Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-fifth: Know Yourself and Know Your Enemy

The mask was obviously carved by masters, the facial features were lifelike, there seemed to be a smile on the corner of the mouth, and even the eyebrows could be counted, but the color was red and purple, and the purple was blue. The gray eyes looked even more indescribably mysterious and frightening. He held a long and narrow sword in his hand, the tip of which was still dripping with blood. The five black-clothed assassins were not weak in swordsmanship, and their lightness kung fu was also very high, but they all fell under this man's hands in an instant. This person's sharp methods and fast swordsmanship are really appalling.

The nun in Tsing Yi's eyes showed anger, and he surrounded the strange man from left to right. The black robe didn't seem to notice it at all, and he didn't even lift his eyelids. The nun in Tsing Yi and the strange man rushed behind him like lightning, the iron chain had wrapped around his chest, if their figures were wrong, his body would be broken in two. Unexpectedly, at the moment when their figures staggered, the sword in the palm of the black robe suddenly thrust out from his armpit like a poisonous snake, piercing into the yellow mantle with a "chuck". When the long sword was pulled out, blood also shot out like an arrow.

The black robe didn't look back at all, as if he had already calculated that this sword would never fail. In fact, there is nothing magical about this sword, but he shot it too fast, the timing was too accurate, and the part of the shot was bigger than the opponent's surprise. It seems that this is not the sword stabbing people, but as if it is being sent towards the tip of the sword. The most wonderful thing is that if the sword stabs with the slightest deviation, if it is half a step slower, it is impossible to succeed. If the sword was half a step faster when it was thrust out, it would be absolutely impossible to succeed.

He calculated that when the two opponents crossed each other, it was the moment when their defenses were the most negligent, because they saw that they were about to succeed, and their hearts of joy were all their lives, and their vigilance was weak. What's more, the two of them join forces, and there is an iron chain in the middle, so it can be said that they are one body, no matter who is stabbed by this sword, the other person can save it. Only at the moment when the two bodies intertwined, the nun in Tsing Yi was blocked behind the strange man, and the black robe man stabbed out with a sword, she couldn't see it at all.

This is the only weakness in their defense, but it is not easy to see this weakness, not to mention that this moment is like passing by in the blink of an eye, and it is even more difficult to seize this moment and make a shot. I saw a trembling of the yellow veil, and the people inside had fallen down. The nun in Tsing Yi rushed out, turned around suddenly, her indifferent face was struck by lightning, her eyes, nose and facial features were all shrunk into one place, and she threw herself on the pile of yellow curtains like a madman, seeming to have forgotten the murderous sword It was less than a foot away from her.

Heipaoke turned to look at her, with a look of contempt in his eyes, and said coldly: "Your feelings are so fragile, you are not worthy of martial arts training at all, so let me help you!" The nun in Tsing Yi couldn't hear it at all, the long sword had already stabbed slowly. Suddenly someone shouted: "Stop!" The black robe actually stopped his hands, but he didn't turn his head back, he just said indifferently: "Chu Xiang is handsome?" Chu Liuxiang didn't rush forward either, because he knew that the sword in the palm of the black robe could be stabbed at any time, no matter how fast he was, it would be too late for him to pounce.

He stopped a foot away, stared at the hand holding the sword with burning eyes, and replied in a deep voice: "I am Chu Liuxiang." Heipaoke let out a dry laugh and said, "Very well, I already knew that you and I would meet one day." Chu Liuxiang said: "Your Excellency is that hand?" The black robe seemed to be startled, and said: "Hand?" But he suddenly understood, and said with a sinister smile: "Yes, I am that hand. The power of life and death for most people in the world is in my hand." Chu Liuxiang stopped Hu Tiehua with a wink, not letting him act rashly.

Hu Tiehua still couldn't help shouting: "But now your power of life and death is in our hands." The black robe said: "Oh?" His indifferent gaze was full of contempt. Hu Tiehua said angrily: "You don't believe we can kill you?" The black robe sized him up from head to toe, and said coldly, "Is it just you two?" Hu Tiehua said angrily: "You still think it's too little?" The black robe asked: "Do you two want to fight alone? Or do you want to fight together?" Hu Tiehua took a look at Chu Liuxiang, and said sharply: "To deal with villains like you, there is no need to talk about morals."

