The massive commotion instantly drew the attention of Xie Yong and the others.
Catching sight of the huge crater smashed into the ground from the corner of his eye, Xie Yong’s eyelid twitched violently. He silently rejoiced, ’Holy hell! Thank god I’m not the one facing a master of the Tiger Tendon Realm. I definitely wouldn’t have survived that axe blow!’
But his relief was quickly followed by a deep-seated worry. ’Can Brother Su actually hold on?’
Just as Xie Yong’s attention was divided, the battle on the other side erupted with killing intent once more!
SWOOSH!
After knocking the giant axe aside with a punch, Su Yu immediately changed his move. The muscles on his right arm bulged as he formed a knife-hand, striking straight for Feng Dakui’s thick throat!
The counter-attack was incredibly swift, its timing executed to absolute perfection!
At the same time, Lin Wanzhu made a stroke of genius!
She moved silently, using the cover of Su Yu’s frontal assault to leap like a phantom behind Feng Dakui, delivering a fatal palm strike toward her opponent!
The palm strike carried the force of a landslide, its momentum astonishing. If it landed, even a Tiger Tendon expert would be severely injured!
Faced with their flawless and deadly pincer attack, a savage glint flashed across Feng Dakui’s beefy face, yet he showed no sign of panic.
"Get the hell off me!"
Along with a deafening roar, Feng Dakui displayed a terrifying flexibility that completely defied his massive frame.
He gripped the end of the axe handle with both hands, and the thick Tiger Tendons in his waist and abdomen suddenly erupted with power!
Using the torque from his waist, he violently ripped the door-sized decorative axe up from the ground. It then swung like a black full moon, executing a domineering Sweeping Thousand Armies at the two of them!
CLANG!!!
Sparks flew as the ear-piercing screech of metal on metal echoed through the canyon!
Su Yu’s fist smashed against the wide, flat side of the sweeping axe, and a brutal rebound force characteristic of the Tiger Tendon Realm surged toward him like a tidal wave. Su Yu felt a slight numbness in his arm and used the momentum to slide back about ten feet, landing steadily.
Behind Feng Dakui, the moment Lin Wanzhu saw the axe blade tearing through the air toward her, she unhesitatingly retracted her palm strike. Tapping her feet on the ground, she shot backward like a startled swallow!
She was no monster like Su Yu; she would never dare to block a full-powered sweep from a Tiger Tendon expert head-on.
"Hoo—"
Feng Dakui held the axe in one hand and exhaled a puff of hot, white air. His small eyes were fixed on Su Yu, a bloodthirsty fanaticism spreading across his face.
"Kid! You’ve got some real fucking skill! Judging by the depth of your Qi and Blood, you’re at most in the early Ape Tendon Realm, yet you can take a full-force blow from me?"
When Martial Artists of the Muscle Forging Realm clashed, their Great Tendons were hidden beneath flesh and blood, making them impossible to see directly. One could only make a rough judgment based on the eruption of their Qi and Blood.
Su Yu’s Qi and Blood had only just entered the Muscle Forging stage. Even with his deep foundation, in Feng Dakui’s eyes, he was at most in the early Ape Tendon Realm.
However, if this fierce bandit knew that Su Yu had only broken through to Muscle Forging a few days ago, he would likely be stunned.
"What I love most is chopping arrogant geniuses like you into meat paste, one slice at a time! Hahaha! Kid, give me a good time!"
With a savage laugh, the sinews on Feng Dakui’s arms bulged. He took the initiative, dragging his great decorative axe and charging at Su Yu like a crazed wild boar!
Faced with this overwhelming power, Su Yu’s expression was as calm as a placid lake, but the heart in his chest began to pound uncontrollably!
He was excited! He was eager!
Ever since his strength had soared, nearly all his battles had been one-sided victories. It had been far too long since he had experienced the thrill of a down-and-dirty fight on the razor’s edge of danger!
Now, facing a Tiger Tendon Realm expert, this was exactly the kind of satisfying battle he craved!
BOOM!
In the next instant, the two furious figures collided in the canyon like a pair of meteorites!
Feng Dakui wielded his great decorative axe in an impenetrable flurry—cleaving, hacking, swiping, pulling... Each strike was wrapped in a suffocating, pitch-black Gang Wind, its power fierce and tyrannical!
As for Su Yu, he pushed the power of his Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape Fist to its absolute limit. With his Fist Technique at Perfection, enhanced by both the White Ape’s ultimate momentum and the Demon Ape’s Evil Qi, every punch he threw carried the might of a true Demon Ape shaking a mountain!
