All Heavens: Starting with Yang Kang playing Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King

Chapter 20 Forks in the Road

"Kang'er, you really didn't abandon your father!"

Wanyan Honglie was overjoyed and grabbed Yang Kang's arm, his voice trembling.

"Father, how have you been?"

Yang Kang said with a hint of helplessness.

He originally intended to reveal his identity only after obtaining the "Martial Arts Manual of Yue Fei," but now, in order to save Wanyan Honglie, he has no choice but to reveal himself ahead of time.

However, his secret trip was originally intended to give his subordinates, such as Yelü Chucai, a reason to feel at ease. Now that he had taken action, there was no longer any need to hide it.

"Who goes there?"

Mei Chaofeng got up in a disheveled state, spitting out blood.

"The World Alliance, Yang Kang!"

Yang Kang shielded Wanyan Honglie behind him and calmly addressed the people of Guiyun Manor.

"Yang Kang?"

"Could you perhaps be the leader of the Tianxia Society, who abandoned his identity as a Jurchen prince and established the Tianxia Society in Shandong to protect the people?"

Lu Guanying stepped forward and said in shock.

"Is he Yang Kang?"

"But why would he still save that scoundrel Wanyan Honglie?"

Ke Zhen'e immediately said unhappily.

Yang Kang ignored these people, only nodding slightly to Lu Guanying, his gaze sweeping over everyone present like a torch, finally settling on Qiu Qianzhang, who was spitting water in a disheveled state.

A slight smile appeared on his lips, and then he turned his gaze to Mei Chaofeng.

"Mei Chaofeng, I never expected that after escaping from my master's clutches, you would still dare to cause trouble."

Yang Kang's eyes turned slightly cold.

"Your master? He escaped with his life?"

"Could it be that you are a disciple of that old Taoist priest Qiu Chuji?"

"When did the Quanzhen Sect become the lackeys of the Jurchens?"

Mei Chaofeng asked in confusion. She was blind and had no way of getting information, nor did she have the mood to pay attention to the general situation of the world. Naturally, she had never heard of Yang Kang's name, but she still guessed Yang Kang's master.

After all, the only thing that could make her flee in the past few years was her encounter with Qiu Chuji in Shandong some time ago.

Yang Kang stared indifferently at the demoness who practiced her skills with living human heads. Without the slightest hesitation, he shot out like a cannonball and instantly arrived in front of Mei Chaofeng.

Mei Chaofeng instinctively raised her claws to defend herself, but there was already an insurmountable gap in strength between her and Yang Kang.

With the combined power of the tenth level of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill and the Overlord's Force, even a master like Huang Yaoshi could not withstand it head-on.

Mei Chaofeng was completely outmatched in terms of strength, internal energy, and techniques. However, the moment they made contact, she was at a significant disadvantage.

In his first move, Yang Kang used his fist to break Mei Chaofeng's claws, turning them into a bloody mess.

The second move involved changing his fist into a claw, grabbing Mei Chaofeng's right arm, and tearing it off her body.

In the third move, Mei Chaofeng's other three limbs were all broken.

Yang Kang held Mei Chaofeng's head in his hand and indifferently brought it up before him.

Compared to his towering figure, Mei Chaofeng looked like a pitiful and helpless woman being bullied by thugs.

Yang Kang acted too quickly and used too ruthlessly.

Before anyone could react, Mei Chaofeng had already become a cripple.

"Jing'er, your sworn brother doesn't seem to be behaving like a righteous person!"

The bloody and brutal scene made even the seasoned veterans present swallow hard, and Han Xiaoying couldn't help but whisper to Guo Jing in complaint.

"stop!"

A furious shout accompanied by a stone that flew through the air toward Yang Kang was just like the scene when Yang Kang saved Wanyan Honglie.

But Yang Kang was not Mei Chaofeng. He held Mei Chaofeng's head in his right hand, lifting her broken body off the ground, while his left hand easily blocked the pebble.

"Huang Yaoshi, the Eastern Heretic".

"So you were here after all."

"Watching your crippled disciples risk their lives to uphold the dignity of your Peach Blossom Island."

"Don't you feel gratified?"

Yang Kang raised his head, looking at Huang Yaoshi with a cold and domineering gaze.

"Father!"

When Huang Rong saw Huang Yaoshi appear, she exclaimed with delight.

"Master!"

When Mei Chaofeng, who was on the verge of death, heard Huang Yaoshi appear, she roused herself and shouted.

The disabled Lu Chengfeng was extremely excited.

The Seven Heroes of Jiangnan only glanced at Huang Yaoshi; their attention was entirely on Yang Kang at that moment.

"Release my disciple, and I may spare your life."

Huang Yaoshi looked at Yang Kang, who was holding Mei Chaofeng's head in front of him, and said in a cold tone.

"Did you hear that, Mei Chaofeng? Your master still acknowledges you as his disciple."

Yang Kang lifted Mei Chaofeng's head up to his face and said jokingly.

"Master, I never imagined I would see you again in my lifetime..."

Mei Chaofeng seemed oblivious to the pain she was experiencing, speaking only with obvious joy.

Before she could finish speaking, Yang Kang exerted a slight force in his palm, crushing her head as if it were a watermelon falling to the ground.

"Before I die, I hope to fulfill my long-cherished wish and return to my sect."

"She should have died happily, shouldn't she?"

Yang Kang turned around and looked at Huang Yaoshi not far away, revealing a warm and sunny smile.

It's as if what was just crushed was really just a watermelon.

Huang Yaoshi was instantly enraged, his inner energy surging, his sleeves fluttering in the wind. In his fury, he disregarded the dignity of a grandmaster and attacked Yang Kang, a junior in the martial arts world who was two generations younger than him.

Yang Kang's eyes sharpened, and he stepped forward without the slightest fear.