Heipaoke suddenly let out a long sigh and said, "It's a pity..." Hu Tiehua stared and said, "What a pity?" Hei Pao Ke said: "If it were different, you two would fast for three days first, cultivate your mental and physical strength to the best condition, and then choose two convenient weapons to fight with me, maybe you can catch my five hundred moves, But today..." Hu Tiehua couldn't help shouting: "So what today?" Hei Pao Ke said: "Today, the two of you have lost your eyesight and your feet are floating. It is obvious that most of your strength has been consumed, and you have not enough sleep, your stomach is even more empty, 10% martial arts, at most only 40% left."

He shook his head, sighed and said, "It's really unwise for the two of you to fight me in this situation." Hu Tiehua stared at him, suddenly burst into laughter, and said, "You want to scare us? Do you think we are scared?" The black robe said: "Although you two are not afraid, I am somewhat disappointed." Hu Tiehua said: "Disappointed?" The black-robed man focused his eyes on the sword in his hand, and said slowly: "Ten years ago, when I traveled far outside the pass, I met an unknown swordsman who fought with me for two days and two nights by the Tianchi Lake on the top of Changbai Mountain... "

There was a fiery flame in his dead gray eyes, and he continued: "That battle was so exhilarating that I will never forget it, but it is a pity that after that battle, I will never meet such a satisfactory opponent again. .” Hu Tiehua sneered: "So, are you already invincible?" The black robe ignored him, and continued: "A swordsman has no opponent, and his feeling of loneliness and depression is hard for the two of you to imagine. For the past ten years, I have been looking for an opponent all the time, but I can't find it... ..." His gaze suddenly focused on Chu Liuxiang's face, and he said, "Until I heard someone talk about you." Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "Does Your Excellency intend to use me as an opponent?" The black robe said: "I have heard the legend about you for a long time, and I thought it was just an exaggeration of people in the Jianghu, but when I saw you today, I realized that you were born to learn martial arts." Chu Liuxiang said: "Thank you." The black robe said: "The first time I saw you, I realized that your wisdom and calmness are beyond comparison to others. It is a great pleasure to be able to fight against someone like you, but it is a pity that now..." Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "What about now?" Hei Pao Ke said: "Based on your current situation, if you fight with me alone, maybe you can still receive two hundred moves from me, but with him, I can kill you within a hundred moves." Hu Tiehua jumped up and shouted, "I can kill you by myself!" The black robe said coldly: "Your martial arts can be regarded as first-class in the Jianghu, but today both of you are about to collapse mentally and physically. Distracting each other, not seeing the benefits, but seeing the disadvantages..." Hu Tiehua laughed loudly and said: "No matter what you say, today we are going to beat you one by two. Even if you speak out your tongue, I don't think I will be fooled by you." Hei Pao Ke sighed again, and said: "A daughter is easy to get, but a good general is hard to find, Chu Liuxiang, Chu Liuxiang, I really ruined you by killing you like this, what a pity!" Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "Since that's the case, can't you not kill me?" The black robe said: "If people like you are allowed to live in this world, I will also have trouble sleeping and eating..." Suddenly a killing intent shot out in his eyes, and he said coldly: "But if you can catch one hundred and fifty moves from me today, I won't kill you." A gust of wind blew by, and the tip of the sword in his palm was lifted. Murderous intent was originally only in his eyes, but with his sword movement, the world was immediately filled with murderous intent. "If you can withstand one hundred and fifty moves from me, I won't kill you." After hearing this sentence, Hu Tiehua could hardly help laughing. He never thought that there were such arrogant people in the world. But now, he couldn't laugh. For some reason, he was unknowingly overwhelmed by this murderous aura, and felt cold sweat involuntarily dripping from his palms. Shuai Yifan's sword qi was fierce, but it didn't frighten him so much, because Shuai Yifan's sword qi was dead and could only intimidate people's hearts, not hurt their bodies. The sword energy merged into one. This murderous look seemed to be alive. Although his sword hadn't moved, the murderous aura was already flowing, penetrating through every hole. Hu Tiehua only felt that the murderous aura had entered his eyes, entered his ears, entered his nostrils, and entered his sleeves... His whole body seemed to be completely surrounded by this murderous aura, he didn't need to make a move, he was already at a disadvantage, not to mention he really didn't know how to make a move. The tip of the sword of the black robe hangs down, neither offensive nor defensive. It can be said that there is no place in the whole body that is not empty and full of flaws. Because of this, Hu Tiehua didn't know how to make a move, because he couldn't guess the next change of the sword in the black robe's hand. Suddenly Chu Liuxiang let out a long sigh and said, "It's a pity..." The black robe looked at him coldly. Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "Your Excellency has disappointed me too." Heipaoke finally couldn't help asking: "Disappointed?" Chu Liuxiang said: "I thought that Your Excellency's swordsmanship is superb, but now that I see it, Your Excellency's movement technique is full of flaws, ridiculous..." The black robe said coldly: "Since that's the case, why don't you make a move?" Chu Liuxiang said: "I really can't bear to make a move." Heipaoke sneered and said, "I'm afraid it's because I have too many flaws in this move, so you don't know how to do it!" He continued coldly: "If you fight with me alone, you can still use your personal lightness to test my sword way, but at this moment you have to be concerned about your companions, because if you miss one move, my sword will have pierced me. through his throat." How could Chu Liuxiang not know this truth?It's just that he found that Hu Tiehua's expression was a little abnormal, so he tried to calm him down. He knew talking often calmed a man down. Heipaoke's eyes were like electricity, and he sneered and said: "I also know your intentions. If it were different, he wouldn't be like this, but at this moment, he is exhausted physically and mentally, and his body and mind are fragile, so he was overwhelmed by my sword energy." Taking advantage of the void and entering, although there is no injury in his body at this moment, his spirit has been destroyed by my sword energy, and he is no different from a dead person." Hu Tiehua's eyes were straightened, his head was covered with cold sweat, and the knife in his hand seemed to weigh more than a thousand catties. Even though he tried his best, he couldn't even lift the tip of the knife. How did Hu Tiehua, who has experienced many battles, become like this? Chu Liuxiang suddenly felt that what he was facing was not a single person or a sword, but a chaotic, strange and strange murderous aura! This mass of murderous aura is a mixture of a strange man and a magic sword. The man and the sword have been condensed into one, almost indestructible and invulnerable. This man has become the devil in the sword, and the sword has become the soul of the man. Chu Liuxiang sighed secretly, he knew that it would not only be unwise but also unfortunate to face the demon in the sword with his current situation. When a person is hungry or tired, his body will be exhausted and his spirit will be more fragile. The internal thieves are about to emerge, and it is easier for the external thieves to take advantage of the situation. The battle with the jellyfish almost exhausted his true strength, and now he is really powerless to defeat this mass of murderous aura. Suddenly, a blue light shot out from Heipaoke's ashen eyes, like a flame that had been burned to white heat.Even if Chu Liuxiang is steel, it will inevitably be melted. He only hoped that the nun in Tsing Yi would stand up suddenly, then if the two of them pinched back and forth, there might still be a chance of victory, but the nun in Tsing Yi had completely collapsed, lying on the corpse, as if he couldn't even stand up. Suddenly, the tip of the sword raised and drew a circular arc. The black robe said coldly: "Unexpectedly, you are worse than I imagined. It seems that I can put you to death with a single gesture." Chu Liuxiang focused on the tip of the sword in his palm, and was about to fly up, but the black robe's long sword suddenly turned into a light curtain, cutting off all his way out. The tip of the sword breaks through the wind, sharp as a whistle. Even if Chu Liuxiang was able to defeat this sword, but at this moment, he was unable to do what he wanted. At this moment, a person shouted: "Stop!" There was a sound of drinking, and the howling wind of the sword suddenly became silent, and the long sword like a monster snake suddenly stopped, and the tip of the sword pointed at the center of Chu Liuxiang's eyebrows. Hei Pao Ke said coldly: "I just want to see who wants me to stop. It has no other meaning. You should know that my sword can kill you at any time." Chu Liuxiang didn't hear what he said, but just looked behind him, and only heard a person behind him say: "You can't see me, because if you move, I will kill you." Although the voice was delicate and soft, it also carried a fierce murderous aura, which made people have to believe her words, and dare not disbelieve them. The black robe stared at Chu Liuxiang, and saw that Chu Liuxiang's face was both surprised and joyful, and said with a smile: "You'd better believe her words, I can guarantee that she is definitely not joking." The black robe sneered, "What if I don't believe it?" Chu Liuxiang said leisurely: "If you see what she is holding in her hand, you won't believe it." Hei Pao Ke's eyes suddenly turned ashes, and he said word by word: "No matter what she is holding in her hand, I will still kill you at any time." Chu Liuxiang said: "Why don't you see what she is holding in her hand first?" You must know that Heipaoke's whole body energy is