Chapter Twelve: The Decisive Counterattack

  Two law enforcement officers' red clothes were like fire, their auras were cold and stern, as if the air had frozen in place.

  Under the powerful aura of the two masters, Gao Huan's face changed color constantly, finally revealing a look of fear, and said in a low voice: "Okay."

  The faces of the two law enforcement disciples relaxed, and their killing intent also retracted. The two law enforcement disciples did not want to take action to kill Gao Huan, they were just trying to make Gao Huan surrender. If they really wanted to kill Gao Huan, they would not have made such a big show of it.

  The thin, gaunt cultivator smiled and said: "Don't worry, we're just going to verify what you said. As long as everything is true, we won't make things difficult for you. We'll even report your merits to the sect and ensure that you don't suffer any losses."

  Another burly warrior said sternly: "But if you dare to deceive us, we will let you experience what it's like to be in unbearable pain."

  Gao Huan bowed his head and said, "I dare not deceive the two of you." As he spoke, he bent down to pick up his leather pouch. Just as he stood up, Gao Huan looked at the backs of the two law enforcement disciples and suddenly revealed a look of horror on his face, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

  Two law enforcement disciples were moved by Gao Huan's expression, and although they didn't know what was happening behind them, they both turned their heads back simultaneously. In the Black Dragon Mountain Range, there are many high-level demon beasts. When walking outside, everyone maintains extremely high vigilance.

  However, the two of them turned their eyes and saw that there was no one behind them. They immediately knew they had been deceived. The two law enforcement disciples were extremely angry. It wasn't that they were unintelligent, but rather they couldn't have imagined that Gao Huan would dare to deceive them.

  At this moment, the sturdy law enforcement disciple felt a strong gust of wind rushing towards him. The corner of his eye also caught sight of a black shadow rushing towards him. In his anger, he turned around without hesitation and swiftly drew his sword to slash.

  The snow-bright blade cut through the air, emitting a sharp whistle, and the black shadow split in response. However, the sturdy law enforcement disciple knew something was off, because what he had actually slashed was just a piece of clothing.

  Originally, Gao Huan didn't know when he threw his clothes over, and with a surge of internal energy, the clothes rushed forward like a person. The sturdy law enforcement disciple had rich combat experience, but had never encountered such a move, and was furious in his heart, so for a moment he didn't notice and was deceived. The sturdy law enforcement disciple cried out "Not good!", where did Gao Huan go?

  At the same time, the thin and weak practitioner fell into a precarious situation. He was also attacked, just thinking of releasing the fierce flame talisman to counterattack, when his eyes turned, he saw that the attacker was actually Gao Huan's huge leather bag.

  The pouches were all filled with fire crystal stones, and if a fierce flame talisman exploded, no one knew where they would fly to. Nearly two hundred catties of fire crystal stones were not cheap, and the practitioner naturally couldn't do such a thing.

  His hand, which had just been about to unleash a fierce flame talisman, paused and stretched out his left hand to press and shake the leather pouch, resolving the enormous impact on its surface. With ease, he caught the pouch. Although he was a Daoist, his martial arts skills were not weak either. This move of catching the pouch, combining both hard and soft elements, even he himself was very satisfied with it.

  Suddenly, the center of the leather pouch cracked silently, and the fragments of the leather pouch and dozens of crystal clear fire crystals sprayed towards the practitioner's face. The practitioner's eyes condensed, just thinking of dodging to the side when a hand protruding from the leather pouch had already firmly grasped his left hand.

  The power in that hand was extremely overbearing, and what's even more frightening is the ferocious and violent aura that was transmitted from that hand. The practitioner only felt his hand go limp, already twisted and torn apart, as the opponent's internal energy surged into his body through his arm, pure and powerful internal energy rapidly spreading throughout his entire body, shocking him until he was numb all over.

  At the critical moment, the practitioner activated the protective technique of Golden Armor on his body. After stirring up the heavenly and earthly primordial energy, he triggered the talisman paper at his heart. The primordial energy transformed through the talisman paper into a golden light that shone brightly on his body's surface. As the golden light flowed, it quickly coated the practitioner's entire body with a thick layer of gold.

  Golden Armor Protection Technique, a fourth-grade lower-level Golden Series spell. The layer of golden light on the surface is extremely hard and comparable to an inch-thick steel armor. Moreover, it provides full-body protection without any blind spots, offering excellent resistance against internal forces and various elemental spells. This is also the most practical self-protection technique for practitioners.

  Gao Huan, hiding behind the leather pouch, had expected that the practitioner would have a protective body technique and was not surprised. With a stamp of his foot on the ground, his skin, flesh, tendons, and bones twisted into a long dragon shape. The thick and pure primordial energy entering through the Tianling aperture merged with Gao Huan's internal force at the Qinglong wheel between his eyebrows.

  The absorption of the heavenly and earthly primordial energy instantly brought Gao Huan into the realm of a third-tier warrior, coupled with his own linked dragon external force, three forces firing in unison, their power capable of uprooting everything.

  Under the ferocious and unparalleled power, the practitioner was swung into a large circle by Gao Yun with a loud whoosh, leaving behind a string of golden afterimages in mid-air before fiercely smashing onto a nearby giant boulder.

  "Bang!" The giant stone was smashed, and the debris flew everywhere. The practitioner was embedded in the corner of the giant stone, but his spine had already been twisted at a strange angle. His internal organs were completely shattered, and although the golden light on his body had not yet dissipated, it was clear that he would not survive.

  A brutal and merciless blow, just like that, a fourth-order mage was beaten to death.

