Bloodthirsty Eight-Fold Wave

Bloodthirsty Eight-Fold Wave

Only now did the surrounding crowd snap back to their senses one after another.

"Look, Gusu Fu is making her move."

"She's not giving Jiang Feng even a single chance to catch his breath?"

"Gusu Fu isn't Baili Tu. Looks like there'll be a good show to watch."

"That's right. Jiang Feng actually killed Baili Tu without using a weapon. In terms of strength, he's probably about on par with Gusu Fu. Of course Gusu Fu wouldn't dare be careless, so she wants to strike while he's weak."

"Are all duels between experts this shameless?"

"What do you know? Experts who've grown to their level only care about how to survive every battle. Who cares whether their methods are upright? As long as they live, it's victory. If they die, even a savior will be forgotten and tossed to the back of everyone's mind."

"That's true!"

Xiang Pang cursed angrily, "How shameless!"

Jiang Feng naturally saw Gusu Fu's surprise attack as well. To be honest, he found people like this rather disgusting.

Just like last time, when Su Di had ambushed him, he had killed him with a single strike despite the risk of exposing his strength.

"Stinking woman, this young master will send you to the afterlife!" Jiang Feng snorted coldly, reached out, and grabbed Baili Tu's giant ruler.

"Hmm?" Everyone froze. "Doesn't Jiang Feng use a spear? Why did he pick up Baili Tu's giant ruler?"

"Exactly. If Jiang Feng's Burning Passion Spear Technique was paired with his true intent, its power would definitely be enormous. Why did he pick up the giant ruler?"

"Fighting with a weapon he isn't familiar with... isn't that a bit too arrogant?"

"Although Jiang Feng's strength should be on par with Gusu Fu's, being this arrogant probably won't end well!"

"Ah, the rashness of youth!"

"Jiang Feng is in dang—eh!"

When Gusu Fu saw that Jiang Feng had actually picked up Baili Tu's giant ruler, she gave a cold laugh.

Baili Tu's giant ruler was not something ordinary people could use. A heavy ruler had no edge; what it emphasized was smooth, rounded movements and a mighty, ferocious momentum. If one could not achieve that, not only would it fail to display the slightest power, it would also become clumsy and bogged down.

Jiang Feng had definitely never used a heavy ruler before. Now, in his arrogance, he had actually taken up a heavy ruler to fight. He was simply courting death.

"Brat, since you're so arrogant, I'll take your dog life!" Gusu Fu snorted coldly, and the folding fan in her hand suddenly opened, revealing twelve sharp blades, each one extremely keen and flashing with cold light.

The instant the two clashed, Gusu Fu immediately realized something was wrong.

"Hmm?" Gusu Fu was inwardly startled. How is his ruler technique so... smooth as flowing clouds and running water?

Damn it, he's an expert with the ruler! His ruler technique is even more rounded and fluid than Baili Tu's!

No, his ruler technique is actually Baili Tu's ruler technique!

What's going on?

In only two or three moves, Gusu Fu was already shaken beyond words.

Like her, Ouyang Ke on the flying boat was equally shaken.

"This kid... could he have learned it on the spot and used it right away?"

"Impossible. His ruler technique is deeper and smoother than Baili Tu's. It couldn't possibly be achieved in one stroke. He must have come into contact with ruler techniques before. No wonder he was so at ease under Baili Tu's ruler technique earlier—so it turns out he'd long since known Baili Tu's ruler technique like the back of his hand."

"Yes, it must be that!"

This was the only idea Ouyang Ke could use to convince himself right now. He would never believe that Jiang Feng had not only learned Baili Tu's ruler technique in a single battle, but had also displayed it at such a profound level.

In the arena, Jiang Feng caught the look on Gusu Fu's face and snorted coldly. "You dare get distracted while fighting me? Hand over your life!"

In that instant, his aura changed abruptly, and his entire body seemed to transform into a colossal mountain.

"This... this is true intent! Great Ruler True Intent!"

"No... impossible! His true intent is actually this powerful. He clearly used spear technique true intent to kill Baili Tu just now, so how did he suddenly display ruler technique true intent in the blink of an eye?"

"His ruler technique combined with true intent is countless times stronger than Baili Tu's!"

"I... I can't block it!" Gusu Fu's heart turned to dead ashes!

In fewer than ten moves, the difference between the two had actually been decided.

The surrounding crowd had not even managed to see the reason behind it; they only felt that Jiang Feng was waving a giant ruler around blindly over there.

"I'll let you die fully convinced!" Jiang Feng snorted coldly. "Bloodthirsty Eight-Fold Wave!!"

"What!!!?" Only then did the surrounding crowd discover in terror that Jiang Feng had actually executed Baili Tu's Bloodthirsty Eight-Fold Wave.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"That's Bloodthirsty Eight-Fold Wave, Baili Tu's Bloodthirsty Eight-Fold Wave!"

"He learned it with just one look?"

