Chapter 169: Many Heroes in the World

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“Twenty-seven moves.” Yuchi Kou used a hammer technique that appeared clumsy but was actually ingenious, smashing Lei Qing away. He stood still and said with a hint of pride on his face: “Little Lei’s strength is truly not bad; he actually managed to fight me for twenty-seven moves.” He was not just blindly flattering him. With his cultivation strength and tyrannical power, dealing with a slightly weaker Early-stage Silver, he could often blast them away within ten moves. That Lei Qing could entangle with him for so long showed his strength was extraordinary.

Lei Qing twisted his body in mid-air, did a backflip to adjust his posture, and landed. Thump, thump, thump, he retreated three steps. He stood with his sword horizontally, and the fighting intent in his eyes did not fade at all: “Heh, who said the fight is already over?”

He pushed off with his foot, and his figure darted forward like a bolt of lightning. Lian Zhan turned into a bolt of clear-sky thunder. Amidst the rumbling sound of thunder, power that was tyrannical and fierce smashed towards Yuchi Kou’s head, carrying an aura of tragic heroism.

“Good kid, you really won’t give up until you reach the Zi River, you want to risk your life.” Yuchi Kou’s eyes lit up, and he laughed heartily. He stood in a steady horse stance on the ground, shrugged his shoulders, and raised his twin hammers up. An ordinary move, ‘Tyrant Holding the Cauldron,’ appeared steady and solid when he used it, like a great mountain lying across there, without any flaws.

Unexpectedly, Lei Qing retracted his move in mid-air. His legs seemed to be filled with heavy lead, and he suddenly landed. This was actually a very common move, the Thousand Jin Drop.

When his legs hit the ground with a thud, his figure shot forward close to the ground like a cheetah. Yuchi Kou’s twin hammers were up, leaving his lower gate wide open. Lei Qing seized the opportunity, his sword moving like a swimming dragon. The sizzling thunder intent lingering on the sharp edge of Lian Zhan spun like a star vortex, increasing its sharpness greatly. The Fighting Qi in his Qi Sea burned blazingly in that instant. He slashed upward from below, his body and sword becoming one, spinning violently.

Thunder boomed~ Electric light flashed. Bolts of startling thunder exploded out of thin air with crackling sounds.

This move was surprisingly the strongest move Lei Qing could currently perform in the Lei Family War Tactic, “Thunder Strike Nine Heavens.” Although he was still unfamiliar with this move and could not fully control it, the power displayed at this moment was already terrifying.

Yuchi Kou also felt a trace of world-destroying aura from this move, like heavenly thunder crashing down, and was secretly surprised. However, years of combat experience made him react quickly. He stepped on the ground, leaving a footprint with each step as he retreated, and combined his twin hammers into one, smashing down fiercely from above.

The sharp and heavy metal Fighting Qi on the hammer also bloomed with a dazzling light that stung people’s eyes.

Clang, clang, clang~ Amidst a series of roaring collisions. Yuchi Kou could not exert his maximum power when facing Lei Qing’s desperate move in a hurry.

In the clash, the violent and spinning impact force made his hands go numb, and he staggered back seven or eight steps. His face also turned slightly pale, obviously having suffered some internal injuries.

But it wasn’t over yet. As he retreated, Lei Qing’s figure was like a wandering electric snake, darting out an almost invisible afterimage, sticking close to Yuchi Kou. His sword momentum exploded again. With his most proficient move, Lightning Flash and Thunder Clap, he unleashed more than twenty electric beams like lightning strikes, enveloping Yuchi Kou’s whole body.

But Yuchi Kou was also an impressive figure. Instead of being frightened, he was delighted. He stomped his right foot heavily on the ground, and a ripple spread outward, making the earth rumble and tremble. The muscles all over his body, which were already very strong, seemed to be filled with Fighting Qi and bulged, condensing into a rich golden Fighting Qi around him.

The golden Fighting Qi looked like a thin layer, but it gave people a sense of ancient, thick solidity.

“Golden Bell Shield, Yuchi Kou was even forced to use his specialty, the Golden Bell Shield.” While a group of generals watched with fascination, Shentu Xue screamed excitedly. It was as if the person fighting in the arena was not Lei Qing, but her.

Lei Qing’s lightning sword beams fell upon Yuchi Kou like a violent storm, but it was like striking an ancient bell. A series of distant and long bell sounds rang out, dong, dong, dong.

Although the power of Lei Qing’s sword moves was not bad, and some sword beams could pierce the Golden Bell Shield and enter his body, his muscles at this moment were bulging and contained majestic Fighting Qi with extremely high density. They could only pierce in about an inch, and not even blood flowed out.

After Yuchi Kou directly used the Golden Bell Shield to receive Lei Qing’s move, he laughed loudly. His twin hammers carried a golden light and smashed towards Lei Qing’s chest, who had exhausted his breath.

Lei Qing was forced to block. With a loud clang, he was smashed away again. He only felt his internal organs churning endlessly as if they had encountered a tsunami.

This time, Lei Qing could no longer maintain his balance. After flying two or three zhang, his back hit the ground and he smashed heavily onto the sand. He spat out another mouthful of blood, and his face was extremely pale.

Just as Yuchi Kou charged over domineeringly, preparing to give him a few more hammers, Lei Qing raised his hand and said: “I surrender~ I admit defeat.”

