482 The Spear (1/2)

Chapter 482: The Spear

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”Are these all your tricks?”

”Do you think you can kill me just like that?”

”I haven't shown my trump card yet. Don't tell me you're done.”

The shrill yell echoed around the lake. Xia Hou walked toward the southern bank of Yanming Lake. He walked slowly due to his leg injury, and his voice shook as he spoke. However, his steps were stable and his manner imposing.

Ning Que who stood on the edge of the cliff looked at Xia Hou who was walking towards him slowly. Ning Que's face was devoid of any expression, while his emotions were all over the place. He felt the chill brought by the wind and snow.

He had used up all the Primordial Thirteen Arrows in the box. The hundreds of Fu papers that he had painstakingly accumulated over the past two years had turned into yellow waterfalls and turbulent storms. The little iron kettles buried in the lake have been detonated, and it seemed as if he had used up his trump card. However, he had not managed to kill Xia Hou and could not stop him from advancing towards the southern banks.

It was the power of a powerhouse in the Peak state of Martial Arts, wasn't it?

The snow falling onto the city walls had thinned.

Eldest Brother worriedly looked towards Yanming Lake. His old cotton robes trembled slightly, as if it was contemplating whether to fly up or not.

Ye Su looked on solemnly. He did not think that such a situation would occur at this battle on the lake. He did not expect Xia Hou to be attacked, be stopped and even be heavily injured.

”I have to admit that Ning Que has given me many surprises. The Headmaster's disciple is indeed extraordinary. But it is a pity that he will die tonight.”

He looked at Eldest Brother and said, ”Unless you make a move.”

Eldest Brother understood what he meant by that.

The powerhouses of the world gathered in Chang'an tonight. Only Jun Mo and he had come to represent the Academy to make things fair for Ning Que. Jun Mo was responsible for watching the Tang Military while he was responsible for watching this genius from the Haotian Taoism sect. Conversely, Jun Mo and he were being watched as well.

If he made a move, Ye Su was bound to follow.

Eldest Brother's expression gradually softened, and he calmed down as he thought of something.

”Teacher always told me to learn from Youngest Brother, and I always wondered what I should learn. As I think about it today, he wanted me to learn from his attitude in adversity.”

He looked in the direction of Yanming Lake and said, ”The most admirable thing about Youngest Brother is him himself. He creates his own world and he is always willing to take challenges. When everyone in the world thinks that he can't make it, he would still step forward and climb another step. It was so when he entered the Academy, when he entered the old library, and when he ascended the mountain path to the Second floor. Would tonight be any different?”

There were several torches lit outside the Yulin Royal guard camp, lighting up the surroundings. The bridge covered in snow outside the camp looked like a jade belt and the man with a tall crown on the bridge looked like a deity standing on the jade belt.

Time passed as the snow drifted.

The standoff on the bridge continued through the day and until late into the night.

Second Brother of the Academy, Jun Mo had been sitting on the snow-covered bridge.

Defender-general of the State, Xu Shi, and the powerful Yulin Royal Guards stayed under the bridge.

General Xu Shi leaned against the railing under the bridge and looked at Second Brother who sat cross-legged in the snow on the bridge. He coughed painfully and siad, ”Ning Que's battle against Xia Hou is a challenge against the Tang Military to me. That is why I wish to stop this battle from happening.”

Second Brother looked up and towards the leader of the Tang military. The snow that had landed on his brows fell off as he said, ”Since the battle has started, you need say nothing.”

”Indeed, it is no longer necessary.”

Xu Shi's white brows floated in the air as he said, tamping down his anger, saying, ”So you want Ning Que to die, don't you?”

Second Brother said, ”Since the battle has already started, someone will survive and someone will die. You are a soldier of the Tang military, don't you understand such simple reason?”

After a moment, he said coldly, ”Furthermore, that Xia Hou isn't anyone special. Who dare say that my Youngest Brother is bound to lose for sure?”

To Second Brother of the Academy, general Xia Hou of the Tang Empire might not be a terrifying opponent. However, It was Ning Que that Xia Hou was battling against.

Xu Shi thought so, and then, he said solemnly, ”There aren't miracles in the world.”

Second Brother looked at him and said seriously, ”The Academy is a place where miracles will happen.”

”If he still cannot kill the person after 15 years of preparation, then what is left is up to fate. However, teacher has said, that there is no such thing as fate in the world.”

Ning Que stood on the cliff and thought so as well. He looked up at the sky and then down at the person walking towards him on the lake. His brows lifted slightly as he asked, ”Can we... really succeed?”

Sangsang opened her eyes once the arrow box was emptied. She held the big black umbrella and looked into Ning Que's eyes, nodding vigorously. She said, ”We have to succeed.”

Ning Que smiled as he agreed with Sangsang. No matter whether fate exists in the world, or whether he could succeed, he had to succeed. He should not think of anything else other than success.

He looked at the imposing figure on the lake and said, ”You are left with a pair of weak fists and a damaged body. I still have a fresh blade, so why can't I kill you?”

On the snowy lake, Xia Hou slowed down.

At that moment, Ning Que reached out his left hand and grasped the hilt in the cold wind. His fingers felt the familiar sensation of hemp, suddenly tightening.

There was a scuffling sound as he pulled out his podao from the scabbard.

Ning Que had been used to taking along three blades with him to fight against Xia Hou's three-man assassin team. When he no longer had to fight those assassins, he had to fight Xia Hou. As such, he had asked Sixth Brother to combine those three blades into one.