A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 184: Black Tiger Hill (I)

On the official road to Heihugang, the rapid and chaotic sound of horse hooves hit the ground like hail...

Three carriages were galloping, with lanterns hanging from them, swaying wildly...

The drivers were obviously veterans. They half-crouched in front of the carts, half-relaxed the reins, and kept whipping the horses' buttocks with the whips in their hands...

Black Tiger Hill is a steep slope. Just in the process of climbing up the slope, the horse's buttocks were already covered with blood marks. Now that they had climbed over the steep slope, the carriage went downhill at an increasing speed. The horseshoes of the horses hooves hit the dry and hard ground, making a loud noise...

At this moment, three thick hemp ropes were suddenly stretched on the official road, and the hemp ropes were covered with black caltrops.

At this moment, three carriages were going down the slope, and three thick hemp ropes were suddenly stretched out from the ground. The driver had no time to react, and the first horse pulling the carriage had already hit the three thick hemp ropes...

There was a wound on the horse's neck, chest, and legs. The horse was running too fast, and the caltrops pierced into its flesh, leaving many wounds. Blood splattered, the horse fell to the ground, and the cart overturned...

Although the driver of the two carriages at the back pulled the reins, they were going downhill too fast and the distance was too short, so they still crashed into each other head-on. All three carriages overturned to the ground.

Almost at the moment when the carriage flipped over, many figures jumped out of the carriage...

In the wild woods on both sides of the official road, torches were lit, and there was a chaotic noise. Many dark shadows rushed out of the wild woods, holding weapons that flashed with cold light, and attacked the people rushing out of the carriages...

Yuan Shouzhi jumped out of the overturned carriage and immediately stood in front of Ximen Yong. He drew his knife and killed a bandit who attacked him. He shouted with red eyes, "There is still a horse alive! Pull it up and take the boss away!"

There were three carriages. The second horse did not hit the caltrops, but hit the overturned carriage of the first carriage. Although the horse fell to the ground, it did not die.

As soon as Yuan Shouzhi finished speaking, Huang Gaozu attacked him with a sword!

Huang Gaozu also wore a nightgown and changed his sword.

As soon as Yuan Shouzhi and Huang Gaozufu fought, they were shocked to find that among this group of bandits, there was actually a master in the great accomplishment realm!
Ambush in the middle of the night is likely to cause disaster!
Huang Gaozu's figure was erratic, and his swordsmanship was like a sudden downpour. The sword flowers surrounded Yuan Shouzhi, making it almost impenetrable, and soon he entangled Yuan Shouzhi so that he could not escape.

Yuan Shouzhi was entangled, and the guards of the Ximen family immediately surrounded Ximen Yong behind them.

Ximen Yong usually treated these guards very well, and now when his life was at stake, these guards were risking their lives to protect him.

Most of these guards were at the second or first level of the Inner Breath Realm, and it was quite difficult for them to fight against the bandits because the number of guards was far less than that of the bandits, and they were often surrounded and fought by two or three bandits.

In order to kill him, almost all the Black Tigers came out...

Soon, some guards were injured. But even though they were injured, they still fought to the death, preventing the bandits from attacking Ximen Yong behind them.

At this time, a burly man and another fat man jumped up from behind the bandits.

Li Yiying held a black iron spear, while Wang Zhaoxuan held a ghost-head knife.

The two were originally behind a group of bandits. At this time, they saw Yuan Shouzhi being entangled by Huang Gaozu, and Ximen Yong was also surrounded, but some guards were still fighting desperately.

In Li Yiying's view, the battle situation was already clear. He only needed to kill Ximen Yong, wipe out all the guards, and then surround and kill Yuan Shouzhi to wipe out Ximen Yong and his entourage.

Li Yiying swung his spear and blew off half of a guard's shoulder...

Under the infusion of the third level's internal energy, it exploded like this!
Li Yiying flashed in from the gap, leaped forward, and stabbed Ximen Yong with his spear. Ximen Yong was horrified, and immediately leaned forward, while his feet quickly stepped back to the side.

