Chapter 152 Shangguan Jinhong, Second Transformation, Second Heaven
"really!"

Li Ming's eyes became serious, confirming his guess.

As expected, the other party had ambushed the Grand Master in advance!

Just now, during the process of taking action, Li Ming, with his extraordinary intuition, had already sensed a lurking aura of danger that was always lingering around him, making him uneasy.

But even if he activated the Free and Easy Heart Sutra, he was unable to determine the opponent's position. This made Li Ming alert. He judged that the opponent's realm should be above his own, and he must be a grandmaster!

At this moment, the terrifying aura that belonged only to the Grand Master suddenly enveloped him, and with it came a heart-pounding feeling of oppression.

It was as if they were being stared at by a cruel, cold and dangerous beast. This feeling of oppression appeared in everyone present almost at the same time.

Be it the several masters involved in the fierce battle, or the more innate and acquired realm warriors, they all felt a strong sense of discomfort to varying degrees.

Many people looked up at the same time, and saw a figure full of arrogance and oppression suddenly appeared in the air.

No one noticed when he appeared. He stood in the air with his powerful inner energy, looking down with cold eyes.

Judging from his appearance, he is already middle-aged, his face is full of majesty, and he exudes the aura of someone who has been in a high position for a long time.

Although the surroundings were extremely chaotic and many warriors and masters were fighting for their lives, in the eyes of this middle-aged man, they were all like air and not worth even a second glance...including Yu Huatian!

All his attention was focused on Li Ming, as if Li Ming was the only one worthy of his attention.

The terrifying pressure from his body poured down continuously, and the true energy mixed with surging true meaning was almost like a wave, ready to swallow Li Ming.

But no matter how loud the waves were, Li Ming remained unmoved.

"interesting……"

The middle-aged man seemed to realize something and murmured something.

"boom!"

Yu Huatian, Cao Shaoqin, Duan Yanqing, Wei Wuya and others coordinated their attacks again, but suddenly a loud noise came from Li Ming's body, and a momentum that was not weaker than that of the great master suddenly burst out.

There was a flash of horror in the eyes of the four Grandmasters. Their incoming offensive was like hitting a solid wall and was blocked. The next moment, the four of them flew backwards together like flowers blooming, but were actually bounced off by this momentum!

The suppression from the great master was also broken, and immediately turned into scattered star points.

The middle-aged man in the air was shaken a few times by the force of the counterattack for the first time in history.

There was a slight surprise in the middle-aged man's eyes, but the next second it turned into a stronger belligerence.

"Master Li is indeed at the Grandmaster level. It's not unfair that Jing Wuming lost to you."

The middle-aged man's voice was heard far away without any disguise. He did not deliberately mobilize his true Qi when speaking, or perform sound attack techniques such as the Lion's Roar like Xuan Nan, but every word was clearly heard by everyone.

"Grandmaster!"

These three words surprised many people again.

Yu Huatian and the others also had slightly changed expressions and looked at Li Ming seriously again.

No wonder, no wonder Li Ming could kill the Grandmasters as easily as cutting melons and vegetables, no wonder he could break through the siege of Yu Huatian and others as easily as strolling in the garden.

Although some people in the martial arts world have long speculated that Li Ming is a grandmaster, doubts still remain.

Only after another grandmaster said this did everyone finally confirm it.

The presence of a new grandmaster in the world was explosive news, but what was even more despairing was that Li Ming was still so young!

At this age, he is already a grandmaster. His future prospects... It’s terrifying to think about it!
Maybe, he really would have the opportunity to set foot in the legendary realm that no one had set foot in for hundreds of years - the realm of heaven and man!

This incredibly fast progress has already surpassed that of Zhang Zhenren from Wudang Mountain back then, right?
For a moment, everyone's minds were in a mess with all kinds of thoughts.

Yu Huatian's eyes flashed, and he became more determined to kill Li Ming at all costs.

At the beginning, their goal might be to clean up the martial arts world by dealing with the warriors in Juxian Manor today.

But now, Yu Huatian felt that it didn't matter even if he let everyone else escape, but he must concentrate his strength to kill Li Ming, and then take his secrets for himself!

With my own qualifications, if I could get Li Ming's secret, maybe the next person to step into the realm of grandmaster would be me, Yu Huatian!
For the first time ever, a fiery flash appeared in Yu Huatian's eyes.

Li Ming, who was the focus of everyone, ignored the discussions and shock of the crowd. Instead, he moved his sleeves slightly, and his body slowly rose up under the support of his true energy.

