Chapter Seventy-Three: Hard to Injure!

The Old Eunuch stood with his hands behind his back.

His words carried arrogance, filled with contempt and disdain.

Black and White Impermanence giggled.

“You want to see the King of Hell? Hehe.”

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“Get past the Impermanence first, hehe.”

The two brothers spoke one after the other, then charged forward once more.

Pitch-black chains as thick as a thumb shot out from their sleeves, one left and one right, fluttering up and down, creating layers of afterimages as they lunged straight for the Old Eunuch.

The chains struck like flood dragons, locking tendons and tearing flesh.

Sealing front and back from left and right, even escaping to the heavens would be difficult.

The’seeking life’ in the Thirteen Protectors’ ‘wuchang seeking life’ referred to these two black chains.

The previous Head Guard of the Pseudo-Dynasty’s Zhan Gan Chu Six Guards had died under these two black chains.

Black and White Impermanence became famous because of that battle.

However, the Old Eunuch didn’t care at all.

He just stood in place, and only when the two chains were about to hit him did he suddenly reach out and grab them.

An inexplicable force pulled rapidly.

The two black chains that had been creating layers of afterimages suddenly jerked to a halt.

In the next moment, they were caught in the Old Eunuch’s hands.

“Lord Derutu died a wrongful death!”

The Old Eunuch lamented.

“Derutu forcibly took the Qi Family’s new bride, Qin Xiaolian, and killed thirteen members of the Qi Family, hehe.”

“The Impermanence received sixteen copper coins from Qin Xiaolian for his life; naturally, we must go all out to return justice, hehe.”

The Wuchang Brothers continued their giggling.

This caused the Old Eunuch to shout in anger once again.

“Justice?”

“If Derutu was wrong, he should have been handed over to the yamen for processing!”

“If there was a wrong, the yamen would surely provide justice!”

“You killing people privately is simply disregarding the law!”

“Hmph!”

With a cold snort, the Old Eunuch’s hands gripping the life-seeking chains suddenly exerted force.

His seemingly un-robust body now erupted with the strength of dragons and tigers.

The feet of the Black and White Impermanence brothers had already sunk deep into the beach, yet they were still pulled bit by bit toward the Old Eunuch.

In an instant, the three were only two steps apart.

The Wuchang Brothers’ hands shook, and the ends of the chains suddenly appeared.

Clang!

Two sounds became one as the chains turned into sharp hooks.

One hook for the ghost who should die, two hooks for the evildoer.

The two Life-Taking Hooks landed precisely on the Old Eunuch’s body.

The center of his chest, and the center of his back.

But,

they couldn’t penetrate even a fraction of an inch.

The sharp tips of the hooks felt as if they had struck an iron plate.

Ting!

With a metallic sound, the two Life-Taking Hooks were bounced away.

And on the Old Eunuch’s exposed skin, a layer of metallic luster surfaced.

Though it vanished in a flash, it made the Wuchang Brothers’ hearts turn cold.

The Old Eunuch gave another cold laugh.

“How could this eunuch, who inspected Lord Derutu’s corpse, not be prepared for your little tricks?”

“Besides, even if I hadn’t inspected it.”

“Do you think you can break this eunuch’s Virginal Golden Body with just these two pieces of scrap metal?”

“Hmph, wishful thinking!”

Virginal Golden Body!

The two brothers naturally knew that the Old Eunuch before them practiced the Virginal Art.

But they never imagined that the Old Eunuch had actually achieved the Virginal Golden Body!

Rumor had it that the Virginal Golden Body could only be glimpsed by those with great perseverance and Opportunity after training the Virginal Art to its absolute peak.

The process was arduous and full of obstacles.

Once achieved, one would be invulnerable to blades and spears.

It far surpassed ordinary hard-body techniques.

In fact, its defensive power was even stronger than a Major Achievement in Iron Cloth Shirt.

It could almost rival thirty percent of the lost Golden Bell Shield.

Previously, the two brothers had been skeptical of this.

There were too many exaggerated rumors in the Jianghu.

Even things seen with one’s own eyes were hard to distinguish as true or false.

Let alone mere rumors.

But now, the two brothers knew the rumors about the Virginal Golden Body were true.

The Life-Taking Hooks were designed specifically to break hard-body techniques.

To be able to withstand the Life-Taking Hooks without a single scratch truly deserved to be called invulnerable.

But,

they could not retreat!

