914 A Beloved Son (2/2)
Blood splattered in all directions. The Central Plainsmen were shocked by this suicidal fighting style.
Miao Chengxin was also astounded, but he didn't show mercy to his opponent. Since the Western Regioners had stooped to using poisonous hidden weapons, then there was no need for him to go easy on them.
Qian Ying was hit by several consecutive saber strikes, and a length of her right arm flew away alongside a short saber. However, in response, she finally managed to charge into the center of those sword-lights and target the most vulnerable part of the giant boulder.
Miao Chengxin let out several howls of anger. He had thought that this woman of Golden Roc Castle would fall to the ground due to the sharp pain, but unexpectedly, like a lifeless puppet, she let the opponent dismantle her while the remaining parts of her body kept moving forward.
Qian Ying stabbed the short saber into Miao Chengxin's chest with her left hand. The first saber strike hit the target, and the subsequent moves immediately followed. After stabbing out seven or eight times in a row, Qian Ying leaped backwards and landed at the bottom of the staircase, her body covered in blood. Part of it was hers, and the rest of which was the enemy's. The blood was still dripping to the ground as she stared at her opponent, as if she was still capable of launching another attack.
Miao Chengxin was holding his sword as blood gushed out of his chest. Almost all of Qian Ying's saber stabs had hit the same part of his body, digging out a bloody hole in him.
The swordsman from the Central Plains fell to the ground with a thud.
No one uttered a sound.
The Western Regioners were quite used to this kind of scene, while the Central Plainsmen were too amazed to say anything.
A Green-faced guard whipped out his saber and cut off the head of the second prisoner from the Waning Moon Hall. Gu Shenwei strode up to the body and dismembered her in the same fashion as before.
Qian Ying also fell down, covered in blood. Two Green-faced killers picked her up and hurriedly left.
”Don't let her die,” Shangguan Cheng yelled, as if his order alone was able to stop her perilous bleeding.
Gu Shenwei walked back to his original position. Miao Chengxin's body had been taken back by those Central Plainsmen. His face as pale as that of the Dragon King, Sun Chengqi still hadn't become accustomed to this kind of gory scene. He buckled at the knees and felt nauseous. ”Is thi–this really a kung fu competition?”
”It is,” Gu Shenwei said.
A Green-faced guard escorted the third prisoner to the side of the competition field.
Looking at those scattered body parts and the bloody ground, Han Fen smiled in satisfaction. ”Thank you, Dragon King. Please chop me into smaller pieces after I die. It would be better if you take my heart away. In that case, the God of the Underworld definitely won't be able to recognize me.”
”I will,” Gu Shenwei promised.
Chu Nanping saw the Dragon King's signal and walked onto the field. He pulled out his saber and slightly lowered his head, as if he were transfixed with fear and didn't dare to look at the bloody scene around him. However, his footing was very steady.
The third Green-faced killer went onto the field. He was a middle-aged man. His features were so common that nobody would be able to find anything special about him even if they put a torch right in front of his face. His weapon was a narrow saber.
”Wait a moment,” Han Fen said and then took a deep breath. ”Little Chu, I know that your swordsmanship is pretty good, but if you lose, I'll die. So, you must do you best and outdo yourself. Just… just imagine that I am the green-eyed little girl.”
”Um,” Chu Nanping answered in a dull voice.
”And, Golden Roc Castle stole some pills from the Waning Moon Hall. You have seen that they were not afraid of pain. That's because they have taken the Baimu pills. They won't be able to feel any pain for two to four hours, so be careful.”
”Hmm.”
”And, if I'm going to die soon, then I want to say this first – the Master Commander is the most beautiful, toughest, and smartest person in the world. Is there anyone who disagrees?”
The blood and body parts had made the atmosphere in the grim main hall even more oppressive, so nobody was in the mood to contradict the subjective compliments of a crazy woman, except for an ignorant child.
”That's not true. The toughest and smartest person in the world is the Unique King.” Standing on the throne, Shangguan Cheng yelled at the woman down below.
Han Fen turned her upper body back, her face full of smiles. ”After I die, and after the God of the Underworld refuses to take me in, I'll become a wandering ghost. I'll spare some time to come to you every day and then we can discuss who is the toughest and smartest.”
Shangguan Cheng drew a step back and leaned against the back of the throne, his face full of horror. ”I won't allow you to come.”
”Ha-ha, you have no power over me. I'll spend half a day with the Master Commander, a small half with the Dragon King, and the rest of it playing with you. After the Dragon King marries the Master Commander, I'll… ”
”Start fighting!” the Unique King yelled, stopping the crazy woman from scaring his youngest son any further.
The Green-faced killer brandished his saber. His kung fu was better than that of the former two, and he also had more tactics. Having already come up with a plan to finish the opponent, he was waiting for him to approach.
Chu Nanping's sword and the Green-faced killer's narrow saber were thrust forward at almost the exact same time, but Chu Nanping's strike was a little faster – just a little. When his sword sank into the Green-faced killer's heart, the tip of the narrow saber was less than an inch away from his.
The Green-faced killer had made a fatal mistake. The first two contestants were both Central Plainsmen, and he had inevitably been influenced by the former fights, believing that this was going to be yet another protracted fight.
Chu Nanping's kung fu was no better than those of the kung fu experts from the Central Plains. It was just that his fighting style was different. Just like the Dragon King's ultimate goal, what he pursued was a striking speed that was always slightly faster than that of his opponent.
This fight had ended so abruptly that nobody made any sounds. Blinking, Han Fen had no idea whether she had been saved or not at all.
”The fourth round,” said Gu Shenwei, turning around to point at Shangguan Fei and Shangguan Hong. They felt a cold shiver of fear crawl up them at the same time as they leaned against each other to maintain their balance.
The Unique King squinted and took a step forward. He didn't care about the results of the former three rounds. This final fight was what he was waiting for.