Chapter 761 Return to the Sea and Subdue the Dragon (Part )

When Ding Ao and Dong Xiaoer expressed their true thoughts in a roundabout way, Sikong Zhu's face had become so gloomy that it seemed as if water might drip out of it.

The words "I am so lucky" and "I am so impressed" were just perfunctory words from Ding and Dong. They kept making indirect comments because they didn't want to break up with the Qin family in Hexi.

After all, Ding Ao and Dong Xiaoer were still worried about getting themselves into trouble.

Facing the instigation of Ding Ao and Dong Xiao'er, Lu Tingxiang did not get angry like Si Kongzhu, nor did he question them. Instead, he silently cast a mysterious look at them. He was neither happy nor angry, neither gloomy nor positive, but just stared at them straight, which made Ding and Dong feel uncomfortable. They subconsciously stopped talking, and the expressions on their faces gradually evolved from expectation to embarrassment.

"Son..."

"Lu Yao, take my sword!"

Before Sikong Zhu could open his mouth to persuade them, Lu Tingxiang's unquestionable voice suddenly rang out, which immediately shocked everyone in the inn.

Lu Tingxiang's words undoubtedly declared his acceptance of Qin Ku's challenge.

In other words, Lu Tingxiang, who ranks third on the Dragon Elephant List, and Qin Ku, who ranks fourth, are two people who should have never met each other and have never interfered with each other, but are about to have a life-and-death battle in the little-known Weizhou Inn.

The reason why it was called a "life and death battle" was not only because Liu Xunyi was of great importance, forcing them to go all out, but also because Lu Tingxiang and Qin Ku had special identities, their respective family missions and status in the martial arts world, and they would not allow them to show any signs of defeat in this fight.

Otherwise, it would not only be the two of them who would suffer heavy losses, but also the two major martial arts families they represented.

Everyone present knew this. Especially for the disciples of the Lu and Qin families, the success or failure of the family master directly affected their future capital and treatment in the martial arts world. Therefore, everyone held their breath, their hearts were tense, and they didn't even care about the humiliation and anger caused by the unpleasantness just now. The anxiety and urgency in their hearts were enough to see through.

Sikong Zhu knew clearly that at this point Lu Tingxiang had no way out, either publicly or privately, emotionally or logically. The only way he could prove his strength and preserve the reputation of the Lu family was to fight Qin Ku with real swords and guns.

Fighting with a top-notch master like Qin Ku, one must concentrate fully and have no distractions. Therefore, even if Sikong Zhu was extremely upset, he did not dare to disturb him. He had to make Lu Tingxiang stay absolutely calm and not let him be affected by his complex emotions of wanting to fight but not wanting to fight, wanting to retreat but not wanting to retreat.

In an instant, the inn fell into deathly silence. The depressing and heavy atmosphere gradually permeated the air, penetrating into everyone's body through their pores, lingering in their minds and hearts, making it almost impossible to breathe.

Lu Yao hesitated again and again, but finally made up his mind, slowly took out a "green sword" hidden in the sword box, carefully presented it to Lu Tingxiang with both hands, and whispered: "Sir, the sword!"

The Dragon Subduing Sword is three feet and one inch long, two and a half fingers wide, and blue-white all over. The scabbard is engraved with a pattern of two dragons playing with a pearl. It looks very delicate. Compared to a killing weapon, it is more like a treasure worthy of collection.

This sword has been used since the day the Jiangnan Lu Mansion was founded. It complements the "Sword Manual of the Dragon Subduing Sword". The heads of the family in successive generations have regarded the Dragon Subduing Sword as a unique "hidden weapon" that they will not use easily. They will only use this sword when life and death are at stake or when it concerns the honor and disgrace of the family.

Of course, the head of a family is different from guerrillas. His subordinates are enough to deal with and resolve ordinary disputes, and he rarely has the opportunity to take action personally.

Today, Lu Tingxiang took out the Dragon Subduing Sword, one to show his respect for Qin Ku, and the other to show his importance to this battle.

After all, facing the notorious "Ghost-Seeing Monster", even the "No. 1 Gentleman in the Martial Arts World" was not sure of victory.

