Chapter 165: The Battle of Despair (2)

  I want to protect Li Yingying well, after all, this is what we agreed on beforehand. 81 Chinese Network. However, facing five times as many enemies as us, I still feel a bit lacking in confidence.

  My fierce attack really made the enemy in front of us retreat. I have completed the task that Li Yinyin's tape gave me.

  But then someone approached Li Yingying's back, trying to attack her rear. So I quickly concentrated my mind and launched a full-scale attack on the enemy.

  Some people say that the best defense is offense, and that's exactly what I'm doing now - launching a full-scale attack on the enemy, not letting any of them get behind Li Yingying.

  Li Yingying didn't know what method she used at this time. The four enemies in front of her attacked her simultaneously, but none of them could actually attack her.

  This martial art that has both offense and defense is really formidable. As I secretly admired it, I also accelerated my attack speed and knocked down the two enemies who were close to me and Li Yingying.

  After the fight had been going on for a few minutes, I was finally caught off guard and punched by the enemy. The force of this punch wasn't particularly strong, but it still hurt my chest, and I couldn't help but take a step back.

  As soon as I retreated, I immediately found myself back to back with Li Yingying. With no way to retreat, I gritted my teeth and endured the pain, putting all my strength into one punch, and clashed head-on with this enemy who was pressing his advantage.

  I felt like my fist had hit an iron plate, it was very painful. However, the enemy in front of me wasn't doing well either. My strength was originally great, and I was using all my might, so with one punch, I actually sent this enemy flying out.

  I watched as this enemy fell to the ground and didn't move again, apparently badly injured and having lost his combat effectiveness.

  With this model, I know how to do it now. So I gave up using my true energy to hurt the enemy and used my own strength to fight hard against the enemy.

  In the next battle, I was like a fierce bull, and whenever an enemy approached me, I directly used brute force to punch them out. All enemies who collided with me head-on flew out without exception, and then fell heavily to the ground, unable to move again.

  In less than ten minutes, I single-handedly knocked down five enemies and suddenly felt a huge reduction in pressure.

  Li Yingying also defeated two enemies at this time, and I don't know how she did it. In this way, I feel that our chances of winning are in hand, and the pressure is no longer as great as before.

  Li Yingying had time to speak now, and she said: "Don't be careless, we don't have much time, the battle must end within half an hour."

  I was taken aback for a moment, then I quickly regained my composure and threw a powerful punch at one of the enemies.

  The enemy seems to know that he can't match me in a straight fight, dodges and opens up, while lifting his foot to kick my fist, trying to force me to change my move.

  I took advantage of the momentum to open my fist, turned it into a claw, and instantly grabbed his foot. At the same time, I swung my hand with force and threw this enemy far away.

  My strength was too great, and the enemy couldn't steady himself, heavily crashing to the ground. When he wanted to get up again to fight, he was already exhausted.

  Li Yingying saw this battle of mine and was overjoyed. She immediately shouted, "Well done! Now it's one on one, let's end the fight quickly."

  I listened to Li Yingying's words and proactively approached an enemy. This enemy was cunning, seeing me approach him, he immediately retreated, wanting to pull open the distance between us. I suddenly mobilized the true energy in my body, unfolded the Wudang body method, and rushed over like a flying bird. The enemy couldn't react in time, could only make a move and had a hard collision with me.

  This time I didn't defeat the enemy all at once, but I also made him retreat by a full ten steps.

  Then the enemy said: "You are very strong, stronger than any of us. I give up, you pass."

  As I looked up, I saw that Li Yingying had already defeated the last enemy and was preparing to attack this last enemy with me. No wonder this enemy would surrender voluntarily, if I and Li Yingying joined forces against him, he would be defeated without a doubt.

  I was overjoyed, defeating these ten people, we only used twenty minutes, a full ten minutes shorter than the thirty minutes Li Yinyin mentioned earlier. I thought we had already passed and said, "Then haven't we already passed?"

  Li Yingying slightly shook her head: "There's still one last person, our goal is to defeat him within the remaining ten minutes, and that would be considered passing."

  I furrowed my brow: "Another person? Where is he?"

  Li Ying pointed to the north wall of the basement and said: "Just behind the wall, a very powerful person... do you need to rest?"

  I shook my head: "I'm fine, no need for a rest!"

  Li Ying nodded: "Then let's start now, we must end the battle within ten minutes!"

  Li Yingying's words had just finished when she heard someone laugh and say, "I didn't expect you to come challenge us so quickly. I thought the Thousand Changes Gate would take at least ten years to arrive!"

