Chapter 42: The Treasure Lands at the Door

  Just as Hu Gao thought another boring fight was about to start, a group of martial artists rushed out from various branches of the Ordinary Hall, each with an angry expression on their face. They quickly surrounded Guo De Sheng and others, among whom the loudest one shouted: "Biao Zi Yang! Do you think our Hu family has no one? If you dare to make trouble again, we'll wipe out your entire Guo family and drive them out of Ning City!"

  Ji Yue's originally flushed face also recovered a bit, these people who came from all directions were all ordinary members of the Hu family, he was still seeing this group of people being so united for the first time, and remembered that when he had just arrived at the Martial Institute, he was bullied countless times by the warriors of the four major families, every time he could only rely on himself to cope, so when he saw Hu Gao, he naturally took this somewhat silly-looking person as his past self.

  But now, he glanced at Hu Gao beside him with a calm and peaceful face. This person who used to want to protect him in secret and watch him grow up had recklessly thrown himself on him two days ago and saved his life.

  Although I don't know how he survived the thunder and lightning at that time, but all of this seems to be ironic, being regarded as a fighting genius by Dàozhòng Lǎo, when did he have to rely on a junior to protect him?

  And this guy who seems to care about nothing but money, is always so fearless and dauntless, has he infected me with his strength as well? If it were the old me, I'd probably still be wailing in pain in front of my father's spirit.

  There are not a few martial artists from the Hu family in the ordinary hall. Looking at these surging martial artists, even Guo De Sheng, who held the precious instrument, was somewhat flustered. His originally smug face turned pale, "I... my intention is very simple, wait until you enter the elite hall and then come to be my personal bodyguard. How about it?"

  Always bullying others, but never thought that one day he would be surrounded, Guo De Sheng plucked up the courage and stuttered out his harsh words, only to find that they had completely lost their original meaning.

  It's really boring, can't even pass their own psychological test, and then come out to bully others. People like this are actually the real weaklings. Hu Gao has seen many such people when he was in school, who liked to follow behind some seemingly powerful people to oppress the weak, but once they were slapped back by someone more formidable, they would be the first to turn over a new leaf and walk on the so-called right path.

  Jile also curled her lips and thought that Guo Desheng had a problem with his brain, he was simply talking nonsense.

  "I'd like to ask a question, do you have any sisters or younger female relatives at home? If so, I might consider your proposal." Hu Gao tilted his head to the side, mimicking Scholar Hao Nan's mannerism, and used his thumb to dig out earwax from his right ear. "However, looking at you, even if you do have a female friend at home, she probably wouldn't be good-looking anyway, so forget it, I'm not interested in being your family's guard."

  "You..."

  Kuo Te-sheng was choked with rage. He had not expected Hu Kao to agree in such a situation, and only hoped that he would give himself an opportunity to step down, disperse everyone, and then find another chance to rely on his own skills, but unexpectedly, Hu Kao's words were so vicious!

  "What's wrong with you? You just want to fight me and knock me out completely, right? If that's the case, I'll give you a chance, but first, put up your bet..."

  Hú Gāo smiled faintly, "I still have a lot of gold coins on me, so I won't use them as stakes. Looking at you, you don't seem to have anything else on you except for that broken sword. I'll give you some face and use this broken sword as the stake instead."

  As soon as Hu Gao said this, even the martial artists of the Hu family couldn't help but burst out laughing. Broken Sword? This is a treasured artifact! Even if it's just a low-grade treasure, it would cost at least 10,000 gold coins. A mid-grade treasure would be worth between 50,000 to 100,000 gold coins. Tell me, which ordinary person can afford that?

  "You despicable thing, I'll make you regret it. Since you want to duel with me alone, then let's fight, and I'll use my Shadowless Sword as the stakes. And if you lose... you'll have to become my personal bodyguard and call me 'Grandfather', dare you?" Guo De Sheng coldly snorted, staring at Hu Gao and asked.

  "Alright, if I lose, you can make me do whatever you want, but if you lose, don't even think about welching on the deal, or I'll be angry...” Hu Gao smiled faintly. He wasn't worried that he would lose; what he was worried about was that Guo De Sheng would welch on the deal after losing. However, even if the latter did welch, there was no way he could get back the benefits that had already been obtained.

  "Haha, I'll lose? Come on, I'd like to see if you're all talk and can't even take a single move from me." Guo De Sheng was clearly very confident and didn't worry about losing at all.

  Joke, a top-notch warrior at the peak of the sixth stage of the Condensed Shadow Realm, with a mid-grade treasure on his hand, is basically invincible below the seventh stage of the Condensed Shadow Realm. Hu Gao is only a fifth-stage warrior in the Condensed Shadow Realm, how could he possibly be his opponent?

  "Hui Wu Tai sees..." Hu Gao glanced at the Wuyin Sword in Guo De Sheng's hand, didn't say anything else, and rushed towards Hui Wu Tai.

  Confidence? Then be confident, I'm just afraid you'll suddenly stop fighting.

  Kuo Te-sheng snorted coldly, and the other Hu family martial artists saw that Hu Gao wanted to fight alone, so they didn't say anything else and voluntarily made way for him to pass through.

