The Fist's Edge Holds Gods Within Three Feet; Beneath His Feet, the Nine Springs Suppress the King of Hell!

"Step! Step! Step! Step!..."

Watching the several experts closest to him on the north side, Huo Yuanhong's expression remained calm, though a trace of madness flickered deep in his eyes.

With a shift of intent, Tiger in the Cage, Ape in the Mind erupted. The Internal Force and blood qi throughout his body surged forth like an endless volcano, and as he bowed his frame, his spine unfurled like a great dragon. His entire body pounced out like a ferocious tiger breaking free of its cage!

Smack smack smack smack smack! His feet crazily crisscrossed and stomped, spraying water everywhere as he crossed five paces in an instant and lunged before the expert wielding a long staff!

"Kill!"

The Great Spear in his hand thrust out fiercely with the force technique of Ground-Shattering Cannon. Carrying explosive Internal Force, it howled forward, tearing even the torrential rain along its path into a clear spiraling trail as it charged unstoppably toward the staff-wielding expert!

"Roar!"

The staff-wielding expert bellowed furiously and charged in at full speed as well, every hair standing on end. Wrapped in the force of peak Intent-Qi Unity, his long staff ignored Huo Yuanhong's incoming Great Spear entirely and smashed down toward Huo Yuanhong's head with savage, arrogant momentum!

This was the killing blow of an expert at peak Qi Harmony who had taken Boiling Blood Powder. It was a desperate strike thrown with every last ounce of strength, leaving not the slightest margin—even those at the final stage of Strength Harmony would not dare take it head-on!

The staff-wielding expert intended to use this life-risking blow to force Huo Yuanhong to withdraw his spear and defend. This response displayed his incomparably ruthless and decisive experience in long-weapon combat. It was truly formidable!

But...

Huo Yuanhong's reaction was too fast!

With the doubled will brought by Tiger in the Cage, Ape in the Mind, his perception within three paces had risen to an unimaginable level! The staff expert's motions and trajectory as he exerted force to swing his staff had long since been clearly reflected in his mind!

His foot turned, as though he were wading through mud, and his body abruptly shifted sideways. The savage staff strike howled past his shoulder, stirring only a faint ripple in his clothes without harming him in the slightest!

At the same time, the Great Spear he had thrust out did not withdraw to defend at all. As his body shifted sideways and his wrist twisted, it still stabbed toward the staff-wielding expert!

"No!!!"

Before the terrified eyes of the Qi Harmony staff expert, the Great Spear pierced through his chest with a hiss, passing straight through. A spot of crimson slid down from the spear tip!

One spear, absolute kill!

At that moment, the man on the right also happened to lunge in, a vicious look on his face as he swung his long saber toward Huo Yuanhong's shoulder!

At this instant, the Great Spear had pierced through the chest but had not yet been pulled out. By all reason, this was when a spearman was at his weakest! Based on his extensive combat experience, the saber wielder had judged that he had once used such an opening to kill three spear experts at the Qi Harmony stage!

However, the one he had encountered this time was Huo Yuanhong!

Rub Kick!

"Bang!"

Huo Yuanhong's toe shot out like a Poison Dragon Exiting Cave, suddenly kicking the saber wielder's shin. His lower stance was broken, and he lost his balance as his body tilted!

The long saber in his hand also veered with his body, skimming past Huo Yuanhong's slightly swaying shoulder and cutting empty air!

Then...

Before the saber wielder's horrified gaze, Huo Yuanhong raised a palm, his five fingers pressed together like a sharp sickle, and viciously chopped into the vital point of the man's neck exposed by his falling body!

King of Hell's Three Strikes! Second form, Palm Strike Severing the Soul!

Given Huo Yuanhong's mastery of combat, he had long ceased to be constrained by complete three-move combinations. He could casually separate King of Hell's Door Slam, Impermanence's Throat Lock, and Judge's Brush Stroke, using them as individual moves!

"Crack!"

Amid the sound of the torrential rain came the sound of neck bones breaking. Before the saber wielder's appalled expression, Huo Yuanhong directly shattered his carotid artery and cervical vertebrae with a palm strike!

Second kill!

Before the man's body could even fall to the ground, Huo Yuanhong had already twisted his body again. With his other hand gripping the Great Spear in reverse, he smoothly pulled it back, then used it as a staff and whipped it upward!

