Zhao Yan and Zhao Cheng exchanged a glance and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to themselves, "Big brother, you've arrived just in time."
It turns out that Zhao Cheng sent Yuan Fei and Cheng Xu away because Yuan Fei discovered the whereabouts of the Prodigal Swordsman Xiao and knew that he had been active in Yun Jing County recently.
Zhao Cheng hadn't anticipated that Nie Zheng would come to help the Southern Zhou army, but thinking that Xiao was a person obsessed with swordsmanship, he sent Cheng Xu to persuade Xiao to deal with Cui Wuming, so that Zhao Yan could wholeheartedly command the army to deal with Yang Qingzhi.
Unexpectedly, Yang Qingzhi actually managed to get Nie Zheng to come out of retirement.
That's quite a coincidence.
If Xiao hadn't come, Zhao Yan really wouldn't have been able to handle two grandmasters by himself.
Zhao Cheng, looking on with amusement, held a megaphone and shouted, "Come down and fight! I'm too lazy to fix the roof if you damage it."
"Damn it!" Nie Zheng gritted his teeth in anger and roared, "You, the commander of an army, where is your demeanor as a great general? How could someone like Mr. Pu follow you?!"
Zhao Cheng sneered, "Overlord, one of your disciples died because of me, and another disciple had his cultivation crippled by my sister. I'm right in front of you, and you can't even avenge them. How dare you talk back to me?"
"asshole!!"
Enraged, Nie Zheng struck Zhao Cheng again.
This time, it wasn't Zhao Hu who stopped him, but Zhao Yan's spear.
"Merlin the Tyrant, this is Yun Jing, my Dong Jing, not your Merlin!"
Zhao Yan swept his spear horizontally, like a dragon emerging from the sea, instantly striking Nie Zheng's body.
Nie Zheng used the Overlord Body Technique to resist, but was still forced back several steps.
"You've reached the Grandmaster level at such a young age; you're a rare talent. Given time, your future is limitless. But today you've met me! You're courting death!"
Nie Zheng swung his arm and simultaneously threw two punches at Zhao Yan.
Two streams of chaotic energy rushed towards Zhao Yan.
Strangely, before the airflow even landed on Zhao Yan, Nie Zheng coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Zhao Yan swung his spear in a dazzling display, but he himself staggered back several steps and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Symbiotic Fist!"
Zhao Yan shouted.
Zhao Cheng asked in confusion, "What kind of trick is this old bastard? Why did he vomit blood first?"
Zhao Hu looked at Nie Zheng with a solemn expression and said, "Merlin Overlord has two great skills. One is the Overlord Body Technique, and the other is the Symbiotic Fist. The Symbiotic Fist is also called the Self-Injury Fist. It can injure the enemy by a thousand, but injure yourself by eight hundred. It is the most domineering style of fist techniques, which is also the origin of his name Overlord."
"Master, when have you ever seen the Third Young Master get injured so easily?"
Zhao Cheng said, "Is he out of his mind to practice this kind of boxing?"
Zhao Hu explained, "His backlash is still relatively minor because he has cultivated the Overlord Body Technique. The Symbiotic Fist can damage the body, but under the protection of the Overlord Body Technique, the harm of this self-damage can be minimized."
Holy crap!
Zhao Cheng's eyes widened in astonishment. "This old bastard has created a circulatory system!"
Zhao Hu said, "Although I don't know what you're talking about, Master, this should be the meaning."
Zhao Cheng continued shouting through the megaphone, "Third brother, be careful! Don't be too hasty and make this old bastard cough up blood, wear him down!"
As he spoke, Zhao Cheng looked at Nie Zheng and shouted, "You old rascal, I have lots of red dates at home, they're good for replenishing blood, want me to send you some?!"
"Shut up!!"
Nie Zheng was furious. If Zhao Yan hadn't stopped him, he would have torn Zhao Cheng to pieces.
While Zhao Yan and Nie Zheng were fighting, Cui Wuming and Xiao Mou on the other side were staring at each other.
