Chapter 40: The Battle of Life and Death

As soon as Shangguan Xiong's words came out, not only the Yueyanglou gang was surprised, but the Chu Xiang League gang was also surprised.

The Chu Xiang Alliance couldn't understand that their side had obviously gained the upper hand, and they would soon annihilate the enemy and take Yueyang Tower, so why did the alliance leader have to take the risk in person and challenge Shang Xiaotian one-on-one?

Most of the people in Yueyang Tower thought: This Shangguan Xiong is so rampant! He wants to defeat the landlord in front of everyone, so as to break our confidence. But the landlord's martial arts, we all know in our hearts, but you are the top master in the martial arts! Although I heard that you were the landlord's senior brother, but in martial arts may not be better than the landlord! And said that it is to save everyone's lives,! How can we be greedy for life and afraid of death? Hmph, even if the landlord is really defeated, we will never surrender to you like the evil devil!

Shang Xiaotian didn't seem surprised, he and Shangguan Xiong both knew that with more than 20 years of grievances between the two, there would be a life-and-death battle in their lifetimes. In fact, he had been waiting for this day for a long time, but he didn't expect that the duel between the two would be carried out in such an unfavorable situation for his side. And the honor and disgrace of this battle is not only related to his own life, but also to the fate of the entire Yueyanglou gang.

His mind was racing whether he would immediately agree to Shangguan Xiong's challenge. He thought back to Shangguan Xiong's martial arts back then, and felt that although he had always been stronger than himself, he was only slightly better. Of course, he is still confident, because over the years, he has practiced diligently and hard through thick and thin, and he believes that his progress in martial arts should not fall behind compared to Shangguan Xiong. In this case, although it cannot be said that he can defeat him, at least it is not so easy for him to defeat himself. The thought of this swelled my confidence.

Ma Mingshan also felt that it was very unnecessary for Shangguan Xiong to challenge Shang Xiaotian, and he persuaded softly at the moment: "Alliance leader, now that we have the victory in our hands, why do you have to take risks alone? With all due respect, I don't think it's wise to do so. ”

Shangguan Xiong glanced at him with a relaxed face, and then looked around at Bai Zhanhong, Xi Fenglie and others one by one, seeing that most of them were also looking at him in puzzlement, and they expected to have similar thoughts as Ma Mingshan, so he smiled and said: "Do you think that the leader of this alliance is acting on the courage of the horseman?" Ma Mingshan and the others hurriedly said "I don't dare."

"You don't have to worry!" Shangguan Xiong said confidently: "Twenty years ago, Shang Xiaotian's martial arts were always worse than those of the leader of this alliance!

Chu Xiangmeng helps everyone know that although Shangguan Xiong seems to be kind, but he is stubborn and rigid in his bones, once he decides something, the king of heaven Lao Tzu can't make him change his mind, but they also know that he is calm and calm, and he is by no means a reckless person.

Shang Xiaotian's side is different.

Xie Feiyan had been looking at Shang Xiaotian intently, seeing that he was groaning and not answering immediately, he should be weighing the situation and the odds of winning against Shangguan Xiong, and it was expected that he would not act impulsively and put his mind at ease.

"Merchant landlord, didn't you just laugh at Shangguan for not being refreshing enough? Now, why do you get up? Do you dare or not?" Shangguan Xiong raised his head and pointed at Shang Xiaotian, and shouted arrogantly.

Xie Feiyan saw Shang Xiaotian's eyebrows raised when he heard this, his face was excited, and he knew that he was about to agree to the challenge, so he hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and persuaded: "Landlord, don't pay attention to his radical method!"

Shang Xiaotian pushed her hand away and said sharply, "Don't hold me!"

This thrust is not small, Xie Feiyan doesn't know martial arts, how can he resist it? Immediately, he was pushed and staggered a step, almost falling down. Shang Xiaotian suddenly introspected himself and glanced at her apologetically.

