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

Chapter 83 Ruthless
The ruthless and unpredictable man in the arena had his attacks blocked by Qu Lingfeng several times in a row. Knowing that he was no match for Qu Lingfeng, he secretly regretted not being the first to stick his neck out. His eyes flashed, and he continued to strike, seemingly ruthless, but he slowly retreated, letting others block his way.

At this moment, Lu Chengfeng was less than ten feet away from him. Lu Chengfeng's martial arts were inferior to Qu Lingfeng's, and his attacks were far less ruthless. He did not have a cane and was only using it to maneuver around his opponent, making him look more like an easy target.

The ruthless and unpredictable one pretended to be attacking Qu Lingfeng, but was forced back by Qu Lingfeng's internal force when he slashed at him. At the same time, he used the force to retreat towards Lu Chengfeng, then twisted his body and wielded his knife with both hands to slash diagonally at Lu Chengfeng's still-airing figure, wishing he could cut Lu Chengfeng in half at once.

Lu Chengfeng was locked in combat with his opponent and had just managed to regain his balance by borrowing strength. He never expected someone to suddenly intervene and launch a sneak attack. He was too late to turn around in mid-air and could only manage to strike at the ghost head knife, but it was too late. This strike wouldn't kill him, but injury was inevitable.

At this moment, Wu Chengyu, who had been silently watching the battle, suddenly moved. He used his cat-like steps and forcefully entered the battle with the speed of catching a cicada. In a flash, he blocked Lu Chengfeng's way, and with a gentle lift of his left hand, he patted Lu Chengfeng's thigh.

Lu Chengfeng immediately understood, used the momentum to stop his falling body, and jumped up again.

Wu Chengyu grabbed the back of the Ghost Head Saber with his other hand, channeling his inner force into it, which extended directly to the ruthless and unpredictable hands wielding the saber.

This internal force, accompanied by vibration, instantly traveled along his hands to his meridians. The ruthless man immediately felt his hands go numb and lose sensation, leaving him powerless to strike. The ghost-headed saber slipped from his hand and, driven by this internal force, reversed, slashing towards the ruthless man's neck, even more viciously than before.

This is another use of the phrase "shifting stars and changing constellations," specifically for dealing with people wielding weapons.

Startled, Ruthless Wu Chang retreated hastily, barely dodging his own blade, but Wu Chengyu followed closely behind.

Ruthless and unpredictable immediately threw a punch, a powerful and heavy move called Black Tiger Strike the Heart. Wu Chengyu was short in stature, and his heavy punch slammed into Wu Chengyu's face.

Wu Chengyu's figure once again transformed into two. One disappeared after being hit by the opponent's heavy punch, while the other real body came to the opponent's right side, grabbed the opponent's right arm with both hands in a claw-like manner, and used the bone-dissolving grappling technique. Several crisp sounds were heard.

As Wu Chengyu moved his hands upwards, his ruthless right wrist, elbow, and shoulder were immediately dislocated by Wu Chengyu.

Then his figure changed again, and in the blink of an eye he appeared on the left side of the ruthless man and did the same thing, and the joints of his left arm were immediately twisted open.

The ruthless man's arms fell limply to his sides, moving so fast that he had no time to react. At that moment, he finally felt fear, suppressed his greed, and was about to beg for mercy.

But at this moment, Wu Chengyu was determined to kill him, so how could he hold back? Wu Chengyu quickly flashed behind him and used the deadly move of the Bone-Dissolving Capturing Hand.

He reached out and grabbed the other man's tailbone, forcefully inserting his five fingers into his spine. Then, he exerted force from bottom to top, and like a series of whips, more than twenty crisp cracking sounds came from the ruthless back. Wu Chengyu actually dislocated each of his vertebrae.

At this moment, Wu Chengyu had already grabbed the back of the neck of the ruthless man. He stood still and raised one hand, and the ruthless man was lifted into the air like a rag doll, unable to move as if he were paralyzed from the neck down. He couldn't even utter a word of begging for mercy.

