Chapter 568: Chapter 568: Bronze-Level Assassin
Xu Xiangbei wasn’t afraid of the number of people, but the three were attacking in unison, their power stronger than a combined effort, making Xu Xiangbei feel quite challenged.
Not daring to be reckless, four Iron Gall spheres were already clenched in his palm.
With a lift of the Iron Gall, clang, clang, clang, came intense sounds of metal striking metal, like large and small beads falling on a jade plate, the sound crisp and pleasant, captivating.
Yet no one dared to enjoy this intriguing melody, even a slight hesitation meant a bloody, tragic fate, a gruesome death on the spot, decapitated.
The three bronze-level assassins raised and swung their samurai sabers, transforming into strands of lightning, forming a dazzling cage that trapped Xu Xiangbei firmly inside.
Xu Xiangbei’s Iron Gall spheres did not show weakness either, turning into a roaring flying dragon, charging left and right in the inescapable net, confronting them.
The samurai sabers continuously slashed and sent the Iron Balls flying, while Xu Xiangbei’s wrist shook, strings pulling the flying Iron Balls, changing angles, emitting a whirring sound, hurling towards the three bronze-level assassins.
The greatest advantage of the four flying Iron Gall spheres was that no one could predict their path, their trajectory; a slight distraction meant being smashed to pieces, shattered.
Xu Xiangbei felt the immense pressure, but he managed to withstand it, while the expressions of the three bronze-level assassins grew colder.
Although no facial expressions were visible, the anger and astonishment in their eyes gradually increased.
They felt surrounded by Iron Balls from all sides, from left to right, from top to bottom, slashing away only for them to come at them from behind, angles more bizarre and tricky.
Xu Xiangbei’s Iron Balls had the upper hand because Iron Balls were ideally suited for chaotic combat, four Iron Balls sketching out a sky full of phantoms, their paths unfathomable.
The four Iron Balls transformed into four giant dragons, entangling the three assassins among them, engaging them in combat.
Auntie Dai, watching TV, wasn’t aware of the fierce battle in the living room; she felt a bit thirsty, so she shouted towards the door as she had done earlier, "Young man, could you pour Auntie a glass of water?"
The four burly men guarding the frail Auntie Dai feared not that she would escape past them. After letting Auntie Dai drink water, they didn’t bother to lock the door.
Seeing no one respond, Auntie tremulously stood up from her bed and reached for the doorknob, "Who’s going to give me a glass of water?"
The door lock was twisted open by Auntie Dai, and the elderly lady was about to pull open the door and walk into the hall.
The three bronze-level assassins simultaneously picked a diamond-shaped dart in their palms, prepared to use the darts to eliminate anyone interfering with their handling of Xu Xiangbei.
The Sword Palace Assassins killed the four burly men, and Xu Xiangbei didn’t intend to intervene; those four were wicked evildoers, deserving death, but he couldn’t let Auntie Dai die by flying dart.
Xu Xiangbei shouted loudly, "Auntie Dai, don’t come out, never come out, stay away from the door."
Xu Xiangbei’s shout used the Buddhist Sect Lion’s Roar technique, like a bolt of thunder exploding beside Auntie Dai’s ears, frightening her into a tremble, falling inside the room.
After Auntie Dai fell, her old arms and legs had poor agility, tight joints, severe frozen shoulder, making it difficult to get up.
Seeing Auntie Dai didn’t come out, Xu Xiangbei felt relieved, less burdened, allowing him to go all out against the three bronze-level assassins.
The three-person Combined Attack Technique was profoundly mysterious, but after a few moves, Xu Xiangbei had already grasped its weaknesses.
As long as he defeated one person, the power of the three-person combined attack would drastically reduce.
He thought of the Chen Family Five Tigers’ Five Elements Array, the best way to counter the three-person surrounding technique, and Xu Xiangbei began to step on the Five Elements’ positions, using both the forward and reverse Five Elements’ array against the three-person encirclement.
The three bronze-level assassins felt more strained; Xu Xiangbei’s movements became unpredictably elusive, and the four Iron Balls were already enigmatic and hard to defend against; now, adding the forward and reverse Five Elements array, the assassins seethed with anger, veins bulging on their foreheads.
Xu Xiangbei suddenly lunged toward the assassin on the east side, concentrating the firepower of the four Iron Gall spheres, smashing them over, the forceful winds kicked up by the Iron Gall making it almost impossible for the opponent to keep their eyes open.
That assassin’s face changed drastically, already ashen, any further change made it even gloomier, no visible change at all.
The assassin attacked by Xu Xiangbei gave his brothers a pleading look, and the other two rushed over to assist.
But they were mistaken; Xu Xiangbei used the strategy of feigned attack in the east to conceal an attack in the west, seemingly full-force attacking the east-side assassin; in reality, when the other two hurried to rescue.
He abruptly shifted direction towards the west-side assassin, the four Iron Gall spheres quickly flew out, as fast as phantoms, making it impossible to discern the balls’ trajectory.
Two Iron Gall spheres carried enormous power, knocking the samurai saber from the western assassin flying, while another Iron Gall sphere struck his nose bridge like a venomous snake.
The hall resounded with the crisp sound of bones shattering; the west-side assassin’s nose bridge was smashed into a bloody mess, like a piece of rotten flesh plastered in the center of his face.
He let out a piercing wail, blood obscuring his vision, and he covered his face with his hands and fled sideways; though this attack wasn’t lethal, it temporarily sapped his combat capability.
After wounding one assassin, Xu Xiangbei suddenly felt the pressure lighten.
The three-person Combined Attack Technique, solid as a fortress and sharp in its offensive, with one person less, collapsed into disarray.
With a boom, boom, two Iron Gall spheres struck heavily on the eastern assassin’s wrist.
Xu Xiangbei channeled all his inner strength into the Iron Balls; each ball was like a heavy hammer containing immense power, the assassin’s wrist bone shattered instantly.
Another sharp cry rang out.
The eastern assassin’s samurai saber was smashed away, driving straight into the bedroom’s wooden door, the blade embedded vertically into the door, eliciting a terrified scream from Auntie Dai inside.
Unsure if Auntie Dai was affected, Xu Xiangbei grew worried, given that two were incapacitated, the final middle-position hand should also be swiftly dealt with.
The four Iron Gall spheres flew back and forth in a cross, occasionally twisting, occasionally stretching, dazzling the opponent.
That assassin’s sword technique was the fiercest among the three; although he was alone, he fought courageously, and the more Xu Xiangbei tried to injure him, the more he managed to hold on.
Xu Xiangbei knew it was time for a special move, his hands opening and closing, the four Iron Gall spheres converging into one, like a battering ram weighing a thousand pounds, with mighty waves of power smashing toward the opponent.
This move was both a fierce attack and a potential luring strategy; no matter which way the assassin dodged, the four Iron Gall spheres would separate again, attacking from all sides.
Having experienced Xu Xiangbei’s four flying Iron Gall spheres, the assassin, an experienced bronze-level assassin, knew that wherever he dodged, he’d be hit by the Iron Balls.
He clenched his teeth, channeling inner strength into the saber, braced to withstand Xu Xiangbei’s heavy blow.