Just like this great master, standing out of thin air.

From above, an even more terrifying aura pressed down, trying to pin him down.

But the true energy released from Li Ming's body forced it to retreat step by step, and its upward momentum did not slow down at all.

The terrifying aura of the two men almost squeezed out a solid entity in mid-air.

And Li Ming actually had the time to speak.

"I never thought that I would be able to alert the leader of the Money Gang, Shangguan, to come out in person. I don't know whether I should be terrified or honored."

The leader of the Shangguan Gang, he is Shangguan Jinhong!

When everyone heard the other party's identity, they exclaimed in amazement and looked at the grand master with a dignified face in disbelief.

The Money Gang has been expanding rapidly in recent years, and is already showing signs of becoming the largest gang in the Jianghu. The Money Gang is filled with many experts. It was Shangguan Jinhong who recruited the seventeen experts on the weapons list to form the core combat force of the Money Gang.

Although he is very famous, there are very few people present who have seen his true face.

Because Shangguan Jinhong seldom takes action, or rather, he doesn't need to take action on ordinary people at all, and those who have seen him take action are all dead!
"But how did Shangguan Jinhong get involved with the imperial court?" Many people had this question in their minds.

Recently, we have heard that Shangguan Jinhong has been in seclusion to improve his strength, so after the death of Jing Wuming of the Jinqian Gang, a lot of the territories he had seized were lost, and he also showed a declining trend in several battles with the Beggars' Gang.

However, now that they had really seen Shangguan Jinhong, all the Beggar Gang members present showed despair on their faces.

Feeling the terrifying pressure from Shangguan Jinhong at close range made everyone feel that winning or losing was meaningless. As long as he wanted, with a slight move, all the problems faced by the Money Gang would disappear in the face of his powerful strength!

"You are very good, and your sword is also very good. After I have dealt with you, I will keep your weapon as a trophy."

Shangguan Jinhong spoke word by word, his eyes sweeping across the Blood Soul Sword in Li Ming's hand, as if he saw the extraordinary nature of this sword.

This is also Shangguan Jinhong's hobby. He is very interested in all kinds of strange weapons and weapon-related martial arts, and has the desire to collect them.

He had previously recruited seventeen masters from the weapons list, and each of them used different weapons.

Just now, while observing secretly, Shangguan Jinhong has become interested in Li Ming's Blood Soul Sword.

Faced with Shangguan Jinhong's obviously provocative words, Li Ming was neither anxious nor impatient.

"Don't worry, after I deal with you, I will also keep your mother and child dragon and phoenix rings as a trophy." Shangguan Jinhong was stunned, obviously not expecting Li Ming to be so confident.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and a hint of contempt appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He could see Li Ming's realm clearly. He had just broken through to the Grandmaster realm and was only one level higher.

Shangguan Jinhong himself had already reached the second level of the second transformation, and his entire body had been reborn, completely different from that of an ordinary warrior.

If Li Ming was given more time to grow, Shangguan Jinhong would not be able to suppress him at his abnormal speed, but now...

Shangguan Jinhong didn't think he would pose any threat to her.

"What a loud tone!"

As soon as those few words came out, they turned into a fierce shaking force, which was much more powerful than Xuan Nan's lion roar, and directly made everyone present tremble in their hearts.

Li Ming's rising figure paused slightly, and the next second, the place where Shangguan Jinhong had just stood had turned into a void.

Li Ming's eyelids jumped, and the Blood Soul Sword suddenly turned around to block.

Two arc-shaped attacks appeared behind him out of thin air.

It was just caught by Li Ming's dark red sword light.

A strong sound of metallic collision passed through everyone's eardrums, causing many people present to cover their ears involuntarily.

It's not that the sound is loud, but it has a sharp tone.

The fight contained the powerful and sharp true intentions of both of them.

Lian Yu Huatian and the other four Grandmasters couldn't help but pause and quickly mobilized their internal Qi to fight against it.

The two arc-shaped attacks came from two peculiarly shaped circular weapons.

Shangguan Jinhong took it out from somewhere and held it in his hand. It was in front of him just now, but in an instant it flashed behind him and attacked him repeatedly.

The Blood Soul Sword in Li Ming's hand flew up and down, forming a strong sword curtain in front of him, and the sound of golden clanging was endless.

