Chapter 45 The Man Behind the Scenes

  Chirp! Chirp!

  One person flew in with a majestic aura, stirring up waves of dust, dispersing the true energy outside his body, and stopped in front of Xu Hua. It was Zhang He, one of the seven elders of the Luosheng Sect. Seeing his arrival, the three family heads were extremely excited and repeatedly called out to him for help.

  "Senior, save me!" At the same time, he turned around and pointed at Xu Hua: "That man is a demon, slaughtering many warriors of Luo City, please senior, eliminate him for justice!"

  Zhang He glanced at Xu Hua, who was covered in blood all over his body, then swept a glance at the three men. "Hmph!" he snorted, which made the faces of the three family heads look not very good. Although he didn't have a good impression of the three men, Zhang He hadn't forgotten his mission either. With a cold smile towards Xu Hua, he shouted: "You slaughtered my Luocheng warriors, what crime should you be guilty of?"

  Xu Hua didn't respond to his words, instead saying to himself: "Do you know why these three are still alive? Don't I know that someone is going to deal with me? Why wouldn't I escape?"

  "Why?" Zhang He blurted out, wanting to know why. Probably there's no such foolish person anymore, knowing they're in trouble but not escaping!

  Xu Hua smiled coldly, his blood-stained face looking extremely ferocious and bloodthirsty. "I want to know who's plotting against me. Passive defense is not as good as taking the initiative to attack. Whoever is after my life will be made to forget their own!"

  Zhang He felt a chill in his heart, Xu Hua's expression was too calm, did he still have an ace up his sleeve? Zhang He hesitated, unsure of what to do. "I admit you're very strong, but that's all there is to it, a Martial Emperor can easily kill you with one blow, I don't know where your confidence comes from!"

  "Is the Martial Emperor really that strong? Indeed, those few families do have strong Martial Emperors, but to mobilize a Martial Emperor just for someone like me? I don't believe it! In fact, you're not the only one who's come, are you? Although I'm no match for the Martial Emperor, if it's just you, then you'll die today!" Xu Hua spoke simply, but was extremely cautious in his heart. A strong Martial King of this level was absolutely not to be underestimated.

  "Haha!" Zhang He suddenly burst out laughing and said, "What a ridiculously arrogant little brat! I didn't expect that after all these years of not leaving the mountain, you'd suddenly discover that your junior is so ignorant of the heights and depths of the world. No wonder he was killed by someone!"

  "Speak out the master behind your back, and I'll spare your life!" Xu Hua's face turned serious, and he had already made a guess in his heart. Since arriving in Luocheng, he hadn't met many people with such abilities, only a few came to mind. Niu Shi's Niu Daeqi, Luo Shengpai's Young Master Gao Tianci, Mingyangpai, Chen Shi siblings... Among them, the most likely one was naturally Niu Daeqi, as their grudge against each other ran the deepest. Of course, it wasn't impossible that it could be someone else.

  "Stop spouting nonsense and let me see if your abilities are as big as your mouth, or else you'll die a terrible death."

  Zhang He made his move. As soon as he did, the thick and powerful aura that had been pressing down on them dissipated, leaving the three family heads staring in shock, silently thinking: "He's so strong!"

  Xu Hua was equally straightforward, and the first move of "Bolt Fist" was already mastered to perfection. The incredibly powerful force that was released after unleashing "Bolt Fist" produced a terrifyingly strong power that collided with Zhang He's giant palm, producing a massive explosive sound that reverberated far and wide.

  After exchanging a palm strike, Zhang He became extremely serious and was also shocked in his heart: Such a strong power, if only looking at the power, I am absolutely not his opponent.

  Zhang Heshen, one of the seven elders of the Luosheng Sect, had been in seclusion for a long time, cultivating his strength to the peak of Wu Wang. He was only one step away from becoming a Wu Huang strongman, and all he needed to do was to attract the Thunder Tribulation and cross it. His strength was also at the top of the Luosheng Sect, but at this moment, he was actually surpassed by a young whippersnapper in terms of power. This made him feel shocked and extremely unwilling!

  "You're strong, I admit I underestimated you, but you still have to die!" Zhang He no longer dared to look down on Xuhua, and even regarded him as the most powerful enemy.

  "Speak out the person behind your back, and I'll spare your life!" After exchanging a palm with Zhang He, Xu Hua had already defined his strength, which was absolutely stronger than Niu Wushu. Just now, it seemed like they were evenly matched, but in fact, Xu Hua had almost used up all his strength, while Zhang He hadn't taken Xu Hua seriously at the beginning, so in terms of strength, Zhang He was still stronger.

  After understanding Zhang He's strength, Xu Hua had already wanted to leave, but he had to pretend to be disdainful of Zhang He. Because even if Xu Hua wanted to escape, he couldn't get away from a martial king who could fly with his aura, so he could only grit his teeth and go up! However, Xu Hua also had two advantages: one was that he wasn't afraid of getting hurt, and the existence of ten Life Crystals in his body was enough to repair any injury; the other was relying on the "Life Devouring Technique" to constantly weaken the enemy's physical strength.

  Just as Xu Hua and Zhang He were fighting, the three household heads quietly ran away, leaving only Zhang He and Xu Hua in the southern part of the city near the city gate.

