Heaven-relying Sword And Dragon-slaying Sabre

Zhou Zhirou was groaning inwardly, but she must not say anything, since she knew that as soon as she opened her mouth, blood would immediately spurt out like crazy, her chi would be drained and she would die.

Zhao Min felt warm and comfortable; she laughed and said, "Wuji Gege, I am all right now. You can focus your attention to fight the Xuan Ming Elders!"

"Very well!" Zhang Wuji replied, and withdrew his internal energy.

Zhou Zhiruo felt as if she had just received pardon; she quickly pulled away from Zhao Min's palm. She realized that although the cold poison of Xuan Ming Shen Zhang had been completely repelled, her own Jiu Yin internal energy had also suffered a heavy damage. As soon as Zhang Wuji brandished the Tulong Saber to attack the enemy, she stretched out her five fingers to strike the crown of Zhao Min's head.

"Aiyo!" Zhao Min cried out loudly. She felt a severe pain on the top of her head, and thought that she was going to die this time. But she heard 'crack, crack' noise instead, as Zhou Zhiruo was groaning in pain and hurriedly retreated.

Zhang Wuji was shocked; hastily he turned his head and asked, "What is it?"

Zhao Min reached up to touch her forehead and was so scared that she felt her soul had left her and flown to the heavens that she was unable to say anything. Zhang Wuji only knew that she was hit by the 'Jiu Yin Bai Gu Zhua'; he was also scared out of his wits. With his right hand he brandished to Saber to block the two elders, with his left hand he felt the top of her head. He felt the stickiness of blood, but luckily did not find any broken bone. He felt as if a large boulder burdening his heart had just fallen down.

"It's all right," he said, consolingly, "Your wound is only skin deep." While in his heart he mused, "Strange, very strange!"

He did not know that when Zhou Zhiruo attacked, the Jiu Yang Zhen Qi he sent out earlier had not completely left Zhao Min's body. Moreover, Zhou Zhiruo's own internal energy had suffered substantial damage. When she attacked, not only she failed to harm the opponent, her own fingers experienced quite a shock.

As Zhang Wuji's attention was diverted, the Xuan Ming Elders' attack came by, but this time Zhang Wuji had the world's sharpest weapon in his hand. Aware of the outstanding character of this weapon, he did not want to take advantage over the opponent, so he handed the precious saber over to Zhao Min instead. Quickly he circulated his breathing one round and focused his attention. Then, retracting his left hand, he thrust out his palm using the Qian Kun Da Nuo Yi to divert He Biweng's incoming palm.

This 'pull and push' was the most profound technique of the seventh level of Qian Kun Da Nuo Yi; backed by concentrated power of the Jiu Yang Shen Gong. This technique required the most amount of internal energy and could not have the slightest degree of negligence in its execution. If he failed, he would suffer fire deviation. For this reason he did not dare to use it earlier even though when faced with a desperate situation, because his mind was still occupied by trying to repel the cold poison from Zhao and Zhou, two women.

The Xuan Ming Elders were first class martial art masters; if he had used the fifth or the sixth level of Qian Kun Da Nuo Yi, he might not be able to deal with them. As He Biweng's right palm struck by, 'whoosh!' it changed course to strike Lu Zhangke's shoulder.

Lu Zhangke was startled and angrily said, "Shidi, what are you doing?"

Although He Biweng's martial art skill was high, his natural disposition was rather slow; he had to think for quite a while before he could understand anything. This time, things happened so quickly that he himself was baffled. In his shock, he was unable to give Lu Zhangke any explanation. He only knew that Zhang Wuji had played a trick on him. He thought that if he increased his effort in attacking the enemy, he might appease his Shixiong; therefore, sending out his strength to his right leg, he kicked Zhang Wuji, hard.

Zhang Wuji's left hand whisked this kick, hooked He Biweng's leg and directed it toward Lu Zhangke's lower abdomen. Lu Zhangke was shocked and angered. "Are you insane?" he roared.

"That's right!" Zhao Min called out, "Mr. He, quickly capture this rebellious, lecherous, greedy and kinky Shixiong of yours, my Father will certainly reward you heavily."

Zhang Wuji secretly laughed. "This 'driving-a-wedge-between-them' idea is really marvelous," he mused. Originally, he wanted to use Qian Kun Da Nuo Yi to divert He Biweng's attack toward Lu Zhangke, and redirect Lu Zhangke's strike toward He Biweng. But as he listened to Zhao Min, he only diverted He Biweng's fists and legs, but used Taiji Fist to deal with Lu Zhangke.

"Mr. He, don't worry," he called out, "With our combined effort, we will certainly be able to butcher this pervert deer ['Lu' of Lu Zhangke means 'deer']. The Ruyang Prince has already bestowed to you … bestowed to you …" In that instant, he could not think of an appropriate government position for him.

"Mr. He," Zhao Min called out, "The official letter of your appointment to a high official position is here." While saying that she took a bundle of paper from her bosom and waved it up, reading, "Hmm, it is 'Da Yuan Hu Guo Yang Wei Da Jiang Jun' [the Great Yuan's Protector of the Country, Great General with Rising Power]. Hurry up, you must try harder!"

Zhang Wuji struck with his right palm, forcing Lu Zhangke to lean to the left; right at this moment, he diverted He Biweng's left palm from attacking Zhang Wuji's left to Lu Zhangke' right, so that Lu Zhangke was attacked from left and right.

Lu Zhangke and He Biweng had been together for several decades; their love to each other was like blood brothers. At first Lu Zhangke did not believe that He Biweng would betray him, but at this moment he had seen it with his own eyes how He Biweng successively attacked him for five stances; all aimed at his vital points, all with full-powered punches or kicks, apparently with the desire to take his life, without the least bit of friendship. His resentment had reached its peak. He roared, "You are after riches and honor, and do not have any regard about 'yi qi'?"

"I … I am …" He Biweng hurriedly said.

"That's right," Zhao Min cut him off, "You have no choice because you are going to be the 'Da Yuan Hu Guo Yang Wei Da Jiang Jun'; therefore, you cannot say anything about offending your Shixiong."

Zhang Wuji put his entire strength in his right hand and focused his entire attention to lead He Biweng's palm strike toward Lu Zhangke. 'Bang!' Lu Zhangke's shoulder was squarely hit. In his anger Lu Zhangke slapped backward, striking He Biweng's left side of his jaw that several of his teeth fell down.

He Biweng was already old; he only had several teeth left inside his mouth. Naturally, he cherished these remaining few teeth on his left cheek. Unable to restrain his anger, he shouted, "Shige, you really can't tell the good from the bad. I did not hit you on purpose."

Lu Zhangke was also angry. "Who started the fight?" he said. Although his knowledge was vast, he did not know that in this world there existed the seventh level of Qian Kun Da Nuo Yi with such a formidable power. He thought that based on the level of martial art skill He Biweng and he possessed, Zhang Wuji might be able to defeat them or even kill them, but never in his wildest dream would he expect Zhang Wuji to use such technique as 'borrowing strength to fight strength', reversing his partner's palm force to strike him. Therefore, he had never suspected he had fallen into Zhang Wuji's trick.