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

Chapter 479 Exorcising Ghosts
Persian martial arts are very different from those of the Central Plains, and Wu Chengyu's previous mindset about martial arts moves was disrupted at this moment.

The old man in the mountains is known for his unpredictable and ever-changing martial arts. Many of his movements are completely illogical and his sudden changes are so unexpected that even Wu Chengyu, with his profound understanding of martial arts, cannot anticipate his moves.

The three ghost generals were even fighting when two of them suddenly embraced each other face to face, one of them straddling the other. The ghost general holding the other had his back to Wu Chengyu and suddenly bent over. The one being held shot out two Sacred Flame Tokens and smashed them all over Wu Chengyu's head.

The combined power of the two men, along with the indestructible nature of the Sacred Flame Token, made it difficult even for Wu Chengyu to withstand their attacks.

However, this strange fighting style actually has a lot of flaws. It is equivalent to being nailed to the spot and unable to move. Wu Chengyu directly dodged to the side and at the same time kicked the guy holding him with the whirlwind kick.

Unexpectedly, their mutual hugging attack was just a feint. The guy hugging the other had his legs spread wide, which attracted Wu Chengyu's leg attacks.

Unexpectedly, the third ghost general emerged from between the man's legs, striking Wu Chengyu's kicking leg with one Holy Flame Token and thrusting the other straight at Wu Chengyu's crotch with a spear-like technique.

With a clang, Wu Chengyu promptly withdrew his right leg and simultaneously unleashed a precise groin kick, sending the Sacred Flame Token flying back. This was the first time he had used the groin kick to protect his vitals.

It has to be said that Wu Chengyu, who was used to kicking people in the groin, almost suffered retribution, and the fighting style of these three was indeed unbelievable.

After several consecutive moves, the Dragon-Capturing Claw lost its ability to anticipate the opponent's moves and adapt to their attacks, causing Wu Chengyu to suffer repeated setbacks. Several times, he had to confront the Sacred Flame Token head-on, resulting in excruciating pain in his hand bones. Anyone else would probably have had their bones broken.

At this moment, the most crucial battle on the field is Fang Yu versus Hong Qigong. Fang Yu's fearless and painless fighting style puts Hong Qigong at a disadvantage. Under normal circumstances, good people are unwilling to fight to the death with someone who is about to die.

Nangong Luan and Yang Xu exchanged a glance and launched an attack to help Fang Yu besiege Hong Qigong.

Although both of them are among the top masters, they are still a step below Qiu Qianren. However, with Fang Yu in front of them, neither of them can be defeated by Hong Qigong in a single move.

They launched a surprise attack, and Hong Qigong was in grave danger.

Nangong Luan's specialty is finger techniques, which are different from the explosive power of the Finger Flicking Divine Skill and the sharpness of the One-Finger Divine Skill, but are an extremely cold and sinister finger force.

It's somewhat like Cheng Kun's ultimate technique, the Illusionary Yin Finger, in the novel *The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber*. The finger technique is a mix of real and feints, with many feints, but once an opportunity is seized, the finger force is as ruthless as a venomous snake. If you are hit by the finger force, the insidious finger power will penetrate into your body and freeze your meridians.

Yang Xu looked fierce and imposing, but when he fought, he used insidious moves. He wore a steel brass knuckle duster on his right hand, and his punches were very powerful, but in his left hand he held a long dagger, which was dark blue and obviously coated with poison.

He launched a fierce attack with his right hand, but always dodged when he was fighting Hong Qigong head-on, using his dagger to stab Hong Qigong in the ribs.

In other words, Hong Qigong was extremely experienced in combat and did not fall into any traps for the time being. However, Fang Yu's offensive and defensive fighting style distracted Hong Qigong and he was almost ambushed by Nangong Luan and Yang Xu several times.

Seeing this, Wu Chengyu knew he couldn't waste any more time. Nangong Luan's strategy was correct. No matter how the battle went today, even if most of the Ming Cult members died, if Hong Qigong made a mistake, the Beggar Clan would suffer a crushing defeat and simply couldn't withstand such a blow.

