In his haste, Yue Hengyi dared not resist the samurai sword with his bare body. He immediately raised his long sword to block. With a "clang," a rice-grain-sized chip appeared on the samurai sword, while the Meteorite Iron long sword remained unharmed, having forcefully blocked the blow.
"Baka!" Urashima was furious. He had never expected the unremarkable long sword of his opponent to be so hard, causing a chip in his own treasured weapon, which had been crafted by a master. Its damage naturally enraged him.
Next, the armored samurai continuously slashed, while Yue Hengyi hastily defended, occasionally rolling on the ground to evade the samurai sword's attacks. For a time, he managed to block the opponent's attacks.
"Phew, what a fine weapon. It's completely unharmed. If this were a wuxia novel, it would at least be a sharp blade that could slice through hair, far more impressive than the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber!" Yue Hengyi thought to himself as he parried the opponent's attacks.
With the sharp blade in hand, Yue Hengyi felt reassured. However, he forgot about the two individuals lying on the ground in the distance. They were also ability users. Although suppressed by gravity, they could still fire their guns. Immediately, the two lying on the ground began to shoot, putting Yue Hengyi in a perilous situation.
After holding on for two minutes, Yue Hengyi was shot again, this time in his right leg. He felt his bone instantly fracture. In excruciating pain, he shouted to the sky, "Shen Feng, my dear elder brother, I can't hold on, help me!"
Under normal circumstances, Yue Hengyi could have matched these three assassins. After all, he was a fifth-tier ability user, a genius among ability users. However, he was already injured and had drunk a lot of wine. Moving was a problem. Under the combined attacks of the three, he was struggling to cope. If Shen Feng didn't arrive in time, he would be the first to collapse!
"Aren't you here? You kid are so delicate. I told you to drink less, but you didn't listen. Now look what happened?" Shen Feng's voice did not come from the lit room but from the backyard. Urashima turned his head, only to find that at some point, another ability user had flanked him. He held a black rod in his hand, and the two fallen ability users were at this person's feet.
"Crack," "Crack." Shen Feng did not hesitate. He swung the Kanglong Mace, one strike per person, directly breaking their cervical vertebrae. The two ability users died instantly.
"You scoundrel, you killed my brothers! I'll kill you!" Seeing his two colleagues so easily killed, Urashima immediately charged at Shen Feng. Yue Hengyi, witnessing this, felt a wave of relief. Shen Feng had finally appeared, and he was safe.
If Shen Feng's speed was considered, even in the gravity field, he could have made a round trip from the battlefield to the room in over ten seconds. However, Shen Feng had learned the art of surprise. As Sun Tzu's Art of War stated, "Attack where they are unprepared, appear when they are not expected." If he had appeared at the front of the battlefield, wouldn't he have been easily guarded against? After much thought, Shen Feng could only take a detour, circling all the way to the rear of the battlefield and entering from the backyard.
This effect was also quite good. Shen Feng acted decisively, instantly killing the two who were shooting. This way, it would be less likely to be interfered with during the actual fight.
This was Shen Feng's first time wielding a heavy weapon. The mace, weighing over ten catties, felt heavy in his hand. However, when facing someone who could create their own armor, the heavier the Kanglong Mace, the more confident Shen Feng felt!
As Urashima charged forward, he immediately slashed diagonally. Shen Feng was not afraid and met the attack with the Kanglong Mace. "Clang," half of the blade broke off. With the samurai sword broken, the opponent's threat level was further weakened.
Yue Hengyi saw his weapon's ferocity, breaking a long saber with a single blow. He finally felt happy and said, "It seems my weapon is also very powerful. From now on, I'll see who dares to spar with me. Whoever comes, I'll break their weapon directly!"
Urashima watched his treasured saber break, and in his rage, he charged forward recklessly, discarding the samurai sword. The half-broken samurai sword was useless. Bone spurs suddenly grew from his palm, and they were equipped with blood grooves, piercing towards Shen Feng.
Shen Feng used "As the Wind Follows" to evade the bone spur attack, instantly flanking the enemy. He raised the Kanglong Mace with one hand, then twisted his waist and swung his arm. His arm drove his wrist, and the Kanglong Mace smashed down fiercely. "Crack" "Bang," the heavy Kanglong Mace directly smashed the armor behind Urashima, then continued its momentum, hitting Urashima's back fiercely.
"Pfft," Urashima's back was struck, and he spat blood, unable to stand steadily. He soon fell.
Shen Feng showed no mercy. Even though the enemy had fallen, he did not stop attacking. He swung the Kanglong Mace again and smashed it down fiercely. The sounds of "crack" and "crack" were incessant. It was impossible to tell whether it was the bone armor being shattered or Urashima's spine being broken.
It was clear that Shen Feng also knew a poem by Bai Juyi, which contained these two lines: "Wildfire cannot burn it all, spring breeze blows it back to life!"
Therefore, Shen Feng had to finish the job. For ability users, one had to be ruthless. Without ruthlessness, it would be impossible. Otherwise, when the ability users recovered, they could still cause immense damage.
Yue Hengyi watched as Shen Feng smashed more than ten times. Finally, the Kanglong Mace was covered in minced meat. He couldn't bear to watch anymore. This was his weapon, how could it be treated like kitchenware? "Brother Feng, stop hitting. Are you making hand-beaten beef balls? The person is already broken in half!"
Shen Feng finally stopped and pulled a piece of torn cloth from the enemy's corpse to wipe the Kanglong Mace.
"Here, your weapon. Carry it with you from now on, and don't throw it around. Give me the sword!" Shen Feng said directly.
