Chapter 46: Ambush on the Halfway Road (Part 2)

  Endless snowy land, a vast expanse of pure white. Whether it's Xu Tian riding solo or the Fu Wei gang galloping on horseback, both are dazzling to behold, visible to each other from afar despite the distance between them.

  The black antelope's foot strength is good, although running in the snowy ground is not as fast as usual, but the speed is not slow either.

  The two sides got closer and closer, and soon the black dot turned into a human figure. After a while, they could see each other's faces from afar.

  Xuantian's horse stopped, his eyes fixed on the iron tower-like giant at the front left of the horse thieves. He muttered to himself: "Is that the third master of the Fuwei Gang? This group of horse thieves, could they be from the Fuwei Gang? They've actually moved from Qing Shui Town to Ye Ma Yuan near Bei Mo County?"

  "Big boss, Yin Gongzi, the little guy in front of us is our target - Huang Tian."

  Xuántiān saw Sāndāngjiā at that time, and Sāndāngjiā also found Xuántiān, excitedly letting out a loud shout.

  Yin Jiu Chou, Da Dang Jia, Er Dang Jia and three others had already seen the Xuan Tian parked in the distance ahead of them, and they all burst out laughing.

  "Waaaooo——Ooooaaa——Aaaaooo——! Hahahahaha! Hahahahahaha……!"

  The bandits in the rear heard the familiar laughter of Da Dangjia and Er Dangjia, and they all let out strange cries and burst into loud laughter.

  This is their usual tactic, when they raid villages, even from a distance, they will shout loudly, using the momentum of the horse to intimidate and scare off the resisting personnel in the village, without much effort, they can slaughter an entire village of hundreds of people.

  Over a hundred horse bandits burst into loud, maniacal laughter and shrill cries, charging towards Xu Tian on their horses. Each of the horse bandits had a long saber strapped to his back, its blade gleaming with a cold light, thick-backed and long-edged, with bloodstains flowing across it, evidence that they had just slaughtered a village, the bloodstains belonging to the villagers.

  Because of the feud with San Dang Jia, Xuan Tian had already investigated everything about Fu Wei Gang in Qing Shui Town and knew that Da Dang Jia and Er Dang Jia were both martial artists at the tenth level of Wu Dao, and there were no innate masters in the gang.

  Xuān Tiān had long wanted to find Fu Wei's gang to settle the score, but since Fu Wei's gang disappeared without a trace, it was all for naught. This time, however, Fu Wei's gang unexpectedly moved to the vicinity of Běi Mò County, and judging from the situation, it seemed that Fu Wei's horse thieves deliberately came after him.

  In his heart, there was a feeling of being able to trample everything underfoot without any effort, and he sat quietly on the horseback with a slight smile, watching the robbers from Fuwei Gang rush forward.

  "This little guy actually has some guts, and he's not running away." Yin Jiu Chou said with a sneer.

  The leader of the gang said, "All disciples of the Great Sect are like this. How can they be afraid of us, a group of Jianghu vagrants? It's better this way. His black Qilin horse has great leg strength. If he really runs away, we'll have a good chase."

  "Haha, of course! I haven't even killed a disciple from the Great Sect yet. This time, thanks to Young Master Yin's good fortune, I'll get to taste some freshness!" The Second Master also chuckled and said.

  Yin Jiu's head lifted slightly, a proud smile spreading across his face. "Killing the disciples of a major sect is absolutely more exhilarating than slaughtering those useless civilians," he said. "I also have to thank my master for allowing me to kill just a few of them. This is actually my first time killing a disciple from the Tianjian Sect."

  "Hmph... These big sect disciples, don't look at how arrogant they are one by one, in reality they're all afraid of death, once their dignity is trampled on, they'll be begging for mercy on their knees, and at that time, they won't even be as good as a dog."

  ……

  ……

  As they spoke, the members of the Fuwei Gang had already arrived in front of Xuantian. Yin Jiu Chou and the three heads stood in a row, stopping thirty meters away from Xuantian.

  The rest of the helpers turned around and surrounded him in a circle, trapping Xuántiān inside.

  "Oh..."

  "Oh..."

  "Wow..."

  ……

  ……

  All the horse bandits held their horse knives in their hands, raised them high and let out loud, strange cries.

  However, no matter how the horse bandits shouted and waved their knives, Xuan Tian remained calm and composed, with a tranquil expression, without any signs of anxiety or fear.

  The leader of the gang raised his long knife and all the horse thieves stopped their strange cries and fell silent.

  The leader of the Big Winner's Gang, with a long sword in hand, pointed at Xuan Tian and shouted loudly: "Huang Tian, you killed my Fuwei Gang members. As the head of the household, I should behead you and chop your body into pieces."

  "Wow..."

  "Ahhh...!"

