Lu Tianxing's nickname among the Eight Vajra of the White Lotus Sect is Whip Vajra. He is good at swordsmanship, but his whip skills are even better. When he uses his crazy whip skills, he can really impenetrable and water can't get in.
Yan Liqiang had just used his spear to knock away the sword thrown by Lu Tianxing with greater destructive power, when Lu Tianxing's steel whip turned into a phantom and came down head-on with a gust of wind. Yan Liqiang was not in a hurry, but just took a slight step. The steel whip brushed past Yan Liqiang's body and hit the ground heavily, creating a crack more than one meter long on the bluestone floor of the dock.
Yan Liqiang's spear slipped from his hand, and the two White Lotus masters who rushed over each had a bloody hole on their chest and fell away. At the same time, he raised his foot and stepped on the steel whip of Lu Tianxing before it could be withdrawn.
With a loud bang, the bluestone slab on the ground exploded completely. Yan Liqiang stepped on the bluestone and made a hole in it. The tip of the steel whip directly stepped into the hole, just like stepping on the weak spot of a snake.
Lu Tianxing pulled the steel whip hard, but the whip didn't move at all, as if it was pressed down by a mountain. His face changed instantly. The next second, as the strength in Lu Tianxing's hand changed, he shook the steel whip hard, and the whip body that was stepped on by Yan Liqiang suddenly split into two. The other whip head popped out from the whip body, like the other head of a two-headed snake, and stabbed Yan Liqiang's calf fiercely before he could react.
The whip head that popped out again had sharp metal spikes on it. The metal spikes appeared bright blue in the surrounding firelight. It was obvious that they were poisoned.
"So what you're playing with is the Two-Headed Snake Yin-Yang Whip, which is also poisoned. Interesting!" Yan Liqiang's face turned cold, and he did not retreat but moved forward. He raised his foot, and the whole person and gun became one, stabbing directly at Lu Tianxing.
Lu Tianxing, who was forced to use his double-headed whip skill after a quick exchange of moves with Yan Liqiang, had already thought of retreating. At this moment, seeing Yan Liqiang rushing towards him, he did not think twice and quickly flew back, putting some distance between himself and Yan Liqiang. At the same time, the double-headed steel whip bounced on the ground and stabbed towards Yan Liqiang's back.
Yan Liqiang showed a disdainful smile on his face, and thrust the spear in his hand forward, piercing the middle of the whip.
At that moment, Lu Tianxing felt a huge and irresistible force coming from the steel whip in his hand. The steel whip that was originally handy suddenly became extremely violent, just like a vicious dragon. His hand could no longer hold the whip handle. The steel whip, under Yan Liqiang's shot, stood upright, and the whip handle of the steel whip hit his chest instead, hitting him hard on the chest, hitting his own steel whip hard...
"Puff..." A mouthful of blood spurted out of Lu Tianxing's mouth, and the steel whip slipped out of his hand. Lu Tianxing flew backwards, roaring in disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost, "Impossible, impossible, there is no such spearmanship in the world..."
For Lu Tianxing, his steel whip is divided into 108 sections, each section is carefully made of abyssal cold iron, the whip body is extremely shiny, it is even smoother than oil, and there is no joint gap at the connection of the whip body to bear force. Such a steel whip was pierced by a gun, and the long whip was able to transmit the huge force of the spear back - how is it possible? This is a long whip, not a hard weapon. The whip body of this long whip is soft, it is impossible to bear force, and it will slide away if it is subjected to force. Unless you shake the whip body straight and hit the opponent hard, otherwise, this force will not be transmitted to your hand at all. How did Yan Liqiang do it? Such power control and such spear skills are beyond Lu Tianxing's cognition.
Amid Lu Tianxing's roar, Yan Liqiang's spear was as fast as lightning and he chased after him.
Yan Liqiang didn't need to explain what was possible and what was not. After his spearmanship was perfected, he could stab the iron-skinned mountain loach hiding in the water even under the waterfall. The long whip in Lu Tianxing's hand might be slippery and soft, but it was far inferior to the small and slippery iron-skinned mountain loach with its body made of tung tree bark and iron bones. With one shot, Yan Liqiang broke the power of his long whip, causing the long whip to hit back and Lu Tianxing was seriously injured.
Lu Tianxing roared, but he was already scared in his heart. He flew backwards and landed on the ground. The moment he landed, he rolled several feet away without caring about the face of the master. Then his body bounced up quickly, raised his hand, and a field of white, fine needles like cow hairs were sprayed towards Yan Liqiang who was chasing him. Then he turned around and ran away without caring about anything. All his movements were done in one go and as fast as lightning. This set of escape movements was as if it had been rehearsed countless times. No one could find any flaws. Even if a strong master chased him, he would probably be forced to stop temporarily...
"Puff..." Lu Tianxing, who had just turned around, felt a sharp pain in his chest. He lowered his head and saw a long gun tip sticking out of his chest. "How... How... Could it be..." Lu Tianxing lowered his head, with a bitter look on his face, and muttered to himself...
Yan Liqiang pulled out his gun, and Lu Tianxing's body, which was pierced by the spear, fell to the side of the dock and died instantly.
The next second, Yan Liqiang drew his gun, turned around, and charged into the remaining White Lotus sect members...
The people from the White Lotus Sect were so frightened when they saw Situ Fei and Lu Tianxing being killed by Yan Liqiang in the blink of an eye that they wanted to escape. But how could they run away from Yan Liqiang at this time? What's more, there were the surviving palace guards nearby who were eyeing them covetously.
