Great Sage Water Ape

Those who do not fight will surely lose.

This involves not only Zhao Liang, but also Dong Zhongshu.

Zhao Liang lost his life, while Dong Zhongshu lost his future.

Cultivators have always been bound to compete, and the imperial court is no exception, facing both open and covert attacks. For Dong Zhongshu, conflict was a common occurrence.

Even the iron-boned Bashe dared to plot against him again and again, so Dong Zhongshu was indeed not afraid to fight against the Beast Taming Sect.

Even if the worst outcome of a failed struggle is the death of Zhao Liang and the others, it would only be that they die.

This is an outcome he would face even if he didn't fight for it.

Consequently, Dong Zhongshu's resistance became inevitable.

To buy everyone a chance to survive, Dong Zhongshu drew his sword and killed the two water monkeys under the bamboo raft.

With his sword in hand, he grabbed the bamboo pole Zhao Liang was holding and pushed off with all his might, already leaping more than ten meters across the water.

The hunting dogs raised by the Beast Taming Sect are not ordinary domesticated breeds. Several of these dogs working together can fight a tiger, and killing an ordinary person is extremely easy for them.

Dong Zhongshu did not immediately use his Technique Method on Su Fang of the Beast Taming Sect, but instead tried to clear away the troubles behind him.

Sword flowers bloomed among the dogs, and specks of blood-red aura constantly flowed along the longsword, bringing with them a sharp killing power.

"Flowing Water Sword Technique, you're from the Sunset Glow Sect?"

As an arrow flew from the large ship toward Dong Zhongshu, a slight sound of surprise came from Su Fang.

Kill them!

Seeing that Dong Zhongshu did not respond and continued to slaughter the hunting dogs of his disciples, Su Fang calmly gave an order.

There are numerous schools of swordsmanship, with dozens having names and surnames, and hundreds or even thousands of those that are not well-known.

The Luoxia Sect is undoubtedly a well-known and respected sect among sword sects, but it ranks relatively low.

"If you were a large sword sect like the School of Diplomacy, I would give you some leeway. The Sunset Sword Sect, hmph!"

Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse; the most destitute Beast Taming Sect is still stronger than a lower-ranking Sword Sect.

The former, as a large school of thought, had participated in the struggle among the Hundred Schools of Thought, while the latter was merely a part of the Sword Sect.

The Beast Taming Sect cannot defeat the School of Diplomacy, but it can undoubtedly look down on the Sunset Sect.

Seeing his arrow blocked by Dong Zhongshu's sword and fall to the ground, Su Fang didn't care. He simply told his disciples who were skilled in archery to shoot from a distance.

"You guys have really fallen on hard times!"

Arrows flew out like locusts, but Dong Zhongshu could not see any skilled archers.

Apart from Su Fang's arrow that nearly knocked off his sword, the archery skills of most of the disciples were mediocre.

"Return!"

With a swift stroke of his longsword, Dong Zhongshu severed the neck of an attacking hunting dog, then drew his Law Treasure fan from his back and fanned it violently.

The numerous arrows that were aimed at the bamboo raft were immediately sent flying back, eliciting screams of horror and shouts of people jumping into the water.

"You son of a bitch!"

Zhang Debiao and his men cursed and jumped onto the riverbank, where they fought with a pack of hunting dogs. Zhao Liang wielded a bamboo pole and swept wildly, while Xu Man, a guest, slashed wildly with a long knife. Two grooms stood guard closely around Zhao Liang with their knives.

Zhang Xuezhou picked up the Deer-Slaying Blade and began hacking around haphazardly, just like before.

His knife skills were poor, but he couldn't withstand the ferocity of the Deer-Slaying Blade; a casual slash with the knife could cause injuries by cutting flesh and breaking bones.

"You should really learn swordsmanship!"

If even the guest advisor Xu Man's chaotic attacks included defensive maneuvers like dodging, Zhang Xuezhou's fighting style was purely reckless.

After shielding Zhang Xuezhou from two barbs, Dong Zhongshu couldn't help but complain as well.

"What a waste of this precious sword!"

