Su Wangchuan and Cold Wuxia exchanged a glance, both eyes turning grave.
They had already discovered a wanted criminal from the Earthfiend Sect?
“Where?” Su Wangchuan asked.
“At the city wall.” The man reporting was an inner disciple of the Yulong Gang. He explained, “Captain Zhao said there are several faces matching the Earthfiend Sect portraits, along with so others behaving suspiciously. To avoid alarming them, he asks that you lead people to the city wall first.”
Su Wangchuan did not hesitate. He turned to Cold Wuxia.
“How many First-Rank martial artists and full-fledged martial artists do we still have inside the city?”
Without knowing the enemy’s numbers or scale, they had to go all out.
Cold Wuxia replied, “The yan has
and Old Liang as First-Rank martial artists. We also have three full-fledged martial artists. The Four Great Families can muster four First-Rank martial artists and twelve full-fledged martial artists.”
“The Yulong Gang will provide two First-Rank martial artists, eight martial artists, and one hundred and twenty archers,” Su Wangchuan said decisively.
Cold Wuxia’s eyes lit up. “That is enough.”
“With that force, we can suppress the Earthfiend Sect.”
“Let us go!”
The two stepped out of the yan.
Unexpectedly, they ca face to face with a man dressed like a refugee.
He walked steadily, his arm wrapped in bandages, head lowered as he followed behind a physician.
The physician walked ahead, his face pale. His eyes flicked toward the interior of the yan from ti to ti. When he saw Su Wangchuan and Cold Wuxia, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he began frantically signaling with his gaze.
Su Wangchuan and Cold Wuxia, accompanied by several inner disciples, acted as if they had seen nothing and continued walking out of the yan.
At the instant they brushed past each other, the injured man slightly raised his head, revealing a pair of bright, sharp eyes. His pupils shifted subtly, the corner of his gaze sizing up the two n’s backs with icy intent.
In that split second, Su Wangchuan and Cold Wuxia moved simultaneously.
Cold Wuxia spun around, his blade flashing in a streak of light. It swept past the physician’s side and slashed toward the bandaged man.
Su Wangchuan drew his Hundredfold Steel Longsword, activated 《Green Robe Dance》, and darted past the physician’s other side with antelope-like agility, coordinating with Cold Wuxia to form a pincer attack.
They had already noticed the strangeness in the physician’s eyes and seen that this so-called refugee carried himself like a trained martial artist.
At the very mont the Earthfiend Sect’s traces had been discovered, a martial artist disguised as a refugee entered the city and happened to pass by the county yan.
Suspicious.
They struck in unison, instantly putting the man in mortal peril.
But the man reacted in an instant. He tapped his foot against the ground. The straw raincoat on his body suddenly exploded apart with a loud rustle, scattering in all directions and obscuring their vision.
A streak of cold light shot out from within, slashing toward Su Wangchuan.
Between Cold Wuxia and Su Wangchuan, he chose Su Wangchuan.
They said Su Wangchuan’s archery was formidable.
Li Laoda of the Earthfiend Sect would never allow him the chance to widen the distance.
Kill Su Wangchuan first, then eliminate Cold Wuxia.
After all, they were both First-Rank martial artists.
Clang!
With 《Green Robe Dance》, Su Wangchuan evaded the opponent’s longsword. At the sa ti, he countered with 《Swift Sword Art》 in a lightning-fast riposte.
Clink!
tal rang from within the man’s clothing.
He was wearing inner armor!
Su Wangchuan’s heart sank. This was bad.
Seizing the opportunity, Li Laoda launched another rapid slash, the blade grazing Su Wangchuan’s side.
Rip!
The sword tore through the Yulong Gang uniform, sliced open the leather armor, and dragged out a streak of red.
《Iron Shirt》 granted
8 Defense, with an additional
2 Defense to the torso. Combined with his own 7.8 Defense and the leather armor’s 2 points of Defense, most of the blade’s force was absorbed.
Even so, Su Wangchuan felt a searing pain. Instinctively, he parried the second strike and used the montum to widen the distance.
“Hm?”
Li Laoda was startled that his Third-Rank sword technique had failed to split open a First-Rank martial artist’s body.
