Chapter 8: Fighting for Money (Part 2)

  Duan Zhen Tian's facial muscles twitched, but in the midst of a large crowd facing a young whippersnapper, he had to maintain the dignity and demeanor befitting the leader of the first escort agency in Guanzhong. Anyway, this kid won't live past one incense stick!

  "He lowered his voice and said slowly: 'Don't worry, you'll be able to sleep soon!'"

  Under the high platform, under the joint supervision of Kui Tu Tong and Yuwen Chengdu, a famous boxer from Chang'an City lit the incense head.

  It's a showdown from this moment on!

  Duan Zhen Tian was not in a hurry to make his move, he believed that within three to five rounds, he could behead Xiao Si's head. But how to win cleanly and decisively, and give those who dared to mock him for winning unfairly a thunderous shock, was what he cared about most.

  He didn't draw his sword and said in a low voice: "Make your move, I'll let you have three moves first!"

  Xiao Si stood in the upwind direction, raised his hand to his ear and asked loudly: "What did you say?"

  Duan Zhen Tian understood that this kid was up to his old tricks again, and secretly thought: "No matter how cunning you are, in the end it's still about skill!" He immediately took a deep breath and raised his voice: "I'll let you attack first with three moves!"

  "Awesome!" Xiao Si shouted loudly, giving Duan Shentian a thumbs up.

  Duan Zhen Tian snorted and ignored the kid.

  "Then please wait for a moment, Director Duan. Let me get ready." Xiao Si threw out a greeting and started twisting his neck, rotating his shoulders, then wriggling his waist, loosening his hips, swinging his arms and shaking his wrists, getting more and more worked up.

  Duan Zhen Tian was stunned for a moment, he had lived for most of his life and had never seen such a despicable opponent, angrily shouting: "Xiao Si, what do you mean by this?"

  "Don't worry, just wait a bit." Xiao Si smiled slyly and said, "At most, it'll be over in the time it takes to burn an incense stick."

  Duan Zhen Tian almost fainted, his fingers trembling as he pointed at Si Da: "You... you..."

  Xiao Si said in a soft voice: "Director Duan, please bear with it. People who are older should not get anxious and angry, or they might hurt their body."

  Duan Zhen Tian gritted his teeth and said: "If you don't make a move now, don't blame me!"

  "You can't do anything to me! Everyone heard it clearly, I'll attack three moves first and you can only counterattack afterwards. I haven't even started yet, if you make the first move, that's considered losing!"

  The crowd below the stage was stunned, and Yi Bo, who had suffered at the hands of Xiao Si before, shook his head and smiled secretly: "This old dog is going to be furious."

  Chai Shaodao said: "He is using a proud and arrogant strategy. Let's watch and see, maybe Xiao Si can win this battle."

  Shouting loudly, he suddenly took a step forward and slapped his palm towards Xiao Si's chest, saying: "It was you who forced me!"

  A burst of exclamation erupted from the crowd, but only a few people could guess that this was Duan Tian's helpless move to force Xiao Si out.

  Xiao Si stood still, his eyes fixed on Duan Zhen Tian's left palm without blinking, and smiled: "I've slept in a graveyard and hugged a dead person, I'm not afraid of you!"

  Duan Zhen Tian's eyes looked at the left palm, and with a slight exertion of force, he could have ended this young man's life. However, he ultimately withdrew his force and retracted his palm. With seven orifices emitting smoke, he said: "Youngster, even if you're being deceitful, I'll risk my lifelong reputation to kill you with one palm strike!"

  At this time, Li Jing's lips suddenly revealed a hint of playful smile, and he said lightly: "It has begun—"

  "Hahaha——" As soon as the voice fell, twelve lotus flowers suddenly shot out!

  A string of silver-red flowers burst open in the air, each lotus flower blooming like a rainbow, constantly conjuring up layers and layers of dazzling illusions. In an instant, Duan Shentian's eyes were ruthlessly engulfed by a sea of flowers.

  "He——" He never dreamed that Xiao Si would make a move at this time, and even more unexpected was that the opponent had actually shot out the twelve secret projectiles of the Tangmen Sect's "Step-by-Step Lotus"!

