The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and each generation becomes stronger than the last.
The arena is a place where turbulence surges, a place where talented people emerge in large numbers, a place where people are proud of themselves at the top, and it is often a place where heroes meet their end.
Our future path may have already been determined, just because of a decision we made many years ago, consciously or unconsciously. What kind of person you want to be and what important decisions you make will actually affect your future destiny to a greater or lesser extent. Our future path is in our own hands, it depends on how we go.
Sheng Lingren's character is actually somewhat similar to his name. He is an extremely strong person who never admits defeat. Sometimes, even if he has lost, he still refuses to admit it.
The end result of trying to be strong is often self-humiliation.
Before the martial arts conference was held, Sheng Lingren had actually arranged everything. He knew that Prince Xiao had already caught him, and when the conditions were ripe, he would never let him go easily. He could have surrendered in order to obtain a pardon from the court. But in that case, he would no longer be a Sheng Ling person. What's the difference between that and an ordinary Jianghu Xiaoxiao? In fact, the moment he was about to instruct Xue Qianhe to rob the disaster relief official, he should have thought that something like this might happen.
Therefore, he was unwilling to fail and tried to make a last ditch effort.
The winner reigns supreme, while the loser retires sadly.
In order to achieve this goal, he not only secretly colluded with Dongchang, but also discussed with the Hu people at the border to jointly carry out major events. He first asked Sollosuo to assassinate the emperor. After the failure, he summoned many of his disciples, all of whom were led by Solokang. He intended to seize the opportunity to break into the palace and assassinate the emperor and the queen mother when the martial arts conference was held - that is, today. . Not only that, he also allowed his adopted son Sheng to secretly kidnap Prince Xiao while others were unprepared. If all his plans failed, this would become his only retreat, using Prince Xiao as a hostage in an effort to escape and protect himself.
However, things have come to this point, and escaping to protect himself is no longer what he wants. What he wants is to dominate the world, ascend to the throne, and become the true master inside and outside.
His ambition is no longer limited to the world, he also wants to become the king of a country. He fired the bow without returning the arrow, and he had no way out.
If you can't succeed, you can only become a benevolent person.
If he wants to dominate the martial arts world, his biggest opponent is the Tang Sect; if he wants to board the plane and become king, he must pass the level of King Xiao.
He had arranged everything. Prince Xiao was kidnapped, Suo Lesuo brought people into the palace to assassinate the saint, and Master Mei Yun severely damaged the Tang clan. Victory seemed to be close at hand, and he couldn't help but look a little proud. However, a young man suddenly appeared in front of him, a young man who had only recently risen in the world. Even most people in the world did not know this young man very well.
Just now, when he was fighting with the young monk Baoli, Sheng Lingren had already seen that this young man's sword skills were indeed extraordinary. They were even more than one point better than those of the Yue Sword Guard Ba back then.
Sheng Lingren knew that Huang Jishan was Ren Xiaoyao's disciple, but he still didn't quite understand why this boy's sword skills were so powerful, and Xiaoyao Sect was not actually good at sword skills.
"Young man, you alone want to stop me?" Sheng Lingren didn't seem to think highly of this young man.
After all, Sheng Lingren is usually the most arrogant and domineering. He doesn't look down on most of the masters in the world. How can he care about such a young man who is just in his early years?
"Whether you dare to block it or not, and whether you can block it, are two different things. If you want to dominate the martial arts world, you must first ask me about the knife in my hand and tell me whether I agree." Huang Jishan said coldly.
Sheng Lingren heard this and sneered: "Really?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly flew away and came directly to Huang Jishan. Before Huang Jishan could react, Sheng Lingren was already approaching him. Before he could strike out with the knife in his hand, the opponent stood directly in front of him at an incredible speed, which made Huang Jishan feel a chill in his heart. Sheng Lingren was only one foot away from Huang Jishan at this time, but Sheng Lingren didn't make any move, but just stared at Huang Jishan with a sharp gaze.
Because he was too close, Huang Jishan also did not use his sword. At such a close distance, his wood-cutting sword skills could not be used at all.
Sheng Lingren seemed to have made no move, but there was still an extremely strong aura in him, and he quickly approached Huang Jishan. Because the two of them were so close, Sheng Lingren's divine energy enveloped them in an instant, and it did not dissipate, but instead became stronger and stronger. Sheng Lingren himself practiced Holy Qigong, so he was at home in this qi force. However, Huang Jishan was forced by this qi force to the point where his chest was tight, his heart and blood surged, and he actually had a reversal of tendons. mega.
Sheng Lingren is an old man. He has actually seen that Huang Jishan's logging Xiaoyao knife is very powerful. If he were to force himself in front of Huang Jishan, not only would it be difficult for him to use his sword skills, but his Holy Qigong would also be able to show off its power to the maximum extent. . Previously, when Zhang Yu and Sheng Lingren fought, Zhang Yu had to stay a little farther away from Sheng Lingren. It was precisely because he knew that the closer the Holy Qigong was, the more powerful it would be.
