Magical Water Margin: They all call me brother

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Seeing how cooperative these prefects and magistrates were, Liu Hong nodded in satisfaction. He tried to spread his influence throughout Shandong, so that what he could do in Jizhou could also be done throughout Shandong, making Shandong his base for future chaos.

After seizing Dengzhou, a prefecture at the tip of the Shandong Peninsula, as his base, Liu Hong was closer to Japan and Shandong. He simply moved his gunpowder workshop and arsenal from Liangshan to Penglai, where he began trading sulfur with the natives of Kagoshima, Japan.

The iron mines in the mountains of Dengzhou were extremely rich, and Liu Hong immediately began to restore production in the mines. However, these iron ore ore no longer flowed to the imperial court, but instead flowed entirely into the military factories of Penglai to forge endless weapons and armor for Liangshan.

Chapter 298: Eight-Armed Nezha Unleashes Seven Treasures

At this moment, the intimidation of Liangshan Marsh had reached an extremely terrifying level. Even a group of bandits from Guanzhong abandoned their increasingly cramped base, which was being pressured by the government, and took all their travel expenses and provisions. They boarded a boat and rowed down the Yellow River all the way to Liangshan Marsh. They were then intercepted by Zhu Gui's intelligence network, which reported the matter to higher levels, and it eventually ended up in Liu Hong's hands.

Four leaders from Shaohua Mountain, along with five hundred bandits, came to join Liangshan. The four leaders were Shi Jin (Nine-Tattooed Dragon), Zhu Wu (Divine Strategist), Chen Da (Leaping Tiger), and Yang Chun (White Flower Snake).

"Oh? It's Shi Jin's sister! Come in quickly!"

Lu Zhisheng was overjoyed upon hearing this and quickly stood up to introduce everyone.

"I knew her back in Guanzhong! This kid is a hero! She was originally a wealthy landowner who became an apprentice of Wang Jin, the instructor of the 800,000 Imperial Guards, and learned all eighteen weapons, becoming highly skilled in martial arts. Later, Zhu Wu, Chen Da, and Yang Chun, three bandit leaders from Shaohua Mountain, came to attack her estate. The four of them became sworn sisters after a fight, but were later discovered by the government."

"Hey! Guess what? She's incredibly loyal! To cover for her bandit sisters, she burned down the village, forcing back the government troops, and then went up to Shaohua Mountain. Today, the four of them have come to join us, making our stronghold even stronger!"

"Since my sister has said so, let the four of them join Liangshan!"

Liu Hong nodded and accepted the four members of Shaohua Mountain into Liangshan without hesitation. Shi Jin became the commander of a thousand-man battalion, Chen Da and Yang Chun were captains under his command, and Zhu Wu, because he was a failed scholar like Wu Yong, joined the strategist group and was in charge of confidential military matters like Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng.

Just as the heroes were celebrating Shi Jin's joining, Zhu Gui, the "Land Crocodile," went up the mountain again to report: "Brothers, after killing the wealthy man in Pei County, Xuzhou, we got into a fight with a group of people in Mangdang Mountain. There is a new band of strongmen there, with three thousand men."

"The first scholar is named Fan Rui, nicknamed the Mischievous Demon King, who can summon wind and rain and is a master strategist. He has two lieutenants: one named Xiang Chong, nicknamed Eight-Armed Nezha, who wields a shield with twenty-four throwing knives and carries a fire-tipped spear; the other named Li Gun, nicknamed the Flying Great Sage, who also wields a shield with twenty-four javelins. These three have become sworn brothers, occupying Mangdang Mountain and engaging in robbery and plunder. They have conspired to annex our Liangshan stronghold. I heard this and had no choice but to report it!"

Liu Hong scoffed, "How dare this thief be so rude! Let's go! Brothers, let's go to Mangdang Mountain and take a look! Then we'll go down the mountain again."

Seeing a great opportunity right in front of them, Shi Jin, the Nine-Tattooed Dragon, stood up and said, "We four have just arrived at the stronghold and have not accomplished anything. We are willing to lead our troops to capture this gang of bandits."

Liu Hong nodded in agreement, and selected 5,000 men from Hu Yanzhuo's Fourth Army as the main force to launch an expedition to Mangdang Mountain to test the combat effectiveness of the newly formed Fourth Army. Shi Jin's 500 men would serve as the vanguard. In any case, 5,500 men against 3,000 men, the advantage was in our hands!

