Chapter 51: You Dare Bully This Young Masters Underling? (2/2)
He was brave enough to scold Xiang Shaoyun earlier because he had never expected Xiang Shaoyun to appear. Now that Xiang Shaoyun was right before him, he no longer had the same courage.
Xiang Shaoyun continued striding forward, as if he hadn't heard any of those words. Gou Zai glanced at the martial officer only to find that the martial officer was ignoring him.
”Young Master Wu, save me!” Gou Zai finally broke down and started crying for help. It was at this exact moment that Xiang Shaoyun suddenly started running.
Gale Winds Kick!
With his leg raised, Xiang Shaoyun flew toward Gou Zai and sent a kick toward his back.
”Stop!” Wu Mingliang's voice rang out. Alas, he was too late. Xiang Shaoyun was too fast, and Gou Zai was unable to escape the kick. As for Wu Mingliang, he couldn't provide any help in time either.
Bang!
The kick landed and sent Gou Zai flying like a bird toward Wu Mingliang.
”Arrrghhh!”
Wu Mingliang couldn't dodge in time, and Gou Zai directly hit him. Coincidentally, Gou Zai crashed head-first into Wu Mingliang, his lips connecting with Wu Mingliang's face before they both crashed into the ground. That made for quite a comical sight. All the disciples who saw this were stupefied.
”Ahhh, it hurts badly!” Gou Zai groaned, still lying on top of Wu Mingliang.
”Get off me!” Wu Mingliang howled and pushed Gou Zai away. He then darted to his feet and drew his sword. He pointed it at Xiang Shaoyun. ”Xiang Shaoyun, I'm killing you today!”
After saying that, he sent a slash Xiang Shaoyun's way. A sword energy about one meter in length formed of astral energy streaked across the air toward Xiang Shaoyun. The sharp aura emanating from the slash caused all the surrounding disciples to pale.
That was an astral energy release! That was something capable of increasing the offensive power of an attack, a feat only someone at the Astral Realm or beyond could accomplish. Everyone a.s.sumed Xiang Shaoyun was out of luck this time. Even though Xiang Shaoyun had once defeated Wu Mingliang, no Basic Realm cultivators had any hope of defeating an Astral Realm cultivator.
”You are challenging me with just this bit of astral energy? How naive!” Xiang Shaoyun mocked. His figure flickered as he dodged the attack. Almost instantaneously, he reappeared beside Wu Mingliang, sending over a palm.
Pa!
Xiang Shaoyun was too fast for Wu Mingliang. Thus, the slap landed right on his face, causing a crisp and resounding sound to ring in the air.
”You dare bully this young master's underling? None of you can escape today!” Xiang Shaoyun made a tyrannical declaration even as he continued to attack Wu Mingliang.
Cloud Splitting Palm!
Xiang Shaoyun attacked with both his palms this time. All his attacks. .h.i.t Wu Mingliang without mercy. Wu Mingliang couldn't even resist. As for Wu Mingliang's henchmen, they initially rushed forward to help. But when they saw that Wu Mingliang was completely helpless, they all fled in fear.
Gou Zai was still somewhat loyal as he was the only one to charge forward, yelling, ”Young Master Wu, I'll save you!”
”Oh? Sure, I'll allow you that!” Xiang Shaoyun answered as he caught Gou Zai's incoming fist and redirected the henchman's charge towards Wu Mingliang's direction.
Once again, Gou Zai crashed into Wu Mingliang, his lips landing on Wu Mingliang's face. When Wu Mingliang felt the moist warmth on his face, he was so angered he coughed a mouthful of blood. In fact, he nearly fainted from anger.