Wind God Leg vs. Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms

Xiao Qiuyue's swordsmanship was called the Thunderbolt Meteor Sword, a top-tier martial art.

Her sword flashed like a meteor, exquisitely sharp and fierce!

She had broken through to the Ninth Level of Innate Realm a month ago, and her strength had greatly increased.

Yet now, facing a courtesan, she could not gain the slightest upper hand. Xiao Qiuyue was deeply shocked.

The short sword in Leng Ningxiang's hand was barely a foot long, yet it was as cunning and nimble as a venomous snake.

Her swordsmanship fused Japanese sword arts with ninja assassination techniques. It was strange and unpredictable, every move fatal!

At this moment, Leng Ningxiang was equally astonished.

As the daughter of one of Japan's four great swordsmanship families, she had almost no rivals among women her age in Japan when it came to martial arts and swordsmanship.

She had never expected a female Battalion Commander of the Great Chu Imperial Guard to possess martial arts no weaker than her own.

Moreover, this woman's figure and looks could be called beauty enough to topple a nation, in no way inferior to her, the leading courtesan of Fountain Pavilion.

If not for their differing identities and allegiances, Leng Ningxiang truly would have wanted to become sworn sisters with Xiao Qiuyue.

Inside Fountain Pavilion.

After Huang Shaojie used the Wind God Leg to send two Eastern Ocean Samurai flying, a figure suddenly pounced from a building to the side. A long whip howled as it lashed toward Huang Shaojie's throat.

The newcomer was none other than Madam Hua, the madam of Fountain Pavilion.

This madam was actually a Grandmaster-level expert!

Huang Shaojie's gaze sharpened. He reached out and grabbed at the flexible whip Madam Hua had lashed toward him.

A cold smile curled across Madam Hua's lips. Her whip was forged from refined steel wire, with sharp barbs hidden along its length, each one steeped in deadly poison.

This brat actually dared to grab it with his bare hand, courting death!

No matter how high his martial arts were, the refined steel barbs would surely pierce his palm, and the poison would kill him when it took effect.

With Huang Shaojie's Insight Technique, how could he fail to notice the steel barbs on the whip?

Yet he fearlessly seized the steel-wire whip. Under the effects of the Indestructible Vajra Technique, those refined steel barbs could not harm him in the slightest.

Madam Hua had thought Huang Shaojie's hand would be dripping with blood once he caught her steel whip. Never in her wildest dreams did she expect that it would not even pierce his skin.

Huang Shaojie channeled his power and yanked. Madam Hua stumbled, her voluptuous body crashing straight into Huang Shaojie's arms.

Huang Shaojie snorted coldly and struck out with his palm.

But Madam Hua had only pretended to crash into him. At the same time, she flipped her right hand over, gripping a sharp dagger and slicing it toward Huang Shaojie's incoming palm.

Huang Shaojie did not dare use the Indestructible Vajra Technique to withstand Madam Hua's blade head-on.

He could tell that this madam's martial arts had reached the level of a Second Rank Grandmaster. His Indestructible Vajra Technique had only reached the first level, and it could not withstand the full-force strike of a Grandmaster-level expert.

Huang Shaojie hurriedly withdrew his palm, twisted his body, and leaped aside. At the same time, he had no choice but to release the steel whip.

Madam Hua swung her whip and lashed out fiercely again. This time, the whip moved like a nimble snake, swift and vicious!

Huang Shaojie had no way to reach out and grab the steel whip.

Moreover, with Madam Hua's cultivation as a Second Rank Grandmaster, even if Huang Shaojie caught her steel whip, he would not be able to wrench it away.

A long whip was one of the hardest weapons to wield.

At the same time, it was also an extremely difficult weapon to deal with.

A whip was hard yet supple, incomparably nimble.

Whether with a saber or a sword, one could not cut into the whip. If one was careless, the whip might even coil around and snatch the weapon away.

Huang Shaojie did not use any weapon.

None of the three Peerless Martial Arts he currently possessed required a weapon.

He used the Catching Wind and Shadows movement technique from the Wind God Leg, weaving through the shadows of the whip. Madam Hua's long whip could not touch his body at all.

Suddenly, Huang Shaojie spotted an opening, darted in close, and shouted:

"Violent Storm!"

His legs were like iron rods, transforming into a skyful of leg shadows that enveloped Madam Hua's entire body.

In the blink of an eye, he unleashed over a hundred kicks!

