Chapter 131: Black-Bellied vs. Sinister

"Bang!"

Neither Divine Calculator nor Bu Jingyun rushed to unleash their ultimate moves; both used a bit of True Energy and exchanged a tentative palm strike.

As expected of the Uncrying Death God, he truly lived up to his reputation.

After one exchange, Divine Calculator had a certain understanding of Bu Jingyun's strength.

Little did he know, there were few in the world who dared to go head-to-head with Bu Jingyun.

This was simply because the fierce and overbearing Bu Jingyun, combined with the equally fierce Kirin Arm, resulted in a boost that was far more than just one plus one.

Seeing this, Divine Calculator assembled the several short segments of the staff in his hands, and the Eight Trigrams Staff, which once made martial artists tremble with fear, reappeared in the martial arts world.

Seeing Divine Calculator bring out his weapon, Bu Jingyun, knowing his opponent was formidable, did not act conceited and drew the Peerless Sword he had stuck into the ground.

The two collided directly with their weapons, and sparks flew everywhere.

Divine Calculator's Eight Trigrams Staff must have also come from the hands of a master; it showed no signs of damage after colliding with the Peerless Sword for so long. If it had been any other ordinary weapon, it would likely have been broken into several pieces long ago.

The blood in Bu Jingyun, who had not fought in such a head-on manner for a long time, began to boil.

He attacked Divine Calculator again with the sword in his right hand, but Divine Calculator knew that continuing to clash head-on with the Peerless Sword was certainly not the way to go.

With a flick of his hand, the Bagua Staff turned back into the three-section short staff from before.

He held the staff with both hands, wanting to use the agility of the three-section staff to restrain the Peerless Sword.

But Bu Jingyun did not reach his current status by relying solely on brute force.

Seeing Divine Calculator holding the staff with both hands, he had already secretly stored enough True Energy in his left Kirin Arm.

Once Divine Calculator's three-section staff became entangled with the Peerless Sword, Bu Jingyun knew his chance had come.

He unleashed a long-accumulated Cloud-Raking Palm, striking Shensuan directly in the chest.

"Pfft!"

Shensuan, who was still controlling the three-section staff and trying to disarm Bu Jingyun's Peerless Sword, was struck, vomited blood, and fell to the ground.

This was only because it was Shensuan; if it had been anyone else who took such a heavy blow from Bu Jingyun, they would have already departed for the afterlife.

"Wow, Yun did well.

He's made progress; he knows not to just fight recklessly anymore."

Duan Fengyun cheered loudly at this palm strike from Bu Jingyun. He had not expected that Bu Jingyun, who used to only know how to charge in head-first, had actually become enlightened and learned how to launch a sneak attack.

Shensuan had miscalculated today; he had not expected Bu Jingyun to have such a trick up his sleeve. He was defeated.

He stood up from the ground and said:

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"Bu Jingyun, I have lost.

You are indeed both brave and resourceful; this old man is convinced."

Shensuan walked off the stage, while Bu Jingyun, like a boxer who had just defeated a great enemy, was welcomed back by Duan Fengyun and the others.

Upon seeing Shensuan come down, Shenguan cursed him for being despicable before walking onto the martial arts arena.

And the opponent he had to face, the most despicable and unscrupulous one among them, Duan Fengyun, also stepped onto the arena.

Both men, possessing excellent footwork, exchanged a few kicks without a word. After showing off their footwork, they stood in a standoff once again.

Duan Fengyun provoked him, saying:

"Shenguan, Shenguan, with such outstanding footwork, you must be Di Shitian's most distinguished lapdog."

Shenguan, who could never stand provocation, and given that Duan Fengyun's words struck right at his sore spot, was enraged.

But this also achieved Duan Fengyun's goal: the best military strategy is to attack the enemy's plans, and the next best is to attack their heart.

Duan Fengyun, who claimed to be well-versed in Sun Tzu's Art of War and the Thirty-Six Stratagems, had always believed that psychologically provoking the enemy to make them lose their composure was the way to defeat them.

