Chapter 179: Plan

Jiang Tian self-destructed, Liu Sheng submitted, and of the Three Great Gangs leaders, only Long Guxing remained; yet Long Guxing was also the most formidable enemy, and dealing with him was destined to be extremely thorny.

On Meng Yifan's side, there was the Twin-Blade Zombie, the Bloodthirsty Ghost Rat Shuke, the Ghost General Zhang Butou, Liu Sheng, and himself, making for five Third Grade combatants.

But among these five, the strongest was only at the Third Grade Middle Stage, while Long Guxing was at the peak of the Third Grade High Stage; if they clashed head-on, they might be able to take down Long Guxing, but Meng Yifan's side would certainly suffer heavy losses, and it was even possible that a few Third Grade subordinates would fall.

Meng Yifan's forces were in a period of development and growth, and unless absolutely necessary, he did not want to lose his subordinates, so how to deal with Long Guxing required a meticulous plan, ideally one that could take down Long Guxing without any losses.

Meng Yifan pondered for a moment, a bright idea struck him, and he said to Liu Sheng: "Liu Sheng, in a moment we will put on a show; I will lead the Twin-Blade Zombie, Shuke, and Zhang Butou to continue besieging you. Let's make the commotion bigger and the fight more realistic; don't reveal any flaws."

"The Yin Spiritual Power of the illusion array is about to be exhausted. In a moment, follow my instructions and intentionally get injured, then spray a mouthful of fresh blood toward Long Guxing's direction; that will be able to lure Long Guxing over."

"Then you and Long Guxing will join forces to deal with us, and at the critical moment, you backstab Long Guxing. As long as you control the timing well, there is hope of killing Long Guxing in one strike."

Meng Yifan laid out his plan, and Liu Sheng's eyes lit up, feeling that this plan had a very high feasibility.

Long Guxing's attention was certainly focused on Meng Yifan and the others, and he would not be on guard against the Liu Sheng by his side at all; when the time came for a surprise attack, he might be able to take down Long Guxing in one fell swoop.

Liu Sheng looked at Meng Yifan with admiration and exclaimed: "Master, brilliant! This plan of yours is truly ingenious to the peak. Master, you are truly too smart; my admiration for you is like the surging river water, continuous and unending, like a great river overflowing, impossible to stop."

Hearing such shameless words, Meng Yifan couldn't help but feel goosebumps rise, and he laughingly scolded: "Alright, stop the flattery. Everyone, get moving; we must perform this play well."

To make the effect realistic, Meng Yifan ordered the Twin-Blade Zombie and Liu Sheng to fight with real blades and guns.

Both of them were Second Grade Middle Stage combatants; Liu Sheng knew the Condensing Qi into Steel Secret Technique, and the Twin-Blade Zombie's blade technique was sharp. The two exerted their full strength, trading blows back and forth, and the commotion was immense.

Liu Sheng used a pair of Eight-Slashing Blades; the blades were only 80 centimeters long, with narrow blades and fine, sharp tips, favorable for piercing and armor-breaking, with diamond-shaped guards featuring lateral barbs, favorable for blocking the enemy's weapons.

The saying goes that one inch longer is one inch stronger, and one inch shorter is one inch more dangerous; the Twin-Blade Zombie used curved blades 1.3 meters long, fighting with wide, sweeping motions and crisscrossing blade Qi, while Liu Sheng's Eight-Slashing Blades were a whole lot shorter, making him look at a disadvantage.

However, Liu Sheng's footwork was agile, circling around the Twin-Blade Zombie. When the Eight-Slashing Blades in his hands danced, they were like butterflies fluttering; his moves were fast, accurate, and ruthless, with quick rotations and small ranges of motion, focusing mainly on stabbing, marking, pecking, and picking. Flexible and varied, he could always strike after the enemy and block the Twin-Blade Zombie's curved blades, while also launching fierce counterattacks.

The Twin-Blade Zombie was no slouch either; he had been a martial arts fanatic in his previous life, deeply loving blade techniques, and even after becoming a zombie, his love for blade techniques remained carved into his bones.

Seeing Liu Sheng display such exquisite and peerless blade techniques, the Twin-Blade Zombie was overjoyed, just like a chess player meeting a worthy opponent or a general meeting a talented subordinate; the Twin-Blade Zombie became more excited the more he fought.

The Twin-Blade Zombie's two curved blades simultaneously executed two different blade techniques—one fast, one slow; one hard, one soft; one blade attacking, one blade defending. The two techniques coordinated seamlessly, and the two fought to a draw.

When the curved blades and the Eight-Slashing Blades collided, bursts of loud sounds erupted, and energy ripples shot out in all directions, causing the surrounding air to vibrate.

Zhang Butou watched and clicked his tongue in wonder. Meng Yifan looked at the Array Disk in his hand, then checked Long Guxing's position, and feeling it was about time, he gave Liu Sheng a wink.

Liu Sheng nodded, understanding the intent, and exposed a flaw. The Bloodthirsty Ghost Rat Shuke rushed over, aimed its left claw at Liu Sheng's chest, and swung; its sharp nails extended, looking like four sharp barbs, reflecting a cold luster.

