pertwk Chapter 69, Part 2
Chapter 69, Part 2
The invisible wind elemental force, carrying the unique shock and entangling force of the Crane Cry Fist, slammed into the straw man. Unlike the air-tearing force and pressure of other punches, this punch had no expressive power.
The audience couldn't see clearly, but they felt that the young man's punches were weak and powerless. However, the martial arts practitioners were stunned, especially those who were competing against Fu Que.
As Fu Que exerted his strength, he took a step forward and threw a punch, and the silk threads of the straw man being tested snapped almost instantly, like strands of hair flying in the air.
The four straws on the straw man's shoulder broke off cleanly.
"The Crane Cry Fist?"
Someone raised an eyebrow and looked at the middle-aged man beside him: "I say, you've been hiding this well. When did your martial arts school find such a promising talent? Judging from his performance, his shock force and entangling force have already reached a high level. Becoming a Blood Gate martial artist is almost a certainty."
The young man with sharp eyebrows and broad eyes used a posture that was almost identical to the Minghe Fist, and even mastered its essence.
But just as he finished speaking and was about to congratulate the head of the White Crane Martial Arts School, he noticed that the other man had a furrowed brow and shook his head at him: "This man's Crane Cry Fist is not from my school."
The man asked doubtfully, "If it's not you, then who could it be? I've never heard of any other Minghequan masters in Gaoyang County."
The head of the White Crane Martial Arts School shook his head: "The Crane Cry Fist is one of the more widely passed-down basic boxing styles, and I'm not the only one who knows it. Perhaps it's a disciple of another school."
"Fu Que, enter in armor!"
The clerk nodded expressionlessly and wrote it down.
Is this Fu Que?
He only knows how to cheat and slack off in the tiger's den, but he pretends to be sick when there is an assessment.
Only a few people knew that Fu Que had obtained the divine inheritance. Sun Shun, Qin Lie, and others were not big mouths. These days, Fu Que was busy completing the tasks assigned by Peng Chi and 014.
Therefore, even within the Dragon Tiger Cavalry, they were unaware of Fu Que's changes. So, when they suddenly saw Fu Que shatter twelve silk threads, they were naturally extremely surprised.
"The Fishermen's Mutual Aid Association was initiated by this person, and it is estimated that the joining of the fishing gang and the butcher gang was also due to this person."
"Can this person be killed?"
"Of course we can kill him. The only one we can't kill is that Heavenly Official. Normally, if we kill the Dragon Tiger Cavalry, we would suffer terrible retaliation, but we don't have to worry about that now."
The mysterious man who drove the wanted criminals to join us in attacking the Tiger Cavalry was trying to tell us this: in this game, even if we wipe out all the local official forces in Gaoyang County, we will not suffer any retaliation.
If I'm not mistaken, the condition for the Prime Minister's side to concede defeat is to crush all the military forces that this Heavenly Official can control in Gaoyang County.
Qi Tianfang's hands, hidden beneath his robes, trembled slightly, a murderous intent churning within him. If it weren't for this young man, his power, which he had cultivated in Gaoyang County for nearly three years, wouldn't have been wiped out in an instant.
"Then kill him. It's only fair to retaliate. We have enough people deployed here."
Some people gritted their teeth in anger.
"It's enough, but the martial arts assessment rules are completely controlled by the other side. What gives you the right to assign Fu Que and our people to the same arena?"
Another person raised a question.
The man immediately fell silent. He had only said it subconsciously. Under normal circumstances, he might have been able to subtly manipulate things, but not now. In order to get the main force of the Dragon Cavalry and the county soldiers to leave Gaoyang County, they sent Sun Youfu to directly confront the county government.
Apart from a few informants, the officials who cooperated with them were either drinking tea in prison or working as village guards in villages far from the county town.
Now, almost everyone in the county government is a crony of the central government. At this point, trying to bribe Wei Cao would be tantamount to severing ties with the people.
On the other hand, 014 had a smile on her face.
Although he had overestimated Fu Que's current strength as much as possible, Fu Que's performance still exceeded his expectations. Originally, 014 had prepared two plans.
One option is Fu Que. However, if Fu Que is not up to the task and fails to meet his expectations, then 014 will activate the backup plan and send out another skilled fighter hidden among the Dragon Riders to do the same thing as Fu Que: assassinate the people that the Qi family and others have placed in the Martial Arts Department.
Peng Chi whispered, "To be able to sever twelve silk threads so easily and control his power so precisely, it seems that Fu Que has mastered the inherited power of the previous dynasty's gods. We don't need to worry about him revealing his true colors in the upcoming competition."
Neither 014 nor Peng Chi doubted that Fu Que had the ability to kill all the marked people on the field independently, even if they all attacked at once.
The fact that Fu Que was able to successfully fight back against several Blood Gate martial artists was a feat that the other martial arts students present could not match. What they were worried about was that Fu Que would slip up during the attack and reveal that he had used the inherited power, thus losing his qualification for the martial arts assessment.
But Fu Que used his extremely skillful control to tell 014 and Peng Chi that their worries were unnecessary.
"It looks like things will be easier for the Dragon Riders. As agreed beforehand, they've grouped Fu Que and the other families' disciples together and added some sunk costs for them. I was practically pissing on their heads, but they're still playing dead."
014's pale face showed no expression: "If they don't move, where am I supposed to find labor to build roads, dig irrigation ditches, or find cannon fodder to burn down the mountains and forests and expand the residential and agricultural areas?"
Even with the help of ordinary people in Gaoyang County, I may not be able to complete half of my plan by the time I die.
As a martial artist, since he is strong enough to lift a cauldron and has devoured so much of the people's wealth without serving them, how can he be so easily convicted and executed?
Remember, tell Fu Que that it's best to just cripple them, so they can no longer achieve anything in martial arts, but try not to turn them into useless trash like me who can't lift a finger or carry a heavy load.
One martial arts master who has mastered the tendon-strength technique is worth at least ten or even twenty ordinary people.
"clear."
Peng Chi nodded, tilting his head slightly. One of the Tiger Cavalrymen standing guard beside him understood and quietly retreated from the reviewing stand.
"Anyone who engages in fraud will be dealt with according to military law. You said it yourself."
After Zhou Jing and the other two finished discussing, she spoke expressionlessly.
Peng Chi gave an awkward smile. He wasn't too afraid of 014 because as long as he didn't disobey orders, 014 was a very easy person to talk to, and it was even okay to joke with him.
But Zhou Jing was truly powerful; she could crush him like an ant. Although Zhou Jing had never looked down on him, Peng Chi still held this woman, who was even younger than him, in great awe because of the vast difference in their abilities.
"I regret it."
014 said without hesitation.
"Tsk..."
Even with Zhou Jing's composure, she was speechless after being choked by 014's shameless words, and could only shake her head slightly and continue watching the assessment.