Both remained silent, neither speaking nor making a move.
They simply gazed at each other silently.
Cui Wuming's sword was long and fast.
Xiao's sword was shorter, but it was still fast.
The rain gradually stopped.
Xiao was very young, his face still showing signs of immaturity. As the last drop of rain fell from the sky onto the tip of his bangs, a flash of white light appeared.
He drew his sword.
This sword strike was like a surging tide.
Cui Wuming's eyes lit up, he exhaled a breath to blow away the white fringe, and slashed with his sword.
This is called splitting the waves.
As Xiao's sword energy separated, Cui Wuming's figure appeared behind Xiao, and his sword light swept to the top of Xiao's head.
Swift sword!
The man is fast, but the sword is even faster!
Xiao raised his arm, seemingly having seen through Cui Wuming's intentions, and blocked the attack with his sword.
But Cui Wuming's sword strike was just the beginning. His figure instantly transformed into countless streaks of light, and with each streak of light flashing by, a sword would pierce towards Xiao.
Xiao stood still, waving his sword-wielding arm to deflect Cui Wuming's swords one by one.
Cui Wuming unleashed a combination of techniques and darted back to his original position.
Xiao looked at Cui Wuming with a cold expression and said, "The Swift Sword truly lives up to its reputation."
Cui Wuming said, "We can choose a time to test our swords, but you shouldn't have come today. You are from Southern Zhou."
Xiao said, "Swordsmanship has no borders. You are a newly promoted grandmaster of swordsmanship who is famous for your fast sword. It's fine if I don't know where you are, but now that I do, I can't wait to give it a try."
Cui Wuming said, "Gun Demon was just like you back then. He had more challengers, but fewer friends. He didn't have a good ending."
"So what?"
Xiao brandished his sword, and a swirling aura of sword energy appeared in front of him. He said, "I, Xiao, have no need for friends."
As he spoke, Xiao charged towards Cui Wuming.
"Now it's my turn."
Seeing this, Zhao Cheng leaned on the handrail, glanced at the Southern Zhou army arrayed below the city walls, and then walked down the city wall, saying, "Military Advisor."
"Yes," Cheng Xu replied as he stepped forward.
"Go and give the order to Tuo Tie Wu Hua to open the switch and launch an attack."
"yes!"
Zhao Hu asked in confusion, "Master, haven't we been hiding and not coming out? Why are we taking the initiative to attack now?"
Zhao Cheng said, "Cui Wuming is clearly no match for me. As for the third brother, while he might not be able to beat Nie Zheng, he won't suffer any losses either. But the most important thing is..."
Zhao Cheng stretched out his hand, caught the scattered raindrops, and said, "That's enough rain."
Cheng Xu exclaimed, "The General is truly wise!"
After speaking, Cheng Xu quickly left.
Zhao Hu glanced at Cheng Xu's retreating figure, then looked at Zhao Cheng with a puzzled expression and said, "So you all had a plan all along, and I was the only one who didn't know?"
Zhao Cheng nodded and said, "With your intelligence, you wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you."
"Master, I..."
"Zhao Hu, listen to my command!"
"Your subordinate is here!!" Zhao Hu immediately straightened his back.
Zhao Cheng said sternly, "I order you to lead 50,000 troops to bypass the Southern Zhou army camp from the west and attack Nantong City directly!"
"promise!"
"Heng Wenhao!"
"exist!"
Heng Wenhao was already fully prepared and stepped out from the crowd.
"You will lead 50,000 troops to bypass the Southern Zhou army camp from the east and attack Nantong City!"
"promise!"
Zhao Hu said worriedly, "Master, neither Heng Wenhao nor I are by your side, you..."
Zhao Cheng laughed, "Cui Wuming can't care about me anymore. The people who should be worried now are Yang Qingzhi... and that monster hiding in the gray robe!"
"Our Dongjing Army, when it moves, it's like a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting!"
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