The 60th Return of the Wounded (Third Watch)

  Thanks for the reward from "Netherworld Demon War"!

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  Tianwu was extremely angry, with an unprecedented fury, the flames of anger in his heart erupting like a volcano. He had always looked down on others who claimed to be geniuses, not even putting his own senior fellow disciples on the same level as himself. But now, a young man several years younger than him could actually fight him to a stalemate, and was even slightly superior, how could Tianwu tolerate this?

  The silver whip danced in the air without stopping, Tian Wu shouted: "You scoundrel! Today this young master will not kill you for nothing! Look at my 'Coiling Silk Silver Snake'!"

  Then he saw the silver whip flash as a silver light, transforming into several silver snakes. Each snake opened its mouth to reveal two poisonous fangs and bit towards Ximen Qing.

  Ximen Qing's expression was stern, the Heaven Painting Halberd in his hand spinning around him, forming a layer of halberd shadows around his body like a golden bell cover. The silver snake bit onto the halberd shadow outside Ximen Qing's body, making a loud rumbling sound and sparks flew everywhere.

  Looking at the situation, Ximen Qing thought to himself: "I must think of a way out, or else who knows when this will end. He and I are evenly matched, and it's hard to win with just one blow! It seems that if I don't use the Emperor's Ascending Clouds technique, I'll have to use that move!"

  Ximen Qing's mind flashed with a clever idea and he secretly smiled to himself.

  Although the silver-section whip is cunning and venomous, it's not easy to control due to its length. Even though Tianwu's whip skills have reached a high level of mastery, there are still small gaps in time and space when he uses the silver-section whip. Ximen Qing took advantage of these existing gaps, which is why he was able to counter Tianwu.

  Ximen Qing dodged the silver whip's attack with a sidestep, then launched into a series of swift and mysterious movements, his feet gliding like snow, his body swaying in layers, evading each whip strike. Seizing the opportunity, Ximen Qing changed his defensive stance to a hook, and just as Tian Wusheng was momentarily distracted, he swiftly hooked the silver whip with his spear.

  Ximen Qing's face suddenly broke into a smile!

  It's extremely difficult to hook a silver whip that moves at an incredible speed, it can be said that the timing and opportunity must be grasped in a flash. Therefore, Ximen Qing generally does not use the "hook" technique, but when dealing with whips and other types of weapons, the "hook" technique is actually the best move.

  He grasped the silver-tipped whip and Ximen Qing directly turned up the Fang Tianhua halberd.

  This turn is not tight, the silver hook whip was wrapped around by Fang Tianhua's halberd, and then it was tied up like a rope.

  Tian Wu's face suddenly changed color.

  If it were a long spear or a long knife, it would be difficult to hook the silver chain whip and wrap it around. But Fang Tian's halberd was too special, with crescent moons on both sides, making it very suitable for displaying the hooking technique. Once wrapped around, even the most powerful silver chain whip would be powerless.

  Ximen Qing burst out laughing and said: "Hmph, I've taken your silver-tipped whip. Let's see how arrogant you can be now!"

  After finishing speaking, he directly pulled out the waist knife at his waist and slashed it down with one knife. The flying stream fell straight down three thousand feet, and towards Tianwu's head was a slash to go.

  Tianwu's face turned ashen, his veins bulging with rage. The silver-sectioned whip was now entwined, unable to be wrestled free. With another sword slash incoming, Tianwu had no choice but to abandon the whip and hastily retreat, dodging and weaving in a flurry of movement.

  Ximen Qing deeply understands the principle of taking advantage of your illness to take your life, how can he let Tian Wu dodge?

  Ximen Qing let out a low shout and then with his right hand drew the halberd, immediately shooting three stones in quick succession.

  Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, the sound of breaking wind suddenly rang out, and with a loud crash, it arrived beside Tianwu. Then, without warning, one hit his left knee, one hit his chest, and the last one hit his right arm.

  The stones hit him so hard that his skin cracked and his flesh was torn, but what terrified him even more was that after three stones had penetrated his body, they suddenly exploded.

  "Hmph!"

  Shi Zi suddenly exploded into fragments, Tian Wu's face turned pale in an instant, and then he spat out a mouthful of blood before kneeling to the ground.

