Chapter 73

She headed straight for the top of Nine-Line Heaven.

"Sword Saint Lu Qingshan has also arrived! Such powerful sword intent; just one glance made my whole body feel cold!"

Immediately after.

There was another commotion in the teahouse.

A middle-aged man carrying a long sword on his back walked past the teahouse, heading straight for the path up the mountain.

Subsequently.

The sect masters of the nine major sects appeared one by one and climbed the mountain.

Every time someone appeared, it would cause exclamations in the teahouse.

And Yan...

After confirming that all nine had climbed the mountain.

He looked at the Great Yan army general beside him and said faintly: "It's time to let them take action; I... want the heads of these nine people!"

"Yes!"

This general retreated quickly and began to command the army to appear.

In order to surround Nine-Line Heaven.

Starting five days ago, three thousand of them had disguised themselves as martial arts people.

And arrived near Nine-Line Heaven separately.

They were just waiting for the appearance of the nine sect masters!

Nine-Line Heaven.

Mountain top.

As a grand event in the martial arts world.

Important figures from the nine major sects had all come here.

After the sect masters of their respective sects arrived...

The conference officially began.

In the open space on the mountain top.

Lu Qingshan held his sword, standing in the center without yielding: "Lu is untalented, but I would like to learn the high skills of the other eight sect masters."

The others stared at him one after another.

Revealing deep wariness.

Lu Qingshan.

Thirty years ago, he had already made a great name for himself in the martial arts world, with almost no rivals.

In the thirty years since then.

He had been even more obsessed with the sword path.

His sword technique had long since reached perfection.

Within ten steps, when the sword comes out, the head falls.

Even Lu Takege, who claimed there was nothing he couldn't catch, didn't dare to try easily.

For a long time.

Lu Qingshan saw that no one came forward and urged again: "If you all don't come forward, this Martial Arts Alliance Leader position will belong to Lu..."

Before he finished speaking.

The eyes of the other eight flickered, and their minds became active.

The position of Martial Arts Alliance Leader...

Everyone wanted to win it.

This is the highest honor in the martial arts world.

It is the lifelong pursuit of martial arts practitioners.

Representing the number one person in the martial arts world!

Just when everyone was eager to try...

"Bang!"

A crisp and ear-piercing sound came from afar, breaking the tense and heavy situation.

And immediately after.

The eight people discovered...

Lu Qingshan, who was standing in the middle of the mountain top, had his eyes wide open.

His pupils were dull.

A fiery red blood hole appeared on his forehead.

He fell heavily to the ground.

Seeing this, the expressions of the eight people changed drastically.

"Who is it?"

"Who could kill Lu Qingshan?"

"That loud noise just now seemed to come from over there!"

Soon.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound.

And saw a row of people wearing iron armor and holding long iron tubes.

"Is it them? A group of ordinary people? Killed the world's number one swordsman?"

Li Yigu, the master of the Green Peak Sect, glanced at them and saw that these people didn't have a shred of true Qi on them.

"They must be using hidden weapons."

Ethereal Fairy stepped forward, her movement extremely fast.

She walked to Lu Qingshan's corpse, discovered the reason, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone be careful! These people possess hidden weapons, very strange, killing people invisibly!"

After the master of the Ghost Moon Sect, Lu Takege, heard this...

He felt completely relieved.

He practiced the Lingxi Finger technique.

Which had long since reached perfection.

There was no hidden weapon in the world that he couldn't catch!

"Everyone, let's attack together and kill these people to avenge Sword Saint Lu! As for the hidden weapons, I, Lu Takege, will take care of them all!"

Subsequently.

Lu Takege walked to the very front of the crowd, his face full of confidence.

And the other seven also trusted him completely.

Just as they were preparing to attack together...

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out again.

The expressions of the seven changed drastically.

They hurriedly looked at Lu Takege.

"Hahahaha, a petty trick, you want to use it a second time? My Lingxi Finger technique can catch anything in the world!"

Seeing Lu Takege holding a steel ball between his two fingers, he sneered.

Everyone then felt completely relieved.

However...

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Immediately after.

A dense series of gunshots appeared.

Dozens of muskets were spewing flames, aiming at Lu Takege.

In an instant.

The calmness and confidence on Lu Takege's face disappeared without a trace.

Just as he wanted to turn and run.

He discovered that several blood holes had already appeared on his body.

Three seconds later.

"Boom!"

He also fell heavily to the ground.

With a pair of eyes wide open.

Even in death, he couldn't believe he was killed by a hidden weapon.

And seeing Lu Takege die tragically, the remaining seven were completely enraged.

"These people have amazing hidden weapons, but they have no true Qi on them; their close-combat skills must be extremely poor, let's all attack together!"

"Ethereal Fairy has unique movement techniques; perhaps she can dodge these hidden weapons and help cover us!"

"I practice hard-body kung fu; once I circulate my true Qi, ordinary hidden weapons cannot get near me, everyone follow me and charge!"

"Use light-body techniques! Close in on these people first..."

"..."

The seven rose in fury.

Like floating light and passing shadows, their speed was extremely fast.

Facing the crisis of life and death.

They didn't hold back anymore.

Displaying everything they had learned in their lives.

Charging toward this group of strangely dressed people.

However...

"Boom!"

Another loud noise rang out.

In the middle of the mountain top, fire dragons flew across, and dust splashed everywhere.

The huge roar stunned all seven of them.

Not understanding what had just happened.

"Could it be thunder?"

Just as this thought surfaced.

They couldn't help but look up at the sky.

And saw one cannonball after another descending toward them.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

As one cannonball after another descended.

The top of Nine-Line Heaven had turned into a living hell.

The high-level figures of the nine major sects...

Unable to react in time, they were all buried under the artillery fire.

And the remaining seven sect masters.

Were frantically circulating their true Qi, starting to escape to the edge.

But the coverage of the artillery fire was simply too large.

Coupled with the firepower coverage of the muskets...

No matter how they charged left and right, they couldn't escape.

"My Ethereal Fairy movement technique is superb, I can leap five zhang, I didn't expect I wouldn't be able to escape this sea of fire!"

"What kind of hidden weapon is this? My hard-body kung fu is impervious to swords and spears... pfft..."

"I hate this! If it were one-on-one, what would I, Zhou Sui, fear in the world?"

"..."

Sounds of grief and indignation came from the sea of fire created by the artillery.

The voices grew weaker and weaker.