Eternal Saber-Chapter 300 - 24: The Great Battle

At a diagonal from the Shadow Tower, there was a wonton stall.

The stall owner seemed quite old, hunching his back, wearing a filthy hat stained with spots, his hands trembling as he boiled wonton.

There weren’t many customers around, just three people; two sat at low tables, while another ate standing, holding a bowl of wontons.

Just now, several hidden weapons flew from this direction!

And judging from the speed and force of those hidden weapons, these three hermits had relatively low cultivation, likely only at the Fifth Grade.

After the three customers launched the hidden weapons, they believed Chen Tang was bound to die.

But in the blink of an eye, a fierce gale swept forward.

A mass of shadow rolled to the front, suddenly unfurling like a fierce tiger descending the mountain, bursting with an astonishing aura!

"Not good!"

"This person can still charge out?"

The three customers were shocked, and without time to think, each reached for the weapon on their body.

Thud!

A muffled sound.

The moment one of them grasped the hidden saber at his waist, Chen Tang’s fist had already struck his chest, producing a muffled sound like a drum being beaten.

With just one punch, he was sent flying!

Another raised his wrist, preparing to unleash a hidden weapon concealed in his sleeve, but Chen Tang raised his hand, grabbed the man’s joint, and forcefully twisted it!

Crack!

The wrist bone immediately fractured!

Chen Tang’s arm exerted force, using the wrist joint as a pivot, shaking him gently, and the man’s body uncontrollably flew out, heavily hitting a nearby stone pillar and sliding down slowly.

Bang!

The third customer, who had just grabbed several hermit darts, was kicked away by Chen Tang!

When they landed, the three customers were already corpses!

Previously, on the arch bridge when facing a lower concealment assassination, Chen Tang had easily killed all the hermits who attacked.

But in reality, he hadn’t used his full strength.

At this moment, facing many Middle Concealment assassins, Chen Tang dared not be careless, holding nothing back, unleashing killing moves!

With these hermits, even the slightest hesitation, could lead to eternal doom.

A few hermits glanced at the nearby, unmoving corpse lying on the ground.

This person had merely taken a punch from Chen Tang, and his chest had caved in, almost creating a large crater!

This Chen Tang’s fists were incredibly powerful!

Whoosh!

Originally standing aside, seemingly scared stiff, the wonton stall owner suddenly raised a carrying pole, thrusting it toward Chen Tang’s face!

At the same time, the stall owner’s hand forcefully snapped the carrying pole, revealing a weapon resembling a hidden staff inside, as one end suddenly shot out a sharp spearhead!

This was also one of the hermits’ weapons, the hidden staff.

This weapon is much harder to master and cultivate than the hidden saber.

Generally, it’s made of a bamboo staff or forged from iron ore into a vertical pole, with a hollow interior that can hide weapons like chains or long spears.

Normally, when not revealed, the hidden staff can also serve as an accupoint striking weapon for attacks!

This person’s attack was sudden, and the hidden staff flew through the air with a hissing sound!

This is a Fourth Grade hermit, clearly having cultivated inner qi!

In the instant the stall owner attacked, his back straightened, his hands no longer shook, his eyes sharp, and he exuded a murderous aura!

When Chen Tang first struck, he had already noticed him.

This stall owner wore a hat that conveniently covered the temples on both sides, clearly intending to hide his cultivation as a Fourth Grade Martial Artist. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Bring it on!"

Chen Tang’s eyes shone brightly, suddenly extending his palm, gripping the stabbing hidden staff in a flash!

The stall owner’s full-force attack, the hidden staff was held by Chen Tang single-handedly, unable to advance, motionless, as if locked by iron!

"Hmm?"

The stall owner’s heart was shocked.

"Let go!"

Chen Tang uttered a quiet shout.

Before the stall owner could react, he felt an irresistible force coming from the handled end, threatening to take his hidden staff!

