ryethenovel Chapter 22 Zhang Huaiyi storms the Tang Clan, Dan Shi
Chapter 22 Zhang Huaiyi storms the Tang Clan, Dan Shi
Sichuan, Tang Clan of Shuzhong
In the world of supernatural beings, the Tang Clan is a mysterious sect with a long history, and even they themselves may not know when it was founded.
The Tang Clan does not have a founding master. The founder is said to be a woman, but this cannot be verified.
The original Tang Clan was composed of a clan surnamed Tang.
About four hundred years ago, the Tang Clan broke the rule of only accepting people with the surname Tang. It was from then on that the Tang Clan truly became a major force that no one in the circle could ignore.
From then on, the Tang Clan was divided into inner and outer sects. The inner sect consisted of members with the surname Tang, while the outer sect consisted of members with other surnames.
However, as time went by, the difference between inner and outer sect disciples became almost negligible, and the Tang Sect's ultimate skill, "Dan Shi," could be practiced by both inner and outer sect disciples.
The current leader of the Tang Clan is named Yang Lie. He is a disciple from outside the Tang Clan and has mastered the Dan Shi technique.
After the old sect leader Tang Bingwen handed over the Tang Clan to Yang Lie, Yang Lie lived up to his predecessor's expectations and led the Tang Clan to the forefront of the times.
Today, the Tang Clan exists in the world in the form of a martial arts school, with branches all over the country, used to gather intelligence and recruit qualified disciples.
The Tang Clan's headquarters are still located in Sichuan, because that is where their roots and heritage lie.
The Tang Clan are professional assassins who typically engage in murder. The sect is located in remote mountains, using the martial arts school on the front mountain as a cover.
As the headquarters of assassins, the Tang Clan naturally set up various traps and mechanisms, creating an inescapable net.
If an ordinary person doesn't have enough skills, they'll find it difficult to move an inch within the Tang Clan, let alone infiltrate or venture into the mountains.
But tonight, an uninvited guest brazenly broke in from the front of the Tang Clan's mountain and is already approaching the back.
"Ring ring ring—"
The piercing alarm sounded throughout the mountains where the Tang Clan was located, but fortunately there were few people around, so it didn't disturb ordinary people.
In the pitch-black night, on the mountain path of the Tang Clan, there was a figure radiating dazzling golden light. He swiftly dodged traps and hidden arrows, and continued to advance towards the back mountain of the Tang Clan.
Inside the golden light, a short, thin old man with white hair and white eyebrows, but large ears, stared sharply at the mountain path ahead.
A group of old guys of his generation had gathered there.
Yang Lie, Tang Miaoxing, Zhang Wang, Tang Qiushan, and other older generation Tang Clan disciples stood at the front of the crowd, facing the direction Zhang Huaiyi was charging.
They frowned as they looked at the brilliant golden light emanating from the old man who had ventured into the mountains, and then at the flickering lightning in his hands.
This golden light and this thunder magic are not similar at all; they are the Golden Light Mantra and Thunder Magic of the Celestial Master's Mansion.
However, none of the elderly people remaining on Longhu Mountain today are like him.
They all raised their eyebrows simultaneously, recognizing the person who had broken into the mountain, and immediately questioned him in a cold voice.
"The Golden Light Mantra of the Celestial Master's Mansion... and look at your big ears, you must be Zhang Huaiyi from back then, one of the Thirty-Six Thieves!"
"These past two days, news of you has been everywhere in the world of supernatural beings. You've come all the way from the east, breaking through quite a few sects!"
Zhang Huaiyi didn't reply, and charged forward at an even faster pace, crashing head-on into them.
Streaks of bright lightning gathered in his hand and suddenly struck Yang Lie and the others in front of him.
"It doesn't matter if they don't admit it, it's all the same even if they're dead!"
Yang Lie and the others dodged the incoming lightning magic, and their hands moved quickly, throwing various hidden weapons such as bone-piercing nails, hair-like needles, and heart-piercing daggers with a whistling wind towards Zhang Huaiyi.
Zhang Huaiyi focused his gaze, slowed his pace, and protected himself with his arms, while simultaneously activating the golden light around his body to cover his front.
"Ding ding ding—"
A sound like striking iron rang out as the densely packed hidden weapons struck the golden shield formed by the Golden Light Mantra, creating small dents one after another, but none of them were able to break through the golden shield.