His four signature moves, including the groin kick, are purely dirty tricks with a strong purpose, making them ineffective against true masters.

He neither parried nor blocked the Heaven-Turning Seal, but locked onto his opponent and launched a strong attack. However, the three ghost generals were strong men among the white people, with extraordinary muscles and bones and profound internal strength. The three of them connected their internal strength, and each time they switched to fight Wu Chengyu head-on, he could not completely defeat them in a short time.

Regardless of the fact that the Dragon-Capturing Claw was also affected by the strange movements of the three Ghost Generals' Sacred Flame Token Divine Skill, it was no longer able to specifically counter the opponent's moves.

The only technique we can use now is the Yin-Yang Cloud-Piercing Hand. This freehand technique is generally used for defense, using Yin-Yang transformations to neutralize the opponent's attacks. If used for offense, it is more like a control technique.

Besides inheriting the Yin-Yang Dao from the Xiaoyao Sect, the Moyun Hand also incorporates the Dou Zhuan Xing Yi technique from the Murong family. However, with Hong Qigong by his side, Wu Chengyu doesn't want Hong Qigong to know that he is the descendant of the Murong family that he thinks he is.

It wasn't that he was deliberately hiding it, but Wu Chengyu always felt that he might be able to make some use of this identity in the future.

So even if he used the "Star Shift" technique, he didn't want Hong Qigong to see it. Such a great and righteous hero is often stubborn, which is a bit troublesome to explain.

At this moment, Wu Chengyu thought of the martial arts that Ya Ning used when she fought A Ku a few days ago. He didn't know that the martial arts was called the Heavenly Serpent Covering Clouds Hand.

However, the technique of creating clouds to obscure vision gave him some inspiration, since the Cloud-Piercing Hand technique can also create clouds.

Wu Chengyu then used his lightness skill to circle around the three ghost generals, who stood back to back, rotating continuously in response to Wu Chengyu's movements.

The Yin-Yang Cloud-Piercing Hand used the principles of Yin and Yang, combining extreme cold and extreme heat to create clouds. Following Wu Chengyu's will, it stirred the moisture in the forest, causing the clouds to grow larger and larger, gradually obscuring the figures of the three ghost generals and Wu Chengyu. The four of them were barely visible within the clouds, indistinguishable from each other. The three ghost generals were unimpressed by Wu Chengyu's methods, assuming that if he used the same techniques as Fang Yaning, then at their level of martial arts, even without reaching the Subtle Realm, a simple layer of clouds couldn't completely conceal them.

Moreover, the three of them cooperated perfectly. As long as they covered each other's weaknesses and defended with all their might, no one could do anything to them. After all, their goal was never to defeat Wu Chengyu. As long as they could hold him off, they would have completed their mission.

However, Wu Chengyu's cloud aura was not meant to be used against them. With this cloud aura as a shield, and with Hong Qigong currently focused and unable to be distracted, Wu Chengyu's use of the control technique from the ambiguous Moyun Hand would not arouse suspicion.

As the clouds filled the air, Wu Chengyu pounced on the ghost generals again. The three ghost generals used the Sacred Flame Token Divine Skill once more. One of the ghost generals seemed to be laughing heartily, with his belly sticking out, while the other was hunched over and leaning forward. The last one was launched out of the air, wielding two Sacred Flame Tokens like the wind.

The remaining two strangely shaped ghost generals also launched their attack in an instant. The ghost general who was laughing suddenly grabbed the legs of the guy who was being launched and pulled him back.

Wu Chengyu originally intended to use his fist technique to take the two Sacred Flame Tokens head-on, but unexpectedly, as soon as he threw his fist, his opponent was pulled back a distance, and Wu Chengyu's fist immediately missed.

The hunchbacked ghost was pulled back as the main attacker was being dragged away. The ghost being pulled reached out in mid-air and struck the ghost's foot, doubling the speed at which the ghost was launched.

