The deflated cultivator refused to give up and vowed to turn the tables.

The other five suddenly realized what was happening and scrambled to give chase. But after running for about ten feet, they remembered that their senior brother was more important, so they all turned back and gathered around him.

However, the eldest brother had been stabbed very deeply by the knife. The knife had been pulled out, and blood was gushing out. Before long, it was too late to save him.

Of the remaining five, only the junior brother, who was three stars in rank, stayed behind to watch over the senior brother, while the other four chased after him.

But after all that commotion, they couldn't catch up with the person anymore; they had vanished without a trace.

The fastest one was a peak four-star, and when he couldn't catch up and turned back, he found that a junior brother at the very back had already fallen to the ground.

The remaining three returned to the original restaurant, only to find that the eldest brother and the original junior brother (who was also a three-star junior) were nowhere to be seen.

The three looked bewildered, unsure of what to do next.

After some discussion, Four Stars decided to return to White Cloud Fortress to discuss the matter further.

The three of them then found an inn to stay at.

The next morning, as they were about to set off to return to Baiyun Fortress, they discovered that one of their three-star disciples would never be able to get out of bed again.

The remaining three-star and four-star fighters trembled with fear and immediately used all their movement skills to flee south.

But once everyone unleashes their full potential in their movement techniques, there will always be a sequence of who comes first. The three-star disciple lagged behind, and by the time the four-star peak disciple looked back, he was already gone. The road was deserted and silent. Turning back, he saw a pool of blood on the ground beside a large tree by the roadside, still warm.

A perfectly good team of five is now down to just one four-star peak member.

His face was contorted with rage, and he drew his sword like a madman, shouting at the sky with all his might, "Come on! Come out now!" He then slashed and stabbed wildly in all directions with his sword.

But no one responded to him; the silence was eerie.

His eyes were wide open, yet utterly empty. His mouth cried out loudly, but with utter terror.

He didn't even get a clear look at his opponent or what he looked like.

Finally, he thought of a terrifying name: Su Zinong.

"Su Zinong! Come out here! What kind of hero are you, sneaking around like this?!" the four-star man shouted.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Su Zinong jumped out.

"Did you come to me?" Su Zinong said coldly.

"I'll kill you!" the four-star white-clad man shouted, his eyes bloodshot, as he thrust his sword forward.

Su Zinong twisted his body to the left, unleashing his movement techniques to engage in a skirmish.

The man in white attacked like a madman, his sword strikes chaotic and disordered, as if he knew nothing of swordsmanship. He suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahahaha... what can a late-stage four-star fighter possibly use to fight me?"

"How did you know I was the only one who came?" Su Zinong smiled slightly, his eyes shining, and nodded slightly behind the four-star white-robed man.

The man in white was frightened and turned around. Su Zinong flicked his wrist, scattering a handful of black needles as thin as cow hair.

The man in white turned around and realized it was too late. He jumped to the right, but still couldn't completely avoid the needles, and was hit by three black needles.

"I wonder how toxic your senior brother's black needles are?" Su Zinong said with a smile.

Since the senior brother came out to hunt down Su Zinong, Baiyun Fort ordered that he not be captured alive, and that all the hidden weapons were coated with deadly poison.

The man in white shouted, his heart pounding with panic. He wielded his long sword even faster, relentlessly thrusting at Su Zinong.

Ignoring him, Su Zinong took off running at full speed.

The man in white chased after him.

After chasing for a full half hour, they found Su Zinong standing gracefully in a bamboo grove ahead.

“You were poisoned and ran for half an hour. The poison has already entered your internal organs. That’s courting your own death.” Su Zinong smiled coldly. “Now, without me even lifting a finger, you’re already dead.”

The man in white slightly circulated his internal energy and indeed felt something was wrong; the place where the black needle had been inserted had turned black and numb.

Su Zinong thrust his sword through the air, but the man in white turned around and ran away. The situation was exactly the opposite of before, with Su Zinong chasing after the man in white.

But less than a quarter of an hour later, the man in white slowly collapsed to the ground.

Su Zinong was not in a hurry. He stood two zhang away and quietly watched him.

Until the white-clad man's lips had turned black and his face had turned pale.

Su Zinong then mustered his strength and thrust his sword into the man's back with a hissing sound...

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The first team dispatched by Baiyun Fort was the strongest, led by the fortress lord, Bai Dingnan.

The first team set off first, and with the best movement skills, they moved the fastest, chasing after Su Zinong to the farthest place.

Suddenly one day they received news that Su Zinong had gone to Chaoxia Mountain.

Even though this was the strongest team, they dared not rashly ascend Chaoxia Mountain. This was a sect, stronger than their own Baiyun Fortress. Moreover, they had eight-star and seven-star cultivators on their mountain.

Bai Dingnan sneaked up Chaoxia Mountain at night. He lay in wait on the mountain for two days before hearing the news that Su Zinong had already descended the mountain and headed south.

Although he had considered that his White Cloud Fortress was now like an empty nest, he was not afraid because his younger brother, the Second Master, was a six-star cultivator and was currently overseeing White Cloud Fortress.

Su Zinong only has a four-star cultivation level, how dare he offend a six-star person?

Among the people Bai Dingnan brought was his second disciple, who already possessed the cultivation of the early stage of the fifth star. There was also one fourth-star cultivator and two third-star cultivators.

This group of people also swore an oath to kill Su Zinong.

He was very confident that his team was so strong that he would surely die if he encountered Su Zinong.

He did encounter Su Zinong, but it wasn't a real encounter; rather, Su Zinong heard the news and went to the vicinity on his own initiative.

One day, a team from Baiyun Fort discovered that a three-star disciple went to relieve himself and never returned.

The others turned back to look for him and found the three-star disciple unable to move in a grove of trees.

He had a note on him that read: If you want to kill me, go to Tianmang Mountain.

Tianmang Mountain is to the west.

Su Zinong was just ten miles ahead.

He wasn't in a hurry to leave, since as long as he disguised himself, others wouldn't easily recognize him.

However, he did not expect that the enemy would catch up to him nearby in just 15 minutes.

Seeing the enemy approaching from atop a tall tree, Su Zinong quickly changed direction and headed northwest. He ran for fifteen li before finding a large tree and climbing to its top to rest.

However, after a quarter of an hour, the enemy arrived.

I didn't leave any obvious footprints, and the direction kept changing. Why were the enemy so sure that they found the right direction? Did they have hunting dogs?

Su Zinong couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he had no choice but to change direction and head west again.

This area is a desolate and uninhabited place, with little grass growing and extreme drought; there is not a drop of water.

Su Zinong weaved in and out, turning left and right, as if playing hide-and-seek with the enemy.

However, no matter how Su Zinong changed direction or concealed his whereabouts, the enemy would eventually find him, and could find his trail in less than a quarter of an hour.

After chasing for three hours, Su Zinong was so exhausted that he could barely walk. He then walked toward the only pool of water, drank some water, and stood on the bank for a while.

Seeing that the enemy was closing in, he ran forward and rested and observed from a large tree about half a mile away.

The five men in white were getting closer and closer. They walked to the pool, drank some water, and then continued their pursuit.

Su Zinong smiled mysteriously...