The Nine Cauldrons
chapter-120

As Meng Tian encountered this fierce spear that could pierce a hole in the heavens, he responded with a simple slash downward.

Whew!

The demonic-looking blood-red saber flashed again, making a clang sound. Meng Tian borrowed force from the spear and pounced toward the Black Armored Soldiers who were fighting in the backyard. "Haha!" He guffawed and he hacked toward the Centurion Du Hong with his blood-red saber. Du Hong's facial expression changed. He couldn't stop with his long spear.

"Whew!"

In the dark night, a beam of light shot through the sky. Teng Qingshan stared at Meng Tian and hurled a flying knife with his left hand.

The speed of flying knife was so fast that Meng Tian's expression changed slightly.

"Clang!" Meng Tian's Blood Moon Saber immediately turned and blocked the flying knife.

"Du Hong, finish the fight as soon as possible! Kill all of them!" Teng Qingshan roared and pounced toward Meng Tian like a fierce tiger. The long spear in his hands shone coldly pierced toward Meng Tian.

"Yes! Lord Lieutenant!" Du Hong answered loudly and immediately shouted, "Brothers, kill them all!"

Two of the twenty-two Black Armored Soldiers had collapsed.

However…

When Teng Qingshan entered the backyard, he killed the eight inner strength experts, who would be considered the most troublesome opponents, in one breath. Now, the remaining experts at the San Shi Inn could do nothing to the Black Armored Soldiers, who wore heavy armors and aided each other during the fight. They tried to slash and cut the Black Armored Soldiers with their swords and sabers, but the Black Armored Soldiers would still be fine.

However, the experts at the San Shi Inn were all wearing soft armor. Thus, how could they compete against the Black Armored Soldiers?

If they wanted to kill the Black Armored Soldiers, they had to try to pierce through the gaps at join areas or attack the face. However, those areas were too small.

"Puchi!""Puchi!""Puchi!"…

The Black Armored Soldiers split into two rows as they advanced and fought. One after the other, the opposing experts at the San Shi Inn collapsed beneath their long spears. Zhu Chongshi's several dozen personal guards also fired their arrows from the side. For a moment, Teng Qingshan and his men were winning. Many of Meng Tian's men suffered injuries and many died.

Not only were these people fighting, Teng Qingshan and Meng Tian were engaging in a very intense fight.

"Boom!"

He smashed with his Reincarnation Spear, bringing up a powerful force that caused a series of air explosion.

Meng Tian stomped and leaped up a height of three-to-four Zhang to the rooftop of the San Shi Inn and Teng Qingshan smashed a big hole on the wall of the San Shi Inn with his Reincarnation Spear.

Teng Qingshan looked up and leaped up as well. At that moment, he was like an eagle pouncing on the prey.

"Is Teng Qingshan really less than 20 years old?" Meng Tian couldn't help but doubt the information gathered by the Thirteenth Young Master of Zhu Clan. He thought to himself, "Every move seemed simple but difficult to block. The move of his spear might appear to be coming straight forward, but the direction the spear was going could change at any time. He might appear to be striking down heavily, but could instantly withdraw his spear and change the direction of his attack!"

"He's less than 20 years old, but his spear art is like the flowing river waters and emanating a majestic aura. It is very difficult to fend off his spear art." Meng Tian was slightly worried. "Which old monster was able to teach a disciple like this… I would probably be no match against him in a few years!"

Yet, Meng Tian didn't know that…

When Teng Qingshan first created the spear art, he spent most time and effort on the 'Transmutation Unity Qi' spear art. This was his strongest technique. As he pulled and twisted his long spear, he could instantly change his attack. With the Transmutation Unity Qi as the support, Teng Qingshan would never worry about his attacks stopping and giving the enemy any chance to attack.

The only technique with a weakness is the Toxic Dragon Drill!