At the same time, the inner force of the two ghost generals was also transferred to the third person, and the Sacred Flame Token in his hand immediately became powerful and heavy, like two giant axes slashing towards Wu Chengyu.

Wu Chengyu's current state is that his two punches, which he just threw, have missed their mark. His body is leaning forward and has lost its balance, leaving him wide open. Meanwhile, the opponent's attack is extremely sudden and accelerates abruptly halfway through the attack. It looks like the two Sacred Flame Tokens are about to strike the two sides of Wu Chengyu's neck.

For anyone else, it would probably have been too late to turn the tide, but Wu Chengyu's ambiguous Cloud-Piercing Hand, along with the Star-Shifting Technique, had already been activated.

Just as the ghost general was about to succeed, he suddenly discovered that his Sacred Flame Token was becoming uncontrollable. Not only could its direction be uncertain, but it could also slip out of his hand at any moment.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Chengyu's figure swayed and suddenly split into two figures. One stood in place and let the other attack him, while the other appeared beside him, grabbing at his arms with tiger claws.

With the clouds obscuring the view, he can not only use the "Star Shift" technique, but also use the "Shadow Clone" technique for a short time. Wu Chengyu's attack power has always largely come from his unparalleled lightness skill.

Now it was the ghost general's turn to be unable to change his form in mid-air. He had exhausted his strength and still had to keep the pair of Sacred Flame Tokens from slipping from his hands. He could only watch helplessly as Wu Chengyu's tiger claws grabbed his arms.

Regardless of the fact that the Dragon-Capturing Claw was used for the first time in this battle, as soon as Wu Chengyu's hands touched the ghost general, the ghost general's bones, muscles and tendons were no longer under his control.

The ghost general let out a miserable scream as his arms were instantly split into many pieces. His finger bones, wrist bones, forearms, upper arms, and shoulders were all twisted apart by Wu Chengyu in an instant. Immediately afterward, he felt a tingling sensation in his back, and his entire spine was shaken apart.

One of the ghost generals was completely incapacitated, and their combined attack technique lost most of its power.

The remaining two were shocked and channeled all their inner strength, now truly fighting for their lives.

At the same time, they unleashed all the divine skills of the Sacred Flame Token, performing various bizarre movements. However, as soon as they made their moves, they were immediately forced back by an invisible force, turning them into mechanical zombies.

The Sacred Flame Token Divine Skill is known for its unpredictable and illogical movements, which is why it can leave enemies bewildered.

After summarizing the three major freehand techniques, Wu Chengyu's "Shifting Stars" technique has reached its peak. With the use of the "Neither Yin Nor Yang Moyun Hand" technique, no matter whether the opponent is doing somersaults or rolling on the ground, he can forcibly stop the opponent's movements in an instant.

The moment the somersault was launched, it was forcibly pushed back down, and before the knees could bend, they were forcibly straightened.

The two ghost generals exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with shock. They had seen this kind of peculiar control field before; the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth could do it, but even Fang Yu hadn't used it with such mastery.

"How do you know Qiankun..." Before he could finish saying the word "Qian," Wu Chengyu kicked him in the groin twice in succession, and the two screams made them unable to speak anymore.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Chengyu delivered two consecutive Canhe Finger strikes. The force of his fingers was silent and stealthy, shattering the throat bones of the two ghost generals the instant they instinctively tried to bend over due to their severe lower body injuries.

Similar to the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth control technique, in this world there is only the Shift of Stars. Wu Chengyu doesn't want others to know his secret.

After a few rounds of attack and defense, which took only two or three breaths, the cloud of energy created by Wu Chengyu had not yet dissipated when the two ghost generals were already dead.

Only the ghost general whose joints had been dislocated by the Dragon Claw was still barely clinging to life. Wu Chengyu did not want to show favoritism, so he flashed to the ghost general's side, raised his right foot, and stepped on the ghost general's back with a sudden burst of force.

(End of this chapter)