Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 231 I am a brute!
The summer sun was blazing, and the sky was cloudless.

The sun relentlessly unleashes its heat, like a giant furnace enveloping the world, scorching everything in its path until a single drop of essence is extracted.

The nearly 40-degree weather caused all the flowers, plants, and trees to droop, and the forest to release moisture. The moisture was distorted by the heat, creating a hazy, dreamlike scene.

Any chief镖师 (bodyguard/escort) with a modicum of conscience would never escort a shipment in this kind of weather, at least not under the scorching sun of forty degrees Celsius, and would quickly look for a teahouse to rest.

Wang Zhenwei had followed Wang Zhaoxing in escorting goods since childhood, honing his skills. He quickly found a teahouse at the foot of the hill, and the group rushed over to order a bucket of sour plum drink.

The tea stall is small, with only four tables.

There are guests at both tables.

There was only one person at the outermost table, an old man in a gray cloth gown, whose luggage was a yellow cloth bundle carried on a metal umbrella.

He was dressed sloppily, but his straw sandals were very clean, as if he hadn't walked very far.

When traveling the martial arts world, the elderly, children, monks, nuns and Taoists are the people you should never mess with. Anyone with a little experience in the martial arts world knows that this old man is a martial arts master.

Wang Zhenwei, an experienced镖师 (bodyguard/escort), recognized him at a glance as Mr. Iron Umbrella.

Mr. Iron Umbrella is a famous assassin in the martial arts world. He has an unprecedented achievement: he started his career at the age of twenty and is now sixty-five years old. He has been an assassin for forty-five years and has never been sick or injured. His martial arts skills and luck are both top-notch.

There were four people at the table by the mountain.

Husband, wife, wet nurse, baby.

The husband was in his thirties, dark-skinned and rustic, like a small landowner with some land. He married a very beautiful wife and they had a chubby son.

The wet nurse, holding the baby, walked back and forth along the bamboo railing by the mountainside, coaxing other people's children while thinking about her own. The wet nurse was not old; she had fair skin, long legs, and a shapely figure.

Seeing the happy family of four, Shen Feiyan looked on with envy. She was about to use the silver bell on her bracelet to tease the baby when Wang Zhenwei grabbed her arm.

"Wang Zhenwei, what do you want to do?"

Shen Feiyan struggled for a moment, then realized that Wang Zhenwei's hands were like iron clamps, and his expression was unusually serious.

Wang Zhenwei slowly released Shen Feiyan, pulled out two sections of a gun barrel from behind his back, assembled them into a short infantry pistol, pointed it at the tea stall, and said: "Seniors, we are all doing business. Your business is killing, and my business is bodyguarding. You know who I am, and I know who you are. Draw up the line, and I'll take it all!"

Mr. Iron Umbrella sneered, "You accepted it? What makes you think you can handle it? Even if your father, Wang Zhaoxing, were here, you wouldn't get any face."

Wang Zhenwei gripped his gun tightly: "This shipment from Shunfeng Escort Agency is a deadly one. The shipment is our life, and the shipment is our death. If you want to take my cargo box, you'll have to ask my gun first!"

"Unbelievable!"

Mr. Iron Umbrella reached out and scooped up the iron umbrella, which weighed over forty pounds, as if it were a wick in his hand. He swung it around at will. This man was born with superhuman strength and vigorous blood and energy. Even at over sixty years old, he still retained ninety percent of his bravery.

The iron umbrella is a very comprehensive weapon.

It can be used to stab, sweep, or be used as a whip or mace to break through various protective armors. It can also be used as a shield by opening an iron umbrella, or rotated to use the edges as gears. When necessary, it can shoot out the fan ribs to pin enemies to the ground.

Those who wield iron umbrellas as weapons are all masters of immense strength, most of whom are proficient in external martial arts and have a meticulous grasp of their physical strength. The Iron Umbrella Master can strike acupoints with his iron umbrella without damaging the skin in the slightest.

Mr. Iron Umbrella opened his iron umbrella, and his extremely sharp blade slashed at Wang Zhenwei like a windmill. Even faster than the iron umbrella were the chopsticks that the teahouse owner threw and the willow-leaf dagger that the owner's wife used. They were also assassins.

