837: Chapter 833 Each Harboring Their Own Schemes 837: Chapter 833 Each Harboring Their Own Schemes However, the final deduction is missing the most crucial element—evidence!
Without evidence, no matter how plausible the theory sounds, it’s just a pile of nonsense…
“Duan Feng, although we don’t have any evidence, every word we say is true!
I swear to the heavens—this is real!
To show our sincerity, you may search us.
There’s no Wind Flow Strength cultivation technique on us!”
Ding Da grew anxious.
To gain everyone’s trust, he was the first to compromise…
Yet, even if Zhao Sixi and the three Ding brothers wanted to compromise, how could the Heaven Gate outer disciples present simply believe their words?
Li Hui sneered, “What’s the point of searching you?
If we kill you all, the complete Wind Flow Strength cultivation technique will naturally be ours!
Today, no matter what you tell us, we won’t believe a single word.
The only path laid out for you is death—there’s no other way!”
Saying this, Li Hui immediately conjured the Wind Flow Strength within his body.
As the leader of the martial artists on site, his power was, of course, the strongest of all.
Thus, when Li Hui began channeling his energy, Ding Da didn’t dare to be careless either, and quickly summoned the Wind Flow Strength from within himself.
Tornado-like energies surged around both Li Hui and Ding Da.
In mere moments, the two tornadoes intertwined into one colossal whirlwind!
This was the clash of Li Hui and Ding Da’s power.
Naturally, the onlookers didn’t dare to approach, retreating several meters backward…
“Zzzt!
Zzzt!”…
The collision of their energies produced intense sounds.
After the impact, the tornado surrounding the two gradually weakened, and finally, it dissipated into invisibility.
When everyone looked again at the spot where the tornado vanished, they saw Li Hui and Ding Da standing with palms pressed against each other, already locked in a battle of inner strength!
In expert duels, once things devolve into inner strength competition, the situation becomes extremely perilous.
The result of such a confrontation is either mutual death or one dead and one injured.
This means that inner strength battles are vastly different from technique exchanges; in technique exchanges, the dominant party can kill without bloodshed.
But in inner strength battles, unless one’s power surpasses the opponent significantly, fighting with someone of similar strength results only in injury or death.
Therefore, typically, two combatants wouldn’t rush into an inner strength duel so quickly.
However, this clash between Li Hui and Ding Da, where inner strength was tested right upon engagement, indeed left everyone stunned.
Soon, beads of sweat appeared on the foreheads of both Li Hui and Ding Da.
Both were Heaven Gate outer disciples, had practiced Wind Flow Strength for about the same length of time, and thus shared similar inner strength.
Thus, the battle fell into an intense stalemate…
None of the spectators dared to touch Li Hui or Ding Da, as even a light touch could lead to their deaths.
“Ding Da, you still claim you didn’t obtain the complete Wind Flow Strength?!
I can sense an energy within you beyond just Wind Flow Strength.
Tell me, what’s this power if not Wind Flow Strength?”
Despite being in the midst of inner strength combat, Li Hui still questioned harshly, showing no camaraderie toward Ding Da.
“That’s because I joined the Night King Hall.
Under the leader’s guidance, I learned plenty of advanced techniques!”
Ding Da retorted immediately.
Though battling inner strength was arduous, Li Hui’s accusations had to be forcefully refuted!
“Advanced techniques?
Are you kidding me?
Then tell me, what advanced techniques have you learned from the Night King Hall?”
Li Hui pressed again, though this time Ding Da chose to evade the question.
“That’s a secret of the Night King Hall, impossible to share with outsiders.
If you want to know, you’ll have to join the Night King Hall!”
“How absurd.”
Li Hui scoffed.
He was well aware of the Night King Hall’s affairs.
At the Heaven Gate’s emergency assembly, the Sima Family’s Clan Leader, Sima Yun, had already declared war on Ye Tian.
Ye Tian, the leader of Night King Hall, was courting death by angering Sima Yun.
If Ye Tian perished at Sima Yun’s hands, the Night King Hall would inevitably collapse, and as a proud outer disciple of Heaven Gate, how could Li Hui join a doomed faction?
“In that case, I won’t force you!”
Ding Da replied coldly, choosing to focus all his attention on competing in inner strength with Li Hui.
In truth, the power Li Hui sensed within Ding Da wasn’t from a complete Wind Flow Strength cultivation technique but the energy from fragments of the Spirit Vein Stone that Ding Da had absorbed!