"Damn it!" Liu Sheng really wanted to curse; Shuke's intelligence wasn't up to par. They had agreed it was a play, but your claws are coming with such fierce momentum—are you trying to disembowel me?

Thinking of Meng Yifan's instruction to perform with a realistic effect, Liu Sheng did not dodge, but instead used his Steel Qi to protect his body, taking Shuke's claw strike head-on.

"Pfft!" Liu Sheng used his Steel Qi to block Shuke's claw, but his chest was still torn open, and his chest suffered a massive shock, causing him to involuntarily spit out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Liu Sheng sprayed that mouthful of blood out in the direction Meng Yifan had pointed out.

On the other side, Long Guxing was still frantically smashing the tree-men. Ever since Jiang Tian self-destructed, not long after, Long Guxing felt the illusion array vibrating continuously again. With a slight thought, he knew it must be Meng Yifan besieging Liu Sheng.

"That brat Meng Yifan wants to deal with the weak before the strong, taking out Jiang Tian and Liu Sheng first, then coming to besiege me."

Thinking of this, Long Guxing felt very anxious. This damned illusion array had separated the three of them, the gang leaders, which gave Meng Yifan the opportunity to defeat them one by one.

"Break! Break for me!" Long Guxing's body was like a swimming dragon, constantly moving, and the Eight-Sided Red Copper Hammer in his hands flew up and down, smashing the tree-men blocking his path one by one.

As more and more tree-men were smashed, Long Guxing clearly felt that this illusion array was becoming increasingly unstable.

The tree-men formed at the beginning were vivid and lifelike, as if they truly existed, but the ones appearing later had become wispy and unstable, as if a gust of wind could blow them away.

From this, Long Guxing judged that Meng Yifan's Yin Spiritual Power must be unable to hold on and was about to be exhausted.

"Faster, faster, I must rendezvous with Liu Sheng as soon as possible, otherwise I will have to face Meng Yifan alone." Long Guxing was burning with anxiety, and his attacks became even more violent.

Meng Yifan was not old, and he hadn't risen for long, but his battle record made Long Guxing dare not underestimate him.

Killing Lv Dazhi and Zhang Butou, wiping out the Divine Machine Battalion Thousand-man Unit, and executing the Wanxiang Tower Master Zuo Moyan—among these opponents, Long Guxing hadn't thought much of Lv Dazhi and Zhang Butou, but the Divine Machine Battalion and Zuo Moyan were not weak, and even Long Guxing wouldn't dare to provoke them easily. Yet these formidable opponents had all been taken down by Meng Yifan; how could this not make Long Guxing tremble with fear?

If it weren't for Meng Yifan pressing step by step, stepping on the Three Great Gangs to buy people's hearts, Long Guxing really wouldn't want to go against Meng Yifan.

But Meng Yifan had a strong desire for control; if he wanted to completely control Luolong County, then there was nothing more to say.

One mountain cannot hold two tigers; they had to fight a battle to decide who was superior and see who called the shots in Luolong County.

"Huh!" Long Guxing suddenly froze. He felt the space to his front-left fluctuate; in the previously empty void, a few specks of scarlet blood appeared, as if a white sheet of paper had suddenly been corroded by blood, looking very glaring.

"Sizzle... sizzle..." Those bloodstains seemed to be corroding the void, causing holes to appear in it.

Through those holes, Long Guxing saw Liu Sheng being besieged by the Twin-Blade Zombie, the Bloodthirsty Ghost Rat, and Zhang Butou.

"Break for me!" Long Guxing was shocked, swung his Red Copper Hammer, and smashed it fiercely toward that unstable void.

"Crack!" As if smashing a mirror, the corroded void was directly smashed open. Long Guxing rushed out, swung his Eight-Sided Red Copper Hammer in a sweep, beat back the Twin-Blade Zombie, and rescued Liu Sheng.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!" Zhang Butou's two large-headed needles shot out violently, flying straight toward Long Guxing's crotch.

"Despicable and shameless!" Long Guxing cursed loudly, and the Red Copper Hammer in his right hand blocked his crotch, intercepting those two damned large-headed needles.

Zhang Butou drove the large-headed needles, wanting to turn them to attack Long Guxing's eyes, but Long Guxing didn't give him the chance; he had already sensed a strand of Yin Qi attached to the needles.

Long Guxing stirred up the Blood Qi Power within his body, and the Yang Fire around his body instantly burned fiercely, like a large furnace.

The strand of Yin Qi on the large-headed needles was directly burned into nothingness by the Yang Fire, and these two needles, unable to turn flexibly, were directly smashed and bent by Long Guxing's hammer.

Shuke wanted to bite Long Guxing's thigh, but Long Guxing had long been guarding against it.

Long Guxing's thigh was densely covered in Steel Qi, as hard as steel and iron; his right leg expanded by a large circle, like a large pillar, with knotted muscles like pythons coiled around his thigh.

He kicked out with one leg, the air exploding with the sound of a mountain collapsing; it was unstoppable and directly kicked Shuke flying.