BANG! BANG! BANG!
At the center of their clash, Gang Force raged, sending sand and stones flying! In the space of just a dozen breaths, over ten shocking craters were blasted into the hard, frozen ground of the canyon, filling the air with a cloud of dust and gravel!
Having retreated to the edge of the battle, Lin Wanzhu could only watch from a distance, waiting for an opportunity.
’Ah Yu’s strength is simply inhuman!’
’To fight a Tiger Tendon expert head-on while only just having entered the Muscle Forging Realm... it’s just too astonishing!’
’If I were to face Ah Yu, I probably wouldn’t even last three moves!’
「Meanwhile, on the other battlefield.」
Xie Yong caught a glimpse of the earth-shattering battle on Su Yu’s side, and his heart filled with ever-growing shock.
’Good kid! He actually managed to pin down that Tiger Tendon Realm expert!’
Xie Yong was pleasantly surprised. As long as Su Yu could hold on for a little longer, they could secure a decisive victory on their end!
"Hahaha! Brother Su is truly young and promising!"
Xie Yong’s spirits soared. His Qi and Blood surged wildly as he executed a Fierce Tiger Rips Out the Heart, driving the struggling Feng Yuncheng into a desperate situation. He roared loudly:
"Brother Yu! Don’t hold back anymore! Let’s take down this Feng Yuncheng quickly! This battle is ours to win!"
Beside him, turbulent waves were also crashing in Yu Fujiu’s eyes.
He had thought Su Yu was using his full strength when they fought, but he never expected the kid to have hidden such terrifying combat power!
’Can’t drag this out any longer! Time to take him down!’
A look of grim determination flashed in Yu Fujiu’s eyes. He let out a sudden, explosive shout as the great dragon-like muscle along his spine tensed to its absolute limit, and his Qi and Blood erupted like a volcano.
A blinding, blood-red layer of Gang Qi suddenly appeared on his right palm as he unleashed the most insidious killing move from his signature technique, the Mountain-Toppling Tablet-Shattering Hand.
Heart-Shattering Seal!
"Kill!"
Yu Fujiu’s figure moved like a great roc spreading its wings. He leaped several dozen feet, arriving at the center of Xie Yong and Feng Yuncheng’s fight in a flash and viciously thrust out his palm!
Seeing this, Xie Yong also roared, "Take him down!"
The attack in his hands grew even fiercer as he thrust toward Feng Yuncheng’s chest.
However, in the next second, the unexpected happened!
BOOM!
A dull crack of breaking bones was heard!
Yu Fujiu’s insidious Heart-Shattering Seal didn’t strike Feng Yuncheng. Instead, it bizarrely changed direction mid-air and slammed into the back of the unsuspecting Xie Yong, directly over his heart!
"Ah!"
Xie Yong’s whole body stiffened as he let out a blood-curdling scream. His eyes bulged in utter horror as he felt a vicious Gang Force instantly shred the fascia in his back and damage his internal organs!
He staggered, spewing blood, and nearly collapsed to the ground.
Across from him, a savage grin had already appeared on Feng Yuncheng’s face. As if he had expected this all along, he activated his Gang Force and viciously landed a whip kick on Xie Yong’s unguarded chest!
CRACK!
His sternum shattered!
Caught in a pincer attack by two experts of the same Realm, Xie Yong was instantly and grievously wounded, no matter how resilient he was!
Fortunately, at the brink of life and death, he tapped into the deep reserves of an Ape Tendon expert.
Enduring the excruciating pain of his shattered organs, he used the force of Feng Yuncheng’s kick and the power from the Great Tendons in his legs to instantly put distance between himself and the two of them.
"Pfft... Waaah!"
Xie Yong clutched his caved-in chest, spitting out three large mouthfuls of blood in a row. He raised his head in disbelief, glaring at the hands-behind-his-back Yu Fujiu with eyes that seemed ready to split from their sockets.
"Yu... Yu Fujiu! You... you... you actually betrayed us?"
"Heh heh, Brother Xie, you seem surprised?"
Yu Fujiu slowly stroked his goatee, his face a mask of smug satisfaction.
This backstabbing betrayal had instantly and completely reversed the course of the entire battle!
He glanced at the distant battle. Seeing Su Yu fighting fiercely with Feng Dakui, he couldn’t help but feel a wave of lingering fear.