At that moment, Shi Jin mustered his men, and together with Zhu Wu, Chen Da, and Yang Chun, they donned their armor and bid farewell to Liu Hong before descending the mountain. They crossed the Golden Sand Beach by boat and headed towards Mangdang Mountain, committing no offenses along the way. The people admired and cheered, while the government officials trembled and shut their gates.

Three days later, they could see the mountain in the distance; it was the place where Emperor Gaozu of Han had raised his army by slaying a serpent. The three armies arrived at the foot of the mountain, where ambush henchmen had already gone up to report. Eight-Armed Nezha Xiang Chong immediately volunteered for battle, as did the Flying Great Sage Li Gun. Shi Jin, on the other hand, was full of youthful vigor, like a young heroine.

Nine golden-bearded blue dragons, embroidered with flowers, roared down from her youthful and vibrant side profile, across her jade-like neck, coiled around her fragrant shoulders, and disappeared into her bodice. These nine angry dragon tattoos were not attached to her bare skin, but rather coiled on her honey-colored skin, which was as warm as melting snow in the early sun. The dragons' eyes were red, and their scales and claws were stained with gold. With each of her breaths, they moved in the faint light of her sweat, as if they were alive.

Over the dark brocade chest-binding battle robe, a pair of bright silver fish-scale lamellar armor forged from fine steel was prominently displayed! The entire armor felt neither heavy nor clumsy, as if it were a thousand dragon scales tempered close to the body, cleverly restraining the youthful yet already full and elastic breasts at the chest, and neatly cinching at the waist and abdomen, outlining the wasp waist and wolf back lines of the girl, which combined suppleness and explosive power.

The most striking feature was her face. Her high ponytail, soaked with sweat, flew like a torch, with a few unruly strands clinging to her smooth, full forehead. Her long, slender eyebrows, like unsheathed swords, slanted upwards towards her temples, yet at the ends, they held a hint of youthful pride, untouched by the hardships of life.

Those eyes were even more dazzling—golden irises embedded with beast-like vertical pupils, their burning gaze sweeping across like a scalding blade scraping against the skin.

Behind them were three leaders, the one in the middle being the strategist Zhu Wu. He was originally from Dingyuan County, and was known for his wisdom and resourcefulness, as well as his ability to wield two swords.

The first rider on horseback sat a formidable hero, wielding a steel spear with white spots, nicknamed Chen Da, the Leaping Tiger, originally from Yecheng. The second rider on horseback sat another formidable hero, wielding a large polearm, nicknamed Yang Chun, the White Flower Snake, originally from Pucheng, Jieliang County.

"This person is Shi Jin, the Nine-Tattooed Dragon? Interesting! Watch me go get her!"

With a cold snort, Xiang Chong, the Eight-Armed Nezha, walked down the mountain to charge into battle. His face was as tender and cute as a young girl's, but his body was as strong and powerful as an adult male, no, it was more like a brown bear. This contrasted sharply with his petite and cute face.

Each of its eight arms holds a fire-tipped spear with a burning tip, a long crimson silk ribbon, a gold bracelet, two swords (one yin, one yang), a gold brick, and a shield as dazzling as the sun, covered with shields. With seven treasures in total, only one hand is free.

"Sister, don't panic! I heard that Fan Rui is dressed as a Taoist priest. This guy is probably just a subordinate leader. I'll go!"

Chen Da, nicknamed "Leaping Tiger," snorted coldly and brandished his steel spear as he charged forward to fight. Shi Jin's spear technique was learned from Wang Jin, the former instructor of the 800,000 Imperial Guards, while Chen Da learned it from Shi Jin, making him essentially part of the Imperial Guard system as well. He wielded his steel spear with dazzling skill and unparalleled ferocity, making him a truly terrifying sight.

The eight-armed Nezha remained calm and composed, wielding his Fire-Tipped Spear with one hand, dragging terrifying flames as he engaged Chen Da in a fierce battle! The steel spear danced with a thousand chaotic shadows, while the fire spear blasted a pillar of flame, the fight proving evenly matched.

However, Chen Da used both hands, which was already giving it his all.

