Open up and break into another world

Xu Ming had to admit that Quanxin's zither music was truly beautiful, even if the piece was played to kill him.

Before he knew it, the song ended.

Quanxin didn't stop and immediately started the next piece.

The simplest and most direct method would be to directly increase his attack and defense by five or six times, using absolute power to forcefully crush her. However, the disadvantage of doing so was—it cost too many Hang Points!

Just using it once would almost bankrupt Xu Ming.

Suddenly, a hint of mischief flashed in Xu Ming's eyes.

"I'll dodge!"

Xu Ming had already witnessed Quanxin's zither skills; now, Xu Ming wanted to see what her movement techniques were like.

Everything seemed to be within Quanxin's expectations; she held the zither in one hand and played with the other; her feet had already started to move, chasing after him rapidly.

"You can't escape!" Quanxin had encountered many bounty targets who tried to flee without a fight; however, none of them could escape her superb movement techniques.

Xu Ming rushed out several hundred meters, but he still couldn't escape the domain of the zither music; when he turned his head, he found that Quanxin behind him seemed to be strolling leisurely, but her speed was not slower than his at all.

"These movement techniques are indeed something special!"

Xu Ming had never learned movement techniques or spear techniques; however, he didn't need to learn them—with the cheap and good "Perfect Combat" activated, Xu Ming immediately temporarily gained extraordinary movement and spear techniques.

Hiss—

A killing intent tore through the air, suddenly appearing behind Xu Ming.

Xu Ming immediately noticed it, perfectly and subtly dodging the attack, and then fleeing at an even faster speed.

Of course, Xu Ming's speed hadn't reached its maximum yet; he wanted to test just how good Quanxin's movement techniques were.

"Hmm?" Quanxin frowned, and the pace of her feet also quickened.

However, she always maintained a careful distance from Xu Ming, following him neither too close nor too far; not allowing Xu Ming to leave the range of the zither music, nor giving Xu Ming a chance to get close to her.

Zheng! Zheng! Zheng! Zheng!…

Quanxin snorted coldly, waved her hand, and suddenly, a series of sound blades rushed straight towards Xu Ming.

Dodging one or two sound blades would naturally not be difficult; however, now that a series of them were attacking, Xu Ming immediately felt like there was no way to avoid them.

Faced with this situation, Xu Ming actually turned around; his feet flew back at a speed that was not slow at all, and in his hand, he wielded his spear to resist the series of sound blades.

However, the power of the sound blades was very strong; every time he blocked, Xu Ming felt like a sledgehammer was hitting his spear shaft. The energy of those blocked and scattered sound blades also dissipated into the melody, transmitting back to Quanxin's body.

"She's troublesome!" Xu Ming accelerated again, directly pushing his speed to the limit. But he found that Quanxin could still keep up with him closely.

At the same time, Quanxin's fingers turned into phantoms, and sound blades swept towards Xu Ming overwhelmingly—Quanxin had erupted!

Looking at the dense, overwhelming sound blades, even Xu Ming felt a chill run down his spine.

However, Xu Ming had already prepared for this kind of predicament. With a thought from Xu Ming, a dark figure appeared beside him, blocking the overwhelming sound blades.

Boom! Boom! Boom!…

The overwhelming sound blades all vented on this dark figure; the dark figure was immediately blasted away, while Xu Ming took the opportunity to hide to the side.

Quanxin stared at the suddenly appearing dark figure, wanting to see what it was: "It looks like a humanoid, could it be that he threw out a suit of armor to use as a shield?"

Before Quanxin could see clearly, she was shocked to see that the blasted dark figure actually stood up again.

It can move!

Quanxin was so shocked that the zither in her hand trembled. At this moment, she finally saw clearly that although this dark figure was very mechanical, it could indeed move!

"What is this?"

Before Quanxin could react, the dark figure directly attacked! Its speed was not inferior to hers at all!

"Just what the hell is this thing?"

Quanxin frantically plucked the strings, and dense sound blades split into two groups, attacking the dark figure and Xu Ming respectively.