"Martial techniques are never passed down casually! Bloodthirsty Eight-Fold Wave is Baili Tu's signature ultimate skill. In the entire Lieshan Marquisdom, only he knew it. There absolutely couldn't be a second person who had been taught it. Jiang Feng... Jiang Feng actually learned such an ultimate skill with just one look."

On the flying boat, Ouyang Ke's face was filled with shock. Jiang Feng's use of Bloodthirsty Eight-Fold Wave this time had directly overturned the only idea he had just used to convince himself.

"Could he... really possess such heaven-given talent that he can learn someone else's moves with just one look?"

"His Bloodthirsty Eight-Fold Wave is even fiercer than Baili Tu's!"

"It's too late. Gusu Fu is dead for certain! Even if I make a move, there's absolutely no time to save him!"

In the arena, faced with the true intent of Jiang Feng's ruler technique, Gusu Fu's heart had already turned to dead ash. Then Jiang Feng suddenly unleashed the Bloodthirsty Eight-Fold Wave, and that directly stripped him of the will to resist.

"To die at his hands might perhaps be a kind of pride!"

For no reason at all, this strange thought rose in Gusu Fu's heart.

Before all eyes, Gusu Fu was sent flying sideways, his fleshly body bursting apart in midair into a sky full of blood and meat, actually ending in the horrifying fate of leaving no corpse intact.

This was the true might of the Bloodthirsty Eight-Fold Wave. When unleashed from Jiang Feng's hands, it shook all living beings.

"Six folds—he actually released six waves the very first time he tried it!"

Ouyang Ke saw it clearly. Just now, Jiang Feng had released six waves in total. Each wave's power was immense, and each wave was stronger than the last. Layered together, let alone Gusu Fu, even he, Ouyang Ke, would probably not dare meet it head-on.

Think of Baili Tu: he had steeped himself in the ruler technique for decades and cultivated the Bloodthirsty Eight-Fold Wave for more than ten years, yet he could only release four waves. But Jiang Feng had merely watched Baili Tu perform it once, and had actually glimpsed the profound mysteries within it directly, unleashing the terrifying power of six waves on the spot.

This child was a monster!

Dying at this child's hands, Baili Tu and Gusu Fu had not died unjustly!

"He's... dead just like that?" the crowd cried in terror.

Just moments ago, they had still thought Jiang Feng was overestimating himself and was dead for certain. In the end, in fewer than ten moves, before they had even understood what was going on, Jiang Feng had smashed Gusu Fu to utter pieces with one ruler strike.

After killing Gusu Fu, Jiang Feng slowly raised his head and looked toward the flying boat.

At this moment, Ouyang Ke's expression was solemn as he likewise stared at Jiang Feng.

"Jiang Feng..." Ouyang Ke called out Jiang Feng's name for the first time. With the strength Jiang Feng had displayed just now, he was already qualified to make Ouyang Ke view him in a new light and call him by name.

"You really are strong. No wonder you were able to walk all the way to this point after rising to prominence," Ouyang Ke continued. "I don't want to kill you. A monstrous talent like you will surely stand at the pinnacle of all living beings one day. If I kill you, I will only add needless killing aura to myself, which is of no benefit to my cultivation."

"Come with me to the Qi Family. I promise I'll plead for you and preserve your life."

Jiang Feng gave a cold laugh. "And the price?"

Ouyang Ke could not help but admire Jiang Feng's mind. If Jiang Feng did not pay some sort of price, the Qi Family would not easily spare his life. "Sign a contract with the Qi Family and serve as the Qi Family's slave for life."

Hearing that, Jiang Feng laughed loudly. "In that case, I might as well kill you instead!"

The meaning beneath his words was perfectly clear.

When Ouyang Ke heard this, his brows immediately furrowed. "Arrogant brat, do you really think you're my match?"

Jiang Feng shook his head. "I actually want to see just what level the strength of the eighth-ranked expert on the Earth Ranking has reached. It's perfect for testing my own strength. The battle just now truly didn't let him fight to his heart's content."

When Jiang Feng fought, his divine sense had been paying attention to the surroundings, so he had naturally heard the discussions of the onlookers. He also learned that the man before him was actually the eighth-ranked expert on Hengshan Prefecture's Earth Ranking.

He was also very eager to exchange blows with an Earth Ranking expert.

After these past few days of closed-door cultivation, his cultivation had risen from the first level of the Earth Martial Realm to the fourth. The qi force in his dantian was extraordinarily strong, his foundation deep, and even he himself did not know how powerful he was.

That was why, when Xiang Pang had asked him earlier whether he was confident, he had said those words.

After his battle with Baili Tu, Jiang Feng had gained a measure of his own strength.

To be honest, whether in his fight with Baili Tu or with Gusu Fu, he had not used his full strength. If he had, either of the two would have been killed by him in a single exchange.

Precisely because of that, he would not pass up a battle with Ouyang Ke.

"Young man, you will regret the choice you have made!"

Ouyang Ke gave a cold laugh and drifted down from the flying boat.