Cultivating for Immorality: I Evolved Martial Arts into the Immortal Path – Chapter 117

Chapter 117: A Deadly Arrow

When dealing with mountain bandits, one must be ruthless!

More ruthless than they are!

Without the courage and conviction to fight to the very end, it’s best to surrender at the beginning and offer half of your wealth.

Once the killing starts, there’s no turning back.

“Swish–!”

Qin Yu, her face filled with killing intent, her black clothes stained with blood, wielded her longsword, which had long since turned crimson.

A bandit in front of her was cut in half at the waist, blood gushing out. He fell to the ground, howling in agony. The pain of being cut in half was excruciating!

The rest of the Qin family’s disciples fought bravely, their swords and shields covered in blood.

“Kill!”

In the dark night, the sounds of battle echoed through the forest. Bodies lay scattered everywhere, the color of blood was thick, and the stench of blood was nauseating.

The brutal atmosphere shocked the bandits in the surrounding areas.

They felt a chill down their spines, their scalps tingling. They felt that the Qin family’s disciples were more like bandits than they were, more ferocious and more crazed!

If they continued fighting, most of them would likely lose their lives here.

Even if they could kill all the Qin family’s disciples, what then?

Only a few survivors would be able to enjoy their wealth. The rest would become ghosts of this battle, dying in this cold, dark night with pain and resentment.

Many bandits were already considering retreat.

But Hu Luózi was filled with rage, his killing intent rising. He roared, “Kill! Kill them all! Kill all these Qin family members! Cut off that Qin family Young Miss’s head, I want to use it as a lantern!”

“Boss, calm down!” The vice-leader of the Black Water Stronghold whispered, “If we kill her, that Skin Tempering Realm expert of the Qin family will be at odds with us until one side is dead.”

“Too many of our brothers have died tonight, more than we expected!” Another vice-leader spoke, his voice tense, already planning to retreat with his men.

But Hu Luózi was heedless, the scars on his face writhing like centipedes, looking extremely vicious.

He was overwhelmed with rage, his aura bursting forth. He held two giant axes and charged straight towards Qin Yu, like a black whirlwind, his bloodshot eyes filled with madness.

It seemed he was determined to kill Qin Yu, even if it meant provoking a Skin Tempering Realm expert.

But Qin Zhong would naturally not let him have his way.

“Hu Luózi!”

Qin Zhong roared, his body like a fierce tiger, his aura surging. He pounced towards Hu Luózi like a hungry tiger leaping at a sheep, wielding his blood-dripping cold blade.

The blade gleamed, and a fishy wind howled as blood splattered from the blade.

Hu Luózi had no choice but to suppress his anger. With a vicious expression, he turned around, wielding his giant axes to meet the long blade that was filled with killing intent.

Clang!

The blade and axes collided with a deafening sound!

A terrifying shockwave burst forth, sweeping through the forest, causing countless dead branches and fallen leaves to scatter.

Both men were pushed back by the force of the impact, then charged at each other again, their Qi and blood surging, their auras terrifying and violent. Their robes billowed around them.

“Clang! Clang! Clang!”

Each collision was deafening, like rolling thunder!

Both were experts with Five Strands of Qi and Blood, powerful and domineering, fierce and terrifying, like two humanoid beasts. They fought, causing leaves to fly and dust to rise!

Qin Zhong’s aura was astonishing. He laughed loudly as he wielded his blade, “Haha, Hu Luózi, you’re nothing special!”

“You deserve to die!”

Hu Luózi roared fiercely, his face extremely vicious.

During this brief exchange, more than twenty bandits from the Black Water Stronghold had died, yet the Qin family’s disciples’ formation remained intact!

Although the bandits were fierce, they had lost the initiative from the beginning, and their encirclement had been broken.

And the Qin family’s disciples were equally fierce!

Blood was everywhere, and the bodies of bandits lay scattered throughout the forest. The atmosphere was extremely brutal, and even the flickering firelight seemed to have a tinge of blood.

If they continued fighting like this, the Black Water Stronghold would undoubtedly be defeated!

This was an outcome that Hu Luózi and the others had never anticipated.

The two vice-leaders charged forward with their blades, their hearts pounding with fear as they saw the blood on the ground. While supporting Hu Luózi, they whispered their suggestion.

“Boss, let’s retreat!”

