Chapter 364: Bribery

Here?

Hearing Yang Chao's words, Ma Ming and the others immediately shut their mouths, looking toward the mountain road in the distance. They saw two figures galloping on horseback, raising smoke and dust all the way, rushing toward this direction.

Luo Tong frowned: "Why are there only Xu Yang and Sun Tao? Where are Li Qiang and Gu Haoming?"

Clearly, the news he received was that four people were rushing to Qingyuan County, but at this moment, only Xu Yang and Sun Tao appeared, and Li Qiang and Gu Haoming were nowhere to be seen.

With one Major Success of Gang Qi and one Minor Success of Gang Qi missing, the merit to be established would be much smaller.

"Perhaps the news was wrong, or perhaps the martial arts examination ended, and these two are temporarily staying in Qingyuan County and didn't return to the Profound Heaven Sect with Xu Yang and Sun Tao."

Ma Ming analyzed: "You don't know that the beasts of the Profound Heaven Sect don't allow disciples to go home privately. It's rare for them to go home once, so it's normal for them to want to stay a few more days."

He never expected that the four Profound Heaven Sect disciples had internal strife on the way, and Gu Haoming and Li Qiang were both dead.

Luo Tong nodded: "Whatever, let's slaughter Xu Yang and Sun Tao first. If we can leave them alive, we'll interrogate them about the situation."

Ma Ming shouted: "Disperse according to the designated positions, let them enter the encirclement before making a move."

As the words fell, Luo Tong, Yang Chao, and Ma Ming had already floated down from the tree canopy like ghosts, hiding in the grass on both sides of the road, stopping their breathing and heartbeats.

Ma Ming also floated down from the tree canopy, found a hidden place to hide his figure, and looked ahead like a poisonous snake in the dark.

Soon, the sound of hoofbeats entered his ears, getting closer and closer, and the two figures riding on horseback also appeared in his line of sight.

"There is a gaze with murderous intent looking at me. Could it be someone from the Demonic Sect?"

Xu Yang's keen five senses soon captured the gaze carrying murderous intent. He remained calm, his Gang Qi rapidly lurking in his flesh and blood, ready to launch a full-force strike at any time.

"There's an ambush, Senior Brother, be careful!"

At the same time, he informed Sun Tao of the situation using the method of sound transmission.

"There's an ambush?"

Sun Tao was shocked. The raised horse whip suddenly stiffened, and alarms rang out in his heart.

"Kill!"

The next moment, a roar containing immense murderous intent sounded from the grass on both sides of the road.

"Boom boom..."

The grass exploded, and four figures wearing masks and green clothes rose from the exploded grass, emitting strong Gang Qi, rushing toward the two like lightning.

"Be careful, they might be people from the Blood Lotus Sect. Don't let their Gang Qi invade your body."

Xu Yang shouted, having a fresh memory of the Blood-Transforming Palm.

He had Jin Gang Qi to protect his body; unless the cultivation realm of the other party far exceeded his, their Gang Qi couldn't invade his body.

Sun Tao was different. If he wasn't reminded, he might be hit without any preparation.

"Kill Xu Yang, leave Sun Tao for questioning!" Luo Tong shouted.

His whole body emitted a rich blood light, as if it were about to drip blood, rushing toward Xu Yang with murderous intent.

In another direction, Ma Ming, also at the Major Success of Gang Qi, floated up from the grass behind Xu Yang's right, holding a short blade in his hand, spitting out heart-palpitating blade light, his target also pointing straight at Xu Yang.

Two experts of the Blood Lotus Sect at the Major Success of Gang Qi were both wanting to kill Xu Yang first to establish merit.

There was also He Kuan, who also lifted his blood-red palms and flew toward Xu Yang. Of the four, only Yang Chao rushed toward Sun Tao.

With Xu Yang's reminder, Sun Tao was prepared early, leaping into the air at the first opportunity and pulling out his sword.

At the same time, Xu Yang also moved.

His body suddenly disappeared from the horse's back, and he pointed a finger in mid-air.

"Swish!"

A sharp whistle like an arrow breaking through the air rang out, Gang Qi erupted, and golden light flashed and disappeared.

Pure Origin Gold-Splitting Finger!

The condensed finger force was as sharp as a knife, easily penetrating He Kuan's protective Gang Qi like cutting tofu.

"Puchi!"

A sound like a sharp blade cutting through meat came, and the finger force penetrated He Kuan's head. The fierce finger force carrying strong wind power caused his head to explode on the spot, white brains splashing everywhere, the crown of his head rolling in the air, and the mask shattering.