The moment he began performing the Toxic Dragon Drill, he would lose control of his spear. However, the 'Toxic Dragon Drill' could injure even the Flood Dragon. If Teng Qingshan couldn't kill his opponent with this technique couldn't kill his opponent, then he would have no choice but to flee.

Clop! Clop! Clop!

Meng Tian dashed on the rooftop and Teng Qingshan pursued at lightning speed.

"Haha, Teng Qingshan, considering that you are less than twenty years old, I will let you go if you can block this technique of mine!" Meng Tian said out of a love for the talented youngster.

"Shameless!" Teng Qingshan shouted.

Meng Tian's facial expression changed. He was a powerful expert listed in the Earthly Ranking and an eighty-plus-years-old senior with a good reputation.

"Then prepare to fight against my 'Blood Red Dance!'" Meng Tian guffawed. He suddenly turned and attacked at lightning speed.

Teng Qingshan's eyes narrowed as he moved the long spear in his hands and pierced with the spear technique 'Pursuing Shadows.'

Whew! Whew! Whew! Whew!

Within the blink of an eye, Meng Tian's figure blurred. Teng Qingshan could only see beams of saber light heading towards him from all directions. There were sabers coming from above, bottom, right, left, back, front… Instantly, Teng Qingshan felt as though he was trapped.

The Blood Moon Dance was Meng Tian's world-renowned special technique.

He could unleash 49 slashes instantly and every slash had the terrifying power that could break huge rocks.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

A rapid clashing sounds rang and every strike produced powerful air explosions, which blasted the tiles in the surrounding into the sky.

Meng Tian stepped back and stood still on the beam of a roof.

Teng Qingshan stood on the wooden beam as well. He felt inwardly shocked as he thought to himself, "Meng Tian's speed is much faster than Little Yun. Fortunately, my 'Pursuing Shadows' spear techniques had contained the concept of 'growing and multiplying continuously.' Every move of this technique is now connected! Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to fend off his moves with a strength of only 50000 Jin.

Teng Qingshan was surprised. Yet, he had no idea that Meng Tian was even more shocked.

"Did he block my moves? He blocked all the moves of my Blood Moon Dance?!" Meng Tian sensed the blood within his body surging up and he felt like puking blood.

The Blood Moon Dance had forty-nine moves and each move was faster than the previous move. And so, the requirements for the moving speed and body shape, as well as the slashing of the knife, were extremely harsh.

"Haha… Teng Qingshan, I admire you. Soon, you will be listed in the > as well. I, Meng Tian, shall keep my promise. I will spare your life today." With this, Meng Tian smiled and dashed towards the darkness far away. However, a sharp hiss sounded!

It was a flying knife!

Meng Tian had no choice but to stop and defend against this flying knife.

"Meng Tian, I am the one who decides whether you leave or not!" Teng Qingshan flew out at the same as the flying knife. While Meng Tian was blocking the flying knife, he could see that Teng Qingshan had already pounced toward him.

Teng Qingshan attacked from above and slashed forcefully with the Reincarnation Spear!

Whew!

Although he was unable to transform the Slashing Fist into a spear art, Teng Qingshan could still use the understanding of the Slashing Fist. Now, he was like a huge mountain smashing downward.

"Rumble~~~" The spear art brought along a terrifying air explosion.

Meng Tian had just blocked the flying knife and was unable to dodge. Thus, he could only block with his Blood Moon Saber.

"Clang!"

The tiles beneath his feet broke and Meng Tian fell through the hole on the roof.

...

The men who were in San Shi Inn had immediately run out of the Inn the moment the fight began. They stood outside and watched the fight. At this moment, they saw Teng Qingshan fighting Meng Tian on the rooftop and then Meng Tian fell.

"Big Brother, did you hear that? One is called Meng Tian and the other is called Teng Qingshan.

The man with his long hair untied nodded and said, "Meng Tian is the powerful expert listed in the >. I did not expect us to witness this big fight. That person called Teng Qingshan is really powerful. He isn't at a disadvantage at all."

