Chapter 8: Seated Fighting

  Linghu Chong watched anxiously, his heart burning with worry. He was well aware of the depth of his younger brother's skills, and even compared to himself, he still fell short by a great deal. But now, he had to use his hastily concocted plan to fight against Tian Boguang, which made him extremely anxious.

  Even he himself was defeated by Tian Boguang, the opponent's quick knife was indeed used to perfection, so fast that people couldn't defend against it. He feared that his younger brother would lose his life in Tian Boguang's hands, and afterwards, how could he explain this to their master and mistress, as well as his younger sister?

  But at this time, he was already seriously injured. Even if it were Yilin, an ordinary second-generation disciple standing beside him, she could easily take him down. His heart was burning with anxiety, but even if he came up with a hundred plans and thought of a hundred ways to escape, for the moment, he couldn't think of any good way to block Ling Jing.

  Yi Lin supported Linghu Chong's arm on one side, lest he fall off his seat after being injured. However, her eyes were slightly curious as she looked at Ling Jing. Her thoughts were simple and pure, and until now, she still couldn't see the purpose of Ling Jing's actions. But she had always been kind-hearted, and when she heard that this young junior brother from Huashan wanted to have a seated fight with Tian Boguang, she was also worried about him.

  At this time, Tian Boguang suddenly burst out laughing and said: "Ling brothers, as long as you are willing to compete with me, the prize is yours to say." His words were quite heroic.

  Ling Jing smiled when he heard this, he knew that Tian Boguang was not just a "flower thief", this guy's part-time job was "梁上君子" (a euphemism for a thief), and his skills in swindling were unmatched. He must have been quite wealthy, but what he wanted was not beauty or wealth.

  He smiled and said: "Brother Tian, let me make a deal with you. Why don't we agree that whoever loses this fight will have to grant the winner one condition?"

  At this time, he saw Tian Boguang frowning and continued to say: "Of course, this condition must be within the other party's ability, and it cannot harm the other party."

  He said that, Tian Boguang thoroughly opened his heart. Since this condition is within his power and will not harm himself, it should not be a difficult task. He smiled freely and said: "Well, since Brother Ling has said so, Tian Mou will agree to you. Then, brother will learn from Brother Ling's high-level moves here."

  Ling Jing took a deep breath, knowing it was time to show his true skills. If he couldn't defeat Tian Bo Guang later, not only would Yi Lin fall into the latter's hands, but he himself would also be directly eliminated by the system.

  This is really being screwed by the system, actually asking a fifth-grade inner power kid to compete with Tian Boguang, a third-grade peak master. This is truly unlimitedly screwed up.

  In an instant, his palms were already sweating, and his heart was suddenly heavy.

  Don't look at how calm he was when speaking, it's a set of moves that made Tian Boguang involuntarily fall into the trap. But now it's really time to take action, and he can't help but feel some unease in his heart. Although when playing "Martial Arts Myth" before, he had also exchanged blows with many masters, even system characters at the Zongshi level, he wasn't a novice.

  But that was in the game, after all, no need to worry about injury and death, the death penalty is just losing equipment and experience, but it's different here, if you're killed by someone else, then you're really dead, even Spring Brother can't let you revive with full health and magic.

  Ling Jing took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. His internal energy circulated slowly throughout his body according to the Heavenly Cycle, and a surge of heat suddenly spread from his dantian to his entire body, making him feel full of strength all over.

  He was somewhat curious, was this the power of internal force?

  At this time, the voice of the system suddenly sounded again.

  "The host triggers the role's built-in martial arts, and the second layer of the talent tree "Hua Shan Inner Strength" is lit up in advance, with a progress of 4/5."

  "The talent points spent on lighting up this talent will not be included in the total talent points used in the talent tree."

  Ling Jing's heart skipped a beat, the system's sudden appearance was nothing new to him, but he hadn't expected that simply circulating his internal energy would trigger the role's built-in martial arts.

