"Kid, in terms of both martial cultivation and schemes, you are absolutely the best among the younger generation. I'm very curious, who is your master?"
After shattering three incoming sleeve arrows with a single spear thrust, Nalan Wushuang didn't immediately attack Shen Lang. Instead, he showed a hint of admiration and spoke.
"In my impression, there are no more than five people in the Dragon Country capable of teaching a disciple like you. Who is he?"
Shen Lang's martial cultivation was at the peak of Xuanjing, at most half-step Dijian, yet he defeated three Earth Realm experts effortlessly. Such skill made Nalan Wushuang incredibly curious about Shen Lang's master.
"My master's identity is not for you to know."
Shen Lang looked at Nalan Wushuang and said, "Now, let me see how terrifying the so-called Northern Land Spear King truly is."
Shen Lang smiled, "To give you a chance to display your strength, I will put away the golden needles in my hand. Is that fair enough?"
"However, there's one thing you must remember: you will only have one chance to strike me. If that one shot cannot kill me, you will never get a second chance."
With that said, Shen Lang truly put away his golden needles, made a welcoming gesture towards Nalan Wushuang, and said, "Make your move."
What?
Seeing Shen Lang not using his golden needles, Gu Qinghan's expression changed. "Brother, what are you doing?"
She had just witnessed the terrifying power of Shen Lang's golden needles and believed that as long as Shen Lang used them, he would have more than enough to protect himself, even if he couldn't defeat Nalan Wushuang.
Gu Qinghan never imagined that Shen Lang would voluntarily give up his trump card, the golden needles, and choose to engage Nalan Wushuang head-on.
Was this foolish brother being too rash and underestimating his opponent?
Not only Gu Qinghan, but even Tang Zixuan and Nalan Wushuang were stunned by Shen Lang's actions.
What is this kid trying to do?
"This bumpkin must have other trump cards. These two are going to be in trouble."
Shi Qingxuan watched all this from the side, a wicked smile playing on her lips.
She hadn't known Shen Lang for long, but she had already witnessed his cunning.
She knew very well that Shen Lang was someone who never took a loss. If he made you think he was at a disadvantage, you would have to pay a heavy price for your stupidity.
Because, when you thought he was losing, he might be digging a deep pit to bury you.
"This kid's most terrifying asset is his unpredictable golden needles. Now that he's not using them, Spear King, kill him with a single strike."
After his shock, Tang Zixuan was overjoyed and said to Nalan Wushuang.
Tang Zixuan was twenty years old and couldn't even break through to the Huangjing realm. Yet, he was surprised that Shen Lang, the same age as him, had a martial cultivation of half-step Dijian.
Moreover, when he had attacked Shen Lang earlier, Shen Lang had easily neutralized his killing move and even reflected his sleeve arrows. If not for the Northern Land Spear King intervening at the critical moment, Tang Zixuan would have been dead or severely wounded by now.
How could Tang Zixuan not be jealous of Shen Lang? How could he not hate Shen Lang?
Even if Shen Lang hadn't recognized Nalan Wushuang's identity, he would have to die here today.
"Kid, I don't understand why you would give up using the golden needles in your hand, but even if you do so voluntarily, I will show no mercy."
Nalan Wushuang gripped his Overlord Spear, slowly raised its tip, and shouted at Shen Lang, "I am a super bandit. I don't spar, I kill. Let me kill you with my 'One Spear Shatters Three Armies'."
With that, Nalan Wushuang erupted with a rolling killing intent, causing the temperature in the entire tea house to drop as if to minus seven or eight degrees Celsius, bone-chillingly cold.
"Is this 'One Spear Shatters Three Armies'?"
Seeing the terrifying aura Nalan Wushuang emitted before even launching his spear, Gu Qinghan's expression changed.
'One Spear Shatters Three Armies' was Nalan Wushuang's killing move.
Nalan Wushuang was originally a foreign mercenary, leading a contingent of three hundred mercenaries and operating in the Black Continent, doing any heinous act like killing and exterminating clans for money, striking fear into the hearts of the Black Continent.
Later, he was surrounded by three thousand soldiers from seven countries in the Black Continent. Nalan Wushuang's mercenaries were annihilated, and he himself was surrounded.
However, at the critical moment, Nalan Wushuang, with his hook-and-halberd spear, shattered three hundred men with a single thrust, tearing a gap in the encirclement and escaping alive.
Gu Qinghan was surprised that Nalan Wushuang was using one of his strongest killing moves against Shen Lang. Her expression became increasingly serious, and she took out her phone to send a text message, calling for backup from other colleagues at the Martial Guard Department.
However, after doing all this, when Gu Qinghan looked at Shen Lang, she found that her foolish brother showed no fear on his face. Instead, he shook his head with a look of disdain.
"Nalan Wushuang, this spear strike is powerful, but it's not your strongest."
Shen Lang smiled contemptuously and said, "Facing me, you will only have one chance to strike. If that one strike doesn't succeed, you will never get another chance."
"Arrogant—"
After Shen Lang finished speaking, Tang Zixuan shouted, "With the Northern Land Spear King's Overlord Spear, let alone the killing move 'One Spear Shatters Three Armies', even an ordinary thrust can easily pierce your throat."
"Have you made up your mind?"
Shen Lang ignored Tang Zixuan's incessant barking and stared intently at Nalan Wushuang, asking.
"'One Spear Shatters Three Armies', Shatter!"
After Shen Lang finished speaking, Nalan Wushuang shouted, and then the spear in his hand instantly thrust towards Shen Lang.
With this spear thrust, whether it was Gu Qinghan, Shi Qingxuan, or Tang Zixuan, they all felt the terrifying power of having a spear in hand and invincible under heaven.
At this moment, they understood why this move was called 'One Spear Shatters Three Armies'.
If a thousand armies stood before me, I would shatter them all with a single spear.
"You should have used your strongest spear strike. That strike might have truly killed me, but you no longer have the chance."
A point of cold light arrived first, then the spear shot out like a dragon.
In almost the blink of an eye, Nalan Wushuang's Overlord Spear had already reached Shen Lang.
However, facing this terrifying and domineering spear strike, Shen Lang remained expressionless, only letting out a light chuckle.
"Swish—"
At the critical moment, Shen Lang leaned his body to the right, shifting only by a tiny margin, thus avoiding the terrifying, domineering, and fatal spear thrust.
"What?"
Seeing Shen Lang easily evade this lightning-fast, terrifying, and domineering spear thrust, not only Gu Qinghan and Shi Qingxuan were stunned, but Nalan Wushuang himself was filled with shock and disbelief.
However, in Nalan Wushuang's astonishment, Shen Lang, like a phantom, rushed in front of him and directly blasted a palm strike towards his dantian.
What?
Nalan Wushuang hadn't expected Shen Lang to evade his 'One Spear Shatters Three Armies', nor did he expect Shen Lang to rush before him like a phantom and launch an offensive.
Nalan Wushuang wanted to defend, but he realized that his 'One Spear Shatters Three Armies' was a move that could only advance and not retreat, a killing move that only attacked and did not defend. At that moment, he couldn't possibly recall his spear to defend.
"Bang—"
The next second, Shen Lang's heavy palm strike shattered Nalan Wushuang's dantian.