Chapter 12: Killing (Part 1)
"Who is it?" The guard who was yawning lazily noticed something was wrong.
Hardly had this sentence been uttered when several long swords chopped over. Fighting in the army is actually very simple. You just need to slash and stab from several directions at the same time. If you coordinate well, it is equivalent to one person striking out several times at the same time in an instant. This speed and effect is comparable to that of a master.
Of course, we have only learned the basics so far, and our cooperation is not smooth, but the other side is not a master either!
There was no room for resistance as the four long knives pierced through his body. The "puff" sound of the knives entering the body could be clearly heard. The big man howled , and as the four knives were pulled out, blood spurted out like rain and he fell backwards.
After a moment of shock, the other guard opened his mouth to shout, but Zhang Xuanning used the martial arts taught by the gang leader, stepped forward, and stabbed sideways with his long sword. Blood splattered from the man's throat, and the sound in his mouth turned into a large ball of blood.
The arrow is on the string and must be shot.
Everyone rushed in from the doorway. Just as they entered the doorway, a man happened to come out from the inner room. Seeing this, he was stunned for a second before he was terrified and screamed in a shrill voice, "No, no, there are enemies..."
His eyelids twitched, and Zhang Xuanning was the first to rush forward. In order to avoid gamblers' worries, not all thugs in the casino carried knives - they had to be taken from the reserve warehouse. Therefore, the big man after the scream did not have any power to resist. In a blink of an eye, the sound turned into a wail, shrill and tragic. His eyes bulged as if they were about to jump out.
Zhang Xuanning snorted coldly and stabbed the long knife hard in the human body. The big man spit out blood from his mouth and made gurgling sound. His body was still twitching again and again. This was the last struggle of the body's survival instinct!
However, although such a sound could not be transmitted far away, it was still clearly audible in the casino. Gui Xiliang followed fiercely with a knife in hand and rushed into the inner room.
At this moment, a knife was chopped out from inside. Gui Xiliang was startled and hurriedly blocked it, but the opponent's long knife was extremely sharp. After a few chops, Gui Xiliang was already cold and retreated step by step.
The opponent was a middle-aged man, with extremely fast movements, fierce and sharp sword skills, and great control. If it weren't for the inherent limitations of his internal strength, he would have killed Gui Xiliang long ago.
Zhang Xuanning's eyes narrowed, and he shouted in a low voice: "Gao Zhandao!"
Just as he said this, Gui Xiliang groaned and took a few steps back. A long bloody wound, not deep, appeared on his shoulder.
"Puff puff!" The long arrows were within ten meters, and their speed exceeded the sound. The middle-aged man's blood splattered, and his straight back collapsed. Two long arrows pierced into the body of this good fighter and came out from his back.
"Oh..." The man stood straight, the long sword in his hand did not fall. He calmly looked at the two long arrows piercing him, and then slowly fell backwards.
"He was a good man and a veteran, but so what? He still died." Zhang Xuanning sneered, then shouted loudly: "Kill them in, kill them!"
At this time, more than a dozen big men in black had reacted, and swarmed out, starting to fight with the younger brothers below. More than forty people were against a dozen people, and they had strong bows for support. Zhang Xuanning didn't even look at the battle and rushed in - in such a situation, he still died. That was the life of the younger brother. He was the incense master, not a nanny.
In the inner hall, there were several gamblers who were still staying up until dawn. They had also heard the noise outside, but the time was too short and they hadn't reacted yet. When they saw Zhang Xuanning holding a long knife, there was a dead silence at first, and then there were screams of fear.
Zhang Xuanning walked in slowly and smiled as he offered his hand as a greeting: "Everyone, please don't move. Swords have no eyes. However, we just have some grudges with the boss. As long as you don't get involved and hide in the corner honestly, I think nothing will happen. If I disturb you, I hope you will forgive me."
