Chapter 1 The Tendency

Ji Tang was still unleashing a flurry of blade attacks, extremely fierce, but after all, the overwhelming force that had surpassed Hu Ma's strength was gone. Hu Ma finally had the chance to parry his attacks, using all the tricks he had learned before, tumbling and rolling into a chaotic battle.

"With just this little skill, you think you can kill me?"

Ji Tang exchanged several moves with Hu Ma without being able to subdue him. He suddenly roared in anger, his eyes glaring.

He had no eyelids, and the exposed eyes looked extremely frightening. But Hu Ma thought it was just his angry gaze, then suddenly realized that his pupils had shrunk to the size of beans, and he was staring fiercely at his shoulder.

For some inexplicable reason, his shoulder suddenly felt a pain, and his entire arm lost strength, almost causing him to drop his saber.

What kind of move was this?

Just being looked at caused an attack, making his entire arm lose strength?

Losing strength in his arm, Hu Ma was shocked and retreated rather dangerously, barely dodging Ji Tang's pursuit. At that moment, Red Wine Miss reminded him in a low voice, "The Shousui Ren (year-keeper) has entered the Fu (mansion), and his seven orifices all possess supernatural powers. Be careful."

"..."

Line falls disorderly, changes facet, facet few, changes chicken feet.

"Is this the ability after entering the Fu?"

Chicken feet cannot be eaten, changes to an old cattle trough.

The red thread in Miss Red Wine's hands was made into a cat's cradle, layered between her ten fingers, and one of them extended to the ground, but it was unclear where it went. Every time the cat's cradle changed its pattern, the red thread extending out would also change.

Line fall!

Hu Ma was shocked, "Do I have to shout for help?"

Fortunately, he didn't need to shout. Seeing that Ji Tang had already used the Shousui Ren's ability to enter the Fu, Miss Red Wine also interlaced her ten fingers, and the cat's cradle in her hands changed its pattern.

The cattle trough has a big belly, hides a large turtle.

Ji Tang's eyes ruptured, but his anger actually increased. He took a deep breath, his internal organs rumbled, and the strength in his body, which had already weakened a lot, began to surge again with this breath.

His eyes, which could directly stab people, suddenly shattered, and blood gushed out.

Now, as the square scarf changed to a line fall, Ji Tang, whose one eye was staring fixedly at Hu Ma, suddenly let out a painful muffled roar.

Cat's cradle new, changes to a square scarf, the square scarf breaks, changes to a line fall.

"Holy crap..."

"Han Niangzi (Madam Han), how much preparation did you make to kill me?"

The feeling of weakness in Hu Ma's legs and arms also disappeared instantly. He once again transferred the saber he was carrying in his left hand back to his right hand, and fixed his gaze on Ji Tang.

Miss Red Wine reminded Hu Ma in a low voice, while simultaneously pulling the red thread in her hand slightly. In an instant, the silver needles hanging on Ji Tang's body seemed to come alive again, quickly drilling into his flesh, instantly interrupting his strength from rising.

However, Ji Tang strode forward, his gaze slightly condensed, and he looked at Hu Ma's knees. Hu Ma immediately felt his knees soften suddenly, and his speed slowed down.

Hu Ma was greatly alarmed, "What kind of ability is this? The strength that has already been used can rise again? It's not like he ate blood food."

"Refined the mouth and tongue, can swallow air into the abdomen, chest breaks the big stone."

There was a feeling that he couldn't escape, letting the opponent rush up with his saber, becoming a fish on the chopping board.

Hu Ma was extremely surprised, unable to figure out the details for a moment, and quickly retreated.

Have strength but can't use it, have grievances but can't vent them.

The anger in Ji Tang's heart was indescribable. He fiercely grabbed his saber and was about to rush towards Miss Red Wine again.

But Hu Ma also seized the opportunity to rush up, using all his skills to block him.

"Humph!"

Ji Tang suddenly turned to Hu Ma, his nose emitting a heavy sound, as if even the surrounding air was distorted, causing a burst of darkness in front of people's eyes.

And he took the opportunity to flip his saber and slashed at Hu Ma. The so-called rushing towards Miss Red Wine was actually a feint. In fact, he also wanted to quickly kill himself, and then go to find Miss Red Wine.

Fortunately, Hu Ma kept his mind on guard. When his eyes went dark, he subconsciously raised his saber, using the Ban Lan Shi (block and parry stance) to forcibly receive the saber that Ji Tang handed over, his feet ploughing the ground, sliding backwards steadily.

Snorting Qi!

This time, without Miss Red Wine's explanation, Hu Ma also realized the problem.

Ji Tang had already entered the Fu. He was a person who had refined the seven orifices. The mouth was not the mouth, the eyes were not the eyes, and the nose was not the nose.

This Qi exhaled could cause people's spirits to shake. It seemed that Ji Tang had not specially learned this orifice's divine power, otherwise, he could have shaken Hu Ma's soul out of his body.

Now, even if he didn't shake his soul out of his body, it still caused Hu Ma to see darkness in front of his eyes. It could be said that a light hum achieved the level that Hu Ma could only achieve with all his strength using the Si Gui Yi Men (four ghosts salute the door) technique.

Can't fight at all...

Hu Ma already had a clear understanding of himself in his heart.

Even if this Beggar Gang leader had been pierced by Miss Red Wine's silver needles, breaking his Qi gate and greatly weakening his strength, he had after all entered the Fu. He could use all kinds of abilities at his fingertips. How could he fight him?

