Kill Me More Times, I’ll Become Invincible

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The night was getting deeper and deeper.

The Hai family’s mansion in the Imperial Capital.

Hai Siyuan still couldn’t sleep tonight. He looked out the window at the dark night, his thoughts all jumbled up.

Just as he tossed and turned, he heard noises starting to emerge in the night.

Being the mansion of the Hai family, who held the position of 2nd rank Minister of Rites, its location naturally was close to the inner city near the imperial palace.

At this moment, the night was already very dark, but he could hear loud noises coming from the direction of the imperial city, indicating that there was a disturbance inside the palace.

Hai Siyuan was already paying attention to the commotion at the imperial city. Now, he stood up and went into the courtyard, concentrating carefully to listen.

"Assassin…"

Faint cries could be heard in the wind, Hai Siyuan’s expression slightly changed as he vaguely realized something.

This timing was too coincidental.

Hai Wuya was imprisoned within the palace, a fact not known to everyone.

The emperor had proclaimed it to the world, with posters posted all over the Imperial Capital, but it didn’t mention this incident. According to common sense, repeat offenders naturally would be imprisoned in the heavenly prison.

Hai Wuya didn’t receive the news of being imprisoned in the heavenly prison, it was still Li Changshi who obtained the information from the heavenly prison officials.

This is not a top secret message, but not everyone can know about it. After all, there are many Imperial Guards, and it’s hard to hide large-scale troop movements from those paying attention.

The palace assassins?

If they were really assassins, how could they sneak into the palace under the watchful eyes of the Imperial Guards?

The timing was too perfect, and suddenly Hai Siyuan had a realization, making him completely alert.

"Could it be Qiao Shuanggui? Was all his talk about weighing the pros and cons just for show, with no real intention behind it?" Hai Siyuan was shocked.

Inside the palace.

Atop a brightly lit tower, Emperor Yonghe looked down at the river of lights below in the nighttime, feeling slightly relieved.

With over ten thousand people, they covered the mountains and plains.

The palace had no mountains or fields, but the river of lights formed by the thousands of Imperial Guards was also magnificent in the darkness of the night.

"Commander Chu, Qiao Shuanggui has broken through the palace wall and is about to reach the Taihe Gate. His light skills are too good, we can’t keep up…"

"Your Majesty, rest assured, even if he breaks in, he will be like a trapped turtle." Beside Emperor Yonghe, the leader of the Imperial Guards, Chu Tianming, waved his hand.

"The superb martial artists in this world have surpassed the 9 ranks of martial artists established by the court, and are now a small group standing at the pinnacle of martial arts today. But most of them are arrogant in their strength, just like the Eight-armed Heavenly Dragon who broke into the palace decades ago."

The leader of the Imperial Guards, Chu Tianming, said in a low voice to his subordinates.

"A superb rank is still a mortal body, Qiao Shuanggui is so arrogant, he will have to taste bitterness!"

In fact, he is also a superb martial artist who just broke through a few years ago, achieving the spiritual refining superb rank.

As the only superb martial artist attached to the Great Yan Royal Family, his breakthrough in martial arts mainly relied on the medicinal resources of the Great Yan Royal Family and the guidance of strong practitioners.

People in the martial arts world used to say that the Wudang and Shaolin were the holy land of martial arts in the past, the top martial arts schools in the world. But according to Chu Tianming, the Great Yan Royal Family is the most powerful martial arts force of the previous generation.

Let’s not talk about the founding emperor of Great Yan from the past, who was the top figure in the country 300 years ago, with a strong background that could rival any prestigious family or sect.

Just focusing on the wealth and martial arts secrets gathered by the Great Yan Imperial Court over the past 300 years, they are not something that martial arts clans can easily compete with.

So in Chu Tianming’s eyes, he had actually joined the most powerful martial force of the previous generation.

However, even so, he had been embarrassed decades ago.

Decades ago, before he became the leader of the Imperial Guards, he had witnessed the figure of the Eight-armed Heavenly Dragon skillfully using the Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps to move through the enemy troops.

Chu Tianming had excellent eyesight.

Even from a far distance, he could see Qiao Shuanggui displaying light footwork, which clearly resembled the Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps that had left a deep impression on him decades ago.

To be fair, Qiao Shuanggui’s light footwork skills were not on par with the Eight-armed Heavenly Dragon.

However, as a superb rank in terms of strength, Qiao Shuanggui’s physical strength surpassed that of the Eight-armed Heavenly Dragon from the past. When he lightly pushed off the ground with both feet, it was like an arrow piercing through the air.

Not as agile as the Eight-armed Heavenly Dragon of the past, but more brave and fierce now.