Xiang Chong had seven arms completely free. She didn't move her other six hands that were holding magical weapons. She used her bare hands to pull out throwing knives from the shield and threw them wildly. In an instant, she threw four throwing knives. Three of them were deflected by Chen Da, but the fourth throwing knife broke through the shadows of the spear and hit Chen Da right between the eyebrows. She screamed and fell to the ground!

Chapter 299: The Flying Great Sage's Six Arms Dance Wildly (Bonus Chapter for 3250 Monthly Tickets)

"Yang Chunlai, the White Flower Snake, is here!"

Seeing Chen Da being shot down, Yang Chun quickly brandished his broadsword and came to his rescue.

At this moment, Li Gun, the Flying Great Sage, also entered the battle, throwing three javelins to forcibly intercept Yang Chun!

Yang Chun turned around and saw the Flying Great Sage with three heads and six arms, ferocious and terrifying. His three left arms held three shields, protecting his body. His three right arms wielded three two-meter-long heavy javelins, shouting and fighting fiercely!

She used the three heavy javelins either as short spears in close combat with Yang Chun, or she hurled them suddenly, catching Yang Chun off guard. Just as he blocked the thrust of one javelin, two more thrown javelins pierced his shoulders simultaneously, sending him flying and crashing heavily to the ground!

"not good!!!"

Seeing that his two younger sisters were no match for the enemy, Shi Jin had no choice but to join the battle. He rode a red horse, wore an embroidered robe and silver armor, and brandished a three-pointed double-edged spear. He was a majestic and heroic figure, charging forward on horseback like a little saint exorcising demons and monsters, or like Erlang searching mountains and seas. His three-pointed double-edged spear splashed out a sky full of blue-gold blades. Every strike was like a howling gale, splitting mountains and cracking rocks!

However, the three black iron shields held up by the Flying Great Sage Li Gun were like a wall of sighs forged in the netherworld. When the blue-gold blade light crashed down on it, it exploded into a waterfall of red-gold sparks. The ferocious beast patterns on the shield surface devoured all the frenzied attacking force, remaining completely still!

Li Gun tried to fight Shi Jin for a few rounds, but knowing he was no match, he directly used this turtle-style defensive tactic. He used three shields to defend himself completely, making him impenetrable and impervious to spears. Occasionally, he could also place three heavy javelins on the shields and thrust them out, using a shield-stabbing style with three times the force for defense and counterattack.

Even more ruthless was Xiang Chong! Her ghostly figure flickered behind Xiang Chong's iron wall, and with each step and turn, the twenty-four Cold Moon Flying Knives at her waist transformed into soul-reaping silver threads! The blades were as cunning as venomous bees biting into cracks, "Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!" The sharp sounds were incessant, specifically targeting the gaps between Shi Jin's twin swords, and tearing thin, long bloody gashes on his honey-colored arms and firm legs! Warm blood droplets splattered with her movements, instantly soaking half of her silver-scaled battle skirt!

Not only that, the crimson silk bound the horse's hooves like chains, Xiang Chong raised the gold brick high and smashed it on the horse's head, directly smashing the fine horse's head and causing Shi Jin to fall off the horse's back. Then, he was hit by the gold steel ring and his breastplate was smashed. Then, two arms swung and slashed fiercely at his yin and yang shoulders.

Shi Jin dodged awkwardly, trying to retaliate, but just as she focused her attention on Xiang Chong, Li Gun, wielding three shields and three short spears, roared and attacked from the other side, making her clumsy and disoriented, her blood already staining the nine-patterned blue dragon! Shi Jin's breathing was as heavy as a broken bellows, hot sweat blurred her golden vertical pupils, and her tiger teeth bit her lower lip tightly.

The three-pointed double-edged spear remained as swift as lightning, yet it seemed to be stuck in quicksand, its power diminished by more than half! She tried to find a fleeting opening in Xiang Chong's iron wall, but this provoked Li Gun's furious counterattack. Three heavy javelins fell like thunderbolts, smashing into Shi Jin's shoulder armor and sending sparks flying! Although they did not penetrate the armor, the immense force instantly made her entire left arm numb and her spear thrust suddenly halted!

Xiang Chong seized this fatal moment of hesitation, roared like thunder, and thrust his Fire-Tipped Spear out like a dragon, accompanied by a burst of sulfurous flames, and struck Shi Jin hard in the chest!

