Martial Saint with Passives

Chapter 156: Chapter 107: Jiang Che Obtains a True Skill

BANG!

Li Hanchuan and Tuoba Lie were both struck by each other’s fists. The shock from the Bone Forging Force sent them stumbling back.

However, Li Hanchuan only retreated five steps, while Tuoba Lie fell back a full ten.

The two had been locked in a bitter struggle for a long time, and their stamina was gradually failing.

Just as Li Hanchuan was about to press his advantage, he heard the faint sound of footsteps behind him!

Unsure of the situation, Li Hanchuan quickly dodged to the side.

He saw a sturdy man clad in armor, with sharp eyes, arriving at the summit.

It was Zhao Kang.

Li Hanchuan breathed a sigh of relief. "So it’s Eldest Young Master Zhao. How are things down the mountain?"

Zhao Kang replied, "The last of the Horse Bandits have been all but wiped out. This must be Tuoba Lie, then? Let’s take him down together!"

"Alright!"

The two immediately charged toward Tuoba Lie.

But there was no sign of panic in Tuoba Lie’s eyes.

A flicker of doubt crossed Li Hanchuan’s mind. Worried there might be a trap, his movements slowed a fraction.

He was about to warn Zhao Kang when he saw Zhao Kang, who was charging Tuoba Lie, suddenly flicker and vanish!

’Not good!’

Li Hanchuan’s heart leaped in alarm. He turned to look for Zhao Kang, only to sense a fierce gust of wind from behind!

He hastily dodged, but the gust was too fast. He was unprepared and still got hit.

BANG—

A kick from behind sent Li Hanchuan flying sideways until he slammed into the cliff face, finally coming to a stop.

Li Hanchuan was both shocked and enraged. He looked up and saw that his attacker was, just as he’d feared, Zhao Kang!

He struggled to get up, but a piercing pain shot through his back!

He realized his spine had been snapped clean in two!

The kick had been incredibly powerful.

But normally, he could have used his formidable Strength to resist most of the impact. The damage would not have been so severe.

But after his long battle with Tuoba Lie, his Strength was almost depleted. What little remained was not enough to protect his body, leading to this devastating result.

’It seems... this was all for me...’

He finally understood why Tuoba Lie hadn’t been the least bit flustered.

It turned out Zhao Kang was working with him!

And the true purpose of this bandit extermination campaign wasn’t the Horse Bandits—it was him!

"Zhao Kang, you’re too late! Your men killed too many of my brothers. This isn’t what we agreed on! You Easterners have no honor!" Tuoba Lie suddenly shouted.

"A mere Horse Bandit. You think you’re worthy of making a deal with me?" Zhao Kang said coldly.

"What do you mean?!"

Tuoba Lie’s expression changed. Realizing something, he quickly tried to flee.

But with a flash, Zhao Kang instantly appeared, blocking his path.

Tuoba Lie mustered his Qi Force and threw a punch, but his battle with Li Hanchuan had consumed too much of it. The attack had no power left.

Zhao Kang dodged it with ease. Then, using his hand as a blade, he plunged it into Tuoba Lie’s neck, instantly slicing it halfway through.

"You wretched... Easterner... I shouldn’t have..." Tuoba Lie managed to squeeze out a few words before collapsing.

Zhao Kang wiped his hand on Tuoba Lie’s white robe and then walked slowly toward Li Hanchuan.

At that moment, with his spine broken, Li Hanchuan was dragging himself forward with his hands, moving with great difficulty.

"To think that the great number one expert of Lin Yuan City, Gang Leader Li Hanchuan, would be crawling on the ground like a dog!" Zhao Kang couldn’t help but sneer at the sight.

Li Hanchuan said nothing and kept crawling. But when he reached the edge, he found himself at the brink of a cliff!

"Go on, crawl! Why have you stopped?" Zhao Kang taunted.

He advanced slowly, about to end Li Hanchuan’s life, when a figure suddenly flashed in front of him, flinging a cloud of green powder at him.

He quickly shut his eyes and dodged. When he looked again, Li Hanchuan was gone!

THUD—

Then came the sound of something heavy hitting the ground!

Zhao Kang, alarmed and suspicious, went to the cliff’s edge and looked down.

The cliff was several hundred meters high.

In the dense forest below, a tree showed signs of having been struck by something.

But whatever was on the ground was obscured by the foliage, making it impossible to see clearly.

’Could he have jumped and fallen to his death?’

Zhao Kang was doubtful.

He searched the surrounding area but found no other tracks. The only possibility was the cliff.

He narrowed his eyes in thought for a moment, then decided to let it be for now.

Bone Forger Martial Artists might have powerful bodies, but they weren’t Immortals.

From such a high cliff, no matter how strong your Strength, you would be smashed into a meat paste!

He then cut off Tuoba Lie’s head and descended the mountain.

However, not long after Zhao Kang had left, he suddenly turned around and came back.

But the summit was still empty.

"Looks like he really did fall..."

he muttered, and then truly departed down the mountain.

A good while later, a large hand wearing a black gauntlet suddenly gripped the edge of the cliff.

With a powerful pull, a tall figure leaped onto the clifftop.

In his arms, he held a limp, armor-clad person.

It was the transformed Jiang Che, carrying Li Hanchuan!

As it turned out, Jiang Che had seen that Li Rushan didn’t take his words to heart.

Worried that Zhao Kang was plotting something, he had secretly followed them.

Of course, he wouldn’t put himself in harm’s way.

With his Omen Talent and the Shadow Tracing Step, he was confident that as long as he didn’t reveal himself to fight, he would be in no danger.

He followed the main force all the way to Black Wind Mountain.

He watched the Piracy Eradication Alliance fight its way up Black Wind Mountain. The Horse Bandits suffered heavy casualties, and Zhao Kang himself killed several of their Force Integration Experts.

This actually set Jiang Che’s mind at ease.

At least the bandit extermination was real.

However, he then saw Zhao Kang heading straight for the summit—the same place Li Hanchuan had gone earlier.