  "Hu Gao brothers are so confident, they're not even afraid of Guo De Sheng who holds a mid-grade treasure?" Ji Le looked at the two figures leaving in the distance, full of doubts. His own strength was slightly stronger than Guo De Sheng's, but he had to admit that if the latter held a treasure and fought him, he would definitely lose. But just now, from Hu Gao's eyes, all he saw was indifference, and a hint... of greed.

  Greed for treasures of the human world. "Hú Gāo brothers, are you preparing to rob bandits?" Yī Yuè shook his head and hastily followed up.

  The warriors in the entire hall were once again stirred up, and compared to the tragic event of Ning City's Hu family, Hu Gao accepted the challenge from Guo De Sheng, a mid-grade martial artist who held a precious artifact, making them even more interested.

  Even fewer people looked good on Hu Gao, because Guo De Sheng already had the fighting power to challenge the Seventh Stage of the Condensed Shadow Realm, and was almost invincible in the ordinary hall. Even if Hu Gao could easily defeat Wu Yun and others, he didn't think about resisting Extreme Joy.

  "Come on up! If you can't beat me later, don't run away!" Hu Gao jumped onto a martial arts platform and sneered at Guo De Sheng below.

  "Ridiculous, I'll escape? It's you who will escape." Guo De Sheng sneered and leaped up, the Wuying sword swiftly unsheathed, pointing directly at Hu Gao. The air seemed to ripple with the sword's light, its momentum pressing down on him.

  The sword body slightly oscillates, although the amplitude is not large, it seems to be transformed into thousands of sword shadows, making people grasp and uncertain.

  "It's indeed a good sword, just what I need to make up for my lack of a handy weapon. For now, I'll just have to get this Shadowless Sword into my hands." Hu Gao's eyes lit up, he had already made up his mind, he must get the Shadowless Sword for himself, such a great treasure, how could it be used by someone else?

  "Then make your move and see if you have the ability to make me want to escape." As he said this, Hu Gao looked at Guo De Sheng with a provocative glint in his eyes.

  "If you're looking for death, then I'll fulfill your wish."

  Kuo Te-sheng let out a low shout, his anger burning fiercely. With a flick of his wrist, his sword energy burst forth, following him on both sides as he charged towards Hu Kao.

  "The sword is a good one, but your attacking technique is really too clumsy." Seeing Guo De Sheng's movements, Hu Gao shook his head in his heart and felt sorry for the precious instrument.

  He could see that Guo De Sheng's sword moves were a set of moves that excelled in speed, attacking the enemy where they couldn't defend, with full firepower coverage. To deal with this kind of sword move, trying to hold on would only lead to exhausting oneself to death.

  Hu Gao didn't move, waiting for Guo De Sheng to get within three meters of him. He then took a sudden step forward, his feet wide apart, carrying the weight of ten thousand kilograms, shaking the ground and disrupting Guo's attack rhythm. Guo's face changed greatly, and his sword aura was also unstable.

  "Give it back to me!"

  Hú Gāo's speed increased again, and with one punch, he burst out and easily blasted open Guō Déshèng's middle gate, directly attacking the latter's chest.

  "How dare you!"

  Kuang De Sheng let out a loud shout, his hand clenched into a fist and held across his chest.

  "Open!"

  "You still want to hurt me? Think again..."

  Kuo Te-sheng concentrated all his strength in his left hand, which was necessary to ward off Hu Kao's attack.

  He did not expect Hu Gao's attack to be so clever, directly breaking through his attack and posing a great threat to him, almost injuring him.

  At that time, getting injured was a minor matter, but losing face was a big deal. He couldn't bear the shame of being beaten by Hu Gao while he himself was at the peak of the sixth stage of the Condensed Shadow Realm and wielding a mid-grade treasure. Wouldn't others laugh him to death?

  "Haha, get it off me!"

  However, just as Guo De Sheng was using all his might to ward off Hu Gao's attack, the latter suddenly changed direction and slapped him on the right wrist.

  Pong!

  The enormous force caused Guo De Sheng's wrist to go limp, and the Wuyin Sword in his hand flew out instantly.

  "Not good!" Guo De Sheng exclaimed in his heart, he had already seen that Hu Gao's move was a feint, but it was too late for regret now. Without thinking, he concentrated all his strength on his fist and suddenly punched towards Hu Gao's chest.

  Surround Wei to rescue Zhao! Hu Gao is playing with him, making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. He wants to use the strategy of surrounding Wei to rescue Zhao to counterattack.

  "Think you can take advantage of me? No way!" Guo De Sheng was overjoyed in his heart, extremely proud of himself for being able to come up with such a plan in such a short time.

  However, a doubt soon flashed through his mind as he saw that Hu Gao's attack did not dodge or evade, but instead reached out to grab the Wuying Sword that was falling towards the ground.

  "Bastard!" At this time, Guo De Sheng really wanted to remind Hu Gao, "I'm attacking you, hurry up and defend yourself, dodge quickly, can't you see?!"

  Pomelo!

  Kuang De Sheng gritted his teeth, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes, and his fist landed squarely on Hu Gao's chest. A majestic yellow yuan energy surged out, like a great mountain crushing down.

  Jile was also shocked below, this Hu Gao is a precious artifact that doesn't care about his life, he's really a madman!