Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 342 - 328: Qi Flow Transformation! Breakthrough!

Chapter 342: Chapter 328: Qi Flow Transformation! Breakthrough!

Thud!

Thud!

Thud!

Thud!

Just as Zheng Poyue was contemplating how to explain to the Wen Family that Wen Rulie had died by his own hand, Zhang San had already notched his arrow and drew his bow, aiming to kill the people beside Zheng Poyue.

By the time Zheng Poyue realized what was happening, Zhang San was already aiming his bow at him.

"Before you die, remember these words, ’Hesitation leads to defeat!’"

No sooner had Zhang San spoken than his arrow had flown from his hand.

Zheng Poyue immediately drew his sword and quickly blocked the arrow shot by Zhang San, while his left hand turned Qi into a shield in front of his face.

For a moment, Zheng Poyue, known as one of the Four Young Masters of the Capital famous for his archery, had to cautiously defend against Zhang San’s onslaught.

And Zhang San, never known to be skilled in archery, was relentlessly shooting arrows at Zheng Poyue.

"In life-and-death struggles, while you’re watching others get shot full of holes, they don’t know how many times they’ve shot back! Zheng Poyue, did you really come back from the northern frontline? You don’t seem to be all that great!"

While talking, Zhang San used Baili Shenxuan to observe the situation in the distance.

Noticing people approaching, he shot them dead from afar.

In the misty jungle, many people heard the whistling of the arrows but couldn’t dodge in time, and were killed by Zhang San’s shots.

Zheng Poyue seized the opportunity and turned to flee.

Zheng Poyue could now confirm that Zhang San possessed Baili Shenxuan and that his archery was very strong.

The few arrows Zhang San had just shot into the distance clearly showed that his mastery of archery was not inferior to his own.

Unexpectedly, this guy had kept his skills so well hidden.

To continue fighting here would only be to his own disadvantage.

"Everyone, run! Zhang San is skilled in archery and also possesses Baili Shenxuan!"

Zheng Poyue knew that the only way they could possibly take down Zhang San was for everyone to first escape the fog and then rely on their numerical advantage, otherwise, they would all be killed by Zhang San’s shooting.

Zhang San, however, was not in a hurry to chase after Zheng Poyue first.

From Zheng Poyue’s reaction, it was not hard to see that Zheng Poyue was skilled in archery and had his own ways to counter it.

If he rushed to kill Zheng Poyue now, he might give the others in the mist a chance to join forces.

While these people were still in small groups of three to five, he decided to hunt them down one by one.

So Zhang San took out some arrows from the quiver on a corpse on the ground and began hunting like mad in the fog.

Many of those who had come to surround and kill Zhang San were from the Zheng Family, which was famous for the Meteor Arrow Technique; naturally, there was no shortage of skilled archers in the family.

But at this moment, facing the white mist in the formation, these people were almost powerless to resist Zhang San’s hunting.

After all, Zhang San’s Observation Skill was far superior to theirs.

They couldn’t even see Zhang San’s figure before being shot dead by his long-range archery techniques of the Baili Family.

Once Zhang San had killed everyone inside the misty formation and even walked around to double-check by shooting each corpse with two more arrows, he then met up with Hu Xingxiang, and the two rode out of the misty formation on horseback.

As soon as they had exited to the north side of the formation, Zhang San saw Zheng Poyue standing outside of it, his face filled with shock.

Zheng Poyue had previously notified the others via woodcraft making to meet up on the northern side.

But now, he only saw Zhang San alone on horseback, with a delicate and pretty beauty with him.

"Zhang San, now that you’ve lost the advantage of the mist and archery, do you still dare to come out?"

Zhang San couldn’t help being taken aback upon hearing these words.

"Were those advantages not created by you? Zheng Poyue, oh Zheng Poyue, you led people to ambush and kill Wen Rulie, the eldest young master of the Wen Family’s main house, and after I stumbled upon it you tried to run away. Today, I shall Punish on Heaven’s Behalf and bring you, a murderer, to justice! Let the laws of the Great Sui punish you!"

Upon hearing Zhang San’s words, Zheng Poyue’s blood pressure soared.

For fuck’s sake!

Have you no shame!

I clearly came to ambush you!

And when you killed people from my Zheng Family, you didn’t face the law, and now you’re accusing me!

The more Zheng Poyue thought about it, the angrier he became, and at the same time, he pulled out a huge Mo Blade from his Storage Ring.

This Mo Blade was forged entirely from black fine iron, double-edged at the front, heavy, sharp, and its oppressive aura was daunting.

"Zhang San, today is the day you die!"

