Chapter 241: Equivalent

Fighting until now, both sides no longer had the luxury of holding back any hidden trump cards.

The Jianwen Emperor had already utilized his secret technique, Li Miao and Ji Tianrui had already used their "Gu Sword" and "My Fist," and the Emperor had not hidden any moves from the very beginning, attempting to kill the three of them quickly, only he had not succeeded.

Those tropes of hiding one's trump cards until a desperate situation only appear in storybooks. If one has a trump card, it is naturally best to use it when one is at their strongest; waiting until the game is lost and there is no way to turn things around to use it, in most cases, only leads to throwing one's life away for nothing.

The means were exhausted, the words were spoken, and there was no more room for maneuver.

From this moment on, it was a true struggle of life and death.

Before recovering his state, the Jianwen Emperor dared not step forward to fight the Emperor, so Li Miao had been the main attacker, while he and Ji Tianrui provided support.

But after utilizing the secret technique, the strongest among the three was the Jianwen Emperor, so at this moment, the position of main attacker naturally fell to him.

The Emperor, the Jianwen Emperor.

The monarch of one hundred and forty-two years ago, and the current monarch, are desperately trying to put each other to death.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Sonic booms exploded; the air seemed to become solid, exploding into ripples in the void.

The two of them, one fist and one palm, collided head-on!

On one side was the most authentic "Ming Divine Martial Canon" created by the Founding Emperor!

The Dipper Handle spans the sky!

The sun and moon vie for brilliance!

Suiren drills wood!

Yin and Yang intertwine!

Every punch and every palm was a cultivation of both nature and life, a three-path integration that had vanished from the world today!

This fist was harder than pig iron! This true energy was enough to look down upon all Heaven-Man realm practitioners of the present day!

And yet, he was struggling to hold on!

The moves used by the Emperor were actually eight or nine parts similar to the Jianwen Emperor's, equally grand and imposing, yet with an added touch of gloom and tyranny.

It was precisely a self-created martial art derived from the "Ming Divine Martial Canon," belonging solely to the Emperor!

The sun and moon arch in brilliance!

The Milky Way shines anew!

The sun and moon vie for brilliance!

Yin and Yang clash!

This fist would only be harder than the Jianwen Emperor's! And this true energy was stronger than the Jianwen Emperor's!

"Ugh!"

The Jianwen Emperor let out a muffled groan and retreated several steps, attempting to recover his breath. But how could the Emperor give him a chance to catch his breath? He immediately pressed forward, killing toward the Jianwen Emperor!

Li Miao and Ji Tianrui attacked the Emperor's flanks.

One fist and one sword struck toward the Emperor's dantian and heart pulse.

The Emperor's gaze swept over the two, his eyes deep and dark.

Crack, crack.

With two crisp sounds, the Emperor's hands suddenly rose, locking onto the arms the two had attacked with.

The Jianwen Emperor's pupils shrank; he made no attempt to support them and immediately withdrew rapidly!

In an instant, he understood the Emperor's plan.

Li Miao and Ji Tianrui also understood, but they were unable to break free for a moment.

Ji Tianrui let go, her soft sword falling into the hand not controlled by the Emperor, instantly raising it to protect her front. Li Miao also crossed his arms, his hard-body cultivation technique operating at full power.

Boom!!!!

Dust and smoke rose suddenly!

True energy erupted; hundreds and thousands of sharp true energy blades shot out from the acupuncture points all over the Emperor's body!

Swish, swish, swish, swish—

In an instant, countless blood flowers exploded on Ji Tianrui and Li Miao's bodies.

With life and death at stake, the two locked eyes.

The two actually struck each other's chests with full force!

Bang, bang!

Rip—

Flesh and blood tore; the two used the force of each other's attack to directly snap the arms locked by the Emperor, turning and retreating!

Blood dripped incessantly from their severed arms.

The Emperor let out a long breath, adjusting his breathing to recover.

This technique could not be used casually; every time it was used, it would drain the true energy in his body, and each use would leave a trace of hidden injury on his meridians, making the speed of true energy recovery even slower.

The next time he used it, the time to recover true energy would increase to one breath. This short breath of time, in this struggle, was a flaw that absolutely could not be exposed. In other words, this means could no longer be used.

However, being able to trade for two of their arms was worth it!

The Emperor threw the severed arms on the ground and stepped down!

Bang!

They were directly crushed into two pools of meat paste.

