Chapter 240: Breaking into the Cool Breeze Gang’s Hideaway (1/2)
Chapter 240: Breaking into the Cool Breeze Gang’s Hideaway
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”I can see where your confidence comes from!” Though he had been mentally prepared, when Golden Rooster saw Junior Leopard carrying the two huge twin hammers that were even larger than his body, he couldn't help but gasp for some cold air.
It was the first time that Junior Leopard had brought out both hammers. He held a hammer in each hand and crossed them at his back. From afar, he looked like an eight foot monster with two heads.
The twin hammers were so heavy that with each step he took, the ground would sink down several centimeters, and the footprint was as long as from the city gate to the alley entrance.
The footprints were deepest at the start near the city gate, but as he took more steps, the footprints became more shallow. When he reached the alley entranceway, he stepped firmly on the ground and there remained no trace of footprint. At the same time, his Qi Power was condensed to its extremity.
His slender body looked as if it was carrying a huge mountain rather than two iron hammers. As he stood at the entranceway, the entire alley was covered in an immense and tangible shadow. It seemed like the mountain would break down at any minute and crush all living creatures into ashes.
It was the Cool Breeze Gang's hideaway. After Junior Leopard revealed its location, the small town south of Zhonghe City had been in a weird state of extreme calm and strangeness.
There were martial arts people and Jianghu schools here, but these characters were not famous. When they heard what was beside them they were in shock and disbelief. The ordinary alley that had never attracted much attention before was now the focus of the entire martial arts world.
The government wouldn't search it merely based on a rumor. A few constables did visit, but according to their feedback, there were no assassins living in the yard. There was only a kind and gentle old landlord.
Of course, this was to be expected. If the Cool Breeze Gang could be discovered by sending out a few constables, then it wasn't the real Cool Breeze Gang.
However, the families that had originally resided in the small alley were decisive. They all left in one night. Before people in the city could take further action, Junior Leopard appeared at the city gate. Carrying two gigantic hammers, he walked slowly and purposefully, until he reached the alley entrance.
The alley was long and winding. Even though Junior Leopard had 360° vision, it wasn't yet abnormal enough to see things behind a turn. Hence, he couldn't see beyond the bend.
There was no one in the alley. Not even an animal. The ground was very clean, flat and dry.
Standing at the entrance to the alley, Junior Leopard raised his eyebrows. With a smile that carried to his eyes, he said, ”Stop standing there. Although I can't see behind the turn, I can sense your existence with my spiritual mind!”
”Yunzhou Zhou Bao, you really deserve your reputation!” Behind the alley, the sound of hands clapping could be heard. Then a man appeared before Junior Leopard.
”Hell, even assassins know how to pretend in this era. I'm here today to destroy them, yet they are clapping their hands to welcome me. How foolish!” Junior Leopard looked at the man with a cold smile on his face. ”It appears that the Cool Breeze Gang has become corrupted. Assassins should remain hidden and kill their enemy with one hit. How can you pretend to be smart and powerful here?”
”It's my business and I deserve my reputation. Who the hell are you?”
”Huyan Ping of the Cool Breeze Gang!” The man stood, as if he didn't care about Junior Leopard's mountain-like Qi Power. ”Yunzhou Zhou Bao, your name has spread across the world. Unfortunately, you are someone who doesn't keep his promises!”
Junior Leopard laughed, ”Go to hell with the promise! I let you guys slaughter the client, but you dared to kill my family. No promise ever existed between us!”
”You gave us one month to slaughter the client. You never said we couldn't dispatch assassins to kill your family!”
The man was still smiling as he spoke.
”Well, your reasoning is fair enough!” Junior Leopard also smiled. ”Okay then, you can say that I haven't kept my promise. Actually, I was just toying with you anyway. So do you want a piece of this?”
The enormous Qi Power collapsed as if the mountain had broken. A wild wind started to blow, and the air became mixed with sand and mud. The man who had been smiling a moment ago finally changed his facial expression. He gave out a cold snort, then a puff of effeminate Qi Power began to hover around his body. Junior Leopard's overwhelming Qi Power was immediately dissolved. However, he still stepped two steps backward and left two faint footprints on the ground. His face turned red.