Although Huang Jishan has become a proficient martial artist, his martial arts experience is slightly lacking, and he has almost no experience fighting against top masters. He didn't know why Sheng Lingren was so close to him before. Only when I suffered a loss did I finally understand. It turns out that Sheng Lingren's holy qigong does not necessarily require hitting the enemy with his palm. As long as the skill is strong enough, he can also use invisible qi to control the enemy and win, and it is often difficult to prevent people from guarding against him. This invisible power is obviously much weaker than the power of heaven and earth borrowed by Master Mei Yun, but it is more secretive and weird, and the enemy is often defeated in laughter and talk.
Fortunately, Huang Jishan had received the true inheritance from his master and had mastered Xiaoyao Sect's most powerful martial arts, Xiaoyaoyou, so he was not quickly defeated by Sheng Lingren. However, the strong energy exuding from Sheng Lingren still made Huang Jishan feel very unhappy.
Huang Jishan knew that he could no longer let Sheng Ling people get so close, and he had to get out of danger as soon as possible. The opponent is strong, but his sword skills cannot be used, just like Zhang Yu's fight with Sheng Lingren just now. Sheng Lingren may not be the most powerful person in the martial arts world, but he is the master who knows how to use the long to attack the short. Not only can he clearly see the weaknesses of his opponent's martial arts, but he also knows how to use his own strengths to attack the opponent's weaknesses. Such opponents are often the most terrifying.
After Huang Jishan understood the situation, he quickly retreated with great strides, but Sheng Lingren seemed to have expected it. When Huang Jishan took one step back, he took one step forward. When Huang Jishan took two steps back, he also took two steps forward. This way, the distance between the two people always remained the same.
Huang Jishan secretly thought, "It's not good." He couldn't control the energy and blood in his heart, so he turned his left palm and took the lead and struck Sheng Lingren directly in the lower abdomen.
Sheng Lingren didn't know why, but he could predict the enemy's opportunity every time. Just a moment before Huang Jishan took action, Sheng Lingren suddenly turned around and came behind Huang Jishan. Huang Jishan had never encountered such a difficult opponent before, and he couldn't help but feel extremely nervous, and there were drops of sweat on his forehead.
Huang Jishan knew that Sheng Lingren was behind him and very close. If he slapped him on the back at this time, it would be difficult for him to avoid it. However, Sheng Lingren was very surprised that he still didn't take action behind Huang Jishan's back.
Huang Jishan didn't understand what Sheng Lingren was doing, but he could feel that the energy from Sheng Lingren behind him seemed to be getting stronger. Huang Jishan then wielded the wind-returning sword. He didn't turn around, but the sword had already been slashed out behind him. Huang Jishan couldn't see the situation behind him. He only knew that his return wind knife had failed, but the energy behind him had not disappeared.
Huang Jishan also knew that he had to change his tactics as soon as possible, otherwise he would not be able to get out of the predicament at all. So, he suddenly rushed forward, and the blade struck directly in front of him. It was the wood-cutting Xiaoyao knife. At the same time, he struck out with his left hand again, but it was shot towards his back. Huang Jishan's current martial arts has been completely integrated with the magical skills of Xiaoyaoyou, so he pays attention to freedom and freedom, and the intention comes from the heart. He strikes forward and backward at the same time, but doesn't care where the enemy is. It's also a very strange way of fighting.
However, it is such a strange attack method, but it has achieved miraculous results. Sheng Lingren may have also known that Huang Jishan had just entered the arena and was a little inexperienced, so he deliberately bullied him in order to defeat him without a fight. In fact, he was not "not fighting". Sheng Lingren just wanted to use the extremely powerful aura of the Holy Qigong to defeat Huang Jishan at close range.
Huang Jishan couldn't get rid of Sheng Lingren's entanglement for a while, so he resorted to strange moves of attacking front and back at the same time. The Sheng Ling people were unable to gain a foothold in front of or behind Huangji Mountain, so they dug in diagonally and arrived at the left side of Huangji Mountain. Huang Jishan seemed to have calculated correctly this time. The blade suddenly turned to the left, and it turned out to be the attack and killing blow of the Cutting Wood Xiaoyao Sword. Ever since Huang Jishan combined the wood-cutting knife technique with the Xiaoyaoyou magic technique, the power of the sword technique has been further improved, and there are now two styles of the wood-cutting knife and Xiaoyaoyou magic technique.
He struck with a killing blow, but this time it seemed that Sheng Lingren was not expecting it. However, Sheng Lingren has been on the battlefield for a long time. What critical situation has he not seen? Although Huang Jishan's sword was powerful, Sheng Lingren was not unable to deal with it.
Seeing that it was too late to dodge, Sheng Lingren suddenly shot out both palms. With the extremely powerful momentum of the Holy Qigong alone, he had directly forced Huang Jishan's woodcutter.
Huang Jishan generally knew a thing or two about Holy Qigong and knew that it used Qi to defend against enemies. However, if he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would not have believed that Holy Qigong could directly turn the blade of his wood-cutting Xiaoyao Knife invisible.
Huang Jishan used his true energy to attack, trying to break through Sheng Lingren's holy qigong with all his strength.