He looked at Li Miao and Ji Tianrui, who were healing, and then at the Jianwen Emperor, whose face was ugly, and a smile of victory appeared on his face once again.

"Just now, I was careless and was actually shaken in my state of mind by your few words."

"That's right, when it comes to being brave and fierce, I am indeed not as good as you thieves. But, even if my state of mind is flawed, you cannot change reality."

"Even if you join forces, you can only hope that I reveal a flaw! Otherwise, you have no chance of winning at all!"

Li Miao's arm was slowly regenerating flesh and blood, but judging by the speed, it would likely take at least the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. Reattaching a severed arm and growing one from nothing were two different levels of difficulty.

As for Ji Tianrui, because of her unique constitution and proficiency in Gu arts, she had already grown back seven or eight tenths. But it would likely be difficult to be perfectly fluid for a while.

"He has realized it."

Li Miao didn't care, turning his head and smiling.

"Indeed."

Ji Tianrui also let out a light laugh.

That's right, even if the Emperor's state of mind was flawed, in terms of raw strength, he could suppress the three of them. Even if the Jianwen Emperor used his trump card to recover to his peak state, the chance of winning remained slim.

"Don't wait, if we don't use it now, it will be too late."

Li Miao said.

"Also true."

Ji Tianrui sighed lightly and raised her hand.

She violently stabbed into her own collarbone!

After fumbling for a moment, she suddenly pulled it out, clamping a bug.

She backhanded a flick, throwing the bug into the Jianwen Emperor's hand.

"Your Majesty, use this."

"This is?"

"Jiezi."

Ji Tianrui smiled.

"He has four-path integration, you have three-path integration; actually, you are only missing one 'Jiezi'. And Your Majesty also knows that my realm is all stored within the Gu bug."

"Since winning through hard fighting is slim, at this moment, there is no need to worry about guarding against Your Majesty."

"Just gift Your Majesty a Heaven-Man realm, so that this junior of yours knows what it truly means to be a four-path integration that has killed its way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood."

"What!?"

The Emperor's pupils shrank; before Ji Tianrui could finish speaking, he immediately flashed forward, punching toward the Jianwen Emperor!

His composure and his certainty of victory were all built on his realm, which exceeded the three people opposite him. This was an insurmountable chasm in strength, not something that could be crossed so simply.

But if the Jianwen Emperor truly suddenly cultivated "Jiezi," he would be in the exact same realm as him! At that time, his advantage would vanish!

Coupled with Li Miao and Ji Tianrui providing support from the side, the situation would instantly flip! At that time, it might be him struggling to survive!

He must not let the Jianwen Emperor use that Gu bug!

"Don't go, Your Majesty, weren't you very talkative just now? Let's chat a bit more!"

Li Miao flashed to meet him, punching toward the Emperor's face.

"Get lost!!!"

The Emperor let out a roar, repelling Li Miao. Ji Tianrui appeared behind him again, sword light splashing down like raindrops, and the Gu bug soared into the air, drilling toward his seven orifices.

"Get lost!!!"

The Emperor's gaze was nailed to the Jianwen Emperor, striking in anger, but he was unable to break free from Li Miao and Ji Tianrui's offensive for a moment.

"Jianwen-jun, do you trust this demoness this much!?"

"You even dare to use the things she gives you!?"

The Emperor roared.

The Jianwen Emperor held the Gu bug, his expression uncertain.

He truly did not trust Ji Tianrui, and he truly did not dare to put things she gave him into his own body.

But, as the Emperor's roar exploded in his ears, he suddenly smiled.

"Heh."

The Jianwen Emperor looked deeply at Ji Tianrui, thinking to himself.

"Even if you buried a trap in this thing, you wouldn't dare to trigger it before the false emperor dies, otherwise it would be seeking your own death. And once the false emperor dies, it will only take me the time it takes to drink a cup of tea to kill two two-path Heaven-Men."

"No matter how strange the art of witchcraft is, it is impossible to take the life of a four-path integration in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. Otherwise, this art of witchcraft would never be limited to the small Miao Frontier."

The Jianwen Emperor suddenly raised his hand, and in the Emperor's shocked and angry gaze, he put the Gu bug into his mouth and swallowed it.

"Once the false emperor dies, I will have no more rivals!"

"No matter how great your plans are, you two will never walk out of the Xiaoling Mausoleum alive!"

"The final winner will still be me!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 242 =====