  If he were in normal times, he might have been able to wield his sword to block or dodge. However, at this moment, Duan Shentian had just retracted his palm energy, and the distance between their bodies was less than four feet, leaving no time for anything!

  In the blink of an eye, his entire body's clothes puffed up like a ball and shot out a golden Buddha aura. His figure shrunk in an unbelievable way, until it was completely absorbed into his clothes and disappeared from sight.

  "Boom, boom, boom!" Twelve lotus flowers bloomed in rapid succession like rain pounding on banana leaves, striking the surging black armor and bursting into dazzling silver-red glows.

  Duan Zhen Tian's body was hidden in his clothes, like a rubber ball quickly rolling backwards, instantly pulling open the distance between him and Xiao Si.

  Suddenly his left rib was numb, and finally a lotus flower broke through the defensive barrier of Pu Zhao Fo Jue and nailed into the flesh, fortunately without hurting the tendons and bones.

  However, a tingling sensation arose, and Duan Zhen Tian was shocked and hastily used all his might to suppress the toxic gas.

  Just as he was distracted for a moment, his thigh and shoulder were each hit by another lotus flower, fortunately without being fatal.

  Thousands of spectators around shouted in unison, who would have thought that this magnificent flower rain was so terrifying, and Duan Zhentian took three consecutive hits as soon as he got on stage!

  "Hey, Duan's surname, your turtle retreat skill isn't bad, huh!" Xiao Si laughed and threw open his sleeves, as if he had changed into a different person in an instant. He raised his hand and burst the "Nine Nether Formation Symbol".

  Yu Linglong's eyes sparkled under the table and she praised in a low voice: "Good kid, you have guts!"

  Note that the power of this Nine-Yin Array Symbol will only last for about half an incense stick. Xiao Si bringing it out at this time means he has made up his mind to go all out and play a desperate game with Duan Shentian!

  "Wooo——" The high platform was suddenly engulfed by the Nine Tribulations' eerie and beautiful black flames, making it impossible for ordinary people to see what was happening inside. Even someone as powerful as Geng Nanxing or Xia Peiheng had to concentrate their eyesight to vaguely make out the general situation.

  "Nine Underworld Infernos!" Duan Shentian was suddenly shocked, and on his spiritual platform, nine clusters of rolling and roaring dark flames appeared, like a black cloud pressing down on the city from all sides, surging towards him.

  He couldn't care less about the petty four teasing his painstakingly cultivated "Mahayana Divine Skill" as "Turtle Head Skill". The top priority now is how to deal with the impending Nine Yin Fire!

  He concentrated his mind and urged the Universal Buddha Seal to suppress the three poisonous wounds below, and his body recovered as usual. He stretched out from his clothes and swung his hand to throw out a handful of golden sand.

  "Hahaha——" The golden sand scattered, like a light shield that enveloped Duan Zhen Tian within. The poisonous flames of the Nine Underworlds' Yin Yan burst and exploded on the surface of the golden shield, unable to get any closer by even an inch.

  After calming down, Duan Zhen Tian's eyes locked onto the surroundings, searching for Xiao Si's figure. All he saw was the black flames rolling and swirling around him, sometimes gathering and sometimes dispersing, with a thousand different appearances that couldn't be grasped, but where could he see his opponent's shadow?

  "Not good!" Duan Zhen Tian exclaimed in surprise: "This is actually a Qimen Dunjia formation!"

  Just as he was about to give up, a loud rumbling sound came from above his head, as if the sky had cracked open and the earth was shaking. The warning signs on the spiritual platform suddenly became clear, and he hastily drew out his treasured sword to meet the crisis.

  "Woooo——" The layered clouds fell, the sea of fire opened, and after the heavy, overlapping, wandering black clouds, five mountains suddenly crashed down: red, green, black, white, and blue.

  Each mountain was shrunk hundreds or even thousands of times, yet the base still exceeded twenty zhang in diameter, almost completely blocking out the sky, and pressed down with a force like thunder that left no time to cover one's ears.

  Within a hundred feet, all were under the oppressive might of the Five Peaks, trembling and wailing. Duan Zhengtian's face changed color at once, and he involuntarily exclaimed: "The Seal of the Five Peaks Suppressing the Sea!"