  As the voice faded away, a door on the north side of the basement opened and a middle-aged man walked out. The man had a smile on his face, but when he spoke, his tone was laced with obvious hostility. It seemed that this person was our true opponent, and our real enemy.

  Li Yingying and I exchanged a glance, then simultaneously rushed over.

  Our idea is simple, that is to speak with fists and feet, so as not to waste time. So we almost simultaneously launched an attack, the method of attack used is also our fist.

  That person seemed to have anticipated that we would take direct action, and with a flash of movement, he easily dodged the attacks from both me and Li Yingying. Judging from his carefree appearance, it seemed that he could effortlessly defeat both me and Li Yingying.

  My heart skipped a beat as I knew I had met a formidable opponent. So, I no longer dared to use only my own strength, but instead unfolded my body method, mobilized my true energy, and launched a full-force attack.

  Li Yingying also gave her all-out attack. Although it was our first collaboration, the timing of our moves was surprisingly perfect.

  So this expert couldn't remain calm anymore and fought us head-on, no longer daring to be as leisurely as at the beginning.

  It's rare to see a martial arts expert like Li Yingying and me, but this middle-aged man treats us as if we were ordinary people. He must be very arrogant. However, this time he is destined to fail, after all, we are not ordinary people.

  The rhythm of the battle became even faster under my and Li Yingying's urging, the middle-aged man seemed to have not expected that we would be so fierce, and was instantly overwhelmed by our offensive.

  Actually, Li Yingying and I didn't gain any benefits either. Although we did manage to suppress him, we couldn't deal a critical hit on him. In fact, we never even managed to land an attack on his weak points.

  This man indeed has something to be proud of. At least, he can be proud in front of me and Li Yingying.

  Li Yingying and I were both attacking with all our might, but we still didn't make any progress. On the contrary, Li Yingying and I were hit by the middle-aged man one after another, and we were both injured. If it weren't for the fact that we had no way to retreat now and were forced into a desperate situation, we might have chosen to give up.

  I was getting anxious, calculating the time in my mind. Twenty-eight minutes had already passed since Li Yingying said half an hour. If we couldn't defeat this person within the last two minutes, we wouldn't be able to pass.

  It's a fight to the death, no victory or defeat, no retreat, and no second chance. I thought of this, gritted my teeth, ignored the enemy's attack, used my body as a shield, and forced myself closer to him. I was immediately hit, the middle-aged man's fist accurately hitting my chest. At the same time, my fist also hit his chest, we both retreated after being injured, then fell to the ground together.

  I felt a sharp pain in my chest, as if my bones were broken. I gritted my teeth and stood up, just about to chase after him again, when I saw Li Yingying rush forward and kick the man flying with all her might.

  Li Yingying's kick was accurate and powerful, sending the middle-aged man flying with just one kick. However, I saw clearly that the middle-aged man did not get hurt by Li Yingying's kick, but instead used the power of her kick to retreat far away from my attack range.

  I ignored the pain on my body and chased after him at the fastest speed, shouting: "He still has fighting power, don't be stunned!"

  Li Yingying was surprised because she just kicked the middle-aged man with one foot, and immediately followed me to chase after him. The two of us were also in sync, cooperating tacitly, and both took action, striking the middle-aged man down. However, time did not permit us to continue pursuing the injured enemy slowly, as half an hour was already very close. If we continued to chase like this, we would definitely exceed the time limit of half an hour, and even if we defeated the middle-aged man, it would be in vain.

  My heart was anxious, and I suddenly turned around, stretched out my hand to grab one of Li Yingying's hands, shouted "Go", and threw her out with force.

  Li Yingying was like a cannonball, suddenly accelerating, and in the blink of an eye she caught up with the middle-aged man who had started running away one step ahead. She was quite skilled, while still in mid-air, as soon as she caught up with the middle-aged man, both fists struck out at the same time, using the force of the impact to send this middle-aged man flying.

  This time the middle-aged man was really knocked flying, heavily slamming into one side of the wall in the basement, and when he landed he had already completely lost all resistance.

  Li Yingying also fell, but the middle-aged man's body gave her a place to borrow strength and it wasn't serious. I went up to take a look at the middle-aged man who didn't move after falling to the ground, and after confirming that he had lost his fighting power, I turned around and said to Li Yingying: "We won..."

  I had just spoken a sentence when I saw fresh blood flowing from the corner of Li Yingying's mouth. She was injured, and although it didn't look very serious earlier, now that she relaxed her mind, the injury immediately showed its severity.

  I was startled and quickly supported her. Li Yingying said in a low voice, "I'm fine, don't worry." As she spoke, she took out a small porcelain bottle from her pocket, poured out a pill, and swallowed it in one gulp.

