Chapter 368: Sword within the Sword (1/2)

Chapter 368: Sword within the Sword

Translator: Sparrow TranslationsEditor: Sparrow Translations

Ever since he had met with Wu Yuer, Fang Zhengzhi had learnt from her that Yun Qingwu had another identity.

The Young Demon Lord!

Even though Fang Zhengzhi was somewhat taken aback when he heard of this identity of Yun Qingwu, he knew that Wu Yuer had no reason to lie to him.

Hence, in his heart, he inferred very easily that the incidents of the Southern Mountain Range were naturally related in some way or another to this woman Yun Qingwu, especially the part about having ties with the demon race.

The four scholars in front of him were evidently of the demon race.

Fang Zhengzhi didn't need to remove the skin masks on their faces on purpose. Because, when Fang Zhengzhi had defeated Nangong Hao's formation, one of the scholars had already launched an attack on Chen Feiyu.

What was Chen Feiyu's status?

The younger brother of Imperial Concubine Hua Fei, the young brother-in-law of the Emperor, the direct line of descent of the thirteen constabularies.

Fang Zhengzhi knew that. Hence, it was impossible for the other scholars not to know this. Hence, would anybody launch a sneak attack on somebody like Chen Feiyu?

There was.

For example, Fang Zhengzhi used a sneak attack against Chen Feiyu.

However, that was in order to take down the Thunderous Lion Settlement. And now, Chen Feiyu had already been eliminated and lost all the value he had. At such a time, launching another sneak attack on Chen Feiyu…

There could only be one reason.

That was that the other party was of the demon race!

Fang Zhengzhi inferred this point. However, he didn't infer the true strength of the other party. He initially felt that everything was within his control. However, in reality, he seemed to have been controlled by someone else all along.

That didn't feel very good.

However, he was still extremely helpless.

When faced with four Supernatural State demons employing the technique of combining four swords, causing their power to reach that of the Rebirth State, what Fang Zhengzhi needed to do was too simple.

That was one word…

Run!

However, in reality, with a bunch of people standing behind him, running was actually not something very simple. However, this evidently didn't affect Fang Zhengzhi.

Flipping into the air, he directly ”fell down” from the horse.

One must frequently maintain his appearance and image, however, he must not be hindered by his image. In certain special circumstances, falling down the horse wasn't actually something bad.

The four demons disguised as scholars were evidently somewhat taken aback by Fang Zhengzhi's 'decisiveness'. After all, Fang Zhengzhi's reputation outside was on the same level as that of Nangong Hao due to being joint first in the Court Theory Examination.

uch a genius and talent.

When being attacked, he didn't even think of fighting back and instead, immediately ran away. And, the way he escaped was so ”smooth”.

If it was said that the four demons weren't taken aback at all, it was still rather impossible.

However, they quickly recalled Bai Xing's opinion of Fang Zhengzhi. That was that this was a person full of surprises.

Alright…

He indeed was somebody full of surprises.

After destroying the wind valley of the Icy Monkey Settlement, he defeated Nangong Hao's formation, and after that he was actually able to see through their disguises. Every single one of these incidents reflected Fang Zhengzhi's intelligence.

However, when this extremely intelligent person met with danger, he was still able to hide under the horse's stomach without the slightest bit of hesitation and care for his own image.

That was truly ”full of surprises”.

”Kill!” The four demons gave up their pretence.

Because, there was already no more need to do so. Their next objective was to kill as many scholars participating in this examination as possible, after which use this incident to incite and provoke conflict between the Great Xia and the Southern Mountain Range.

After all, the scholars participating in this examination were too high in ”status”.

Members of the royal family, descendents of the Thirteen Constabularies, notable families and great clans. When these people perished away from their home country and in the foreign land of the Southern Mountain Range, it would evidently be impossible for the Great Xia to maintain a relationship with the Southern Mountain Range that was as close as before.

However, apart from this task, there was another more important prerequisite task. That was that if they were able to kill off either Fang Zhengzhi or Nangong Hao, it was worth it to give up every other scholar.

The four demons didn't know why such an order would be given.

However, this order was personally given by Bai Xing. Hence, all they had to do was to carry it out.

Initially, their plan was definitely to aim for Fang Zhengzhi. However, Fang Zhengzhi had been constantly surrounded five hundred Silver Horned Wolves, it was too difficult to launch an attack on Fang Zhengzhi.

Hence…

After seeing that the wind valley was defeated, they changed their plan.

They followed Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu and charged into the wind valley, planning to wait until Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu led the army to launch a sneak attack on Nangong Hao before launching their attack on Wu Feng and Nangong Hao at the same time.

However, the outcome of that was that they were trapped within Nangong Hao's formation.

Just as they thought that they were in trouble, a fortunate incident happened once again. Fang Zhengzhi was actually able to defeat the formation, and furthermore, he created a situation filled chaos.

This opportunity was simply one given by Heaven.

Moreover, they indeed couldn't wait any longer.

After all, if they waited any further, Fang Zhengzhi would be able to leave the wind valley. When that time came, with five hundred Silver Horned Wolves beside him in addition to facing against Nangong Hao.

They simply didn't have a chance anymore.

Hence…

The disguised demons naturally attacked very decisively.

What happened afterwards was what everybody had seen. Even though Fang Zhengzhi saw through their identity, he didn't announce it righteously.

Hence, this gave them an opportunity to kill in the name of someone else.

Even though this reason sounded really somewhat exaggerated, the outcome seemed to have achieved their objectives. The group of military commanders didn't lash out immediately.

That was enough.

Within the wind valley, nobody could stop them.

And now, once they broke through the protection of a few Silver Horned Wolves and arrived in front of Fang Zhengzhi, they were filled with confidence that even if Fang Zhengzhi hid under the horse's stomach, he wouldn't be able to avoid this strike.

After all, slashing apart a person along with a horse wasn't something very difficult.

And…

Most importantly, with their abilities, after finishing their assassination, escaping safely was similarly not something too difficult either.

”Die!”

As the four demons roared out at the same time.

A silver glow soared from the tips of their swords, directly cutting down towards Fang Zhengzhi. It moved with blazing speed and gave off a chilling air.

”Quick, protect Guard Fang!” When Teng Shisheng saw this glow, his expression clearly changed. His task was obviously not to protect Fang Zhengzhi.

However, he couldn't just let Fang Zhengzhi die now!

At this moment, a few Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry troops stared with their eyes wide open. The silver glow in front of their eyes was extremely thin. However, the power within caused them to feel a sense of fear rising from within.

The warriors of the Southern Mountain Range were human. They also had times of fear.

However, they were able to transform this fear into a form of belief, a belief that was able to integrate them with the mountain rocks. This belief could ensure that in order to complete certain orders.

They would be willing to sacrifice their lives.