Chapter 454: Unrivaled in the World (Part )

"Brother Murong, how is your injury?"

Deng Quan hurriedly came forward, supported the staggering Murong Bai with worried eyes, and said angrily: "Don't worry, I will get it back for you!"

"Brother Deng!"

Murong Bai grabbed Deng Quan, who was eager to try, and warned him seriously: "He is the top of the Dragon Elephant Ranking for a long time. You must not underestimate him. Do you know why I just attacked him fiercely and never retreated when I fought him just now?"

"Are you trying to strike first?" Deng Quan asked suspiciously.

Murong Bai smiled sadly and shook his head slowly: "After the first three moves, it is impossible to take the initiative. In fact, the reason why I launched a continuous fierce attack is because I know in my heart that if I slack off for a moment, he will kill me in a blink of an eye."

"Hiss!" Murong Bai's words made Deng Quan horrified.

"Even so, I still can't hold on for too long." Murong Bai smiled bitterly, "I have tried my best just now, but Wu Shuang still has reservations. You must remember that when fighting with this person, you can only attack from a distance, never fight in close combat, and you must fight quickly, because the longer you drag it out, the more disadvantageous it will be for you."

"This..." Deng Quan was shocked and speechless for a moment.

"Deng Quan!"

Suddenly, Luo Tianjin's voice sounded in his ears. Deng Quan was cheered up. He hurriedly said a few words to comfort Murong Bai, then left quickly.

"Master of the Palace..."

"Did you see the competition between Murong Bai and Wu Shuang just now?" Without waiting for Deng Quan to salute, Luo Tianjin asked, "What do you think?"

Deng Quan thought for a moment, then replied with a folded hand: "It is reasonable, but unexpected. After all, he is the leader of the Dragon Elephant Ranking, so he is no ordinary person. It is obvious that he has such means at such a young age, but... it is incredible and hard to believe."

"Murong Bai has already been defeated by him. Do you dare to go on stage and fight him?"

"I dare, but..." At this point, Deng Quan's tone suddenly became a little awkward.

Seeing this, Xie Xuan took the initiative to say: "Master, why don't you let me go..."

Luo Tianjin waved his hand to interrupt Xie Xuan's words, and looked at Deng Quan's evasive words with a pair of deep eyes, asking: "Just what?"

Seeing that Luo Tianjin was not giving in, Deng Quan simply made up his mind and admitted, "It's just that I'm afraid that I'm no match for Wu Shuang and it would be a disgrace to the reputation of the Xianwang Mansion."

"Haha..." Luo Tianjin laughed heartily, then waved at Deng Quan and said gently, "Come here."

Deng Quan couldn't guess what Luo Tianjin was thinking, and was very nervous. However, he didn't dare to disobey his orders, so he could only move closer tremblingly.

"Deng Quan, look!"

Luo Tianjin held Deng Quan's shoulders very intimately, and pointed at the sword-discussing platform, saying with a smile: "Right now, Wu Shuang only has one knife in his hand, and the other knife has not been revealed yet, which means that he only used half of his strength to deal with Murong Bai."

"Yes."

"Although he is a martial artist, he is still made of flesh and blood." Luo Tianjin continued, "As long as he is human, there will be times when he runs out of energy and becomes exhausted. Don't be fooled by his nonchalant appearance. In fact, the battle with Murong Bai has consumed at least three-tenths of Wu Shuang's vitality."

"Yes."

"I know that in terms of martial arts, you may not be Wu Shuang's opponent. But in the second round, I still want to send you to the stage to fight him." Luo Tianjin whispered, "Remember, your goal is not to defeat him, but to force him to show his second knife."

"What?" Deng Quan was confused and puzzled.

"As long as you can force him to show his second knife, then you're done. It doesn't matter whether you win or lose."

After that, Luo Tianjin patted Deng Quan's shoulder gently and asked with concern: "How is it? Do you dare to go on stage and give it a try?"

"Thanks to the palace master's kindness, Deng Quan will fight to the death!"