Shen Feiyan raised her hand and threw a flying knife.

The Shen family has a long tradition of light-body skills and hidden weapons. Shen Feiyan's hidden weapon skills are not comparable to those of masters like Wuqing, but they are more than enough to deal with assassins from the martial arts world.

With a series of light clanging sounds, all the bamboo chopsticks were knocked down by the throwing knife. Shen Feiyan flew into the air, raised her hand and shot out a leather whip, wrapping it around the proprietress's wrist.

Wang Zhenwei swung his gun at Mr. Iron Umbrella.

The iron umbrella, thick and heavy like a shield, could easily block sword cuts and thrusts. However, while it could block spears, it couldn't withstand the impact. With a loud bang, the two exchanged blows head-on and then simultaneously retreated three steps.

The Wang family's heirloom, the Overlord Soul-Chasing Spear.

Although it is not as powerful and domineering as the Overlord Spear, the spear technique contains the word "Overlord". Without the strength to lift mountains and tripods, how can it be worthy of this name?
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Dozens of assassins rushed out from the surrounding area.

They were Xue Zhi's trusted subordinates.

Xue Zhi was skilled in military training and trained a team of trusted men specifically to deal with martial arts masters. These men were not very strong in individual combat, but they were good at forming formations and attacking in groups.

Even if Wang Zhaoxing and Wang Zhenwei joined forces, they would be trapped by the formation formed by more than a dozen people.

Why mention Wang Zhaoxing?
Because Wang Zhaoxing is here.

Wang Zhaoxing was worried about his son and niece, so he secretly followed them to Jinling. He saw that the escort agency was opening smoothly and originally planned to return to Guanzhong, but then these things happened.

Wang Zhaoxing accompanied and protected him.

The father and son, wielding their pistols, fought fiercely against Xue Zhi's henchmen. Just then, a family of four rushed out. The most ferocious of them all was the wet nurse, who actually used the infant as a weapon, throwing the child out.

Shen Feiyan instinctively tried to catch the baby.

Just then, the sound of a zither drifted from mid-air.

"Zheng! Zheng! Zheng!"

The infant vanished into a cloud of blood mist, and the wet nurse, clutching her chest, collapsed to her knees, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth: "Who is playing the demon-slaying zither? Please let me die knowing why!"

"You do not deserve!"

As the music began, the wet nurse's internal organs shattered.

Feng Suzhen breathed a sigh of relief and transmitted her voice secretly: "This is the Mother and Child Heavenly Demon of the Demonic Sect, the Blood Transformation Avatar. It is not an infant at all, but a Blood Transformation Child Infant that has been tempered with thirty years of painstaking effort. As long as you get even a little bit of it, you will be permeated by the demonic blood and controlled by her for life."

This is indeed a secret technique of the Demonic Sect, not one of the Ten Demonic Arts of the Western Regions Demonic Sect, but rather a "Demonic Sect" without any prefix. It has a history of a thousand years and contains thirty-six secret techniques. No one knows the headquarters of the Demonic Sect, only that every once in a while, a few successors with strange martial arts skills will appear, and no one can figure out their origins.

If Feng Suzhen hadn't been proficient in the Demon-Subduing Zither and possessed an extremely keen spiritual sense, allowing her to perceive the demonic nature emanating from the wet nurse and the infant, no one would have recognized the Mother-Child Heavenly Demon.

The Mother and Child Demons are monsters with complex mechanics.

The Demon-Subduing Zither is numerically powerful against normal martial artists, but mechanically powerful against the insidious and vicious techniques of the Demonic Sect. Feng Suzhen plucked the strings twice, and the Mother and Child Heavenly Demons' thirty years of arduous cultivation vanished into thin air, leaving the wet nurse utterly powerless to resist.

"Feng Suzhen, what are you doing here?"

"For fishing!"

"you……"

"Surrender, or die!"

Feng Suzhen sat cross-legged, with the famous Tang Dynasty zither, Nine Heavens Jade Pendant, on her lap. What does an array fear? First, it fears self-sacrificing attacks; second, it fears poisonous clouds and mists; and third, it fears large-scale group attacks, especially the sonic wave power of the Demon-Subduing Zither.

