Chapter 45: Assassinating the Eighth-Rank

"Elder, here you go!"

At a distance of about one meter from Xu Zhiji, Xia Daoming offered the bundle with both hands.

Xu Zhiji couldn't wait to reach out and grab the bundle.

Just at this moment, blood energy like a volcanic eruption burst forth from Xia Daoming.

The hands that were just holding the bundle struck out like lightning in an instant.

One hand was a snake-head fist, taking straight for Xu Zhiji's heart, and one snake-tongue saber stabbed straight at his throat.

Even though Xu Zhiji was an eighth-rank Great Wu Shi, his sensing of crisis was very keen.

In a situation where his mind was almost completely attracted by the Ice Purple Shouwu and the distance was so close, he was caught off guard all at once.

In his haste, Xu Zhiji threw away the Ice Purple Shouwu, his uninjured right hand barely blocking Xia Daoming's snake-tongue saber stabbing at his throat, but his injured left arm reacted more slowly and failed to block Xia Daoming's snake-head fist.

However, Xu Zhiji was an eighth-rank Great Wu Shi after all, and his reaction was still very fast. His upper body reflexively tilted and leaned back, dodging the vital point of his heart.

"Bang!"

Xu Zhiji dodged the vital point of his heart, but his chest still took a solid punch.

The terrifying dark energy like a mountain flood eruption penetrated his body.

Xu Zhiji flew backward, his chest caved in, and fresh blood uncontrollably gushed out of his mouth, splashing in dots, extremely bright red in the sunlight.

As Xu Zhiji fell backward, Xia Daoming followed like a shadow.

Both hands attacked in succession, sometimes palm saber, sometimes dragon claw, sometimes snake fist.

Xu Zhiji was also powerful. Even though he was seriously injured, he retreated while waving his hands repeatedly, managing to block Xia Daoming's attacks that were like a violent storm.

The two retreated and advanced, one desperately defending, one attacking with all his might.

In the blink of an eye, they didn't know how many punches and kicks they had exchanged.

The fierce fighting formed a strong wind that kicked up sand, dust, and fallen leaves from the ground.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The sound of punches and kicks hitting flesh rang out almost uninterruptedly, and dark energy penetrated each other's bodies, constantly colliding within.

Xu Zhiji had fresh blood constantly bubbling from his mouth, his heart sinking lower and lower with every battle, his eyes filled with horror.

A moment of negligence led to being seriously injured by Xia Daoming, but Xu Zhiji was not yet desperate.

He was an eighth-rank Great Wu Shi. A lean camel is definitely bigger than a horse. Even if there was no possibility of turning the situation around, there was always hope of escape.

But within a short time, the incredibly intense exchange made Xu Zhiji discover with terror that Xia Daoming was not only cunning and treacherous with deep worldly wisdom, but his strength was also terrifyingly powerful.

Clearly only having the cultivation of a sixth-rank Great Wu Shi, the strength that erupted was actually comparable to the level of the eighth-rank realm.

Even if he hadn't been injured, he would only have had a few chances of winning by relying on his eighth-rank realm and rich combat experience to end the battle quickly.

Otherwise, at his octogenarian age, if it dragged on, he would inevitably be the one defeated!

But now, he had taken a heavy blow to his chest at close range, his ribs were broken, his heart and lungs were injured, and every breath he took, his chest was in sharp pain, as if the next breath wouldn't be able to be drawn.

If he couldn't escape as soon as possible, continuing to fight would surely lead to death.

But Xia Daoming's attacks were like a violent storm, and it was impossible to give him a chance to turn and escape.

Turning to escape would only lead to death faster!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The sound of punches and kicks hitting each other rang out almost uninterruptedly.

Looking from afar, one could only see two figures crossing rapidly in the wind, sand, and flying leaves.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a figure fell backward and sat heavily on the ground.

It was Xu Zhiji.

He gasped for breath, trying to stand up, but fell back to the ground again.

His arms trembled uncontrollably.

"Damn it, old guy, I'll let you be arrogant! I'll let you use my master and disciple as cannon fodder! Come on, get up and fight me again!" Seeing Xu Zhiji sitting on the ground unable to get up, Xia Daoming wouldn't give him a chance to catch his breath, rushed up, and attacked his head with both hands.

After a few hits, the head of Xu Zhiji, who had been high and mighty and ordering people around all the way, was beaten into a pig's head by Xia Daoming, his old teeth scattered all over the ground.

"Bang!"

Xu Zhiji finally tilted his body, his head hitting a stone heavily.

Fresh blood stained the stone red.

"I didn't expect, I didn't expect! I, the old man, have been wise for a lifetime, only to fall into the hands of a young man like you!" Xu Zhiji struggled to open his swollen eyes, staring at Xia Daoming with unwillingness.

"So old guy, you can't be too arrogant as a person, you have to be forgiving when you can! Your Xu family is too arrogant and too brutal. You are like this, and that Xu Shixiong is also like this. One day, I will also slaughter him!" Xia Daoming sneered.

Having said that, he stepped forward and poked his toe into his heart.

