Chapter Sixteen: Its Power Can Cut Through Metal

  Liang Xin and Liu Yi almost jumped up at the same time, asking in unison: "What's going on?"

  Qu Qing Shi then stood up calmly, handed the water bottle to Liang Xin: "Hurry up and drink a few mouthfuls, the situation outside is unclear, let's conserve our energy first!"

  At this time, a burst of clear and refreshing laughter suddenly sounded from outside, sounding like the feeling of a gentle breeze blowing through a bamboo forest: "You three, are you all escaped from the mine?" Following that, footsteps sounded, and a tall and thin middle-aged man slowly walked through the dense forest, walking towards Si.

  The crossbow mechanism in the woods didn't have a single reaction!

  Looking closely at the middle-aged man's feet, it seems to be walking but actually his feet don't touch the ground. Every step he takes, there is a thin gap between his feet and the ground, so the mechanism won't be triggered.

  Liáng Xīn also saw through the middle-aged man's trick at this moment, and his heart sank in a straight line: although it was a bit low, but the other party clearly came over with a clear understanding, if not a ghost or a demon, then he must be a cultivator of the heavenly way!

  Qu Qing Shi stood at the door, watching as the other person walked in step by step. His white eyebrows slightly raised, with a hint of surprise: "Cultivator? Who are you?"

  The middle-aged man curled his lips and revealed a row of yellow teeth, smiling: "Good eyesight. My name is Bamboo Five."

  The willow in the courtyard also took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart, and dryly laughed: "Zhu Wu? What about Zhu Yi Er San Si Liu Qi Ba?"

  Liu casually made a reckless remark, but unexpectedly, Zhu Wu shook his head solemnly: "There is no six or seven or eight, we brothers only have five people."

  Liu Yi immediately asked: "What about others? Where are they?"

  Zhu Wu stopped at the edge of the dense forest, only three to five zhang away from Si Suo. With great patience, he replied: "They haven't come. This small matter in Kunlun Mountain, I can handle it myself with Xiang Chanman, that's enough."

  The usually calm and collected Qu Qing Shi suddenly flew into a rage, his relaxed face twitching slightly, the greyish-white age spots on his skin seeming to come alive, making him look exceptionally terrifying. His voice was low and hoarse, exuding an aura of suppressed fury: "A small matter? An entire thousand-strong Imperial Guard in green uniforms, plus tens of thousands of convicts, over ten thousand lives, a small matter?"

  Bamboo Five let out a sound, seemingly thinking that Qu Qing Shi's anger was unreasonable, and frowned: "It's just the lives of some ordinary people, I think that Zhu Li's nineteen lives are even more precious." Immediately after, his expression became strange, with a mixture of doubt and impatience: "I don't understand, you three ordinary people, even if you're quick on your feet, how can you possibly escape from the mine?"

  He had previously suspected that there were monks helping the three brothers escape, ambushing nearby and waiting for him to approach, so he patiently asked questions back and forth with Qu and Liu, while carefully searching the surroundings with his spiritual sense. At this moment, it was certain that there were no more enemies in the temple except for the three people in front of him, so he immediately turned hostile and sternly said: "What exactly happened in the mine? Tell me the truth, and you can die a little more comfortably."

  Qu Qing's stone eyebrows furrowed, he raised his hand holding the evil bow and said with a hateful tone: "Presumptuous!"

  Zhu Wu suddenly burst out laughing, his words were still somewhat sincere, but his tone was full of disdain: "This bow's power is very strong, even I have some apprehension. But... your drawing speed is too slow. In front of me, you don't even have a chance to draw the bow! In the time it takes you to raise the bow, I'm confident I can kill you! If you're not convinced, you can try, but I advise you..."

  His words were not yet finished, when a series of crossbow strings suddenly rang out in the dense forest, and countless silver arrows shot out. The powerful crossbow mechanisms in the forest all launched! Bamboo Five was greatly shocked, he couldn't understand no matter what, since he had clearly flown through the air to arrive, without triggering any mechanism, why would the mechanisms in this dense forest still be activated.

  Liu Yi, who had been hiding in the driver's seat and refused to show up, was now stepping on the central control of the driver's seat with his big foot, sneering: "Wooden-headed thing!"

