Those who work in this line of business are nothing but desperados, to whom life holds little to no attachnt.
Living in this world, isn’t it all about having days where you can eat at in big chunks, drink liquor in large gulps, and still have extra Silver to spend at the brothel?
Upon hearing the Water Bandits Leader’s words, they all shouted in agreent.
The river bandits on the surface of the river dared not act recklessly, all eyes were fixed halfway up the mountain.
Then a whistle was heard, a signal for attack!
Instantly, each of them roared, infused with energy as they charged towards the middle of the river.
The boats in the center of the river were already arranged in a wedge shape, with Song Chongjin’s boat as the center, spreading wings, shielding those deep draft cargo ships, and those passenger ships carrying the old, weak, won, and children behind.
Wang Yongzhu had long ordered Old Granny Zhang and Old Granny Wu, along with several other ladies, to hide in the cabin, with an additional protective shield exchanged previously, instructing them no matter how big the commotion outside, they should not co out!
Old Granny Zhang was unwilling, her daughter was her life! Those outside were water bandits who killed without blinking. Besides, knives and swords are blind. Even if her daughter scraped off a piece of skin, she would feel distressed for a long ti.
Not to ntion, her daughter’s posture was such that she’s going out to make a big fight.
If sothing really happened, would she be able to survive?
Imdiately blocking the door, refusing: "Daughter, can’t we refrain from being brave at this ti? Mother knows you’re strong, but who are those people outside? Knives and swords don’t have eyes! If sothing does happen to you, how can your mother survive?"
"Besides, there are so many n outside, surely they can handle it, right? If you must go, fine, take your mother along, let’s live or die together, at least we can keep each other company even in the afterlife!"
Wang Yongzhu couldn’t help but laugh and cry: "Mother, don’t worry! I’ll be fine! As long as you stay well inside this room without going out and not distracting , everything will be fine!"
"Mother, don’t you know ? I’m not one to foolishly charge ahead to beco a target! If sothing really happens, can’t I hide? I’ll hold a stick, guarding the rear, and if there’s any straggler, it’ll be just a swing of a stick! How dangerous can it be?"
After much persuasion, she finally got Old Granny Zhang to let go.
Exiting the cabin door, Wang Yongzhu locked it from the outside, then carried a stick dismantled from a chair and walked towards the deck.
By then, the river was already filled with shouts of killing, the skiffs, and the water bandits halfway up the mountain were shouting in unison, the montum was quite formidable.
Seeing Wang Yongzhu co out, before Song Chongjin could say anything, Song Xiaoyin was already anxious: "Madam, it’s dangerous here! Please hurry back to the cabin!"
Just as he said this, arrows from halfway up the mountain shot over, with Song Xiaoyin and several others busy blocking them, they couldn’t attend to Wang Yongzhu at that mont.
A few stray arrows slipped through the gaps between them, heading straight for Wang Yongzhu—
The hearts of several of the Song family’s personal soldiers almost stopped beating, turning to look.
Yet they found that those stray arrows had already been steadily caught in a fair hand, and who could that hand belong to but Wang Yongzhu?
Wang Yongzhu grasped the arrows in hand and stepped forward a few paces.
The Song family brothers couldn’t help but retreat a few steps, making way for her.
Song Chongjin’s brow was full of disapproval: "It’s chaotic outside, go keep mother company, to prevent her from getting scared!"
Wang Yongzhu fiddled with the arrow in her hand, made an aiming gesture, then casually flung it, and the arrow flew like a shooting star, heading directly for the nearest bandit skiff.
Everyone watched with wide eyes as the arrow smoothly struck the base of a river bandit’s thigh who was paddling the skiff, with a splash of blood, the bandit let out a scream and involuntarily rolled off the skiff into the river.
There was one bandit left on the skiff, who looked over in horror.
Wang Yongzhu sneered, pulling a few bags of powder from her bosom: "This contains Itching Powder. I see the wind is just right towards them now. You follow the wind and scatter the powder—"
Song Xiaoyin looked at Wang Yongzhu with awe, and even more so at Song Chongjin, gingerly receiving the powder and distributing it to a few brothers.
Song Xiaoyin and a few others, wrapped their hands in cloth, opened the powder package, took advantage of the wind, and scattered the powder into the air, imdiately drifting towards the river with the wind.
So savvy bandits realized sothing was wrong, hurriedly shouting: "Be careful of poison!" hastily covering their noses and mouths with their hands.
But this Itching Powder was exchanged from the System, with extraordinary effects.
Covering noses and mouths proved useless. These water bandits were fighting bare-chested, with their bodies already wet. The powder was carried by the wind, attaching to their skin, quickly lting and penetrating into the skin.
Those bandits hurried to pour water over themselves to wash away the powder, but it was too late.
In just a mont, these people felt an unbearable itch, a sensation that penetrated from the skin to the flesh, and from the flesh to the bones.
They tried to endure and not scratch, but how could they hold back?
For those who couldn’t resist, they reached to scratch their arms, faces, and bodies, the more they scratched, the itchier, and the more unbearable, until they clawed into blood marks, yet still could not relieve even a bit.
Initially charging fiercely with knives, they hadn’t reached the ship before one by one they couldn’t care less, dropping their weapons, desperately scratching instead.
Leaving Song Xiaoyin and his brothers, who had seen the world, dumbfounded.
The guards on the ships behind Song Chongjin, chosen to fight, initially trembling with fear, all had the determination to fight to the death.
Little did they expect that, in the blink of an eye, it turned out like this?
The sounds of killing suddenly ceased, leaving everyone on the ship dumbfounded, watching this group of vanguard water bandits scratching themselves on the skiff.
So felt dissatisfied with re scratching or couldn’t reach the itch, simply laying back, wriggling on the skiff.
The slightly sensible ones jumped into the river, scrubbing vigorously, thinking this might relieve the itch.
So, even more desperately, couldn’t alleviate the itch, jumped onto the exposed reef, and rubbed against the rock.
The rock was sharp, and soon they rubbed their skins to the point of breaking, yet these people seed to have no perception.
At first, everyone watched with amusent, feeling sowhat vented.
Gradually, seeing those river bandits, each with their bodies clawed to shreds, pulling off strips of flesh, yet still oblivious.
Suddenly, everyone’s hearts turned cold, looking reverently toward Song Xiaoyin and his brothers.
Song Xiaoyin and his brothers, however, were as hard-hearted as iron, only feeling the powder was truly potent.
On second thought, they wrapped the powder in cloth, so it wouldn’t contaminate themselves? Instantly, they exchanged alard glances, carefully removing the cloth on their hands and throwing it into the river, still sowhat shaken.
Wang Yongzhu was quite speechless: "Don’t worry, you’ll be fine."
She’s not the kind to mix up friends and foes, naturally having coated the paper wrapping the powder with the antidote, making sure Song Xiaoyin and the others would be alright.
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