Xu Zhiji's body twitched violently, his eyes widened and rolled back, and he stopped breathing instantly.

"Grand-Uncle!"

Not far away, Xu Shisen, who was being beaten back steadily by Liang Jingtang and whose clothes were stained with blood, caught a glimpse of Xu Zhiji's tragic death out of the corner of his eye and was so shocked that he almost lost his soul.

It turned out that although Xu Shisen was young, he had only just stepped into the sixth-rank realm, and he had only just opened the first few acupuncture points of the sixth meridian. His strength was not as good as Liang Jingtang's to begin with.

He had also been attracted by the Ice Purple Shouwu just now.

At the moment Xia Daoming suddenly took action, Liang Jingtang also suddenly took action against him.

Xu Shisen responded in haste and was injured instantly.

However, Liang Jingtang's distance from him was a bit far, and Xu Shisen's reaction was relatively timely, so the injury was not heavy.

But even so, under Liang Jingtang's all-out attack, Xu Shisen only had the power to parry and no power to fight back.

"Master, let me do it!"

Just as Xu Shisen was so frightened that his soul nearly flew away, Xia Daoming had already leaped forward, executing a Dragon Tail Sweep, his right leg lashing out like an iron whip to strike heavily against Xu Shisen's ribs.

"Crack!"

"Bang!"

The sound of ribs breaking and heavy objects hitting the ground rang out one after another.

"Pfft!"

Xu Shisen struggled to climb up from the ground, but a mouthful of fresh blood gushed out, and his whole person lay powerlessly on the ground again.

"Young Master Xu, aren't you very arrogant? Very haughty? Come on, continue!" Xia Daoming walked up and stepped on his head.

"Spare my life! Spare my life! I won't dare again. Everything will be given to you, no, no, when I go back, I will bring all the silver money from my family to honor Master Xia!" Xu Shisen was incoherent, terrified.

"Spare your life? You broke my Senior Brother Gu's martial arts path, humiliated my Senior Sister, and insulted me and my Master all the way, and now you actually want me to spare your life! Don't you find it ridiculous?" Xia Daoming said with a face full of mockery.

"I am still young, I don't want to die yet!" Xu Shisen cried.

"If you were a bit tougher, I would respect you as a man. As it turns out, you and Shi Yingdeng are both cowards. He was also begging me like this before he died!" Xia Daoming said with disdain.

"You killed Shi Yingdeng!" Xu Shisen's eyeballs widened.

"Hehe, is it very unexpected?" Xia Daoming gave a cold smile, then his foot suddenly lifted, and his toe poked fiercely at his temple.

Xu Shisen's head tilted, and he stopped breathing completely.

On the side, Liang Jingtang looked at the corpses of Xu Shisen and Xu Zhiji lying in front of him, his whole person stunned like a clay sculpture.

Before taking action, he had already made the worst preparations!

As it turned out, Xia Daoming's performance was even more powerful than he had imagined by a large margin.

He had actually beaten an eighth-rank Great Wu Shi to death!

It was not until Liang Jingtang saw Xia Daoming begin to skillfully loot the corpses that he suddenly woke up.

After waking up, two lines of old tears rolled down uncontrollably.

Taking a deep breath, Liang Jingtang stepped forward and picked up the bag containing the Ice Rabbit's heart and Ice Purple Shouwu.

Of course, there was also that bundle.

Liang Jingtang had just picked up the bundle that had been thrown away by Xu Zhiji on the ground when he heard Xia Daoming muttering to himself on the side.

"Tsk, at least an eighth-rank Great Wu Shi, yet so poor, not even half a silver note!"

"This..." Liang Jingtang was speechless for a while.

"Eh, it's this thing again!" Just as Liang Jingtang was speechless, Xia Daoming pulled out the stopper of a jade bottle, took a sniff, and showed a trace of surprise.

"What is it?" Liang Jingtang asked curiously.

"This... this is Longevity Jade Liquid!" Liang Jingtang shook all over, his eyes filled with excitement.

"What is the use of Longevity Jade Liquid?" Xia Daoming was slightly stunned and asked.

"Increase vitality, delay the decline of blood energy! This bottle of Longevity Jade Liquid is worth at least seventy thousand taels of silver, and it can't even be bought in Li Cheng." Liang Jingtang said.

"Just this one bottle is worth seventy thousand taels, sin, sin, it seems I misjudged Elder Xu!" Xia Daoming was shocked upon hearing this.

"Uh!" The second half of what Xia Daoming said made Liang Jingtang speechless again.

"Since it can increase vitality and delay the decline of blood energy, then it's just right to keep it for you, Master." Xia Daoming said.

"How can this be!" Liang Jingtang was startled upon hearing this.

This was Longevity Jade Liquid worth at least seventy thousand taels of silver. Even if Liang Jingtang was the Hall Master of the Hidden Dragon Martial Hall, he couldn't afford it even if he sold everything he had.

Moreover, this Longevity Jade Liquid was currently priceless in Li Cheng! ===== CHAPTER 46 =====

Moreover, this Longevity Jade Liquid currently had a market price but no supply in Li Cheng!