  I knew this was a healing medicine, and I also knew that Li Yingying herself was a national-level figure in the medical field, so I didn't worry about her injury anymore, but quietly supported her, waiting for her to dissolve the pill she had just taken.

  The healing effect of the medicine should take effect quickly under Li Yingying's true energy, and her injuries will also slowly recover.

  What should I do next? Or how should we change what we're doing?

  This time I followed Li Yingying to this house called Zou Lao in a daze, and inexplicably fought with a group of people. To this day, I still don't know anything.

  If Li Yingying wasn't my friend and Chen Jing's cousin, plus she had saved my life before, I wouldn't have followed her to fight with others in a muddle.

  The battle is now over, and I have no idea what's going to happen next. All I can do is wait quietly for Li Yingying to dissolve the medicine pill and tell me what to do.

  I waited for about ten minutes, and Li Yingying finally spoke up: "What we need to do now is just wait here. Old Zou should already know that we've passed the test and will definitely come find us."

  I nodded slightly: "How are you feeling? Do you want me to help you adjust it?"

  Li Yingying handed me the porcelain bottle and said, "My injury is nothing, go take a look at them. They are just testing us, not our real enemies, don't let us kill them."

  Li Yingying was referring to the middle-aged men who were lying on the ground motionless after being defeated by us earlier. So I helped Li Yingying sit down on the spot, then walked over to those middle-aged men and fed each of them a healing pill one by one.

  With the help of my true energy, they almost immediately woke up and began to operate on their own to dissolve the medicinal pills and heal their injuries.

  After I gave each person a pill, I found that there was not a single pill left in this porcelain bottle. So I couldn't help but think: none were prepared for me!

  This thought flashed through my mind, but it didn't escape Li Yingying's eyes. She almost immediately said: "I originally planned to come over and break through alone, and temporarily pulled you over, so I didn't prepare any medicine for you..."

  It suddenly dawned on me that all of this was Li Yingying's temporary decision, no wonder I was confused.

  Li Yingying's words were not finished, when Zou Lao's voice came over: "Very good, I didn't expect the younger generation to have such an awesome figure. Young man, you're called Jin Cang? You must be that Jin Cang who is said to be like a god?"

  I took a step forward, looking at Zou Lao and said: "I'm Jin Cang, but I'm not that powerful either. If it weren't for me and Li Yingying joining forces, we wouldn't be a match for this senior."

  The middle-aged man who was finally defeated by us smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true. Even if I'm facing you alone, I don't have the confidence to win. Your power is great, and I may not be your opponent."

  Zou Lao said: "You're right, even if Jin Cang came alone, you wouldn't necessarily win. However, in my opinion, both of you are true masters, and it's hard to say who will win when you fight."

  I nodded along with the middle-aged man, and then I heard him say: "My name is Sun Long, and I am Old Zou's eldest disciple. These people who were defeated by you are my junior brothers, also disciples of Old Zou. We are wanderers of the Jianghu, without a sect, only recognizing one master, and there are only us few."

  I nodded: "I understand, you are all disciples of Zou Lao, but have not established your own sect."

  Zou Lao nodded: "You're right. We have our own tasks and responsibilities, not suitable for opening mountains and establishing sects." After a pause, he said again: "This time you and Li Yingying couple passed my test, smoothly passing the level. So our previous promise will be immediately fulfilled, you can take the people of Qianbianmen away."

  I frowned slightly, just about to speak, when Li Yingying said: "In addition to taking away my junior sisters, I also want back their weapons and all personal belongings."

  Zou Lao smiled slightly: "This is what should be done. Sun Long, go and retrieve the weapons and personal items of the Qianbianmen disciples and return them to them."

  Sun Long hesitated slightly and said in a low voice: "They were up to no good before, so you should be able to return the weapons..."

  Zou Lao shook his head and smiled: "Return it to them, after our three months of **, I believe they will no longer rely on force to do evil."

  Sun Long nodded and turned to leave. Looking at the way he walked, his injuries didn't seem particularly severe, perhaps earlier he was just pretending to be seriously injured.

  Zou Lao must have also seen this point, he just didn't say it out loud.

  Li Yingying finally felt at ease, walked over to Zou Lao and paid her respects, saying: "Thank you, Elder Zou. After I return, I will inform my master to strictly discipline these lawless and disorderly Qianbian Sect disciples!"

  Zou Lao stroked his beard and smiled: "This is very good!"

  After finishing speaking, Old Zou turned around and left. As he walked away, I saw him seeming to walk slowly, but in the blink of an eye, he disappeared from my sight...