No one could withstand a single shot from Yan Liqiang's spear. Although the White Lotus sect members were alive, in Yan Liqiang's eyes, they were no different from balloons tied with ropes. Anyone who came within a three-meter radius of him would not be able to escape or survive...
"Chi..." The last shot killed a member of the White Lotus Sect who had just run to the edge of the bamboo forest. Yan Liqiang turned around and saw that the other surviving master of the White Lotus Sect had been killed by the swords of the three palace guards who besieged him.
The dock was littered with corpses, and there was no longer a single member of the White Lotus Sect.
"Thank you, Lord Yan, for saving my life..."
Finally, dozens of guards and eunuchs who survived the disaster came over and saluted Yan Liqiang. The way they looked at Yan Liqiang was completely different from before. They were full of gratitude, shock and awe. Especially the guards around the prince who had seen Yan Liqiang's archery skills before. When they looked at Yan Liqiang at this time, their eyes were like looking at a god, with unparalleled archery skills and invincible spear skills. It was a pity that they only really saw the true strength of this prince's archery master today...
Looking at the people in front of him, all of them were in a miserable state and almost everyone was injured. Yan Liqiang also sighed. These people were lucky to survive. Those of them who had defected had already defected. These people were loyal and righteous to be able to fight until now, and they deserved the rations they had in the palace.
"Everyone, you can no longer return to the palace, and you can no longer stay in the Imperial Capital. The Crown Prince is already dead, so bury him in the bamboo forest, and then you can all flee for your lives. In the capital, the situation in the other four regions is probably not good, except for the Imperial Capital. From now on, everyone should accept their fate and hope to see each other again in the future..."
When the surviving guards and eunuchs heard what Yan Liqiang said, and then looked at the Crown Prince who had been split into two pieces on the ground, they were all filled with grief. Many guards' eyes suddenly turned red, and several surviving eunuchs burst into tears.
They protected the Crown Prince and left, but in the end, he was chopped into two pieces by the White Lotus people. No matter how the Crown Prince was before, at least he could still move, bite people, and make strange noises. In the eyes of many people, they did not believe and dared not say that the Crown Prince had died a long time ago. So it was obvious that the blame for the Crown Prince's death in the attack would be put on them. According to the laws of the Han Empire, as long as they were investigated, they would all be sentenced to death, and even their families would be implicated. No one could escape. There was really no other way except to flee to the ends of the earth.
At that moment, the survivors who escaped from the palace did as Yan Liqiang said. They dug a pit at the edge of the bamboo forest, hastily put the body of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into the pit, and then piled a pile of dirt on the pit. After kowtowed three times to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, they said goodbye to Yan Liqiang and saluted solemnly. Dozens of people disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye. Even the eunuchs stumbled away, not daring to stay here.
Among all the people, only two people did not leave. Those two people were the two archery masters who had a blind competition with Yan Liqiang when Yan Liqiang went to the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace that day.
"Why don't you leave?" Yan Liqiang asked calmly.
The two men looked at each other, then knelt down in front of Yan Liqiang at the same time and said in unison, "We two brothers want to follow Master Yan in the future. Please take us in!"
"If you follow me, you will suffer a lot, and you might even lose your life!"
"As long as we can be with you, sir, we two brothers are willing to be slaves and servants!" The two archery masters knelt on the ground, raised their heads one by one, and looked at Yan Liqiang with sincere eyes.
In addition to their strong skills in archery, these two men are also good in martial arts. In their previous battle against Situ Fei and Lu Tianxing, they were only slightly weaker than Situ Fei and Lu Tianxing. Because they came out of the secret passage, they were ambushed in close combat, and the quivers they carried with them were destroyed by a traitor among the guards of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Therefore, the two men never had the opportunity to use their archery skills, which is why they fought so miserably. If the quivers of the two men were still there, even if Lu Tianxing and Situ Fei brought more people with them, they would not be able to gain any advantage.
Yan Liqiang pondered for a moment, and used his mind snake to fully grasp the two people's thoughts. After knowing that they were indeed sincere, he finally nodded and said, "Well, since you want to follow me, you can't use your previous names. From now on, you will be called Yan Qing and Yan Hong, and you will be servants of my Yan family. How do you think?"
"Thank you, sir!" The two men looked at each other, suddenly felt relieved, and stood up.
After accepting the two masters Yan Qing and Yan Hong, Yan Liqiang was just about to take them away from here, when suddenly, Yan Liqiang felt something strange in his spiritual sense. He turned his head and looked into the distance. On the hillside on the other side of the river, a figure was standing on the hillside, staring at this side...
His Majesty!
Yan Liqiang was stunned for a moment...
The Emperor standing on the hillside had a complicated expression, even a little bewildered. He looked at Yan Liqiang, then at the corpses on the dock, and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but suddenly, his expression changed, and he looked in another direction. Then, in the blink of an eye, he disappeared behind the hillside...
Seeing the Emperor appearing and disappearing, Yan Liqiang had an idea and hurriedly took Yan Qing and Yan Hong into the bamboo forest and hid.
A few minutes later, two figures flew over from the hillside across the river. They were the Ghost King and the White Lotus Saint wrapped in a black robe. The two looked around and saw the corpses scattered all over the dock, but they did not come over. Instead, they also disappeared behind the hillside...
(End of this chapter)