Chapter 56: A Fair Fight

  "Hu Gao!" Guo De Yun bellowed the name that filled him with endless resentment, his eyes blazing red as he glared up at the heir of the Hu family. This was no longer just anger over killing and being killed, but the mockery of the sneak attacker towards him, which made Guo De Yun's resentment even greater.

  "What? Does Young Master Guo De Yun have any instructions?" Hu Gao flicked off the blood beads on his No Shadow Sword, raised an eyebrow at Guo De Yun and said, "This sword is really good, no shadow, comes and goes without a shadow, and it's already drunk blood before I could even see it clearly. Thanks!"

  "Good! Very good!" Guo De Yun focused his gaze on Hu Gao's face, ignoring the lost sword and the blood droplets that had been flung off it. "Today I will use your blood to temper the Blazing Flame Gun, it will burn you clean, you trash of the Hu family!"

  "Alright, I've got an idea." Hu Gao sneered and drew a sword flower, saying: "Xiao Wu, you don't need to intervene, I'll take care of him myself!"

  On the surface, with Guo De Yun's superior strength, it wasn't a wise decision for Hu Gao to provoke his opponent. Unlike his brother Guo De Sheng, this older brother had richer combat experience and had even gone through life-and-death battles; now his anger would only make him more focused, more eager to take down Hu Gao.

  Hú Gāo couldn't help but do this, he was worried that Guō Déyún would escape. Hú Gāo's strength was relatively weak, but he had the upper hand, not to mention having a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon by his side that could instantly kill a Seventh-Order Condensed Shadow Realm cultivator.

  "Oh, let him live a bit longer." A disappointed voice came from behind Guo Deyun, spoken by Xiao Wu.

  Guo Deyun suddenly realized that the golden figure attacking the two Seventh-Stage Condensed Shadow Realm warriors had quietly snuck up behind him.

  Kuo Te-yun broke out in a cold sweat, witnessing the entirely golden true form floating past him, heading towards Hu Gao. His heart skipped a beat, "You... can you understand human speech? Are you a fourth-tier demonic beast?!"

  "I, Xiao Long, am a divine beast! Although I'm still in my juvenile phase, I can kill you with ease!" Xiaohui turned his head towards Guo De Yun, raised a claw and said in a slow, childish tone, with disdain on his face and disappointment in his eyes.

  "Divine beast?" Guo Deyun swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, suppressing the thumping heart in his chest. "Impossible! How could Ning City possibly have a divine beast? You think you can scare me with such a despicable trick, Hu Gao?"

  "De Yun, brother, don't be afraid, your opponent is only Hu Gao."

  Hu Gao's untimely words of comfort suddenly twisted Guo De Yun's expression, and he swung out the dark red gun tip straight at Hu Gao, stirring up the yuan force within his body as he bellowed: "You're looking for death!"

  "No, I'm sharpening my knife. Although it's painful, the knife is sharper!" Hu Gao continued to provoke Guo De Yun with his words, and at the same time, he made a move with his hand, pressing down on the sword tip and pointing it directly at Guo De Yun.

  "Kill!"

  The two men shouted in unison. The sharp blades of their weapons flashed as they leapt into the air and disappeared.

  A short inch, a narrow inch, the swordless sword splits into several sword lights, with seven sharp edges emerging at seven angles, using the route of Sword Radiance Seven Stars, like seven hummingbirds, slender and agile, yet mutually responsive, fast to dizzying heights, yet silent, rushing down the mountain.

  The ones going up the mountain were long and strong, dark red gun blades transformed into dragon heads, transformed into bloody big mouths, shaking the golden dragon body, the yellow dragon rushed straight in, it was a momentum of breaking through the void along the mountain.

  One tyrannical, one cunning, the two sides' momentum was evenly matched. However, the hummingbird descending from the mountain was faster, and a hummingbird collided with the dragon's head at high speed, making a crisp ringing sound, and was immediately swallowed by the blood basin-like mouth, forcing it to close for a moment.

  Then, the second bird, the third bird, one after another collided and fell until all seven birds were dead. At that moment, a dazzling crimson light burst forth, and the silent sword that had been controlling the seven hummingbirds was spat out from within.

  The dragon-body-removed fierce flame gun was indeed overbearing, the dark red blade was still ferocious, and the same crimson tassel fluttered, as if devouring the bursting crimson light, and also as if exploring the silent and soundless imperial bird's instrument.

  The Blazing Gun absorbed the yellow elemental force and became scorching hot, with waves of heat steaming the surrounding air, as if it was about to ignite, yet also seemed to be reborn, transforming from a dead Yellow Dragon into an even more overbearing Fire Dragon.

  But the fierce flame gun did not succeed, and the condensed shadow realm only solidified itself. Even if it was a seventh-order master like Guo De Yun who had condensed the shadow realm, he still didn't have the ability to make his weapon take shape, let alone make it reborn and launch another attack.

  Congenital deficiency, the fierce flame gun seemed to dispel the unnecessary thoughts, only making a straight gun body, and bluntly colliding with the Wuying sword, knocking it back up the mountain.

  Hu Gaofeng waved his hand and stabilized his sword momentum, secretly thinking in his heart: fierce...

  Although I have abilities that ordinary people don't, and can quickly grasp the techniques, it's still a long way from being second nature. Moreover, my specialty isn't in swords or other weapons. From the war academy to now, I've always been cultivating myself, the fusion of my internal energy and physical strength, and only perfected it through training in hand-to-hand combat.

  A person who has only held a kitchen knife in his life, no matter how smart Hu Gao is, he is not the legendary genius. The ability brought by the blue jade pendant is just an accelerator, and it has all been added to physical cultivation. Being able to distinguish sword light is already a considerable achievement...

