I'm Just a Beast Tamer

Chapter 65: Chapter 63: Not Triggered! Not Triggered At All

"Who are you!"

When Fangxiang Mountain was suddenly and grievously wounded by the passerby, Jiang Zuo, the one who reacted most violently was not the injured Fangxiang Mountain, but Xu Wuan, who stood a short distance away!

Unlike Fangxiang Mountain, who had nothing to lose, the Xu Family was a Martial Arts Family from Lizhou with a lineage stretching back hundreds of years. Many of their clan members served as officials in the Cao Kingdom, holding significant positions throughout the entire nation.

Xu Wuan had been secretly aiding Fangxiang Mountain, waiting until his operation at the new martial arts hall succeeded. The Blood God Skill was indeed extraordinary, and once Xu Wuan felt the outcome was certain, he finally revealed his true colors.

To avoid suspicion in case the plan failed, Xu Wuan had even sent several of his own Xu Family members to their deaths at Fangxiang Mountain’s hands.

If Fangxiang Mountain’s plot were to be exposed, the Xu Family’s involvement would mean the crime of clan extermination.

By risking the entire Xu Family, Xu Wuan’s ambitions naturally extended beyond just using the Blood God Skill to break through to the Inner Breath Grandmaster realm.

Breaking through to the Inner Breath Grandmaster realm was only the first step!

What Xu Wuan coveted was the entire Cao Dynasty!

The Xu Family’s current status in the Cao Kingdom was not a gift from the Cao Dynasty, but something they had earned through arduous service guarding the dynasty.

Xu Wuan was once a renowned Martial Dao genius in the Cao Kingdom, having broken through to the Meridian Passage realm at an early age.

However, he suffered a severe injury outside the Northern Celestial Gate Pass while repelling an invading army from the Daze Dynasty.

Although he recovered from his injuries, lingering aftereffects remained. Under normal circumstances, he would never be able to become an Inner Breath Grandmaster in this lifetime.

That would have been one thing, but after the Cao Dynasty confirmed he could never become an Inner Breath Grandmaster, they seemed to find an opportunity to discard him now that he was no longer useful.

Many of his clansmen were removed from important positions for various reasons. Even in Lizhou, where the Xu Family was based, the number of Garrison Army troops had greatly increased.

The commander of the Garrison Army was also replaced by a powerful Martial Artist whose strength was no less than Xu Wuan’s.

After more than twenty years, although the Xu Family still appeared glorious on the surface, they were in fact on the verge of collapse.

As long as Xu Wuan was alive, the Cao Dynasty would exercise some restraint. But if he were to die of old age, the Cao Dynasty would crack down without mercy. Without even needing to resort to force, the Xu Family would vanish from the world within a hundred years.

Naturally, Xu Wuan would not simply wait for death.

By a chance opportunity, Xu Wuan learned of Fangxiang Mountain’s true identity.

To the north of Lizhou lay the Northern Celestial Gate Pass. Within the pass, the Grand General of the Imperial Court and Inner Breath Grandmaster, Hong Yangtai, stood guard.

The Daze Dynasty had repeatedly attacked the Celestial Gate Pass, only to return in defeat each time.

Eventually, they decided to use a traitor to coordinate an attack from within and without to breach the Celestial Gate Pass.

Fangxiang Mountain was that traitor.

However, Fangxiang Mountain’s Cultivation was too low, and Xu Wuan didn’t believe he could succeed.

Thus, Xu Wuan only privately revealed that he knew Fangxiang Mountain’s identity but did not expose him. Instead, he secretly offered help, earning some of his trust.

This continued until Fangxiang Mountain broke through to the Meridian Passage realm but got stuck at the second of the Five Viscera Qi Veins for over a decade, unable to advance an inch. Finally, he obtained the Blood God Skill from the Daze Dynasty.

According to the miraculous effects of the Blood God Skill, as long as there was enough Blood Qi, even someone like Xu Wuan could break through to the Inner Breath Grandmaster realm without issue.

Only then did Xu Wuan decide to take that step.

If he and Fangxiang Mountain broke through to the Inner Breath Grandmaster realm at the same time and coordinated from within and without, breaching the pass would be a simple matter, even with Hong Yangtai guarding it.

