Chapter 60: Severing Your Arm (Part 2)
"Split Body Style" is the ultimate killing move in "Absolute Shadow Swordsmanship", surpassing even "Exterminate Heart Style", "Throat Piercing Style", and "Eyebrow Piercing Style". With just one move of "Split Body Style", Xuan Tian beheaded Niu Zhiqiang, who didn't even have time to react.
If Xuan Tian hadn't deliberately cut off his arm, but instead had swung his sword at Niu Zhiqiang's body, he would have probably been split in two by the blade by now.
With a loud, mournful cry, Niu Zhiqiang's arm was severed, and his body fell backwards, heavily crashing onto the arena floor. The intense pain caused him to grasp at the stump of his severed arm, unceasingly wailing and struggling.
At this moment, on the entire square, only Niu Zhiqiang's mournful cry was left, and apart from that, there was a dead silence.
The martial artists surrounding the arena widened their eyes, opened their mouths, and were shocked to the point where their eyeballs almost popped out and their chins almost dropped.
Xuan Tian and Niu Zhiqiang's battle was still evenly matched, but then Niu Zhiqiang used his ultimate move "San Cai Gui Yuan", gaining the upper hand in the fierce battle. Everyone thought that Gu Chen would undoubtedly lose.
But just at this moment!
Xuántiān jìngrán — fǎnbài wéishèng.
Translation:
Heaven has unexpectedly turned defeat into victory.
And then! He also cut off Niu Zhiqiang's arm with one sword, for Niu Zhiqiang who was practicing the Overlord Fist, cutting off an arm meant that his strength almost decreased by half from now on, becoming a disabled person.
Both mentally and physically, it was a torment for Niu Zhigang.
For Zhang Zetao and Cheng Jifeng, Xuantian's "Absolute Shadow Swordsmanship" finishing move could also sever their limbs or even take their lives. However, Xuantian did not go that far. But for Niu Zhigang, it was different.
The Niu family offered a reward of 1 million taels of silver, asking Fu Wei to help and Yin Jiu to ambush and kill Xuan Tian. There was a deep-seated grudge between them, and it was only natural that they wanted revenge. However, if one sword could have killed Niu Zhiqiang, the Niu family would definitely unite with the Cheng and Zhang families to engage in a fierce battle with the Huang family. But now, the Huang family is not ready for war, so Xuan Tian only cut off one of Niu Zhiqiang's arms. Although it was still a major grudge, it wasn't enough to lead to an all-out battle between the two families.
"You... you... you little thing, this is intentional harm, absolutely intentional harm!" Wu Wenxiang on the stage, with a shocked face, pointed at Xuantian and trembled.
The Niu family is the number one family in Beimo County, and the head of the household, Niu Zhenshan, is the number one master in Beimo County. He is only half a step away from entering the Fourth Heaven of the Innate Realm, making him a major figure. The Wu family, led by Wu Wenyang, may be considered an aristocratic family in Beimo County, but they rely on the Niu family for support. Without the Niu family, the Wu family would be nothing.
Niu Zhi Gao was the eldest son of Niu Zhen Shan and the future heir to the Niu family, but he lost an arm in a martial arts competition presided over by Wu Wen Xiang. Wu Wen Xiang could imagine how furious Niu Zhen Shan would be.
But just now, Xuan Tian's sword was really too fast, so fast that even Wu Wenxiang, a top-notch expert in the Pre-Heavenly Realm Second Layer, couldn't stop it.
Just as Wu Wenxiang was drinking heavily, Niu Zhenshan, the master of the Niu family, suddenly stood up from the Niu family's watchtower and let out a loud roar: "You little beast, how dare you cut off my son's arm? I'll take your life in return!"
The second son, Niu Zhi Gao, was severely injured by Xuan Tian. The eldest son, Niu Zhi Qiang, had his arm cut off by Xuan Tian. Niu Zhen Shan's emotions were stirred up, almost to the point of madness. From a hundred paces away, he slapped a palm towards Xuan Tian.
The air suddenly collapsed, and a huge illusory palm print appeared, as if an invisible giant hand was reaching out to grab Xuan Tian.
