Chapter 320

The sounds of battle shook the heavens and the earth.

The "Gathering of Righteousness" plaque hung precariously, on the verge of falling.

Dust and smoke billowed throughout the Gathering of Righteousness Hall; the rolling clouds of dust surged, the foot-thick stone curtains shattered into powder, and the central pillar snapped in two.

Liang Qu stood on the second floor of the front hall, his pupils appearing to flow with molten gold, his gaze piercing through the situation in the central hall as if it were clear fire.

A ten-foot-tall tiger-shaped true essence enveloped Cheng Chong, his surging Qi and blood vast and mighty; his fluttering white robes resembled the elegant fur of a fierce tiger, and with every stride, mountains seemed to topple and seas to overturn.

As fellow leaders of the Water Gang, how could Cheng Chong's strength be merely ten times that of Liu Jie from the Whale Gang?

His figure flashed back and forth; with every palm strike and kick, people were sent flying and horses overturned. Ordinary gang members were no match for him in a single exchange, being torn apart or kicked until they cracked!

However, the high-level members of the Shahe Gang had spent years together and possessed their own coordination.

Among the nine high-level Galloping Horse realm experts on the field, six possessed the strength of the Upper Stage. Their movements were synchronized, their auras connected, and as they catalyzed their Qi to converge, a snake-shaped true essence even manifested amidst the swirling mist!

When the two Ultimate Realm experts, Lian Jingye and Huyan Shijing, swallowed their pills and joined in, the formation reached eight members, further stimulating the charm of the true essence and forcibly sharing and resisting Cheng Chong's palm and fist power.

Yet, the snake-shaped true essence ultimately could not compare to Cheng Chong's tiger-shaped true essence; the eight were often in precarious situations during their exchanges.

At this very moment, the other three mid-stage Galloping Horse martial artists appeared crucial.

Unable to catalyze Qi, they did not participate in the formation's connection, yet they possessed great freedom, maneuvering within the formation to become the key to preventing the eight from being picked off one by one!

Inside the Gathering of Righteousness Hall, a snake and a tiger intertwined, the slaughter intense!

Not just that!

The black iron great bow creaked, and the sounds of thunder and lightning were incessant.

Arrow after arrow proved to everyone that there were not only tigers and snakes on the field, but also a sky-covering eagle circling above!

With the snake and eagle holding him off, the remaining gang members took the opportunity to turn into countless ants, scrambling to climb and gnaw at his wounds, putting the fierce tiger in a very difficult position.

The situation was much better than Liang Qu had imagined.

He had thought the Shahe Gang members could only serve as a drain, but he had not expected them to be able to form a battle formation, coordinate well, and be quite extraordinary.

With someone holding off the offensive, Liang Qu did not hold back his output; his long arms swung, and the power he displayed was shocking.

With Dragon Tendons, Tiger Bones, and Qilin Strength as the root, Falling Star Arrows, Dragon-Tiger Qi, and Lightning Talismans as the trunk, and Ear Sense and Golden Eyes as the crown.

Cluster after cluster of white Qi barriers exploded around Liang Qu's arms, and the black iron great bow in his palm was pushed to its limit.

The original owner of the black iron great bow was, after all, Liu Jie of the Whale Gang, not Liang Qu; every arrow fired now came at the cost of consuming the bow's lifespan.

"Such archery, such physique!"

"What a ruthless brat!"

Lian Jingye and Huyan Shijing gazed at the arrow marks left above their heads, occasionally dodging Cheng Chong, who was distracted, and sighed in their hearts.

So young, yet his archery was so sharp.

If any other Galloping Horse martial artist had come, they would likely have already become a ghost under his arrows.

A good thing!

The more extraordinary Liang Qu's talent, the more it proved his background and status were extraordinary, and the weight of the promise he had made earlier would only be heavier.

Thinking of this, Huyan Shijing shouted: "The leader put our lives at risk for his own selfish desires first; everyone, do not hold back, use whatever moves you have!"

Everyone knew that even if they could briefly resist Cheng Chong now, their endurance and Qi recovery ability could not compare to his; with insufficient stamina, the situation would only get worse!

"Everyone, cover me!"

The burly man with a full beard in the formation shouted, retreated to the rear, and then took out a small medicine bottle from his waist and swallowed a pill.

In an instant, the burly man turned crimson all over, the veins on his exposed forearms wriggled like thin snakes, and his entire body expanded by a circle.

The eyes of the snake-shaped true essence above the eight men's heads turned scarlet, forcibly resisting the fierce tiger's biting.

"Fight to the death!"

"I hope Lord Liang keeps his word!"

Several people took drugs one after another, stimulating secret techniques, and their Qi surged; the entire snake-shaped true essence immediately grew scarlet scales.

All the blade light and sword shadows were incomparably powerful under the amplification of the true essence!

Those in low positions looking at those in high positions often see every detail.

Conversely, those in high positions looking at those in low positions are often careless.

The Shahe Gang's high-level members knew Cheng Chong's various habits and martial arts like the back of their hands, making it twice as easy to deal with him.

