Chapter 43: If you want to fight, then fight, have a good fight

  In the last wooden alley, there were only Zhang Tao, Fang Yin, Lin Yuan and Gu Chao.

  Zhang Tao, Fang Yin and Lin Yuan all ignored Gu Chao, after all, he was just a fifth-rank cultivator.

  Zhang Tao smiled slyly: "Let me take care of him." Zhang Tao was not someone who liked to get involved, but before the year-end assessment, he saw Gu Chao and Liu Ya talking in low voices, with a few intimate gestures. At that moment, he had a ruthless thought in his heart. If he could encounter Gu Chao during the year-end exam, he would definitely teach him a lesson.

  And now, he just happened to run into Gu Chao, how could he miss this opportunity.

  Zhang Tao smiled and said, "Gu Chao, you bumped into me, which is your bad luck." Zhang Tao's long knife, which had been sheathed, suddenly shot out and slashed towards Gu Chao. This move was a fierce tiger pounce, with the momentum of a ferocious tiger. Gu Chao raised his hand to block it, stopping Zhang Tao's attack. In terms of internal energy, Gu Chao, who was at the early stage of the fifth layer of the acquired realm, was slightly weaker than Zhang Tao, who was at the late stage of the sixth layer of the acquired realm.

  But in this world, what determines fighting strength is not just internal energy, but also martial skills.

  Gu Chao also intentionally tried the six-in-one technique, instantly unleashing a knife move that was quite strange, as if it wanted to break through in all six directions. Zhang Tao couldn't react in time and was already struck by Gu Chao's knife, but fortunately, he quickly used the hilt of his knife to block it. Gu Chao then unleashed another four-in-one wind-based knife move, transforming it into a four-in-one knife move.

  Zhang Tao was even more embarrassed this time, and this time his shoulder was also swept by Gu Chao's knife.

  "Damn it." Zhang Tao's originally light and carefree face turned gloomy, his temper was already small to begin with, and now he had been publicly humiliated by Gu Chao, of course he wouldn't think that his strength wasn't a match for Gu Chao. It was just that he had lost his hand for a moment, and Gu Chao had used some powerful knife moves that he had never seen before, which made him lose his hand.

  Zhang Tao's magnificent long knife changed in mid-air and reorganized its offensive towards Gu Chao.

  Gu Chao chose not to clash with his opponent's magnificent long sword, and the red copper long sword in his hand changed continuously in mid-air, still using the mountain-style six-in-one sword move, the wind-style four-in-one sword move, and even occasionally creating new moves, creating water-style three-in-one sword moves, etc. The sword moves were executed from his hand, beating Zhang Tao to a pulp.

  This!

  Fifty-ninth-ranked Gu Chao faced fourth-ranked Zhang Tao and surprisingly had the upper hand.

  Zhang Tao felt ashamed and his mind was in disarray, his knife skills became even more chaotic.

  Fang Yin supported her chin and fell into thought.

  Lin Yuan watches the play with his hands behind his back.

  Bang!

  Gu Chao struck Zhang Tao's left shoulder with another knife, and this time Zhang Tao was injured more seriously than the last time.

  Zhang Tao retreated even further this time, he was twice injured and now did not dare to underestimate Gu Chao. He covered his left shoulder, which was bleeding, but unfortunately there was no time for him to bandage it now. He glared at Gu Chao with a fierce gaze like a wolf, among the 61 people in Xin Xue Mountain Villa, the one he hated the most was Gu Chao in front of him.

  Gu Chao's hand turned, and a knife flower appeared in mid-air: "Actually, during the previous ten-man duel, I was also thinking about how to fight this final ten-man duel. You three have come up with a good method, clearing out those six people. This way, I'll just clear out you three, and that way, I'll be second."

  What!

  What did Gu Chao say!

  How arrogant!

  He actually said he wanted to get rid of Fang Yin, Lin Yuan and Zhang Tao all at once.

  Fang Yin, Lin Yuan and Zhang Tao, the three of them, ranked second, third and fourth respectively in Xue Shan Zhuang, were the only ones inferior to Murong Ying among the top three masters.

