Return of the King, Dominating the City-Chapter 1359 - 1344: Wrong Again

Song Yun moved his arm a little; the blood under his armpit had already stopped, but the pain there felt just like each time he was with a woman—uncontrollable.

"That arm of yours is basically useless tonight."

The Sound Ghost laughed and said, "Back then, it was because I was cut in that spot with a knife that I failed for a moment, but today, I’m going to leave all your limbs here."

"Sorry, buddy, I’ve got five limbs, unlike you." Song Yun shrugged and said.

"Five limbs?"

The Sound Ghost was momentarily stunned, then immediately understood the meaning behind Song Yun’s words, a dark look came over his face as he said viciously, "Then tonight, I’ll leave all five of your limbs here, and your fifth limb will be chopped up and fed to the dogs!"

"That’s still better than not having a fifth limb at all!" Song Yun chuckled and said, "You’re at such an advanced age, do you still even have that ability?"

"Humph, arrogant little brat."

The Sound Ghost glared at Song Yun and said, "Everything with your grandpa is still perfectly functional!"

"No, no!"

Song Yun shook his head and said, "You’ve lost your left hand, so how do you play by yourself? That’s something you can’t do, right!"

"You!!"

The Sound Ghost never imagined Song Yun would say such things, and being older and more conservative in his thinking, Song Yun’s words set him aflame with anger.

Song Yun’s heart stirred, but he quickly said aloud, "What do you mean, ’what do I mean’? Don’t say you can use your right hand, if you use your right hand, then how do you hold the mouse? Right? Can you actually watch a film from start to finish without skipping? That’s impossible, right? Back in the day, I used to skip straight to the good parts! Gotta fast forward and adjust the volume with the right hand, you know."

"Bastard!! Bastard, who are you calling plays with himself, I...I, the Sound Ghost, need that?"

The Sound Ghost panted heavily and said.

"Talk about coincidence; if you don’t need that, why are you called ’Yin Ghost’?" Song Yun asked.

"I...I am called the Sound Ghost, not...not the yin ghost!!"

The Sound Ghost was infuriated by Song Yun’s words. As an elder martial arts master, the Sound Ghost grew up around the time New Huaxia was founded, received a very orthodox education.

Though he practiced martial arts, he was very familiar with quotes from the Grand Founder, like the one saying a relationship not aiming towards marriage is a sham. So, despite his exceptional martial arts skills, he had only one woman in his lifetime.

Unfortunately, that woman later ran off with someone else, leaving the Sound Ghost to live alone, without any descendants, which allowed him to dedicate himself patiently to the study of music, achieving what he had today after decades of hard work.

However...an individual’s life is ultimately lonely; the Sound Ghost found solace in his erhu music. He wasn’t ignorant to the things Song Yun mentioned, but the old-fashioned thoughts in his mind made him disdainful of doing them, and now Song Yun blatantly brought them up and even accused him. How could this not anger the Sound Ghost?

Although many old folks have mastered the art of remaining unmoved by the wind, evidently, the Sound Ghost’s level was still lacking. In just a few sentences, Song Yun managed to provoke his anger, and instantly, the Sound Ghost suddenly flipped the stick he was holding with his right hand.

Then placed it on the strings of the erhu.

"I will make you regret ever coming into this world!"

The Sound Ghost roared.

He fiercely drew the erhu downward.

Screeech.

A piercing sound erupted from the erhu.

Song Yun squinted his eyes.

His body quickly retreated backward.

Bang.

The speed of sound was ultimately faster than Song Yun’s full burst of speed.

At a speed of 340 meters per second, it wasn’t something Song Yun could outrun, of course, Song Yun had a way to make a certain part of his body, like his fist, momentarily exceed the speed of sound, but that was only enabling a specific part to go supersonic. Running at such speed was impossible for Song Yun because breaking the sound barrier would generate tremendous heat, even if it didn’t burn Song Yun to death, it would incinerate his clothes into ashes.

The sound wave hit Song Yun’s body with a dull thud.

Song Yun’s body retreated several more steps rapidly.

Then.

Buzz.

A sound that no one knew where it came from suddenly emanated from Song Yun’s body.

Song Yun’s clothes fluttered briefly from the sonic wave.

"Inner Qi!"

The Sound Ghost’s expression darkened as he looked at Song Yun.

"Phew!"

Song Yun let out a long breath.

It seemed like he had found the right approach.

Sound is intangible, so how do you confront it?

Very simply, with another intangible force.

And what intangible force did Song Yun have within him?

Inner Qi!

Just as the sound wave touched his body, Song Yun decisively sent his Inner Qi to the space in front of him.

Then, the sound wave and the Inner Qi connected.

As everyone knows.

Sound waves usually propagate through air as the medium, and Inner Qi is essentially a type of air, just more advanced and denser, so simply put, sound waves can indeed propagate through Inner Qi!

Due to the dense Inner Qi and through Song Yun’s manipulation, the sound wave hadn’t yet penetrated through his Inner Qi, instead, it was forcibly redirected away from him.

This created a buzzing sound emanating from Song Yun’s body.

And that buzzing sound directly caused the Sound Ghost’s expression to change.

Because, in that moment, the Sound Ghost felt that the sound wave emanating from Song Yun seemed...as though...it was propagating faster than it would in regular air.

The Sound Ghost could sense it, and so could Song Yun.

"Whoa! I actually turned into a supersonic accelerator!" Song Yun looked in surprise at his own body.

Sound travels faster in high-density areas.

This is basic physics.

"Hmph, do you think this can beat me?"

The Sound Ghost saw the look on Song Yun’s face, snorted coldly, and said, "The intricacies of my sound attacks are not something that someone like you can easily break through!"

Hiss hiss.

The Sound Ghost grasped his little stick and, as if playing a tune, started pulling it.

And indeed, it did sound somewhat like a tune.

"Tsk, I am now invincible!"

Song Yun, realizing he could deflect those sound waves with his Inner Qi, was overjoyed, it was like he was wearing an anti-magic cloak, immune to magic! As long as your sound wave reaches me, I’ll bounce it back, what do I have to fear from you!

Seeing that the tune had started to be played, Song Yun lavishly spread his Inner Qi throughout his entire body. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Only this time, Song Yun misjudged again.