Shi Jin's pupils contracted sharply! He stomped his feet on the ground and shot backward like a bird with broken wings, the edge of his Fire-Tipped Spear grazing his scales and leaving a trail of dazzling sparks.

Shi Jin dodged the fatal blow, but he had no time to catch his breath, for Li Gun's ghostly figure had already arrived! Countless flying knives, like a continuous rain of pearls, came tearing through the air again, carrying a chilling intent to lock onto the throat! Forcing Shi Jin to dodge once more, he then wielded his three-pointed, double-edged spear, using his two arms to confront the eight-armed Nezha and the three-headed, six-armed Great Sage! The three fought fiercely, plunging the world into darkness, obscuring the sun and moon. Although Shi Jin was at a disadvantage, fighting two against one, he grew stronger and more ferocious with each battle, showing no sign of retreat!

At this moment, Fan Rui, the Mischievous Demon King, who was watching the battle from the mountain, snorted coldly and cast a spell. As the wind rose and the clouds churned, she cast a spell on the entire army: [Chain Super Magic - Triple Ring Confucianism - Acceleration]!

In an instant, the mountain bandits of Mangdang Mountain, covering the entire mountainside, greatly increased their movement and attack speed. They were originally light infantry without armor, and with the acceleration spell, their speed was further enhanced. They surged down the mountain like a tsunami!

These bandits were quite interesting. Each of them was equipped with a shield, and like the two leaders, they stuck javelins or throwing knives behind their shields. Taking advantage of their light infantry speed, they rushed to the front of the Liangshan troops, first throwing a dense rain of throwing knives or javelins, and then rampaging through the enemy!

These bandits from Shaohua Mountain were not equipped with firearms like those from Liangshan; they only had bows and arrows.

However, the bandits of Mangdang Mountain each carried a shield, which forcibly reduced the damage from the arrows of the Shaohua Mountain army to a minimum. As long as they rushed within range of the javelins, they could even hold up their shields to block the rain of arrows while throwing javelins and flying knives to kill people.

Unable to stop them, Shi Jin and his men had no choice but to let the rear guard retreat first. Shi Jin personally led the vanguard to fight the enemy, while Zhu Wu and the others in the central army shouted and fled for their lives. The Liangshan army, having suffered the loss of men and horses at the hands of the three, retreated more than thirty miles before Fan Rui sounded the retreat and led his victorious soldiers home satisfied, leaving Shi Jin and his three companions dejected to go and complain to those who came after them.

When Liu Hong heard that Shi Jin and his three companions had suffered such a crushing defeat, he was quite surprised. He immediately increased his vigilance and set up camp five miles outside Mangdang Mountain. Liu Hong personally wielded his dragon-patterned staff to fight the three traitors.

Chapter 300: Liangshan Marsh's Second Battle at Mangdang Mountain

Here, the three demon kings, having just won a battle, were holding a grand victory banquet on Mount Mangdang when suddenly a soldier under their command reported that the main force of Liangshan was attacking! What we defeated earlier was only the vanguard.

"Sister, don't worry. I see people outside making Liangshan sound all high and mighty, but it's really nothing special! Look at their vanguard, only Shi Jin with the Nine-Tattooed Dragon is truly formidable. The rest are no match for you or me. Now that the main force has arrived, they're nothing special either!"

After hearing this, the eight-armed Nezha remained calm and once again volunteered, carrying seven magical treasures with his eight arms to fight Liu Hong!

Liu Hong, now possessing eight arms and two wings, had his abilities greatly enhanced. He was eager to test his skills, so he brandished his Dragon-Piercing Staff and charged into battle. The Eight-Armed Great Sage faced off against eight Nezhas, leaving Xiang Chong stunned. "I thought my appearance was already quite monstrous, but I didn't expect there to be another expert? In addition to eight arms, he also had a pair of sky-covering, gilded wings?"

Without another word, Liu Hong flapped his wings and soared into the sky, hovering between the sun and the heavens. The golden chainmail, forged by Xu Ning and Tang Long, radiated divine power like a blazing furnace in the sky! Every armor plate hummed at a high frequency, spewing forth tangible streams of molten golden light. With each flap of his sky-covering, gilded wings, he stirred up raging white gales that swept across the clouds.

He hung atop the heavens, like the sun in the sky, like a demon god reigning supreme.

