Chapter 174: The Tragic Tie Kuangtu of Chapter 166

Huaimie sneered:

"Duan Fengyun, your words are baseless; who knows if what you say is true or false.

My Uncle Tie Zhi has been living in seclusion for many years; how could you have coincidentally run into him?

Are you trying to set your sights on the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor?"

Seeing that Duan Fengyun had already explained everything and yet Huaimie was still being aggressive, Bu Jingyun said with some annoyance:

"Huaimie, if we truly wanted the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor, would we still need to waste words with you?

Do not think that just because you have now defected to Di Shitian and have a backer, we would be afraid of you.

If you want to pick a fight, I, Bu Jingyun, will accompany you to the end."

Bu Jingyun, with his explosive temper, was also someone who could not hold back his anger, and he spoke his thoughts directly.

"Fine, Bu Jingyun.

Since you want to protect Tie Kuangtu today, and we want to kill Tie Kuangtu, then let us settle this with our own hands."

Huaimie brandished the Greedy Wolf and Heaven Blade dual blades in his hands as he spoke.

Seeing this, Bu Jingyun did not lag behind and drew the Peerless Sword from his back.

"Big Brother, put down your weapon first; I believe what Duan Fengyun said.

Back then, they were even willing to give us the Peerless Sword; why would they have designs on a suit of Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor?

The current Tie Kuangtu is already at the end of his rope; let us let him go see Uncle Tie Zhi.

I believe Uncle Tie Zhi will give him a proper lesson."

Huaikong stepped forward to dissuade Huaimie.

Huaimie turned his eyes to stare at Shenmu and asked:

"Shenmu, what are your thoughts?"

Shenmu replied:

"I agree with Huaikong's point of view.

However, the business I have on this trip is not yet finished; Tie Kuangtu cannot be taken away by them.

Huaikong, go and remove the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor from Tie Kuangtu for him.

I am under orders from Di Shitian; this time, I must bring the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor back to the Heaven Gate."

Upon hearing this, Duan Fengyun knew that this was Di Shitian wanting to extract the Heaven Sin components from the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor to then recast Heaven Sin.

As it concerned the Seven Weapons Slay Dragon plan, Di Shitian could not afford to be careless, and Duan Fengyun naturally would not stop him.

He cleared the path for Huaikong, signaling for Huaikong to go and remove the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor.

Huaikong passed by Duan Fengyun and the others, arriving in front of Tie Kuangtu.

Duan Fengyun trusted Huaikong's character; since he said he would leave Tie Kuangtu to be dealt with by him, he would not touch Tie Kuangtu in the slightest.

Indeed, Huaikong did not break his word; he only said to Tie Kuangtu:

"Tie Kuangtu, although I cannot personally avenge my master, falling into the hands of Uncle Tie Zhi, you surely will not have it easy."

"Huaikong, kill me; I don't want to see Tie Zhi, I don't want to see him.

Ah."

Tie Kuangtu had no real hatred for Tie Zhi, so having done so many things to harm his sect, he felt a bit ashamed before Tie Zhi.

Huaikong ignored him, stretched out his hands, which were burning with raging flames, and struck at the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor for a while.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Under Huaikong's strikes, the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor slowly loosened, and Tie Kuangtu, who had been tortured by the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor for so long, let out a satisfied groan.

Soon, Huaikong separated the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor into three parts—the lower body, the upper body, and the head—and slowly removed them.

Feeling light, Tie Kuangtu lay comfortably on the ground, breathing the air with relief.

He had finally taken off the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor, and he turned his head to look at it.

The inside of the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor was entirely paved with a wall of blood, and this wall was the reason that had prevented Tie Kuangtu from removing the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor.

Huaikong walked up to Duan Fengyun and said:

"Duan Fengyun, I leave Tie Kuangtu to you.

Farewell."

"Farewell."

Duan Fengyun nodded in acknowledgment.

Huaikong picked up the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor, and he and the other three left.