Dong Zhongshu couldn't figure out how many treasures Zhang Xuezhou had hidden in his pouch. Even if such a pouch couldn't possibly hold any truly valuable items, Zhang Xuezhou's sword was simply too outstanding. Its power in a direct chop was no less than the sharpness of a strike fueled by his own qi Qi and Blood.

He glanced at his own sword and felt that it was better to throw it away than compare it to other swords.

If he had a weapon like Zhang Xuezhou's, he could have killed at least three hunting dogs with a single slash. Why would he need to use the Flowing Water Sword Technique, which is good for guerrilla warfare, to deal with it?

He shielded Zhang Xuezhou twice, until a coachman screamed, at which point Dong Zhongshu hurriedly turned around.

"Slay these hounds and then run!"

The groom's right hand was bitten by a hunting dog, the White Bone was clearly visible, and the pungent blood caused the surrounding hunting dogs to bark wildly.

These hunting dogs did not back down in fear despite the deaths of more than ten of their companions; rather, the injuries inflicted on their opponents only fueled their frenzy.

Dong Zhongshu shouted, his feet stomping repeatedly, his body flitting about like a butterfly.

Any hunting dog that gets within a meter of the group is bound to be struck by his sword.

"Flying Flower Sword Technique? This is the sword technique of the Pingyang Sword Sect!"

On the large ship anchored in the middle of the river, Su Fei's expression grew solemn as he gazed into the distance.

The Luoxia Sect's swordsmanship is of medium quality, while the Pingyang Sword Sect's swordsmanship is of medium to high quality. The cultivators of these two sects do not share knowledge or skills with each other and basically practice their own sect's swordsmanship. Anyone who is proficient in the swordsmanship of these two sects must have a remarkable background.

The opponent even possessed a Law Treasure fan that could deflect long-range arrows.

Most of the imperial court's top swordsmen were stationed in the military regions, and few came to run merchant caravans.

He couldn't immediately figure out which sect's expert could wield such power.

Su Fei frowned.

A few seconds later, he called to his disciples, took out a transverse flute, and began to play it in a mournful tone.

The sound of the flute drifted away, and a ripple appeared on the river.

Given the opponent's swordsmanship, even the hounds would find it difficult to kill him, and the water monkeys have a unique advantage in the water, making them less effective than the hounds once on land.

As for the skills of the disciples of the Beast Taming Sect, let's not even go into them.

The opponent was clearly unwilling to give up and launched a counterattack as soon as they landed on the riverbank. If they did not sail away in a large ship, only he, as the sect leader, could quell the trouble.

Thinking of the several elders who had been wiped out by the imperial court, Su Fei played his flute with a heavy expression.

It wasn't that he didn't want to eliminate future troubles at first, but rather that the Beast Taming Sect currently had very limited experts to offer.

If he were to die by accident, the sect would disintegrate.

"Father? Your injury?"

A young man beside Su Fei asked in a low voice, but Su Fei shook his head, indicating that it was alright.

The ripples in the river grew larger and larger, until they spread into concentric circles on the water's surface. Dong Zhongshu then began to warn everyone to retreat and find sheltered terrain for fighting.

"Boom!"

His warning wasn't too late.

Just one minute later, a sound like an explosion came from the river.

As if a giant rock had been thrown into the water, the river surface was blasted open by the waves, and a three-zhang-tall water monster bound by chains leaped out of the water.

The water monster resembles an ape, with a flat nose, a protruding forehead, a white head, and a blue body; its appearance is extremely ugly.

Huge waves accompanied the other person as they walked on the water.

"Great Sage Water Ape, help me kill them!"

Su Fei pointed calmly at Dong Zhongshu and the others.

"This is the eighth time. If I have to help you twice more, I won't help you anymore!"

The water monster glanced at Su Fei and responded coldly.

His gaze was directed at Su Fei without regard to rank, and when he looked at Dong Zhongshu and the others, it was as if they were insects.

With a wave of its hand, the river water condensed in the monster's palm.

This Water Ball Technique, which Jin Wanliang had ridiculed, clearly became extraordinary in the hands of the water monster.

A massive amount of river water gathered in the monster's palm, covering a distance of tens of meters in just a few seconds, before crashing down on the group fighting the hunting dogs.

Several tons of river water poured down, and in the blink of an eye, the water monster began to release a second Water Ball Technique from its palm.