Cultivating for Immorality: I Evolved Martial Arts into the Immortal Path – Chapter 96

Chapter 96: Kill!

The night was dark and windy, with dark clouds obscuring the moon.

The county town.

Rapid hoofbeats.

With a cold gaze, Chu Liang rode out of the city alone, his body enveloped in killing intent.

Outside the city, it was pitch black, so dark that one couldn’t see their own hand in front of their face. The surroundings were shrouded in darkness, with only the occasional howl of a wild beast echoing from the forests on either side of the official road, eerie and chilling.

“Clatter, clatter…”

The donkey’s hooves moved swiftly, its speed undiminished as it plunged into the darkness.

It had been enhanced by Chu Liang to become a true demon, and this darkness posed no obstacle to it.

Wu Neng and his men had left the city half an hour ago.

They were a group of more than ten people ahead of Chu Liang.

The distance between them wasn’t too far, and Wu Neng and his men were riding ordinary horses, while Chu Liang’s mount was a demon beast, so the distance was constantly shrinking.

Chu Liang was dressed in black, wearing soft armor underneath, with a treasure bow hanging from the bag in front of him and a treasure saber at his waist. He had adjusted his condition to its peak.

Two months of hard training, and now was the time to test it!

The two sides were getting closer and closer.

Finally, at the intersection of the official road and the ordinary dirt road, Chu Liang saw Wu Neng and his men from afar.

But Wu Neng and his men were completely unaware.

They were a group of more than ten people, their hoofbeats rapid and mixed together, somewhat noisy, interfering with their perception of the outside world.

“Tonight, we’ll rush to Qing Shi Village and thoroughly search that Chu Liang’s house!”

“If we can’t find many clues, we’ll just arrest them directly. We’ll capture that Chu Liang’s second uncle’s family and force Chu Liang to leave the county town!”

“Good!”

“Although this matter goes against conscience and morality, we can’t worry about that anymore!”

They were discussing how to force Chu Liang to leave the county town.

If Chu Liang stayed in the county town, they wouldn’t be able to deal with him.

Even the Martial Alliance Leader had said that if they wanted to make a move, they should find a place outside the county town and not cause trouble within the city.

If they dared to cause trouble again, they themselves would likely be locked up in the dungeon.

“We’ll disguise ourselves as mountain bandits, first kidnap his second uncle’s family, and then send a ransom note to Chu Liang, asking him to bring the ransom money to exchange for them outside the county town.”

“At that time, we can choose the location.”

Everyone thought this was a feasible plan.

As long as they captured the second uncle’s family, they would have the upper hand.

As for the location…

They could just choose a remote mountain forest, lie in ambush, and wait for Chu Liang to arrive before attacking him together.

One of them said, “With Chu Liang’s intelligence, he will naturally guess that it was us. I’m just afraid he won’t dare to come out.”

Another person smiled cruelly and said, “If he doesn’t come, we’ll cut off one of his second uncle’s hands and send it to the entrance of the Autumn Blade Martial Arts Hall. Let’s see how he reacts, haha…”

As he was laughing, a cold arrow suddenly pierced through the darkness, arriving in an instant!

Whoosh!

The arrow was as fast as lightning, too fast to react to!

A cloud of blood mist exploded, and the man’s throat was instantly pierced!

“Guh…”

His eyes widened, and his face instantly turned pale.

His entire neck was shattered, and he couldn’t utter any last words. His body was instantly soaked with blood gushing from his neck. He swayed for a moment and fell headfirst.

The others’ expressions changed drastically.

“Fifth Brother!”

They were shocked and furious, and they all drew their weapons.

But before they could turn around to see the enemy behind them, the second arrow had already arrived!

The arrow was cold, and killing intent permeated the air!

Whoosh!

One of them shuddered, and a cloud of blood spurted from his neck.

His pale face was filled with disbelief, which then turned into terror. He opened his mouth, seeming to want to say something, but in the end, he just swayed and also fell from his horse.

Thud!

He fell to the ground, convulsed a few times, and then there was no more movement.

In just a few blinks of an eye, two people from Wu Neng’s team had died.

The others were furious.

“Chu Liang!”

If they still couldn’t guess who the enemy was, they would have lived all these years in vain.

In the county town, besides Chu Liang, who else could have such strong archery skills?

That night, Chu Liang’s nine arrows that killed the wolf demon had long been known to them.

“Chu Liang, you deserve to die!”

Wu Neng roared, his eyes filled with rage.

But what responded to him was not Chu Liang’s voice, but the third arrow!

Whoosh!

The arrow pierced through the darkness, its trajectory completely invisible, as if it came from a strange void, unstoppable.

A scream rang out, and the third person in the team fell, covered in blood.

At this point, only nine people remained in the team.

The night was boundless, and the killing intent was everywhere.

The moaning wind echoed in the mountains, like a mournful dirge, about to send Wu Neng and his men off.

“He’s behind us!”

“Damn it, he’s been following us all along!”

“Charge, watch out for his arrows!”

After paying the price of three teammates’ lives, Wu Neng and his men finally discovered Chu Liang’s figure.

What made them even angrier was that Chu Liang didn’t hide at all. He just stood on the official road behind them, shooting them one arrow after another.

This was contempt, a silent humiliation!

It meant that Chu Liang didn’t take them seriously at all.