Zhang San let out a cold laugh and raised his hand to put away Feng Chengying, who had been recording everything from behind him up to this point.

At this moment, Zheng Poyue finally realized that he might have been duped.

By then, Zhang San had taken out the Dragon Tongue Bow, nocked an arrow, and began to shoot arrows at Zheng Poyue frantically.

Zheng Poyue couldn’t help but laugh maniacally, "You dare use archery in front of me? Don’t you know my Zheng Family is known for... huh!?"

When Zheng Poyue, dancing with his Mo Blade in hand, tried to fend off Zhang San’s arrow assault, which was like a torrential downpour, he was taken aback.

"How do you know my Zheng Family’s Meteor Arrow Technique?"

Zhang San spoke with a smile, "Your Zheng Family is what? Why did you stop talking?"

As Zhang San mocked with his words, his hands didn’t stop shooting arrows like mad.

Zheng Poyue kept blocking them, and it dawned on him that everything this day might have been within Zhang San’s schemes all along.

The Meteor Arrow Technique of the Zheng Family.

The Observation Skill of the Baili Family’s Baili Shenxuan.

He knew the danger and still he came.

Zheng Poyue, sensing the turn of events was unfavorable, used his Mo Blade to slash out a huge Blade Gang to scatter Zhang San’s arrows, then turned around to flee.

"Ride on the horse and protect yourself, I’ll be right back!"

Zhang San told Hu Xingxiang to look after herself and chased after Zheng Poyue.

With such a good opportunity to eliminate Zheng Poyue, Zhang San had no intention of sparing this menace and waiting for him to become troublesome in the future.

However, just as Zhang San was chasing forward, he noticed Zheng Poyue had also abandoned using the Mo Blade and was stringing his bow for another shot.

Zhang San immediately nocked an arrow to his own bow, maintaining a distance and began a shoot-out.

After exchanging shots for a while, Zheng Poyue’s complexion grew increasingly unsightly.

Because he discovered that Zhang San was not only skilled in his family’s Meteor Arrow Technique but also in the Baili Family’s archery techniques.

Now Zhang San was outside of his effective shooting range, able to hit him with ease, while he himself was utterly helpless against Zhang San.

Left with no choice, Zheng Poyue could only turn around to escape to the top of the mountain.

Zhang San maintained the distance from behind, continuously shooting arrows.

In just a short chase, Zheng Poyue already had four arrows lodged into his body.

But just as he was nearing the summit, Zheng Poyue who had been persistently fleeing upwards suddenly turned around and charged toward Zhang San.

Seeing Zheng Poyue at that moment, brandishing his Mo Blade with a face full of fierce aggression, Zhang San immediately understood that Zheng Poyue knew he was no match for him, hence he deliberately fled to the mountain top to fight a desperate last stand.

With the acceleration of charging down from the mountain, not only could the attack duration from his own Meteor Arrow Technique be reduced, thus taking fewer arrows, but more importantly, the downhill impact force allowed him to possess a greater advantage when engaging in close combat.

Glimmers of gold flowed over Zhang San’s hands as he displayed the Golden Fluid Shape Refining, conjuring a Golden Body all around him.

Zhang San circulated the Qi within his body, breaking through his current realm, commencing a breakthrough!

Qi Flow Transformation! Break!

Thunder Method, Earth Fire, Blade Intent, Might...

And the Heaven and Earth Laws that manifested around him at the moment of breakthrough!

All of it converged onto the Horizontal Blade in Zhang San’s hands!

How could the man descending the mountain withstand the god ascending it?

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[Note 92]A brief introduction to weaponry

The actual appearance of the Mo Blade is still uncertain up to now, as there are no unearthed relics that can attest to it. What we can find are merely records in historical documents and books.

In the "Old Book of Tang," there is such a record: "Kan Leng, a man from Linji in the state of Qi, was adept in using a large blade. Its length was one zhang, it had two edges, and was called Clapping Blade (also known as Mo Blade). With each swing, he would slay multiple people, and no one could withstand him."

From this, we can only discern that a Mo Blade is a long weapon with blades on both sides.

Although there are sayings like "Mo Blade, also known as long blade, carried by infantry, is indeed the great swords for cutting down horses of ancient times," the development of weapons from the Han Dynasty to the Great Sui and Tang Dynasties underwent many changes, so we can’t replace the Mo Blade with the shape of a horse-slashing sword.

Due to limited information, the author will base the design of the Mo Blade in our story’s world as needed for the plot and his own research. Please note that the depiction of the Mo Blade in this book does not represent the actual historical Mo Blade.