  The ingenious design of the Jiulong mechanism has countless trigger points in the dense forest, and can also be triggered by the central gate of the temple, making it impossible for enemies to escape even if they fly in.

  Zhu Wu's face turned pale with fright as he let out a strange cry, his mind suddenly changing under the sudden attack. Only to see dozens of emerald green bamboo swords rising from his large sleeves, whistling and vibrating. His cultivation was quite impressive, although the strong crossbows in the forest were sharp, but as long as he released his treasure, he would be unscathed.

  What nobody could have anticipated was that the large expanse of green bamboo swords leapt out with a mighty whoosh, but in an instant, they suddenly seemed to be drunk, swaying wildly from side to side and crashing to the ground with a loud clatter.

  With the strength of Bamboo Five, Qu and Liu were strong, but they were not his opponents at all. He was somewhat wary of Yang Shou's evil bow, and his mind was mainly focused on Qu Qing Shi's hands. Unexpectedly, he first shot wildly with his crossbow, and as soon as his treasure was released, he immediately lost contact with him.

  Bamboo and wood flew everywhere, like a swarm of locusts, shooting out in all directions with great force. Having lost his magic treasure, he hastily activated his true yuan, transforming both arms into two withered black wooden stumps, which he used to wield and deflect the arrows.

  Dong dong dong... The sound of heavy rain hitting the roof, Zhu Wu's withered wooden arm was powerless, and even the sharp arrow that could penetrate heavy armor couldn't pierce his arms. Zhu Wu resisted the mechanism while rising up and pouncing towards Si Suo!

  Qing Shi burst out laughing and took advantage of Zhu Wu's momentary distraction to raise his Yang Shou evil bow. Suddenly, a whirlwind swept past him, and the stout man Liu was already holding the embroidered spring knife, charging towards Zhu Wu with the force of a thunderbolt, without any hesitation. His mouth was still laughing loudly: "You wait for me to die before you can pull out that broken bow!"

  Another burst of shouting and screaming followed, and Liang Xin also roared past him from his side: "Broken bow..."

  Zhu Wu's face turned pale, the sharp arrows shot out by the mechanism were all dissolved by his arm made of jujube wood, but although the arrowheads didn't pierce his arm, the fierce and powerful force contained in the arrowheads also made him feel extremely uncomfortable. Just after breaking through the arrow array, he was about to chant a spell to control the enemy, when he saw a silver light sneering in front of him, and Liu Yidang's sturdy figure pressed down from the air, slashing towards his head.

  Master's cultivation is not external, but rather internal refinement of the body and mind. Once one loses their treasured method, it's like having a hand or foot cut off. However, even so, Zhu Wu still has his overbearing Wood Element True Essence, as long as the evil bow doesn't rise, he can still grasp victory with ease.

  Facing a knife to his head, Zhu Wu angrily shouted: "Looking for death!", and hastily reached out to grab Liu Yi's wrist.

  Unexpectedly, Liu Yi's other hand somehow shook out a 'widow' from behind, followed by 'peng peng peng' three arrows in a row, shooting towards Zhu Wu's face.

  Zhu Wu was almost frightened to death, his true yuan spread throughout his body, but the weakest place was his face, in a flash of inspiration, he dodged two arrows, and the third arrow pierced through his cheek from the side, tearing off a bloody piece of skin, directly revealing his snow-white teeth.

  Bamboo Five dodged the calamity, his left hand grasping Liu Yi's wrist, his right fist clenched, and he struck fiercely at Liu Yi's chest. He was confident that this one punch could pierce through the black fatty's body.

  Just as he was excited to imagine his fist piercing through flesh and blood, a second figure flashed over, and all he felt was a tightness on his right wrist. A dark longbow appeared in front of him with a strange twist, and the bowstring had already wrapped around his wrist!

  From the moment the ambush was launched to when Zhu Wu burst out of the dense forest, it was only a matter of a snap of the fingers; Liu had already beheaded and shot in an instant, swift as lightning, and at this moment, Qu Qing Shi had also flown over to kill!

