"Latest news from the Martial Gazette!"
"Meng Tingxue slew the Ape Chief with one stroke!"
"The strongest demon general, the Mountain-Moving Ape Chief, was slain by Meng Tingxue with a single stroke!"
The latest news from the Martial Gazette spread among the martial artists of Muddy Bay.
"What?"
"Meng Tingxue cut down the strongest demon general, the Mountain-Moving Ape Chief, with one stroke?"
"He was the foremost of the ten great demon generals!"
"I heard his two ape arms could withstand blades head-on. Just a few days ago, he sank a river patrol ship with his bare hands. At least several dozen Sinew-Piercing experts died at his hands!"
A rogue cultivator stared at the Martial Gazette, disbelief written all over his face.
"Meng Tingxue is only at lesser accomplishment Sinew-Piercing. How could she kill that savage demon?"
"Could she have mastered the Fourfold Demon-Subduing True Force too?"
Someone offered the speculation.
A disciple of the Pinewind Martial Hall stood amid the crowd, his back straight and his expression proud. "Our Senior Sister Meng mastered the Fourfold Demon-Subduing True Force long ago. She just never announced it!"
"That brat called Lu Chen can't possibly compare to our Senior Sister Meng."
"Our Senior Sister Meng has cultivated four kinds of force! This time, she used Pinewind Force, Snow-Listening Force, and Cold Plum Force to carry the Azure Dragon Demon-Suppressing Force. Four forces became one, and she slew the Mountain-Moving Ape Chief with a single stroke!"
"Tell me, who else in the Qu River region has such talent? Who else could master four kinds of force at her age?"
The listeners' hearts surged with excitement.
"Four forces as one?"
"No wonder!"
"Most people struggle to master even one kind of force, yet Meng Tingxue has mastered four!"
A middle-aged martial artist nearby cried