Chapter 19

"Indeed, this Qi, blood, and body size are not something an ordinary tiger could possess."

Su Xuan judged.

"My lord, let me hunt this exotic beast for you to help you cultivate! Haha!"

Huang Zhong laughed heartily, took the iron-wrought bow from his back, instantly drew three feathered arrows from the quiver at his waist, strode forward rapidly, drew his bow, and shot three arrows in succession like a shooting star chasing the moon toward the leaping tiger.

Su Xuan didn't even have time to stop him.

"This tiger might be being chased by Old Dian Wei!"

Su Xuan thought to himself.

After all, this tiger looked like it was fleeing.

Chasing a tiger across a stream—at this location and this time, Su Xuan could only think of Old Dian Wei himself.

"This might be a good opportunity!"

Su Xuan looked at Old Dian Wei's friend, who happened to be in front of the tiger's escape route, and thought.

At this moment, Old Dian Wei's friend had been scared silly by the pouncing tiger, standing frozen in place, unable to move.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

At this time, three successive sounds of breaking air rang out from behind him.

"Beast! How dare you!!"

At the same time, an angry shout rang out from the mountain forest behind the tiger.

Immediately after, a tall and burly figure rushed out from the forest, carrying a pair of iron halberds, striding forward and leaping to pounce on the tiger.

"Hmm?"

It was also at this moment that the big man discovered Huang Zhong and the consecutive arrows he had shot.

The big man's expression tightened, but he couldn't care about that for the moment.

"Puff, puff, puff!!"

In an instant, Huang Zhong's three feathered arrows precisely sank into the tiger's two eyes and the center of its forehead.

Carrying sharp Gang Strength, they easily broke through the skull of the exotic beast, taking the tiger's life.

"Awooo..."

The tiger let out a miserable cry and fell from mid-air, crashing heavily beside the small stream;

The momentum dragged its corpse across the ground, creating a trench several meters long, and its head stopped just in front of Old Dian Wei's friend.

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Old Dian Wei's friend happened to see the murderous tiger head.

"Thump!"

Immediately, he was so scared that he slumped to the ground, and his clothes were directly soaked by "water stains" underneath.

"Who are you?"

"Are you tracking my friend?"

"Are you here to catch me?"

Old Dian Wei crossed the stream and stood still beside the tiger's corpse, vaguely protecting his friend, but his eyes stared fixedly at Huang Zhong, shouting the question.

At the same time, he also glanced at a certain place in the mountain forest not far behind Huang Zhong.

That was exactly where Su Xuan and the others were hiding.

"Haha! You must be Old Dian Wei, right?"

Huang Zhong laughed heartily upon seeing this, put away his bow and arrows, and asked: "I am Huang Zhong, Huang Huang Hansheng, from Nanyang. You are indeed brave! To be able to chase a tiger across a stream—no wonder you could be valued by my lord!"

"However, I saved your friend, didn't I? Is this how you treat your benefactor?"

While speaking, Huang Zhong had already drawn the battle saber from his waist, and the fighting spirit on his body began to ignite.

He could clearly judge that the big man in front of him was indeed an expert at the early stage of Gang Strength.

Judging by his age, he was probably only around 22-25 years old, yet he already had such strength.

This talent was not weaker than his own, perhaps even close.

Especially this physique,

His height exceeded 1.9 meters; he was probably 2 meters tall.

Quite burly.

The pair of iron halberds in his hands probably weighed several dozen pounds each.

He had to help his lord test the goods, and by the way, beat down some of this big man's arrogance so that it would be easier to recruit him later!

"Hmph!"

Old Dian Wei misunderstood Huang Zhong's actions and fighting spirit, and sneered: "I am Old Dian Wei; I assume you should know that!"

"If you want to catch me, let's see if you have the ability!"

"Kill!!"

As he spoke, Old Dian Wei carried his pair of iron halberds and charged toward Huang Zhong to kill him.

"Clang, clang, clang, clang!"

For a time, the light of blades and the shadows of halberds intersected constantly, and the ear-piercing sound of metal clashing rang out in the field.

The weapons and even the figures of the two were so fast that afterimages appeared.

Su Xuan and the others were no longer hiding at this time, but walked out of the forest openly and stood in the distance to watch the battle between Old Dian Wei and Huang Zhong.

Ten-plus minutes later,

[You observed the battle between Old Dian Wei and Huang Zhong and gained a lot. You comprehended the *Hundred Battles Halberd Technique*, and on this basis, combined with the *True Phoenix-Cry Saber Technique*, you created the *Halberd Technique: Phoenix Dances in the Nine Heavens*.]

In a short while, Su Xuan had already comprehended the routines and even the core of Old Dian Wei's halberd technique, and even pushed through the old to bring forth the new on this basis.

Fusing it with the *Phoenix-Cry Saber Technique*, he deduced a new long halberd technique.

And it was of the top-tier kind.

For a time, Su Xuan's comprehension of halberd techniques also reached a peak.

It made his hands itch, and he couldn't wait to get a long halberd and swing it around properly.

"Bang, bang!!!"

After a hundred rounds, Old Dian Wei's stamina began to decline, and his arms felt numb.

The web between his thumb and index finger had split, and blood was flowing out.

He could no longer hold on and was knocked flying by Huang Zhong with a slash.

However, Huang Zhong used the back of the saber, so he didn't cause too serious an injury to Old Dian Wei.

Old Dian Wei also discovered this, and his heart was somewhat puzzled.

At this time, Huang Zhong walked up and extended his hand to him.

Old Dian Wei was stunned for a moment, subconsciously extended his hand to grasp Huang Zhong's, and was pulled to his feet by Huang Zhong.

"You are very good! To have the strength of the early stage of Gang Strength at this age, the key is that your stamina and divine strength are amazing! Both have surpassed me."

"At the same level, I might not necessarily be your opponent, haha!"

He had a great time in this battle.

Old Dian Wei frowned slightly upon hearing Huang Zhong's praise and seeing his attitude: "You are not here to catch me?"

"Haha! Of course not!"

Huang Zhong laughed heartily and replied.

"Good!"

At this time, Su Xuan also walked over with a smile, cupped his hands toward Old Dian Wei and said: "I accidentally heard that Old Dian Wei of Chen Liu is a righteous man and highly skilled in martial arts; for the sake of a friend, he didn't hesitate to bear the crime of killing an official, so I specifically took a detour to come here just to meet Mr. Old Dian."

Old Dian Wei looked at Su Xuan with some confusion: "You are?"

Before Su Xuan could speak, Huang Zhong on the side hurriedly introduced him to Old Dian Wei: "This is my lord, Su Xuan of the Su clan of Nanyang, who came specifically to recruit you, Old Dian Wei!"

"With your strength, it's a pity to be holed up in this mountain forest; why not join my lord's command and make contributions?"

"This..."

Old Dian Wei was very surprised that Su Xuan was actually Huang Zhong's lord.

He could see that Su Xuan's own strength was not high, only at the late stage of Bright Strength.

However, his Qi, blood, and vitality were unusually vigorous, not what one should have at this level, which was a bit strange. ===== CHAPTER 39 =====