A congenital boundary threefold master with one palm, the power is not trivial, compared to Niu Zhi Gao's previous punch 'Three Talents Return to Origin', it is more than ten times stronger, far beyond what Xuan Tian can withstand now.
However, Niu Zhenshan was not the only one to make a move. Another figure emerged, with speed no slower than his. It was Huang Qishan, who also leapt from the Huang family's viewing platform and struck out with a palm that seemed to come from nowhere. A palm print suddenly materialized in mid-air, colliding with Niu Zhenshan's own palm print.
It was just empty air, a mere shadow of a palm print, but when they collided, a deafening explosion echoed through the air.
Huang Qishan and Niu Zhenshan were both masters of the Xiantian Realm's third level. The two exchanged a palm, evenly matched, but Huang Qishan fell to the ground in front of Xuantian, angrily shouting: "Niu Zhenshan, you're a junior disciple engaging in a martial arts competition! How old are you? In front of so many people, you actually sneak attacked a younger generation. Your Niu family is indeed arrogant and shameless!"
Under the gaze of everyone, Niu Zhenshan made his move and indeed landed a blow on Niu Zhiqiang's mouth. However, looking at Niu Zhiqiang wailing in pain on the ground, Niu Zhenshan only felt anger left in his heart. He quickly struck several times, sealing off the acupoints where Niu Zhiqiang's arm was broken, stopping the bleeding, before turning to look at Huang Qishan and Xuan Tian.
Especially looking at Xuantian's gaze, revealing endless killing intent, Niu Zhenshan said fiercely: "Good little beast, good skills, good cruelty, you Huang family also know, in front of so many people, under the watchful eyes of everyone, this little beast intentionally hurt people, your Huang family's younger generation is precious, my son Niu Zhenshan is not that cheap? Worthless? Can be beaten into a cripple?"
Niu Zhenshan asked several consecutive rhetorical questions, occupying the moral high ground, with each question echoing the previous one.
Although the martial artists surrounding the arena all wished for Huang's rise, they had just witnessed Xuan Tian cut off Niu Zhiqiang's arm with one sword. They saw that such a swift sword could have easily been used to force Niu Zhiqiang to surrender by placing it at his throat. Cutting off Niu Zhiqiang's arm was indeed intentional.
Huang Qishan was repeatedly questioned by Niu Zhenshan, leaving him speechless and unable to refute, as Niu Zhenshan had the upper hand.
Xuántiān had always been a sensible child, doing things with the most discernment. Huáng Qíshān really couldn't understand why Xuántiān would deliberately cut off Niú Zhìqiáng's arm. Now that Niú Zhènshān was pressing in on him, Huáng Qíshān simply couldn't defend himself.
Huang Qi Shan was speechless, and Niu Zhen Shan knew that taking the life of Xuan Tian was impossible. However, he couldn't just let him off scot-free. He shouted: "This time, the junior disciples' martial arts competition was won by your Huang family, but Zhang Ze Tao, Cheng Jin Feng, and Niu Zhi Qiang were no match for this little beast! However, this little beast intentionally injured people and cut off my son's arm in front of everyone. You must give me an explanation and cut off one of his arms yourself. If not, I'll do it myself!"
"Right, cut off one arm!"
"An account must be given!"
"In broad daylight, can't even get justice for a single family!"
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The Niu family, the Cheng family, the Zhang family, and some of the prominent families in Beilu County all shouted loudly, with righteous indignation.
Looking at them, one by one, as if they had occupied the right to loudly roar, Xuan Tian just smiled coldly, raised his hand, took out a letter, and shouted loudly: "Do you know what this is?"
Niu Zhenshan saw the letter in Xuantian's hand and his face changed suddenly.
"What is this? What is it?"
"What's written in the letter? Read it out quickly and let me hear!"
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The warriors around the arena saw that Xuán Tiān had taken out a letter at this time, and they knew it was very meaningful. They were greatly interested and suddenly shouted loudly.
Huang Qishan saw Xuan Tian take out a letter and immediately took it over, opening it to read. He heard himself recite: "Huang Tian, 14 years old, Wudao realm ninefold cultivation, strength comparable to Wudao realm tenfold warrior, reward of 1 million two silver coins, take Huang Tian's head - Beimu Niu Family!"
The last four words, Huang Qishan almost read out one by one, the anger in his heart, could not be stopped.
