Dominating Martial King
Chapter 493 - 493 257 The Strongest!

493: Chapter 257: The Strongest!

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(Please Subscribe) Songfeng Sword Lin Shi had been awakened by the sound of gongs and drums within the fortress early on.

He hastily donned his clothes, stepping out of his room, then stood at the staircase entrance of the Haiqing Gang headquarters, gazing downward.

By that time, Long Heng had already arrived there before him.

This young master of the Long Family had a solemn expression, his eyes flashing with a hint of surprise.

“That guy, he actually came.”

After saying this, Long Heng, with a mix of delight and profoundness, glanced at Songfeng Sword Lin Shi, “It seems Chu Xisheng, this fiend, truly despises you to the bone.”

Long Heng was now the Deputy Gang Leader of the Haiqing Gang.

In the battle at the Mi Family Mansion, Jia Dali exposed Lin Shi’s identity as a traitor, annihilating the prestige Lin Shi had accumulated within the Iron Banner Gang over the years.

Chu Xisheng took up arms for revenge in West Mountain Town, defeated the county army, and even severed Governor Sikong Chan’s possibility of disintegrating the Iron Banner Gang.

Concerned about Lin Shi’s shaky foundation and ruined reputation, with his old followers scattered, Governor Sikong Chan specially invited the Long Family to join the Haiqing Gang to bolster its influence.

If this had occurred a year earlier, Long Heng would have deemed it a humiliation.

Decades ago, the Long Family had already been seeking to align themselves with the gentry, how could they then consort with a Jianghu gang?

But now, having suffered repeated heavy losses, the family’s strength had severely dwindled to a mere third of what it had been.

At this juncture, joining the Haiqing Gang, fully supported by Sikong Chan, was not a bad course of action.

What surprised Long Heng was that, on the eve of the Haiqing Gang incense hall ceremony, he actually saw Chu Xisheng.

Days before, Long Heng had realized that Sikong Chan’s grand public announcement about Lin Shi taking over as Haiqing Gang Leader and rebuilding its headquarters might be to lure Chu Xisheng here or provoke a reaction from the Iron Banner Gang.

Long Heng had never imagined that Chu Xisheng would actually come here in person!

Yet, the complexion of Songfeng Sword Lin Shi was somewhat pale.

Anyone used as bait would not feel comfortable.

However, Lin Shi still managed to control his emotions.

With a chilling demeanor, he said, “This man is cunning and ruthless, appearing benevolent and righteous but in truth, he is as cruel as a jackal, skilled in deception and pretense.

That’s how he deceived the Iron Madman brothers into trusting him without doubt.

But this lad’s success and failure are both due to ‘righteousness’!

The Lord Governor has set a trap here, as critical as striking a snake at its vital point, and he could not stay away!”

Long Heng was stunned briefly and looked at Lin Shi with surprise, wondering if Lin Shi was speaking about himself.

Speaking of ‘righteousness’, although Long Heng deeply hated Chu Xisheng and scoffed at his ‘righteousness’, he had to admit that the man indeed deserved the title ‘righteousness that reaches the clouds’.

Otherwise, Chu Xisheng would not have bothered with Lin Shi at all.

Songfeng Sword Lin Shi rebuilding the Haiqing Gang, in fact, no longer mattered to the Iron Banner Gang at present.

With Chu Xisheng’s intellect, he could not have been unaware that this place was a dangerous trap.

For him to willingly step into this dragon’s den just for ‘righteousness’, was to take revenge for the Iron Madman.

What cunning nature, heart like a jackal, posing and pretending – these words seemed custom-made for Lin Shi.

Today, in the Dongzhou Martial World, Lin Shi was no longer called ‘Songfeng Sword’ but rather ‘Song Gou’ to mock him for his weak spine and unloyal heart.

Long Heng then shook his head and thought it was indeed fortunate for him to have such a gang leader.

Lin Shi was disreputable and despised by the world; the Long Family could just replace him.

He smiled wryly, “Indeed, Lord Governor has clear foresight and an impeccable strategy—”

Just then, the voice of Chu Xisheng resounded both inside and outside the Water Fortress.

“—I am Chu Xisheng from the Iron Banner Gang!

Today, I am here to take Lin Shi’s dog life!”

His voice was clear and resonant, like thunder.

At that moment, within the Water Fortress, seventeen hundred Haiqing Gang members and eight hundred Long Clan soldiers, all had blood oozing from their mouths and noses, forced to kneel by the Sword Intent Pressure.

The entire fortress was in disarray; all cultivators below the Seventh Grade were unable to stand.

Even those like Long Heng and Lin Shi, both Fifth and Sixth Grade Martial Cultivators, felt an unbearable pain in their Divine Thoughts.

It was as if a knife had stabbed into their brains, hindering even their thoughts.

Lin Shi felt a sinking feeling in his heart, a chilliness growing from within his chest.

Not only because of Chu Xisheng’s Sword Intent Impact but also due to the supreme authority Chu Xisheng exhibited at this moment.

He was filled with confusion.

How could this lad’s Sword Intent be so overwhelming?

How could he possess such a powerful True Intent of Martial Arts?

This fellow was merely a lower Seventh Grade cultivator, yet his Martial Intent could span a thousand yards, causing him, a Fifth Grade Martial Cultivator, to feel intense Sword Pressure, almost overwhelming his Primordial Spirit!

Suddenly, Lin Shi lost all confidence.

After all, at this moment, the one hundred twenty ‘Immortal Tribulation’ and eighty ‘Nine-star’ heavy crossbows arranged by Governor Sikong Chan, along with the numerous heavy bows and crossbows, were rendered useless.

Those men, oppressed under Chu Xisheng’s Sword Intent, couldn’t even stand up, let alone lock onto Chu Xisheng’s figure to shoot arrows.

At this moment, Long Heng also narrowed his pupils in shock as he too was astonished by Chu Xisheng’s powerful Sword Intent.

He had faced Chu Xisheng head-on not long ago.

Back then, Chu Xisheng’s Sword Intent was strong, but it had not reached this level of power.

Is this the Vengeful Blade?

The enemy strengthens me, capable of fighting thousands on the Northern battlefields alone with the Vengeful Blade Intent?

He then sensed something and glanced sideways at Lin Shi, “Gang Leader can be at ease, today, although Lord Governor could not be here.

However, Lang Tianzhong, a True Disciple from Blood Bat Mountain, ‘Blood Wind Sword’ Li Daogui, the Fifth Grade Gold Token ‘Purple Lightning Blade’ Shan Zilong from Killing Tower, and Governor’s Housekeeper Sikong Pan are here.