Chapter 29 The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth
Chapter 29 The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth
"What are you going to do if I refuse?"
Yang Kang looked at Wanyan Honglie indifferently.
"Then I can only ask you heroes to take you back to Zhongdu. I'm sorry to trouble you, Kang'er."
Wanyan Honglie said with a guilty expression.
A slight, contemptuous smile appeared on Yang Kang's lips.
He scrutinized Wanyan Honglie for a moment, but could not find a trace of murderous intent or desire in the other's eyes. He finally understood that the other was truly foolish.
"Father, I retract those words that surprised me."
"Even now, you are still so naive."
Wanyan Honglie remained still, but Yang Kang moved.
His gaze then shifted to Zhang Pijiang, Qiu Qianren, and the old man in blue behind the five warriors.
"It is a miracle that the Jin Dynasty's wealth and glory could attract sycophants."
"But people like Chief Qiu, Lord Zhang, and this senior are probably not people that ordinary nobles and dignitaries can order around at will, are they?"
"What my father can promise is probably not enough to make you all join forces against me."
After Yang Kang finished speaking, he turned to the old man in blue and asked him a question alone.
"Excuse me, sir/madam, may I ask your name?"
The old man in blue robes had an extraordinary demeanor and did not care at all about Yang Kang's previous attitude. Upon hearing his question, he stepped forward and bowed to the crowd.
"Fang Yutian, Vice Leader of the Ming Cult."
Yang Kang narrowed his eyes and immediately understood where the strange combined attack skills of the experts led by Zhang Pijiang came from.
He glanced at the five martial artists dressed in strange five-colored clothing behind the old man, and some guesses began to form in his mind.
"You have all come here together, so you must be confident in your plans."
"Would you be willing to be frank and tell me who exactly has the ability to invite and command such experts as yourself?"
"Chief Yang, the world today belongs to either the Jin or the Song."
"If someone doesn't want to be a Jurchen or a Song citizen, then either they want to win over both sides or they want to eliminate both sides."
"The Jin Emperor and the Song Emperor, besides demanding a huge price and wanting Chief Yang's life, have no choice but to comply."
As Fang Yutian spoke, Qiu Qianren and the other six had already formed a battle formation, surrounding Yang Kang completely.
"Either the Jin or the Song dynasty?"
Yang Kang burst into laughter.
"It seems I truly have no choice but to experience your exceptional skills today."
Yang Kang raised his head and bowed to the group.
Fang Yutian raised his hand and waved it, and the five people behind him immediately transformed into five ghostly shadows that pounced on Yang Kang.
Qiu Qianren, confident in his status, refused to join the attack, instead standing guard alongside Fang Yutian.
Just as Shi Tianze and the others were about to draw their swords to help, Qiu Qianren's eyes flashed, and hundreds of his gang members immediately surrounded Shi Tianze and the others, using their power to intimidate them without actually making a move.
"Tianze, don't panic, let me play with them for a while."
While dodging the attacks of the five Ming Cult members, Yang Kang told Shi Tianze and the others not to rush.
Yang Kang was eager to see the legendary martial arts of the Ming Cult, so he did not use his full strength.
Each move uses only 20% of its strength, yet it still carries the force of a thousand pounds.
Every punch and palm strike sent the attackers into a daze, forcing them to retreat in disarray, leaving gaps for others to fill and defuse the attack.
Wherever the fist swept, the blue bricks on the ground shattered, and gravel flew everywhere. The aftershocks of the palm strike caused the tables and chairs on both sides to explode into wood chips in mid-air.
After more than thirty rounds of this encirclement and attack, Yang Kang was somewhat surprised that the group was able to withstand him even though he did not launch any offensive moves.
Suddenly, the five men changed their movements and rushed forward, each grabbing one of Yang Kang's arms. Four of them wrapped Yang Kang's limbs like ribbons, while one of them suddenly pulled out a dagger from his waist in mid-air and stabbed it straight at Yang Kang's chest.