Having said that, Lu Tingxiang did not intend to reach out to take the sword. Instead, he cast a sharp gaze straight at Qin Ku, who was rubbing his hands together, and said quietly: "Once the Dragon Sword is out, tonight it's either you or I who will die. Lord Qin, have you thought it through?"

Hearing this, Qin Ku could not help but frown and said, "Mr. Lu should have heard of Qin's temper. I am kind by nature and don't like to stir up trouble, let alone fight and kill. I usually endure and give in when encountering things, even if I am ridiculed as 'cowardly'. If you hadn't forced me into a desperate situation tonight and had to use a knife, I wouldn't want to fight you to death."

At this point, Qin Ku suddenly smiled slyly and said, "As long as Mr. Lu is willing to give Liu Xunyi to me, Qin is willing to serve you tea to apologize. At most, we can set up a hundred or so tables to entertain the brothers of the Lu family for a good meal. How do you think?"

"Letting you take Liu Xunyi's head away is Lu's bottom line..."

"Then what are you discussing?" Qin Ku suddenly changed his attitude and cursed, "You scholars are just long-winded. If you lose a scar on your head, it's just the size of a bowl. If you die, then die! Stop talking nonsense. If you want to fight, just come at me. If you don't dare to fight, take your people and get out..."

"Humph!"

When Qin Ku was jumping up and down and cursing, Lu Tingxiang suddenly attacked without warning. However, he did not take out the sword, but stepped forward quickly and swung his right palm directly at Qin Ku's chest.

"Want to make a sneak attack?"

Qin Ku had a grim smile on his face. He had been on guard for a long time and quickly understood the situation. Seeing that Lu Tingxiang was unarmed, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​dodging and took the initiative to step forward. At the same time, Changkong Dao used a move of "Splitting Huashan" from top to bottom, slashing fiercely at Lu Tingxiang's face.

It is undeniable that Lu Tingxiang was confused by Qin Ku's bloated figure and underestimated his reaction speed. At the same time, Qin Ku also underestimated Lu Tingxiang's methods.

The moment Lu Tingxiang stepped out quickly, his right foot kicked back with lightning speed, and his instep arched, immediately hooking the sword sheath of the Dragon Subduing Sword in Lu Yao's hand. Following the inertia of his flying forward, a dazzling green light flew out from the scabbard, and the Dragon Subduing Sword "came out of nowhere".

The hilt of the sword was in front and the tip of the sword was behind. Under the protection of Lu Tingxiang's body, it moved forward in sync with his whistling right palm and flew in front of Qin Ku in the blink of an eye.

Facing Qin Ku's blow, Lu Tingxiang leaned sideways in a flash, letting the extremely sharp Changkong knife chop down close to his nose. The strong wind from the knife instantly cut off a strand of black hair on his forehead. Even so, Lu Tingxiang did not even blink.

"Whoosh!" Almost at the same time as the long-sword fell, Lu Tingxiang's right palm, which was slapping Qin Ku's chest, suddenly turned outward, and his five fingers accurately grasped the hilt of the sword that was flying towards him.

The sword in his hand seemed to give Lu Tingxiang great confidence, causing his pupils to shrink suddenly. Without thinking, he turned his waist and horse, holding the Dragon Subduing Sword in his right hand, and slashed it from bottom to top, slashing towards Qin Ku who was close at hand.

"Oh shit……"

Since the Dragon Subduing Sword had been blocked by Lu Tingxiang's body, when it suddenly appeared in Qin Ku's field of vision, he was really frightened as he wanted to split Lu Tingxiang in half.

In a hurry, Qin Ku no longer cared about his dignity. His fat body suddenly tilted backwards and he jumped away in a panic like a giant rat.

"laugh!"

With a slight sound, Qin Ku's robe was cut by the lightning-fast sword, leaving a two-foot-long gap. Fortunately, the sword only cut Qin Ku's robe, but did not hurt his body.

Sneak attack, counterattack, dodge, change moves, sneak attack again, dodge again... everything was done in one go, like flowing water. It sounds slow, but in fact it was just a flash of lightning. Even before many ordinary disciples with mediocre martial arts could figure out the positions and movements of Lu and Qin, everything was over.

On the surface, it seems reasonable that Lu Tingxiang attacked first and Qin Ku "fled" in the end. If the two were reversed, the result might be the same.