Li Yiying touched the ground with his toes, then turned sideways and shook his spear, changing the stabbing into a horizontal chopping.

Seeing that the spear was about to hit his chest, Ximen Yong had no choice but to swing his sword to block it while retreating again.

The crescent-shaped scimitar in Ximen Yong's hand was blown away as soon as it touched Li Yiying's spear. The blade curled, Ximen Yong's palm broke, and blood oozed out...

Li Yiying's expression remained unchanged. He was about to raise his gun and stab Ximen Yong in the face. He knew that Ximen Yong would definitely die from the gun, and his face would be shattered by the third level of internal energy he infused into him...

But Li Yiying didn't notice that as soon as he charged into the crowd, an inconspicuous black shadow jumped into the battle group from the wild woods beside the road.

He shook the gun and was about to stab, but a cold willow-leaf blade flashed past and shot towards his throat.

Li Yiying was startled and immediately dodged sideways, then another willow-leaf cold blade shot towards the back of his head.

Li Yiying had gone through countless life and death experiences to become the leader of the Black Tiger Camp. When the willow-leaf cold blade shot towards the back of his head, he felt cold all over and ducked his head to avoid it. However, the willow-leaf cold blade that flew over his head still cut off a strand of his hair and almost rubbed his scalp...

Li Yiying could almost feel a chill running across his scalp...

Duan Rong saw that Li Yiying had sharp senses and quick reactions, and it was obvious that he could not be killed by just flying knives, so he took advantage of the fact that Li Yiying lowered his head and swung the oxtail knife at him.

Although Li Yiying had been tempered by life and death on the battlefield for a long time and his sword skills were ruthless, simple and without any frills, he was still obviously inferior to Duan Rong.

This is the gap in realm!
Although Duan Rong's internal energy was only at the third level, his swordsmanship had already reached perfection. Not only did he master the Five Tigers and Sheep Sword and the Thunder Smoke Sword, two swordsmanship techniques at the perfect level, but he also practiced the three nameless styles that Xiao Zongting condensed and summarized after his lifelong comprehension of martial arts.

Although, an inch shorter is an inch more dangerous. Spear skills are also more difficult to practice than sword skills.

But Li Yiying, who was holding a spear, was beaten back step by step by the oxtail knife in Duan Rong's hand and was in a difficult situation.

Duan Rong struck Li Yiying's gun with his knife, sparks flew, Duan Rong took the opportunity to turn the knife sideways and slashed at Li Yiying's throat. Li Yiying dodged sideways, but at this moment, suddenly a willow leaf cold blade shot out from the afterimage of the blooming plum blossom in Duan Rong's left hand and shot towards Li Yiying's temple.

Seeing that he could not dodge in time, Li Yiying suddenly pulled out a short sword from the end of his gun barrel and stabbed it into Duan Rong's heart.

Li Yiying's eyes were fierce, and he was using a fighting strategy of mutual destruction. He was betting that Duan Rong would definitely retreat, so the attack of the oxtail knife that was aimed at his neck could be resolved. He only needed to dodge the willow leaf cold blade that was shooting at him, and the deadlock would be broken.

But what he didn't expect was that Duan Rong didn't retreat at all!
Almost at the same time, Li Yiying's dagger pierced Duan Rong's heart, and Duan Rong's blade pierced his throat.

Blood spurted out of Li Yiying's throat, but the dagger he stabbed into Duan Rong's heart came out empty, with no feeling of having hit him.

Li Yiying had been in the martial arts world for a long time and was well-informed. He immediately realized that Duan Rong possessed the extraordinary skill of shrinking bones.

Li Yiying covered his throat, blood gushing out...

His lips were trembling as he stared at Duan Rong. He had no idea who this person who suddenly appeared was.

Not only does he have a willow-leaf cold blade in his hand, like a ghost demanding life, but he also has amazing sword skills, strong internal energy, and the strange skill of shrinking bones. How come he hadn't investigated such a person before? Or is this person a hidden man raised by Ximen Yong?
Li Yiying thought so, and his pupils began to dilate...

(End of this chapter)