Xie Feiyan immediately stepped forward to take his hand again, shook his head again and again, and said: "Brother Shang, the overall situation is important! Be calm!" In fact, in public, Xie Feiyan has always called him "landlord", but when the two of them are alone, she occasionally calls Shang Xiaotian "Brother Shang", but Shang Xiaotian is always unmoved, lukewarmly and noncommittally to her calling herself like this. As a result, she hasn't called him that way anymore in recent years, and now in a hurry, the title she was thinking about in her heart at this moment blurted out.

Shang Xiaotian didn't push her away again this time, and looked at her motionlessly, but seeing her frightened expression, he couldn't help shaking his head, his red eyes were staring at him, and his eyes showed pleading and uneasy. Shang Xiaotian's heart softened, and he sighed softly.

Dou Xingkong and Yao Yuan shook their arms, lifted up more than two zhang in the air, and their feet were a little on the tile surface of the eaves, and then they jumped up and fell beside Shang Xiaotian like a big peng.

"What a light work!" The helpers on both sides were thunderous, and they couldn't help but admire, but the two elders heard this, but they didn't look proud.

Dou Xingkong grabbed Shang Xiaotian's shoulders and eagerly persuaded: "The owner of the Shang Building, you are the boss of our side, you must not be in danger! If there is really an accident, who will preside over the overall situation?

"No, it's up to the old man!" Yao Yuan pushed Dou Xingkong away, held Shang Xiaotian's hand tightly and said: "Shang Mansion Master, Brother Dou said very well, you must not go to the battle! It's just that my martial arts are higher than his, and this battle will be up to me!"

Dou Xingkong was unconvinced, rolled his strange eyes, and stared at Yao Yuan angrily and shouted: "Master Yao, you say that your martial arts are higher than mine? What kind of joke are you talking about? When have you ever defeated me?"

In fact, both of them know that the martial arts of the two sides are really between the two sides, because they have fought with all their strength for more than ten years, and neither has really defeated the other.

Yao Yuan's face was slightly red, and he defended: "I mean: when fighting for the enemy's life, the experience of facing the enemy is the most important. I have much more experience in facing the enemy than you, and I have a better chance of winning than you when I fight!"

"I'm so angry!" Dou Xing's face turned pale, "Dou has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for decades, and has experienced a hundred battles, and you actually say that I am not experienced enough in facing the enemy! Come on! In front of so many people, let's compare and see who wins and who loses!"

The gangs on both sides did not know the second elder before, nor did they know how the two had gotten along day and night all these years, and when they saw that they suddenly quarreled and disagreed, they started to fight, some looked at each other, and some looked at them in shock.

Shang Xiaotian persuaded: "Two elder brothers, don't fight! This battle must be done by me!"

The second elder still wanted to argue, but Shang Xiaotian sneered: "You ask Shangguan Xiong, is he willing to let you fight on behalf of Shang?"

The second elder stopped arguing, and almost at the same time turned to Shangguan Xiong and shouted, "Shangguan Xiong!

"Hahaha! It's up to you?" Shangguan Xiong sneered and glanced at the second elder, the corners of his mouth parted, his face was full of disdain, he didn't look at them again, stared at Shang Xiaotian and said loudly: "Shang Xiaotian! After living for so many years, why did you live back? It's really disappointing to me!"

"Okay! I accept your challenge!" Shang Xiaotian was furious and pointed out.

"Okay! Sure enough, it didn't disappoint me!" Shangguan Xiong clapped his hands and applauded, "Give you some time to explain the future! I'm waiting for you here!" After speaking, he pulled out his long sword from his back, stuck it on the ground in front of him with a "brush" sound, clasped his hands on his chest, and squinted at the sky.

Shang Xiaotian slowly calmed down, and he was no longer angry at Shangguan Xiong's arrogant attitude. He looked around at the brothers who were nervous, and then at Xie Feiyan, who was staring at him like life and death, smiled and patted her shoulder, and comforted: "Don't be nervous!