"Niu Zhenshan!"
"Huang Qishan let out a loud roar, his eyes bursting with fury as he glared at Niu Zhenshan: "Good! Good! Good! Your Niu family actually dared to send someone to ambush my Huang family's younger generation, no wonder Huang Wei was seriously injured and Huang Jian was also attacked. It's all your Niu family's doing! Niu Zhenshan, do you want our Huang and Niu families to fight to the death?"
"What? The young master of the Huang family is injured, was it done by the Niu family?"
"The Niu family is too ruthless! They invited the Huang family's younger generation to participate in a martial arts competition, but secretly injured the Huang family's younger generation!"
"How despicable, shameless and vile!"
"The Cheng family and Zhang family and Niu family wear one pair of pants together, they must have also participated in a share."
"Really shameless, truly a shame for our Beimu County!"
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In an instant, the crowd of martial artists around the arena was in an uproar. Just now, the Niu, Cheng and Zhang families, as well as the prominent families of Beilu County, had occupied the moral high ground, but now the wind had changed direction, and the moral high ground had shifted to the Huang family's side. These ordinary martial artists who supported the Huang family would naturally seize this opportunity.
One by one, with righteous indignation and stern words, it seems that the Niu family is the scourge of Beilu County, a bunch of worthless people who don't deserve to die as atonement for their crimes.
"You - you stop talking nonsense!" Niu Zhenshan saw that the situation was unfavorable and suddenly became angry.
The momentum was on the Niu family's side just now, but now it has shifted to the Huang family. Niu Zhenshan cursed the useless people of Fuwei Gang in his heart, but he would never admit it with his mouth. Others could guess as much as they wanted, if the Niu family personally admitted that they had asked someone to ambush the young master of the Huang family, then the Huang family would definitely fight them to the death.
"On my way back to Beidou County, I was ambushed by the Fuwei gang's horse thieves. This is because I killed several leaders of the Fuwei gang and found letters on them that said Niu Zhenshan, someone from the Niu family wants me dead. I should avenge this blood feud and take one life from the Niu family, but instead, I only cut off your son's arm as a warning. Whether it's the Niu family or any other family, if you dare to harm any of the younger generation of the Huang family again, next time, it won't be an arm that gets cut off, but a head."
Xuantian's gaze swept across Niu Zhenshan, as well as Cheng Yuanwu and Zhang Guifeng in the distance. The killing intent in his eyes made several of the family heads feel a chill run down their spines.
"Dare to lay a hand on the younger generation of the Huang family again, and the Huang family will not hesitate to fight to the death with you! Hmph!" Huang Qishan glared at Niu Zhenshan, snorting in anger.
Niu Zhiqiang's arm was cut off by Xuan Tian, and Niu Zhenshan wanted to explode in anger. However, Xuan Tian took out the evidence of the Niu family's guilt, and the one who ended up exploding in anger was Huang Qishan. Under everyone's watchful eyes, Niu Zhenshan could only swallow his rage.
"This junior disciple's martial arts competition has come to an end. We three families will fulfill our promise and hand over the losing town!"
Niu Zhenshan never mentioned the matter of Xuan Tian breaking Niu Zhiqiang's arm again, and as for seeking justice, there was no place for the Niu family in it. He left with just one sentence, helping Niu Zhiqiang to his feet before leaving.
"Niu family head, the town is a gamble between families, what about my reward for being first place? It was agreed to be 500,000 taels of silver!" Just as Niu Zhenshan was about to leave, Xuan Tian's voice suddenly rang out.
"You crippled my son, and you still dare to talk about rewards?" Niu Zhenshan cursed in his heart, but the flames of anger had no reason to erupt at this moment, and could only be swallowed into his belly. However, when it came to rewarding Xuántiān with 500,000 taels of silver, Niu Zhenshan was clearly unwilling.
Niú Zhèn Shān reached into his bosom and pulled out a tattered old map, tossing it over to Xuán Tiān. "This is a treasure map, a priceless treasure worth more than 500,000 taels of silver," he said. "I'll reward you with it."
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"Jian Ni" ahead, difficulties are numerous, I ask all sword friends to recommend votes and collect assistance, to reverse the sword.
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