Chapter 1140

The few martial artists that Tian Hu had provoked out were now thoroughly embarrassed.

They didn't have Tian Hu's thick skin, to just withdraw on a whim.

But if they were to charge forward, they'd see the gaping maw of the flesh-worm giant beast, ring upon ring, like a bottomless abyss.

These martial artists, whose strength barely averaged the Absolute level, couldn't help but feel cowardly too.

"Haha…"

Master Ban, who had been heartbroken over the destruction of the mechanical Zhu Que, was now sent into a fit of laughter by Tian Hu.

Tian Hu had already lost face badly, and being mocked by Master Ban like this, he nearly couldn't hold back.

But he figured that if he questioned it further, he'd only lose more face.

So he simply thickened his skin further, automatically filtering out Master Ban's mockery.

Watching Tian Hu play the fool, Cheng Jiao was silently speechless.

In truth, he could also see that the flesh-worm giant beast provoking the crowd was far beyond Tian Hu's ability to match.

But to get into the center of the sand and activate the altar to unseal the Lu Li Tribe,

this giant beast was clearly an obstacle they couldn't get around.

But if they wanted to kill this giant beast, they'd either have to expose their own trump cards, or use the trump cards of the Despair Shanzhuang.

Or…

Cheng Jiao's gaze swept over the martial artists standing on the sand dunes.

Suddenly, he saw that beautiful figure beside Hearing Gai Nie.

Miss Feixue!

Wasn't she a master of the Supreme Mythical Realm?

From his observation, this flesh-worm giant beast looked fierce, but it was also hard to escape the confines of the Supreme Mythical Realm.

Since that was the case, why not let Miss Feixue make a move!

Just as he was about to speak, Hearing Gai Nie seemed to sense something, and suddenly said to Wei Zhuang in the distance,

"Xiao Zhuang, how long has it been since we combined the Vertical and Horizontal?"

"Since that battle, what opponent has been worthy of our combining?"

Wei Zhuang's expression was cold as he replied coolly.

The way he said it was as if he and Hearing Gai Nie joining forces, combining the Vertical and Horizontal, would make them invincible.

The martial artists on the sand dunes heard this and couldn't help but find it amusing.

"Fine then! This giant beast—shall we join forces and slay it together?"

Hearing Gai Nie said again.

"It?"

Wei Zhuang glanced at the giant beast, as if looking down on it immensely,

"Is it worthy?"

"…"

The martial artists on the sand dunes heard this and all felt they could barely hold it in.

Anyone with eyes could tell this flesh-worm giant beast was at least at the Supreme Mythical Realm in strength.

You, Wei Zhuang, aren't even at the Supreme Mythical Realm, are you?

To dare claim a Supreme Mythical Realm giant beast isn't worthy of your strike?

It's windy here—don't trip over your own tongue, Boss Wei!

"Haha! Worthy or not doesn't matter."

Hearing Gai Nie laughed heartily, his tone actually carrying a hint of agreement with Wei Zhuang's words.

This once again drew sighs from the martial artists.

But he didn't mind, and continued,

"It's just that this giant beast is blocking our path.

If we can't find the Lu Li Tribe, then what's…"

Hearing Gai Nie stopped mid-sentence.

He clearly meant to say, if they can't find the Lu Li Tribe, how will they decide victory or defeat?

920 Is this Wang Xu just too weak?

"Good!"

Wei Zhuang, who had been squinting slightly as if nothing mattered,

upon hearing Hearing Gai Nie's words, suddenly opened his eyes wide.

His entire person instantly shifted from lazy to razor-sharp.

In an instant, everyone felt as if standing there wasn't a person, but a peerlessly sharp treasured sword.

"This Wei Zhuang, sure enough has been hiding his strength…"

Cheng Jiao, seated on the soft sedan, watched Wei Zhuang transform as if into another person, and couldn't help but muse inwardly.

But he reckoned that with his own strength and methods, no matter how high Wei Zhuang's cultivation, he'd still be driven by him.

So he didn't mind at the moment, and instead looked forward to Hearing Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang unleashing their combined Vertical and Horizontal.

Legend had it that the two schools of Ghost Valley's Vertical and Horizontal were sworn enemies.

If Hearing Gai Nie hadn't said so today, Cheng Jiao truly wouldn't have known that a combined Vertical and Horizontal existed in this world.

Judging by their tone, the power of this combined Vertical and Horizontal must be quite extraordinary?

Ju Mo Zhi, Gusu Murong Fu, and other masters were greatly intrigued at this moment.

For a moment, it was as though no one paid any heed to that flesh-worm giant beast's roar.

Strangely enough, that flesh-worm giant beast also did nothing but roar, never straying more than a hundred paces from where it was.

"Miss Feixue, please look after Miss Xiao Li."

Hearing Gai Nie saw that Weizhuang had agreed to make a move, and at once said to Miss Feixue.

Although Miss Feixue had been captured back by Great Qin, even if Hearing Gai Nie had not stepped in, Hearing Ying Zheng would surely have valued her talent and would not have killed her lightly.

But compared with Can Jian, Miss Feixue was in truth a far more unyielding person.

Even unto death, she was unwilling to submit to the Great Qin that had destroyed her homeland.

Although the Great Qin of the Nine Provinces was not the Great Qin of a foreign realm.

Yet in Miss Feixue's obsession, Great Qin was no different.

Hearing Gai Nie could be said to have "rescued" Miss Feixue from Xianyanggong, under the watch of thousands of troops and countless powerful experts closing in.

Therefore, all along, Miss Feixue held Hearing Gai Nie in great respect and trust.

She had even always felt that Hearing Gai Nie was hiding his true strength—otherwise, how could he be only at the mere Heavenly Being Realm?

It happened that Hearing Gai Nie was in high spirits at this moment, wanting to join forces with Weizhuang.

Miss Feixue was likewise in high spirits; hearing Hearing Gai Nie's request, she immediately spoke up,

"Go on without worry! With me here, no one will be able to do anything to this little girl."

These words were spoken with tremendous boldness, as though she regarded the host of experts of Shanzhuang as nothing at all.

However, apart from the Shanzhuang Lord Cheng Jiao, whose depth was unknown,

the host of experts of Shanzhuang—including General Fan, Ji Mo Zhi, Gusu Murong Fu, and others—none of them were at the Supreme Mythical Realm.

Miss Feixue, however, was a swordsman of the Supreme Mythical Realm!

Therefore, for her to speak thus was not, after all, empty bluster.

The other experts all knew the strength of this seemingly coldly beautiful and aloof female swordsman, so although the words were not pleasant to the ear, no one paid her any mind.

After finishing his request, Hearing Gai Nie gave a clang and drew the Yuan Hong Sword into his hand.

In an instant, the aura about his whole body climbed steadily.

Weizhuang likewise placed his hand upon the hilt of the Shark Teeth Sword, and an aura opposing Hearing Gai Nie's formed in an instant as well.

Clearly they had not yet struck, yet at the sight of this stance,

every expert present changed color.

Even Cheng Jiao could not help his face change drastically.

Were it not for the silver mask he wore, he would already have been seen.

"This combined force of Vertical and Horizontal—merely gathering momentum already possesses such might?