Chapter 241: The Grand Finale
The sound of horseshoes was loud and clear, eight hundred knights galloping in the empty Lin'an City, under the iron hooves, the entire Lin'an City seemed to be trembling!
Zheng Biao walked beside Tang An, leading the way for him. The eight hundred men went straight to the depths of the Grand Avenue, heading towards the Tang Manor!
On the tea house by the street, Li Wuhuan watched as Tang An sped past in front of her, a hint of an icy smile on her face.
Tang An's face turned cold and stern, his entire body tense with restrained energy, condensed but not scattered. Li Wuhuan could see that once Tang An's killing intent erupted, it would be earth-shattering!
Li Wuhuan and others had discerning eyes, and at a glance, they saw that Tang An was different from ordinary people.
Tang An felt someone was staring at him, hastily turned his head and took a glance, then saw on the tea house above, there was a pair of eyes shrouded in mist gazing at him. Those eyes were profound beyond compare, only somewhat too devoid of emotion!
Li Wuhuan's face turned even colder as she gazed at Tang An: "So he's the legendary Tang An? Indeed, he lives up to his reputation! No wonder he was able to kill that useless disciple of mine. If I hadn't sworn to avenge his death, I would have taken him in as my apprentice... My 'Heaven-Defying Technique' would have found an ideal successor. What a pity..."
Li Wuhans side, now only two disciples are left with her. The other disciples, she thought their skills were too low, and they all stayed outside the city. Now, among these two disciples by her side, one is a middle-aged man named Ma Liufeng. The other is a beautiful woman named Zan Shi.
These two men and women are both top-notch players in the Tianjing realm, and at this moment they are standing behind Li Wuhans body, waiting for orders.
Li Wuhuan turned around and waved his hand at the man, saying: "Liu Feng, you go to the entrance of the Tang Mansion first and take care of those Quan Tian Sect disciples. After Tang An has dealt with everyone, you can send a signal to notify me."
The man's name was Ma Liufeng, and he was one of Li Wuhuan's top disciples. He was an expert in the use of poison, and the poisonous mosquitoes that Tang An and his group encountered on their journey were ones that he had raised. Ma Liufeng had always followed Li Wuhuan's orders without question, never asking for a reason. At this moment, when he heard his master's order, he didn't say another word, but instead vanished into thin air, flying towards the Tang residence.
Li Wuhuan finished speaking and sat down at the tea house, whereupon the woman beside her immediately served her tea and water. The woman was dressed in simple yet elegant clothing that accentuated her slender figure, exuding a charming and alluring aura with every movement of her hands and feet. It seemed that this enchanting art had already been cultivated to its peak, transforming into an intangible quality that flowed naturally!
Li Wuhuan took over the clear tea, and at that moment, a cold air burst out of the cup, emitting a chill. She sipped a mouthful of clear tea, her eyes gazing at the desolate scene amidst today's prosperity in Lin'an City, with an unrelenting cold smile on her face.
That lovely woman saw Li Wuhuan finish drinking tea, and then softly asked: "Master, why didn't we take advantage of the chaos between the two sides to kill Tang An? This way, we can avenge Master Shu's death without having to face that expert from Tian Quan Sect. I really don't understand, why did Master want Master Brother to make a move?"
Li Wuhans face was shrouded in a thin veil, making it impossible to discern her expression, but the clear and distinct sound of her voice made the air around her seem colder.
"I, Li Wuhuan, will kill people, and I never need anyone's help! And when I, Li Wuhuan, kill people, I don't like to have any extra people around. The three halls of the Jun Tian Sect are too many, and Tang An's Hu Bao Army is also too annoying. Let them all die, and then we'll show up. By that time, the world will be much quieter."
The woman listened and suddenly felt a thorough chill in her heart.
It turned out that the master had asked his senior fellow disciple to kill someone just because he thought there were too many people and it wasn't quiet enough.
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Tang An rode on horseback, leading a large team of horses towards the Tang Mansion. But for some reason, as they got closer to the Tang Mansion, the Snow Lion under Tang An's crotch became more and more excited!