The music began, and a series of cracking sounds came from all around.

Guqin piece: Ambush from Ten Sides!
……

Dongsheng Inn.

Xue Zhi rushed into the inn in a hurry.

"Manager Liu, where's the cargo box?"

“Boss, the deal we discussed was either to steal the cargo box or to let them stay for the night. I left them at the inn, so I've already completed my mission.”

"Is everyone at the inn?"

"Of course!"

"what are they doing?"

"Go to sleep!" "Did you use a sleeping potion?"

"At the fifth watch of the night, the rooster crows, and the incense burns out, extinguishing the soul

"Really?"

"I have always been honest and fair in my business dealings, treating everyone fairly, young and old."

"That's good! That's good!"

Xue Zhi retreated from the inn step by step. At the same time, rockets were shot in from outside. Compared with the bandits of Jiangling Water Village and Green Forest Mountain Village, Xue Zhi's men were well-trained, knew how to advance and retreat, and were all elites.

Liu Xiangyun cursed angrily: "Damn it! I knew he was trying to renege on his debt! Brothers, let's do it!"

How could someone running a shady business not have a backup plan?
Beneath the inn lies a dense network of tunnels, painstakingly dug by Liu Xiangyun and the inn's staff. The tunnels are equipped with numerous traps and contain a wealth of supplies, allowing for escape through the secret passages should a strong enemy be encountered.

Liu Xiangyun doesn't need to run away.

Because Li Zhaoting was sleeping at the inn.

Liu Xiangyun recognized Li Zhaoting and sold Xue Zhi without hesitation. She subconsciously cursed Xue Zhi for defaulting on his debt, but didn't feel very angry.

It's just a case of the wicked eating the wicked.

That's what they both thought.

There's no need to be angry about this.

Liu Xiangyun never argues with the dead.

……

"Xue Zhi, you really are the undercover agent!"

Miss Wang burst out of the room, gun in hand, glaring angrily at Xue Zhi: "Xue Zhi, prepare to die!"

Before he finished speaking, the Overlord Spear suddenly thrust out.

Xue Zhi laughed wildly, "Chief镖头 Wang, if Li Zhaoting were here, I would never dare to make a move. You've been borrowing the tiger's power for so long, do you really think you're the tiger?"

Xue Zhi swung his sword at Miss Wang.

"clang!"

As swords and spears clashed, Xue Zhi did not retreat an inch, clearly possessing superhuman strength. Xue Zhi laughed wildly, "Without brute force as your support, what is the Overlord Spear?"

"The Overlord Spear can take your life!"

Miss Wang's blood and energy surged, and her strength increased dramatically.

The Overlord Spear is Miss Wang's pride. She is proud of her father, proud of the spear, and proud of herself. The prestige of the Overlord Spear must not be desecrated by anyone.

Overlord Gunner Miss!
As long as these seven words circulate in the martial arts world, the Overlord Spear technique will not be lost. Seeing the increasing number of elite subordinates behind Xue Zhi, Miss Wang's fighting spirit has grown stronger. In recent days, Miss Wang has taken advice and asked Shen Feiyan to explain the biography of Xiang Yu. She has a thorough understanding of Xiang Yu's life and has great admiration for the Overlord's bravery.

The bravery of Yu is unparalleled throughout the ages!
Only with the courage to burn one's boats, the confidence to make a thousand troops retreat, the ferocity to sweep away a thousand troops, and the boldness to dominate the eight capitals, can one unleash the ultimate and unparalleled Overlord Spear Technique, and truly make the Thirteen Styles of Spear Technique one's own martial art.

Miss Wang may not have Xiang Yu's physical strength, but when it comes to recklessness, she is the most impulsive and reckless person.

"call!"

The Overlord Spear, accompanied by a whistling sound, fiercely pierced Xue Zhi's chest. Xue Zhi was wearing inner armor, which made him impervious to blades and spears, and he was not afraid of being slashed or stabbed, but he could not stop the Overlord Spear.

Let alone a mere layer of golden silk inner armor, even the soft hedgehog armor of Peach Blossom Island, Xu Ning's golden goose feather armor, and Wu Yanguang's three-layer armor could not withstand the continuous bombardment of the Overlord Spear. It could block the spearhead but not the shaft. When the shaft was swung, its power far surpassed that of whips, maces, and hammers.