"Nonsense!" Luo Tianjin scolded, "It's just a duel, how can you talk about life and death? If the leader of the martial arts world needs to exchange your lives, then I would rather not do it!"

Deng Quan was deeply moved, but he said no more. He bowed respectfully to Luo Tianjin, and then resolutely walked towards the sword arena.

"Thank you, brother!" Looking at Deng Quan's back, Luo Tianjin said without turning his head, "When Wu Shuangliang took out the second knife, his strength was about to run out. You should stretch your muscles. This autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves still requires you to do it yourself."

Hearing this, Xie Xuan's expression suddenly changed, and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes as he looked at Wu Shuang.

When Deng Quan came on stage, the crowd that were whispering to each other became excited again.

Wu Shuang quietly watched Deng Quan coming towards him, with a hint of amusement emerging between his brows.

"I am Deng Quan from Prince Xian's Mansion, please give me some advice!" Deng Quan approached Wu Shuang while taking off a pair of mandarin duck rings from his waist.

Wu Shuang looked Deng Quan up and down and said jokingly, "I wonder how your martial arts compare to 'Snow-robed Silver Dragon'?"

"nonsense!"

Deng Quan shouted coldly, and swung his right hand forward violently. A copper ring instantly flew out of his hand and shot towards Wu Shuang at a rapid speed.

"Whoosh!"

The copper ring spun, and an invisible vortex of energy appeared in the air. It was as swift as thunder and lightning, and as powerful as the sea and river being stirred up. It was accompanied by a gust of gusts of wind, and it flew in front of Wu Shuang in a blink of an eye.

"Keng!"

Facing Deng Quan, who used all his strength in one move, Wu Shuang did not dare to be arrogant. He quickly urged the scimitar to block forward and collided head-on with the copper ring, causing a thunderous sound. The two forces collided head-on, and Wu Shuang's feet became light, and his body flew backwards lightly and flexibly like an autumn leaf in the wind.

At the same time, the copper ring was bounced high by the scimitar, accompanied by a "buzzing" sound, and rushed straight into the sky and disappeared into the sky.

"Where to go!"

Deng Quan accelerated his pace and threw the other copper ring in his hand forward, flying towards Wu Shuang again. He tapped the ground with his toes and soared into the sky. With a move of "wiping the sky and picking stars", he immediately sucked the flying copper ring back into his palm.

"boom!"

This time, Wu Shuang dodged the copper ring's pursuit with his clever body movements, causing it to fall heavily to the ground, shattering a piece of bluestone. It then bounced high up and flew back into Deng Quan's hands as if it had spirituality.

Seeing this, Wu Shuang's eyes focused, his feet paused, his body turned into a string of afterimages, and he swung his knife straight towards Deng Quan, wanting to fight him in close combat.

"The biggest advantage of the mandarin duck ring is long-range attack, while the advantage of the scimitar is close combat."

On the sidelines, Qingfeng methodically analyzed the battle situation to a group of Wudang disciples, and took this opportunity to teach them the key points of fighting: "Wu Shuang's martial arts are far superior to Deng Quan's. Once he gets close, Deng Quan will have no power to fight back."

"What should I do?"

"Don't worry! Deng Quan is also a veteran in the martial arts world. He is well aware of his own strengths and weaknesses. He will definitely not let Wu Shuang get close to him easily. Instead, he will try to distance himself from him again and harass Wu Shuang with long-range attacks to consume his energy."

In just a few words, Wu Shuang appeared under Deng Quan. His feet lightened, he stood up from the ground, and stabbed Deng Quan's feet with his knife.

In mid-air, Deng Quan unexpectedly did not retreat but advanced, with the Mandarin Duck Flying Rings crossing and overlapping in his hands. At the same time, his eyes turned cold, and he let out a loud shout, and suddenly spread his hands to both sides of his body.