The moment the two clashed, they stirred up a cloud of dust, and the escaping energy rippled around them, causing waves to surge in the lake.

Broken stones flew everywhere, piercing the bodies of the soldiers watching, causing the ordinary soldiers with little martial arts skills to scatter and flee, and the scene immediately turned into chaos.

It had only been a little over a month since they last joined forces with Yang Miaozhen to fight against Huang Yaoshi.

However, with further advancement in skill, reaching the tenth level of the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill," a level that Jinlun only reached decades later in the original story, coupled with Yang's domineering physique, he already had the confidence to face peerless masters like Huang Yaoshi.

The two exchanged blows with a flurry of punches and palm strikes, quickly exchanging over a hundred moves.

Huang Yaoshi's moves were still flawless, each move dazzling Yang Kang, but no matter how exquisite Huang Yaoshi's moves were, Yang Kang could only rely on brute force to withstand them.

On the shores of Taihu Lake, the two exchanged a palm strike. As their inner forces surged, the surrounding water veins exploded and fell with a deafening roar.

Using the momentum, Yang Kang leaped back to the shore. Knowing his current abilities, he no longer had any intention of fighting.

"Are we still wasting time, Huang Yaoshi?"

"Although I am still three parts stronger than you, you can no longer do anything to me."

Yang Kang shook his slightly numb right hand and said calmly.

With his skill advancing further, his power was no longer comparable to that of the Golden Wheel Monk of later generations. Although there was still a gap between him and the Five Greats in terms of moves and artistic conception, it was absolutely impossible for any of the Five Greats to injure him head-on.

"Truly, the younger generation is to be feared!!!"

"That's enough! That's enough!"

"Chaofeng has committed too many evil deeds over the years, and she deserves this fate."

Huang Yaoshi stared at Yang Kang for a long time, and finally sighed to the heavens, showing no intention of continuing the fight.

"I never imagined that such a person as you would appear in this world."

"Two months ago, you needed to join forces with Yang Miaozhen, the one with the Pear Blossom Spear, to fight against me."

"In just two months, I've already become helpless against you."

"Looks like I'm really getting old..."

Huang Yaoshi sighed and turned to look at Lu Chengfeng and Huang Rong.

"Rong'er".

"Let's go back to Peach Blossom Island with Father."

After suffering repeated defeats, Huang Yaoshi became disheartened and considered retiring from the martial arts world. He was only concerned with taking care of his daughter and didn't even want to care about his crippled and abandoned disciple Lu Chengfeng or Mei Chaofeng, whose remains were scattered on the ground.

By this time, Duan Tiande had already been recognized by Han Xiaoying and the others. In the midst of the chaotic battle, the Six Freaks, along with Guo Jing, defeated Duan Tiande.

Zhu Cong hastily made a paper tablet for Guo Xiaotian. In his panic, Duan Tiande finally revealed that it was Wanyan Honglie who ordered him to arrest Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin's families, causing the Guo family to be destroyed and the Yang family to be separated.

In his grief and anger, Guo Jing stabbed Duan Tiande to death with a single blow, and then drew his sword to attack Wanyan Honglie.

The six monsters rushed forward, blocking Wanyan Honglie and the others, intending to kill them.

"You bunch of scoundrels think you can kill the prince?"

"Let's get past our checkpoint first."

Master Lingzhi snorted coldly, and the five of them stood in front of Wanyan Honglie, not taking Guo Jing and the others seriously at all.

Yang Kang ignored Huang Yaoshi's mundane chatter and turned to Wanyan Honglie's side.

"Brother Yang, Wanyan Honglie is the culprit who caused the separation of my two families."

"Get out of my way! Don't stop me from avenging my father!"

Guo Jing saw Yang Kang blocking Wanyan Honglie's way and immediately said anxiously.

"The kindness of giving birth is greater than heaven, and the kindness of raising is also greater than heaven!"

"I once asked Wanyan Gang to tell the Jin Emperor that my father raised me for eighteen years. If anyone dares to touch a hair on his head, I will travel to the ends of the earth and shed my last drop of blood to slaughter his entire family."

"Brother Guo, do you think I'm joking?"

Yang Kang stood upright, calmly looking at Guo Jing and the others in front of him.

Before Guo Jing could even stammer out a word, Ke Zhen'e and the others were already furious.

"What a leader of the World Society! What a loyal and filial son raised by the Jin Kingdom!"

"What a profound statement: the kindness of giving birth is greater than heaven, and the kindness of raising is also greater than heaven!"

"Yang Kang! You keep saying that the golden dog raised you for eighteen years, but what about your own father, Yang Tiexin? Did you take his eighteen years of separation from his family and his life of wandering for granted?"

"His eighteen years of blood and tears, aren't they your debt?"

"You're protecting that golden dog, how can you face your own father? How can you face your Yang family ancestors whom your mother wept for day and night?"

"If you truly have a conscience, you should kill this Jin dog, and lead your troops from Shandong back to the Song Dynasty to do what a Han Chinese should do with dignity!"

"And now you're protecting the culprit, even saying things like 'Anyone who dares to lay a finger on him will have their entire family killed'? Have you lost your conscience?"

Ke Zhen'e roared in fury, and the other five monsters echoed his sentiments righteously, constantly criticizing Yang Kang.

"Yang Kang, listen carefully! Today you will personally kill that Jin dog, return to your roots, and lead your troops back to Song."

"Either you continue to protect him, and from now on, you will be the enemy of the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan, and the enemy of all Han people in the world! The choice is yours!"

Yang Kang looked at the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan in front of him, so shocked by their moral blackmail that he didn't even have time to react with anger.

"You few, do you even deserve to represent all the Han people of the world?"

Yang Kang asked instinctively, with a mixture of astonishment and disdain.