Chapter 1155 Strong Deterrence
After learning of Long Yu’s true identity, Qin Wei no longer had any illusions about him, and he didn’t even dare to hope that the night would end peacefully.

Since they are bound to fall out sooner or later, why would Qin Wei care about rules and morals when faced with a life-and-death decision?

As the saying goes, “He who strikes first is the strongest, and he who strikes last suffers.” This is the truth Qin Wei learned from the painful lessons of countless times when his life was on the line.

At such close distance, a sword is like a meteor chasing the moon.

Qin Wei suddenly attacked in a flash, and his first move was a killing move.

He drew his sword and used it in one go, without a single hesitation. Qin Wei knew that he had been running around for days and was already exhausted, while Long Yu was waiting for him to tire himself out and was ready to strike. He had no chance of winning by fighting him.

Moreover, Long Yu had been in battle for a long time and was well-known. Even Liu Xunyi could not do anything to him. Even if Qin Wei was in his peak condition tonight, he would most likely not be a match for Long Yu.

Qin Weigui was self-aware. He knew very well that the only way for him to have a chance of survival was to take the enemy by surprise, attack them when they were unprepared, and launch a preemptive attack with a sneak attack.

“A sneak attack? No wonder Liu Xunyi fell into your hands. You are really insidious!”

However, Qin Wei underestimated Long Yu’s methods. Long Yu had fought desperately in the 24 cities of Mobei since he was a child, and later followed the Mongolian army to fight east and west. He lived in the shadow of swords all day long. He almost crawled out of a pile of dead bodies. His experience in facing enemies and his awareness of attack and defense were far beyond Qin Wei’s reach.

At the same time, Qin Wei also overestimated his own condition. He hadn’t had a good night’s sleep or a good meal in more than ten days. Tonight, he suddenly fought with others. The moves he displayed and the power he burst out were completely different from what he expected.

Whether it was the power, speed, angle or accuracy of Qin Wei’s sword, it could only be described as “barely”.

At the moment when he thrust out his sword, Long Yu had already protected the dagger in front of him. At the same time, he did not forget to taunt Qin Wei, but his right foot retreated half a step without leaving a trace.

“Keng!”

The sharp sound of swords colliding broke the tranquility of the night sky, but Long Yu swung his dagger to block lightly, lifting Qin Wei’s sword high up, and the tip of the sword almost brushed his nose, but Long Yu, who was confident, still had a smile on his face, and didn’t even blink.

“hiss!”

At this moment, Qin Wei was shocked, annoyed, angry and ashamed. He was surprised by Long Yu’s quick reaction and disdainful attitude, and ashamed of his own substandard sword, which made the so-called “preemptive strike” a complete joke.

“boom!”

“Forehead……”

What Qin Wei did not expect was that Long Yu, who arrived later but was the first to arrive, did not fly back immediately after blocking his sneak attack. On the contrary, he pushed the ground with his right foot, suddenly raised his leg, and kicked forward fiercely with the strength of his waist. The powerful and swift kick hit Qin Wei’s chest squarely.

With a dull thud, the unprepared Qin Wei was hit hard as if by a wild bull. The terrifying force unleashed by Long Yu’s kick was far beyond his imagination.

“Crack!”

The crisp sound of broken ribs was chilling. Qin Wei only felt his feet lighten and his body involuntarily flew into the air and flew backwards several meters. After his feet landed on the ground, he slid backwards two or three meters on the gravel road, and finally staggered back four or five steps. Only with the help of Tulong, Tuhu and others, he managed to relieve Long Yu’s force with great difficulty and barely stabilize his body.

“Master Hou…”

Qin Wei was defeated in one move, which shocked all his men. Even more tragically, their backbones also broke along with Qin Wei’s ribs.

As the saying goes, “A man’s reputation is like a tree’s shadow”. Years of war have made the court of the Song Dynasty fearful of the “wolf of the grassland” who is good at fighting and brave. The notorious Long Yu is known as the madman among madmen and the fiercest among fierce men. In addition, they have just witnessed Long Yu’s terrifying strength. Therefore, at this moment, the golden sword lieutenants have developed a fear of Long Yu from the bottom of their hearts, and are also convinced that they will not escape death tonight.

Little did they know that Qin Wei was the best martial artist among them. If even he couldn’t last a single round against Long Yu, there was no need to mention the others.

What made them even more desperate was that one Long Yu was already difficult to handle, but not far away there was another Ya Kun who looked a hundred times more terrifying than Long Yu, staring at each of them with the eyes of a wild beast staring at its prey.

Emotions were high, fighting spirit was strong, hungry and murderous.

After a moment of trance, everyone, knowing that they had little chance of survival, gathered around Qin Wei. They were at a loss, their faces ashen, their limbs broken, and they looked like they had lost their parents.

What does it mean to be afraid before the battle? This was vividly demonstrated tonight by these golden sword lieutenants.

After a brief fight, when Long Yu and Qin Wei met eyes again, Long Yu was still the same Long Yu, his face unchanged and his heart not beating. On the other hand, Qin Wei’s face was flushed and sweating profusely. The great pain brought by the broken ribs and the churning of internal organs made his facial features twisted uncontrollably and his expression became somewhat hideous.

“you……”

Seeing Qin Wei being easily defeated by him, Long Yu, who was about to give it a try, could not help but stand there in shock. His eyes were full of astonishment and confusion, as if he could not believe what had just happened.

