936 Life-saving (2/2)

Old Man Mu looked back at the Dragon King and said, ”Is the Dragon King really not going to help?”

Gu Shenwei shook his head. ”I'm sure you have a way.”

Old Man Mu smiled wryly as he turned to Lotus. ”What about you, Master Commander? You want to kill Wild Horse, and this is your best chance.”

”If I could kill him, then I wouldn't have invited the Dragon King here.” Lotus was even more determined than the Dragon King. ”And I also want to see what the end of the Death Sutra Swordsmanship is like.”

Old Man Mu sighed and said, ”If I had known this, then I would have kept my mouth shut.”

Han Fen comforted him. ”Don't worry. I'll take care of your funeral affairs.”

”Heh heh…” As soon as Old Man Mu's laughter rang out, Wild Horse's sword had already lunged at him.

The sword wasn't too fast. Old Man Mu felt like his feet could move again, but he didn't. Wild Horse's sword move changed again. Not only did it have a heavy killing aura, but it also became more flexible. Such a simple move had actually hidden countless subsequent changes.

Old Man Mu had nowhere to hide. Wild Horse's sword seemed to be coming from all directions, so he could only hide in 'himself.'

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Old Man Mu suddenly crouched into a ball – not squatting on the ground, but rather 'floating' in the air like a spineless hedgehog, ready to take Wild Horse's blow with his body.

Wild Horse hit his target. Old Man Mu fell to the ground, still curled up in the shape of a ball. No one knew whether he was dead or alive.

Wild Horse didn't make another move. He had used the pure form of the Death Sutra Swordsmanship and he would only attack once. There was no backlash which meant that the stroke had been a success, but he didn't smell the shroud of death.

Old Man Mu suddenly rolled back several paces and rose up near the Dragon King. He touched his chest and said, ”What a formidable swordsmanship. I'm not even bleeding.”

In the eyes of others, it had seemed like a very ordinary sword move, but when the sword stabbed into the target, it had been extremely fast. Little to no bleeding indicated that Wild Horse's swordsmanship had improved yet again. But Old Man Mu somehow hadn't died, which seemed to indicate that the swordsmanship has failed.

The disciples around were all puzzled.

Wild Horse knew why. His eyes narrowed slightly. He had forgotten about Old Man Mu's life-saving skill.

”Heh heh, Dragon King, you are awful. You've heard about the Amber Power of my sect so you wanted to see it for yourself, right? To satisfy you, I've lost some of my power again. Alas, if I do it one or two more times, I'll become a complete wreck.”

The Amber Power was one of the unique skills of the Jade Pure Sect left in the Norland. It did not help improve one's internal energy, but it could save the practitioner's life in times of crisis. Old Man Mu had used the Amber Power to survive several sticky situations. The only drawback was that using it consumed a lot of internal energy, and part of it would disappear forever.

When they had been in the Norland, Old Man Mu had introduced this martial arts skill in detail, so Gu Shenwei knew that he would not die easily. ”You don't need too much internal energy. The weaker your kung fu is, the more trustworthy you are,” Gu Shenwei said.

”The Dragon King sounds like the Good Girl…” Old Man Mu shut up hastily. He'd be better off not mentioning Shangguan Ru in front of Lotus. ”My job is done, isn't it? Do not make me do it again. I'm not sure if I can perform the Amber Power again with how much internal energy I have left.”

”You may step down now,” Gu Shenwei said, ”Wild Horse, let me pick another opponent for you. I guarantee that you will still not be able to kill him.”

Obviously, Gu Shenwei was goading Wild Horse into action, but Wild Horse accepted it. He would let Servant Huan play all his tricks to his heart's content before killing him with one blow.

”Shangguan Hong.”

When Shangguan Hong heard his name be called out, he was staggered for a moment and almost fell to the ground, but he still walked out with his soft sword and stood opposite Wild Horse. He forced himself to look the other side straight in the eye, but he only managed to hold on for a moment before he looked down.

Wild Horse smiled again. Shangguan Hong had a vigorous Qi and blood, so the Dragon King was probably thinking that he couldn't kill him. But his swordsmanship had surpassed the stage of bloodletting. He would hit the opponent's vital point in one blow, and the other side would not even feel pain when they died.

Gu Shenwei asked, ”Do you want to live?”

”Yes,” replied Shangguan Hong with a trembling voice.

”I'll teach you one move. Master it now and you'll live. One mistake and you'll die.”

”I… I'll try.”

Gu Shenwei performed a very complicated move in front of everyone which involved dozens of subsequent changes. It was so dazzling that most of the people there even found it difficult to see it clearly, not to mention imitate it.

Shangguan Hong looked at it with his full attention, but he only remembered twenty or thirty percent of it. ”Can you show it again?”

”No. One time is enough. If you don't understand it, then you won't understand it no matter how many times you watch.” Gu Shenwei said. Then he looked at Lotus and saw that she had already understood.