Chapter 98: Ruthless and Unpredictable

A Ku had trained in martial arts for less than five years; aside from sparring and horsing around with the clan's children, she had never truly exchanged blows with anyone.

Just now, when Yu Black Tiger drew his dagger, A Ku was slightly flustered, and in that moment she instinctively resorted to her greatest forte — wrestling.

She had mastered every wrestling technique in Yan Qing Fist to perfection; Wu Chengyu, seeing her fondness for it, also handed over to her the relevant martial arts from the Murong Family's collection — such as Sticky Clothes Eighteen Falls — as well as the eel skill he himself had obtained from the Bamboo Slips, letting A Ku figure them out on her own.

Therefore, A Ku's truly most formidable skill right now is wrestling; whether direct-line, collateral-branch, or outside-surname children of the Wu Family, which one hasn't been thrown by her? The younger ones all have to call her Eldest Sister when they see her; even Wu Chengyu cannot throw her if he doesn't use other martial arts.

Yu Black Tiger had completely lost consciousness at this moment, only twitching instinctively on the ground.

Shi Tong was thoroughly broken; he had wanted to stir up trouble and disgustingly suppress the Wu Family, but the result was the Wu Family using his subordinate to slap his face.

He cursed "trash" with his mouth while simultaneously making several meaningful glances left and right.

This time he had brought four bodyguards in total; besides the playing-dead Yu Black Tiger, the two men on his left and right immediately understood and rushed into the arena — one holding two short knives, the other wearing brass knuckles on both hands — and without a word of nonsense lunged straight at A Ku.

With the experience from just now, A Ku this time faced blades and finally no longer panicked.

The fellow waving twin knives showed no mercy; every slash aimed at A Ku's vital points, while the one with brass knuckles specialized in waiting for A Ku to dodge the twin knives and shift position, then launching a sneak attack on her.

They had agreed beforehand it was a friendly exchange, but now the other side shamelessly sent armed men to surround and attack; at this moment the Wu Family absolutely could not just stand by and watch.

The others shouted abuse one after another, but before they could act, Wu Chengyu moved first.

He went straight for the fellow wielding twin knives; this time he did not display his phantom-like lightness skill, merely taking a few quick steps to intercept in front of A Ku.

Then he gently extended both hands, with no visible exertion of force, just lightly patting the other's twin knives.

The twin-knife wielder instantly turned pale with shock; the twin knives he was chopping out suddenly changed direction without any warning, slashing toward the brass-knuckle fellow beside him — no matter how hard he tried, he could not pull them back.

The brass-knuckle man's fists were about to smash into A Ku when, caught off guard, the twin knives slashed over; he hurriedly dodged in panic but was still gashed with two bloody cuts by those twin knives.

"What are you doing?"

"Don't know, this kid's hands are haunted — my knives suddenly wouldn't obey."

The two locked eyes, no longer targeting A Ku, and simultaneously attacked Wu Chengyu.

But in the ensuing several moves, either the two short knives hacked at each other, or the two men's weapons kept striking their own side; after a few exchanges, Wu Chengyu was fine as if nothing had happened, while the two of them suffered successive injuries.

The two retreated a few steps panting heavily, daring not to continue attacking, their eyes full of horror; at their level of martial arts they fundamentally could not understand what had just happened, and only thought Wu Chengyu had used some trick, or simply that they had seen a ghost.

However, Wu Chengyu would not stop; he stepped forward just one step, yet suddenly appeared between the two men, each hand grabbing a shoulder, then with a light shake, a force traveled down from the shoulders — accompanied by consecutive cracking sounds — and each man had one arm's joint effortlessly dislocated.

Wu Chengyu had a particular fondness for the Jie Gu Qin Na Shou; over the years he had refined it to perfection, and when he used it there wasn't a trace of flashiness — but once he seized an opponent's joint, he could divide muscles and displace bones in an offhand manner.

With their arms controlled, the two men were in such pain cold sweat drenched them; they could no longer attack, wanted to retreat but couldn't pull away, and could only watch helplessly as Wu Chengyu's hands reached for their throats.

"Stop." Two voices in the arena called a halt at the same time.

