Chapter 106: Clash of Geniuses, The Heart of the Kill_2
Moreover, the leather armor youth didn't believe that in this remote place, there could be anyone whose martial arts talent could compare with his own as a Devil Sect Inner Sect Disciple.
So when he saw Lu Qing still standing there with his hands behind his back, putting on an act, and looking at him with a kind of gaze that made him very uncomfortable,
the leather armor youth suddenly made his move, shifting his figure and pouncing toward Lu Qing.
Not good!
Ma Gu, who had been keeping a close watch on the leather armor youth, noticed the opponent's movement immediately.
But before he could react, he saw the leather armor youth had already pounced toward Lu Qing.
With inferior strength to begin with, and also severely injured, Ma Gu simply couldn't intervene in time.
All he could do was anxiously shout, "Brother Lu Qing, run!"
However, it was already too late; as his voice fell, he saw the leather armor youth move swiftly, leaping like a rabbit, covering the ground in a few strides, and was already at Lu Qing's front.
With palms turning into claws, and with a gusty wind, he reached for Lu Qing's throat.
Ma Gu watched with eyes almost bursting out of their sockets; he seemed to see the next moment when Lu Qing's neck would be snapped, and his windpipe would be torn apart in a gruesome end.
Even the leather armor youth himself believed his strike was foolproof.
The Wind Splitting Claw was one of his proud techniques, and even among the Inner Sect Disciples of the sect, there were few who could cultivate it more profoundly than he had.
Against a country bumpkin who had emerged from nowhere, it should be a piece of cake.
Just as the leather armor youth's lethal claws were about to tear through Lu Qing's neck,
suddenly, a sword light illuminated in front of Lu Qing and slashed toward the leather armor youth's head.
This sword light was fierce and filled with a killing intent; more importantly, it was incredibly fast. Getting the jump on the leather armor youth, it reached him before his hand could even touch Lu Qing's neck.
"What?"
This strike had come so suddenly and unexpectedly that it greatly startled the leather armor youth.
Only then did he realize that Lu Qing's hands, which had been behind his back the whole time, had been holding a war saber! Stay connected via empire
What a treacherous kid!
At the critical moment, the leather armor youth tilted his head back and narrowly evaded the deadly strike.
However, he couldn't dodge the rest of his body.
Boom!
The sword light struck the leather armor youth's chest without reservation, the burst of immense power sending him flying backward.
"Huh?"
The instant Lu Qing struck the leather armor youth, he felt something was amiss.
The sensation didn't feel like striking a human body but rather like hacking at some extremely tough leather, awkward and strenuous.
He thought of the leather armor the opponent was wearing.
In a rapid shift of thought, without time to contemplate further, Lu Qing's entire Qi-Blood erupted, he leapt down from the boulder, and as he treaded, the soil and stones underfoot scattered wildly. In a few strides, he had caught up with the mid-air, backward-flying leather armor youth and slashed down with another strike.
Clang!
Another loud clang echoed.
But the leather armor youth had recovered and pulled out the short saber from his waist to block Lu Qing's strike.
Despite just managing to block the war saber, since he was in mid-air and couldn't leverage, the leather armor youth was slashed by Lu Qing's saber from the air to the ground, becoming a rolling gourd, stirring up countless fragments of rock and dirt.
Yet this was not the end, as Lu Qing, seizing the momentum, disregarded all else and, while the leather armor youth was at a disadvantage, stepped forward with great strides and slashed down once again.
Damn it, was there no end to this?
The leather armor youth hadn't expected that a moment of carelessness would put him in such a dire position.
The frustration made him seethe with anger.
When had he, Tong Canglang, ever suffered such a loss?
Boom!
Furiously, the leather armor youth cast all caution to the wind and forcefully circulated the Qi and Blood Power within him in a strange trajectory.
In an instant, a powerful force surged from within him.
"Get lost!"
Emboldened by this power, seeing Lu Qing's saber slash down again, the leather armor youth roared and swung his short saber, successfully blocking Lu Qing's strike.
This block was unbelievably strong, even beyond Lu Qing's expectations.
His arm numb from the shock, he nearly lost his grip on the war saber.