Cheng Chong was not, and coupled with his use of bare palms to resist, facing the eruption of his former subordinates and Liang Qu's hidden arrows, he was actually being forced back!

Liang Qu saw it clearly and gave everyone another shot of adrenaline.

"Everyone, rest assured, I, Liang, keep my word! After this matter, as long as you have not participated in destroying the dikes, I will ensure your lives are safe!"

"Lian Jingye! Huyan Shijing! Do not think I don't know that it was the two of you who brought the River Patrol people to Yingjian! He always called you uncle! He never showed any disrespect!"

Cheng Chong, who had been silent, grabbed his short staff and suddenly spoke.

Lian Jingye's face turned crimson: "How was I supposed to know Yingjian was your son!"

"Enough nonsense!"

A blood-red hue appeared deep in Cheng Chong's pupils, and his tiger true essence surged by thirty percent, reaching the terrifying level of thirteen feet; he slashed his palm to split the incoming arrows, forcibly resisting the python true essence to exert force.

The entire Gathering of Righteousness Hall trembled.

Surging power rushed from his feet to his knees, hips, back, and shoulders, surging out like the waves of a river!

The iron nails under the eaves vibrated and fell out, and the Gathering of Righteousness plaque, which had been hanging precariously, finally could not hold on and fell into fragments.

Tables, chairs, and wooden beams could no longer withstand the destruction of the Qi wind, developing cracks from the inside out that spread all the way to the roof.

The palm wind hit their faces, Huyan Shijing's skin tightened, and everyone dared not hold back, surrounding Cheng Chong and binding his hands and feet.

Its external manifestation was a blood python entangling a fierce tiger!

However, amidst the struggle, the fierce tiger thrashed, and visible scarlet cracks appeared all over the blood python.

This could not go on.

Damn it, what is this!

Lian Jingye howled in his heart.

Just as the situation took a turn for the worse, Lian Jingye caught a glimpse of a flash of green light out of the corner of his eye.

Liang Qu, using the "Roaming the Six Voids" as his foundation, catalyzed his Lightning Steps and leaped down from the second floor; from the perspective of others, he seemed to leave behind several motionless afterimages in mid-air.

Only a few people could see his movements clearly.

Liang Qu's feet touched the ground, his entire posture sank; his right hand gripped the tail of the Fubo spear, and his left hand pushed out along the shaft, seemingly slow but actually fast; the long spear became a green dragon in his embrace.

The sharpness hidden in the spear made Lian Jingye's scalp tingle, like a bolt of lightning appearing in dark clouds.

Leaping Abyss!

Liang Qu's only Great Completion killing move!

He tried hard to ignore the blood python and fierce tiger clashing, and what floated in his mind was the spear tip that cut the dragon as the River Master had, and time became stagnant.

The fierce tiger was trapped by the blood python, and Cheng Chong sensed a fatal danger; he tried his best to turn around, and when his pupils met those golden eyes, a mighty pressure slammed into his mind.

Cheng Chong's pupils dilated.

Realizing the opportunity, Lian Jingye and the others moved in unison, squeezing out their last bit of strength to desperately drag and entangle Cheng Chong.

"Do him!"

Huyan Shijing roared.

The shout broke the balance, and Liang Qu's Fubo thrust out, sharper and faster than any spear technique Cheng Chong had ever seen, like wind rolling stones on the Gobi Desert.

Cheng Chong's heart contracted tightly, and the veins on his neck emerged like pythons.

The fierce tiger went mad, half of its body breaking free from the blood python's entanglement, but a large part remained trapped.

The spear tip arrived!

The moment the two made contact, neither Lian Jingye nor Huyan Shijing could see clearly; there was only a deafening roar in their ears.

The fierce tiger and the blood python stretched to their limits, both collapsing into shattered light.

Cheng Chong's entire body was held back by the Fubo, retreating continuously, plowing two deep grooves into the ground.

He roared low in his throat, snapping a pillar, collapsing the altar, until he broke through the wall and rushed out of the central hall, his back slamming hard against a giant tree.

The giant tree, as thick as a person could embrace, split a narrow crack down the center of its trunk, and leaves fell rustling from the canopy.

The spear blade of the Fubo pierced into Cheng Chong's Dantian, but did not penetrate through.

"Good spear."

Cheng Chong's hands were covered in blood as he lowered his head to stare at the long spear piercing his lower abdomen.

The sharpness on the spear tip made one feel pain just by looking at it.

Qi and blood surged continuously from his Dantian, and his entire body's strength flowed away with this hole.

Wrinkles gradually appeared at the corners of Cheng Chong's eyes, and he could only breathe deeply.

Liang Qu did not dare to be careless, pushing forward with all his might, the spear blade pressing into the lower abdomen bit by bit.

Until the spear blade penetrated his body and pierced the tree trunk, Liang Qu twisted it hard, gouging out a bloody hole, before pulling out the Fubo.

Cheng Chong frowned, sat down under the tree, and deep exhaustion welled up in his heart. He took a few deep breaths, looked at Liang Qu, and chuckled twice.

"Yingjian, he is not as good as you."