The stall owner hurriedly gripped the hidden staff with both hands.

Yet the force was so great that the stall owner lost control, his feet leaving the ground, crashing towards Chen Tang.

"Here you go!"

Getting close, the stall owner sneered, releasing his grip, letting Chen Tang take the hidden staff.

Simultaneously, the stall owner freed his hands, from which a set of hand armor hooks sprang out, reflecting a cold gleam, slashing towards Chen Tang’s face!

Appearing passive moments ago, he had in fact acted in sync with the flow.

Moving close, letting Chen Tang seize the hidden staff, at such a distance, the staff was too long to be wielded.

This meant Chen Tang could only fend off with one hand.

And on his wrist, he had hand armor hooks, a hermit’s melee weapon!

"Hmph!"

Chen Tang snorted coldly, adapting to changing situations, raising his hand with a splitting fist, striking towards the stall owner’s face!

Roar!

On the street, a tiger’s roar resounded, arresting the soul!

In the stall owner’s eyes, Chen Tang seemed to vanish, replaced with a menacing fierce tiger, swooping in!

It’s the Divine Realm Tiger Subduing Fist!

The fist technique reached this level reveals its frightening power not just by enhancing strength, but by impacting the spirit.

Those with weaker resolve or a trace of timidity would succumb to it!

The stall owner, in fright, tried to cross his arms, positioning the hand armor hooks in front to block Chen Tang’s punch.

But Chen Tang’s punching speed was too swift, too fierce!

Moreover, just when the stall owner’s arms were almost positioned in front, Chen Tang’s arm suddenly extended by an inch, exploiting the fleeting opening, driving into the opening at the chest!

Crack!

A splitting fist from Chen Tang struck squarely on the stall owner’s face.

With just a punch, the stall owner’s head was nearly crushed.

In an instant, it was blood and flesh, unrecognizable!

Beside him, gusts of strange wind blew.

Many hermits had not yet arrived, but the hidden weapons had.

After the splitting fist, Chen Tang followed through with a grab, seizing the stall owner’s collar to guard in front, his posture lowering, crouching behind.

Thwack thwack thwack!

A series of sounds as hidden weapons embedded into flesh rose.

In a blink, the stall owner’s body was turned into a sieve, riddled with holes, killed on the spot!

Swish!

A flash of cold light, a hermit had silently moved behind and stabbed a knife at Chen Tang’s back.

Without turning his head, Chen Tang threw the hidden staff he had just seized in reverse.

Plunk!

The hidden staff, lagging yet arriving first, shot instantly into the person’s forehead, nailing him dead!

Chen Tang picked up the hidden saber from the hands of the person, tossed the stall owner’s corpse aside, then moved, seizing the chance as numerous hermits hadn’t encompassed him, darting into a nearby alley.

Floating in the East Sea for three months, cultivating the Giant Demon Breathing Technique, reaching the upper Fifth Grade, he had yet to ascertain just how far his strength had grown and whether he could stand against a Fourth Grade Martial Artist.

The encounter with the stall owner just now gave him a vague sense of judgment.

Against normal Fourth Grade Martial Artists, in terms of strength, he wouldn’t be at a disadvantage.

Using his martial arts and numerous combat techniques, killing ordinary Fourth Grade Martial Artists wasn’t difficult.

However, without using the Entering the Divine State ability, instantly killing a Fourth Grade wasn’t realistic.

Furthermore, among Fourth Grade Martial Artists, the inner qi cultivation varied.

More importantly, Fourth Grade Martial Artists stimulate the Nine Apertures with inner qi, drastically improving sensory response ability; without using Entering the Divine State, killing a Fourth Grade would indeed be troublesome.

The stall owner after all was aging, his declining qi and blood irreversible, diminishing his reactions.

In close combat, his spirit got captured by the Divine Realm Tiger Subduing Fist, draining his courage; his movements slowed, and that’s how he got killed by a punch from Chen Tang!