  In Xue Shan Villa, all three of them had a great reputation.

  Like Fangyin, Lin Yuan and Zhang Tao, all three of them had already left the outer disciples far behind.

  Just now Zhang Tao alone fought ninth and tenth place, both can be easily defeated, as seen from their three strengths.

  But now, Gu Chao actually said he can beat three people by himself, has Gu Chao gone crazy?

  Gu Chao was neither mad nor crazy.

  Gǔ Chāo had already thought it through clearly. As a rather arrogant person himself, in the path of martial arts, humility was useless. Only strength, and getting stronger, continuing to become even stronger, was the way of the strong. According to a senior martial artist: "Martial arts is not about inviting guests for dinner, nor is it about building relationships or being polite. What's the use of knowing how to be a good person? The path of a warrior is simply one of unrelenting strength."

  It was precisely because of this that Gu Chao uttered such words, wanting to take on three opponents alone.

  Moreover, Gu Chao had long discovered that Fang Yin, Zhang Tao, and Lin Yuan were always among the top few in ranking. Although they were mutually hostile to each other, they could also be considered as a class. Even if he didn't say so himself, the three of them would still gang up on him together. Just now, both Fang Yin and Lin Yuan had shown signs of making a move.

  In that case, let's be more generous.

  If you want to take action, then take action.

  If you want to fight, then let's have a good fight, a clean and decisive one, with no regrets.

  ……

  Fang Yin and Lin Yuan had planned to make a move earlier, after all Gu Chao was from another class. They were familiar with Zhang Tao and according to their previous agreement, they would take care of the other seven people first before turning on each other. Gu Chao was among those seven. Fang Yin said: "Gu Chao is one of the other seven people we planned to deal with at the beginning. The three of us will join forces to take him down, and then we'll settle our own scores."

  "Alright." Lin Yuan agreed.

  "No problem." Zhang Tao was unwilling to let Gu Chao off, but since he had just suffered a loss and was injured, he decided to gang up on Gu Chao with the other two.

  "Fang Yin commanded, 'I'll attack Gu Chao's front, Lin Yuan, you take the right side, Zhang Tao, you take the left. The two of you can switch to attacking from behind depending on the situation.' Fang Yin instantly conveyed his battle plan, and in reality, if they were to fight, the three of them joining forces would likely be able to defeat Gu Chao within ten moves. However, a lion must use its full strength when hunting a rabbit, and Fang Yin was also this kind of person. He immediately gave the best battle plan, and after seeing Lin Yuan and Zhang Tao nod in agreement, Fang Yin suddenly moved, unleashing his 72 Road Knife Method, opening up a big gap, and directly attacking Gu Chao's front. His knife method contained a powerful momentum."

  Lin Yuan's swordsmanship was inclined to be ruthless, directly targeting Gu Chao's right side. His swordsmanship was not the 72 Routes Swordsmanship, but rather the swift wind swordsmanship of a second-grade martial skill. The speed of his sword was extremely fast, and the moves were ones that other outer sect disciples had never seen before. It wasn't until now that Lin Yuan could be said to have brought out his true abilities, as he had been holding back previously.

  Zhang Tao attacked from the left, Zhang Tao's knife method was actually the 72-road knife method, but his footwork was quite confusing, sometimes rushing to the left and sometimes rushing to the right, making it difficult for people to estimate where he was going to rush to. In Gu Chao's left face and back, he kept swaying, with sharp knife moves.

  Gu Chao was in the most dangerous situation at one time.

  Three great masters, rushing towards Gu Chao in unison.

  These three great masters are all of the strongest level under Murong Ying of Xue Shan Manor.

  These three masters joined forces, and Gu Chao was indeed unable to find any opportunity to win.

  The three great masters' knife moves had each reached a level close to minor completion, and various knife techniques were launched straight at Gu Chao.

  (Today's third update is here, explosive, explosive and more explosive, must rush to the click-through chart.)