When the Daze Dynasty’s army invaded, the Xu Family could seize the opportunity to revolt. No matter how bad the situation became, it couldn’t be worse than their current predicament.

Everything was going according to plan. As long as they killed Xia Shiyuan, he and Fangxiang Mountain could ascend to the Inner Breath Grandmaster realm before the Cao Dynasty could react.

Success was within their grasp, but at this critical moment, a passerby had suddenly appeared and grievously wounded Fangxiang Mountain with a single strike.

No, this passerby hadn’t just appeared—they had run right into him themselves.

How could Xu Wuan not be filled with a mixture of shock and rage?

"My good sir, these two are vicious fiends! They’re planning to slaughter everyone in Lizhou City and commit a monstrous crime! I implore you, please lend me your aid!"

Xia Shiyuan, on the other hand, was overjoyed and shouted this out at the top of his lungs.

When Xu Wuan attacked, siding with Fangxiang Mountain, Xia Shiyuan’s heart had sunk.

With the two of them teamed up, he faced certain death, and the people of Lizhou City would not be able to escape disaster either.

Who would have known that just when all hope seemed lost, a passerby would suddenly emerge from the side of the road and grievously injure Fangxiang Mountain with a casual strike?

Xia Shiyuan could guarantee that in all his decades of life, he had never felt as exhilarated as he did at this moment.

"Fangxiang Mountain, don’t hesitate! Activate the Blood Frenzy Technique immediately! We’ll join forces and kill this man first! Otherwise, after tonight, there will be no burial place left for us!"

Xu Wuan roared at Fangxiang Mountain.

Jiang Zuo’s punch had blasted a bloody hole through Fangxiang Mountain’s chest. A normal person would be either dead or completely immobilized.

But Fangxiang Mountain’s face was merely pale; he hadn’t lost his ability to fight.

For one, after opening the Five Viscera Qi Veins, a Martial Artist’s body formed a great circulatory system. Their power flowed endlessly, and their Life Force and recovery abilities became extremely strong.

Secondly, the Blood God Skill had extraordinary effects. As long as his Blood Qi wasn’t depleted, he wouldn’t die instantly.

And Fangxiang Mountain had just performed a blood sacrifice with the Blood Qi of several hundred people, including a large number of Martial Artists.

At this moment, he still had a large amount of Blood Qi stored within his body.

However, with such a grievous wound, his Blood Qi would drain away at a severe rate. Without immediate treatment, not even the Blood God Skill could save Fangxiang Mountain’s life.

Activating the Blood Frenzy Technique under these circumstances to stimulate all his Blood Qi would leave Fangxiang Mountain in an extremely weakened state after the battle.

But Fangxiang Mountain had no choice.

Just as Xu Wuan said, if he couldn’t kill the passerby and Xia Shiyuan, there would be no burial place left for him.

After scheming for over twenty years, how could Fangxiang Mountain be willing to let it all fall apart at the last moment?

"Hah!"

Fangxiang Mountain let out a great shout.

In the next instant, Fangxiang Mountain’s entire body was suffused with Blood Qi. He was enveloped in a thick, crimson aura, emanating a strange and powerful pressure as he transformed into a bloody shadow and lunged at Jiang Zuo.

At the same time, Xu Wuan slashed his sword at Xia Shiyuan, who raised his saber to block.

Xu Wuan immediately used the force from Xia Shiyuan’s saber to leap back, following behind Fangxiang Mountain to join forces with him and kill Jiang Zuo first.

Xia Shiyuan was helpless. Whether he dodged, blocked, or swung his saber at Xu Wuan, his position made it impossible for him to prevent Xu Wuan and Fangxiang Mountain from teaming up.

However, he was only a step behind. The man had grievously wounded Fangxiang Mountain with a single strike; if he could just evade for a moment, Xia Shiyuan would be able to provide assistance.

But Xia Shiyuan didn’t know that compared to the three experts who had reached Great Success in the Meridian Passage realm, Jiang Zuo had a fatal weakness.

His Agility Attribute was far inferior to the other three!

Jiang Zuo was also well aware of this fact.

Compared to the three Meridian Passage experts before him, not only was his Agility Attribute low, but his combat experience was also vastly inferior.