With a chill in his heart, Lu Qing took advantage of the repercussion force to retreat several steps, creating distance between himself and the leather armor youth.
This bout of combat came to a temporary halt, ending with Lu Qing slightly ahead.
Ma Gu, who was standing nearby, had been staring, dumbfounded, the entire time.
From the leather armor youth's charge at Lu Qing, to Lu Qing's subtle counterattack with the war saber, to the leather armor youth's disheveled retreat, falling on the defensive and being pursued by Lu Qing, until now when the two had parted.
Though it seemed complicated, in reality, all of these events occurred in a mere ten seconds or so.
By the time Lu Qing retreated, Ma Gu's mouth was still agape in shock.
He had never imagined that Lu Qing, who he thought was on the verge of death, would in the end nearly kill the leather armor youth with a single slash.
The reversal was too great, he would never have believed it had he not seen it with his own eyes.
At this moment, only one thought occupied his mind.
And that was, when had Lu Qing broken through to the Muscle Bone Realm?
Indeed, seeing Lu Qing's formidable performance just then, if Ma Gu still couldn't discern that he had entered the Muscle Bone Realm, then all his years of cultivation would have been in vain.
But it was precisely because he saw this that his heart shook even more.
Because he knew, from the time Lu Qing had been exposed to Martial Arts to now, it had been at most only a few months.
A few months' time, and he went from a novice in Martial Arts to becoming a strong Martial Artist in the Muscle Bone Realm.
This speed of cultivation, not to mention witnessing it, Ma Gu had not even heard of it!
Even within the State Mansion, he had never heard of such a young genius!
Lu Qing, my friend, what kind of demonic cultivator are you!
Ma Gu watched Lu Qing's figure with utter shock, momentarily forgetting even the pain in his shoulder.
While Ma Gu stood there dumbfounded, the leather armor youth's heart was also full of astonishment.
He looked at Lu Qing, holding the war saber, with disbelief in his eyes.
"Martial Artist of the Muscle Bone Realm, you are actually a Warrior of the Muscle Bone Realm?"
And moreover, an exceptionally strong one at the threshold of small success.
The leather armor youth recalled the domineering Lu Qing earlier.
The power Lu Qing had displayed was far beyond what a Martial Artist who had just entered the Muscle Bone Realm could unleash.
Perhaps it was not even much less than his own.
Such overpowering strength burst forth from a youth much younger than himself.
How could the leather armor youth not be in disbelief.
"What an impressive leather armor."
Lu Qing did not respond to his words, his gaze landed on the leather armor youth's chest, with a somewhat peculiar look.
There, on the chest of the leather armor youth's leather armor was a crack from which blood was seeping through faintly.
Clearly, Lu Qing's slash, though blocked by his leather armor, still wounded him.
It was only unknown what kind of leather armor this was, so formidable that it could withstand a full-strength blow from a Martial Artist of the Muscle Bone Realm.
Although Lu Qing's comment was one of admiration, to the leather armor youth's ears, it sounded particularly harsh.
He could clearly hear the mockery in Lu Qing's words.
But in his heart, he did indeed feel a stroke of luck.
Had it not been for the leather armor bestowed by his master, he probably would have been split in two by that slash.
The thoughts of this youngster opposite him were truly somewhat frightening.
To think that as a Martial Artist of the Muscle Bone Realm, he would resort to such a poisonous scheme— so young in age, yet so insidious.
"Boy, don't get cocky. That slash just now was your best chance, and since you couldn't kill me, your end is coming next!"
The leather armor youth declared with a ferocious look in his eyes.
At the same time, his heart was filled with even more intent to kill.
Realizing that Lu Qing was actually a Martial Artist of the Muscle Bone Realm, his desire to kill him even surpassed that of Ma Gu.
So young and already stepped into the Muscle Bone Realm, not far from reaching Bone Marrow Small Success. Given time, if he were allowed even more cultivation, what then?
The leather armor youth, who had once considered himself a genius, was filled with jealousy and apprehension upon realizing Lu Qing's Martial Arts talent.
At this moment, he had only one thought.
This kid must not be allowed to live!
Otherwise, it would not only be him, but even their Tong Cang Clan might face grave danger in the future!