"call--"

The gilded wings suddenly folded, condensing into two giant golden swords that tore through the sky! Liu Hong's figure transformed into a fallen divine star, crashing down upon the earth with pure destructive force! The air was crushed by the unparalleled speed and power, dragging out a vacuum of intertwined gold and red, its end swirling with energy vortices like solar prominences. The entire battlefield instantly emitted a piercing, mournful cry of billions of shattered glass!

Xiang Chong's expression turned solemn. It was incredibly fast! Almost instantly, Liu Hong had already reached him. The dark golden dragons coiling around the staff awakened, their eyes suddenly blazing like eight burning suns! Four dragon snouts opened wide, the condensed celestial energy transforming into a continuously expanding, roaring, dark golden spiral pillar of light, spinning wildly around the staff, ultimately transforming into a sky full of stars. Beside the seven main stars, there were forty-four companion stars. The staff's tip pointed directly at the shield below, which Xiang Chong had erected with all his might, its totem beast patterns roaring menacingly!

Xiang Chong felt a chill run down his spine. This was no mere raptor swooping down; it was a tidal wave of stars falling! Without hesitation, he threw out the Hun Tian Ling, which precisely wrapped around Liu Hong's Panlong Staff, severely restricting his movements. Then, with his three arms, he unleashed a torrential downpour of Qiankun Rings, gold bricks, and twenty-four flying knives at Liu Hong, attempting to halt his destructive charge!

Liu Hong smiled slightly and used the new ability of the Panlong Staff after it was forged by the demon blacksmith. Suddenly, the Panlong Staff split into four. Liu Hong wielded the four Panlong Staffs with his eight arms. One staff restrained the Hun Tian Ling, and the other was swung open to sweep away the Qiankun Circle with a sky full of staff flowers, knocking away the gold bricks and deflecting the twenty-four flying knives one by one.

Then, two dragon-coiled staffs, one on the left and one on the right, carrying countless stars, slammed into the core of the shield!

"Crack!!!"

The loud noise in the air was not the sound of steel cracking, but the ultimate lament of Xiang Chong's bones being crushed into dust! Xiang Chong's supposedly unbreakable Xuan Iron shield was indeed powerful, withstanding a Sevenfold Heavenly Gang Slash, but Xiang Chong's flesh and blood body was not so strong, and the shock wave instantly broke the bones of his entire arm!

"boom!!!"

Not only that, the ground beneath Xiang Chong's feet also caved in and collapsed like a fragile eggshell! A massive crater of lava, tens of meters in diameter, was instantly created at the center of the explosion! The shockwave, in the form of a halo of liquid gold, swept outwards with devastating force! Earth, rocks, trees, barricades, and even distant military tents were crushed into churning, boiling molten debris the moment they came into contact with the halo! Where Xiang Chong stood, only a massive abyss filled with incandescent lava remained, thick smoke billowing with the smell of burnt sulfur reaching straight into the sky! At the bottom of the crater, lava surged, occasionally churning up a few pieces of semi-liquid, unrecognizable fragments of black iron.

"Boom-"

Xiang Chong's arm suddenly became as soft as noodles, twisted and collapsed, and he could not lift the shield at all.

"That's interesting. So, how are you going to handle the second shot?"

Seeing that Xiang Chong had blocked his first Heavenly Gang Slash, Liu Hong wasn't annoyed. His fourth Coiled Dragon Staff, carrying the second Heavenly Gang Slash, mercilessly descended. For a moment, Xiang Chong was stunned, his eyes only seeing the vast array of stars falling from the sky. He watched as the Coiled Dragon Staff, carrying an even more concentrated and explosive torrent of energy than the previous strike, crashed down! A full fifty-one stars fell from the heavens once more, raining down like a storm.

Xiang Chong's arms were still trembling with excruciating pain from the first wave of impact, and cracks were spreading across the heavy shield. He suddenly looked up—his vision was instantly filled with a ghastly white light! His ears were also completely ripped apart by the high-frequency, ear-tearing energy roar, and blood flowed from both his eyes and ears simultaneously.

Xiang Chong's face contorted instantly from the searing pain of the intense light! His hand gripping the heavy shield was too heavy to lift, and four of his other hands had missed their targets. So he used his three best hands, wielding the Fire-Tipped Spear and the Yin-Yang Twin Swords, to launch a counterattack simultaneously! The bones in his three arms cracked and popped, the muscle fibers screaming under the strain, and the blood from his split tiger's mouth instantly vaporized into a dark red mist by the intense heat! All his will was forced to resist the pure physical torrent of light and flame, but he was as insignificant as a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

The stick falls!