Yue Hengyi exchanged the Kanglong Mace back and couldn't help but say, "Now it seems safe. Fortunately, Brother Feng came. Otherwise, I would have really died!"
At this moment, Yue Hengyi was very grateful to Shen Feng, as his life was saved by Shen Feng.
Shen Feng said angrily, "Safe my foot! There are still five ability users in the hotel I was at. Fortunately, I was smart and escaped. Otherwise, I would have been finished there!"
"You were also ambushed? How could it be such a coincidence?" Yue Hengyi was greatly surprised. It turned out he wasn't the only one attacked.
"What coincidence? Can't you tell? We've been set up. I suspect everything here is designed to lure us into a trap. Those bastards in Kagoshima have arranged for ability users to assassinate us. I'm ready to go on a killing spree!" Shen Feng said coldly.
Upon hearing this, Yue Hengyi was even more shocked. He realized he had fallen into a trap. But then again, Shen Feng was the one who brought him to the temple, which meant he was also deceived?
"What do we do next?" Yue Hengyi quickly asked.
Shen Feng thought for a moment and said, "You continue to exert your gravity field, and I'll set up a trap. Some of the assassins on my side can use barriers to block my wind blades. I also need to find a way to break through their defenses!"
Yue Hengyi could only obey. With his legs injured, he had no choice but to follow Shen Feng's plan. He hoped the plan would proceed smoothly.
Afterward, Shen Feng moved the bodies of the three killed ability users into the main hall, found the right position, and placed them directly under the main beam. Then, he caused varying degrees of damage to the pillars around the hall. The Buddhist hall then became a dangerous building, shaking slightly even in the gravity field, and would collapse immediately if subjected to greater force.
"Alright, the trap is set. Let's hide!" Shen Feng then led Yue Hengyi to hide in the shadows. Yue Hengyi's leg wounds were too severe. Fortunately, the blood vessels were not hit, otherwise, Yue Hengyi would have died from excessive blood loss.
Yue Hengyi's legs were injured. His left leg had been hit in the muscle, making it impossible to exert force. His right leg had a fractured tibia, and moving it caused pain. He could no longer move and had to rely on Shen Feng for mobility.
Yue Hengyi bandaged his wounds, starting with the leg wounds to stop the bleeding. He also took off his shoes and socks. The wound on his foot, which had been penetrated, was not very serious, but infection would be troublesome.
"Will they fall for such an obvious trap?" Yue Hengyi couldn't help but ask.
"If you disable the gravity field, they will definitely enter the main hall!" Shen Feng replied.
Yue Hengyi didn't believe this tactic would work. The bait was too obvious; were they really treating the enemies as foolish fish that knew nothing?
Shen Feng knew the enemies possessed invisibility techniques, and they could all turn invisible. He didn't know how they achieved it, but Shen Feng decided to take a gamble. He bet that these people would not stand idly by after seeing their comrades die. As long as these people rushed into the main hall, Shen Feng could spring the trap.
To locate the enemies, Shen Feng closed his eyes and listened. In the dark night, by patiently listening, humans could hear extremely subtle sounds, even the buzzing of a mosquito's wings. During the day, there were too many noises, making it difficult for humans to hear clearly.
After the gravity field disappeared, Shen Feng gradually heard footsteps in the distance. These footsteps grew closer and were somewhat disorganized.
Just then, Yue Hengyi nudged Shen Feng's shoulder. Shen Feng opened his eyes, and Yue Hengyi pointed towards the temple gate. He saw five men and women walking into the temple. Some of them had thorns hanging on their bodies, looking quite disheveled, as they removed the thorns from themselves while walking.
"Look, the leader is a woman!" Yue Hengyi whispered to Shen Feng.
Shen Feng looked over and indeed, the woman leading them was wearing a black leather outfit, a tight leather top, and leather pants, with knee-high boots. She looked heroic and valiant. The others followed behind her, carrying various weapons. One burly man held a hammer weighing over thirty catties. His muscles bulged, clearly indicating he was the one who had shattered Shen Feng's barrier earlier.
"Damn it, it is indeed a woman. This one is the most insidious, always ambushing me!" Shen Feng couldn't help but say.
Shen Feng hadn't forgotten that several times a slender and fair hand, holding a dagger, had tried to stab him. Without a doubt, it was this woman who had attacked him.
Lu Wen led her team into the temple and soon discovered the bodies in the main hall. She immediately led her people over. Despite her tall stature, she trembled with rage upon seeing the scene. These were her comrades on a mission, and now they were dead, making it impossible for her to remain calm.
"Urashima is dead, his body almost broken by blunt force!" The burly man couldn't wait and rushed into the main hall to examine. Upon seeing this, he couldn't help himself. All three had died horribly.
Two of them had died from broken cervical vertebrae, which caused no pain. As for Urashima, his armor was shattered, and his waist was broken in half. The wound area was messy, clearly indicating repeated blows from a blunt object.
"Let's go in and send them off on their final journey, then continue searching for these two bastards. We must avenge them!" At this point, Lu Wen could no longer remain calm. She led her people into the main hall, preparing to pay their final respects to their companions. Twenty minutes had passed, and she had ten minutes left to search. If they couldn't find the enemies within ten minutes, they would have to retreat.
All five entered the main hall. They repositioned the heads of those with broken cervical vertebrae so they wouldn't be at a twisted angle. Then, they used wooden boards to stabilize Urashima's body, preventing it from actually breaking apart.
However, at this moment, a "crack" sound came from one side of the main hall, and then the roof of the hall began to tilt.