  Qu Qing Shi originally wanted to launch the "No Return Man" and risk his life to take down the enemy, but unexpectedly, both sworn brothers rushed towards the enemy like madmen. This arrow couldn't be shot out no matter what, so he simply put away his bow and pounced on the enemy. His movements were between Liu Yi and Bo Zhong, much faster than Liang Xin. He launched later but arrived first, surpassing Mo Dao Lao San, and used his bowstring to block the opponent's fatal blow, barely saving Liu Yi's life.

  Bamboo Five sank his voice and roared, the true yuan's power poured into his fists, the sun's evil bow creaked in mournful cry, struggling to resist. Liu also let out a miserable scream, his wrist grasped by the opponent emitted a frightening muffled sound, the bones were completely crushed, this hand was already crippled!

  At this moment, Liang Xin finally arrived, and with a sharp cry, he punched out a fist, slapping it squarely on the enemy's face!

  Ah! A sharp pain shot through his fingers, Liang Xin's full-strength punch almost broke his own bones, but the enemy didn't even flinch.

  Zhu Wu Gong's method was successful, and whenever he encountered ordinary cultivators, they could only beg for mercy or flee. However, today he was ambushed repeatedly, and his anger reached the point where smoke was coming out of his seven apertures. With a fierce swing of his left hand, he sent Liu Yi Fei's large body flying out, and then raised his palm to slap Liang Xin's head violently.

  Before his palm arrived, a strong gust of wind had already risen. Liang Xin felt as if a huge mountain was pressing down on him, leaving no room for escape, and could only close his eyes and wait for death. Unexpectedly, Qu Qing Shi let out a low growl, suddenly released the evil bow, and with both hands clasped together in a hammer shape, met Zhu Wu's iron palm in the nick of time. At the same time, he kicked Liang Xin out with one foot.

  Bang! A dull thud, the green stone spurted out blood wildly, and the person was like a nail, pounded into the ground by Zhang Wuji's palm, until his chest was buried in the earth.

  Bamboo Five laughed strangely, his right hand wanting to lift up and punch Qing Shi to death, but unexpectedly, with a burst of force, it was extremely clumsy. He lowered his head to take a look, only to find that his right fist was still entwined by the bowstring of the evil bow.

  The evil bow slanted across the body of Qu Qing Shi... Although Qu Qing Shi's hand had released Yang Shou, it used its body to carry the evil bow and still tightly restrained the enemy's right hand.

  His right hand is temporarily unavailable, but he still has his left hand!

  The middle-aged master's left hand had turned into an axe, just about to strike down at the curved Qing stone's heavenly spirit. Suddenly, everything in front of him went black... The chubby willow that had just been thrown out came flying back, its right arm twisted limply to one side, while its left arm clutched a thick tree trunk that it had just snapped off itself, bringing with it a whooshing gust of wind as it slammed into the enemy's forehead. Its mouth let out an inarticulate roar: "Can't live, die together!"

  That tree was thick and big, but in Zhang Wu's eyes, its power was not much stronger than a toothpick. His head was afraid of the sharp crossbow, but he wasn't afraid of Hong Mu's strength. However, Zhang Wu was also human, and as a human, he had an instinctive reaction. When his head was threatened, his left hand instinctively rose to block the falling tree trunk. In the midst of the crashing sound, it seemed like the tree trunk was splitting into four or five pieces, accompanied by the howling wind. Zhang Wu also suffered from the massive backlash and fell heavily to the ground.

  Just as he hadn't had time to withdraw his left hand, Liang Xin rushed back for the second time, raising his fist and smashing it towards Zhu Wu's disfigured face again.

  Zhu Wu came too late to withdraw his fist, and with a sudden dip of his neck, he directly used his head to smash towards Liang Xin's fist. As an ordinary person, Zhu Wu was determined that under the hammering of his head, that small fist could only be crushed into bone fragments and flesh pulp. However, the expected cracking sound of the fist bones did not occur, instead, what entered his ears were three consecutive sounds of "Dong! Dong! Dong!" - the vibrations of a crossbow string.

  Liang Xin's other hand also drew out a 'widow' from behind his back, just like Liu Yi earlier...

  Before being shot by the powerful crossbow, Zhang Wu spat out a mouthful of blood.