Light explosion!

Stars have fallen!

Liu Hong hovered above the boiling crater, his golden wings slowly unfurling, showering down a rain of molten golden divine power that enveloped the surrounding area. The destructive flames at the tip of the Dragon Staff gradually subsided, and within the closed pupils of the dark golden dragon patterns on the staff, stardust seemed to flow. He coldly gazed down at the churning apocalyptic scene beneath his feet, as if sweeping over an ant that dared to defy the might of heaven.

Xiang Chong's Fire-Tipped Spear and Yin-Yang Twin Swords were no ordinary weapons; they survived the violent collision unscathed. However, her body simply couldn't withstand the power of Liu Hong's Sevenfold Heavenly Gang Slash. The moment the four weapons clashed, the bones in her three arms were shattered by the immense impact, blood spurting everywhere as they shattered! After suffering comminuted fractures in all four arms and enduring two Heavenly Gang Slashes of the Fallen Stars, the arrogant and domineering eight-armed Nezha was knocked unconscious.

Chapter 301: The Chaotic Saint Battles the Flying Saint

"Great Sage of Chaos! Cease your arrogance! I, the Flying Great Sage, have come to fight you!"

Li Gun was also taken aback. It was too fast. The two of them had originally planned to flank Liu Hong from the left and right. If Liu Hong attacked Li Gun, Xiang Chong would throw flying knives to harass him from a distance.

If Liu Hong attacks Xiang Chong, Li Gun will throw javelins to harass the enemy.

But who would have thought that Liu Hong's speed was too fast? With one charge, he rendered the Eight-Armed Nezha Xiang Chong unable to fight! The Flying Great Sage Li Gun didn't even have time to aim at Liu Hong and throw his javelin before the battle was over.

After testing the terrifying power of his new Heavenly Gang Slash, Liu Hong began to test the coordination of his eight arms. So instead of using the extremely powerful Heavenly Gang Slash, he fought Li Gun with ordinary attacks, using strength against strength and skill against skill.

Liu Hong's eight arms were like precisely operating destruction machines. He wielded four coiled dragon staffs, and every attack, defense, and combo he launched was intricately linked.

Li Gun was equally impressive. With three heads, he could see and hear everything around him. With six arms, he wielded three shields and three heavy javelins, fighting fiercely against Liu Hong. The multiple arms were not a burden, but rather gave both of them a multi-pronged advantage in suppressing, destroying, and anticipating attacks.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!!!"

Liu Hong's eight arms stirred up a hurricane of clouds, his four dragon-coiled staffs entwined with starlight energy, leaving behind double-tailed trails of starlight in the air, like four raging double-tailed comets churning the clouds. The afterimages of the golden staffs instantly filled every inch of space! From the upper left, the dragon-coiled staff unleashed a powerful strike, "Flying Dragon in the Sky," slamming into Li Gun's head; from the lower right, the staff lashed out with a cunning "Evil Python Coiling Around," striking downwards at his shinbone; from the front left, the staff unleashed "Overturning Rivers and Seas," creating a massive wave of staff strikes to block any escape route; and from the rear right, the staff, instead of a spear, used the "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" move of the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear, silently piercing Li Gun's central opening!

In an instant, four dragon-coiled staffs rained down like a galaxy pouring down, leaving the Flying Great Sage Li Gun with nowhere to escape!

"Roar!!!"

Li Gun's three angry heads roared in unison! The three shields formed an indestructible triangle, completely enveloping her in the center, leaving no gaps, and withstood Liu Hong's terrifying offensive. The golden dragon staff violently pounded against the shields! Each attack unleashed a blinding explosion like molten gold! Each strike caused the forged iron shields to visibly dent inwards, spiderweb-like cracks spreading wildly. The terrifying recoil surged through Li Gun's three arms into her torso, causing her three heads to snap back simultaneously, and her iron-like back creaking under the strain!

However, this was only a normal attack, and Li Gun could withstand it. After blocking four fierce blows, her eyes on the right side of her head turned bloodshot, and three poisoned bone javelins—right, middle, and right—like three hellish claws, tore through the wind and surged upwards! The tips of the javelins gleamed with dark light, aiming specifically at Liu Hong's elbows, wrists, and shoulder armor seams! Vicious and cunning!