Instantly, the internal force surged and gushed out, radiating a visible energy ripple that twisted the void a bit. At the same time, countless flying rings appeared out of thin air between Deng Quan's hands, whizzing out like a storm, like thunder and lightning, shooting towards Wu Shuang, dazzling him and unable to respond.

"This is... the Mandarin Duck Death Ring!"

On the sidelines, Yuwen Xiu seemed to be shocked by Deng Quan's madness. His old eyes were focused on the dense flying rings between heaven and earth. He sighed, "He used his unique skills right at the start. It seems that Deng Quan learned from Murong Bai's lesson and knew that there was a big gap between him and Wu Shuang. Therefore, he didn't want to fight for a long time and planned to decide the outcome with one move!"

Between heaven and earth, mandarin ducks fly in circles one after another. Their swift speed, tricky angles, and bizarre changes are all eye-opening and amazing.

Under the repeated and numerous flying ring attacks, Wu Shuang had to switch from offense to defense, give up the sneak attack on Deng Quan, and instead roll over to the ground, dancing the scimitar above his head tightly, struggling to resist the flying rings that kept coming from all directions.

"Clang clang clang!"

The sound of the collision of golden weapons and iron weapons continued one after another. The flying rings that were bounced off by the scimitars disappeared into the void in an instant, and what followed was a new wave of attacks.

They came and went without a trace, changing freely, sometimes violent as thunder, sometimes quiet and silent, sometimes sparse enough for a horse to pass through, and sometimes so dense that no air can pass through, which really made Wu Shuang feel a little tricky.

The "Mandarin Duck Death Ring" is Deng Quan's unique life-saving skill. Although it is very powerful, the loss of internal energy is also very alarming.

In a moment, Deng Quan's internal energy was exhausted, and the attack of the Mandarin Duck Death Ring became weaker and weaker.

"watch out!"

Among the thousands of flying rings, Deng Quan, sweating profusely, suddenly rushed out from the air, holding the rings in both hands, and rushed straight towards Wu Shuang.

Wu Shuang, who was busy dealing with the harassment of the flying rings, was startled by the sudden appearance of Deng Quan. When he was about to withdraw, he suddenly found that his retreat had been blocked by the flying rings that kept coming.

In desperation, Wu Shuang could only draw out the second knife and struggle to resist Feihuan's harassment while carefully dealing with Deng Quan's surprise attack.

"It's done!"

When Deng Quan saw Wu Shuang showing his double swords, he was delighted at the moment, but then a strong feeling of fatigue quickly spread throughout his body, causing him to slow down. Wu Shuang took advantage of the situation and crossed his double swords in front of him, immediately sweeping out two streams of energy that formed a "cross" shape and were deeply imprinted on Deng Quan's chest.

"puff!"

All of a sudden, Deng Quan felt his internal organs churning and his blood rushing back and forth, and his throat felt sweet, and a large mouthful of blood spurted out uncontrollably.

In mid-air, the mandarin duck copper ring flew out of his hand and fell to the ground with a clang.

Looking at Deng Quan again, his body was like an arrow shot from a bow, like a rootless duckweed, and he was thrown far away to the bottom of the sword-fighting arena, making a heart-pounding muffled sound.

Before everyone in the Xianwang Mansion rushed forward, Deng Quan had already gritted his teeth and struggled to stand up with all his strength. However, before he could stand firmly, his eyes suddenly went dark, his legs softened, and he fell to the ground again.

Deng Quan's body twitched slightly, and a series of "gurgling" sounds came from his throat. Then his head tilted and there was no movement.

"Ba Ye!"

As the disciples of the Xianwang Palace rushed to exclaim, there was an uproar on the top of Mount Huashan.

After a moment's silence, a violent cheer like a tsunami suddenly broke out all around.

Although he was young, he defeated two of the seven heroes in the Xianwang Palace without any injury.

This impressive record alone is enough to make the "little-known" leader of the Dragon and Elephant list become the most popular figure in the world today.

After today, Wu Shuang's name will be known to everyone in the martial arts world.

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(End of this chapter)