Chapter 119: Chapter 111: Acting on Impulse

When Xiang Rong suddenly leaped out, Du Chengfeng was genuinely taken aback.

Fortunately, he was on horseback at the moment, a steed given to him by Liu Yanran. Although it couldn’t be considered a top-notch horse, it was nonetheless a battle steed, at least with four legs.

It was only natural that four legs could run faster than two.

On horseback, he could evade the swing of the halberd, which was only to be expected.

So why was Xiang Rong so surprised? Did he really think he could run faster than a horse?

"Oh? You got a tattoo?"

Opening with some trash talk to throw his opponent off, Du Chengfeng swung the large blade in his hand, unleashing a blazing strike.

The Blazing Fire Saber was swung out, but Du Chengfeng ran even farther.

Only a fool wouldn’t run. The glowing tattoos on Xiang Rong’s body were clearly suspicious, not to mention the absurdly ridiculous halberd he held—though Du Chengfeng hadn’t clearly seen the halberd from a distance before, getting closer now made him realize what a brutal monster it was.

The halberd’s shaft, wrapped in red silk, was a gruesomely long nine-foot spine, and at the top of the spine sprouted two skulls, one spitting out the horizontal blade of the halberd, the other lifting its head to reveal the halberd’s sharp tip.

Unlike the halberds Du Chengfeng had seen in the armory, both blades of this halberd were like rare treasure swords, chilling to the bone with just a glance.

Rather than a weapon, this seemed more like a piece of art, though a bloody piece at that, with a design too cruel and bloody no matter how one looked at it.

"What a fierce weapon!"

Du Chengfeng couldn’t help but exclaim with admiration.

It was his first time seeing a weapon crafted in such a way, with an arrogant and ferocious design that was as cool as a video game weapon skin.

Truly amazing, really impressive. No man could resist such a mighty halberd.

Honestly, I really want it.

"Ha!"

Turning his horse around, Du Chengfeng, who initially intended to flee, suddenly turned back.

The horse’s relentless charge was even faster than when he was escaping!

"???"

Just as Xiang Rong swung the halberd to shatter the blazing blade light, he was preparing to pursue when he saw the opponent riding back towards him.

Xiang Rong’s mind went momentarily blank.

He could understand the opponent running away; after all, they had never faced each other head-on before, and the creature wielding the fire blade clearly feared him—but now, that creature seemed to have suddenly changed his mind, daring to charge straight at him!

Had this creature gone mad? How dare he charge at me!

"Courting death!"

Xiang Rong hefted the halberd, forceful as ever, intent on sacrificing this creature on the spot to his divine weapon!

Even though the creature in front of him could consume tigers and wolves, after this slaughter, he had honed a will strong enough to alter reality!

Yet just as the Overlord Halberd and the blazing blade were about to collide.

Xiang Rong’s vision suddenly caught a glint of cold light hidden behind the blazing blade.

"Despicable!"

His left hand slapped his waist, and the Hundred-refined Soft Sword hidden in his belt rang out as it unsheathed, the pliant refined steel twisting like a pretzel as it entangled the flying, dull-edged heavy sword.

This dull-edged heavy sword, Xiang Rong was all too familiar with. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

This was clearly Ruan Shantao’s personal weapon.

It seems this sneaky trick was intended to avenge Ruan Shantao with this weapon?

How unfortunate, such a move was meaningless.

"Buzz—"

With his right hand, Xiang Rong’s Overlord Halberd confronted the blazing blade, while his left hand with the Hundred-refined Soft Sword had already risen, overflowing with Evil Qi gathered on the blade, enough to split mountains and rocks!

But that sword-wielding left hand never swung down.

Simply because, a large hand had already clamped down on his wrist.

"Wha..."

Only then did Xiang Rong realize, that what clashed with the Overlord Halberd was merely a Blazing Fire Saber.

And the one wielding the saber had already closed in under the cover of the flame!

The long halberd easily smashed the blazing blade in midair, but another large hand had grabbed onto Xiang Rong’s collar.

This position was all too familiar to Xiang Rong; it was clearly the most popular wrestling move, Bok, on the prairie!

"Heh!"

Letting out a breath and making a sound, Xiang Rong sank to brace his horse.

Indeed, he admitted, the opponent’s quick-wittedness at abandoning the saber to close in at a critical moment was commendable, but to him, someone who had honed a tough will, what could it count as?

A tough will can alter reality!

"Hey!"

Just as the creature prepared to flip him over with strength, Xiang Rong also exerted a sudden force, the feathers tattooed on him bursting out with dazzling light, turning him momentarily into a being with incredible strength!

Then, the world spun.

Xiang Rong found himself flying.

Even as his body slammed into the ground, Xiang Rong still couldn’t comprehend what had just happened. Despite his will being so strong, despite his force capable of altering reality, why, why...

"An old bag of bones, wrestling with me."

Locking down Xiang Rong’s arms with both hands, Du Chengfeng couldn’t help but examine his own robust arms, then look at Xiang Rong’s frame, which only showed traces of training.

He could only think, this old fool must have lost his mind.