Chapter 130 - 128: Traditional Martial Arts
Song Changming recognized the voice as that of Liu Ziwen, who had previously brought him Flowing Gold Ginseng.
Meanwhile, inside and outside of the Liu Residence, many of Liu Dingsheng’s subordinates rushed toward the outer courtyard.
Under the cover of night, the clash of weapons and sounds of slaughter were unceasing.
"Senior, this must be the third time this year," Song Changming said helplessly.
Liu Dingsheng was indifferent, taking it as a matter of course: "The more people you kill, the more enemies you make. You think you’ve uprooted them, but in reality, you can’t avoid the occasional slip. Who knows where you’ve left a tail, waiting years to come back seeking revenge."
"That’s the way of the Jianghu—fighting and killing, a cycle that repeats. If you don’t want to be killed, you have to be stronger than your enemies and understand survival better..."
Song Changming nodded, listening to the increasingly intense battles outside in the two large courtyards, like a home being demolished, and couldn’t help but say, "This time, they seem not weak."
Just as he was speaking, several figures appeared atop the wall of the inner courtyard where they stood.
Dressed in black, wearing bamboo hats, they looked quite mysterious.
Upon seeing the white-haired Liu Dingsheng in the courtyard, they immediately locked onto their target.
"Senior, please rest. I’ll handle this," Song Changming said, grabbing the Dragon Pattern Saber beside him and stepping out into the courtyard.
"Kill!"
The black-clad figures didn’t hesitate, confirming Liu Dingsheng’s presence. They swiftly executed their Light Body Skills, leaping over the courtyard wall, drawing their swords towards Song Changming, who stood blocking their way.
These black-clad men were at least Fifth Realm martial experts.
In the Jianghu, they were considered formidable, enough to be notable figures in some small places.
But thinking they could kill Liu Dingsheng was no different from a fool’s dream.
Although Liu Dingsheng grew older year by year, his Martial Arts Cultivation at the Extreme Realm remained unparalleled, something they could not compare to.
Especially today, as they encountered Song Changming, this imposing barrier.
Song Changming merely slung the Dragon Pattern Saber over his back, without drawing it, as he faced the incoming attackers with an expression calm as still water.
Facing several Fifth Realm opponents, he didn’t even feel like drawing his saber.
"Might as well use them for practice..."
An opponent thrust a sword towards him. Song Changming sidestepped to avoid it, using his palm as a blade, striking like lightning at the opponent’s sword-wielding wrist.
Instantly, a giant force surged in, rendering the opponent’s hand completely numb, causing the longsword to slip from their grasp.
Song Changming caught the falling blade with his left hand and flung it backhandedly.
The sword spun, instantly colliding with another person’s sword, forcing them to retreat several steps, fearfully touching a deep wound on their abdomen.
If it hadn’t been for his instinctual block of the flying sword, he might have been disemboweled by it just now!
The remaining attackers then rushed forth, but Song Changming remained unhurried, employing the Seven Star Steps, his movements elusive, easily evading his opponents’ assaults.
Tonight, he intended to showcase the fist and foot skills he’d learned over the past months!
The move he just displayed was called the Wandering Body Step, the top-level Light Body Skill Liu Dingsheng was most skilled at and famous for.
Compared to the Flying Swallow Light Body Skill Song Changming previously mastered, this skill emphasized footwork more, allowing evasive maneuvers used alongside any fist and foot skills, offering offensive and defensive flexibility, and was a top-level Light Body Skill with maximum evasion capability.
"This Wandering Body Step is far inferior to mine, Changming." Beneath a tree, Liu Dingsheng sat by a chessboard, sipping tea while observing Song Changming’s performance in the battle.
Occasionally, he offered blunt critiques and guidance on the martial arts Song Changming used.
Behind him, two servants seemed accustomed to grand scenes alongside Liu Dingsheng, maintaining composure and continuing to fan Liu Dingsheng in the face of the assassins.
Song Changming approached someone silently, his hands wrapping around them, securing the joints, and instantly dislocating them using the Tearing Ligaments and Shattering Bones technique.
This was also a top-tier martial art, akin to a grappling technique, and although Song Changming was only at the basic level, its power was already considerable.
Turning around immediately and delivering another palm strike to another’s chest.
This palm strike, power surged like a tidal wave, layer upon layer, hitting the opponent hard, causing them to cough up blood incessantly and faint!
Chaotic Flow Rushing Palm, a top-tier martial art!
"Die!" Another person attacked Song Changming with a knife from behind.
Song Changming suddenly exerted force with his foot, stomping the ground such that cracks formed in the tiles, then spun around and launched a powerful whip kick.
This kick was heavy and forceful, creating an explosion-like thunderclap in the air!
Mountain Crushing Kick Technique, a top-tier martial art!
The attacker didn’t have time to react, being instantly smashed to the ground by Song Changming’s kick!
The power filled their body, causing them to bleed from the seven orifices, fracture all their ribs, leaving their body twisted, clinging to the very last breath.