Xie Feiyan really wanted to throw herself into his arms and cry bitterly, but she gritted her teeth and held back the tears that wanted to burst out of her eyes, and forced a smile: "Brother Shang, be careful! We all believe that you will be able to defeat Shangguan Xiong!"

Shang Xiaotian said "En", turned around, took the hands of Dou and Yao, and said, "Two old brothers, please leave the matter here!"

Yao Yuan was unwilling, and was still making his last efforts: "The owner of the commercial building, the eldest husband has to be able to bend and stretch! Stay in the green mountains, even if there is no firewood? It is still up to us two old bones to resist Shangguan Xiong, you lead everyone to break through!"

"No chance!" Shang Xiaotian shook his head, "In the current situation, their strength is far superior to ours! Fight with him one-on-one, and there is still a chance to save everyone's lives, otherwise, in less than half an hour, we will be wiped out!"

Yao and Dou were silent and didn't insist anymore. After a while, Dou Xingkong patted Shang Xiaotian on the shoulder and admonished, "Let it go!

Shang Xiaotian advised: "If something happens to me, don't fight with them anymore!

"This ......" the second elder was shocked, almost unable to believe his ears.

Shang Xiaotian arched his hand to the second elder and said, "Please remember the words of the elder brother!"

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The sky is already bright, the morning sun rises from the distant mountains, scattering ten thousand rays of light, and the golden snakes dance on the vast Dongting Lake.

Shang Xiaotian was dressed in the glow of the sun, like a golden winged roc, jumped off the Yueyang Tower, and landed a foot away in front of Shangguan Xiong.

Except for Shangguan Xiong, none of the rest of the Chu Xiang League had seen Shang Xiaotian up close, and they all looked at him fixedly, but they saw him wearing a stone blue robe, with a tall and strong body, a ruddy complexion, and a glittering eye, standing proudly in the field like a tiger. Although he knew that Shangguan Xiong's martial arts were world-famous, but seeing his majestic and imposing momentum, he couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat for Shangguan Xiong.

Shangguan Xiong didn't seem to feel Shang Xiaotian's murderous aura at all, turned his head to stare at his eyes, and said lightly: "I've been waiting for this day for a long time!"

"Me too!" Shang Xiaotian tried to calm himself down, and looked at Shangguan Xiong intently, seeing that he was wearing a half-used purple robe, although his hair was slightly white, his eyes were bright, and there were no wrinkles on his forehead and the corners of his eyes, and he looked much younger than himself. But he clearly remembered that Shangguan Xiong was two years and seventy-nine days older than him.

"Hey, this guy is really good at maintenance!" Shang Xiaotian sighed in his heart, "I think he should have worked much harder than me all these years! Why has the years carved wrinkles on my forehead, but it has no effect on him?"

Shang Xiaotian didn't think about it anymore, quickly collected his thoughts, slowly pulled out his long sword, threw the scabbard on the ground, held the sword to his chest, squinted at Shangguan Xiong, and shouted: "Come on!"

Both sides helped everyone to retreat, giving up a large area, staring at the two people in the field with bated breath.

In fact, most of the gang members knew that they were a pair of brothers, but they never dared to mention it in front of them. Because Shangguan Xiong never wanted to admit that he was a disciple of Wudang in front of the gang, and Shang Xiaotian was also ashamed to tell the gang that Shangguan Xiong was his senior brother, when he mentioned him, he always gritted his teeth and scolded him for being a martial arts scum who deceived his teacher and destroyed his ancestors.

Shangguan Xiong quickly picked up the long sword from the ground, and without answering, he strode forward, and stabbed Shang Xiaotian's chest with a "golden needle crossing". Shang Xiaotian saw that he seemed to be frivolous, but in fact, his law was rigorous, his swordsmanship was sharp, his face was pale, and he replied with a move "Cloud Crossing Qinling".

