fight them head-on. Wu Chengyu immediately stopped getting entangled and first created several clones in the Broken Mountain Temple.

The old monster lacked the keen senses to distinguish which was the true form, but her current internal energy was considered inexhaustible. Each clone unleashed a full-force palm strike, but unfortunately, after the palm strikes dispersed the clones, the old monster discovered that Wu Chengyu's true form was already outside the Mountain God Temple.

Wu Chengyu turned his head and smiled at the old monster, then decided to flee. He ran rapidly into the forest, like a fish or a monkey, quickly dodging the trees in front of him. In just a few leaps, he had run dozens of feet, leaving the old monster far behind.

The old monster will not let Wu Chengyu go no matter what. At such a young age, with such martial arts skills, and inexplicably so knowledgeable about the Xiaoyao Sect, such a person must be killed as soon as possible to prevent future troubles.

Her lightness skill is certainly not as good as Wu Chengyu's, but she has practiced the number one lightness skill in the Jin-style martial arts world, Lingbo Weibu. Now that she is using her full strength, even if Wu Chengyu's lightness skill is better than hers, he will definitely not be able to shake her off easily.

The two continued to travel through the mountains and forests. At this moment, the sky gradually brightened, the sun rose in the east, and the sky was filled with red clouds. Wu Chengyu did not think much and ran wildly in the direction of the rising sun. He ran for two hours without daring to stop.

Wu Chengyu carefully discerned the road and was astonished to discover that the forest outside Xingqing City was actually a branch of the Qinling Mountains. He ran eastward at breakneck speed and actually ran into the main Qinling Mountains.

The old monster was a little slower, but as time went on, the distance between her and Wu Chengyu kept closing.

They are now competing in a long-distance race, not in speed, but in endurance. After running at full speed for two hours, Wu Chengyu's internal energy and strength were greatly depleted, forcing him to slow down.

However, the old monster is now demonstrating the advantage of his profound internal strength, especially his Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique) which has the effect of restoring internal strength. The old monster's consumption is much less than that of Wu Chengyu.

Seeing that the old monster had caught up to within ten feet of Wu Chengyu, her expression became increasingly ferocious. She knew that it wouldn't be long before Wu Chengyu was unable to continue, and at that time, this major threat would surely die on the spot.

At that moment, the old monster's expression changed drastically. His rosy face, which had been flushed after absorbing the Yin-Yang Cauldron, turned pale and then bluish. His previously rapid running pace suddenly became disordered. Not only was he unable to pursue, but he also staggered and almost fell.

Wu Chengyu had actually been waiting for this moment. He had been observing the old monster's condition the whole time. He immediately stopped and said while panting.

"It seems I've won now. I didn't make a mistake with that move before. Old monster, your end is near."

(End of this chapter)