If Chu Liang had hidden in the forests on either side and shot arrows, they would have had to spend some effort to find him, but Chu Liang didn’t hide at all!

“He’s a skilled archer. We must engage him in close combat!”

“Kill!”

The night wind whistled, and the air was filled with killing intent.

Wu Neng and his men dismounted.

They were furious and filled with hatred, their eyes full of killing intent as they charged towards Chu Liang.

When facing a sharpshooter like Chu Liang, there were usually only two choices: either flee desperately and put distance between yourself and the opponent, escaping beyond the range where they could accurately shoot.

◈◈◈

Or charge up and force the opponent to abandon their bow and arrow and use close-combat weapons.

Either method would come at a great cost.

Several of Wu Neng’s teammates had a clear realization that they probably wouldn’t be able to leave alive tonight.

Whoosh!

The fourth arrow arrived, piercing through one of their throats.

With a thud.

He fell to the ground, covered in blood, rolling a few times, becoming the first person to fall on this path of charge.

In the distance, Chu Liang’s expression was cold, like a merciless god of death.

He drew his bow, nocked an arrow, his arm steady, and released another arrow, harvesting the life of the fifth person.

Seven people left!

And at this time, Wu Neng and his men hadn’t even made it halfway.

Several of them had already accepted their inevitable deaths. One of them roared, “Chu Liang, you’re definitely going to die tonight. I’ll go down first and wait for you!”

As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow pierced through his throat.

He really did go down first.

“Chu Liang!”

The remaining six were filled with rage, gnashing their teeth, wishing they could tear Chu Liang into pieces.

But to charge to Chu Liang’s front, at least two more people would have to die.

“Chu Liang, if you have the guts, fight me one-on-one. What kind of ability is it to keep shooting hidden arrows?”

Wu Neng roared, his Qi and blood surging, his body burning hot, his face full of rage.

Another person beside him also roared, “Chu Liang, if you have the guts, put down your bow and arrow. I’ll fight you one-on-one. I’ll even let you have one hand!”

“You despicable villain, do you only know how to shoot hidden arrows?”

“I’ll let you have two hands!”

The others also roared.

They all knew that shouting at this time was useless, but the anger burning in their hearts had to be released, otherwise they might die of anger.

Anyway, they were going to die, so they might as well curse a few times before they died.

However, to their surprise, Chu Liang actually put down his bow.

He could clearly have killed two more people with his bow, but he put it down!

Seeing this, Wu Neng and his men were immediately overjoyed.

“Good, Chu Liang, it seems you still have some face!” Wu Neng roared, “I’ll take you on!”

He had the strength of Three Strands of Qi and Blood, and he was the fastest, at the front of everyone.

In a short while, he reached Chu Liang.

Whoosh!

A dark red broadsword came cleaving through the air!

This was Wu Neng’s weapon, an unranked treasure saber, the Bloodthirsty Saber!

This saber had beheaded countless enemies for him. The blade was sharp, indestructible, and carried a strong smell of blood.

“Take this!”

Wu Neng roared, his voice like thunder.

If a weaker martial artist had been in front of him, just this roar alone could have stunned them for a moment.

Wu Neng was confident that even a martial artist with Three Strands of Qi and Blood would have to retreat from this strike.

If Chu Liang retreated, he would lose the upper hand and be put on the defensive.

If he didn’t retreat, then he would either die or be crippled!

The other five people’s faces showed excitement and cruelty. As long as this strike could cripple Chu Liang, they would have plenty of ways to deal with him.

Thinking of their dead teammates, the cruelty and killing intent in their hearts began to climb, and they wished they could peel Chu Liang’s skin off bit by bit.

But the next scene shattered all the thoughts in their hearts.

Clang!

A cold gleam flashed.

Chu Liang also drew his saber, the blade silver-white, like cold moonlight.

“Clang——!”

The two sabers collided in an instant, and a terrifying shockwave burst out, blowing away countless fallen leaves around them.

Wu Neng’s face instantly showed disbelief.

He was actually forced to fly backward, spinning in the air before barely managing to stop himself by crashing into a large tree.

“Impossible!”

Wu Neng roared. He was the one attacking.

He had just used his strongest killing move, holding the Bloodthirsty Saber. In his anger, his entire state had reached an unprecedented peak.

Even such a strike was easily blocked by Chu Liang!

And Wu Neng’s hands holding the Bloodthirsty Saber were trembling slightly, numb from the recoil, almost unable to hold it.

In contrast, Chu Liang.

His breathing was steady, and his face was cold.

That move just now was like casually swatting away a small ant.

“How is this possible? How could he block it?”

The other five people’s expressions changed drastically.

As Wu Neng’s teammates, they knew how terrifying that strike was.

If any of them had faced that strike, they would have had to retreat, not daring to take it head-on.

“Boss’s saber!”

One of them exclaimed, his gaze fixed on Wu Neng’s Bloodthirsty Saber.

The others also looked over.

Wu Neng himself also looked down.

When he saw it, his expression completely changed.

His Bloodthirsty Saber was a treasure saber. Although it was an unranked defective product, it was still among the best of all defective products, very close to a true ranked treasure saber.

In the past, when fighting against others, he had basically been able to take advantage of his weapon, even being able to shatter his enemies’ weapons.

But today…

On his invincible treasure saber, there was actually a chip!