Chapter 54 No Mercy...
Chapter Fifty-Four: No Mercy
"Bang—!" Yue Buqun was kicked off the arena and crashed heavily to the ground, along with his sword.
The crowd erupted in uproar. Although they had all assumed Yue Buqun was no match for Ling Hao, they hadn't expected him to be so useless, to lose so quickly, and even to be knocked off the stage. This was truly a huge embarrassment.
"You lost." Ling Hao stood on the arena and said coldly. Originally, she thought that no matter what, she had some connection with the Huashan Sect, so she would go easy on Yue Buqun and make him not lose face.
Who knows? Gentleman Sword truly lives up to his name; he actually started making underhanded moves right there on the stage, in full view of everyone. Although his actions were very practiced, and although probably no one else noticed except herself...
Ling Hao couldn't swallow this insult, so he immediately used the Dugu Nine Swords to disarm Yue Buqun, defeated him, and kicked him away, also kicking the sword to him in the process.
"You... Pfft!" Yue Buqun hadn't expected that even after lowering himself to plot against his opponent, it would be completely ineffective. Not only did it have no effect, but it also angered her, causing her to kick him off the stage with great force.
He couldn't accept such a humiliating thing and felt like he wanted to die right then and there. His emotions were in turmoil, and coupled with the hard kick he had just received, he coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"Master!"
"father!"
Linghu Chong and Yue Lingshan rushed to Yue Buqun's side, all of them showing great concern.
"How could you treat...my master like this?" Linghu Chong wanted to question Ling Hao about why she treated their master this way, but then he remembered what Yue Lingshan had said: that Ling Hao had forgotten them, so he changed his words.
Even so, he was still very dissatisfied with Ling Hao. Even if she had forgotten everything, did that mean she could be so disregardful of others' feelings? Besides, Ling Hao was, after all, Feng Qingyang's disciple, a disciple of the Huashan Sect. They were all from the same lineage; was it really necessary to be so ruthless and disregard their master's reputation?
"Heh." Ling Hao sneered, then raised his left hand, a silver needle held between his fingers. The needle glowed with a bluish light, clearly poisoned. "The Gentleman's Sword? I think it's a hypocrite. I've already shown him enough mercy by not killing him."
The entire company erupted in uproar. Using a hidden weapon to ambush someone? That's truly despicable.
"Don't slander my master!" Linghu Chong was furious and rushed forward on the spot. "I'll fight you!"
"Overestimating yourself." Ling Hao waved his left hand, and the silver needle was driven deep into the pillar beside him.
That one move alone is enough to make others take notice. Everyone knows a little about hidden weapons, but to firmly nail such a soft silver needle to a pillar is no easy feat. This Ling Hao, so young, yet with such high martial arts skills, is truly a monster.
Linghu Chong's martial arts skills were already quite good among the younger generation of disciples, after all, he was the senior disciple of the Huashan Sect. However, he was no match for Ling Hao.
"Too slow, too many openings, your hands can't keep up with your movements, and your lower limbs are unsteady." Ling Hao held back, exchanging a few blows with Linghu Chong. Perhaps in other people's eyes, he was already quite good, but in her eyes, he was full of flaws.
Indeed, at this time, Linghu Chong hadn't had many extraordinary encounters yet; he was just an ordinary disciple of the Huashan Sect.
"Bang—!" Linghu Chong was also kicked away, landing next to Yue Buqun and nearly hitting other Huashan Sect disciples. His injuries were much better than Yue Buqun's, but the embarrassment was just as great.
"Second Senior Brother." Yue Lingshan's eyes were brimming with tears. She was heartbroken that both her father and her second senior brother had been defeated. However, she couldn't bring herself to say anything to blame them, because it was indeed true that her father had plotted against her eldest senior brother.
During their trip to Fuzhou, Yue Lingshan discovered Yue Buqun's hypocrisy. She began to suspect that Yue Buqun's purpose in having her and Lao Denuo remain in Fuzhou was to obtain the Evil-Slaying Sword Technique. She couldn't accept it, yet she couldn't help but suspect, so she also believed Ling Hao's explanation.
Therefore, she only felt sad and concerned for Yue Buqun and Linghu Chong, instead of questioning them like Linghu Chong did. How did it turn out this way?
"The Qi Sect of the Huashan School has truly declined." Ling Hao sneered. "They no longer have the spirit and ability to wipe out the Sword Sect back then."
"You... Pfft—!" Upon hearing Ling Hao's words, Yue Buqun was so enraged that he spat out another mouthful of blood on the spot.
For so many years, he had worked diligently and schemed relentlessly, all for his own sake, for the Huashan Sect's Qi Clan to become renowned throughout the martial world and dominate all others. But now, not only had he failed to achieve this, but he had also been humiliated by a mere youth, which he simply could not accept. Yue Buqun felt that all the gazes directed at him were mocking, and he fainted on the spot.
Of course, there was also a part of it being intentional on Yue Buqun's part. He thought that if he fainted, he wouldn't have to face such a scene.
Ling Hao's expression was cold and indifferent, showing no emotion whatsoever at Yue Buqun's fainting. "Back then, the Sword Sect disciples were all wiped out, with only my master escaping unscathed due to an accident while he was away. Now, the Qi Sect disciples are all useless. It seems they've used their abilities on their own people. Who knows what kind of methods were used back then, just like today?"
“I…” Linghu Chong wanted to retort, but was silenced by a glare from Ling Hao. But he was still unconvinced. Clearly, the Sword Sect disciples had an accident back then, so how could it be said that it was the Qi Sect disciples’ fault? He had always believed that the Huashan Sect should not be divided into Sword Sect and Qi Sect, but what he was unconvinced about was that Ling Hao blamed the Qi Sect for the accident back then.
However, when he learns the truth later, he will feel ashamed, even though he will be full of resentment at this time.
"Not willing to admit defeat?" Ling Hao raised his hand, the tip of his sword pointing at the Huashan Sect members. "Since that's the case, who among you still wants to come up?"
Go up? They weren't stupid. Even their master and second senior brother couldn't beat them, how could they possibly succeed? The group stammered.
"Oh."
The Huashan Sect members dared not step forward, but the others were very interested in the Dugu Nine Swords. So, a swordsman immediately leaped onto the arena, saying, "I humbly request to learn your skills, Miss Ling."
The Huashan Sect members could only slink away, carrying Yue Buqun and helping Linghu Chong. Staying any longer would only make them look even more humiliated.
But it didn't matter. Where Yue Buqun had been lying, people would soon be lying down one after another, one after another. Because Ling Hao, who had gone mad with killing, didn't care about anything and kicked them all away, one, two, three at a time.
That damned Gongzi Yu, give Mingyue back to her! Just thinking about this made Ling Hao's anger flare up, and she couldn't hold back her blows.
As a result, people kept lying down below the Shen family's arena.
A note from the author:
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