Chapter 36: 027, The First Warrior of the Gang Qi Realm from the Hou Family
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"Hu Er, how is the situation at the county city?"
"Dad, Tian Linong has arrived with many sect members, and Cheng Yue is probably no match for him. Zhaoyang City... is going to be lost!"
Ren Feng's heart was already panicked. Hearing the name Tian Linong, a wave of fear instantly washed over his face. Before his son, he kept muttering, "It's over... all over. Sect Master of Mountain Sword Sect, a master from the Tiger List, Tian Linong, Zhaoyang is definitely gone; the Holy Church will certainly want my head..."
"Dad, since the Holy Church will want your head sooner or later, why not give your life to me first? How about that?"
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Despite his chaotic mind and spirit, Ren Feng's ears were not deaf. Hearing Ren Hu's words, he was suddenly struck with a sense of grave danger.
But before the sound carried over, the person had already started moving!
He whirled around only to find that "Ren Hu" had already drawn a staff about a zhang long from behind his back; it was a dark hue, barely visible in the cover of night.
"Ren Hu" shook his body, and a wisp of thin black Gang Qi burst forth from his body. Following that, his staff struck out like a dragon, piercing through the darkness straight toward Ren Feng's forehead.
Ren Feng, already unsettled, was caught completely off guard by this sudden attack. He haphazardly summoned his protective Gang Qi, then swiftly dodged. Although his reaction was extraordinarily fast, avoiding a fatal blow to his forehead, he was still stabbed through his left shoulder, leaving a bloody hole.
Plop...
"Half-step Gang Qi, you little rat... very good, daring to come here!"
The staff struck him, and Ren Feng now fully understood. This person in front of him was not his son Ren Hu, but clearly the little bastard from the Hou Family.
The situation he was in now, where he could neither flee nor return, was all thanks to Hou Yuxiao. Now, looking at Hou Yuxiao, who was still pretending to be his son, Ren Feng's heart overflowed with murderous intent, his voice almost hysterical.
"So dumb but still the County Lord, didn't I tell you, that I had my eyes set on that treasury? Didn't I?"
Once recognized, Hou Yuxiao reverted to his true form, a sinister smile plastered across his handsome face. He had never expected to kill Ren Feng with that strike. To have inflicted such a large wound on Ren Feng's shoulder came as a pleasant surprise.
"You little bastard, little bastard, if I don't kill you today, I swear I'm not human!"
Ren Feng's heart was already filled with too much fear, and now he was being mocked by Hou Yuxiao; his face flashed between shades of rage and pallor. Roaring lowly twice, he ignored the injury on his shoulder, concentrating Gang Qi all over his body. Curling his fingers into claws, he lunged forward.
His Gang Qi-imbued palm ripped through the air, letting out a piercing screech, and in the darkness, streaked out three trails of fire towards Hou Yuxiao's face. The speed instantly made Hou Yuxiao's pupils shrink.
He really had not expected Ren Feng, with such a severe injury on his shoulder, to burst forth with such terrifying strength.
But since he had chosen to come here, it was destined that Ren Feng would meet only one fate today!
The zhang-long Ape Demon Staff burst out of nowhere. Hou Yuxiao trembled, no longer caring that his Gang Qi was thin. He immediately mobilized it all, focusing not on enveloping his body like Ren Feng did but rather concentrating it onto the Ape Demon Staff in his hands.
The dark Ape Demon Staff suddenly emitted a wisp of thin black air. Seeing this, Hou Yuxiao's face revealed a ruthless smile, and before Ren Feng's claws could reach him, he leaped into the air, swaying the Ape Demon Staff. In a flash, numerous shadows of the staff enveloped him entirely, in an impenetrable defense, with barely any gaps visible.
And in that split moment, Hou Yuxiao's pupils concentrated, and he slashed in all directions around Ren Feng with his staff, creating nine black shadows, each two or three zhang long.
"Black Dragon Thirteen Strikes, your old man barely counts as a challenge in front of me, you little beast thinking about acting fierce, you're still way too weak!"
However, Hou Yuxiao's impressive move didn't scare Ren Feng; on the contrary, it gave him a surge of confidence, making his attacks more decisive and fierce.
For Ren Feng finally confirmed that Hou Yuxiao, inside Shengxin Residence, was just blustering. He had not broken through to the Gang Qi Realm at all!
His claws tore through the air, even before the nine staff shadows could reach Ren Feng, they were quelled by his bare hands. Gaining the upper hand, Ren Feng's claw strikes became even more fierce, piercing through the shadows cast by the Ape Demon Staff, leaving several claw marks on Hou Yuxiao in an instant.
A bloody scent spread around the Iron Mine, and the panic previously clouding Ren Feng's mind dissipated with the smell of blood. Especially when he saw more and more bloodstains on Hou Yuxiao's body, his face revealed an increasingly deranged smile.
"You little brute dared to ambush me, today I'll send you down to reunite with Hou Tong, that short-lived ghost. Go... die!"
As the final word "die" fell, Gang Qi burst forth from Ren Feng's body once again, his claws suddenly clenched into fists. He twisted his torso, bent at the waist, and thrust out two punches, one high and one low, like a tiger descending from the mountains. He released two pure Gang Qi strikes that instantly broke through Hou Yuxiao's layers of staff shadows and were about to hit him in the forehead.
"Twin Ultimate Hand Ren Feng, turns out you're a master of both fist and claw!"
Hou Yuxiao's pupils contracted sharply, recalling Ren Feng's nickname from many years ago, not in use. Facing the two incoming pure Gang Qi strikes, his expression grew stern. He lifted the Ape Demon Staff, mustered all his strength, and swung it down in response to Ren Feng's approach, moving so fast that the staff left afterimages in the air.
In a flash, four black staff shadows, each about half a meter in diameter, like four rampaging black dragons opening their jaws, pounced furiously at Ren Feng.
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