’Damn it, so this Su Yu really is that strong. No wonder he dared to propose such a plan.’
’If I hadn’t turned on them, he might have actually succeeded!’
"Jye jye jye! Xie Yong, weren’t you just shouting about how you were sure to win? Why aren’t you so arrogant now? Get up and take me down!"
Feng Yuncheng spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and looked at Xie Yong with a face full of mockery.
Hearing this taunt, Xie Yong was overcome with anger and shame. He coughed up another large mouthful of blood and roared in despair:
"Yu Fujiu! You, the esteemed Patriarch of a Linyuan City family, are secretly colluding with the Wind Evil Stronghold? Damn it, when we agreed to take Tiger Leap Gorge, was it you who leaked the information beforehand?"
"Brother Xie, you’re as sharp as they say for a man who’s traveled far and wide. You figured it out in one guess. Of course, it was I who leaked the information." Yu Fujiu looked at Xie Yong with cold sarcasm, as if gazing at a pitiful ant.
"But then again, you brought this on yourself. My original target, along with the Wind Evil Stronghold, was only the White Ape Caravan. You were the one who shamelessly insisted on joining... Since you wanted to deliver yourself to me on a silver platter, I naturally wasn’t going to refuse!"
Hearing these words, which were more cutting than any blade, Xie Yong’s heart plunged into an icy abyss.
’Damn it. So I really did walk right into my own grave.’
’Now that Yu Fujiu has admitted even this, he clearly plans to kill me to silence me.’
’I’ve taken two vicious blows from them and I’m gravely injured. There’s no way I can escape.’
’What do I do? What do I do?’
Xie Yong’s desperate gaze instinctively turned toward Su Yu in the distance.
The two of them were still locked in a white-hot battle. But Feng Dakui, at the Tiger Tendon Realm, clearly had deeper and more domineering reserves of Qi and Blood. Under the relentless assault of the giant axe, Su Yu had been suppressed and pushed onto the defensive, forced to do nothing but parry!
If Lin Wanzhu wasn’t harassing and distracting him from the periphery, Su Yu would have likely been cleaved in two by that door-sized axe long ago!
"Damn it... The difference in our Realms is just too great!" A bitter taste filled Xie Yong’s mouth, and the last glimmer of light in his eyes completely faded.
Su Yu had already given his all to fight above his Realm and hold back a Tiger Tendon Realm expert for so long. Today, Tiger Leap Gorge was destined to become their graveyard!
On the other side, Lin Wanzhu, who had been forced out of the main battle, had naturally also witnessed the shocking scene of Yu Fujiu’s betrayal.
Her lovely face instantly turned deathly pale, and her heart clenched violently.
’The outer front has collapsed. The situation has instantly become a desperate three-on-two fight!’
She looked anxiously at Su Yu, only to see that his expression was still as tranquil as still water as he continued to fight. Her heart calmed slightly.
’Ah Yu hasn’t ordered a retreat yet. He must still have a trump card!’
"Hahahaha! Kid! Did you see that? Your accomplice has been crippled! No one in heaven or on earth can save you today! Now just lie down and die for me!"
Feng Dakui, who was suppressing Su Yu, had naturally also caught sight of the battle on Feng Yuncheng’s side. His heart settled, and he felt that victory was already in his grasp.
"Take a taste of my Raging Tiger Dismemberment!"
Feng Dakui laughed wildly. The combination of his impatience from being unable to land a decisive blow and the smugness of having victory within his grasp made him lower his guard slightly.
He raised the giant axe high with both hands, his Tiger Tendons straining to their limit. With a wide, sweeping motion, he brought it down in a furious overhead chop, carrying a destructive power that seemed intent on cleaving Su Yu in two!
The move was incomparably swift and tyrannical, its power terrifying. But because it was such a wide, open movement, a brief opening appeared between the moment the attack was launched and the moment it landed.
In the early stages of the fight, the naturally cautious Feng Dakui would never have dared to use such a killing move head-on without first gauging his enemy’s full capabilities. But now, the huge advantage gained from his ally’s betrayal, coupled with the illusion that he had been suppressing Su Yu for a long time, gave rise to a fatal seed of arrogance and carelessness in his heart!
With his incredibly sharp combat instincts, Su Yu immediately spotted the flaw in his opponent’s move.
Su Yu had been defending passively, as immovable as a reef. But in the instant the door-sized axe was about to fall,
killing intent suddenly erupted from his eyes, which had been as tranquil as an ancient well!
This was his chance to turn the tables!