Chapter 19: Breaking the Flames

Tian Jihong looked at the figure that was only one step away from him, and his heart was almost bursting out of his throat. He knew that he couldn't wait any longer, the other party was already alert and began to search with all his might, it was difficult for him to continue to hide, if he was discovered, he would lose his first move, and a fierce battle would inevitably be inevitable. At this time, he stared at the old seven, who was somewhat careless on the left, pacing around like a headless fly; Compared with the fourth child who can sense the breath and is vigilant and has raised his vigilance, the guy on the left will obviously make it easier to start.

The footsteps in front of him were getting closer and closer, and Tian Jihong could already vaguely see the steps taken by the other party; While the old seven was turning his head to look at the side, Tian Jihong flew out to him, and with a fist in his right hand, he beckoned to the old seven's face. Fortunately, such a patient and long wait was finally not in vain, and at the moment when Lao Qi suddenly turned his head, the volley punch met the latter's frightened gaze and smashed accurately into his Heavenly Spirit Cover. Since childhood, Tianjihong, who has cultivated the method of refining the body, has great strength, as a child, he is still ruthless at this time to take people's lives, and this punch is still struck out under the condition that he keeps his hand; However, even so, this long-accumulating punch was still like an iron ingot weighing dozens of pounds, and he didn't even have a chance to swing the dagger in his hand to fight back, so he lay on his back on the ground with his back facing the sky, and then lost consciousness.

It's just that Tian Jihong didn't have time to rejoice at this time, so he turned his head and looked at the fourth child not far away. It was indeed unexpected that he had so smoothly dealt with one person at this time, but now he had exposed his existence; The fourth child quickly reacted under the initial shock, and couldn't help but secretly curse Lao Qi for being such a waste, he had already reminded him many times to be cautious, but he was still taken down by someone so easily. At this moment, he still didn't want to make too much noise and alarm the people in the house, so even after seeing his companion's life and death unknown and fall aside, the fourth child was still silent, but his cold gaze pierced through the darkness and converged on the figure of Tianjihong reflected by the candle flame in the room not far away. When he found out that the other party was actually a milky child, the killing intent in the eyes of the fourth child was unconcealed at this time, and now the only way to relieve the anger in his heart was to extinguish it.

It is not difficult to see that the fourth child in front of him is much more difficult to deal with than the seventh child who has just fallen unconscious. Although this guy doesn't know how to cultivate, the piercing murderous aura exuded by his body is real, which makes Tianjihong feel a little frightened, obviously this person must be a murderous and vicious person who kills people without blinking. I saw that the fourth child slowly raised the ghost head knife in his hand, and strode forward to approach Tianjihong, and suddenly slashed at the latter with both arms.

Facing the surging opponent, Tian Jihong held back the tension in his heart at the moment, and quickly rolled back to avoid the oncoming knife. The opponent has a weapon in his hand at this time, but he is bare-handed, and now he can't resist the sword made of fine iron with his body, so he can only dodge the opponent's attack with his flexible skills; The opponent's range is clearly beyond his own, and if he can't get close, it will be difficult for him to find an opportunity to launch a counterattack. Therefore, what Tian Jihong has to do now is to wait for his work, wait for the opponent to attack first and exhaust his physical strength, and when the opponent's swing speed slows down when he is tired, he will take the opportunity to attack close to his body so that his weapon cannot be used and lose its effect, so that he can stabilize the situation and defeat the opponent.

At first, this plan really worked, and Tian Jihong relied on his physique that was far beyond ordinary people, as well as his short and flexible body, and obviously suppressed the opponent with heavy weapons in terms of speed. While the opponent's more than a dozen attacks in a row were easily dodged by himself, Tian Jihong even took advantage of the gap between the opponent's swings of the knife several times, and almost rushed to the latter's close position to punch and counterattack, making the fourth who seemed to have the upper hand and been attacking a little hurried.

However, the fourth child is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and under being teased by Tian Jihong several times, his rich combat experience instantly made him understand the unusualness of the kid in front of him. He knew in his heart that although this little ghost didn't know how to practice and didn't cultivate spiritual power, his speed and strength obviously far surpassed that of children of the same age, and even he was steadily suppressed by it. At this moment, the fourth child is already a little out of breath, if he is still stunned and slashing and trying to knock down the other party like before, he will only be dragged by the kid in front of him until he is exhausted. If you want to win, you can't be led by the nose like this, you have to play to your strengths.

Another swing of the knife missed and slashed into the dirt, and Tian Jihong, who dodged sideways, punched the fourth child at the wrist with a backhand, and the paralyzing sensation that came from it almost made the latter's ghost head knife fly out of his hand. Tian Jihong couldn't help but feel a little regretful, under the opponent's very sophisticated defense, he never managed to get close to the opponent's body within half a meter, so the clenched heavy punch has not been able to hit the opponent's vital point, so he had to try to hit his arm to slow down the frequency of the opponent's swing.

