Chapter 34: The Powerful Armored Warrior

In the instant the armored warrior spoke, the Chief Pacification Envoy Yu Jin and four Grand Eunuchs acted without hesitation, striking with the force of Lei Ting.

With wind rising beneath their feet, the five left only afterimages in the Great Hall, leaping from several directions to charge straight at the black-qi-wreathed armored warrior.

The sound of wind and thunder suddenly exploded; Yu Jin's right palm visibly swelled to the size of a palm-leaf fan, and the martial Dao true qi around his hand condensed into a cyan palm imprint, slamming down with the heavy force of a mountain.

Meanwhile, the four Grand Eunuchs, including An Quan, cultivated the Kui Yin true qi, which was even more intensely cold; whether forming fists, palms, fingers, or claws externally, all struck directly at the armored warrior's vital points, causing the temperature around the Great Hall to plummet instantly, as if falling into an ice cellar.

Clearly, when the armored warrior ceased hiding and truly revealed his strength, Yu Jin and the others felt a great threat emanating from him.

Thus, they held nothing back, deciding immediately to launch a joint siege, determined to achieve success with a single strike, capture the armored warrior as quickly as possible, and then proceed to interrogate him about his accomplices.

However, facing the siege of the five experts of the Tianjin Guard, that armored warrior remained unmoved, standing in place from start to finish with no intention whatsoever of fleeing.

The face shrouded in black qi curled into a mocking expression.

In the next moment, the iron chain phantoms condensed from mist "clattered" and spun rapidly, advancing instead of retreating like a long whip, winding around Yu Jin and the other four who had approached.

"Be careful; do not come into contact with this Shen Qiming qi."

Yu Jin warned in a deep voice, his martial Dao true qi surging outward from his dantian to condense into a layer of protective cyan true qi on his body's surface.

Meanwhile, the palm imprint in his hand still fell without hesitation, slamming down with a boom onto the head of the black-qi-wreathed armored warrior.

At the same time, the four Grand Eunuchs did likewise; while projecting true qi to protect their bodies, they struck the armored warrior's vital acupoints from four directions with Kui Yin true qi.

However, to the surprise of the five, their attacks entering the armored warrior's body caused no ripple whatsoever, like a mud ox sinking into the sea.

The armored warrior before them still stood motionless in place; aside from the green brick floor beneath his feet sinking half a foot and turning to dust, he showed not the slightest sign of injury, and the mockery on his face grew even more intense.

Yu Jin and the several eunuchs were all startled in their hearts and hurriedly tried to withdraw and retreat.

But those iron chain phantoms condensed from black qi wound around their bodies along the protective true qi, temporarily binding them so they could hardly escape.

Immediately after, the armored warrior, in the blink of an eye, delivered five consecutive punches, shattering and scattering all the protective true qi surrounding Yu Jin and the other four.

Yu Jin and the other five were instantly frightened and hurriedly circulated the true qi within their bodies to defend themselves.

At this moment, Gong Lishan, not far away in the Great Hall, saw this scene; his expression suddenly became extremely grave as he said:

"This person's Shen Qiming qi is too overwhelming; although he has not truly reached the Grand Master realm, the density of his true qi is no less than that of an expert of the Wudaoda Sect."

"Then what should we do now?" Ji Feiyun frowned.

Gong Lishan did not think much before saying:

"We must intervene to assist; otherwise, those five will be exhausted to death by his Shen Qiming qi."

Having spoken, he rushed out first, simultaneously calling upon the other experts in the Great Hall who had reached the Pre-Heaven Realm:

"Everyone, attack together; try to exhaust his strength!"

Upon hearing this, the guards and minor eunuchs in the Great Hall immediately acted together, rushing to kill that armored warrior.

At the same time, the protective true qi that Yu Jin and the others had just condensed was once again blasted apart by a single punch from the armored warrior.

"Standing still for you to hit and still not dying, why bother seeking death?"

The young armored warrior sneered, turned, and exchanged a blow with Gong Lishan, who had already arrived before him.

A "boom" of explosive noise rang out; the collision and surging of true qi shattered a large area of hollowed-out doors and windows around them.

Gong Lishan was clearly no match, flying backward through the air, barely stabilizing his figure before stopping several zhang away.

"Crack!"

At this moment, vicious cracks appeared on the floor tiles, spreading from the armored warrior as the center to all corners of the Great Hall.

With a series of crackling sounds, the floor tiles exploded with a boom, flying outward in all directions and shooting through the air.

The guards and minor eunuchs of the Tianjin Guard, before they could approach the armored warrior, were struck by these brick fragments acting like hidden weapons; unable to withstand the terrifying force upon them, they were blasted away.

For a moment, cries of pain and wails of agony echoed throughout the Great Hall; the minor eunuchs and guards were successively smashed and thrown, all suffering not light internal injuries, each unable to hold back and spitting out congealed blood.

Seeing this, Ji Feiyun, who had just prepared to act, hurriedly stopped, then flashed over to Gong Lishan's side and said:

"This person is too formidable; he is clearly a Grand Master of the Wudaoda Sect. We cannot be his match; the only course now is to seek reinforcements."

Having spoken, Ji Feiyun flicked his sleeve, sending a bamboo tube flying out through the broken window, which then activated and shot a thick red smoke into the sky.

The black-qi-wreathed armored warrior glanced in this direction, then sneered coldly:

"It seems I must speed up before the experts of your Six Doors arrive."

As the words fell, the armored warrior suddenly threw a punch with great force; this time, the true qi that erupted was even more powerful than before, blasting Yu Jin and the other four all away.

The iron chain phantoms condensed from black qi, like maggots eating into bone, rapidly eroded the bodies of Yu Jin and the other five.

At the same time, the armored warrior stamped his foot, and his entire body shot forward like a cannonball leaving the barrel, arriving before Gong Lishan and Ji Feiyun in the blink of an eye.

His black-qi-rolling fists suddenly blasted out; the two barely reacted, raising their arms to block, but were utterly unable to resist, both being violently knocked flying.

At this moment, black qi surged around the armored warrior; his figure moved, charging out at even greater speed, appearing beside Ji Feiyun and the other two in mid-air.

Seeing the armored warrior about to continue punching down toward their heads, Ji Feiyun and the other two instantly showed expressions of horror.

Just then, a gray-robed old man appeared like a ghost behind the armored warrior, delivering a sword thrust silently and soundlessly like a venomous snake.

This sword strike was fast to the extreme, and the killing intent was so fierce there was no way to avoid it; the armored warrior showed panic for the first time, managing only to fully circulate his true qi and shift his body sideways.

In the next instant, blood splattered and sprayed; the armored warrior's entire arm was severed by a single sword strike and sent flying.

"You seek death!"

The armored warrior roared in anger, his entire body's black-as-ink Shen Qiming qi condensing like a whale swallowing into his other arm, then turning to punch the gray-robed old man behind him.

A terrifying black tiger phantom, showing all its ferocious features, condensed and surged out from the surging Shen Qiming qi, as if to tear apart everything before it.

The gray-robed old man seemed unwilling to come into contact with Shen Qiming qi either; he raised his palm and barely struck the black tiger phantom, using the force to quickly retreat backward.

However, he suddenly frowned, because that armored warrior was actually fleeing backward at an even faster speed.

The gray-robed old man hurriedly stopped his figure, but in that blink of an eye, he had already lost sight of the armored warrior.

(End of this chapter)