  The two of them didn't know how long they had been fighting, but Zhang He's movements were starting to slow down. What shocked him was that Xu Hua, despite being injured multiple times, seemed completely unbothered, as if nothing was wrong with him. This made Zhang He want to curse out loud: Where did this freak come from?

  While the two were fighting, two more arrived, one was a man with a cloak and a sword, the other was a woman in black clothes!

  After the two arrived, they did not take action or speak, but only watched Xu Hua and Zhang He's battle, as if they were ordinary passersby watching a show.

  Xu Hua and Zhang He also discovered the existence of these two people, but neither of them stopped their hands, however, they seemed to be more cautious and restrained in their actions, as if guarding against these two.

  At last, the man with a cloak and sword said somewhat impatiently: "Old man, if you can't do it then get out of the way, don't delay me from killing people!"

  Zhang's face lit up with joy, while Xu Hua remained expressionless, but his heart grew heavier by a fraction, and he couldn't help but wonder: How many people are actually plotting against me this time!

  There was also a woman in black, and Xu Hua didn't know if she had the same goal as him. Through "Life Devouring Skill", Xu Hua already knew that these two were not inferior to this strong man who was fighting with him.

  After a brief moment of tension, the two men parted ways and stood facing each other. Zhang He no longer had any intention of taking action himself, so why not let others do it? After all, what was most important to Shaolin was that this little brat died, not necessarily at his own hands!

  "You want to kill me?" Xu Hua narrowed his eyes, staring at the man in the cloak, and temporarily ignored the black-clothed woman.

  The man in the cloak looked at Xu Hua through the cloak and said word by word: "I'm going to kill you, no one can save you!"

  "You want to kill me? Are you prepared for the consequences?" The hooded man was full of confidence, convinced that he could take down Xu Hua. The three men facing him didn't share his confidence, but they couldn't afford to lose either, after all, if it were a one-on-one fight, Xu Hua wouldn't necessarily lose.

  "Hahaha!" The man in the cloak burst out laughing, seemingly ridiculing Xu Hua's ignorance. "This is the most hilarious joke I've ever heard! You want to kill me? Who do you think you are? A strong warrior of the Martial Emperor? Even if a strong warrior of the Martial Emperor wanted to kill me, they'd have to weigh their options carefully. What are you, anyway?"

  Xu Hua was taken aback, Zhang He's giant shock, the black-clothed woman also turned her head and took a close look at the cloak man, no one would take this as a joke.

  "No matter how strong you are, whether it's the Martial King or the Martial Emperor, as long as you have the intention to kill me, then be prepared to die at any moment!" Taking advantage of the conversation, Xu Hua had already begun to extract the life force from the two men, hoping to delay for a little while longer before making his move, otherwise he would not have any hope of survival.

  The man in the cloak was silent for a moment before saying: "If possible, we might have become friends... but it's already impossible now."

  The man in the cloak was also Chuiyang Zong's Zhui Feng, who had some regrets and thought that Xu Hua and he were the same kind of people, both with a rebellious heart. Perhaps without the existence of Little Shifu, the two could have been friends, but Zhui Feng loved Little Shifu too much, he absolutely would not allow anyone to threaten his relationship with Little Shifu, absolutely not!

  "What brings you here again? Are you also ordered to kill me?" Xu Hua looked at the black-clothed woman and said.

  "I won't kill you, I want to take you away alive!" This was the first time the woman in black spoke up. But no one expected that she wasn't there to kill Xuhua, but rather to save him. Whose person could she be?

  "Little girl, who is your master? You can't take him away!" Zhang He asked with a murderous aura in his eyes.

  "I thought you were here to kill him too! I didn't expect you'd be saving him. Originally, I don't kill women, but it seems like I'll have to make an exception today!" The hooded man's eyes also flashed with a murderous intent.

  The woman in black cut off the cloak man and said, "Are you very strong? I didn't see it!" Then she turned to Xu Hua and said, "I'll help you block him, and there's one more for yourself. If you don't hurry up and solve him, more people will come later and you won't be able to leave."

  Xu Hua knew she was right, although she didn't know who was behind her or what purpose he served, but the top priority now was to kill this person.

  "Go die! I think your strength is less than half of its peak!" After fighting with Zhang for so long, it was all about exhausting him to death. At this moment, Zhang's body had lost more than half of his life energy, and with his tired body, he couldn't even exert the strength of his prime. It could be said that Xu Hua was now stronger than him!

  Zhang felt a chill in his heart, but still fought with Xu Hua. At the same time, the man in the cloak and the woman in black also engaged in combat, both of them were swordsmen, seemingly excited to have met their match like chess players encountering a worthy opponent.

  Clang, clang!

  After several rounds of fighting, the two were evenly matched and neither could gain the upper hand. As they parted ways, both were shocked by each other's strength. At this moment, the man in the cloak suddenly said: "You're a decent swordsman, I don't want to kill you, leave!"

  "My task is not yet complete, how can I leave? And you may not be able to defeat me either," the black-clad woman said.

  "Originally, I didn't want to kill you. Since you're so obstinate, then go die!" The hooded man finally got angry as he saw Zhang He, who was fighting with Xu Hua, being constantly pushed back.

  "Come on!"