Fortunately, at this time, Miss Red Wine saw that Ji Tang had used the abilities of the seven orifices, and she was also quickly flipping the cat's cradle in her hands.

In an instant, a silver needle drilled into Ji Tang's body, directly nailing it to the position of Ji Tang's Qi gate. With this acupoint restricted, Ji Tang could no longer use Snorting Qi.

Especially since Miss Red Wine was mindful, she also sealed off the other seven orifices' abilities in advance.

Being restricted in succession, Ji Tang was already furious beyond words. All his abilities were broken one after another. Instead, Hu Ma seized the opportunity and rushed up, continuously attacking with his saber, every strike aimed at his vitals, making him feel somewhat tied down.

"If I can't kill her, can't I at least pull you down as a scapegoat?"

Also in this exchange, Ji Tang suddenly roared, and his left hand fiercely grabbed towards Hu Ma. Hu Ma had already unleashed all his skills, his body slightly to the side, dodging this grab, and was about to slash his saber towards Ji Tang's crotch, using the move "Monkey Hard Picks Peach."

Unexpectedly, the arm that Ji Tang stretched out, which looked like it had lost its strength, suddenly grew a joint.

Caught off guard, he grabbed Hu Ma's arm with one hand, and immediately pulled Hu Ma closer to himself, his eyes bloodshot.

"His two arms aren't the same length?"

This change surprised even Hu Ma. When learning techniques, the first thing you learn is the control of distance.

In a fight, every millimeter could determine life and death.

Hu Ma was also very sure that he could have dodged Ji Tang's grab, but he didn't expect that his arm could become longer, and he quickly understood what was going on.

It was actually snatched from someone else's body. It was a joint longer than his right hand, but he usually hid it and didn't use it. Only at the most critical moment would he suddenly use it to catch people off guard.

Most importantly, this arm, once it grabbed someone, was like a cold iron clamp, not at all like a human hand.

Once grabbed, cold corpse Qi permeated into the human body, and the blood vessels throughout the body seemed to freeze.

"Be careful, that's a Qing Gui Shou (green ghost hand)."

Miss Red Wine's reminder also sounded quickly, "First pick good materials, refine them with poison and various medicinal herbs, then remove them from the corpse and install them on your own body. One hand is like a weapon, killing anyone it grabs."

"Can it be like this?"

Hu Ma was also shocked. Suddenly, the blood Qi in his body greatly increased. The Dao Xing (spiritual cultivation) of using three incense sticks in the incense burner suddenly surged towards his arm, forcing out the Yin Qi that had permeated into his body. At the same time, he finally broke free from Ji Tang's palm, then flew up and kicked three times in a row.

These three kicks landed on Ji Tang's chest and neck, as if they had landed on iron pillars.

But Hu Ma exerted his strength, and finally, with the third kick, he staggered Ji Tang and forced him back a step.

And he took advantage of the situation to jump away, widening the distance from Ji Tang.

After fighting for a long time, he was actually full of fear towards Ji Tang in his heart. Finally separated, of course, the farther the escape, the better. But at this moment, Hu Ma clenched his teeth. After retreating two or three zhang (yards), he abruptly landed on the ground again, gathering strength.

He raised the serrated saber in his hand backwards, and then suddenly borrowed momentum to rush up again.

Wanting to stay away from Ji Tang was instinct, but rushing back again was a decision made after urgent consideration.

Miss Red Wine said that this was a once-in-a-lifetime learning opportunity for him, so how could he not seize it? The more dangerous it was, the more he had to fight.

There was no need to be restrained, lest she look down on him.

As he rushed forward, the serrated saber in his hand was already thrust straight forward.

He usually used it to chop people, but Hu Ma knew that this saber was already blunt, especially against Ji Tang, he couldn't chop him at all.

So this time he used thrusting, and when the saber was thrust forward, it carried a drilling force, rotating like an electric drill.

"Chih!"

The step Ji Tang took back was precisely a flaw, and Hu Ma nailed him in the heart with one saber.

But although his skin was peeled off, his body was like a copper wall and iron barrier. He couldn't pierce it even with a hard thrust. The serrated saber carried the force of rotation, and finally managed to drill into his ribs. The saber light touched a very tough, and still heavily beating, round object.

Hu Ma thrust forward with force, but he couldn't thrust it in.

The power on the saber struck the beating object, as if even the power on the saber had been unloaded.

"This is the Shousui Ren (year-keeper) who has entered the Fu?"

Hu Ma could hardly describe the shock in his heart, "Usually, it's fine if blades and spears can't hurt him, but even his heart can defend against sharp weapons?"

Also in his imagination, Ji Tang had already felt the pain, and his hands suddenly stretched forward.

One hand went to grab Hu Ma's head, while the other hand held the saber, slashing straight towards Hu Ma's neck.

In a flash, Hu Ma should have released his saber and retreated, but he also realized that if he let go of this opportunity, then apart from Miss Red Wine personally taking action, he was afraid that he would never have another chance to kill Ji Tang.

So he gritted his teeth and fought with him. The five internal organs in his body turned to death, and a surge of Yin Qi bounced up, following the serrated saber and entering Ji Tang's body.

Heart-Drilling Nail!

Yin Qi was like a nail, directly rushing towards the heart.

Even though Ji Tang had such great abilities, his heart was stimulated by the Heart-Drilling Nail, and it stopped beating for a moment.

It was precisely this pause that allowed the saber in Hu Ma's hand to find an opportunity, and he thrust it inwards with force, finally piercing Ji Tang's heart.

Then he pulled, twisted, and dragged, stirring it up.

(End of this chapter)