“If we don’t retreat now, all our brothers will die!”

The words of these two reflected the thoughts of many of the surviving bandits.

They had thought they had found a fat piece of meat, but they had encountered a hard piece of iron instead. They had chipped their teeth but still couldn’t eat it. Retreating now would allow them to preserve some of their strength. Fighting to the death was not the style of these bandits.

Hu Luózi was filled with rage, glaring fiercely at Qin Yu in the distance. He still wanted to fight, but he couldn’t get past Qin Zhong.

“You two, hold him off for twenty breaths, I’m going to use the Blood Burning Technique!” Hu Luózi said fiercely. Judging from his words, he was about to use a secret technique.

The two vice-leaders were dumbfounded. One of them had Four Strands of Qi and Blood, and the other had Three Strands of Qi and Blood. They were supposed to hold off Qin Zhong for twenty breaths?

They would likely be killed by Qin Zhong before twenty breaths were up!

“Boss, we can’t hold on for that long!”

“Not only can we not hold on, if we keep fighting, our brothers will definitely disobey orders and flee!”

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If they didn’t leave now, their men would run away on their own!

Then it wouldn’t be a retreat, but a rout, and the scene would be extremely ugly.

“You…”

Although Hu Luózi was unwilling, he knew that what these two said was right.

If he continued to insist, his years of accumulation might be destroyed tonight, and he might even lose his own life here!

He gritted his teeth, looked viciously at Qin Yu, and shouted coldly, “Retreat! Everyone, retreat!”

“Yes!”

The bandits were overjoyed and quickly moved away from the Qin family’s disciples’ formation. They moved swiftly, retreating into the darkness in the blink of an eye, leaving behind a trail of broken and bloody corpses.

A rough estimate showed that at least fifty bandits had fallen in this forest.

“Let’s go!”

Hu Luózi and the two vice-leaders also fled.

Qin Zhong did not stop them, he simply watched them leave with his blade in hand.

The other Qin family’s disciples did not pursue them either. They were not fools, they understood the principle of not pursuing a desperate enemy, and they would not push the bandits to a dead end.

If they pushed too hard, the enemy’s desperate counterattack would definitely cause harm to their side.

Before long, the forest fell completely silent.

“The bandits have retreated!”

Qin Zhong raised his blood-stained long blade and shouted, his aura powerful.

The Qin family’s disciples burst into cheers, their faces filled with excitement and exhilaration.

Killing brings fear and excitement, while victory brings elation and joy. The combination of the two made them extremely excited, their bodies trembling.

“Haha, what damn Black Water Stronghold? They sound tough, but they couldn’t even touch a hair on my head!”

“I just killed two bandits with my own hands!”

“Me too, this is the first time I’ve killed anyone!”

At least one-third of the Qin family’s disciples present were killing for the first time.

Although the world was chaotic now, not everyone had the opportunity to kill.

Chu Liang smiled, standing among the Qin family’s disciples, enjoying this victory with them.

“The Qin family is indeed remarkable, no wonder they are the number one family in the county.”

He had barely done anything just now.

As soon as the fighting began, he was surrounded by the Qin family’s disciples in the center of their formation.

Although many of the Qin family’s disciples were jealous of him and didn’t like him, they still protected him.

As Qin Zhong said, Chu Liang was a guest, and no matter what, they would do their best to protect him.

The Qin family had won a great victory in this battle!

And Chu Liang was completely unharmed, not even a drop of blood had touched him.

However…

The cheering Qin family’s disciples did not notice that in the darkness in the distance, a deadly glint was slowly gathering.

On the ridge, Hu Luózi was unwilling to give up, gnashing his teeth, his entire face contorted.

“That Qin family Young Miss, if she hadn’t suddenly attacked, I wouldn’t have lost this battle!”

The cheers of the Qin family’s disciples were like countless steel needles, piercing Hu Luózi’s ears, making him extremely uncomfortable.

A vice-leader hurriedly said, “Boss, let’s go, that Qin Yu is the daughter of that Skin Tempering Realm expert of the Qin family. Even if we kill everyone else, we can’t kill her!”

“No!”

Hu Luózi’s eyes were filled with killing intent, his voice hoarse, “Even if I can’t kill her, I will cripple her!”

With that, he held his treasure bow, drawing it back like a full moon.

A poisoned arrow was already nocked on the bowstring!