"don't want!"
Wanyan Honglie exclaimed in surprise.
"Senior Brother Yang!"
"My sworn brother!"
"Boss!"
Shi Tianze, Mu Nianci, Cheng Yaojia, and others also shouted.
Just as the dagger was about to strike, Qiu Qianren, Fang Yutian, and the other two experts all simultaneously revealed contemptuous smiles.
Even a reincarnation of a tyrant is nothing more than this.
The next moment, Yang Kang's figure suddenly emerged from his sleeves and robes like an eel, flashing like a phantom to the side of Shi Tianze and the others.
The five members of the Ming Cult were immediately taken aback and turned to look at Yang Kang.
Fang Yutian and Qiu Qianren's eyes immediately froze.
"Indeed, the five of them work together as one, cooperating with each other like one person to neutralize attacks several times their own strength."
"What an interesting formation! What's it called?"
Yang Kang clapped his hands as he spoke.
"The Ming Cult's Five Elements Formation was created by our cult's supreme martial art, the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth, which was incorporated into the formation by our former leader, Fang La."
Although Fang Yutian appeared surprised, he remained confident and introduced the situation to Yang Kang without any hesitation.
"The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth, it's excellent!"
As Yang Kang spoke, his eyes suddenly turned fierce.
He lightly touched the ground with his toes, leaped into the air, and then suddenly turned and thrust out like an arrow, punching through the body of one of the men.
The man instantly exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist.
The remaining four had no time to join forces to defuse the attack, and Yang Kang, already intent on killing, delivered another punch, turning yet another person into a bloody mess.
Minced flesh bloomed amidst the blood mist, like a fleeting, beautiful night-blooming cereus.
Fang Yutian quickly transformed into a shadow and joined the battle, suddenly swinging out a palm to catch Yang Kang's fist.
As their fists and palms collided, Fang Yutian's expression changed drastically.
The force of Yang Kang's punch far exceeded his expectations.
The ground suddenly collapsed around the two people, and the blue bricks shattered into spiderweb-like cracks that spread outwards, shaking the entire hall.
Yang Kang only used 30% of his strength in that punch.
A strange true energy circulated rapidly within Fang Yutian's body, forcibly channeling most of his force into the floor.
The floorboards shattered layer by layer, and pebbles flew like projectiles, leaving deep dents on several beams.
Fang Yutian flew away, landing with a crater more than a foot deep, raising a cloud of dust.
This terrifying blow caused the Iron Palm Gang members to momentarily forget about surrounding Shi Tianze and the others, and they were all stunned and lost in shock.
Fang Yutian looked pained, his left hand resting on his right shoulder, clearly indicating that his right arm was broken, and he was only managing to stand up.
He spat out a mouthful of blood and said to Qiu Qianren in a disheveled and horrified manner.
"Chief Qiu, this man's martial arts skills far exceed our expectations. If you don't intervene soon, things may get out of hand on Iron Palm Peak today!"
Upon hearing this, Qiu Qianren remained silent, but without further hesitation, he immediately gathered his true energy and launched a fierce attack on Yang Kang.
Fang Yutian called for the remaining three to quickly surround and attack.
As he shifted his body, the rudiments of the five-person formation from before appeared, trapping Yang Kang once again.
Unfortunately, although the Five Elements Formation now has the addition of two experts, Fang Yutian and Qiu Qianren, it is still not as united as the five people before.
Yang Kang's body was enveloped in streams of crimson true energy, which instantly formed a circular energy shield.
The attacks they landed on him lost all force once they passed through the energy shield, while each of Yang Kang's punches was accompanied by scorching true energy, forcing everyone to dodge in a sorry state.
As the fist passed, the column bases inside the main hall cracked, the carved window frames were completely shattered, and rubble and wood chips flew everywhere.