  So Hu Gao was knocked back by the opponent's single move, but he didn't feel any frustration. The opponent was a seasoned shooter, and being inferior to him wasn't anything significant. In terms of physical strength and internal energy coordination, Hu Gao had faster speed and stronger power than his opponent.

  Come on, this is sharpening the knife!

  He didn't use the "Dugu Nine Swords" at all, Hu Gao used his skill that combined body and strength, quickly twisting his body, and another sword was handed out, scraping against the Flame Gun...

  Since the sword light can't stop your gun, then I'll directly use the sword to cut you...

  Guo Deyun, who had been on guard against the golden little dragon, confirmed that Hu Gao was really fighting alone, and his heart settled down, and the momentum on his body burst out even more fiercely.

  "Haha, then let me show you the difference between the sixth and seventh stages of the Realm of Condensed Shadows!"

  Kuang De Yun's entire body was filled with a yellow yuan force, rolling like the tide, gathering in the sweeping motion of his Flame Gun technique, and blasting towards Hu Gao.

  Although Hu Gao had just disabled fellow Seventh-Order cultivator Guo Hai with a single sword strike, he was no longer worried. Upon closer consideration, Hu Gao's success earlier had also been due to an ambush. Although Hu Gao possessed the ability to fight against a Seventh-Order cultivator in the Condensed Shadow Realm, there was still a significant gap between them, and this exchange of blows had confirmed that for Guo De Yun.

  So Guo De Yun now strikes even more ruthlessly, with no mercy at all. The top-grade Yuan Jue, "Nu Hai Shen Jue", is used to its fullest extent, the gun movements rolling like waves.

  Kwok De Yun's gun momentum was even more vigorous, Hu Gao's sword drawing became faster, the whole person seemed like a spinning top, rapidly rotating, brushing out one sword after another.

  Having made up his mind to use Guo De Yun as a whetstone, Hu Gao unfolded all the skills he had learned in his life.

  Jian Yao's Seven Stars, with a compatibility rate of 80%, five and a half sword shadows intertwined, mixed with a few sword lights that slipped out, were swept away by the gun waves, releasing a series of clanging sounds, unable to get close.

  Crushed stone cotton fist, with sword instead of fist, the soft and powerful force pressed down, was pushed open by the gun wave with a more fierce momentum;

  A dark point appears, with a sword as an extended finger, one point down, forced open by a longer gun body.

  Qianqing Palm, Yuyin Sword changed from thrusting to slapping, suppressing several waves of guns, but failed to break through Guo De Yun's attack...

  ……

  Hu Gao thought of using it, and with the Yuan Decree he had learned in the War Academy, he used all of his Shadowless Sword techniques on Guo De Yun, not caring whether the moves looked right or could take effect, and threw them all at him. With his faster body method protecting him, Guo De Yun also found it hard to hurt him.

  All the yuan jue were unable to harm Guo De Yun, and Hu Gao was still very satisfied. In this life-and-death battle, he had the rare opportunity to use all his yuan jue, and after a round of casting, Hu Gao's understanding of various yuan jue deepened greatly. This was exactly what he wanted, as Hu Gao was still exploring how to create yuan jue that suited himself.

  Kwok De Yun initially saw Hu Gao's various Yuan Decisions and was startled, but upon closer inspection, he immediately discovered that Hu Gao's Yuan Decisions were all mismatched, having only form without spirit, unable to even break his own Gun Ripples. He couldn't help but secretly laugh at Hu Gao for being greedy and trying to chew more than he could swallow, his Lava Gun dancing with an even more spirited air.

  From such an opponent who can't hurt himself, experiencing various yuan jue and improving his own nu hai shen jue, this opportunity is also non-existent for Guo De Yun.

  Guo Deyun's moves were not just ferocious and overbearing on the surface, but also contained a hidden killing intent. Hu Gao had seen this early on, but he relied on his different variations of the Yuan Decree to make Guo Deyun unable to grasp his rhythm, making it impossible for him to display his skills, which made Guo Deyun extremely frustrated.

  At the same time, Hu Gao also saw the flaws in Guo De Yun's moves and the exposed weaknesses, but he never made a killing move, only competing with that one gun.

  After all, killing Guo Deyun would provoke the wrath of the Guo family, which would bring no benefits to oneself and only cause trouble.

  The two men fought for over a dozen rounds, fiercely clashing and exhausting each other to the point of dizziness. Guo De Yun's tyrannical spear technique shook Hu Gao's hands with pain.

  Hu Gao sighed inwardly, thinking that continuing like this would only lead to trouble. But letting Guo De Yun off so easily was also too good for him.

  Since he couldn't use his killing move, Hu Gao didn't plan on continuing the fight like this either. He retreated from the gun formation and threw the Wuxin Sword to the ground.

  Huh?

  Guo Deyun saw this scene, frowned, and immediately sneered in his heart. It seems that Hu Gao is completely useless.

  "What? You give up?"

  Kuo Te-yun raised his gun and approached, trying to intimidate Huo Yan into surrendering with his aura, while also hinting at a threat to the golden little dragon, in case it suddenly attacked.

  "Let out your fart!" Hu Gao directly shot back a sentence, clenching his fists.

  "Hmph!" Guo Deyun thought Hu Gao was being stubborn, and he flicked the floating Five-Clawed Golden Dragon with his spear tip.

  Xiao Wu scratched the tip of his nose with his claw and didn't respond.

  "It was just sharpening the knife earlier, now it's time to kill the chicken!" Hu Tie's numbness in his arm had subsided a bit, and he clenched his fist and charged at Guo De Yun.

  Kuo Te-yun saw Hu Kao fighting with his bare fists and suddenly thought this guy was crazy.