"I can't believe we wanted to fight with him. A fight with him would have been courting death." The guys couldn't help but feel afraid as they thought about it.

Teng Qingshan could probably kill them all.

"Big Brother, who do you think will win?" The group of men stared at the San Shi Inn. At this moment, noises erupted from the San Shi Inn. Teng Qingshan and Meng Tian were obviously engaging in a very intense fight inside the Inn.

"I think the winner will be Meng Tian! You all heard what he said on the rooftop. He hasn't performed his strongest technique because he favored the talented and gifted individuals." The man with his hair draped over his shoulder pondered and said, "Moreover, Meng Tian was able to be ranked in the >. Therefore, he must have a terrifying technique. Once he performs that technique, Teng Qingshan will most likely lose!"

The moment he was done talking—

"Whew!"

A figure broke the window of the Inn and leaped outside. He appeared to be slightly embarrassed. This person was Meng Tian.

Whoosh!

A terrifying cold light shot out of the wall of the inn. Like a wall-drilling machine, Teng Qingshan crushed the wall, making a loud boom. Crushed rocks flew in all directions. Still, Teng Qingshan kept his fierce-looking eyes on Meng Tian.

"Pu!" The light of the spearhead had already arrived before Meng Tian.

"Clang!" Meng Tian dodged.

"Teng Qingshan, you are going to die!" Meng Tian roared furiously.

Teng Qingshan stared at him coldly and said, "Show me your best technique and prove to me that you can kill me. Otherwise, the same day next year will be your death anniversary!"

Meng Tian's eyes turned cold. He wanted to kill Teng Qingshan, the performance of his best technique was harmful to his body. Therefore, he wouldn't use his best technique unless it was a moment of life or death. However, Meng Tian had no choice as he had encountered Teng Qingshan's fierce spear art.

"You are courting death!" Meng Tian gritted his teeth and said.

"Chichi~~"

Strangely, Meng Tian's skin suddenly became very red. Drops of blood seeped out of the pores in his entire body. The blood instantly dyed Meng Tian's shirt red and Meng Tian himself looked as though he was covered with blood. His entire body was red and it looked very horrifying.

Teng Qingshan wasn't surprised. Instead, he was happy to be able to finally see the true ability of the expert who was listed on the >!"

The bloody man and the blood-red saber!

"Die." Meng Tian roared violently.

A blood-red shadow instantly moved a distance of over ten Zhang. He was so fast that Teng Qingshan was surprised.

"Chi!"

The Blood Moon Saber was so fast that the air shook. The saber shadows in Teng Qingshan's field of view blurred and Teng Qingshan couldn't tell which was the real saber.

Teng Qingshan's ears flinched.

With his eyes and ears, Teng Qingshan instantly determined the location of the saber. The inner strength in his body instantly surged up violently, allowing his spear to go another level faster!

When Teng Qingshan was creating the >, he merged the concepts of the > and perfected the Five Element Fists. Because each move of his spear could stimulate the acupuncture points, the speed of his spear increased drastically! This was something Teng Qingshan normally wouldn't do, and he finally did today!

He was still using a strength of 50000 Jin. However, this time, he also used inner strength, which caused the speed of his spear to move 60-70% faster.

"Whew!"

The Reincarnation Spear moved like a streak of lightning and pierced toward the blurry red saber.

It was as though he had slashed the sky open.

Clang!

The Reincarnation Spear and the Blood Moon Saber separated the instant they touched. Both weapons had been affected and had changed its direction. Meng Tian and Teng Qingshan were both trying to dodge. However, Teng Qingshan's Reincarnation Spear had a length of nine Chi and six Cun, while the Blood Moon Saber had a length of around four Chi.

At this moment, a longer weapon had more advantage. Before the Blood Moon Saber had even touched Teng Qingshan, the Reincarnation Spear had pierced into Meng Tian's left arm, making a plop sound.