After fighting for dozens of rounds, the four members of the Ming Cult gathered together, combining their inner strength into Fang Tianyu's body, preparing for a thunderous strike.
Yang Kang struck Qiu Qianren with a palm, sending him flying backward, crashing through a beam and breaking it. Qiu landed on the ground, coughing up blood.
Fang Tianyu's muscles bulged, he stomped on the ground tiles and cracked them, then gathered his true energy in his palm and struck at Yang Kang.
Yang Kang turned around and pointed a finger at the spot, the dissipated energy causing the main hall to tremble violently.
The beams and pillars snapped with a crash, roof tiles fell in a flurry, and the entire hall groaned under the weight of the broken structure.
At this moment, the beams and pillars of the main hall had been broken one by one, the walls were covered with spider web-like cracks, and rubble and dust fell like rain.
"The main hall is about to collapse!"
Shi Tianze immediately shouted loudly.
The hundreds of Iron Palm Clan members quickly helped Qiu Qianren up from the ground and fled outside.
Shi Tianze, Mu Nianci, Cheng Yaojia and the others did not dare to linger. Wanyan Honglie anxiously rushed out with Zhang Pijiang.
When everyone escaped to an open space and looked back, the Iron Palm Clan palaces built among the mountains had collapsed one after another with a rumble and were razed to the ground.
Smoke and dust billowed into the sky, obscuring half of the mountain forest.
After a long while, amidst the billowing dust, Yang Kang slowly emerged, carrying Fang Tianyu's head.
"The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth, impressive kung fu."
"It actually has three-tenths of my strength."
He casually tossed the head at Qiu Qianren's feet, his figure appearing and disappearing in the dust. His gaze swept over the horrified Qiu Qianren, but did not linger.
"Give it to me."
Yang Kang reached out, looked at Zhang Pijiang, and said calmly.
Zhang Pijiang retreated step by step in horror, but showed no intention of surrendering. Instead, he turned around and jumped off the cliff with the "Wumu's Legacy" in his arms.
However, Yang Kang was much faster than he had imagined. When Zhang Pijiang was only one step away from the mountains, Yang Kang had already flashed in front of him and slapped him to the ground.
"I won't kill someone twice. You don't even deserve to die by my hand."
Yang Kang opened the box that had fallen to the ground, took out the book of Yue Fei's military treatise, and casually flipped through it as he walked up to Qiu Qianren, where he suddenly stopped.
He glanced briefly at Qiu Qianren, who was still clutching his chest and coughing up blood.
"You're still okay."
Before he finished speaking, Yang Kang suddenly flashed in front of Qiu Qianren and grabbed the other man's head.
The next moment, Yang Kang exerted a little force with his fingers, and before Qiu Qianren could struggle for even a moment, his head shattered like a watermelon, his body slowly fell to the ground, and blood gushed out wildly.
Yang Kang lowered his right hand, and as his true energy surged, the blood in his palm was swiftly cleansed. His slender hands were as smooth and lustrous as jade, without a single drop of blood.
"Boss!!!!"
The Iron Palm Gang members were horrified at the sight. Some of them were about to step forward to seek revenge with tears in their eyes, but Yang Kang glanced at them and they stopped in their tracks, prostrating themselves and weeping bitterly.
Yang Kang's gaze lingered on Wanyan Honglie.
"Kang'er..."
Looking at the blood-covered youth, Wanyan Honglie couldn't help but call out softly.
"The national policy of 'making up for losses in the north by going south' is already incredibly foolish, and it is even more absurd to entrust the survival of the nation to a single book."
As Yang Kang spoke, he swung the "Wumu's Legacy" in his hand.
"Genghis Khan's army has once again marched south, heading straight for Zhongdu."
"If you continue to waste your time on these trivial matters of the Southern Dynasty, perhaps by the time you return, the Jin Dynasty will no longer exist."
After Yang Kang finished speaking, he led his men away.
None of the hundreds of Iron Palm Clan members dared to step forward to stop them.
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