Before leaving, Huaimie did not forget to say to Bu Jingyun:

"Bu Jingyun, this time I didn't get to spar with you; next time, I will definitely have a fight with you, this Martial Arts Myth."

Bu Jingyun shouted:

"I will be waiting for you."

Huaimie turned and left, satisfied.

After the four of them left, Duan Fengyun walked up to Tie Kuangtu and teased:

"Tie Kuangtu, so you have a day like this too.

Where is that imposing and majestic look you used to have?

Come on, fight me for another eight hundred rounds."

Tie Kuangtu, as if he were a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, lay comfortably on the ground and said:

"Duan Fengyun, this old man is now like a dragon stranded in shallow water being teased by shrimp, or a tiger fallen to the plains being bullied by dogs.

If you have the guts, kill this old man; if I can make a comeback one day, I will definitely not let you off."

"Just you, still wanting to make a comeback? Old man Tie Zhi will certainly not let you off."

After confirming it was safe, Long Er, who had emerged from the pile of stones, kicked Tie Kuangtu.

"Ah, you little brat, this old man is going to kill you."

The pained Tie Kuangtu glared at Long Er and said.

Duan Fengyun and Nie Feng, the two with the best lightness skills, helped Tie Kuangtu up and flew toward Huangcheng.

Qin Shuang then stepped forward to hold Long Er, and followed closely behind the two with Bu Jingyun.

After returning to Huangcheng and finding their respective horses, Duan Fengyun went to find a carriage, tied Tie Kuangtu up tightly, and threw him inside.

Duan Fengyun was responsible for driving the carriage, while Long Er was responsible for monitoring Tie Kuangtu inside the carriage.

The journey was calm and peaceful, with no accidents occurring.

As they were about to reach the Imperial Mausoleum, Tie Kuangtu suddenly began tossing and turning in the carriage, looking very painful.

Long Er asked vigilantly:

"Old fellow, stop putting on an act!"

Tie Kuangtu said painfully:

"I am not putting on an act, I just have a stomachache; can you let me off the carriage to relieve myself?"

Seeing this, Long Er poked his head out of the carriage and said:

"Dad, this old man says he needs to relieve himself."

"Whoa."

Duan Fengyun brought the carriage to a stop, and Bu Jingyun and the others also stopped their horses upon seeing this.

Duan Fengyun walked into the carriage, looked at the sweating Tie Kuangtu, and said:

"I'm telling you, don't play any tricks, otherwise I will make you pay dearly."

Tie Kuangtu smiled helplessly:

"I am already seriously injured, and I have lost my Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor; surely you aren't afraid that I'll fly up to the sky?"

Duan Fengyun stepped forward to loosen the ropes binding him, then brought him down.

Tie Kuangtu walked toward a patch of grass, squatted down, and looked comfortable and satisfied.

Seeing Tie Kuangtu's appearance, Duan Fengyun felt a bit nauseated.

He called out to Long Er:

"Long Er, you go over there and keep an eye on this old fellow; I'm afraid he's up to something!

Pay attention to your safety, and if anything is wrong, call me immediately."

Long Er nodded, then ran to Duan Fengyun's saddle, took down his own Liangji Sword, tucked it into his waistband, and trotted over to a spot two meters in front of Tie Kuangtu.

Long Er pinched his nose and said:

"Old fellow, hurry up, it stinks to death; I don't know what you've been eating all day!"

Tie Kuangtu shouted:

"Almost there, almost there, it will be over soon."

As he spoke, he slowly squatted up and quietly moved toward Long Er's position.

His stomachache was entirely fake; he wanted to find an opportunity to slip away.

Seeing that it was Long Er who had come to monitor him, he came up with the idea of kidnapping Long Er and then escaping to safety.

Taking advantage of Long Er's lack of preparation, he had already quietly reached Long Er's feet, then used both hands to forcefully tackle Long Er to the ground.