Liu Hong snorted coldly, his six arms twisting slightly at the wrists, and three of his dragon-coiled staffs flew up in response, accurately deflecting the rib-piercing javelin of the demon! The upper arm bent at the elbow and suddenly sank down, while the last two arms swung the fourth dragon-coiled staff to launch a new offensive. The offense and defense were perfectly integrated, seemingly invincible, the movements as simple as the laws of nature, and the blocking and counterattacks as natural as if they were made by heaven!

For a moment, both sides held their breath, admiring the two warriors' heroic battle. Eight arms versus three heads and six arms, seven weapons and three shields clashed in a chaotic and dark battle, obscuring the sun and moon. Liu Hong fought with increasing ferocity, while Li Gun grew more and more astonished!

At first, his multi-armed fighting skills were clearly superior to Liu Hong's, but Liu Hong's strength and speed were both superior to his, so they fought to a standstill.

However, as time went on, Liu Hong's multi-armed combat skills were improving rapidly! He even learned some of his own six-armed combat skills during battles! It was as if he were the first person to grow eight arms and the first person to try multi-armed combat!

After twenty rounds, Liu Hong's multi-armed fighting skills were almost on par with Li Gun's.

Lee Gun's guess was correct. Liu Hong's previous multi-armed battles were all drills; this was his first real combat experience, and his proficiency was rapidly increasing. Coupled with his overwhelming advantage in strength and speed, Lee Gun was no match for him and was forced to retreat.

With a sickeningly sharp metallic clang, the first giant shield wielded by Li Gun's left hand was shattered by the Panlong Staff! Countless fragments, carrying black poisonous smoke, exploded outwards like a swirling storm of black iron. Her left arm, holding the shield, was instantly torn open at the jaws, blood spurting out! The excruciating pain caused her left hand to scream in agony! The shield formation was wide open!

Liu Hong dared not breathe. His two golden dragon-shaped staffs on the right side surged forward, their shadows like two dragons playing with a pearl, tearing through the broken shield and viciously striking Li Gun's left and right knees as he staggered backward.

"Bang! Bang!"

A muffled cracking sound erupted as the two dragon-coiled staffs struck with explosive force, while chains and short sticks wrapped around her legs. Then, with a powerful pull, Li Gun screamed in agony on his right side, unable to maintain his balance with his six arms, and collapsed to the ground.

Liu Hong's third dragon-coiled staff was already poised to strike! Like a dragon swinging its tail, it attacked from the side, a golden staff aura sweeping across the sky, whipping up a storm of molten iron fragments, and slamming hard into the javelin that Li Gun had hastily raised!

"clang!!!"

With a clang of metal, a poisoned javelin was smashed to pieces, its shaft twisted like a snake's corpse. The remaining poisoned spear groaned and trembled. Taking advantage of the impact, the coiled dragon staff slammed into Li Gun's chest, causing her to cough up blood.

Liu Hong's four giant golden-scaled arms on his left side had already been retracted and raised high. The fourth dragon-coiled staff spun wildly above his head, as if pouring all the violent energy in the world into it. The blazing white flames at the end of the golden staff were compressed to a blinding star core, and then crashed down on Li Gun, whose shield was shattered, spear was broken, and legs were about to break! He directly unleashed a powerful attack that split Mount Hua!

This strike is no longer a split attack, but rather a convergence of the power of all four arms and eight weapons into one point!

Lee Gon's three heads lost all color, and despair filled only her six eyes! In a panic, she crossed her last two shields and two spears in a desperate block in front of her chest! The three heads roared in unison, trying to squeeze out the last bit of demonic power, but Liu Hong's eyes held only pure destruction. He smashed Lee Gon's last two spears with a single blow, and then smashed them into her chest once more! Lee Gon's three heads and six arms were beaten like withered grass in the wind, convulsing like a live fish on the shore. Weapon fragments mixed with blood splattered like a torrential rain, and the long hair of her three heads was torn backward by the gale. Her screams were drowned out by the symphony of extinction, where metal and bone shattered.

The enormous Asura avatar was slammed into the ground by that unparalleled force, flying backward like an out-of-control meteorite crashing through the earthen and stone ramparts of the camp! Dust and debris flew up like a waterfall!