Chapter - 133 Changchun Admits Defeat (3) (1/2)
The Six Freaks, Sha Tong Tian and the others all knew the power of her Silver Whip and stood far away from her, careful not to stray within forty to fifty feet of her. For a moment, all was silent.
Zhu Cong whispered to Guo Jing: ”Why are they fighting? Why are you helping that wretch?”
Guo Jing replied: ”They wanted to kill me, but she saved me.” But Zhu Cong and the other Freaks remained puzzled.
Peng Lian Hu called out: ”What business do you have, sneaking into the Palace in the middle of the night? Leave your names.”
Ke Zheng'E replied coldly: ”My surname is Ke. We are seven brothers, and people call us the Seven Freaks of Jiang Nan.”
Peng Lian Hu said: ”Ah, so it is the Seven Heroes from Jiang Nan. I have long admired.”
Sha Tong Tian said in a strange voice: ”Great, the Seven Freaks have come knocking on my door. I have long wanted to spar with you and see just how good you are.”
Upon hearing it was the Seven Freaks of Jiang Nan, he immediately remembered the shame his four disciples had suffered. In one swift movement, he stole forward. Appraising the Seven Freaks, he saw that Ke Zheng'E was blind, Han Xiao Ying was a woman, Quan Jin Fa was skin and bones, Han Bao Ju was short and fat, Zhu Cong had the air of someone cultured but not the air of a pugilist – of them, only Nan Xi Ren had the bold, proud quality of a fighter. Not wanting to waste his time on the rest, he struck straight towards Nan Xi Ren's head. Nan Xi Ren stuck his pole in the ground and met Sha Tong Tian's palm with his own. After a few moves, it was clear that Nan Xi Ren was not his match. Han Xiao Ying and Quan Jin Fa readied their weapons, sword and scale respectively, and rushed forward to help.
With a roar, Peng Lian Hu leapt towards Quan Jin Fa and attempted to grab his weapon. Upon sensing Peng Lian Hu's intentions, Quan Jin Fa quickly drew back his weapon and sent both ends of it – a scale mace and scale hook, flying towards Peng. For all of Peng Lian Hu's experience in the martial world, he had never seen anything like Quan Jin Fa's weapon before. With a ”Weird Python Flip”, he dodged Quan's attack and exclaimed: ”What is this? You're using a scale from the market as a weapon!”
Quan Jin Fa retorted: ”This hand scale of mine is precisely for weighing you lot of skinny pigs!”
In a fit of anger, Peng Lian Hu rushed forward with both palms striking furiously – Quan Jin Fa was, of course, unable to break his attack. Seeing his Sixth brother in danger, Han Bao Ju quickly went to his aid. Though he no longer had his whip, his basic melee was still quite powerful. But even with two versus one, Peng Lian Hu still seemed almost impossible to handle. Ke Zheng'E flourished his staff, Zhu Cong brandished his fan, and both joined in the battle. Ke Zheng'E and Zhu Cong were much more powerful than the rest of their brothers, so naturally with their addition, the battle tipped in the Freaks' favor. Over at the other side, the battle between Hou Tong Hai and Huang Rong had grown extremely intense. Hou Tong Hai's wu gong was by right better than hers, but when he thought of ”this rascal's” Soft Hedgehog Armor and the thorns that resided even in her hair, his fist and palm strikes did not even dare come into contact with her body, much less grab her by her hair.
Sensing his fear and hesitation, Huang Rong took full advantage and charged about brashly, forcing him to back away repeatedly.
Hou Tong Hai shouted: ”This is unfair. Take off your Soft Hedgehog Armor before we continue fighting.”