Chapter 83: Ruthless Hands

The Lasa Wuchang in the arena had several consecutive saber strikes intercepted by Qu Lingfeng; knowing he was no match for Qu Lingfeng, he secretly regretted not holding back and making himself the target, his eyes flickering as he continued to unleash saber strikes that seemed fierce but with his feet slowly retreating, instead letting others block in front of him.

At this moment Lu Chengfeng was less than one zhang away from him; Lu Chengfeng's martial arts were beneath Qu Lingfeng's, and his moves were far less ruthless — he had no staff in hand, merely borrowing force to contend with his opponent, looking more like a soft persimmon.

Lasa Wuchang feigned surrounding and attacking Qu Lingfeng; a saber chop went up and was shaken back by Qu Lingfeng's inner force, and simultaneously borrowing that force he retreated toward Lu Chengfeng, then with a twist of his body gripping the saber with both hands he fiercely slanted a chop at Lu Chengfeng's still-airborne figure, hating that he could not instantly cleave Lu Chengfeng in two at the waist.

Lu Chengfeng was locked in combat with his opponent, had just borrowed force once to maintain his posture, how could he anticipate someone suddenly intervening with a sneak attack; at this moment in mid-air he could not turn in time, only barely managing to strike out a palm at the ghost-head saber, but it was too late — this saber would not take his life, yet injury was inevitable.

At this time Wu Chengyu, who had been silently observing the battle, suddenly moved; he executed the Cat Step, inserting himself into the battle with the posture of Eight Steps Catching the Cicada, his figure flashing to stand before Lu Chengfeng, his left hand extending and lightly lifting, striking precisely against Lu Chengfeng's thigh.

Lu Chengfeng immediately understood, borrowing the force to halt his descending posture and leaping up once more.

Wu Chengyu's other hand grabbed the back of the ghost-head saber, inner force pouring in, directly extending to the Lasa Wuchang's two saber-holding hands.

This inner force carried vibration of its own; in an instant it traveled along both hands into the meridians, and Lasa Wuchang immediately felt his hands go numb and lose sensation, no longer able to wield the saber; the ghost-head saber slipped from his grasp, and driven by this inner force it reversed, chopping toward Lasa Wuchang's neck, even more ruthless than before.

This is another application of the Great Shift of the Universe, specifically for dealing with those wielding weapons.

Lasa Wuchang, greatly shocked, hastily retreated, barely dodging his own saber, but Wu Chengyu followed like a shadow clinging to form.

Lasa Wuchang hurriedly threw a punch, a move Black Tiger Digs Out the Heart with heavy momentum and force; Wu Chengyu's stature was short, and his heavy fist smashed fiercely toward Wu Chengyu's face.

Wu Chengyu's figure once again blurred into two; one allowed the opponent's heavy fist to strike and then vanished, while the true body arrived at the opponent's right side, both hands forming claws gripping the opponent's right arm, executing the Jie Gu Qin Na Shou — only a series of crisp cracks were heard.

As Wu Chengyu's hands moved from bottom to top, Lasa Wuchang's right arm wrist, elbow, and shoulder were instantly dislocated one after another by Wu Chengyu.

Then his figure changed again, in the blink of an eye arriving at Lasa Wuchang's left side and repeating the process; the joints of his left arm were also instantly all twisted apart.

Lasa Wuchang's both arms hung limp; the speed was so fast he simply had no time to react; at this moment he finally knew fear, stifling his greed and just wanting to open his mouth to beg for mercy.

But at this moment Wu Chengyu was intent on killing him, how could he possibly hold back; Wu Chengyu swiftly flashed behind him, unleashing the killing move of the Jie Gu Qin Na Shou.

Only seen was he reaching to clasp the opponent's coccyx, five fingers exerting force to plunge into the spine, then exerting force from bottom to top; Lasa Wuchang's back emitted a continuous series of twenty-odd crisp cracks like a string of firecrackers, his vertebrae actually displaced one by one by Wu Chengyu.

At this moment Wu Chengyu's hand had already seized Lasa Wuchang's rear neck; he steadied his posture and with a single hand lifted, Lasa Wuchang like a tattered rag was held swaying in mid-air, his whole body unable to move as if suffering high-level paraplegia, the words of pleading for mercy unable to be uttered at all.

