Chapter 26: One Arrow to the Forehead

  The robust man's face was also filled with reluctance, he walked to the side, placed the pale golden pigeon egg-sized demon pellet on a rock, then turned the knife handle over and prepared to strike it down. All eyes were fixed on that spot, even Li Furan's gaze was filled with a hint of eagerness.

  "Halt!"

  The tall and sturdy man's knife handle was still raised in the air when a low, stern shout came from afar, like a sudden clap of thunder that entered everyone's eardrums. The tall and sturdy man was the first to be startled, and his long knife almost fell out of his hand.

  Everyone's face changed color at the same time, and they suddenly looked up to look into the distance. Three figures emerged from the forest, walking slowly with their backs to the light. As they approached, it could be seen that all three were wearing green clothes, with long swords inserted behind them, obviously Qin family masters. The energy in the three people's bodies was circulating, and their aura was vigorously emitted. Two of them had a strength of seven layers of Jingyuan or more, while the third person was slightly weaker, but still had a power of five layers of Jingyuan.

  Li Ruo and those seven people were all greatly shocked.

  Among the eight of them, the strongest was that pale-faced man, who had only reached the fifth level of Jingyuan Realm. Compared to others with seventh-level Jingyuan strength, he was more than ten times weaker in terms of absolute power. Such a strong person would regard this group of people as nothing, let alone there being two such strong individuals.

  A man in a green robe said calmly: "Leave the demon pill behind, put all items carried on your body on the ground, and then you can roll away."

  This man in green clothes spoke in a cold tone, as if these arbitrary orders were a matter of course, and sparing the lives of the crowd was an act of grace.

  Li Ran's words enraged everyone, it seemed that these three not only wanted to rob them of the demon pill, but also wanted to strip them clean. Could the Qin family be so overbearing?

  If even the things they carry on their bodies are robbed, won't it be difficult to take a single step in this treacherous foggy valley? What means will they have to defend themselves when they encounter danger again?

  Li Ran's dagger was about to get the demon pill, but it suddenly disappeared into thin air. He felt extremely depressed in his heart and secretly calculated:

  The opponent is too strong, it seems that the demon pill cannot be kept, only to escape quickly, keeping the short crossbow and the remaining spiritual medicine is the best strategy. With so many people running together, the other side may not necessarily come after their own, as long as those two seven-layered powers don't chase them, they can definitely get away with their own footwork.

  Those seven people also looked at each other in dismay, apparently thinking the same thing.

  Three men in green robes took another step forward, one of them shouted: "I'll count to three, quickly throw everything you're carrying on the ground, otherwise, don't blame me for killing..."

  One

  Two

  ……

  The cold voice of the man in green made everyone's heart chill.

  Just as the man in green had not finished counting his three numbers, the tall and sturdy man standing by the bluestone suddenly twitched the muscles on his face, bent down to grab the demon pill on the stone, grasped it in his hand and turned around to escape desperately, and after a few leaps, he had already fled more than ten zhang away.

  "Old Three, don't..."

  The pale-faced man's face turned iron-gray, gritting his teeth and secretly cursing the old three for being reckless. In front of two strong men with seven layers of power, he still wanted to keep the demon pill, but the old three's greed would ultimately cost him his life.

  But it's too late to say anything now.

  "Leave the demon pill for me."

  Among the people in green clothes opposite, a strong man with seven strengths showed an angry face and rushed towards Lao San who was far away. The two of them ran into the depths of the forest in the blink of an eye and disappeared without a trace.

  The rest of the people suddenly panicked and scattered in all directions with a loud noise. At this time, one person escaped was one.

  "Think you can escape? Not that easy."

  Another strong man of the Seven Layers of Qi Refining scrunched up his eyebrows, let out a loud shout, and hastily chased after the pale-faced man and the short, chubby one. Those two people were running together with another lean person; judging from their abilities, they were the strongest among them, and it was possible that the things on their bodies were also the best.

  "Soaring in the air, the man in green robes shouted to his last junior brother of the fifth-grade power: 'Xiao Shan, you can catch any of the remaining bandits at will, no need to leave anyone alive.'"

  The strongest of the rest is only Jingyuan's fourth heavy punch, and none of them have a higher kung fu than Xiaoshan. The shouting brother doesn't worry about his younger brother's strength at all. Such a scene is just right for this younger brother to practice.

  "Alright, big brother."

  Qing Yi Xiao Shan licked his lips, and with a whoosh, he took off after Li Ran's knife. The bundle on Li Ran's back was the most bulging, quite attractive, and Xiao Shan excitedly guessed what could be inside, his internal energy rising, like a gust of wind, he quickly caught up to Li Ran.

  Getting closer and closer, Li Ruo's back figure became clearer and clearer, and Xiao Shan's eyes were filled with a sly smile.

  "Leave this old man behind for me."

  Li Ran's demon pill was snatched away, and the opportunity to break through the fifth layer of Jingyuan's energy suddenly vanished. He was already furious in his heart, and being chased by this person like a maggot on a bone made him even more enraged. With murderous intentions rising up in his heart, he deliberately slowed down his speed.

  Just then, a shrill cry suddenly came from afar, piercing through the forest. The cry made Li Ruo's heart skip a beat, and his blood seemed to burn with a faint flame.

  He heard that one of the seven was stabbed to death by the man in green clothes.