However, over the years, Jiang Zuo had also practiced the skill of using Flying Needles, precisely to avoid close combat with his enemies and exposing his weakness.

With a flick of his hand, dozens of Embroidery Needles shot towards Fangxiang Mountain and Xu Wuan.

"Be careful! Xu Wuan’s sword is forged from Earth Magnet Iron! Your Flying Needles can’t hurt him!"

Seeing this, Xia Shiyuan hurriedly shouted a warning to Jiang Zuo.

An unknown time ago, incidents where powerful experts were killed by surprise attacks with hidden weapons from much weaker opponents, or were overwhelmed by group sieges, had become common.

Martial Dao masters gradually came up with a countermeasure: forging weapons from Earth Magnet Iron.

Whether facing hidden weapons or a group siege, weapons made from Earth Magnet Iron were extremely effective.

Therefore, Earth Magnet Iron soon became incredibly difficult to find.

Today, weapons made of Earth Magnet Iron are exceedingly rare, and only a handful of masters possess them.

Even Xia Shiyuan’s own weapon was only forged from Cold Iron.

However, Xia Shiyuan wasn’t too concerned about weapons made from Earth Magnet Iron. They were only good for catching an opponent off guard. Once you knew your adversary had one, it was no longer a threat.

An Earth Magnet Iron weapon could attract an opponent’s weapon, but at the same time, it meant your own weapon could be attracted by theirs.

Knowing how to counter it, it was sometimes even advantageous not to use an Earth Magnet Iron weapon.

However, against someone who didn’t know its secret, an Earth Magnet Iron weapon was incredibly powerful.

Seeing Jiang Zuo still attacking Xu Wuan with Flying Needles, Xia Shiyuan knew at once that Jiang Zuo was unaware of the secret behind Xu Wuan’s weapon.

Just as expected, Xu Wuan swung his longsword, and the swarm of Embroidery Needles that Jiang Zuo had shot over were all sucked onto its blade.

"Swift Shadow Shocking Swan!"

"Die!"

Then, as if man and sword had become one, Xu Wuan tore through the air with a single slash, appearing before Jiang Zuo in the blink of an eye.

The incomparably sharp longsword chopped down viciously in a diagonal slash aimed at Jiang Zuo’s shoulder.

The speed of this slash was simply too fast. With the huge gap in agility and Cultivation Techniques, Jiang Zuo had no time to dodge at all.

As the gleam of the sword fell, it seemed this one strike could cleave a man in two!

’That easy?’

Seeing the sword’s light about to land on Jiang Zuo, who had absolutely no chance of dodging, both Xu Wuan and Fangxiang Mountain were a little surprised.

They had thought this passerby was incredibly formidable; Fangxiang Mountain had even resorted to using his Blood Frenzy Skill to deal with him.

But who would have thought? It seemed this person just had a bit of extra strength.

Everything else, from his reactions to his Cultivation Technique, was utterly mediocre.

SHIING!

The gleam of the sword had already pierced Jiang Zuo’s clothes.

But in the next instant...

Xu Wuan immediately sensed that something was wrong.

He could feel that his sword had not cut into the man’s flesh.

’What kind of Treasure Armor is this person wearing?!’

With a flicker of thought, Xu Wuan abruptly changed his sword’s trajectory, turning the slash into a horizontal cut aimed at Jiang Zuo’s throat.

If he were facing an expert like Xia Shiyuan, this sudden change of moves would have had no effect.

But against this slow-reacting passerby, it was more than enough.

At the same time, Fangxiang Mountain also charged in.

He viciously stabbed at Jiang Zuo’s neck with a long dagger in his hand, taking advantage of the opening.

CLANG!

In a flash of sparks, a muffled thud rang out.

Xu Wuan’s longsword was caught by a hand, but Fangxiang Mountain’s dagger had found its mark, stabbing into Jiang Zuo’s neck.

But in that instant, both of them stared at the passerby before them, their eyes wide with utter disbelief.

’It didn’t break through!’

’Our attacks can’t break his defense at all!’

The full-powered attacks of Xu Wuan and Fangxiang Mountain hadn’t even managed to pierce the man’s skin!

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