Tang Miaoxing and Zhang Wang used their earthen and wooden energy to create afterimages as they ran around the perimeter, heading side by side towards Zhang Huaiyi.
Multiple nearly transparent threads, thinner than a hair, stretched between the two, enveloping Zhang Huaiyi as he charged forward.
Zhang Huaiyi lightly touched the ground, using the momentum from his feet to leap high into the air, and then flipped his body in mid-air.
He turned his face down and narrowly escaped the incoming net.
The transparent silk thread brushed against the hem of Zhang Huaiyi's clothes, but he managed to dodge it.
"Click!" The sound of the mechanism moving rang out.
Beside Zhang Huaiyi, a chubby figure suddenly appeared in a previously empty spot; it was Tang Qiushan, who was using the Illusionary Body Barrier.
The figure, hidden in the pitch-black night, had been moving almost silently and slowly, but suddenly sprang into action.
Tang Qiushan gripped the repeating crossbow with both hands and fired a series of shots at Zhang Huaiyi in the air.
A series of dark afterimages flashed straight through the air as more than twenty iron arrows shot straight ahead with tremendous force.
"Sizzle sizzle—"
Zhang Huaiyi's expression was solemn. He quickly gathered a torrent of lightning and thunder in his palms and blasted it towards the incoming arrow.
"boom!"
Lightning blasted away the incoming arrows, and before Zhang Huaiyi could land, Tang Miaoxing and Zhang Wang, who had been hiding behind him, threw a number of hidden weapons at him.
Just as Zhang Huaiyi was about to gather golden light to block the hidden weapons coming from all directions, as he had done before, Yang Lie made his move!
Yang Lie hid in the shadows using his illusionary body barrier; his mastery of the illusionary body barrier was even higher than Tang Qiushan's.
Under the pitch-black night, there was no trace of Yang Lie's figure; it was as if he had vanished from the battlefield.
But Zhang Huaiyi's vigilant intuition told him that Yang Lie was still there, watching him like a venomous snake determined to strike its prey.
The attacks from Tang Miaoxing and his two companions seemed troublesome, but they were nothing to Zhang Huaiyi.
He stormed through countless mountain gates and injured or killed countless so-called renowned elders.
In his eyes, the Tang Clan members were only slightly more troublesome than the previous elders.
But at this moment, Zhang Huaiyi suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He was startled, and the thick golden light shone even more brightly.
But it was too late!
The golden light on Zhang Huaiyi's body seemed to have been eroded by something invisible, leaving countless holes on the powerful protective shield.
"Well!"
Zhang Huaiyi's face contorted in a grimace for a moment as he felt an attack pierce through the Golden Light Spell and strike his waist.
Intense pain suddenly shot through Zhang Huaiyi's body from his waist.
He quickly channeled his inner energy to suppress it, and suddenly countless lightning bolts burst forth from his body, sweeping out in all directions.
After landing, Zhang Huaiyi turned and ran, fleeing in the direction he had come from.
The figure, shimmering with golden light, quickly descended the mountain path. Before leaving, he took a deep look at Yang Lie, who had revealed himself.
Yang Lie emerged from the shadows, frowning as he looked in the direction Zhang Huaiyi had fled.
He just used the Tang Clan's legendary, invincible technique, "Dan Shi".
Since this unique skill was passed down, no one has encountered it without immediately suffering a gruesome death.
But now, Zhang Huaiyi, an exception, has appeared. He received Yang Lie's pill, but it did not take effect immediately. Instead, he was able to escape alive and kicking.
This made him pause for a moment, and also stunned the older generation of the Tang Clan present, which gave Zhang Huaiyi an opening to escape.
"Sect Leader, Dan Shi..."
"Could it be 'The Origin and Flow of Qi'?"
"I've been poisoned by the pill. I'm going after Zhang Huaiyi. You all stay at the Tang Clan. The Tang Clan is under martial law for the next few days!"
Yang Lie waved to stop Tang Miaoxing and the others from speaking. He quickly gave a few instructions and then chased after Zhang Huaiyi in the direction he had fled.
"yes!"
The three people left behind, Tang Miaoxing and Yang Lie, looked at each other for a moment, and then, after regaining their senses, carried out the task according to Yang Lie's instructions.