  It's all the same, in the blink of an eye I've gone up twice.

  Three arrows in a row!

  The first arrow hit Zhang Wu's mouth, the widow's sharp and powerful shot shattered Zhang Wu's full set of white teeth with one arrow!

  The second arrow, still from the mouth, passed through his tongue and throat without any obstruction, finally carrying the red and white trachea out of the back of his neck.

  The third arrow... shot into Zhang Wu's belly, the widow was too heavy, Liang Xin had just picked it up and put it down again. The third arrow stuck in Zhang Wu's belly, only two inches deep.

  Boom! The mud burst, and the lower jaw and chest of Qu Qing Shi were still stained with fresh blood. He had already struggled to jump out, drew out the embroidered spring knife from his waist, and stabbed it into Zhu Wu's body without mercy; In the midst of furious scolding, Liu Yi, who had just been thrown to the ground, rushed over, picked up his own knife, and slashed at the enemy without looking; Roaring with a strange cry that was either laughter or tears, Liang Xin threw away his crossbow and also drew out his knife...

  All three of them have gone mad!

  Lao Da Liu's right wrist bone was completely shattered.

  Lao Er was severely injured and vomited blood on the bluestone pavement, his internal organs were damaged.

  Old Three Liang Xin Liang sharpening knives...... nothing much.

  Three ordinary people until now, go crazy and become disciples!

  Even if all three of them were exhausted, fell to the ground, and couldn't muster up any more strength, having turned into a bloody mess with their true energy almost completely depleted, Zhu Wu was still alive.

  Zhu Wu Xiu's cultivation was based on the Wooden Path, and his vitality was extremely tenacious. Although he was severely injured, he still had a breath of life left in him. Of course, he couldn't move anymore, but he could barely be considered alive.

  Outside the dense forest, the item crab also found that the owner was in danger, and for a time, it suddenly became violent, wailing miserably, and repeatedly rushed frantically into the dense forest. Fortunately, the Nine Dragon Forbidden Array was continuous and unbroken. Once launched, each arrow would shoot seven times, firmly holding down the dense forest and not allowing the barbarians to step over the Thunder Pool!

  The barbarians made several fierce attacks but failed to make any progress, and hundreds of people died in vain. They temporarily stopped their offensive, still surrounding Lin's village with great unease.

  The three brothers knew that the barbarian tribe could not enter the dense forest, and they didn't care about the other side's mournful whistling. They looked at each other in dismay, with a look of confusion on each of their faces, almost daring to believe that the three of them, ordinary people, had actually defeated, injured, and routed a cultivator, and this cultivator seemed to have a high level of cultivation!

  Liang Xin hehe smiled foolishly, gradually regaining consciousness, and looked at the two brothers with concern in his eyes.

  Qu and Liu shook their heads respectively. The former's expression was cold and calm, while the latter looked complacent. Each of them said a sentence: "Not seriously injured." "Won't die!"

  Liang Xin finally put his mind at ease and thought back to the fierce battle not long ago, puzzled: "Why can't Zhu Wu's treasure be used?"

  The fierce battle was intense, but whether it was the sudden explosion of the mechanism in the forest or the three brothers working together, there was a crucial premise: Zhu Wu's Qingjian treasure had just been released and lost its effect.

  "Perhaps," said Qu Qing Shi in a low voice, "the mechanism of the Mountain Moving Institute's lock also has a restriction on the release of magical treasures by cultivators, aside from the bow and crossbow mechanisms!"

  Liang Xin's mouth twitched slightly, and he muttered: "Ban Shan Yuan!" Then he pointed to the bamboo basket that was lying on the ground like a broken sack: "This person is not dead yet, what should we do?"

  Liu Yi Ha Ha laughed: "Not dead, just right, I still have something to ask him!" He struggled to get up, using his uninjured arm to drag Zhu Wu, stumbling into the office.

  Qu Qing Shi's expression seemed very happy, and he smiled at Liang Xin: "As long as you don't die, even if you can't speak, Liu Yi... our eldest will be able to force a confession out of you!"

  Zhu Wu has finished showing off his skills, now it's Liu Yi's turn to let him taste the Nine Dragons' Green Robe's moves!

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