The two are brothers who have been practicing together for many years, and they are very familiar with each other's martial arts, and they have dismantled more than 30 moves in a row as soon as they get started. Shangguan Xiong urged the Pure Yang Wuji Gong, the moves were dense, the sword qi was suffocating, the tip of the sword was steeply raised with dazzling sword flowers, and the steps of the Nine Palaces Bagua were unfolded under his feet, and he retreated vertically and horizontally, as fast as lightning. Shang Xiaotian used Wudang Jiuyang Gong, penetrated the sword body, and unfolded the Tai Chi sword technique to brake quietly.

The people who were not enough in the martial arts cultivation of the spectators had gradually lost sight of the figures of the two people, and they only felt dazzled, but they saw a purple shadow transformed into a purple circle of light that was sometimes large and sometimes small, surrounding a smaller cyan circle of light in the circle, in the circle between the two apertures, the wind and thunder were faint, and the sword aura was pervasive. Both of them are not equal to the old moves, so they have changed their moves. In the blink of an eye, he fought more than fifty moves, but he never heard the sound of the intersection of blades.

There are several gangsters in the Aoki Hall who are Wudang disciples, but their qualifications are not very high, and their martial arts and leadership skills are not as good as Qu Feng, Shang Xiaotian is the only one who can use them, so they are Qu Feng's subordinates. But they are very familiar with the martial arts of the Wudang faction, and they admire Shang Xiaotian's martial arts on weekdays, but today they suddenly saw that Shangguan Xiong's own martial arts were so exquisite, and they were not under his uncle, and they were all surprised and admired.

A Wudang disciple named Shan Qingyang was the strongest in martial arts among them, and he had learned the most Wudang swordsmanship, and while watching the battle, he exclaimed in his heart: This Wudang scum is really good! No wonder Uncle Shi was very nervous when he mentioned him! Ah! This move of the Qing Kuai Sword made it really superb! The two moves and Liangyi swordsmanship that were immediately connected were even more natural...... It turns out that the Drunken Eight Immortals Sword Technique and the Ice Skill Body Technique are so impeccable, and they are extremely powerful...... Is there any mistake? Hui Longbi's hidden weapon technique can actually be used in the finger-winding soft sword technique without revealing the axe...... It's also a shame that his opponent is Uncle Shi, if it were me, I don't know how many times I'd been dead!

After fighting for dozens of battles, Shang Xiaotian finally felt the pressure gradually decrease. But at the same time, he had some doubts in his heart, according to his judgment, Shangguan Xiong should not only fight more than 100 times and then lose his strength, and he didn't have time to think about it at the moment, so he hurriedly seized this fleeting opportunity and turned defense into offense.

Once Shang Xiaotian launched an attack, Shangguan Xiong really looked a little difficult, and he could no longer besiege the opponent, and was forced to defend from time to time. In the sound of "clang" and "clang", the two swords finally began to collide intensively. Shang Xiaotian felt that his internal strength was not as profound as he had feared before, but he was just in the middle of his life, and he was overjoyed, and he urged his strength to attack again and again.

In the middle of the battle, Shang Xiaotian suddenly slashed Shangguan Xiong's long sword with a sword. was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but saw that Shangguan Xiong was not afraid, did not retreat but advanced, his left hand was above the Qing grappling hand lightning to hold his sword's right wrist, the right arm shook, and the palm of the "suddenly" slashed down to his chest.

Shang Xiaotian heard the faint sound of wind and thunder in this palm, but he didn't expect that his previous situation like the end of a strong crossbow turned out to be disguised, so he was taken aback and took it hastily. With a sound of "Peng", the palms intersected, and Shang Xiaotian felt that the power of this palm was so fierce and vicious, that his chest was stuffy.

Shangguan Xiong didn't wait for him to breathe a sigh of relief, and his palm was like the wind, and he continued to push down vigorously on his chest. only heard the sound of "Peng" and "Peng" endlessly, and the two sides exchanged more than ten palms in a row, and Shang Xiaotian was shocked and retreated.

Shangguan Xiong suddenly let out a thunderous shout, the black qi on his face loomed, his right palm was oblique like a knife, and the black qi in his palm was great.

"Iron Palm Divine Skill!" Shang Xiaotian's face changed color and blurted out.

