Chapter 294: Flower Rope Technique
Chapter 294: Flower Rope Technique
Ji Tang's saber techniques continued to swirl with immense ferocity, but without the overwhelming pressure from Hu Ma's strength, he finally had the chance to counter each move. Ji Tang unleashed all the tricks he had learned, creating a chaotic battle.
"With such meager skills, you dare to kill me?" Ji Tang shouted angrily after a few exchanges with Hu Ma, his eyes narrowing with intensity.
Without eyelids, his exposed eyes were terrifying, but Hu Ma thought it was just his anger. Suddenly, he noticed Ji Tang's pupils shrinking like beans, and his gaze fixed on Hu Ma's shoulder.
Mysteriously, Hu Ma's shoulder suddenly throbbed with pain, and his entire arm went limp, almost dropping his saber to the ground.
What kind of move was this?
Just a glance, and his arm felt like it had been attacked, losing all strength.
Hu Ma was shocked by the sudden loss of strength in his arm, and he quickly retreated, narrowly avoiding Ji Tang's pursuit. At that moment, Red Wine Miss spoke softly, "Be cautious, the New Year Guardian has entered the mansion, and all seven orifices possess divine abilities."
"..."
"Is this a skill he gained after entering the mansion?" Hu Ma was astonished, unable to comprehend the details, and he quickly retreated.
However, Ji Tang took large strides to catch up, his gaze slightly focused on Hu Ma's knees. Hu Ma's knees suddenly felt weak, and his speed slowed down.
He had the feeling that even if he wanted to escape, he couldn't, and he could only watch as Ji Tang approached with his saber.
"Damn..."
Hu Ma was startled. "Do I need to call for help?"
Fortunately, he didn't have to shout, as Red Wine Miss noticed that Ji Tang had already displayed the skills of the New Year Guardian after entering the mansion, and she quickly followed suit, intertwining her fingers, and the flower rope in her hand transformed.
Line Pendant!
The flower rope changed into a handkerchief, the handkerchief shattered into line pendants.
The line pendants transformed into cutting planes, and the cutting planes became chicken feet.
The chicken feet couldn't be caught, so they transformed into an ox yoke.
The ox yoke had a large belly, hiding a giant toad.
Red Wine Miss manipulated the red thread into a flower rope, skillfully intertwining it between her fingers, with one end extending to the ground, its destination unseen. With each transformation of the flower rope, the red thread extending from it also changed.
As the handkerchief transformed into line pendants, Ji Tang, who was staring intently at Hu Ma, suddenly let out a painful, muffled roar.
His eyes, capable of piercing others, shattered, and blood gushed out.
The feeling of weakness in Hu Ma's legs and arms also vanished, and he switched the saber from his left hand back to his right, keeping a close eye on Ji Tang.
"Han Womzi, how much preparation did you make to kill me?"
Ji Tang's eyes were ruptured, but his anger only intensified. He took a deep breath, causing his internal organs to rumble, and the energy in his body, which had been significantly weakened, surged once again with that inhalation.
Hu Ma became highly alert. "What kind of skill is this? How can his strength increase after it has already been expended? He didn't even consume Blood Feast."
"Refining the tongue, swallowing air into the belly, and shattering boulders with the chest." Red Wine Miss whispered to Hu Ma, and at the same time, she tugged the red thread slightly, causing the silver needles on Ji Tang's body to come alive and rapidly pierce into his flesh, instantly disrupting his energy flow.
Ji Tang couldn't exert his strength, nor could he vent his frustration.
The rage in Ji Tang's heart was indescribable. He fiercely wielded his saber and took a step forward, charging towards Red Wine Miss.
But Hu Ma seized the opportunity and rushed forward, unleashing all his skills to block Ji Tang.
"Hmph!"
Ji Tang suddenly turned towards Hu Ma, and his nose emitted a heavy snort, causing the surrounding air to distort, making Hu Ma's vision go dark for a moment.
Taking advantage of this, Ji Tang flipped his saber and slashed towards Hu Ma. His charge towards Red Wine Miss was a diversion, as he actually intended to kill himself quickly before going after her.
Fortunately, Hu Ma had kept his wits about him, and as his vision darkened, he instinctively raised his saber, using the Blocking Stance to receive Ji Tang's attack. He dug his feet into the ground and slid backwards.
Breath Emission!
This time, Red Wine Miss didn't need to explain, as Hu Ma had already realized the issue.
Ji Tang had entered the mansion, and he had refined the seven orifices, making his mouth, eyes, and nose not what they seemed.
With a single exhalation, he could cause others' souls to tremble. It seemed that Ji Tang hadn't specifically learned this divine ability of the seven orifices, so he couldn't force Hu Ma's soul out of his body.
Currently, although Hu Ma's soul wasn't forced out of his body, the darkness in his vision indicated that Red Wine Miss's soft hum had achieved the level of power that Hu Ma could only reach by using the Four Ghost Salutation Gate with all his strength.
He couldn't fight at all...
Hu Ma had a clear understanding of his own limitations.
Even though the Beggar Gang leader had been pierced by Red Wine Miss's silver needles, rupturing his Qi Gate and greatly weakening his strength, he had entered the mansion, and various skills came naturally to him. How could Hu Ma compete with him?