Then Wu Chengyu exerted his strength again, his internal energy trembling rapidly. With a sudden lift of his five fingers, he forcibly pulled the head of the Ruthless and Unpredictable, along with his entire spine, from his body. The so-called Ruthless and Unpredictable died on the spot.

The people Lu Chengfeng recruited were all martial arts figures from the Jiangnan region, and now it seems that they were indeed a rabble, with most of them not even as skilled in martial arts as the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan.

Although these people were blinded by greed, they were still a disorganized bunch, each with their own agenda, and hadn't yet thought of joining forces, so they were temporarily suppressed by Qu and Lu. But given time, these people would inevitably try to collude, and since Qu and Lu were disabled, they would be difficult to deal with if they attacked together.

So before they join forces, the best approach is to take down the ringleader and make an example of him to scare them away.

Most of these people originally came for revenge and were not considered extremely wicked. Wu Chengyu was not in a position to take their lives rashly. Now that the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan had endorsed him and this so-called fickle villain was acting as his prostitute, when else would Wu Chengyu not make his move?

However, when Wu Chengyu finished off the ruthless Wuchang in a few moves, everyone present was naturally frightened by his cruel methods. The restless people stood frozen in place, and the guys who were fighting with Qu and Lu were also frightened and retreated one after another.

Even Qu Lingfeng and Lu Chengfeng were dumbfounded. In the martial arts world, it was common for people to fight to the death, chopping off hands and heads. To use one's bare hands to forcibly pull out someone's head along with their spine was a ruthless move that even the two of them could not imagine.

Seeing this scene, the skilled scholar Zhu Cong muttered to himself, "This young man is truly ruthless and unpredictable."

Little did he know that Wu Chengyu was also filled with regret at this moment. He suppressed his nausea and did not throw away the human scorpion in his hand, while secretly groaning in despair.

Wu Chengyu's original intention was simply to first kill a villain with ruthless methods, and then deter those who had ulterior motives present.

The move he just made wasn't called "Scorpion," but rather the most ruthless move of the Bone-Dissolving Grappling Hand called "Upside-Down Azure Dragon." Although he had practiced it quite a bit, this was the first time he had actually used it on someone, and he never expected it to be so bloody that he almost vomited from fright.

He still suffered from a lack of combat experience, and didn't know how to use his strength. Wu Chengyu suppressed his emotions. He had already finished what he was doing, and he had to grit his teeth and keep going. If he turned around and vomited now, the atmosphere of killing the chicken to scare the monkey that he had just created would immediately be ruined.

After circulating the Turtle Grandson Technique for a few breaths, he was able to speak with difficulty: "Anyone else who tries to forcibly seize the Nine Yin Manual will suffer the same fate as you."

Wu Chengyu's strategy was correct. Now, those people were all pale-faced and looking at each other in bewilderment. No one dared to make any rash moves.

At this moment, the descendants of Yue Fei's army led by Lu Zhiyi stood behind Wu Chengyu. Lu Zhiyi held two guns and had a cold expression. Niu Wanrou carried her elegant double maces on her shoulders and glared angrily. There were also some people with bows drawn and arrows nocked, all of whom became Wu Chengyu's support.

Ke Zhen'e, the leader of the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan, was probably quite satisfied with Wu Chengyu's ruthless killing of Ruthless Wuchang. He was a stubborn man who had little interest in the Nine Yin Manual. He stepped forward and said in his shrill voice.

"Everyone has come here today to eliminate the two villains, the Black Wind Duo. Now that our great revenge has been achieved, our wishes have been fulfilled."

Even if the Nine Yin Manual is some kind of unparalleled divine skill, it still belongs to Peach Blossom Island. To covet it and try to seize it by trickery is not something a chivalrous hero like us from Jiangnan should do.

Although I, Ke Zhen'e, am not a great hero, I would never stoop to doing something that violates chivalry.

"In my opinion, everyone should disperse now. If anyone starts another fight, don't blame us, the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan, for having to take action."

(End of this chapter)