“A re youth fad for archery,” he said coldly, “and you have also cultivated 《Iron Shirt》? Your swordsmanship and movent are impressive as well. That strength… you are close to a Second-Rank martial artist. You have hidden your depth well. I cannot let you live today!”
As he spoke, he forced Cold Wuxia back with a slash and surged forward at even greater speed, pressing Su Wangchuan with suffocating aggression.
At that critical mont—
Thrum!
An Armor-Piercing Arrow shot from the direction of the city wall, its speed ferocious. The one who had fired was Zhao Heiniu.
Li Laoda heard the arrow slicing through the air and dared not be careless. He hastily evaded, but that gave Su Wangchuan the chance to widen the gap again.
“Damn it!”
Li Laoda pursued once more.
But Su Wangchuan flicked his left hand. A gleaming blade streaked straight toward Li Laoda’s face, forcing him to raise his sword to block.
Clang!
Cold Wuxia caught up from behind, compelling Li Laoda to turn and defend.
Su Wangchuan widened the distance again and threw two Hundredfold Steel throwing knives.
《Heart-Piercing Dart》!
Li Laoda’s expression darkened at once.
With a leap, Su Wangchuan ascended to the rooftop, drawing his Iron-Reinforced Bow and taking the high ground.
At the sa ti, another skilled archer at the city wall continued to loose arrows in suppression, preventing Li Laoda from focusing fully on Cold Wuxia.
Damn it!
Li Laoda cursed his misfortune. He slashed to drive Cold Wuxia back and bolted into an alley to avoid the archers.
Su Wangchuan would never allow him to leave his sight.
A Second-Rank martial artist…
If he escaped, Su Wangchuan would not sleep in peace.
He imdiately sprinted along the rooftops, chasing closely while dipping Armor-Piercing Arrowheads into the deerskin pouch and coating them with snake venom, preparing them one by one.
Second-Rank martial artists were difficult to kill.
But with poison, it would be much easier.
He quickly coated all his Hundredfold Steel throwing knives with snake venom as well.
On the city wall, n were already running at full speed.
Under Zhao Heiniu’s orders, Chen Ergou and others mobilized more and more inner disciples. They converged from all directions, intercepting and blocking.
Seeing the encirclent tightening, Li Laoda was finally forced to release a signal rocket.
Shiiing!
The rocket shot into the sky and burst overhead.
It was the Earthfiend Sect’s signal.
Thrum!
Almost at the sa instant, Su Wangchuan drew and released.
The mont the signal rocket exploded, four Armor-Piercing Arrows shot forth at even greater speed, sealing Li Laoda’s front, back, left, and right.
《Five-Finger Rapid Shot》!
He could not evade all four arrows at once. By the ti he realized it, one arrow had already struck his arm, biting deep into the flesh.
Li Laoda was decisive. With a swift motion, he severed the arrow shaft with his sword.
Fierce and resolute.
But when he saw black blood seeping from the numb, throbbing wound, his face drained of color. His body suddenly gave way, and he collapsed heavily into the alley.
“Despicable!”
“You actually… used poison…”
His eyes burned with madness and fury.
Without a word, Su Wangchuan calmly drew four more Armor-Piercing Arrows, nocked them, and fired.
Thud! Thud!
At close range, the arrows pierced Li Laoda’s arm, thigh, throat, and skull.
All four struck true.
Li Laoda’s eyes bulged wide. He could not imagine that soone would be so cautious—more ruthless and unscrupulous than even himself.
He died on the spot.
Only after confirming Li Laoda’s death did Su Wangchuan descend from the rooftop. He searched the body, retrieved a heavy money pouch, tucked it into his robe, then beheaded the Second-Rank martial artist on the spot and carried the head toward the city wall.
Outside the city, the Earthfiend Sect had already clashed with the Yulong Gang and the yan forces. Both sides had suffered casualties.
Su Wangchuan climbed to the top of the wall and raised the severed head high.
“The Earthfiend Sect’s leader’s head is here! Surrender and you will be spared!”
He was not entirely certain the man had truly been the sect leader, but the head of a Second-Rank martial artist was more than enough to terrify the rest.
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