Chapter 1103

"Good! Since you are so overbearing, even if we have to risk our lives, we will absolutely not let this rest with you."

The second brother stepped forward at this moment and gave a great shout, after which the other members of the Yellow River Six Ghosts exchanged glances with each other and nodded.

Though they were not blood siblings born of the same mother, they were loyal to each other and roamed the jianghu together.

Through countless perils, they never retreated a single step.

Today Prince Zongzan is so overbearing—wounding Old Five is one thing, but he still insults people like this.

If this can be endured, what cannot?

"Hah! You few crooked melons and cracked dates, even if you all came at us together, you'd still be no match for our Prince Zongzan.

I advise you to scram quickly, don't provoke our prince into twisting each and every one of you into a pretzel."

A grassland barbarian, seeing the Yellow River Six Ghosts so incensed, felt no fear whatsoever, and instead spoke up to mock them.

After all, Huang Laosi was only at the Grand Master realm—where would the strength of the Yellow River Six Ghosts ever be taken seriously by grassland barbarians like these?

At this, the Yellow River Six Ghosts were provoked into an even greater fury.

Unable to hold back any longer, the remaining five prepared to swarm forward all at once.

Prince Zongzan was also unafraid; instead, he had his subordinates step aside, held his head Gao Ang, and wore an expression of utter disdain.

"Wait!"

Just as the Yellow River Six Ghosts were about to make their move, Hearing Gai Nie suddenly flashed his figure and blocked himself in front of the five men.

He asked Prince Zongzan,

"This prince, this place still belongs to the territory of Great Qin. Your being so overbearing—is it not that you think Great Qin has no one?"

"You skinny bamboo pole, what kind of onion are you, to dare meddle in our Prince Zongzan's affairs?"

A grassland barbarian spoke insolently.

Although Hearing Gai Nie was tall and stood out even among martial artists,

the grassland barbarians had grown up eating beef and mutton, and loved to temper their strength, practicing that hard-body Wu Gong.

Therefore, the average grassland barbarian was somewhat taller than Central Plains people.

These grassland barbarians who accompanied Prince Zongzan enjoyed even superior resources.

So each and every one of them was almost a full head taller than Hearing Gai Nie.

The thickness of their arms was even greater than Hearing Gai Nie's thighs.

Calling Hearing Gai Nie a skinny bamboo pole was, in fact, perfectly apt.

Hearing Gai Nie paid no heed to the grassland barbarian, only fixing Prince Zongzan with a piercing gaze.

Prince Zongzan, however, was so frightened by Hearing Gai Nie's sword-like gaze that his heart began to pound wildly.

In truth, Prince Zongzan's strength was not much greater than that of these accompanying grassland barbarians.

The one who had wounded Old Five with hidden force just now was not him.

It was simply that the one who struck in the shadows knew Prince Zongzan's love of being in the spotlight, and so deliberately stayed hidden.

Facing Huang Laosi and the others, Prince Zongzan was naturally unafraid.

But when it came to Hearing Gai Nie, even just one glance was enough to make Prince Zongzan's hair stand on end.

Added to that, Hearing Gai Nie was questioning whether he disregarded Great Qin!

Under the heavens, apart from the Qinglong Society, who would dare disregard Great Qin?

Unless they were tired of living?

Even though Prince Zongzan held the honored status of a prince of the Tubo Kingdom, he still did not dare speak bluntly.

Just as Prince Zongzan's eyes were darting about and he was momentarily at a loss for words,

Young Master Gusu Murong, who had been watching the show from afar, suddenly flashed over to the vicinity.

Young Master Gusu Murong folded his arms and said mockingly,

"Hearing Gai Nie, aren't you, the 'Great Qin Sword Saint,' Great Qin's number one wanted criminal?

Why then do you still care whether this is Great Qin territory?

How about this? We're on Great Qin territory now, so we'll drag you off to the Great Qin authorities.

Then will the Great Qin authorities give us the bounty?"