The two brothers looked at each other, their hearts filled with resolve.

The Old Eunuch saw this and immediately smiled.

“What other skills do you have?”

“Show them.”

“Don’t become ghosts who died in vain!”

Saying this, the Old Eunuch raised both hands.

The life-seeking chains were immediately pulled taut.

Black and White Impermanence were pulled right in front of the Old Eunuch.

But immediately, the positions of Black and White Impermanence shifted.

Black on the left and white on the right became white on the left and black on the right.

At the same time, a sudden gust of yin wind blew up.

Eerie laughter and wailing cries filled their ears.

The two life-seeking chains were like those used to tie a zongzi, wrapping several times around to lock the Old Eunuch tight.

Black and White Impermanence retreated ten meters away, gasping for breath.

Sweat poured from their foreheads, and their legs were trembling uncontrollably.

“Nine Nether Yin Wind Steps?”

“Not bad!”

“Too bad what you learned is an incomplete version!”

“Not only does it consume a lot of energy, but it also causes your blood and qi to surge; you are vulnerable now.”

The Old Eunuch was momentarily surprised, but then he immediately became dismissive again.

As for the chains on his body?

The Old Eunuch took a deep breath.

“Break for this eunuch!”

Creeeeeak!

Bang!

The life-seeking chains were snapped apart by the Old Eunuch.

The chain links shot toward Black and White Impermanence like arrows.

The Old Eunuch followed closely behind them.

At that moment, a touch of red appeared in the distance.

A red sedan chair.

Carried by two porters, it swayed gently up and down.

A fragrance wafted out, refreshing the heart and soul.

The Old Eunuch smelled it.

Before the Old Eunuch’s eyes, he seemed to see the person on the dragon throne, but it was only for a split second before he snapped back to his senses.

“Aaaah!”

“The rebels deserve to die!”

The Old Eunuch, having regained his senses, roared.

A soft sword suddenly pierced out from the ground.

The soft sword was like a snake, first tapping the lower abdomen, then stabbing the Tanzhong point.

A figure moved like a roaming dragon, first hitting the knee joint, then the Mingmen point.

The palm and sword worked in tandem, exquisite and superb!

But—

Ting, ting!

Bang, bang!

The soft sword could not pierce in.

The cotton palm could not penetrate.

The Old Eunuch glared at the woman who had crawled out from the ground and swung his palm down.

Whoosh!

This palm strike was merciless, delivered with ten-tenths of his power.

The Old Eunuch viewed imperial power as his very life.

The scene just now had completely touched the Old Eunuch’s sore spot.

The woman’s figure flashed as she dove back into the sandy soil.

But as soon as she dove in, she was sucked back out.

In the palm the Old Eunuch swung down, the clearly forward-thrusting force carrying a scorching breath suddenly caved in, turning cold and forming a special suction.

The suction was unpredictable, pulling from side to side.

Yin and Yang shifted, the palm force weighing a thousand jun.

Even though the woman hadn’t been hit directly, she let out a muffled groan.

Clearly, she was already injured.

The woman did not wait for death; she turned in mid-air, the soft sword in her hand stabbing straight for the Old Eunuch’s eyes.

But someone was faster.

Swoosh, swoosh!

Two copper coins arrived first, followed by the Fast Sword unsheathing.

Clang!

The darts were round as the moon, the sword like a meteor.

The meteor chasing the moon, a seamless coordination.

Ting, ting, ting!

Metallic sounds rang out repeatedly, like iron being forged.

Just as the copper coin darts were about to hit his eyes, the Old Eunuch closed them.

The copper coin darts were immediately bounced away, while the iron sword took advantage of the momentum to attack repeatedly.

Every major acupoint on the Old Eunuch’s body was stabbed once.

His clothes were instantly shredded.

But the person was fine.

The Old Eunuch waved his hand to force Zhao The Unhappy back and laughed out loud.

“Hahaha.”

“Black and White Impermanence, the Chang Brothers.”

“Hard to Escape in this Life, Madam Meng.”

“‘Fast Sword’ Zhao The Unhappy.”

“‘Blind man’ Blind Huang.”

“Of the Thirteen Protectors, five have come. Thief Meng must have played all his cards, right?”

“Then, Madam Meng, who is sitting in your sedan chair?”

The Old Eunuch seemed to be asking a question, but in fact, he was extremely certain.

Because he had already seen it, appearing on the distant sea horizon—

A ship!