Although the twin weapons, the Mother and Child Dragon and Phoenix Rings, were short, the threat they posed was no less than that of long weapons. Each strike was extremely delicate, and in an instant, Li Ming was surrounded by danger.

The true energy radiated from the Dragon and Phoenix Ring was even sharper. Just the slightest contact with Li Ming's true energy would cut it into pieces.

This is because Shangguan Jinhong's sharpness from realm to true energy completely suppressed himself.

The blade of Li Ming's sword was almost invisible. He swung it too fast, and the sword energy was flying, blocking the opponent's attack.

But this was just the beginning. Shangguan Jinhong fought faster and faster, and his figure gradually became blurred even in the eyes of bystanders like Yu Huatian.

At first there was only one person, but then double images appeared and it became two, and then more and more...

In the end, everyone saw many Shangguan Jinhongs appearing around Li Ming's body, attacking Li Ming in unison with different moves and from different angles.

It seemed like they were outnumbered, with many incarnations appearing out of nowhere.

Is this still in the realm of martial arts?

Yu Huatian and the others were shocked, but they kept moving without any hesitation.

They originally wanted to cooperate with Shangguan Jinhong to attack Li Ming together, but they didn't expect that the two people's movements would be erratic and their speed would be incredibly fast after the fight. The fighting style was beyond their expectations. Now they were witnessing several Shangguan Jinhongs besieging Li Ming, and they couldn't get involved. They could only move back and forth with the two people's battle group.

But what was surprising was that Li Ming was able to completely block this strange attack that came from all angles with just the sword in his hand.

His swordsmanship was exquisite and his sword intent was overwhelming, forming a dark red spherical light curtain around his body.

No matter how intense Shangguan Jinhong's attack was, Li Ming could always respond to it.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them moved in several directions, striking from the air to the ground. The horrifying aftermath left a deep pit on the ground and affected several warriors, turning them into corpses before flying back into the sky.

In the rear, Yu Huatian and other four offensive forces were chasing closely, waiting for an opportunity to kill Li Ming with one strike.

Is this the true strength of the Grand Master?
This was the first time that Li Ming fought against a grandmaster at such a high level as the second level of the second heaven. The more the fight went on, the more amazed he became.

Shangguan Jinhong is definitely the strongest opponent he has ever met.

This is not only reflected in the opponent's superb martial arts and exquisite moves, but also in his transformed body.

After entering the second realm, Shangguan Jinhong's muscles, bones, blood, and body had all undergone a complete transformation, making him completely different from ordinary warriors.

This results in the fact that the power of many martial arts in his hands is completely different from that in the hands of others.

Moreover, many attack methods cannot be carried out without the powerful body unique to the Grand Master level.

For example, if there are multiple Shangguan Jinhongs attacking him from multiple angles at the same time, it is not that Shangguan Jinhong has created an incarnation, but that his speed is so fast that it is beyond the limit of the human eye. Even a grandmaster cannot capture his movement trajectory.

He was able to appear in multiple locations in a very short period of time and launch attacks, which produced this effect and broke through the physical limitations of ordinary warriors.

When Li Ming fought with his moves, he felt unprecedented pressure.

Almost every time his attack collided with his, the true energy in Li Ming's meridians would vibrate slightly.

This kind of tremor was bearable at the beginning, but over time, Li Ming's true energy became increasingly uncontrollable, and the feeling of discomfort continued to accumulate, which began to affect his performance.

This is only Li Ming. If it were someone else, he would have collapsed long ago, vomiting blood or even having his meridians severed.

But now the expression on Li Ming's face was still firm. Every attack from the opponent would be pulled by a strange force, inexplicably spreading around his body and dispersed to all angles.

It was then digested and absorbed by Li Ming.

The Xiaoyao Heart Sutra has the effect of absorbing other people's internal strength. When used in combination with skills such as Dou Zhuan Xing Yi and Fei Xu Jin that use the opponent's force to attack, Li Ming can be like a fish in water even in such a terrifying attack.

Of all Shangguan Jinhong's attacks, only one-third of their force was actually effective, and the rest was absorbed and dissipated by it to varying degrees, and did not pose much threat at all.

"what?"

Shangguan Jinhong became more and more surprised as the fight went on. She had never seen Li Ming's slippery fighting style like this before.

However, his attacks became more and more intense, with more attack and less defense. He was sure that Li Ming was suppressed by him and could not fight back.

However, at this moment, when Shangguan Jinhong rushed forward to attack, he suddenly felt a strong palpitation.

"not good!"

(End of this chapter)