Chapter 18 Changing Situation (Part 3)
Third Head stood there dumbfounded still gripping his staff.
Severed Head Saber Lin Hong Shui gaped, looking between the rolling head on the ground and the dazed Lu Sheng standing in place.
The autumn wind whistled desolately, sending up little swirls of fine ash on the ground.
For a time all three were speechless.
Lu Sheng completely didn't expect that brute who looked extremely aggressive would actually fail to dodge even his tentative probing strike.
Third Head was frightened stiff, legs already trembling.
As for Lin Hong Shui, he totally didn't foresee that last slash was from this downy-faced youngster Lu Sheng.
"Very good!"
He suddenly guffawed, but his smile held a trace of twisted malevolence.
"Another one seeking death..."
Spurt!
Another gleam as Third Head's head parted ways with his body.
Lu Sheng's silhouette flashed by in front of Third Head, more spurting blood splashing down.
Third Head's head also tumbled a few times before hitting some embers, motionless.
Lu Sheng flicked the blood off his saber.
A scalding sensation of boiling blood Qi faintly rose inside him.
"So this is killing. This is the blademaster. This is the storied impulse to whip out blades and cross them!"
He gripped his long saber. This ordinary silver-white saber barely forearm-long felt like a most intimate friend and companion in his hand.
A subtle peculiar feeling welled up from his heart. He suddenly felt as if he personally entered those martial arts novels he read about before.
An indescribable seething combustion burned deep inside him.
"Come on then! Either kill me, or end up like those two wastes on the ground."
Lu Sheng liked this sensation. Some redness entered his eyes as his dry lips licked over. Step by step, he walked toward Lin Hong Shui.
"You bastard!!"
Lin Hong Shui's complexion slowly turned furious.
He grabbed his heavy saber with both hands, striding aggressively toward Lu Sheng.
Swish!
The silver swallow abruptly reemerged. Lu Sheng unleashed another slash.
Although Swallows Chasing Blade was barely initiated, combined with his skilled proficiency of saber truths from Black Tiger Saber Technique, its power was still outstanding.
Clang!
But this slash was blocked by Lin Hong Shui raising his weapon.
"I recognize this move... Swallows Skimming Water from Swallows Chasing Blades..." He sinisterly grinned. "Back then I nearly hacked even the originator of this saber method to death. Let alone a little squirt like you!"
He exerted strength, deflecting Lu Sheng's long saber.
Flipping the heavy saber's blade over, an extremely robust force surged from bottom to top diagonally upwards.
Spilling Rain Style was his never failing initial move in Splashing Wind Saber Technique. Every time he used this move the opponent would either dodge or be forced to clash hard with him.
Lu Sheng somersaulted aside to dodge the strike. Putting all his might behind Swallows Chasing Blade to battle it out with his opponent.
The two fiercely fought in the yard's center.
Lin Hong Shui's saber momentum was thick and heavy. That huge saber swung like a sledgehammer with tremendous strength. Even blocking a hit made one's arms turn numb.
Lu Sheng's saber was faster and his endurance stronger. He frequently utilized Swallows Chasing Blade Technique, cutting and probing from the sides whenever possible to divert the opponent's attacks.
Their respective speeds were actually both very swift, far outpacing Second Head and Third Head.
But such velocity was ordinary for the two right now.
In one breath Lu Sheng fully exhibited dozens of Swallows Chasing Blade techniques yet still failed to gain any advantage. His opponent remained vigorous with shockingly massive vigor.
Clang clang!
The two sabers collided forcefully another two times.
Lu Sheng carelessly missed a step, his foot landing on a brittle plank. Losing balance, his body faltered.
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Lin Hong Shui's eyes lit up as his heavy saber immediately slashed forward with his full might.
"Die!!"
He wanted a frontal chop right through, splitting this hateful brat in two halves! How dare he kill Second Head and Third Head right before him!
If this revenge wasn't reported, who would still dare take shelter under him and his brother afterwards!?
The heavy saber carrying peculiar vibrations harshly cleaved down from top to bottom straight for Lu Sheng's skull. The essence of Splashing Wind Saber Technique's core truth was precisely the ability to enlarge saber force significantly through specialized exertion techniques.
Paired with Lin Hong Shui's originally shocking vigor, his blade's momentum grew even more astounding.
The enormous saber was dropping right onto Lu Sheng's head!
Huff!
But just then Lu Sheng's body straightened abruptly as he swiftly regained stance. His long blade quivered rapidly with an indistinct piercing howl sounding.
Roarrrr!!!
It was Tiger Howl!!
Lu Sheng's eyes reddened as Black Tiger Saber Technique's Tiger Death move was unleashed sharply.
The violently trembling and explosive blade edge hacked toward Lin Hong Shui's saber-grasping arms with tremendous speed even swifter and more ruthless than his chop!
"You dare!!" Suddenly a roar erupted from another breach in the yard walls.
In a flash a black silhouette hurtled over, ferociously striking the side of Lu Sheng's long saber.
Clang!
It was a clump of grayish white rocks.
The second brawny brute also leapt into the yard while hefting a heavy back saber. This man had two intersecting scars stretching from his brows down his chin, appearing hideously twisted.
"Big brother!!"
Lin Hong Shui's reactions turned sluggish for a beat due to the shock from Black Tiger Saber Technique's faint Tiger Howl. He nearly had both arms hacked off by Lu Sheng just now. He hurriedly withdrew his blade, big beads of cold sweat oozing from his face. Clearly frightened out of his wits.
"This brat uses Black Tiger Saber Technique, hard to deal with! Reinforcements are coming, attack together to finish him!"