  "Fine, I remember you! You wait, one day I will exterminate your whole family, annihilate your nine clans, and expose the corpses of all your family members for a year, to bear my wrath!" Tian Wu's face turned pale, with a pair of red eyes staring fixedly at Ximen Qing, shouting loudly.

  Ximen Qing smiled and said: "Oh, you think you still have such an opportunity?"

  Having said that, he wanted to go forward and kill Tianwu with one knife.

  Just then, the Snow Eagle swooped down from the sky and dived straight at Ximen Qing's head. Ximen Qing hastily dodged and counterattacked with a knife, slashing a long bloody gash on the Snow Eagle's chest.

  Then Snow Eagle let out a mournful cry, then its sharp claws grasped Tianwu, and after a few flaps of its wings, it took off flying straight up.

  Ximen Qing stood up, looking at the Snow Eagle and Tianwu who had already flown into the sky, and regretfully cursed: "Damn it, they actually ran away, I forgot about this Snow Eagle thing."

  At this time, Zi Xuan also rushed over and said depressingly: "Officer, I'm so stupid, I can't even help you!"

  Ximen Qing chuckled and rubbed Zi Xuan's nose, saying: "Don't worry, you watching me from the side is my greatest motivation! Look, this is our spoils of war!"

  Ximen Qing took down the silver-tasseled whip wrapped around his halberd and handed it over to Ziyuan.

  Zi Xuan took the silver-sectioned whip and exclaimed, "Wow, what a beautiful silver-sectioned whip! Officer, take a look, this seems to be Snow Mountain Golden Cicada Silk!"

  He finished speaking and handed the silver-tipped whip to Ximen Qing.

  Ximen Qing carefully examined the golden threads on the silver-tipped whip and exclaimed, "It's really golden cicada silk! No wonder this whip is so sharp!"

  After finishing speaking, he took another look at the already disappeared Tianwu and Xueying in the sky, furrowed his brow and said: "Let this guy escape, it will be a bit troublesome later on, however..."

  "What's wrong?" Zi Xuan asked.

  Ximen Qing chuckled and said, "But that guy won't be much better off either. Although he'll survive, his legs might not be of much use anymore. The stone fragments exploding inside his body, haha, it must feel great!"

  Zi Xuan couldn't help but laugh, covering her mouth and saying: "That official is so wicked! If someone as arrogant as him were to have crippled legs and reduced cultivation, he would definitely suffer a miserable death and hate you to death!"

  Ximen Qing said, "Since it's come to this, let's just hate each other to death. This group of people is suspicious, and it seems we'll have to investigate them thoroughly later. Alright, Zi Xuan, let's find a place to rest for now and continue our journey tomorrow!"

  "Ah!" Ximen Qing nodded, then led the horse over. After searching for valuable things on the five horses, he let his horse go back to nature, and then went with Zixuan together riding a horse.

  Tomorrow, noon.

  On the official road to Yangcheng, Ximen Qing and Zixuan were riding horses side by side. Looking at the city not far away, Zixuan smiled and stretched her waist, making the mountain peaks on her chest more upright, she laughed and said: "Finally can have a good meal, hehe, I'm almost becoming a wild man!"

  Ximen Qing smiled and asked, "Is that all? You should know that I'm going to Xingzhou, which is far from here. There are few official roads there, mostly desolate mountains and forests. Are you still willing to follow me?"

  Zi Xuan glared and said, "Hmph, of course I'll follow you, don't think about ditching me!"

  Ximen Qing burst out laughing and said: "Great, of course I won't abandon you. Come on, let's hurry into the city, I'll take you to have a good meal!"

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  Some people in the book review said that it took more than a dozen chapters to get the Fang Tian Hua Halberd, how come it's not over yet? For this question, I would like to declare specially, Ximen Qing taking the halberd is not the real purpose, the real purpose is to travel around the Song Dynasty and then take the Fang Tian Hua Halberd by the way. Moreover, that halberd has a special function, it won't appear easily now. Hehe... hope readers don't worry!

  Since there are readers who require this book to be over a million words, I'll have to work hard and let the story unfold slowly, so it has some feeling. The protagonist is indeed very powerful, but he's not a god, and at present, he can't do anything to overthrow the Song Dynasty. Personal accumulation requires a process, but I can guarantee that this process won't be boring, please support me! ~~~Thank you!