When Young Master Gusu Murong said "Great Qin Sword Saint," he enunciated each word with great emphasis.

Clearly, he held Hearing Gai Nie's title of Great Qin Sword Saint in utter contempt.

If Liu Ruofei didn't have a good show to watch, he would probably have stepped forward to challenge Hearing Gai Nie again.

Prince Zongzan, prompted by Young Master Gusu Murong, only now learned of Hearing Gai Nie's identity.

A smile blooming across his face, he said triumphantly,

"So you are Hearing Gai Nie. Since you are Great Qin's number one wanted criminal, then don't blame me."

Saying so, he waved his big hand, and several grassland barbarians immediately, knowingly, closed in to surround him, each taking up a position.

They actually wanted to use these men to capture Hearing Gai Nie?

"Hero Gai, this is a matter between us Yellow River Six Ghosts and Prince Zongzan, it has nothing to do with you—please stand down!"

At this moment, Huang Laosi spoke up again.

"Now this is no longer your affair!"

Hearing Gai Nie smiled faintly, looked toward Prince Zongzan,

"Since you want to capture me, then let's see if you have the ability."

Having said that, Hearing Gai Nie flashed his figure; without even drawing his sword, he thrust the scabbard toward Prince Zongzan.

Prince Zongzan, brimming with confidence, cared nothing for this strike from Hearing Gai Nie.

He merely raised his fan-like great hand to block Hearing Gai Nie's strike.

Behind him stood a master lending support, and he was confident that as long as he could touch Hearing Gai Nie's scabbard, that expert would naturally be able to subdue Hearing Gai Nie.

Who would have thought that Hearing Gai Nie's sword stroke was merely a feint.

Halfway through its execution, it suddenly changed from a thrust to an upward slash.

With that upward slash, he even unleashed the Guigu Free Sword Art's "Blaze of the World."

This move's might was extraordinary; it looked like a simple upward slash, but in truth hid many variations within.

In Prince Zongzan's eyes, that single sword had become many swords.

Trying to seize the blade again would be no easier than ascending to heaven.

He steeled himself: since he could not catch it, he might as well stop trying.

Once Hearing Gai Nie's sword struck him, Hearing Gai Nie would surely suffer the backlash himself.

Therefore he actually lowered his hands, treating Hearing Gai Nie's move as nothing at all.

"This…"

The Six Fiends of the Yellow River saw this and could not help gawking in astonishment, unable to understand how Prince Zongzan dared to act so.

Instead, those barbarian brutes of the grasslands all burst into loud laughter, their mirth brimming with mockery.

It looked as though Hearing Gai Nie's move was about to slash Prince Zongzan's throat.

Even though Hearing Gai Nie's sword had not left its scabbard, a single thrust would likely have run Prince Zongzan clean through.

Yet Prince Zongzan wore a smile on his face, completely unconcerned by the sword.

Hearing Gai Nie was greatly astonished at the sight — could it be that the expert behind him had reached such a level of strength?

Hearing Gai Nie refused to believe in such heresy, confident in his current strength.

Unless a Heaven's Golden List–level master were present, no one should be able to break through his move so easily.

He added force to his hand, and the "Blaze of the World" sword move had already been deployed to its limit.

All the vital acupoints on Prince Zongzan's head were shrouded within it.

Just as "Blaze of the World" was about to land its hit, Prince Zongzan suddenly leaned his body back and narrowly dodged the move.

"This…"

Hearing Gai Nie was greatly shaken within — this turn of events was truly beyond his expectations.

Although this dodge let him evade "Blaze of the World," Prince Zongzan's center of gravity was now clearly off balance.

Next, as long as he followed up with "Fleeting Instant," even if the master behind Prince Zongzan had Wu Gong twice as strong, he could no longer secretly aid him!

Though puzzled in his heart, Hearing Gai Nie would not hesitate for a moment in seizing the moment of opportunity.

At once "Blaze of the World" transformed into "Fleeting Instant," sealing off every route of Prince Zongzan's evasion.