  A burly warrior beside him sensed something was amiss and had already rushed over with his knife. The two were only seven or eight steps apart, and in a few strides he arrived behind Gao Huan. But seeing the practitioner being beaten to death before his eyes, the burly warrior's heart sank to the bottom.

  Gao Huan's fierce and violent aura made the sturdy warrior lose his will to fight. However, it was too late to retreat now. He could only grit his teeth and swing his sword, a weak and feeble slash that lacked the ferocity of the Blood Blade Technique but still carried a menacing bloodthirsty energy.

  Against his expectations, Gao Huan didn't dodge at all. One knife struck right on Gao Huan's back. The copper skin, steel tendons and iron bones of Gao Huan couldn't withstand a single knife from a martial artist of the same level. A very long wound instantly appeared on his back.

  The robust warrior succeeded with one move, but a look of horror appeared on his face. He knew clearly that the knife wound looked terrifying, but in fact the blade only entered the flesh by an inch or so, and didn't even touch the tendons and bones. The incredibly tough muscles had actually clamped the blade firmly in place.

  Gao Huan kicked out with the knife at the same time, and his foot was almost invisible. The precise kick landed on the thick and sturdy warrior's throat, and Gao Huan used the side of his foot to exert force, making it as sharp as a knife. The sturdy warrior's trachea was shattered, and his neck was almost severed.

  However, the robust warrior's internal energy was long and drawn out, and after being hit by a fatal kick, he could still barely cling to life. His eyes were red as blood, his entire body's energy was turbulent and fluctuating, it seemed like he wanted to activate some secret technique to struggle on.

  Sensing the abnormal rotation of the air, Gao Huan's extremely sensitive and agile body suddenly retreated instead of advancing. With a burst of force from his feet, he shot out like an arrow leaving the bowstring. The robust warrior raised his hand, and the three fingers on his hand continuously swelled and turned red, suddenly transforming into three blood arrows flying towards Gao Huan's back.

  The scarlet blood sword emitted by the burning of essence and blood was extremely terrifying, and with a flash of blood light, it had already caught up to Gao Huan's back. Although Gao Huan couldn't see it, his sixth sense could clearly feel the intense and violent aura of the scarlet blood sword. Without a doubt, even if he had the Golden Five-Phase Wheel, Gao Huan wouldn't be able to withstand this blow.

  But Gao Huan had long known he was going to fight for his life, the route of escape seemed straightforward yet winding, his light and agile body flew out in a clever arc in mid-air, narrowly avoiding the crimson sword that flashed behind him.

  Gao Huan's greatest strength lies in his Qinglong Fanhai Tui, and once he enters the third stage, the power of his legs and the unity of his body allow his lightness skill to far surpass that of others at the same level. His strange way of exerting force also allows Gao Huan to avoid his opponent's fatal blow.

  Even with a desperate killing move, they couldn't kill Gao Huan. The robust warrior's eyes revealed a despairing look. This inner disciple was unexpectedly so troublesome, so sinister and so ruthless - this was something they had never anticipated beforehand.

  "If we were a bit more careful, if we could have put it off for a while, it wouldn't have ended up like this." The robust warrior thought regretfully. "Hiss..." A poisonous needle shot out of Gao Huan's mouth and pierced the robust warrior's eye socket, directly penetrating his brain and ending all his thoughts and resistance.

  Gao Huan, wearing only a coarse linen shorts, suddenly threw out two flying knives from afar, piercing the foreheads of two people before slowly walking back.

  From the moment Huan started to the end, it was just a matter of one sentence. He killed two people with ease, but in fact, he had already exhausted his strength. The entire process was carefully calculated, and if any link went wrong, the one who would die would be Huan himself.

  Gao Huan's tall, sturdy and rigid body, gentle and honest expression, also has an extremely strong sense of confusion. The two law enforcement disciples never thought that Gao Huan would resist, let alone have the courage to kill. They also misjudged Gao Huan's cultivation and wisdom.

  Originating from the numerous film and television works of his past life, Gao Huan's combat mindset was always exceptionally broad. Those who died at his hands would always feel that Gao Huan's methods were mysterious and unpredictable, dying in a state of utter despair.

  Gao Huan didn't want to kill anyone either, but in this world, if you don't kill others, others will kill you. If you want to stay alive, you can only face all the cruelty head-on.

  Fifteen top-grade Yuan Dan pills were found on the two corpses, along with dozens of paper charms and tens of silver coins. The family assets of these two law enforcement disciples were quite substantial, at least not comparable to those of an inner disciple like Gao Huan.

  There were also fine pieces such as inner armor and long knives, but they all had personal marks on them. Taking them back would only bring trouble. Gao Huan could only bear the pain of giving up.

  After gathering the scattered fire crystal stones, Gao Huan threw the two corpses into a very deep mountain valley more than ten miles away. Gao Huan remembered that there were often wild beasts coming and going there, and in less than two days, the corpses would be gnawed into a pile of bones.

  Attacking a law enforcement disciple is naturally a capital offense. However, if no one can prove that Gao Huan committed the crime, the sect may not be able to find any evidence against him either. Gao Huan's will was firm and he did not panic at all. On the contrary, he calmly handled everything and tried his best to cover up the scene.

  Two law enforcement disciples are not of high status, the sect will not pursue this relentlessly. As long as they become true transmission disciples in the grand comparison, even if the investigation reaches their heads, it will be settled. Living true transmission disciples are more useful than dead law enforcement disciples. The sect's rules are just that ruthless.

  Gao Huan put on a black long gown, carefully inspected it and didn't find any problems, then hastily set off. He finally arrived at Honglian Temple before nightfall.

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