  The Qin family was so overbearing and tyrannical that Li Ran's anger suddenly erupted.

  "Why must I flee, why must I always escape like this? Why must I live forever in hiding? You want to hunt me down, are you sure you can really beat me?"

  The rustling sound behind was getting closer and closer, Li Ran's eyes gleamed with a hidden killing intent, paying attention to the footsteps behind him. Suddenly, his body flashed forward, and he tapped the toe of his foot on the big tree in front of him, making a swift turn around, and then fiercely pounced towards the green-clothed youth on the opposite side.

  Xiao Yan was taken aback, and then a fierce expression appeared on his face. He thought Li Ran would not be able to escape with his life and was preparing to fight to the death. He secretly rejoiced that he wouldn't have to chase him too far.

  The powerful strength of his Five Elements True Qi gave him a sense of superiority over Li Fenger's knife.

  A fierce and murderous aura burst forth from Xiaoyue's body, the golden light on his sword deeply submerged. The sound of breaking wind as he swung it in the air made people tremble with fear.

  With a sudden burst of speed, the young man in green clothes fiercely pounced on Li Ran, his long sword raised high as he coldly shouted: "Old man, come and accept your death."

  Xiaoyan's body was like a dragon rising from the depths, swift and unbridled, leaping into the air with a fierce gust of wind. Suddenly, he saw Li Ran's hand holding a short crossbow aimed at him, and a sharp arrow shot out like a ghost, a dazzling light flashing before his eyes.

  With a loud crash, the small mountain-like head that had rushed up from several meters away suddenly exploded, and its entire body flew backward like a half-log.

  He fell heavily to the ground and never moved again, his face still bearing the most terrified expression of the moment he saw the arrow shot.

  That arrow was too fast, with a chill of death on it. "How is that possible, how is that possible..." Xiaoyue didn't believe it until his death, that an old man with a slender build could shoot such a fast arrow, across several zhangs of distance, and actually kill himself with one shot.

  But now Xiaoshan no longer has the ability to continue thinking about it.

  Li Ran's knife but felt a kind of intoxicating and thrilling excitement rising from the bottom of his heart.

  He's not some half-baked cultivator like Gong Sunli, in his past life he had used real spiritual artifacts countless times, this semi-spiritual artifact in his hands unleashed the greatest power, with the fourfold refined essence energy and this semi-spiritual artifact, a fifth-level cultivator would be instantly killed by him.

  After breaking through to the fourth heavy boundary, Li Ran's knife once again felt the thrill of increased strength.

  On the other side of the woods, that tall and thin man's chest was splattered with a burst of fresh blood, and his body fell to the ground with a pained cry. The fair-skinned man and the short fat man stared wide-eyed as a long sword protruded from their brother's chest, feeling their gallbladders turn cold, and a chill of terror made their scalps tingle.

  In just a few turns, the strong man with seven layers of Jingyuan Qi caught up from behind and stabbed their companion to death. With such speed and sharp swordsmanship, could the two of them still escape?

  As if seeing the shadow of death looming over them, the two knew that running again would be futile, and with a fierce gritting of teeth, they suddenly turned around and swung their twin blades horizontally.

  The man in the green robe behind him sneered, his long sword breaking through the wind, making a soft "chi" sound as both of their long knives were cut in two at the same time. With another flash of cold light, it was so fast that people's line of sight couldn't keep up with the reaction, and it was about to be wiped on the necks of the two men.

  Just as the two were about to meet their demise, the man in green suddenly noticed that both of them had their eyes wide open, staring at something far away with extreme shock and horror, as if they had discovered something utterly unthinkable.

  The man in the green robe's heart skipped a beat, and he hastily turned his head back to see that the pale and thin old man was holding a short crossbow, which he raised towards the small hill. Several meters away, the top of the small hill suddenly exploded with a loud bang, and an arrow pierced through it.

  "Little Mountain..."

  The man in the distance felt his entire body's muscles stiffen instantly, looking at his disciple lying in a pool of blood. A chill rushed to the top of his head as he thought: Xiaoshan was several times stronger than that old man, how could he be shot dead with just one arrow?

  The people of Qingyi were about to explode with anger, and they couldn't care less about the fair-skinned man and the short fat man, their teeth clenched in rage, as they charged towards Li Nian's knife in the distance.

  "This...this..."

  The stout man's mouth was wide open, his eyes were staring widely at the Li Fenger knife in the distance, and his heart was pounding wildly. One arrow would behead a strong man with fivefold real power? This scene was too shocking, and the clean and neat killing intent on Li Fenger's body made the stout man feel an innate fear.

  The strong ones with five layers of real power were all killed by a single arrow, so what does that short and fat guy count as in other people's eyes?

  Just now he wanted to drive away Li Nian with a knife, and his team monopolized the demon pill. The short fat man's cold sweat flowed down, and he only knew that the sword of this thin old man when killing Tie Beast was not luck and coincidence, but true strength.

  It wasn't until now that the short and stout one truly admired his older brother, if it weren't for his fair-skinned and handsome older brother holding him back just now, he would have probably suffered a calamity already.

  The short and stout man's face turned pale, he turned his head and exchanged a glance with the man with a fair complexion, both of them showing relief at having narrowly escaped death. If not for Li Ran's arrow, the two of them would have been gone from this world after just one sword exchange.