Before battling the Sima Family, Night King Hall leader Ye Tian had somehow brought back fragments of Jiang City’s Spirit Vein Stone and buried them in the backyard of the Night King Hall’s headquarters, allowing martial artists to absorb the power to contend with the Sima Family.
Ding Da was one of the lucky ones who absorbed the Spirit Vein Stone fragments.
After this absorption, Ding Da’s inner strength soared to incomparable levels compared to his prior self.
That’s why Li Hui found it so startling…
Realizing their internal strength duel wouldn’t yield swift results, Li Hui suddenly shouted, “What are you waiting for?
Kill these guys already!”
Li Hui yelled at his entourage, finally reminding them of their purpose today!
Though the enemy possessed the “complete Wind Flow Strength,” they were only four people.
With one occupied by Li Hui, that left just three.
On the other hand, there were over twenty Heaven Gate outer disciples present.
With so many attackers swarming forward, how could Zhao Sixi and the Ding brothers possibly survive?
Responding to Li Hui’s call, the other martial artists began channeling their energy and launched an offensive against Zhao Sixi, Ding Er, and Ding San!
Zhao Sixi, Ding Er, and Ding San had no choice but to fight back!
But with too many enemies to contend against, Zhao Sixi, Ding Er, and Ding San quickly found themselves overwhelmed.
Surrounded and besieged, it became impossible to resist!
Over twenty martial artists converged to attack, and each of them could harness the force of nature.
The combined strength of the group’s assault was indeed formidable…
“Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!”
Within just half a minute, Zhao Sixi, Ding Er, and Ding San were struck down, falling heavily to the ground.
Zhao Sixi and Ding San, both still nursing severe injuries, spewed large mouthfuls of blood after taking powerful strikes.
Ding Er, though uninjured internally, felt his organs roiling from the force and couldn’t gather energy.
“Bastards!”
Seeing Zhao Sixi, Ding Er, and Ding San knocked down, Ding Da couldn’t hold back a furious shout.
But this outburst distracted him.
In an inner strength battle, even a momentary distraction could be fatal, and Ding Da’s lapse gave Li Hui the perfect chance!
“Fool, you still have the nerve to look elsewhere!”
Li Hui didn’t miss the opportunity.
Seizing Ding Da’s distraction, he channeled all his energy and launched it against Ding Da.
A tremendous force surged forward, catching Ding Da off guard.
He tried to resist, but it was too late!
“Boom!”
With a resounding crash, Ding Da’s body was flung several meters away and landed heavily on the ground.
“Ugh!”
A mouthful of blood spewed out of Ding Da, proving that he had suffered serious internal injuries.
With Zhao Sixi, Ding Da, Ding Er, and Ding San all beaten to the ground, the group of twenty Heaven Gate outer disciples closed in, their faces adorned with sinister smiles.
“Is this the complete Wind Flow Strength cultivation technique?
It’s nothing special!
Clearly, the Sect Leader made an idiotic decision choosing you four as inner sect disciples.
Trash like you dare enter the higher ranks of Heaven Gate?”
“Don’t say that.
These four truly began practicing the complete Wind Flow Strength.
Had we not seized the advantage, once they finished cultivating it, how could we possibly be their match?
By then, we’d be at their mercy.”
“Thank goodness we decided to attack them today!
Otherwise, if they fully mastered the complete Wind Flow Strength, we would likely have been killed by them!”
“After killing them, we can search their bodies one by one.
This way, all of us present can acquire the complete Wind Flow Strength!
Whether or not anyone gets the chance to become inner sect disciples, boosting our strength is never a bad thing!”
…
The crowd discussed eagerly, though many outer disciples began darting their eyes around with malicious intent.
Indeed, with Zhao Sixi and the Ding brothers subdued, obtaining the complete Wind Flow Strength was simply a matter of time…
However, with over twenty martial artists present and only four people carrying the cultivation technique, how could there possibly be enough to go around?
Sharing?
Copying together?
—Only a fool would believe such things!!
A group gathered for the sake of personal gain would inevitably break apart over the same.
As such, many martial artists began to glare with flickering eyes, harboring their own concealed motives.
Everyone clearly understood that a chaotic fight over the Wind Flow Strength cultivation technique was inevitable once it was uncovered.
Preparing their own energy now was the only way to ensure survival through the upcoming mêlée.
“Let me search the bodies!”
Li Hui volunteered immediately.
Since he was the one who had gathered everyone, he felt entitled to be the first to search Zhao Sixi and the Ding brothers.