Then Wu Chengyu exerted force again, inner force circulating and rapidly trembling, combined with a fierce lift of five fingers; Lasa Wuchang's skull along with the entire spine was forcibly pulled out from his body by him, the so-called Lasa Wuchang instantly dying on the spot.

The people Lu Chengfeng recruited were all Jianghu figures from the Jiangnan region; now it appears they are indeed a motley crew, most of their martial arts not even matching the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan.

Although these people are blinded by greed, they remain a sheet of loose sand, each with their own ideas; in the short term they have not yet thought to join forces, so for the time being they are suppressed by the two, Qu and Lu.

But given time, these people will inevitably want to collude; Qu and Lu are after all disabled, and when the time comes a swarm attack will inevitably be hard to parry.

So before they join forces, the best method is to take down the ringleaders, kill the chicken to warn the monkeys and frighten them.

Most of these people originally came for revenge, not counting as great villains; Wu Chengyu also could not rashly take lives; now with the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan backing him, and this villain called Wuchang serving as the chicken, if Wu Chengyu did not act now, when would he wait.

But when Wu Chengyu finished off Lasa Wuchang with several consecutive moves, everyone present was naturally shocked by his ruthless methods; the restless people all stood frozen in place, not daring to move, and those fighting Qu and Lu also retreated repeatedly in fright.

Even Qu Lingfeng and Lu Chengfeng at this moment were staring with mouths agape; Jianghu people fighting to the death, chopping off hands and heads is common, but using bare hands to forcibly pull someone's head out together with the spine — such a ruthless move even the two of them dared not imagine.

Beside them, Miaoshou Shusheng Zhu Cong murmured to himself at this scene: "This youth is the true Lasa Wuchang."

Little did they know that at this moment Wu Chengyu was also filled with regret; he forcefully endured the nausea and did not throw the human scorpion in his hand away, simultaneously cursing inwardly in suffering.

Wu Chengyu's original intention was merely to first strike ruthlessly and kill one evildoer, then intimidate those present with ulterior motives.

The move just now was not called the human scorpion, but rather the most ruthless move of the Jie Gu Qin Na Shou, called Inverted Grasp of the Green Dragon; although he had practiced it many times, this was the first time he truly unleashed it on a person's body — he never expected this move to be so bloody, nearly scaring even himself into vomiting.

It was still the disadvantage of having no combat experience, striking without knowing the proper measure; Wu Chengyu forcefully suppressed his state of mind, the matter before him was already done, he had to brace himself and carry on — if he turned his head and vomited now, the kill-the-chicken-warn-the-monkeys atmosphere just painstakingly built would instantly collapse.

He circulated the Turtle-Grandson Method for several breaths, barely able to speak: "Who else wants to forcibly seize the Nine Yin Manual? This person is your fate."

Wu Chengyu's strategy was correct; now those people all had pale faces, looking at each other in dismay, no one daring to act rashly again.

At this moment those Yue Family Army Descendants led by Lu Zhiyi timely stood behind Wu Chengyu; Lu Zhiyi held twin spears with a stern expression, Niu Wanrou's Wan Yue Shuang Tie Bian rested on her shoulder glaring angrily, and some others had bows drawn and arrows nocked, all becoming Wu Chengyu's backing.

The Seven Freaks of Jiangnan's eldest, Ke Zhen'e, might be quite satisfied with Wu Chengyu's ruthless elimination of Lasa Wuchang; this man has always been rigid in principle, and has no great interest in the Nine Yin Manual; at this moment he stepped forward several paces, using his piercing voice to say:

"Today everyone came to eliminate the two evildoers of the Black Wind Twin Demons; now the great enmity is avenged, the heart's wish fulfilled.

This Nine Yin Manual, even if it is some world-shaking divine skill, belongs to the Peach Blossom Island; harboring greedy thoughts, seizing by trickery or force, is not something we Jiangnan heroes should do.

I, Ke Zhen'e, although not counting as a great hero, also disdain to do such acts contrary to chivalry.

In my opinion, everyone should just disperse; whoever stirs up trouble again, don't blame us Seven Freaks of Jiangnan for taking action."

(Chapter End)