"So confident, does this mean the Imperial Guards already have tactics to face a superb martial artist?" A voice rang in the ear of the Imperial Guards’ leader, Chu Tianming.

Suddenly, a white-haired figure appeared in the pavilion, it was the ancestral elder of the royal family, Yan Shenji.

Assassin Qiao Shuanggui entered the imperial palace, prompting ten thousand Imperial Guards to mobilize.

With such a commotion, Yan Shenji couldn’t be unaware, he was actually quite familiar with the Qiao family member who ranked high on both the Tide Listening Building boards.

Yan Shenji was curious to see if this Qiao Shuanggui was a martial arts genius or a hundred-year-old master of the Long Life Fist.

"Another reckless intruder in the imperial palace," Yan Shenji’s gaze was deep and unwavering.

In his younger days, the assassin wouldn’t have had a chance to enter the Taihe Gate, he would’ve been beaten to death by Yan Shenji.

But he was old now, even with great skill in the Long Life Fist and a body that never aged, his temperament was different from his youth.

Many years ago, the Eight-armed Heavenly Dragon entered the imperial palace, but Yan Shenji spared him, showing kindness.

"In the past two hundred years, there was no such light skill as the Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps that allows one to move swiftly through the air," Yan Shenji said calmly.

"The Eight-armed Heavenly Dragon of the past was truly a talent worth cherishing. I wonder if Qiao Shuanggui and the martial artists of this generation can come up with something new," he pondered.

He was an old martial artist from many generations ago, who had not been outside the palace for a long time and was unaware of the development of martial arts in the outside world.

Seeing the renowned Qiao Shuanggui, he couldn’t help but feel excited.

"Has the ancestor also arrived?" Emperor Yonghe felt reassured.

"I have already informed the Great Dao Sect. As long as the Imperial Guards delay for a moment, the immortal from the Great Dao Sect will arrive," he assured.

"Why would the Great Dao Sect’s inhuman beings be called upon to help when an assassin enters the palace?" Yan Shenji raised an eyebrow.

Emperor Yonghe didn’t immediately respond, and there was a moment of silence.

The leader of the Imperial Guards, Chu Tianming, felt a bit nervous.

The so-called "ancestor" of this royal family is mysterious, appearing and disappearing without a trace, but with a very high status and profound martial arts skills.

Looking around the entire palace, few people actually knew his true identity, only aware of his high status and prominent position.

In fact, his breakthrough to the superb rank depended on Yan Shenji’s guidance.

At this moment, noise came from a distance, breaking the brief silence in the tower.

In the darkness of the night, the heavy palace gates opened, and a figure stepped out.

Qiao Mu had initially planned to sneak in secretly, which is why he waited until nightfall to act.

However, he didn’t expect that inside the palace, there were thousands of Imperial Guards patrolling constantly, leaving no blind spots.

Even with his speed, he could not escape the watchful eyes of the ten thousand guards.

So, he could only try another way, choosing to sneak into the palace.

The palace was very big, covering a vast area, with hundreds of palaces inside.

The Imperial Guards guarding the palace were elite, but Qiao Mu, who had experienced many battles in the past three hundred years, had faced the inhuman Taoist soldiers’ tactics, let alone these Imperial Guards?

Qiao Mu didn’t know where Hai Wuya was, and he couldn’t search for him. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Therefore, he planned to first take Emperor Yonghe as a hostage and then find out Hai Wuya’s whereabouts.

Emperor Yonghe’s location must be in the most heavily guarded area within the palace.

When Qiao Mu crossed the Taihe Gate and looked ahead, he knew he had found the right place.

The view suddenly opened up before him, and right in front was the main hall of the palace, the Golden Luang Hall.

However, in front of the Golden Luang Hall, a dense crowd of Imperial Guards had gathered, forming a formation awaiting him.

On the high walls on both sides and the wide square in front of the Golden Palace, there were crowds of people, arrows ready, clearly waiting for a long time.

"Perfect timing for a surprise attack! Archers, ready!" Commander Chu Tianming shouted loudly, his eyes fierce.

He himself was a great martial artist and knew exactly how to deal with another great martial artist.

Even a great martial artist is only human.

No matter how skilled in martial arts, can one withstand a rain of arrows? No matter how strong one’s internal power, it will run out eventually.

As for agility? It’s a joke!

The highest level of agility allows one to move swiftly and lightly, leaving no trace in the snow or crossing a river on a reed.

But even the most skilled in agility cannot avoid a downpour of raindrops, staying dry in the pouring rain.

When the number and intensity of arrows rivals a heavy rainstorm in nature, there is simply no escape!

"When facing many opponents against one, close combat is the key to victory! How many can actually fight at close quarters?" Commander Chu Tianming said in a cold voice.