This Snow Lion was a gift from Emperor Zhao Yuanhao. The previous owner of this horse, however, was a great tyrant who roamed the Western Regions and killed countless people. This Snow Lion is different from other war horses, with a violent temperament and a particular fondness for bloodshed! While other horses like to eat dry hay, it loves to eat raw meat, especially internal organs with blood! Just like tigers and leopards!
Tang An had also sensed the tense atmosphere in the air, and as he moved forward, a formless killing intent and murderous aura seemed to be approaching him, causing his blood to freeze. He knew that today, he would have to kill again! In fact, he didn't like killing people. It's just that under this sky, there were always those who deserved to die but couldn't be killed off completely!
"Anyone who dares to stop me from going home will be my archenemy for life and death! I'd rather die than yield!"
Tang An's hand had already drawn out the precious sword. This sword was a famous sword of the previous dynasty, collected by a wealthy collector in Zhongzhou City. Because he admired Tang An's swordsmanship and wanted to make friends with him, he found an excuse to give the sword to Tang An.
Tang An had obtained the spiritual sword, but unfortunately, this spiritual sword was his last resort, and in general, he would not use it. He was also used to having a sword by his side, so he put the sword away easily. At this moment, his sword was out of its scabbard, shining brightly!
The tiger and leopard riders behind him also revealed their long guns, with cold lights flashing, sending chills down people's spines!
They rushed to the Tang Mansion, and the disciples of the Quan Tian Sect in front of the Tang Mansion also felt that the ground under their feet had begun to tremble. They too felt that their hearts were being blocked, and all the muscles in their bodies began to tense up!
Because soon after, this place will become a hell on earth!
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Yu Shi Lan Rui En, and the three hall masters of Qing Long Tang, Bai Hu Tang, and Tie Ying Tang are all standing in front of the Tang Fu gate at this moment.
Eagerly awaiting!
Lan Rui'en was white and chubby, with a pair of small eyes that were rolling around restlessly. Normally, he looked like a sly fat man. But at this moment, his face was stern and serious.
He suddenly looked up at the sky, which was as black as ink and seemed like night.
"It's getting darker and darker, looks like a storm is coming. Just don't know how many people this rain will blow down..."
At this moment, Lan Ruoen sniffed his nose and frowned involuntarily. Because he felt that the true energy in his body was slightly stagnant.
His face suddenly changed!
Tianjing strongmen, their true yuan is like water, thick and unpredictable. Ordinary poisons can't even have the slightest effect on Tianjing strongmen. But at this moment, Blue Rain unexpectedly felt a stagnation in his true energy flow. This poison must be incredibly potent! Moreover, he had no idea when he was poisoned!
Lan Ruoyin's eyes were as sharp as electricity, and with just one glance, he detected the abnormality in the air. His nose twitched again, and he detected a faint musky scent mixed into the air. It was this gas!
This poisonous gas can actually make one's own true energy flow sluggish, so for those disciples below, the effect is too great! I'm afraid that in less than a moment, the true energy inside their bodies will dissipate, and they will lose their fighting strength, to be slaughtered at will!
Tang An is about to arrive, and his 800-strong Tiger Leopard Army is composed of elite troops. Although the Heavenly Boundary experts have formidable individual strength, they may not be able to withstand a fierce battle against 800 people, as their true energy reserves might not be sufficient! Moreover, each member of the Tiger Leopard Army carries a powerful crossbow, with arrows that fly at incredible speeds and cause massive consumption of true energy when shot at protective true energy shields. Typically, a Heavenly Boundary expert's true energy would be depleted within 50 arrows, leaving them vulnerable to death.
Lan Rui'en suddenly let out a loud shout: "Hold your breath, use a towel to wet and cover your mouth and nose!" Then he rushed up to the sky, his eyes scanning around, and in an instant, he discovered on the rooftop not far away, there was a small incense stick, from which a wisp of blue smoke was rising, drifting with the wind.
Lan Ruoyin flashed to the rooftop, and suddenly felt the strangeness of this fragrance. This fragrance actually mixed more than a dozen kinds of soul-stunning incense, soul-capturing incense, light rose, and other hallucinogenic poisons! The person who configured this fragrance must be an old poisoner who has been immersed in this way for many years!
He reached out and snuffed out the incense with one hand, bellowing: "Which bastard is it that's poisoning Grandfather on his own turf?"