Fortunately, at that moment, Red Wine Miss noticed that Ji Tang had displayed the skills of the seven orifices, and she quickly manipulated the flower rope in her hands.
In an instant, a silver needle pierced Ji Tang's body, lodging itself in his Qi Gate. With this acupoint restrained, Ji Tang couldn't emit the Breath Emission technique anymore.
Especially Red Wine Miss was on guard, and even her other Seven Orifices abilities were sealed off in advance.
Having been repeatedly restrained, Ji Tang was already enraged beyond words. His skills were consecutively broken, and Hu Ma seized the opportunity to rush forward, striking repeatedly with his saber, aiming for vital points. Instead, he found himself somewhat restrained.
"Can't kill her, but I can't even use you as a scapegoat?"
In the midst of their clash, Ji Tang suddenly roared in anger, his left hand reaching out to grab Hu Ma. Hu Ma had already displayed his full potential, slightly tilting his body to evade the grab, and was about to slash at Ji Tang's crotch with his saber, executing the Monkey Picking Peach technique.
Unexpectedly, Ji Tang's outstretched arm, which seemed to have lost its strength, suddenly swelled with a knot.
Caught off guard, Hu Ma's arm was seized, and he was pulled towards Ji Tang, whose eyes were as red as blood.
"His arms are unusually long?"
This sudden change even surprised Hu Ma, who had learned to control distance first.
In a close fight, every inch and every millimeter could determine life and death.
Hu Ma was also certain that he could have dodged Ji Tang's grab, but he hadn't anticipated that Ji Tang's arm could extend, and he quickly understood what was happening.
In fact, it was stolen from someone else's body, one section longer than his right arm, but usually hidden and unused. Only at the most critical moment did it suddenly appear, catching people off guard.
The most crucial thing was that this arm, when it grabbed someone, felt like an icy iron clamp, not at all like a human hand.
Once grabbed, the icy corpse energy seeped into the body, causing the blood vessels all over the body to seem frozen.
"Be careful, that's the Green Ghost Hand."
Red Wine Miss's warning quickly rang out: "It's made from carefully selected materials, refined with poison and various medicinal herbs, then taken from a corpse and attached to his own body. One hand becomes a weapon, and whoever it grabs dies."
"Can it do that?"
Hu Ma was also startled, and his blood energy surged. The Dao Xing in the incense burner, which had been used for three incense sticks, suddenly surged towards his arm, forcing out the Yin energy that had seeped into his body. At the same time, he finally broke free from Ji Tang's grasp and leaped into the air, kicking three times.
These three kicks landed on Ji Tang's chest and neck, as if kicking an iron pillar.
But even as Hu Ma exerted his strength, he finally staggered Ji Tang with the third kick, causing him to take a step back.
Hu Ma took advantage of the momentum to jump away, creating distance between them.
After fighting for a while, Hu Ma's heart was filled with fear for Ji Tang. Although he wanted to get as far away as possible, at this moment, Hu Ma clenched his teeth, and after retreating two or three zhang, he forcefully landed and gathered his strength.
He raised his sawtooth saber behind him and then charged forward again.
The desire to stay away from Ji Tang was instinctive, but this rush was a decision made after careful consideration.
Red Wine Miss had said that this was a once-in-a-lifetime learning opportunity for him, and how could he not seize it? The more dangerous it was, the more he had to take the risk.
Not being able to move freely made her underestimate him.
As he charged forward, his sawtooth saber thrust straight ahead.
Usually, he used it to slash people, but Hu Ma knew that the blade had become dull, especially against Ji Tang, who couldn't be cut at all.
So this time, he used a thrusting motion, and as the saber thrust forward, it carried a drilling force, rotating like an electric drill.
"Hiss!"
The step back that Ji Tang took was also his weak point, and Hu Ma's saber pierced his heart.
Although Ji Tang's skin was peeled off, his body was like a copper wall and iron wall, and the hard thrust couldn't penetrate. The rotating force of the sawtooth saber finally managed to drill into his ribs, and the blade touched a round, resilient object that was heavily beating.
Hu Ma forcefully thrust forward, but he couldn't pierce it.
The force of the blade hitting the beating object seemed to dissipate the force on the blade.
"So this is the Palace Entry Guardian?"
Hu Ma couldn't describe the shock in his heart: "It's one thing to be immune to blades and guns, but to even defend the heart against sharp weapons?"
At the same time, in his imagination, Ji Tang was already in pain, and his hands suddenly reached forward.
One hand grabbed Hu Ma's head, while the other held the saber and slashed towards Hu Ma's neck.
In the blink of an eye, Hu Ma should have dropped his saber and retreated, but he also realized that if he let this opportunity pass, he might never have another chance to kill Ji Tang, except when Red Wine Miss personally intervened.
So he gritted his teeth and fought back, his five organs turning into death, and a surge of Yin energy shot up, following the sawtooth saber into Ji Tang's body.
Heart Piercing Needle! The Yin energy, like a nail, pierced straight towards the heart.
Even with Ji Tang's great skills, his heart, stimulated by the Heart Piercing Needle, stopped beating for a moment.
This pause gave Hu Ma's saber the opportunity to thrust inside, finally piercing Ji Tang's heart.
Then he pulled, twisted, and dragged, tearing it apart.
(End of Chapter)
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