Before he could finish his words, two gamblers suddenly jumped up, each drew out a dagger, and stabbed at him fiercely. Zhang Xuanning turned his hand sideways, and swung his long knife with a simple slash. The gambler was unable to avoid it and was hit in the chest. The entry was only a fraction of a point, but his internal energy was like a stab straight up. The gambler staggered and fell to the ground. There was another gambler who was a little behind, and when he saw this scene, he shuddered and turned to flee, secretly hating himself for being so fooled that he thought he could curry favor with Master Ma, but ended up meeting a tough guy.
Anyone who breaks my rules will be killed without mercy. Zhang Xuanning kicked and the dagger of the gambler that had just fallen to the ground flew through the sky. With a "puff" sound, it pierced the back of the fleeing gambler, went straight through him, and came out from his chest. The gambler turned half a circle and fell to the ground, blood spurting out. Within a few minutes, the area around the corpse was covered in red blood.
The whole hall was in complete silence at this moment. No one dared to move or make any sound, for fear that the sword would fall on their heads!
"Okay, everyone please hide in the corner and don't go out casually. No matter which team wins, no one will target you. After all, you are just guests. The disputes in the venue have nothing to do with you." Zhang Xuanning said with a smile, pointing to a corner at random.
"Yes, what this gentleman said is right. We will go there immediately." All the gamblers were silent, not daring to breathe. When they saw the direction, they all rushed there. They were originally here to have fun, and only the two idiots who just now risked their lives for something irrelevant would do such a thing.
The hall, which was a bit lively just now, now seemed unusually deserted. Zhang Xuanning seemed to have sensed something and slowly walked inside and came to the courtyard behind the hall.
He could already see his opponent right there in the yard.
The man seemed to have just gotten out of bed, with his long hair loose and wearing a black robe. He took a few steps forward, slightly bending his knees to keep them flexible, and instantly completed his preparations for the battle. One could feel the internal energy surging from his body.
"Ma Xiongyuan?"
"It's me. Which gang are you from?" Ma Xiongyuan spat out these words from between his teeth.
"To put it simply, you have taken the wrong path and helped the wrong person!" Zhang Xuanning said so. He did not dare to be careless at all. The other party was a veteran who had experienced countless battles. Although his martial arts skills were not high, he was definitely experienced and vicious.
In the moment before the battle, his heart calmed down, the whole world seemed to go dark, and the internal energy was running at a speed several times faster than usual, like a flame, burning from the lower abdomen and all over the body. His mind was focused on the blade, and then it became bright again, and the whole world seemed completely different.
The mind and the body merge into one, and at a much faster operating speed, one has already vaguely grasped the angle and time, gaps and flaws, and even the point of force of any attack taken by the opponent.
At this moment, Ma Xiongyuan's right leg cut through the air, and Zhang Xuanning dodged in an instant. Almost at the same time, the opponent turned around, took advantage of the turning momentum, and stretched out his right hand into a palm knife, cutting directly at Zhang Xuanning's throat.
Although it was extremely simple, it was a skill of killing that had been honed through thousands of trials and tribulations. Even though he was in the state of inner insight and his body quickly retreated, his high-speed fingers and palms still barely brushed the skin on his throat, causing him to feel a burning sensation.
Before he had time to think, the opponent had already thrown four punches and two kicks. These were the most basic attack moves, but Ma Xiongyuan, who had not received any instruction at a higher level, had practiced them continuously for twenty years and had turned them into reflex actions that required no thought.
Relying on his high level of cultivation, he dodged several attacks, but the last attack hit Zhang Xuanning's body. Even with his internal energy protecting him, his internal organs felt like they were about to explode, and his throat felt sweet.
At the critical moment of life and death, the physical pain seemed to have gone away. Zhang Xuanning staggered back, but his true Qi "boomed". The true Qi that was originally scattered in various parts of the body and had not had time to be refined, condensed unprecedentedly, and he fought to protect his life.
For a moment, he truly felt the battle, and his life climbed to an intense level.