“A great Marquis of Tianji, is this the only skill you have?” Long Yu looked at Qin Wei, who was breathing heavily, in disbelief, and asked doubtfully, “Are you really Qin Wei?”

“How can the Marquis of Tianji be false?” Chu Mao mustered up his courage and tried to use the name of the Song Dynasty court to force Long Yu to stop. “The Marquis is an important official of the court. If you dare to hurt him, you will be an enemy of the court, the emperor, and the Song Dynasty…”

“Nuh-huh!” “Huh!”

Before Chu Mao finished speaking, a hint of impatience suddenly flashed in Long Yu’s eyes. At the same time, he stepped on the ground and rushed out like a ghost, appearing in front of everyone in the blink of an eye.

However, before others could hastily raise their swords, Long Yu suddenly gave a wicked smile, and then, in the panicked and astonished eyes of everyone, his figure flashed and disappeared again.

But a series of afterimages flashed left and right in the chaotic crowd. Long Yu bypassed everyone with his strange and swift body movements and appeared in front of Chu Mao in the blink of an eye.

“Ah You……”

“puff!”

“Forehead……”

Chu Mao realized that he had said something wrong and angered Long Yu. He was already flustered and regretful. At this moment, he saw Long Yu’s sinister smiling face suddenly flash before his eyes. He was immediately frightened out of his wits and couldn’t help but let out a scream full of fear and despair.

It’s a pity that Long Yu did not spare Chu Mao because of his cowardice.

Long Yu, who always regarded human life as worthless, did not hesitate at all when facing Chu Mao, who had neither the will to resist nor the ability to fight back.

Suddenly, there was a flash of silver light, and the extremely sharp dagger had already pierced straight into Chu Mao’s throat. The tip of the sword protruded from the back of his neck, causing Chu Mao’s screams like a pig being slaughtered to stop abruptly.

In an instant, blood gushed out like a fountain, splashing Long Yu’s body and face with bright red.

“Boom!”

A sword pierced Chu Mao’s throat, killing him instantly. As his head tilted, the steel knife in his hand fell to the ground, like a death knell for his life, ringing between heaven and earth and reverberating in everyone’s heart.

It sounds slow, but in fact, it took only a moment from Long Yu’s attack to Chu Mao’s death. When Chu Mao had completely lost his life, Qin Wei and a group of golden sword lieutenants who were only a few steps away from him were still stunned and did not recover for a long time.

“Remember this in your next life. Answer whatever people ask you. Don’t talk so much nonsense!”

Long Yu gave Chu Mao’s body a serious and careful instruction, then pulled out his dagger with a “puff”. Before Chu Mao’s body fell to the ground, he grabbed his hair, raised his knife, and skillfully cut off his two ears. Then, in the horrified eyes of Qin Wei and others, he greedily stuffed the two bloody severed ears into his mouth and chewed them with a “crunch”.

Looking at Long Yu, who was still eating with relish even though blood was constantly flowing from the corners of his mouth, Qin Wei and the others all felt dizzy, their stomachs churning, and they couldn’t stop vomiting.

It is worth mentioning that Long Yu was standing arrogantly among Qin Wei and his group at this time, but none of the golden sword captains around him dared to stand up to avenge Chu Mao.

There was no hatred or anger in their eyes, only fear and uneasiness. More than a dozen people did not dare to rush forward, but instead, they hurriedly pushed and shoved each other, retreating again and again as if they were avoiding the plague god.

It seemed that these officials who were used to showing off their power on weekdays had their last line of defense completely broken by Long Yu’s strength and madness, and they could no longer muster the slightest fighting spirit.

It has to be said that the Tianji Pavilion and the Golden Sword Captain under Qin Wei’s control are completely different from when Zhao Yuan was alive, in terms of literary talent, martial arts, courage and boldness.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on anyone else, but only on Qin Wei’s reputation and his inability to manage his subordinates.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, the sky is full of murders and arson.

Who could have imagined that a group of imperial officials wearing gold and purple robes would be frightened to death and forced to retreat in defeat by a foreign killer in the suburbs of the Song Dynasty?

At this moment, the quiet and desolate narrow path was filled with a solemn and murderous atmosphere, while the city of Lin’an, only thirty miles away, was still filled with music and singing and dancing.

Once upon a time, weapons were thousands of miles away from banquets, but today, the battlefield is less than a hundred miles away from West Lake.

The thirty miles tonight not only divided the honor and disgrace, life and death of Qin Wei and others, but also revealed the success and failure, rise and fall of the Song Dynasty.

The only consolation was that Qin Wei, as the Marquis of Tianji, was not frightened by Long Yu like the others. He was the only one who barely maintained the last dignity of Tianji Pavilion and even the Song Dynasty court.

Facing Long Yu, who devoured human flesh like a hellish devil, he was much braver than those frightened Golden Sword Captains. At least he still had anger in his heart, unwillingness in his eyes, and murderous intent on his sword. At least he always stood still and did not retreat a single step.

“Human ears are indeed better when they are fresh.”

While praising, Long Yu swallowed Chu Mao’s two ears and blood into his stomach, then stretched out his scarlet tongue to lick the remaining blood on the sword blade with lingering satisfaction. After savoring it for a long time, he turned his greedy and sinister gaze back to the crowd.

The funny thing is that now, except Qin Wei, no one dares to look Long Yu in the eye, for fear that they might accidentally violate his taboo and follow in Chu Mao’s footsteps.

“Who’s next?”

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