Capture the leader first—she knew very well that since this dark figure was released by Xu Ming, she should deal with Xu Ming first!

However, Xu Ming cleverly hid behind the dark figure.

Although Quanxin's sound blades could also slightly change direction, it was impossible for them to make a ninety-degree turn; with Xu Ming hiding like this, Quanxin was helpless.

"Hmph! If I reach the Innate Realm, how could you avoid me by hiding like this?" Quanxin felt angry in her heart. "However, you're hiding behind this strange thing; when this strange thing is smashed away, if it hits you, you won't feel good either!"

However, Quanxin was wrong again.

Boom!

This time, the dark figure was prepared and actually forcibly withstood all the sound blades, only taking a few steps back. Then immediately after, the dark figure continued to move forward.

"Hmm!?" Quanxin's beautiful eyes widened into circles, "Just what the hell is this thing?"

Quanxin finally saw the appearance of the dark figure clearly—it was a humanoid monster made entirely of black metal!

However, before she could think too much, the dark figure quickly approached.

Quanxin had no choice but to continue to use her zither skills to forcibly push it back.

However, Quanxin understood that this was not a solution! Because—if the sound blades didn't hit the target and dissipated, most of the energy would return to her; however, if it hit the target, it would consume a lot of energy. Using this method to push it back, she wouldn't be able to use it many times.

"I actually have no way to deal with this thing…" Quanxin asked in surprise, "Xu Ming, I know I've lost. Tell me, what exactly is this thing? Let me lose with understanding!"

However, in her hands, Quanxin was still frantically stroking the zither strings, not allowing the dark figure to get close.

"This… is a puppet that my master gave me for self-defense!" Xu Ming made up.

"Pup… puppet?" Quanxin had certainly heard of puppet techniques, but this technique was even rarer than her zither skills; at least, she hadn't heard of any experts around the Flying Cloud Kingdom who were good at puppet techniques.

"That's right! A puppet with power comparable to a half-Innate, and a body that is even tougher than a top-grade weapon! I want to see if you have any way to deal with it!" Xu Ming smiled.

Although the puppet's attack methods were clumsy, the puppet had three major advantages—powerful strength, tough body, and tireless!

Unless there were some means of restraint, the appearance of a puppet on the battlefield was simply a pain in the ass!

And against an opponent like Quanxin who was good at zither skills, a puppet could even exhaust her Xuan Qi alive.

"I… I admit defeat!" Quanxin said helplessly.

"Admit defeat?" Xu Ming smiled, "Miss Quan, how can there be such a cheap thing in the world? You wanted to kill me, but now you find that you can't kill me, so you admit defeat?"

"I am willing to offer one million taels of gold, let me go!"

"But I think your life is definitely worth more than that!" Xu Ming was not merciful at all and continued to order the puppet to attack Quanxin.

The puppet was very clumsy; Xu Ming told it to attack whoever, and it would foolishly rush towards that person, then punch left and right. However, this clumsy attack was very simple and effective; at least, Quanxin couldn't think of any countermeasures at all.

"Name a price!" Quanxin shouted while resisting the puppet's progress.

"Ten million taels!" Xu Ming said, "As a successor of the Sixteen Strings Sect, I don't believe you can't even come up with this little money!"

"I have a lot of money, but it's impossible for me to carry it with me!" Quanxin said, "That's the foundation for the continuation of my Sixteen Strings Sect, and I will naturally put it in a safe place; if I die unexpectedly, those resources will naturally be inherited by other successors, so don't even think about it!"

"Then how much money do you have on you?" Xu Ming felt like he was a highway robber.

Oh, no, how could he say that? It was clearly Quanxin who came to kill him first, and his fist was bigger, so what was wrong with robbing her in return?

"Let me see…" Quanxin pretended to rummage through her storage ring, and then suddenly, a sharp light flashed in her eyes, and she scattered a large handful of gold notes, letting them float freely with the melody, "Take it!"

At the same time, Quanxin burst out with extreme speed and flew back.

She even used the zither music to pave the way, allowing her to walk on flat ground in the mountains and forests.