  He let out a low growl, and from his sleeve mouth shone a burst of golden light, striking all the sect's secret "Bodhi Sand".

  "Hum——" The golden sand in the air rippled and expanded like a wave, supporting a magnificent golden umbrella above Duan Zhen Tian's head.

  "Boom!" A deafening crash shook the sky as five mountain peaks came crashing down on the Golden Lotus Parasol.

  The umbrella surface was violently shaking and making a buzzing mournful sound, constantly sinking down, as if it had an unbearable weight.

  "Hah!" Duan Zhen Tian bit the tip of his tongue, spitting out a stream of refined true yuan essence blood that splattered onto the umbrella's surface.

  The Bodhi golden umbrella rises with a faint red smoke, barely resisting the pressure of the Five Mountains and the Sea-sealing Talisman.

  But before he could steady himself, another warning signal shot up, seemingly from the high platform beneath his feet!

  "Escaping Earth Symbol!" Duan Zhen Tian's anger burned, and the cunning moves of Xiao Si had been endless since they started fighting. He was so arrogant that he not only took three hits from the Lotus Step, but also exhausted his precious Bodhi Sand. Yet, until now, he still hadn't even touched the ghostly shadow of that little brat!

  Realizing that Xiao Si was launching a surprise attack from underground, Duan Zhen Tian had no time to think and quickly got up, counterattacking with his knife, fiercely slashing downwards.

  "Rumble——" The ground suddenly cracked open a huge gully, and dust and sand flew everywhere, but Xiao Si's figure was nowhere to be seen. However, the omen on the Lingtai was getting stronger and stronger, and a mysterious hidden danger was quietly approaching.

  Duan Zhen Tian suddenly came to his senses and hastily exerted himself to stretch out his spiritual awareness and concentrate his mind for a thorough examination.

  "Hsss——" Due to the interference of too many gusts of wind and the invasion of the Nine You Yin Yan array, only a vague figure appeared on the spiritual platform, which was pouncing from behind.

  "Despicable!" Duan Zhen Tian had already figured out that his opponent had first used the Earth Escape Symbol to silently and stealthily sneak under his feet, then relied on the Concealment Symbol to evade his senses and launch a sneak attack from behind. If he hadn't woken up quickly, the knife on his back would have been unavoidable.

  Even so, he was already too late to turn around and defend himself. Moreover, with the Five Peaks Suppressing Sea Symbol pressing down from above, he couldn't dodge again. Fortunately, Duan Zhentian's family background was rich and he casually threw out a "Golden Gun Driving Ghost Symbol".

  "Whoosh whoosh whoosh——" dozens of golden spears condensed in mid-air, shooting towards Xiao Si like arrows off a bowstring.

  At the same time, Duan Zhentian twisted his waist and swung down with a furious roar, chopping down with his knife!

  "Bang!" Xiao Si's figure flashed suddenly, and was immediately pierced by the flying golden spears.

  Duan Zhen Tian was stunned for a moment, not expecting it to be so easy to capture this little guy. After all, Xiao Si had only just entered the room, and under the bombardment of the Sixth-Rank Golden Gun Driving Ghost Symbol, he would inevitably be unable to escape.

  However, the ominous feeling in his mind did not lift, but instead became even more intense!

  "Damn it!" Duan Zhen Tian's face changed drastically as he desperately sheathed his sword and turned around.

  "Whoosh——" Xiao Si's figure suddenly appeared behind him, and at the cost of a life-or-death substitute symbol, he finally lured Duan Zhen Tian into revealing his fatal weakness!

  Yuquan knife wind gallops like lightning, "plop" splits the middle segment, shaking heaven and earth.

  Duan Zhen Tian let out a muffled grunt, and with a surge of energy, he shook off the Youquan sword from his back.

  However, this move was too powerful and the three poisonous wounds suddenly took advantage of the emptiness to spread in all directions, forcing him to quickly concentrate his mind and turn the Universal Buddha Seal to suppress them.

  Xiao Si's eyes were icy cold, but his lips curled up slightly with a hint of ferocity, and he launched another seven knife slashes at Duan Zhen Tian!

  Duan Zhen Tian suddenly realized that from start to finish, Xiao Si's goal was not just to survive a short period of time, but like himself, wanted the other person dead!

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