This is the advantage of heavy weapons.

—Pierce armor! Pierce defense!

With protective qi, internal energy cultivation, and close-fitting armor, one can withstand the onslaught of heavy weapons once, but not twice or three times; sooner or later, one will be smashed to pieces.

Those who wield the Overlord Spear are all reckless fools.

A reckless fool who won't turn back even if he crashes into a brick wall.

Your armor is really strong?
I'm going to smash your armor to pieces!
Besides Xiang Yu, the most famous owner of the Overlord Spear was none other than Sun Ce, the Little Overlord of Jiangdong. It cannot be said that Sun Ce was a brainless brute, but his personality was indeed very reckless.

Those who follow me will be spared; those who refuse me will be hard to tolerate!
Overturning rivers and seas, settling the universe in order!

But what do we have to fear from such cowardly creatures?
We must return victorious, not defeated!

Li Zhaoting's assessment that Miss Wang's marksmanship was 80% of Wang Wanwu's level was correct; the so-called 80% level of skill was actually 80% of her foundation.

A solid foundation needs to be built bit by bit. No matter how gifted Miss Wang is, her age is a factor. Wang Wanwu's decades of hard work have not been in vain.

However, Wang Wanwu is a seasoned veteran.

The older you get in the world of martial arts, the more timid you become.

Wang Wanwu was fiery-tempered in his youth, and he remains fiery-tempered in his old age. However, he is an old hand at the game and has lost the passionate enthusiasm and youthful vigor he had when he first started out.

Miss Wang is different.

She was young, spirited, and passionate.

It is like a tiger crossing a river, or a dragon stirring up the sea.

Lacking the seasoned experience and shrewdness of a seasoned veteran, only the youthful passion surged forth. With a single shot, even ghosts and gods trembled; wherever the spearhead passed, no one could stop its sharp edge.

Xue Zhi's martial arts foundation far surpassed that of Miss Wang, and he was no weaker than Wang Zhaoxing and Wang Wanwu. However, he was cunning and ruthless, liked to use schemes and tricks to harm people, and liked to form formations to attack. Faced with a desperate fight, and Miss Wang's do-or-die attitude, he was forced to retreat repeatedly, one step back, and then another.

How can we retreat in the face of the Overlord Spear?
Li Zhaoting wouldn't dare to do that either.

The ideas of waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out, using softness to overcome hardness, and using the enemy's strength to strike are nonsense. This is the Overlord Spear; if you are grazed by the shaft, your tendons and bones will be broken. Who would dare to let the Overlord Spear gather its strength?
"Xue Zhi, go to hell!"

Miss Wang leaped high into the air, holding the gun in both hands. Because she raised her arms too high and too far, she accidentally held the Overlord Spear upside down behind her head. Just as she reached the highest point of her leap and her body gradually descended, her arms spun like a windmill. The Overlord Spear, with its unstoppable momentum, reached its peak power and speed just in time to hit the top of Xue Zhi's head.

Xue Zhi drew his sword to resist.

"clang!"

The Overlord Spear struck the blade, causing the battle blade, forged from refined iron, to shatter. Fragments flew towards Xue Zhi, but the spear shaft did not pause for a moment, continuing its furious downward strike.

In just half a second, Xue Zhi's head would be smashed into a puddle of tofu. Just then, a suction force came from behind, pulling Xue Zhi to a distance.

"boom!"

The gun barrel slammed heavily into the ground.

The billowing air surged forward, and a huge fan-shaped crack appeared in front of them. A centipede-like fissure spread forward, extending more than two zhang in the blink of an eye.

Miss Wang's arms gave way, and she fell backward.

"Clap!"

Li Zhaoting opened his arms and caught the beauty, his left hand around her slender waist, his right hand forming a sword shape with his fingers.

A sword pointed at the mask ahead!
Azure Dragon Mask!

　Every summer, when I experience temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius or two weeks of sweltering heat, I bring up Yang Zhi to mock his past... It's just too hot! I never imagined that one day I'd have to stop updating because of the heat...

　　
　
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