Although Yang Guo did not understand why his adoptive father, Ouyang Feng, had been so hot and cold toward him this time, Ouyang Feng was still his adoptive father. Yang Guo had been treated well by Wanyan Liang these past days and could not vent his anger on him, so he could only direct it at the experts under Wanyan Liang's command.
The four experts snorted in unison. Seeing that Wanyan Liang showed no intention of stopping them and instead watched with great interest, they immediately understood. These Jin Dynasty native experts had long been dissatisfied with how generously Wanyan Liang treated foreign experts like Ouyang Feng, and they had already wanted to test themselves against them. With their master's tacit approval, the four of them attacked as though of one mind.
Yang Guo had not expected the four of them to cooperate so seamlessly. Caught off guard, he hurriedly met them with one palm. Unfortunately, he was missing an arm; facing the simultaneous assault of eight hands, he inevitably found himself hard-pressed. On top of that, the private room was cramped, leaving almost no room to maneuver or evade. Before ten moves had passed, the four experts found an opening. Two of them seized Yang Guo's only arm together, while the other two instantly appeared at his other side. One pressed a hand against the center of his back, while the other gripped his throat. With the slightest release of force, Yang Guo would likely have died on the spot.
"Stop!" Wanyan Liang called out at the right moment. "Four against one is rather disgraceful. Hurry and withdraw."
"Even four against one might not have been enough to defeat me." Yang Guo's face flushed red. He had always been proud, yet he had underestimated them and fallen prey to