  Before Takada Hirotsugu made a move, he focused his mind on the "Hua Shan Nei Gong" icon on the second floor of the Innate Tree. The icon had changed from its previous dullness to bright light, and the mark in the lower right corner had also changed from "0/5" to "4/5". This was a testament that his mastery of Hua Shan Nei Gong had reached a considerable level, only one innate point away from achieving perfection.

  He felt a little happy in his heart, at least it shows that the previous owner of this body was still very diligent in practicing, and at least this inner skill was cultivated quite well.

  However, the four talent points spent on "Hua Shan Nei Gong" are not included in the "talent tree used talent points", and the data at the bottom of the talent tree is still "used talent points: 1". This means that if he wants to unlock the third layer of the talent tree, the talent points on this icon will be ignored.

  "I wiped it."

  He cursed the system in his heart, calling it "坑爹" and "无赖", but at this moment he was really helpless. He had no temper at all when facing the system, and in front of it, he was just a small recipient with no room for resistance, which made him extremely depressed.

  At this moment, Tian Boguang suddenly held out his short knife horizontally and said, "Brother Ling, please!"

  Ling Jing's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly thought that this was now the crucial moment of life and death. How could he still have time to be distracted? He quickly gathered his thoughts, drew out the long sword from his waist, and said: "Brother Tian, please!"

  They say "a master's move is known in an instant", Tian Boguang didn't waste any words, one swing of his knife and it was like a swift lightning bolt, the knife transformed into a streak of white light, in the blink of an eye it had reached Ling Jing's front.

  This blow made Linghu Chong and Yilin look on in shock, Tian Boguang's knife was simply at its peak, even an ordinary top master might not be able to withstand this blow. Linghu Chong is now worried and anxious, his heart has risen to his throat, he can barely hold back, and is about to make a move.

  At this time, Yilin's hand had also pressed onto the hilt of her sword. Her heart was kind and gentle, and she did not want to see this young junior brother of Huashan Sect suffer unjustly. She waited for Ling Jing to make a slight mistake before drawing her sword.

  The people around were already frightened, let alone Ling Jing himself.

  A fierce aura approached, and he had already broken out in a cold sweat. Although he knew that Tian Boguang was a top-notch master, he didn't expect his knife skills to have reached such a realm. He only saw the opponent's arm twist, and the blade was already close at hand.

  He took a deep breath, finally experiencing the thrill of the confrontation between Linghu Chong and Tian Boguang. He was certain that Tian Boguang had held back when fighting Linghu Chong, otherwise with Linghu Chong's current skills, he wouldn't have survived till now.

  Although shocked in his heart, he couldn't possibly just stretch out his neck and wait for the executioner's blade. The moves of "Fast Sword Thirteen Styles" flashed through his mind like a galloping horse, his eyes turned cold, and with one sword, he parried Tian Boguang's short knife.

  "Clang!"

  At the moment when there was no room for error, Ling Jing brandished his sword to block in front of him. When Tian Boguang's knife blade was less than three inches from his chest, he finally blocked the opponent's knife.

  He barely blocked Tian Boguang's knife, but his internal strength had only reached the peak of Grade 5, and the force on the sword was far inferior to that of Tian Boguang. When their blades clashed, he suddenly felt a surge of powerful energy transmitted from the opponent's knife, which completely neutralized the force on his sword.

  Ling Jing's heart sank, and he didn't expect the gap between him and Tian Boguang to be so great. The force transmitted through the sword body not only stopped, but also pushed him back several feet along with his chair.

  Tian Boguang stopped after his first move and didn't continue to draw his sword. A strange color flashed across his face as he said, "Ling brothers, why do I always feel that there's something familiar in your swordsmanship, but it doesn't seem like the Huashan School's martial arts?"

  PS: The first update is delivered, seeking recommendations and collections, the recommendation votes are really too few, it's really a blow to the lonely self-confidence.

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