One was Wu Zhengliang; he didn't want Wu Chengyu to casually kill these two on the spot — the family had its own plans, and he didn't want to tear faces with Shi Tong right now; even if killing was necessary, it couldn't be done at Wu Family Slope.

The other was Shi Tong's last bodyguard, not tall but extremely lean and sharp, eyes cold and stern, who had stayed silently behind Shi Tong the whole time; Shi Tong had been so arrogant just now, yet he did not echo him, merely standing quietly to the side.

The moment he spoke, Shi Tong, who had been jumping with rage, instead calmed down.

This man stepped out from behind Shi Tong, bowed with hands clasped, and asked Wu Chengyu: "I am Chasing Wind Sword Cheng Wujie; I beg you to show mercy. May I ask if you are Ruthless and Unpredictable Young Hero Wu?"

After Wu Zhengliang spoke, Wu Chengyu drifted back a few steps and did not continue attacking; the two men at this point no longer dared stay in the arena and immediately staggered away with their shoulders shaking.

Just now, when Wu Chengyu grabbed for their throats, they were truly scared out of their wits; their bodies controlled by that force, they surprisingly had not the slightest power to dodge.

Chasing Wind Sword Cheng Wujie? Wu Chengyu hadn't heard much of this title, but never expected the other party to actually recognize him.

But the most crucial thing was that Cheng Wujie had actually called out that unlucky nickname of his.

That day at Wuxi Xiaoling Mountain, the fellow called Lasa Wuchang was turned into a human scorpion by him in public; afterward Wu Chengyu had nightmares for a long time.

At the time, Miaoshou Shusheng among the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan evaluated that Wu Chengyu was the true Lasa Wuchang; who knew a casual remark would become prophecy — there were quite a few martial world figures present at the scene.

That night Wu Chengyu's performance was outstanding, especially his methods of killing being excessively ruthless, leaving a deep impression on everyone; so not long after the Black Wind Twin Demons died, Wu Chengyu's nickname quickly spread throughout the Jiangnan martial world.

By rights, those who wander the rivers and lakes all have sobriquets, but the nickname Wu Chengyu wanted was not this kind — one listen and it has the same tone as Iron Palm Invincible, putting him on the same tier as those low-level martial artists who run the rivers and lakes selling their skills.

But it seems denying it won't work either; after all, his current title is very resounding, many have never seen him, yet they know this fellow is truly cruel to the extreme.

Wu Chengyu didn't speak for a moment, and Cheng Wujie took it as tacit admission.

"Back then at Xiaoling Mountain, Cheng had the fortune to join Young Hero Wu in the encirclement and suppression of the Black Wind Twin Demons — this is the fortune of Cheng's lifetime.

Three years unseen, Young Hero Wu is no longer a youth in appearance; just now I failed to recognize you for a moment, but Young Hero Wu's Dividing Muscles and Displacing Bones grabbing hand is a peerless marvel in the martial world — just now, many thanks for Young Hero Wu showing mercy."

It was easy for Cheng Wujie to recognize Wu Chengyu; that day Wu Chengyu was far too eye-catching, but Wu Chengyu at the time had no inclination to look at those rivers-and-lakes people who came with Lu Chengfeng.

However, with Cheng Wujie's mention, he did have a slight impression: after Wu Chengyu used the Canhe Finger to kill Chen Xuanfeng, the one who actively stepped forward to seize the Nine Yin Manual seemed to include him.

At that time Cheng Wujie and several others attacked together, but were intercepted by Qu Lingfeng; he was among the few who did not suffer a loss at Qu Lingfeng's hands — his sword art was extremely fast, truly worthy of the Chasing Wind Sword title — only it's unknown when Cheng Wujie defected to the Shi Family.

"So it's Brother Cheng; I wonder how today's matter should be settled?"

"My master was merely joking with everyone; fortunately the Wu Family suffered no injuries — why not let it rest at that?"

Wu Chengyu's eyes looked toward his own Fourth Uncle; Wu Zhengliang gave a slight nod.

"Since that's the case, please have Brother Cheng take them and leave; our paths will cross again in the future — safe travels, see you out."

(Chapter End)