At this time, one of the disciples below suddenly had a toxic reaction and fell to the ground. Many other disciples also felt their hands and feet go soft, their limbs weak, and they were about to collapse. The true energy inside their bodies was completely drained.
Has become a useless thing that anyone can manipulate!
Lan Rui'en saw this situation, his heart burning with anger, and the white fat face turned iron green! He couldn't figure out who had this skill, to poison himself twenty feet away without letting him discover it? This person's hiding skills were rarely seen in the world!
At this moment, a huge lightning bolt suddenly flashed across the dark sky, "Boom!" a loud thunder!
The rain has started falling...
In less than a moment, this rainwater became a curtain, covering the sky!
In the vast and heavy rain, the black shadow of the Tiger and Leopard Corps arrived!
"Halt!"
Tang An let out a loud shout. The eight hundred men moved in unison, and with a rustling sound, they all grasped the reins!
Only in front of the Tang Mansion, on both sides of the roof, at this moment, crossbows were lined up, cold and stern, several thousand people holding hard crossbows, aiming directly at them.
They all tensed up and looked at Tang An one by one.
"Your Lordship, ahead of us, there are about three thousand bowmen and crossbowmen lying in ambush on the rooftops on both sides!"
Tang An's eyes were icy cold, and he slowly glanced at the disciples of Jun Tian Sect on both sides of the rooftop. Those disciples were drenched in the rain, and their faces also showed some tension. After all, they were facing the greatest military power of Da Yan, the Tiger and Leopard Army! And the young man leading them was none other than Tang An, the most famous Heavenly Sword in the Jianghu recently!
Tang An turned his head around, and one of his right hands slowly rose up.
All the Tiger Cavalrymen tensed up, because this gesture was a charge gesture!
The tiger and leopard knights saw this gesture, quickly adjusted the long guns in their hands and the curved knives at their waists. They also kept stroking the war horses under them. The war horses seemed to have sensed their masters' will to fight, "huffing" and starting to breathe heavily, their iron hooves constantly pounding the ground.
Cavalry, charge!
The disciples of Jun Tian Jiao in front felt a strong and oppressive aura rushing towards them at this moment.
On land, once the cavalry charges, this distance of three hundred steps is just a moment. The crossbow arrows in their hands can only be fired for a few rounds before being trampled into pulp by these war horses.
But this street is so wide that it can accommodate ten horses galloping side by side, yet there's no room for turning back! Once the Tiger and Leopard Riders charge forward, they can never turn back again.
Without the advantage of horses, they could only become infantrymen, eight hundred people resisting three thousand people, the ratio was vastly different!
A gleam of insight flashed in Tang An's eyes as he quickly sensed the awkward atmosphere.
His right hand had been hesitating to fall. He knew that once this hand fell, it would be the end of the lives of these eight hundred tigers!
He hesitated! After all, he was not an excellent cavalry commander.
"Your Excellency, order the charge! Otherwise, we'll all be trapped to death here!" Zheng Biao urged hastily. After finishing speaking, he closed his helmet, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed outside. This was a special helmet unique to the Hu Bao Army, a full-coverage helmet that could well wrap around the vital parts of the face during battle, avoiding injury.
Tang An remained unmoved.
He looked ahead and at the disciples of the Quan Tian Sect who were slowly closing in on him from all sides, and suddenly burst out laughing. This laughter was especially jarring amidst the torrential rain!
Seems to have pierced through the clouds!
"Haha...... You've mobilized over 3,000 troops just to kill me here! But do you think 3,000 people are enough?"
Tang An smiled and his right hand slowly came down, but it was no longer a charging gesture.
He chuckled and turned around to glance at the eight hundred Tiger Leopard Riders behind him, their swords drawn. Eight hundred people held their breaths, all eyes on him. Even the disciples of the opposing Tian Quan Sect looked puzzled, unable to understand why he was laughing!
Just then, Tang An suddenly urged his horse forward quietly.
This small action made everyone's nerves tense up, and no one understood what he was going to do.
Xiao Xie suddenly became excited, his big eyes shining with spirit: "Qing Long, Qing Long... Xiao Xie wants to see the Qing Long ascend to heaven!"
Tang An looked around him, a smile on his face, but the smile was clearly growing colder and less human.
Suddenly at this moment, Tang An jumped up and directly leaped onto the rooftop on the left.