Twin Fire Lin Shuang Huo glanced at the two corpses on the ground, shouting harshly.
"Right!"
The two brothers flanked Lu Sheng from both sides, charging straight toward him.
Lu Sheng remained calm and undaunted. Brandishing Tiger Prestige from Black Tiger Saber Technique, even thicker and heavier than Swallows Chasing Blade.
The fully cultivated Black Tiger Saber Technique held astonishing might. Each and every one of his slashes struck the inevitable fatal weaknesses that they had no choice but to save.
In the fleeting span of just a few moves, he consecutively unleashed seventeen Tiger Prestige slashes!
Swish swish! Incessant bellowing and yelling echoed around the yard. The combined twin brothers could at most only fight evenly with Lu Sheng now. Their blade moves completely lacked any opportunity for a frontal clash with Lu Sheng, forced into bitter defense after every half-executed attack.
After intensely battling for the time it takes to burn half an incense stick, Lin Shuang Huo couldn't endure any further. Retreating one step during the small window his brother was blocking, he suddenly flung something from his bosom straight at Lu Sheng's head.
"Die!!"
Spurt!
Lu Sheng chopped apart the package. Large quantities of lime dust scattered out from inside. Startled, he urgently held his breath while squeezing his eyes shut.
Unable to think more, he frenziedly struck out the final move Tiger Howl.
"Roar!!"
Another fierce tiger's roar echoed!
Clang clang!!
This time Lu Sheng's long saber was unavoidable, directly clashing with the two heavy sabers head on.
Snap! His long blade instantly fractured before spiraling to embed itself into the ground.
But as Black Tiger Saber Technique's strongest move, Tiger Howl's force and speed couldn't be looked down on either.
The enormous sabers in the twin's hands were also shaken, their momentum weakened.
"Let's see how you block this now! Go die!! Hahaha!"
Lin Shuang Huo cackled loudly. Blademasters without blades were just pigs and sheep for the slaughter. The disparity was far too massive.
Just as he gripped his saber, about to end Lu Sheng.
Bang bang!!
Two muffled palm blasts suddenly erupted.
Lin Shuang Huo's eyes widened, watching Lu Sheng abruptly barrel over, both palms crashing down swift as thunder in a chain toward Lin Hong Shui's heart.
Lin Hong Shui's heavy saber clanged loudly onto the floor. He staggered back two steps in disbelief, clutching his chest, rendered speechless.
"Big Bro...quick...flee!"
Spurt!
Lin Hong Shui spewed a mouthful of blood, head tilted back to collapse lying down.
By now Lu Sheng had entered a peculiar frenzied boiling hot blood state.
After battering Lin Hong Shui to death, his body flashed as he instantly traversed the tiny gap to Lin Shuang Huo nearby while treading Cracking Heart Palm steps.
As if rousing from a dream, Lin Shuang Huo roared and attempted to block with his saber.
But too late.
The death of his brother shocked and dazed him. Just that split moment of delay was enough for Lu Sheng to reach him at point black range!
Bang bang bang!!
Three continuous heavy palms. Like lightning bolts Lu Sheng's hands smashed against Lin Shuang Huo's chest and abdomen three times.
Cracking Heart Palm's special penetrating power burst through his skin and muscles, directly into inner organs.
Lin Shuang Huo's entire face flushed red. Retreating several steps, he heavily knelt onto the ground. He glared fixedly at Lu Sheng, maw opening as if to say something. But the ceaseless gush of blood from his mouth completely suppressed all sound.
Spurt!
Lin Shuang Huo stiffly toppled face down. Not a hint of life left.
Lu Sheng chuckled twice.
"Two consummate experts... ought to be Demon Saber and Severed Head the pursuers spoke about that Zhao Bo hunted when young. Didn't expect them to die by my hand today."
Gazing at the four corpses lying about, a huge wave surged inside him for an instant as hot blood boiled throughout his body.
"Could this be what Zhao Bo termed as martial artists harmonizing strength, also what Master Zhang Xun pointed out about converging spirit and intention?"
If harmonizing strength depicted mastery over controlling most of the body's vigor.
Then converging intention entailed combining sight, intention, sound and more to assault enemies from multiple angles.
Also, during the intent harmonizing level, controlling one's inner forces was more comprehensive compared to just harmonizing strength.
How could one's body muscles be so easily completely grasped?
Lu Sheng still remembered research on Earth showed if all of a person's muscles could be simultaneously exerted towards one point, even an average adult could unleash several tons of horrifying force.
This was the theoretical extreme.
But the human body's joints and bones couldn't permit unleashing such levels of strength.
So it remained theoretical.
Converging intention meanwhile should hugely enhance approaching that degree of muscular activation.
Lu Sheng stood amidst the yard. Stepping forward, he searched Lin Shuang Huo brothers' waists and clothes.
He fished out some money orders worth hundred taels each from their waists without bothering to count them in detail before stuffing them into his own waist pouch.
There was also a tattered little black handbook that seemed crafted from some animal hide. Lin Shuang Huo kept this on his body so it was clearly important.
Lu Sheng left everything else scattered around. Standing silently in the yard resting as he waited for the Lu manor's men.
His previous bout with the two experts also wounded him.
Lin Shuang Huo and Lin Hong Shui's inborn divine strength paired with the force amplifying Splashing Wind Saber Technique resulted in extremely heavy blade momentum from the two.
During that final hard clash, the muscles in Lu Sheng's right arm were also damaged internally. A dull pain emanated from his heels too. Probably the sustained high intensity eruption strained his foot tendons.
Both shoulders also transmitted waves of agony from the repeated full powered saber unleashing in quick succession, along with the last brute collision. Possibly the bones were hurt.