Yuchi Kou laughed, stopped his momentum, and said triumphantly: “Little Lei, ginger is still spicier when it’s old, right?” His figure swayed, the golden light on his body retracted, and his muscles gradually relaxed, returning to their original appearance.

“Spicy, you are spicy, alright?” Lei Qing stood up with a kip-up, rubbing his chest and said: “Old Yuchi, did you have to be so ruthless? That last move, luckily I reacted a bit faster, otherwise if you hit my chest, I would have been directly smashed into mush. Also, your Golden Bell Shield really looks too much like a turtle shell, right?”

“Damn, you kid aren’t someone easy to deal with either.” Yuchi Kou said with a look of lingering fear: “What was the name of that move just now? The power was actually so great. I took it head-on and suffered internal injuries directly.”

“Hehe, that move is one of the unique moves passed down by our Lei Family, Thunder Strike Nine Heavens.” Lei Qing also laughed with some pride: “Although I haven’t mastered it proficiently yet. Among our generation, I estimate I am the third one who can truly perform this move.”

“Thunder Strike Nine Heavens!” Yuchi Kou said with a face full of admiration: “Truly fierce and domineering. I felt a world-destroying aura from it. Family heritage indeed has great benefits. Your Tianlan Lei Family is worthy of being an ancient family that produced two Holy Rank ancestors. Little Lei, you are just over twenty, right? I am optimistic about you. When you become a Holy Rank in the future, you must look after me, Old Yuchi.”

“Haha, Holy Rank is too far away, and too difficult.” Although Lei Qing was narcissistic, he wasn’t narcissistic enough to think he had much hope of achieving Holy Rank. Regarding this, he still had considerable self-awareness. He cupped his hands and said to Yuchi Kou with admiration: “Big Brother Yuchi, your strength makes me very impressed. Especially your Golden Bell Shield, it is thick and domineering, hard to break.” At the same time, he thought to himself, the world is huge, and there are countless heroes. One must not become complacent because of small achievements and look down on the heroes of the world.

“That’s natural, haha. My Golden Bell Shield is best for being surrounded and fighting back, so I have always preferred foot combat.” Yuchi Kou was also in a great mood from Lei Qing’s praise: “Don’t think that Ghost Murong Ping is so awesome. In mounted combat, I might not be his opponent, but in foot combat, I won’t be afraid of him. Also, if it comes to killing enemies on foot, he can’t compare to me even if he tries his best.”

A group of soldiers and generals also came back to their senses from this wonderful spar and burst into a series of cheers and applause.

“Old Yuchi, Little Lei, you two, one old and one young, stop praising each other and boasting there. We are all family here, aren’t you embarrassed?” Shentu Xue curled her lips and shouted disdainfully.

“Who won just now?” Taishi Jian also started heckling: “Old Yuchi, it seems it’s already been over thirty moves, right? When you invite Little Lei to Wanxiang Tower to play with the top girl Shishi, can you take me along? I don’t want the top girl, the third or fourth will do.”

“Get lost. If you can take thirty moves, you get the same treatment as Little Lei.” Yuchi Kou said with his old face turning: “If you can’t, pay for it yourself.”

“Hehe, watching you guys fight so enthusiastically.” Xiahou Huan twisted his neck, looking eager: “My hands are itchy too. Who will come down and play a few moves with me? Whoever can’t take ten moves from me has to invite me to drink flower wine.”

Everyone was immediately dumbfounded, thinking to themselves, Boss Xiahou, can you be any more shameless? A dignified Mid-stage Gold hegemon-level figure, actually having the nerve to bully the generals under his command?

Even the extremely belligerent Lei Qing couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to him. Are you kidding? Fighting him would be purely asking for abuse. A Mid-stage Gold expert was simply like a primeval Demonic Beast, a terrifying existence that could charge in and out of thousands of troops.

Ten moves, I’m afraid even Yuchi Kou couldn’t take ten moves from him.

“Oh my, I was internally injured by Little Lei’s Thunder Strike Nine Heavens just now. Boss Xiahou, I have to hurry back and heal to avoid leaving future trouble. Little Lei’s hidden force is really too sinister.” Yuchi Kou chickened out and hurriedly ran away without looking back.

Lei Qing cursed inwardly, when did I use sinister hidden force on you? But when Xiahou Huan cast an affectionate gaze over, Lei Qing shivered and hurriedly said: “Uncle Xiahou, Old Yuchi’s Fighting Qi is really thick and domineering. I suffered severe internal injuries and can’t exert any strength. I have to go heal. Goodbye, brothers.” As he walked, he muttered to himself, Gold-rank is amazing, huh? Piss off your nephew, and I’ll secretly get your nephew’s wife to wear a mask and beat you up, and you won’t even know who hit you.

“Oh my~” Shentu Xue screamed with a pale face: “Boss Xiahou, the wound on my chest hasn’t healed yet.” Whoosh, she disappeared very quickly.

Taishi Jian and Yan Fei were just about to slip away, but Xiahou Huan moved his body and blocked them in front. He laughed lewdly and said: “You two aren’t injured!”

“Boss, we are willing to treat you to flower wine directly!” The two said with pale faces.

“You should have said so earlier, but my hands are itchy, let’s fight first then talk.”

“Ahh~”

The two’s miserable screams echoed in the drill ground for a long time.

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