But at this moment, the fierce light suddenly rose in the eyes of the fourth man, and the ghost head knife in his hand slashed an arc in the air. At this time, he couldn't care so much, and roared directly, and the originally unruly knife technique suddenly became sharp, and the strength and speed were qualitatively improved, which suddenly made Tian Jihong, who had gradually mastered the law of the knife technique on the other side, feel a strong oppression, and the previous flexible skills instantly lost their effect after the opponent's change.

"How is it possible, this is... Martial arts? Tian Jihong couldn't help but change his face. What he didn't know was that although it had always been recognized on the continent that only monks with spiritual power could comprehend the essence of martial arts, because the vast majority of martial arts required the urging of spiritual power and the perception of spiritual power in order to exert the maximum power of a blade or fist. But in addition, there are quite a few mortals in the martial arts world who have also come into contact with martial arts by chance and try to cultivate according to their steps; Although the vast majority of these people had to give up because they did not have the support of spiritual power and soul power, after all, there were still a very small number of people who were adapted, and improved it by referring to the moves of martial arts, and then after a long time of deduction and repeated practice, they finally realized that they did not need to be urged by spiritual power, and only relied on their own mastery of this trick to perform it. Although what these mortals can comprehend is basically a relatively basic and simple martial arts, and the power in actual combat is naturally not as terrifying as that released through spiritual power urging, but it is definitely a powerful killing move used against ordinary people on weekdays.

The fourth child in front of him is such a guy. At this time, what he displayed was a sword martial art that he had spent more than ten years immersed in before he had comprehended - [Breaking Flame Slash]. Although such a sword technique can be described as quite clumsy in the eyes of the monk, for the fourth child, in the past ten years, he has never missed a weapon like this when he used it against ordinary mortals. This move is a basic martial art created by a monk who is good at using the sword, and if the monk uses his spiritual power to perform this technique, he can achieve the effect of forcing the body with sword qi and splitting the flames with his bare hands. At this time, this fourth child did not have the blessing of spiritual power, and just by virtue of the skillful control of this skill, he could not form the so-called sword qi; But the huge force from the blade and the sudden increase in speed still made the Tianjihong in front of him secretly complain, and the flaws began to gradually reveal under the hurry.

Another heavy slash slashed from the side to the center of his eyebrows, and after barely dodging the opponent's more than ten attacks, Tian Jihong was already unavoidable at this time, and had no choice but to swing his fist to try to block the attacking knife sideways. I don't know if it's luck or not, at this moment of crisis, Tian Jihong's punch really hit the side of the blade that was swinging down in the darkness accurately, knocking the blade that was originally aimed at his head off the direction and landing on the ground only two fingers away from him.

But at this time, Tian Jihong did not have the slightest happiness on his face, and only after colliding with this sword technique did he know how powerful the martial arts passed down among the monks were. Just now, his finger bones were only in contact with the blade from the side, and they were not next to the blade at all, but at this time, the pain from the fingertips still made Detian Jihong clench his teeth. Even if the martial arts practiced by the monks were weakened by half of their lethality in the hands of mortals, they were still not something that mortals could resist; Tian Jihong only wiped it so slightly, and he already felt that half of his palm was shocked to numbness.

And at the moment when the pain in his right hand caused him to be distracted, the next knife of the fourth child began to dance. Tian Jihong, who lacked practical experience, finally understood at this moment that in a life-and-death duel, a moment of distraction could lead to devastating results. As the opponent swung his next sword, it was too late for him to dodge in time, and Tian Jihong finally paid the price of blood for his carelessness: the cold light approached, and although he barely avoided the vital point behind him, the blade finally touched the arm of his left hand, and a bloody light slashed through.

In an instant, under the dim light transmitted from the room not far away, Tian Jihong's thin clothes were suddenly dyed a layer of crimson, and a strong sharp pain rushed from his left arm and elbow to his brain. Tian Jihong, who had never been traumatized like this in his life, couldn't help but look at his bone-deep left arm, and there seemed to be a little more fear in his disbelief. At this time, he seemed to have changed back to the appearance of a helpless twelve-year-old boy, and gradually lost the courage and confidence he had at the beginning of the battle when facing such an outlaw in front of him.

But the opponent's knife will not wait for him to come back to his senses, and the little ghost in front of the meeting finally fell under his continuous tricks, and the fourth man finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. If a mortal forcibly urges his physical strength to urge the monk's martial arts, the consumption of himself is naturally even greater, and if the opponent in front of him insists on holding on for a few more minutes, I am afraid that the one who falls to the ground will be a prostrated self. Looking at Tian Jihong, who was already cowardly in front of him, the experienced fourth still showed no sign of leaving his hand, and his years of practical experience had long made him understand the importance of taking advantage of his illness to kill him; In the face of such a difficult little ghost, you can only feel at ease when you see it die with your own eyes. After taking a breath, the old top four cheered up and waved the ghost head knife again, vowing to solve Tianjihong in the next move.