But he had severely underestimated Long Er; if Tie Kuangtu had known about the opportunities Long Er had encountered since returning from Tiexin Island, he would never have come up with this plan.

Although Long Er was only ten years old, after possessing the decades of cultivation from Tenggenier, Long Er's internal energy cultivation had already surpassed that of many martial artists.

Long Er, who had been tackled to the ground, was not in the slightest bit panicked; he took out the Liangji Mother-and-Son Swords from his waist, and under the application of his Liangji Heart Method, the mother-and-son swords directly transformed into a single black long sword—the Liangji Sword.

Long Er kicked Tie Kuangtu's hand away, then performed a kip-up to stand up from the ground.

He held the Liangji Sword and pointed it straight at Tie Kuangtu, saying:

"Old fellow, you want to ambush me?

Let me tell you, this young master is not someone to be trifled with."

The commotion here attracted Duan Fengyun and the other three.

Looking at Long Er holding the Liangji Sword, Qin Shuang asked:

"Long Er, what just happened?"

Long Er said proudly:

"This old fellow just tried to ambush me, but ended up being countered by me.

With his third-rate skills, he still wanted to ambush me; he should have looked at who I am."

Duan Fengyun looked at the proud Long Er and smiled; in fact, this was a test for Long Er.

Based on Duan Fengyun's understanding of Tie Kuangtu, he knew that Tie Kuangtu would certainly not be easily taken to the Imperial Mausoleum.

Therefore, the series of actions Tie Kuangtu made were all to mislead them.

Duan Fengyun also deliberately pretended not to know anything, and in order to test Long Er's on-the-spot reaction and application of techniques, he intentionally sent Long Er to monitor Tie Kuangtu.

He was very satisfied with the final result; although Long Er was young, he was already exceptionally intelligent.

However, after possessing cultivation and a weapon beyond his years, Long Er had also become arrogant and conceited.

Duan Fengyun knew this wouldn't do; he had to find an opportunity to correct Long Er, otherwise Long Er would suffer a great loss because of this in the future.

The principle that "being too rigid leads to breaking, and being too soft leads to ruin" was something Duan Fengyun had seen in far too many historical texts.

Now was not the right time; after this matter was finished, Duan Fengyun planned to take Long Er to train properly for a while.

After hearing Long Er's account, Bu Jingyun stepped forward, grabbed Tie Kuangtu by the neck, and said:

"I'm telling you, stop playing tricks, or I'll make you regret it."

Tie Kuangtu laughed dismissively:

"Bu Jingyun, if you have the guts, then kill me.

Everything is just my bad luck; I never expected such a brat to actually have such good skills."

"Yun, there is no need to get angry with a person like him. Once he has seen Tie Zhi, his time of death will be near."

Duan Fengyun said to comfort Bu Jingyun.

He then retorted to Tie Kuangtu:

"Tie Kuangtu, this is just heaven taking care of a despicable person like you.

Even Heaven cannot stand you anymore, so let us be the ones to deal with you."

Immediately, Duan Fengyun took a rope from behind him and tied Tie Kuangtu up again.

And this time, so as not to listen to Tie Kuangtu yelling nonsense there, Duan Fengyun stuffed Tie Kuangtu's mouth shut.

Duan Fengyun carried Tie Kuangtu back onto the carriage as if he were carrying a dead pig.

He instructed Long Er:

"Long Er, from now on, no matter what he does or what he wants to say, do not pay any attention to him.

We are about to reach the Imperial Mausoleum; even if something happens to him, I believe he should have no problem holding on until we reach the Imperial Mausoleum."

Long Er nodded and sat back into the carriage.

This time, Long Er had also become clever; he sat cross-legged and closed his eyes to rest his mind.

Duan Fengyun then resumed driving the carriage, and together with Nie Feng, the three of them headed toward the Imperial Mausoleum again.

The place where they had just stopped was not far from the Imperial Mausoleum, so it did not take long before the group arrived outside the Imperial Mausoleum.

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