Seeing the furious Shenguan on the arena, Shensuan shook his head, knowing that Shenguan had lost.

But Duan Fengyun did not want to end the fight so quickly; he wanted to have some fun with Shenguan.

However, his main goal was to seize the opportunity to kill Shenguan in one blow and dismantle Di Shitian's forces.

Shenguan charged at Duan Fengyun like a madman with his sword. Watching the now irrational Shenguan, Duan Fengyun dodged the attack with a clever turn.

Shenguan attacked Duan Fengyun frantically, while Duan Fengyun kept dodging back and forth, wearing down Shenguan's internal energy.

"Huff, huff, huff!"

Shenguan, after his wild attacks, finally ran out of steam and began to pant heavily.

Duan Fengyun aimed for a kill-shot opportunity, used a flash step to arrive in front of Shenguan, and prepared to take him out with one sword strike.

But the panting Shenguan looked at Duan Fengyun with a sinister smile, and Duan Fengyun immediately realized he had fallen into a trap.

Before he could react, Shenguan slashed his sword onto his arm.

Fortunately, he was lucky enough that Shenguan had slashed his right arm; with the Kirin Arm there, Shenguan's attack naturally had no effect at all.

Shenguan shook his head as he looked at his failed plan:

"I miscalculated. I didn't expect your right arm to have such strong resistance."

Shenguan had followed Di Shitian for so long; among Di Shitian's subordinates, Shenguan was not the strongest, but he was certainly the most sinister.

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How could Duan Fengyun's provocation possibly affect the state of mind of this old schemer? He had only wanted to use the opportunity to ambush Duan Fengyun.

Duan Fengyun was not having an easy time either; he had played with hawks for so long, only to be almost blinded by a hawk today.

He, being devious himself, had encountered the equally devious Shensuan today; let's see who could out-scheme whom.

Fortunately, he was lucky that the strike hit the Kirin Arm, otherwise he would have been crippled here today.

Being his usual devil-may-care self, he finally began to observe his opponent carefully.

He discovered that Shenguan's frantic attacks just now, as well as his final stored-up strike, should have exhausted quite a bit of Shenguan's strength.

The Divine Official of today is like a paper tiger, possessing only an empty exterior.

But this time he was very cautious, gathering power in his right palm to unleash the Cloud-Dispelling Palm, just as fierce and powerful as the one Bu Jingyun had used just moments ago.

Facing the fierce and overbearing Cloud-Dispelling Palm, the Divine Official used up his remaining strength to block it.

Sure enough, the Divine Official's struggling performance confirmed Duan Fengyun's guess.

Although the Divine Official wanted to play a trick on Duan Fengyun, he also paid a corresponding price; now he was nothing but an empty shell.

With a lewd grin, Duan Fengyun drew the Yellow Emperor Sword; while he appeared to be all smiles on the surface, his heart was already seething with killing intent.

This guy almost made me become the one-armed Yang Guo.

Today, I must let this guy experience what it feels like to be a one-armed man.

Duan Fengyun held the sword in one hand and thrust it straight toward the Divine Official's face.

Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, and Jian Chen were stunned after seeing Duan Fengyun's sword-wielding style and technique.

Because what Duan Fengyun was using was exactly the move from the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin; when did Duan Fengyun learn the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin!

That's right, what Duan Fengyun was using was indeed the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin that he had long ago learned by peeking, but he had never used it before.

While Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun were training, Duan Fengyun had watched from the side, and with his extraordinary talent, he had comprehended the sword technique of the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin just by observing.

In order to hide his true ability, he did not use his full strength, so he chose to use the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin instead of the War Sword Art.

"Ah!"

The Yellow Emperor Sword, which had been thrusting straight at the Divine Official's face, suddenly shifted its blade and directly severed the Divine Official's right arm.

The Divine Official clutched his arm tightly; he knew that Di Shitian was hiding in the shadows, and as long as he survived, Di Shitian would surely have a way to help him reattach his arm.

However, would Duan Fengyun, whose heart was set on killing, let him go?

(End of this chapter)