”Level Seven! Your cultivation has already ascended into Level Seven, the Tendon-Changing Realm!”
he exclaimed with surprise.
It was true that few people knew Junior Leopard's cultivation had reached Level Seven except for those who were close to him. In the eyes of men in Jianghu, his cultivation was Level Six at most, though he had shown an overwhelming advantage against Meng Qingrong on River Heart Island.
The reason was obvious. Level Seven was a huge gap, no matter how talented a person was. Although Junior Leopard had excellent combat capability, which even exceeded Level Seven, combat capability wasn't cultivation. Combat capability was composed of many extra factors. Celestial devices, magic weapons, cultivation methods and even ordinary weapons could all be counted in combat capability. But cultivation could only be measured by the amount of Internal Qi and the clarity of the Internal Qi.
Just now however, the man had discovered from the difference in Qi Power that Junior Leopard let out that his cultivation was not at Level Six. His cultivation had leaped the gap and reached Level Seven.
A Level Seven expert at the age of 17!
No wonder you are so bold and arrogant. It turns out that you are at Level Seven!
The man was in awe; his eyes revealed a sense of disbelief. But this didn't mean he would do nothing in the face of Junior Leopard's pressure.
It's time to fight!
The man yelled. As he yelled, a mild power rapped his entire body. His body was like a fish, swimming towards Junior Leopard.
Countless concealed weapons shot from both sides of the alley in accordance with his yell, including a steel needle, Flying Knives, a boomerang, a Datepit Pin, an Arched Blade, a Meteor Hammer and even a Thunder-fire Ball. The weapons' shadows covered the sky. They were all targeted directly at Junior Leopard.
There was a faint blue light on the needles and at the edge of sabers. Junior Leopard could sense the somewhat sweet smell on the concealed weapons. The weapons were smeared with toxins. Even a tiny injury could kill him. Moreover, Junior Leopard could tell from the sound as they flew through the air that some of the weapons might be able to break Gang Qi. Even if he had Gang Qi, it might be broken by them, not to mention that he hadn't practiced Gang Qi successfully. If the Gang Qi broke, he would be injured. Although the possibility was not high, it was still there.
Junior Leopard had no way to escape from the mass of flying weapons so he didn't. He shook his body and curled up under his huge hammers.
DING! DING! DING! DANG! DANG! DANG! PA! PA! PA!
With all the tiny cracking sounds, it was as if there was a symphony at the alley entranceway. Numerous concealed weapons were all blocked by the enormous twin hammers before they could touch Junior Leopard.
Enormous. That was the best word to describe the iron hammers. They easily shielded Junior Leopard's body as they were gently put in front of him. They shielded him from the eccentric fish-like body movement the man used.
DANG!
The sound came from the man's body as he approached Junior Leopard. He was struck hard by the hammer.
He flew far back. The saber light in his hand began to shiver dramatically. His expression changed.
”What powerful strength!”
The strength passed down from the iron hammer was way beyond his expectations.
He was a Level Seven expert and knew to balance the inner and outer cycle. His muscles and bones were also well forged, tough and strong. Though his muscles didn't look extraordinary, they were tougher than iron under the cover of his robe. Nobody would refuse to say he had a body strong as iron.
In fact, experts whose cultivation had reached Level Seven could all be described as having bodies as strong as iron. There were no exceptions. If the body was not tough enough, it couldn't hold the Internal Qi of Level Seven.
Most experts didn't care much about weapons. Ordinary weapons couldn't injure experts over Level Seven at all. As one became a master of martial arts, the function of weapons became weaker. Only Genuine Weapons could pose threat to them, and even that was limited.
Today, he helplessly discovered that the commonsense that existed in ordinary people's minds was broken.
Junior Leopard's twin iron hammers had been refined less than a hundred times. As a matter of fact, all iron hammers were refined less than a hundred of times, because they had too weird a shape. Not to mention that Junior Leopard's hammers were too big.
They have not refined hundreds of times, nor were they sharp as blades. But they were powerful. The power frightened him. Half of the power was from Junior Leopard, and half of it was from the hammers.
”The twin hammers must weigh at least a tonne!”
This was the conclusion Huyan Ping had after he was knocked with the hammers. But the reality was that he underestimated their weight by half.