"Exactly!" Shangguan Xiong glared at him angrily, a smug and cruel sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, "You little man who shakes your lips, teach you to die under the iron palm of my Shangguan family today!"

As he spoke, he stepped forward, and a thunderous palm slammed into Shang Xiaotian's chest.

Shang Xiaotian no longer had the confidence to take this palm with one hand, and wanted to abandon the long sword to meet it with both palms, but his right wrist was firmly buckled, and he couldn't break free.

The palms intersected, and there was a dull and terrifying muffled sound of "Peng", Shangguan Xiong did not move at all, but Shang Xiaotian's face was blood-red, "Kick" and "Kick" took two steps back, fell to the ground, blurted out a mouthful of blood, and with a "cang" sound, the long sword fell to the ground beside him.

Shangguan Xiong did not pursue, and stood proudly on the ground, looking at Shang Xiaotian on the ground with disdain.

"Landlord!" Qu Feng and Su Fangzhong both snatched it out and supported Shang Xiaotian left and right. Yao Yuan and Dou Xingkong also swept down like big birds, glaring at Shangguan Xiong angrily, protecting Shang Xiaotian's left and right. Xie Feiyan, who was standing on the second floor watching the battle, lost her face and hurriedly stumbled downstairs.

"Get out!" Shang Xiaotian pushed Qu and Su away, and Yao and Dou hurriedly turned around and grabbed him to dissuade them.

Shang Xiaotian said angrily: "Get out of the way!" The second elder didn't dare to disobey, and was unwilling to let go aside.

"Business...... Don't ...... Fight with him!" Xie Feiyan finally ran down in a hurry, panting and shouting.

Shang Xiaotian glanced at her, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, grabbed the long sword from the ground, and slowly stood up.

"Come on!" Shangguan Xiong crossed his waist, but defiantly provoked.

Shang Xiaotian was furious, and used the most proud Tiangang slashing evil sword technique, the sword aura was forested, and he opened and closed widely, chasing after Shangguan Xiong and stabbing wildly. Helplessly, the opponent was outstanding, and his body was like electricity, and after attacking twenty or thirty moves, he still couldn't touch a corner of his clothes.

In the middle of the battle, Shangguan Xiong suddenly grabbed the spine of Shang Xiaotian's sword with his right hand with a crane's beak, and shouted: "Let go!"

"Dream!" Shang Xiaotian grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands, and raised his arms to slash his chest and abdomen. Shangguan Xiongyu's left palm was like a knife, and one palm slashed on the spine of the sword, and with a "click", the sword was broken into two, and then without stopping, his right palm slashed down the chest.

With a sound of "Peng", Shang Xiaotian took another hard palm, vomiting blood and taking a few steps back.

The Chu Xiang League helped the people to see the alliance leader show his might, and they were all overjoyed, while the Yueyang Tower gang was terrified and nervous. Yao, Dou Erlao and the four hall masters all unknowingly took a few steps forward to rescue Shang Xiaotian in distress.

Shangguan Xiong attacked a few more palms in a row, shaking Shang Xiaotian to staggering and retreating, and suddenly jumped up, his palms were full of black energy, and he rushed down to his chest.

Shang Xiaotian didn't dare to pick up his edge, he rolled over in embarrassment to avoid three feet, and suddenly his right wrist shook, and the broken sword came out of his hand like a meteor in the sky, and in the blink of an eye, he reached the front of Shangguan Xiong's lower abdomen. This move is one of the tricks to win in defeat in the thirteen swordsmanship of Wudang Shenmen, called "Frightened Bird Throwing Forest", which is derived from the secret weapon technique of Feiyan Yinshuo.

The Yueyang Lou gang didn't expect the precarious landlord to suddenly make such a killing move, and they all stared with bated breath, so shocked that they almost didn't believe their eyes.

And the Chu Xiang Alliance gang didn't expect that the situation would suddenly change, and the alliance leader, who was already sure of victory, was suddenly in danger and exclaimed in unison.