Even with Madam Hua's cultivation as a Second Rank Grandmaster, she still could not evade or block them all.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three incomparably powerful leg shadows struck Madam Hua in the chest and abdomen.

Her ample breasts immediately distorted.

Madam Hua spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward seven or eight zhang, crashing into a wooden house's pillar with a thunderous boom.

Huang Shaojie leaped after her, tapped several of her acupoints, and had several captains take the madam into custody.

Outside the rear courtyard.

After Leng Ningxiang and Xiao Qiuyue rapidly exchanged dozens of sword strikes, Leng Ningxiang suddenly flung something from her sleeve.

A cloud of black mist suddenly exploded before Xiao Qiuyue.

Xiao Qiuyue sensed trouble and immediately held her breath while flying backward.

But she had been half a beat too slow to stop breathing.

The moment she landed, her head spun. She planted her longsword into the ground for support, staggered, and swayed as though about to fall.

Xiao Qiuyue knew she had inhaled a small amount of the black mist's poison. If she did not circulate her energy to expel it in time, her life could be in danger.

"Battalion Commander Xiao, what's wrong?"

A figure swept over. Seeing Xiao Qiuyue swaying unsteadily, he hurriedly reached out and caught her by the waist, asking with concern.

It was Huang Shaojie.

Xiao Qiuyue's originally snow-white pretty face had darkened slightly. She shook her head and said weakly, "I was poisoned by the smoke. Don't worry about me. Hurry and chase Leng Ningxiang."

Huang Shaojie swept his gaze around. The black smoke was already gradually dispersing, but there was no sign of Leng Ningxiang anywhere.

"It's too late to chase her. I'll help you expel the poison first, or your life may be in danger."

Xiao Qiuyue could also feel the poison gas gradually seeping into her meridians and internal organs. With her cultivation, it would likely be difficult to force it out through internal energy alone.

Besides, Leng Ningxiang had already escaped, and pursuing her would not be easy either.

She nodded, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began circulating her internal cultivation method to drive the poison from her body.

Huang Shaojie sat cross-legged behind Xiao Qiuyue, pressing both palms against her back. He circulated the Indestructible Vajra Technique's cultivation method to expel the poison from Xiao Qiuyue's body.

The Indestructible Vajra Technique not only rendered its practitioner immune to all poisons, but could also expel poison from another person's body. Its effect, however, was far inferior to its own resistance to poison.

A moment later,

Wisps of gray mist rose from Xiao Qiuyue's body and drifted away.

This gray mist was the poison in her body being forced out.

After the time it took to burn an incense stick, Huang Shaojie had expelled all the poison from Xiao Qiuyue's body. He withdrew his power and rose.

"Huang Shaojie, you saved me once again. Great kindness needs no words of thanks!"

Xiao Qiuyue stood, clasped her hands in salute, and bowed to Huang Shaojie, her eyes filled with gratitude.

Huang Shaojie gave a slight wave of his hand. "We are fellow Imperial Guards. How could I stand by and watch you die? Battalion Commander Xiao, please don't take it to heart."

Xiao Qiuyue smiled faintly. "No matter what, I'll remember your kindness. I will surely repay it someday."

Huang Shaojie smiled as well. "All right, let's not talk about that. Let's first escort all the Japanese spies from Fountain Pavilion back to the Imperial Guard headquarters!"

At this point, the people of Fountain Pavilion were either dead or captured. The only one who had escaped was Leng Ningxiang, the flower queen.

After escorting dozens of Japanese spies back to the Imperial Guard and locking them all in the dungeon, Huang Shaojie and Xiao Qiuyue went to the main hall to report to Niu Ren.

After exchanging formal salutes, Niu Ren asked:

"Did you capture all the Japanese spies in Fountain Pavilion?"

Huang Shaojie clasped his hands and said, "Reporting to my lord, this subordinate was incompetent and allowed the flower queen Leng Ningxiang to escape."

"Oh, Leng Ningxiang escaped?" Niu Ren could not help knitting his brows. He had thought it was merely a brothel; sending Huang Shaojie and Xiao Qiuyue, the two strongest Battalion Commanders, would surely leave nothing to chance.

Yet he had not expected the most important spy, Leng Ningxiang, to escape.

Xiao Qiuyue clasped her hands and said, "Reporting to Lord Thousand-Household Commander, this subordinate was incompetent and failed to capture Leng Ningxiang. This matter has nothing to do with Battalion Commander Huang. After capturing the madam, he also expelled the poison from this subordinate's body, leaving him unable to pursue Leng Ningxiang."