On the rooftop, the disciples of Jun Tian Jiao saw nothing but a flash of sword light!
"Pffft!" "Pffft!", "Pffft!", ……
Only a dozen or so sounds of breaking cloth and cutting open, Tang An's sword light flowed and turned, a whirlwind of cyan color swept past.
Tang An had already killed over a dozen archers in a flash. It wasn't until he stopped and the blood on his sword dripped to the ground that the disciples of Quan Tian Sect came back to their senses, wanting to draw the short knives from their waists.
But as soon as they stood up, they found... a sharp "hiss" sound suddenly emitted from their necks, like the shrill sound of a high-pressure water gun!
One after another, the blood arrows flew swiftly! Their eyes widened to the extreme, and they slowly turned around, looking at their companions. They saw the shock and unwillingness in their companions' eyes, and they also understood that they were going to die!
Tang An killed more than a dozen archers before his figure flashed and he appeared on the rooftop of another room.
"Pffft!" "Pffft!" "Pffft!"...
It's the same voice again, the same chilling voice!
Tang An's swordsmanship has almost reached its peak, no matter who it is, he only needs one sword.
A scratch on the throat is fatal!
Tang An took a deep breath and killed thirteen people in a row, among whom there were also masters. However, in the face of Tang An's swordsmanship like the god of death, they had no power to resist.
On both sides, more than twenty houses' roofs, with a total of 486 archers, were all killed in an instant!
Their cause of death was all the same, all were killed by a single sword stroke!
A flash of sword light, and the man is dead!
Tang An's sword was covered in blood and water, the blood and water flowed down with the rain, slowly dripping onto the ground, dyeing the entire street red!
Tang An's face had already turned somewhat pale, it was unclear whether it was due to the rainwater washing over him or if he was exhausted. However, he once again pulled out a silk cloth from his bosom and began wiping down his sword.
His sword-wiping motion was still as slow and elegant as ever, as if no one was around!
All of Jun Tian Jiao's disciples looked at Tang An quietly standing there wiping his sword, and they all felt a chill run down their spines!
They were scared!
"Thud...thud..."
Under this eerie quiet atmosphere, a horseshoe sound suddenly rang out.
The snow lion slowly walked towards Tang An and rubbed its head against him.
When it smelled the strong smell of human blood on Tang An's body, it suddenly let out a high-pitched scream and became excited!
Just then, Tang An's eyes suddenly condensed, and immediately afterwards, Tang An saw a dazzling emerald green knife light chopping towards himself! The knife light was strange, Tang An only felt that his entire body was suppressed by the knife light, and his body was like being trapped in an ice cave, his whole body stiffened!
His heart suddenly became excited: "This is a master! A master comparable to Wang Ruitu!"
This single, terrifying slash caused Tang An's heart to surge with hot blood!
Slaughtering ordinary Jianghu people was really too boring for Tang An. Even if he had to kill someone, he would rather kill a world-class master! Defeating masters, conquering masters, becoming a master - this is the truly dazzling life!
Tang An's hand grasped the sword, and in an instant, a black, substantial sword tip materialized on his blade.
He's got an ace up his sleeve!
"Clang!"
The gleam of the knife and the tip of the sword collided in mid-air, producing a deafening crash. Lan Ruin's figure then spun around like a whirlwind, effortlessly neutralizing Tang An's killing sword's power while using the momentum to retreat backwards.
Lan Ruoyin received Tang An's sword, his face calm as usual, but in his heart he was greatly shocked: "What a terrifying swordsmanship! His swordsmanship actually contains a strange feeling, like it wants to devour everything and destroy everything! How can there be such swordsmanship in this world? Even my divine sense and knife intent are affected! Tianjian? Indeed formidable!"
Tang An raised his head and stared coldly at Lan Ruien, the invisible viscosity on the knife just now also made him feel a twist.
"What's going on? Why does my sword blade get stuck like it's glued when it comes into contact with this knife blade? It's so weird! What's the deal with this knife? Such a strange knife!"
Two people stood facing each other, standing among these thousands of people. At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on them, waiting for their victory or defeat.
Thousands of others have become mere decorations!
This is a world of masters! If you're not a master, in this world, you'll always be someone else's supporting actor!
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