But who had better reaction and speed between Lu Tingxiang and Qin Ku left completely different opinions in different people's minds.

"You call yourself the 'first gentleman in the martial arts world', but you actually resorted to such a despicable trick as sneak attack?" Qin Ku looked at the hole on his chest with lingering fear, and said dissatisfiedly, "Are all your 'gentlemen' moves so insidious?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Take this!"

Lu Tingxiang and Qin Ku had completely different personalities, so he had no intention of teasing or making fun of Qin Ku in a life-or-death battle. After a failed move, his eyes became even colder, and he shouted coldly, waving the Dragon Sword again and rushing towards Qin Ku.

"Normally I'm the only one chasing and beating others, never been chased and beaten by others? If I don't show my real skills today, do you really think that the Hexi Qin family will have no successor?"

Qin Ku was enraged by Lu Tingxiang's aggressiveness. He turned his hand and held the Changkong Sword across his side, then took a meteor-like step forward and attacked Lu Tingxiang.

"Kengkengkengkeng..."

When the two met, it was like a raging fire meeting a raging wave. Both were filled with murderous intent and great momentum, and they fought in an instant.

Seeing this scene, everyone around retreated in panic, leaving an open space in the middle of the hall for the two men to move around and switch between offense and defense.

In an instant, sword shadows and knife lights appeared everywhere, as fast as lightning and as powerful as thunder.

Fierce and sharp sword winds and sword energy shot out from the collision of swords and knives, shaking everything in the inn into pieces in the blink of an eye, leaving it in ruins. Even the pillars supporting the beams and the four walls were riddled with holes and were about to collapse.

Lu Tingxiang's sword came out like a dragon, swift and strange. The sword energy gathered in the air, vaguely transforming into a shocking blue dragon. Along with every move of the Dragon Subduing Sword, the sword energy coiled up and down the sword tip, constantly emitting roars that made it difficult to tell whether they were the sound of a sword or a dragon, and released a terrifying and heart-pounding pressure towards Qin Ku.

Qin Ku's blade was as powerful as a tiger, fierce and vigorous, and two completely different auras emerged from both sides of the blade. The positive side was as hot as fire, with raging flames, and the negative side was as warm as water, with rivers flowing. The two overlapped up and down, intertwined front and back, and attacked and killed each other with the blue dragon on Lu Tingxiang's sword, and the battle was stalemate.

In the blink of an eye, the two were still evenly matched in the fierce battle. Instead, they became more and more courageous, and their attacks became more and more fierce.

Lu Tingxiang and Qin Ku did not hold back at all and each used 100% of their strength, with a strong desire to fight in their hearts, a strong desire to die rather than lose.

This battle was about the life and death of one person, the honor and disgrace of a clan, the rise and fall of a faction, and even about whether the third place on the Dragon Elephant List would change. Therefore, no one of them could lose.

At this moment, there are actually not many people who can truly distinguish the two people's every move and constantly express sincere admiration.

The only ones who enjoyed the feast for their eyes were masters like Su He, Liu Xunyi, Si Kongzhu, Ding Ao, Dong Xiaoer, Ding Qinghong, and Wu Chan. As for Feng Tianba, Lu Yao and the like, they only saw two blurry afterimages in the dim inn, sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes near, sometimes far away, and they heard hoarse and mocking noises in their ears, and the clanging of swords was even more noisy.

After all, they were just there to watch the fun.

No matter whether it is Liu Xunyi, Su He, Lu Yao, or Feng Tianba, what they are most looking forward to is the final outcome of this battle between dragons and tigers.

The Lu family in Jiangnan and the Qin family in Hexi, one in the south and the other in the north, one wields a sword and the other a knife. Lu Tingxiang and Qin Ku are of the same generation and both are outstanding young men in the world. Therefore, people are even more curious about who will win or lose between the two.

If this battle took place at a martial arts conference, it would be no less eye-catching than the fight between Qin Ku and Qin Tianjiu, and might even have a greater impact.

As for tonight, whether Lu Tingxiang's Dragon Subduing Sword skill is better, or Qin Ku's Sky Knife Chess is better, no one present can tell the clues within three hundred rounds, and can only look forward to it and wait and see what happens.

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(End of this chapter)