This kick technique was the most effective in unleashing Song Changming’s Giant Strength in fist and foot martial arts, like a power amplifier. If perfected to the Great Perfection Realm, it might one day possess the power to split mountains and shatter earth!
Withdrawing his foot and standing upright, the martial arts experts encircling him were utterly defeated, lying in disarray at Song Changming’s feet.
His months of learning couldn’t even find a chance to display fully before the fight ended.
"Senior, I’ll go outside to see if anyone needs help," Song Changming said, slightly unsatisfied.
Nowadays, he is not the Patrol Captain, and rarely gets the chance for real combat.
Opportunities to test his fists freely like this must be seized.
Actual combat experience is also a vital part of one’s strength and cannot be ignored.
"No need, they will deliver themselves to us." Liu Dingsheng shook his head and said.
Sure enough, soon another group of people climbed over the courtyard wall and arrived at the inner courtyard where they were.
Song Changming’s gaze instantly locked onto the leader among them; the aura emanating from him was clearly stronger than those around him.
"Changming, if you can capture this person alive, I will find you a two-hundred-year-old Mountain Ginseng as a reward." Liu Dingsheng suddenly said from the back.
"Okay!" Song Changming agreed, slowly drawing his Dragon Pattern Saber.
He had already discerned the leader’s extraordinary nature, so he couldn’t afford to be overly confident.
His Fist and Foot Skills, truthfully, had only been learned for a few months and were merely at the Basic level.
It’s just that due to his own formidable Body Refinement strength, the power appeared immense.
When facing a strong opponent of the same level, these newly learned Fist and Foot Skills wouldn’t be effective.
The leader’s figure was slender, and his cold stare, like icy stars, emotionlessly fixed on Liu Dingsheng and Song Changming in the courtyard, raising the longsword in his hand.
In the next moment, the dozen or so men behind him charged at Song Changming like black panthers.
Their strength was not weak, and their steps were synchronized, perfectly coordinated, resembling a Combat Technique.
Upon seeing this, Song Changming frowned slightly, momentarily unable to find any flaw in these people.
Yet this did not hinder him from crushing them with absolute strength!
Song Changming moved, proactively engaging this group.
The Dragon Pattern Saber swept out.
With this slash, darkness enveloped, eerie winds surrounded, and a hundred ghosts shrieked fiercely!
Soul-Breaking Blade Technique, Soul-Shocking Slash!
The three in front were taken aback, and in the next moment, the saber flashed past their eyes like a comet.
Song Changming brushed past them, three good heads flying into the air, blood staining the ground.
Witnessing this scene, the remaining people holding swords began to sweat from their palms.
The slaughter by Song Changming had not yet stopped.
His toes lightly tapped, like a flying swallow gliding, the Dragon Pattern Saber transformed into a scythe of the death god, wantonly destroying the enemy’s multiple battle arrays, harvesting lives one by one.
The leader realized the trouble Song Changming posed, and amidst the action attempted to leap past Song Changming, directly striking at his enemy, Liu Dingsheng.
However, under the moonlight, a silver light suddenly emerged before him, swirling into a storm.
Clang!
Blade and sword clashed mid-air, the leaping assassin was instantly blasted back by the Ten Thousand Pounds of Strength on Song Changming’s saber.
His foot stomped on the ground, causing several cracks on the surface, before he could stabilize himself.
Under the mask, he took a deep breath, once again raising his sword to attack the obstructing Song Changming.
Similarly, Song Changming executed the Flying Swallow Technique, darting forward.
The two different Sword Momentum and Sword Momentum collided first, grinding against each other.
Overall, Song Changming’s Sword Momentum was superior, yet it couldn’t completely crush the opponent’s Sword Momentum.
In an instant, the distance between them vanished, formally engaging in combat.
Soon, Song Changming judged that the opponent was also a Seventh Realm Martial Artist, with extraordinary Sword Skill, maintaining a stalemate against Song Changming’s attacks without immediately faltering.
This was the first Seventh Realm Martial Artist Song Changming encountered that could withstand his attacks.
No wonder this person, aware of Liu Dingsheng’s power, dared to come for revenge, much more reliable than the previous foes.
Both sides attacked extremely quickly, competing over twenty or thirty exchanges in just a few breaths.
Although Song Changming’s Qi Power far surpassed the opponent, the opponent, like Liu Dingsheng, knew how to deflect with the sword, avoiding significant losses in the confrontation.
Indeed, Song Changming’s Sword Skill was exceptionally skillful, executed flawlessly, initially allowing the opponent to keep pace.
But as the fight continued, the opponent found it increasingly difficult to withstand the Dragon Pattern Saber in Song Changming’s hand, gradually falling into a precarious position.
In another clash, the opponent tried to withdraw using the force from Song Changming’s saber to strategize.
However, when it came to speed bursts and the skill of Light Body Skill, Song Changming was equally superior.
Just as the opponent climbed over the inner courtyard wall, he sensed the wind at his side, instinctively thrusting his sword.
But, the oncoming saber light was faster, like a silver dragon engulfing him, the blade piercing through his shoulder, pinning him to the ground.
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