"Smack!"

The man who had leaped down from the eaves in an attempt to ambush him was struck viciously in the waist by the Great Spear. His body nearly folded in half as he vomited blood and flew away! He was clearly not going to survive!

In a single breath, three men died in succession!

The torrential rain continued without end!

Huo Yuanhong continued moving with Embrace Rub Step. Just as one of his steps was about to land solidly, he suddenly shifted sideways.

"Pfft!"

Mud exploded into the air. The ground where he had been about to step suddenly burst open, and three assassins hidden beneath it lunged out together!

The three were exceptionally skilled at hiding, and the layer of earth had been disguised so well that its flaws were nearly impossible to spot. Had he truly planted his foot and sunk into it, then been surrounded by the three men's short blades, even a Strength Harmony expert would have surely died!

Unfortunately, Huo Yuanhong's attainments in Embrace Rub Step ran too deep. Especially in this rain-soaked, muddy environment, it was perfectly suited to the technique's use.

Whenever he took a step, the forefoot he used to probe was only lightly placed, while his rear foot served as the point of balance. The instant he sensed anything unusual at the place where his next step would land, he could retract his forefoot and shift sideways at once!

"Clang!"

With a flick of Huo Yuanhong's wrist, the shaft of his spear spun forward, howling as it split the curtain of rain and struck one man in the chest, sending him flying!

The horizontally spinning spear shaft also happened to block the paths of the other two short blades, producing two clanging collisions!

Use the spear at range; use entanglement up close!

Before the two could pull back their blades and slash again, Huo Yuanhong's palm suddenly released the Great Spear. At an inconceivable angle, it slipped between the spear shaft and short blades, firmly entangling the wrists and forearms of the two men before him together with the Great Spear!

Baji Minor Entanglement!

Known as the foremost grappling art under heaven, it displayed the power to turn decay into miracle at this moment, restraining two assassins at once!

Immediately after!

His knees bent slightly, then powerful force erupted as they straightened, driving the two men back against their will! Back! Back all the way!

Amid spraying water, the two men were held in place by Huo Yuanhong, whose strength had doubled, with the Great Spear and Entangling Hands. Staggering backward five or six paces, their backs slammed heavily into the wall, and for a moment they could not catch their breath.

Then, a muffled boom sounded through the torrential rain! Huo Yuanhong stomped his foot fiercely, blasting the mud beneath it apart!

As his foot stamped the earth, majestic force erupted, surging into his spine and stacking with the force exploding from his waist and hips, producing an effect where one plus one was greater than two! The two Cannon Fists Huo Yuanhong unleashed became as fierce and swift as cannonballs leaving the barrel!

A stomping foot suppressed mountains and rivers! Ground-Shattering Cannon!

Before the horrified eyes of the two assassins, two Cannon Fists smashed through their guarding arms like rotten wood, landing heavily against their chests!

Crack! Crack!

Their chests caved in! Blood sprayed wildly! Even the earthen wall at their backs shook violently, web-like cracks spreading across it!

Double kill!

After dealing with the two, Huo Yuanhong seemed to have grown eyes in the back of his head. His spine twisted like a great dragon, rolling the force of his whole body as his arm, like a steel whip, broke through the rain and lashed backward!

"Smack!"

With a King of Hell's Hand Flick, he directly struck the Hard Training expert chasing behind him until the man's head buzzed. The fist he had been about to throw slackened involuntarily.

Seizing that opening, Huo Yuanhong's other hand tore through the rain curtain like a cattail fan, slapping down toward the Hard Training expert's vulnerable face!

"Crack!"

The sound of facial bones breaking rang out in the rain. Fierce, tyrannical force surged wildly from Huo Yuanhong's palm and blasted into the Hard Training expert's face! He then clamped down and drove him viciously downward!

"Bang!"

This Hard Training expert, renowned for enduring blows and punishment, was sent straight crashing toward the ground by Huo Yuanhong's Fierce Tiger Climbs the Mountain. With a bang, he struck the mud face-first and could not get back up!

Done!

The torrential rain still fell, but there was no one else left nearby on the north side. Only a terrifying figure, like a god and demon, emerged from the rain curtain, dragging his Great Spear as he approached the carriage firm owner, who had only just caught his breath.

"Today, I am taking him away. Let me see who can stop me!"