At this moment, the shoulder of an enemy who was attacking from the left moved. Yun Yang could tell at once that this person would come first and that his attack would be from above, slashing diagonally. His final landing point would be his waist, thus creating an opportunity to force him into the ambush on the right.
Conversely, the one who was actually setting up a lethal attack on him should be the other person behind him, although that person had not moved yet …
Yun Yang's saber light flashed, but he was one step ahead, aiming at the right side of his waist and flicking his saber out.
Just as the man's saber was about to land, he watched in horror as Yun Yang's saber came at him in a strange manner, coming for his arm. Rather than saying that Yun Yang's saber was coming for him, it would be more accurate to say that he was offering himself up for the slash!
That person cried out in alarm and tried his best to withdraw his saber. He floated backwards, but the difference between the two of them had already been determined. How could he retreat unscathed? His right arm inevitably had a cut about half a foot long, and blood spurted out like a fountain.
The other person behind him was used to working with him. He was waiting for his comrade to strike and force the target to respond while he would react accordingly. This was a tacit understanding that had been formed between the two of them for a long time, and it had always been successful.
Just now, his comrade had struck like he always did. Of course, he had to follow closely behind.
However!
His comrade's saber was forced back before he could swing it, retreating hastily. As for his own strike, which was supposed to be seamless in coordination, it was now an aimless attack. Faced with Yun Yang's successful strike, his saber that was moving along with the flow was useless as it was completely sealed off by the other party …
Hmm?
Not only his sword, but his hand as well. His retreat route had been completely sealed!
What was going on?
There was no killing intent lying in ambush here. Why did it become a death ambush when he attacked? This was what the assassin felt.
Once the thought popped into the assassin's mind, there was nothing else he could think of. All his thoughts were reduced to a scream as his hand, along with his sword, fell to the ground, accompanied by a splatter of blood.
Shangguan Lingxiu, who was watching from the side, was filled with incredulity and inexplicable disbelief.
What Shangguan Lingxiu saw was that Yun Yang was the first to strike with his saber while the other party, for some unknown reason, sent his arm directly to Yun Yang's blade. Then, the other party let out a more normal cry and retreated.
When Yun Yang sheathed his saber, he had only casually lifted the saber and swung it; it was not even the residual force of the previous strike. Yet, it was this casual swing that the other assassin had sent his hand under the swing of the saber. Yun Yang did not seem to have exerted much effort as he swung his saber downwards, chopping off the assassin's right hand!
After that, he simply swung his blade sideways, blocking all attacks from other directions to ensure his own safety.
Shangguan Lingxiu had witnessed everything that had happened. She could see the entire process clearly, but she was still a little confused.
What was going on?
Why did it look like the two people who had been struck by the saber had pretended to fight, sending themselves to the edge of the saber?
How could they have really cut off their hands if it was a fake fight?
Besides, with so many people watching, could it really be that obvious?
The pupils of the black-masked leader narrowed as he hollered, "Everyone, step back!"
The seven to eight assassins took three steps back in unison, not at all flustered. They were not affected by the setback of their attack.
The black-masked man said darkly, "Don't use any more tricks. Break through with brute force. One brute force can defeat ten men. Kill them as soon as possible!"
Yun Yang was startled, lifting his head to look at the black-masked man and said faintly, "Not bad."
The black-masked man snorted, wanting to roll his eyes, but he held himself back.
Anyone with a bit of knowledge would be able to guess that you've just learned that skill. Otherwise, you wouldn't have used it in the first wave of ambush. How could we give you the chance to familiarize yourself with it? You're asking for it!
So, there's nothing to say about beating them to death!
With a wave of his hand, the black-masked leader tossed out thick iron rods along with countless sabers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, hooks, forks, and hammers … Almost everything that one could think of, all of them heavy weaponry.
Following that, another two sledgehammers appeared in his hands. They were accumulating strength and waiting to be launched, and they seemed to have the momentum of an earth-shattering storm.
"This fellow actually has a spatial ring with a large amount of heavy weaponry!"
Yun Yang's expression turned grim.
As expected, the situation in the ensuing battle turned grim for Yun Yang.
When there was no more tricks involved in the attacks of both parties, one could easily kill the other with skill. Even if the other party's cultivation base was higher than one's, there would not be too many surprises. This situation could also be applied to two or even three people!
However, when faced with a group of people … no matter how skilled one was, one would still be dazzled by the group attack.
Facing the ruthless assassins who pounced on him one after another without a care in the world, Yun Yang was filled with helplessness. No matter how skillful he was, no matter how good his judgment was, there was not much meaning to it!
The other party was a group of people!
The ensuing battle could only be described as barbaric.
Shangguan Lingxiu could see it clearly now – Yun Yang was being restrained.
His ability to appear and disappear mysteriously and predict the opponent's attack in advance was no longer of much use. There was almost no place for him to use his skills.
As for the other party's ferocious attacks, although there were casualties, it would not be fatal in a short period of time.
If Yun Yang really wanted to kill one of them, he would have to use all his moves to kill that person.
However, once he did so, the other party's desperate attack would definitely come into play – using one or two of their lives to trade for Yun Yang's overall disadvantage!
They might even take Yun Yang's life!
This was undoubtedly a good deal for the black-masked leader.
In fact, as long as he could kill Yun Yang as soon as possible, even if half of the assassins here were to die, it would be worth it!
He would do anything to achieve his goal; those who wanted to achieve great things did not bother with trifles. What was a mere casualty?
Boom!
Yun Yang blocked the staff with all his might and deflected the hammer; his thoughts were a jumbled mess.
Where did these people come from? If they were not from The Merciless Tower or the Hall of Crimson Blade, it was impossible for them to be from the Concourse of the Underworld.
Then, these people could only be from two places.
One was from the crown prince's residence, the other from the Four Seasons Tower.
How could the crown prince's residence possess such combat power?
It was obvious that if the crown prince had such capability, the current situation would not be as it was now. It would not be difficult for him to force the crown prince to abdicate and change the dynasty with these combat forces.
A large group of heaven realm and even Dao realm cultivators!
Then, the only other source left was the Four Seasons Tower.
However, it did not seem right. He had cautiously inquired from Snow, Frost, and Sword and had never heard of the existence of such people. Then … these people should be … someone's … personal armed force?
Recalling that he had just come out of the crown prince's residence, these people had come looking for him almost immediately …
"Could these people be Sir Bi's men?" The more Yun Yang thought about it, the more he felt that this was the most likely possibility.
However, Sir Bi had obviously had a pleasant time playing Go with him just now …
Hmm?
Yun Yang suddenly thought of something.
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