"Close combat means sacrificing lives, it’s a last resort."

"This is our strategy against the superb rank, even if the Eight-armed Heavenly Dragon returned, it would still be peppered with arrows!"

Chu Tianming himself is at the superb rank, and these tactics of the Imperial Guards were created by him in shame after being defeated by the Eight-armed Heavenly Dragon, out of determination.

Under the full moon, the sky was filled with rolling dark clouds.

The dense sound of bows was like thunder and lightning, continuous and deafening, just like a storm.

Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of arrows were repeatedly shot into the sky, like dark clouds momentarily blocking the moonlight, almost darkening the sky.

The next moment.

Swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish!

Many arrows fell from the sky, shining with different colors on top of them.

The Imperial Guards are elite soldiers who guard the imperial city and protect the emperor. Each soldier is a skilled martial artist with internal strength. As the arrows were shot like a heavy rain, Qiao Mu had no place to escape.

Just as the sudden rain was about to fall.

Qiao Mu reached into his waist storage bag and pulled out the head of King Qin.

This was not a flesh and blood corpse, but the King Qin Golden Body made of the immortal material Blazing Essence Gold.

"King Qin Shield!"

As the arrows were about to fall, Qiao Mu protected King Qin in front of him.

His bones crackled as he used the Shape Changing Skill to shrink himself, barely hiding behind King Qin’s broad and thick chest.

The dense arrows fell on the King Qin Golden Body, making a clanging sound and sparkles as they hit. The arrowheads deformed visibly and fell powerless to the ground like a heavy rain.

When the arrow rain stopped, the floor of Qiao Mu Fang Yuan’s hundred-meter area was filled with arrows, nearly no place to stand.

Only King Qin still stood in the middle of the arrow storm, using his broad and strong chest to shield Qiao Mu from the intense barrage of flying arrows.

"Some people are alive when they are dead; some people are dead while still alive," Qiao Mu’s eyes welled up with tears.

"He really, I cry to death…"

Yan Shenji, standing with folded arms on the tower observing, eyes twitched slightly.

"Is this… the martial artist of this generation?" Yan Shenji suddenly felt a bit puzzled.

"Don’t stop, shoot!" Commander Chu Tianming quickly regained his composure from astonishment and shouted again.

The Imperial Guards once again drew their bows, and waves of arrows shot up into the sky.

However, this time, after testing the hardness of King Qin’s Shield, Qiao Mu didn’t stop moving.

The golden man made from the Blazing Essence Gold is very hard. When facing a dense rain of arrows earlier, Qiao Mu didn’t even need to use his inner strength. He only relied on the hardness of the King Qin Shield to block the arrows from the Imperial Guards.

Now, with both feet stepping forward and holding the King Qin Shield in front of him, he moved like an arrow released from a bow, charging towards the ten thousand Imperial Guards alone.

With each step he took, the stones beneath his feet cracked and sank, moving swiftly like thunder, bringing a chilling strong wind.

His agility was not as skilled as the Eight-armed Heavenly Dragon from years ago, but as a superb martial artist, his body was incredibly strong. Even without using agility techniques, just running forward was intimidating, like a fierce wind passing through.

He waved the King Qin Shield in his hand like the wind, deflecting the arrows coming from all directions.

His speed was extremely fast, facing the pouring rain of arrows head-on, quickly approaching the formation of Imperial Guards in front of the Golden Palace.

"Archers, fall back and change formation!" Commander Chu Tianming of the Imperial Guards ordered again.

"Martial artists are only human, once they form a battle formation, they can be defeated." Confident in his abilities as a superb martial artist, Chu Tianming had personally experienced the power of these Imperial Guards’ tactics.

Following the commander’s orders, the archers who had been continuously firing arrows rapidly split to the sides, creating a gap through which a team of black-armored soldiers emerged.

This group of black-armored soldiers held giant shields made of fine steel. The shields were arranged in an arc shape, forming a shield wall that resembled stacked layers of Luohan statues.

Following closely behind was a formation of soldiers holding spears. Spears over two meters long protruded through the gaps between the shields, resembling snakes ready to strike, advancing along with the shield wall.

Behind this group of soldiers, the archers once again raised their bows towards the sky. If the enemy relied on their lightness to leap over the shield wall at this moment, they would become easy targets.

The densely packed shield wall covered the area like a black cloud rolling in, creating a suffocating sense of oppression.

Qiao Mu didn’t slow down at all, showing no hesitation.

Even though he charged alone against a large group of enemies, there was absolutely no hesitation or doubt.

This made the Imperial Guards facing Qiao Mu feel uncertain, as if this martial artist charging forward alone was actually the side with the numerical advantage.

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