?62: Chapter 53 Peerless Expert_2 62: Chapter 53 Peerless Expert_2 He suddenly recalled the first thing his teacher had told him.

    “Martial arts is the skill of defeating one’s enemy by exerting the least amount of force.”

    “It is the way of overcoming strength with weakness.”

    Li Guanyi gripped the knife, his muscles relaxing.

    “The first one.”

    Break Formation, blunt its edge!

    Boost my own might—”Military School·Battlefront Chapter.”

    Li Guanyi discarded the military strategies taught by General Xue from his mind.

    He didn’t know why, at this moment, that phrase flashed in his mind, prompting him to choose a strategy that required him to expend all his energy to kill one person first.

    He stood there, and in that instant, he somehow managed to make the other four assassins reluctant to approach, that sense of natural command over the battlefield, as if he had been through thousands of battles, tempered through countless life-and-death situations, gave the assassins an illusion.

    It was as though they were not facing a mere youth; but in a fleeting moment,

    It was as if they were facing a renowned general who had crawled through endless life-and-death battles and back.

    The assassin adept at hiding his Qi Mechanism was exposed under the sunlight.

    Directly facing a fearless renowned general.

    An irrational fear suddenly emerged; the leader shook off the emotion and said in a low voice, “Take formation and attack; even if he truly is a born general, he can’t kill all five of us without paying a price.”

    Their agile stepping skills brought them rushing to attack, yet even as Li Guanyi managed to immediately disable one opponent’s ability to fight, he still soon found himself in a difficult battle.

    Amidst a roughly equal display of strength, numbers truly made a difference.

    And the enemies changed their strategy, no longer underestimating him as they had at the beginning; instead, they attacked in pairs, relying on their Qinggong, which was superior to Li Guanyi’s, they would strike and then rapidly retreat.

    This was very effective, Li Guanyi had only his battle stepping skills, but Qinggong and short bursts of offensive power were the assassin’s strengths.

    Gradually, fresh wounds appeared on Li Guanyi’s body, his blue shirt stained with blood.

    But for some reason,

    Perhaps it was because of the Primordial Qi that had been suppressed back within him, or perhaps it was the Star Power that had been continuously merging into his body, the places where he was hit, where the stagnant Qi dissipated, the wounds began to manifest, and the hidden Star Power that hadn’t been absorbed surged again.

    Li Guanyi didn’t feel the pain, only a numb and itchy sensation from his wounds, combined with that congested feeling of the Qi Mechanism within him, gave him an instinctual urge to destroy something.

    Just as the assassins regained a bit of stability and advanced with their light body skills,

    The seemingly sluggish youth suddenly erupted.

    He swung his heavy knife with all his might, capturing the moment so adeptly, it was as if the assassin had willingly offered his waist to the blade; the opposing forces converged on the thrice-refined heavy knife, and in an instant, the blade halved the assassin’s waist.

    A glimmer of shock remained in the assassin’s eyes, his last thought being,

    “Has he seen through the rhythm of our attacks?”

    How could that be?!

    The youth countered with Sweeping Cloud, forcing back the oncoming enemy, wiping the blood on himself, and slightly raising his eyebrows.

    He smiled just like the Divine General, “The second one.”

    General Xue would disrupt Li Guanyi’s composure by counting out with the words “second” and “third,” and now Li Guanyi found himself unconsciously doing the same.

    The bisected assassin was crawling on the ground, wailing in agony.

    The youth nonchalantly thrust the knife through his throat.

    Resting his hand on the hilt of the blade, he gazed at the enemy, choosing to be still as his defense, perhaps having encountered too many adversaries in the secret realm; these methods of killing had allowed Li Guanyi to confront true masters from the branches of the Mo School, those who had descended from Heroic Mo and veered towards the pure path of being an assassin.

    Li Guanyi had dealt with their founder, an assassin who had once attempted to take General Xue’s life.

    All diversities stemmed from the same origin.

    And as the remaining three assassins seemed petrified, Li Guanyi’s wrist flicked, and he hurled his heavy knife with a twist—casting aside his weapon at such a time took everyone by surprise.

    Then, the leader felt a sudden tremor on his scalp and blurted out, “The spear!

    He’s going for the spear!!!”

    The training with General Xue showed its worth once more as Li Guanyi immediately seized the discarded spear; with a simple flick of his wrist, the blade of the spear swept across, casting a wide arc of light.

    When the youth held the long weapon, a sense of relief washed over him.

    This thing is much more useful than a knife.

    No wonder the Court banned them.

    He charged forward with the spear, sweeping out a chilling arc.

    Subconsciously mimicking General Xue’s moves, he swept horizontally to repel, then twisting his body in motion, the long spear followed through an arc and was raised aloft, cleaving down like a blade.

    This move was extremely draining, yet Li Guanyi found it exhilarating.

    An assassin was cleaved down to his knees.

    Li Guanyi then twisted the butt of the spear, thrusting it forward fiercely like a drill, right into the enemy’s throat.

    Afterward, he gripped the rear of the spear tightly, his body tensing suddenly.

    The flexible shaft of the spear allowed the blade to tear open half of the man’s neck; as the assassin fell, the other two were encompassed within the attack range, pressing them back; long weapons were devastatingly effective, especially when Primordial Qi couldn’t be used, rendering close combat invincible.

    Shadows flickered before Li Guanyi’s eyes and he instinctively responded to the shadowy figure, but could not fully stop it.

    His shoulder trembled as a crossbow arrow drilled into it, whirling as it penetrated.

    Because he subconsciously used Gray Wolf Guardian, the arrow did not pierce through, but stuck into the flesh instead.

    The assassin whose throat had been slit yet remained alive was in a state of petrified shock.

    Li Guanyi reached for the crossbow arrow, snapping off the protruding tail.

    He flung the shaft of the arrow onto the ground, his gaze sweeping around.

    A compelling presence naturally erupted.