concentrated on the sword at this moment, as soon as he turns his head, the sword energy will relax, and Chu Liuxiang will be alive. Unexpectedly, the black robe could see through his intentions, and said coldly: "If you want me to turn back, I'm afraid it won't be easy." Chu Liuxiang said: "You dare not turn back?" The black robe said: "At this moment, your whole body is covered by my sword energy, you are like a turtle in a urn, a fish in a net, if I don't turn around, you will never have a life, even if all the twenty-seven rainstorm pear blossom nails in her palm are all dead If it hits me, my sword can still kill you." Chu Liuxiang said: "So you have already guessed what she is holding in her hand." The black robe sneered, "If she didn't have the rainstorm pear blossom nail in her hand, how dare she threaten me with such big words?" Chu Liuxiang suddenly smiled and said: "But if her hand is empty, it's just to scare you, isn't it unfair for you to take it?" Heipaoke's expression changed, and he said, "I don't need to look back to know whether her hands are empty." Chu Liuxiang said, "Oh? You also have eyes behind your back?" Hei Pao Ke said sharply: "When I stab with the sword, I can test whether her hand is empty." Chu Liuxiang smiled and said: "If she really has the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Nail in her hand, wouldn't it be a bad thing if you stabbed it with your sword? Twenty-seven Rainstorm Pear Blossom Nails were shot from behind you, can you avoid it?" The black robe said coldly: "To be able to die together with Chu Xiangshuai is not such a loss-making business." Chu Liuxiang smiled, and said, "Very well, go ahead! I'm afraid your sword may not be able to kill me, and you will lose a lot of money by then." Heipaoke's expression changed again, and he said, "What if I don't want to make a move?" Chu Liuxiang smiled and said: "If you don't make a move, she probably won't. If you want to leave, just please go. No one will stop you." The black robe's eyes flickered, and said: "How do I know that she..." Chu Liuxiang interrupted: "As long as you leave, I guarantee that she will never attack you." The black robe asked: "What guarantee do you use? Why should I trust you?" Chu Liuxiang sighed, and said: "If you don't trust me, you can only fight, if you don't want to fight, you can only trust me. Is there any choice between them?" The black robe stared at him for a long while, then suddenly laughed and said, "If I don't even trust Chu Xiangshuai, there is no one I can trust in this world... Well, let's not live today, there will be some time in the future. " Chu Liuxiang said: "The next time you and I meet again, you'd better find a way to put the right eyes on your back." Hei Pao Ke said: "I just hope that Your Excellency will take good care of your health, recharge your energy, and don't suffer from any illness during these three months; otherwise, I will be too disappointed." While he was talking, he had strode out, but he never looked back, only to see his black shirt fluttering in the wind, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye. As soon as he left, Su Rongrong, who was standing behind him, immediately collapsed. There was no trace of blood on her face, and her heavy clothes were already soaked in cold sweat. Her hands are empty, how can there be any rainstorm pear blossom nails? Chu Liuxiang rushed over to support her, and said softly, "It's really kind of you to come at just the right time." Su Rongrong's lips were still trembling, and she couldn't even speak. Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "Actually, you don't need to be afraid." Su Rongrong forced a smile and said, "I'm not afraid of anything else, but I'm afraid that he will turn around." Chu Liuxiang said: "But as long as you come, it doesn't matter whether you have the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Nail or not." Su Rongrong said: "Why?" Chu Liuxiang smiled and said: "He wasn't bragging just now, even if you have the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Nail in your hand, as long as he dares to make a move, he can still kill me. I was indeed surrounded by his sword energy at that time, but I also counted him Never dare to make a move, nor dare to look back, because this kind of person must value his own life more than anything else, and never dare to bet his own life." Su Rongrong said: "But why didn't he dare to turn around?" Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "He doesn't dare to look back because he is afraid of finding out that he has been fooled. If a person like him finds out that he has been fooled by others, he will go crazy with anger." Su Rongrong said: "It's not too late for him to look back first before making a move!" Chu Liuxiang said: "As long as he turns around, he won't be able to do anything." Su Rongrong said: "Why?" Chu Liuxiang said: "If you have a rainstorm pear blossom nail in your hand, once he turns his head, you can take advantage of the mechanism to kill him." Su Rongrong said: "But I..." Chu Liuxiang said: "If your hand is empty, when he turns around, he will find that he has been fooled, and if he wants to gather the sword energy, it will be as difficult as reaching the sky."