With just one finger, He Kuan, who was at the Minor Success of Gang Qi, was killed three zhang away. The murderous intent on his face hadn't had time to dissipate before he was already dead.

His dying consciousness hadn't even realized he was already dead.

The Pure Origin Gold-Splitting Finger Xu Yang issued was so fast he couldn't react at all.

"Marrow Cleansing, he is Marrow Cleansing!"

Luo Tong shrieked, scared out of his wits.

The aura of a Marrow Cleansing martial artist surged, and he had already reacted that Xu Yang's cultivation was not the legendary Minor Success of Gang Qi, but Marrow Cleansing, which no one could have thought of.

They came to ambush a Marrow Cleansing martial artist; it was simply an old man eating arsenic.

"Which idiot gathered the intelligence?"

Ma Ming was also scared out of his wits, shouting loudly.

This was a Marrow Cleansing martial artist. Even if there were twice as many of them, it wouldn't be enough for Xu Yang to kill.

Xu Yang didn't care about the few people who were almost scared out of their wits. After killing one person with one finger, he threw another punch in mid-air, blasting out a golden fist Gang Qi.

Wind-Breaking Fist.

This fist technique's main point was speed.

"Boom!"

The golden fist Gang Qi seemed to be cast from gold, like a meteor streaking across the sky, taking Luo Tong, who was rushing to kill him straight ahead, with lightning speed.

Before the fist Gang Qi arrived, the sharp whistle caused by friction with the air had already made Luo Tong's eardrums ache, and his heart felt like it was being pressed by a giant rock.

"Jin Gang Qi?"

His face changed greatly, full of horror.

As a martial artist at the Major Success of Gang Qi, he wouldn't be like He Kuan, who couldn't even see Xu Yang's attack clearly, but it was precisely because he saw it clearly that he felt terrified.

And he was the one who took the initiative to rush toward Xu Yang. At this moment, he was in mid-air, and although he saw Xu Yang's attack clearly, he could only resist it hard.

"Bang!"

"Crack!"

Luo Tong's palms slapped out together, the Gang Qi he had cultivated all his life pouring out desperately, trying to shatter the golden fist Gang Qi that was blasting over in mid-air.

However, it was useless. The golden fist Gang Qi was like a real fist, shattering his Gang Qi like a hot knife through butter, breaking his arms, and then slamming heavily into his chest.

"Bang!"

A sound like a heavy hammer hitting a drum rang out, Luo Tong bled from seven orifices, and the sound of bones breaking rang out all over his body.

His posture of rushing toward Xu Yang was fixed, topped by the golden fist Gang Qi, and then his whole person flew backward at a speed faster than when he came.

"Boom!"

The mountain rocks shattered, mud splashed, and Luo Tong's body was directly embedded in the mountain body, his breathing already faint.

He had an expression of disbelief on his face. He actually couldn't even take one punch from Xu Yang from a distance. A Marrow Cleansing martial artist couldn't be this terrifying.

He wanted to struggle, but his arms and internal organs were all shattered by one punch, his body like a deflated ball, his Gang Qi and the spirit in his eyes rapidly dissipating.

"Cough cough..."

A few mouthfuls of blood mixed with internal organs were spat out, his head tilted, and he had no movement on the spot.

Luo Tong, a Blood Lotus Sect disciple at the Major Success of Gang Qi, was killed by one punch from a distance.

"Luo Tong!"

Ma Ming roared, only feeling his hands and feet turn cold, scared out of his wits.

A martial artist at the Major Success of Gang Qi was as unbearable as an ant in front of Xu Yang.

He didn't even have the courage to make a move on Xu Yang, hurriedly descending from mid-air, his Gang Qi shaking wildly, fleeing desperately.

"Boom!"

A muffled thunder-like sound came to his ears, and Ma Ming's body had just left the ground when a large hand had already slapped down like a stormy sea.

"Can you leave?"

Xu Yang's indifferent voice rang in his ears, and the large hand carrying strong power hit the air, the whistling sound deafening.

Ma Ming was full of despair, only feeling as if a large mountain was slapping down in front of him. Before the palm arrived, the powerful pressure had already made his Gang Qi operation stagnate, and his protective Gang Qi was unstable.

"Bang!"

Ma Ming made a desperate counterattack, exhausting all his strength to lift his hands above his head to block, instantly feeling as if Mount Tai was pressing down on him, and a strong, unparalleled force came from the opposite hand, shattering all his strength like a dry twig.

"Crack!"

He was struck by lightning, his whole body's tendons and bones shaking, his arms broken at the first opportunity, white bones piercing through skin and flesh, blood spraying out.

"Puchi!"