  With a loud shout from the master of the house, all the horse thieves let out another loud yell.

  Xuantian's expression didn't change, his lips moved slightly, but his voice was drowned out by the loud shouting of the bandits.

  The master of the house raised his hand again, and the scene suddenly fell silent. The master asked: "What did you say?"

  Clang!

  The sword of cold snow comes out of its scabbard.

  "It's truly a case of 'breaking through iron shoes without searching for a place', and getting it all without any effort."

  Xuantian's face wore a smile as he swept his gaze across the crowd, saying: "I say you have a road to heaven but don't take it, hell has no gate yet you charge in on your own, truly seeking death!"

  Xuantian's gaze was like a sword, sweeping across the room, and those who were caught in his line of sight, including the Fuwei Gang robbers, felt a chill run down their necks.

  "Haha! What a big tone!"

  Yin Jiu Chou's voice rose, saying: "Are all the disciples of the Tianjian Sect as arrogant as you? Now you're so high and mighty, but soon I, Yin Jiu Chou, will beat you into a cripple and make you kneel on the ground, begging me in a low voice."

  "The three of you, hold down the fort for me and watch how I slaughter the disciples of the Great Sect."

  As they spoke, Yin Jiu Chou's body suddenly sprang up, his legs straddling the horse's back. The horse let out a loud whinny and its four hooves knelt on the ground. Meanwhile, Yin Jiu Chou's body instantly rose into the air, and the long knife behind him fell into his hand in an instant, killing with one slash.

  A flash of light, an extremely fast and unparalleled blade aura suddenly slashed down from the sky, heading straight for Xuan Tian.

  Absolute Shadow Sword Art - Waist Slashing Style!

  At this moment, Xuan Tian, who had been smiling all along, suddenly made his move. Facing these jianghu bandits, Xuan Tian showed no mercy. As soon as he struck, it was the Xuanjie Sword Technique - the Absolute Shadow Sword Law.

  The enemy is numerous, and Xuan Tian makes every sword move with the intention of killing in one strike, never slow or dragging on, delaying time, and putting himself in danger.

  The master looked at Yin Jiu's one knife and nodded in praise: "Master Yin is indeed the disciple of the Thunder Knife Guest, the knife's overbearingness, speed, all..."

  The second master and the third master were nodding, but before the first master could finish his sentence, his face suddenly changed, and a shrill cry of despair was heard.

  Yin Jiu Chou's knife aura was already fast enough, but Xuan Tian's sword was even faster. It was invisible and left no trace. The knife aura was still several feet away from Xuan Tian when the sword aura flashed by, striking Yin Jiu Chou in the waist.

  Yin Jiu Chou is indeed worthy of being the pinnacle of the tenth realm of martial arts, as his internal energy has already transformed into pre-heavenly true qi, and he is only half a step away from entering the pre-heavenly realm.

  At the moment of a thousand junctures, with one bow and one stretch, his body suddenly stiffened in an instant, and he jumped up more than a foot high.

  However, even so, he was unable to avoid Xuan Tian's fatal sword. Although it did not cut off Yin Jiu Chou's waist, it severed both of his legs from the middle of his thighs.

  Yin Jiu Chou fell to the ground with a mournful cry, hugging his legs and letting out a sorrowful howl. The knife in his hand had long since slipped loose and fallen aside.

  Xuantianhou launched a surprise attack, and with just one sword strike, he cut off the legs of Yinjiu Chou, who was at the peak of the tenth level of the Martial Path, barely missing a fatal blow.

  The pupils of the first master, second master and third master suddenly dilated, all were unbelievable, extremely shocked.

  Yin Jiu Chou was a martial artist who had already stepped into the Xiantian realm with half a foot, and his internal energy had begun to transform into Xiantian true energy. His strength was even higher than that of the first and second masters.

  Even the strongest Shenyi Chou was cut down by Xuantian's one sword, severely injured and lost the power to resist. In a solo battle, who else can be an opponent?

  "Kill! Come on, all of you, give me a chaotic slash to death!"

  The first and second masters shouted loudly at the same time.

  The third master didn't refuse to give orders with the first and second masters together, but he had no chance anymore.

  Absolute Shadow Swordsmanship - Headless Style!

  Xuantian's sword cut off the legs of Yin Jiu Chou, but he didn't follow up with another sword to end his life. Instead, he launched an attack in the first moment, and the sword light was like a flash, cutting to the throat of San Dangjia.

  The three masters' cultivation of the Ninefold Realm was rendered useless in the face of the Absolute Shadow Sword Technique, and they didn't even have a chance to resist. The sword light flashed, and the third master hadn't even reacted yet when a large head flew up into the air, flying backwards.

  San Dangjia only saw the world moving forward without stopping, a towering headless body, spraying blood wildly, appeared in front of him. The next instant, San Dangjia lost consciousness and died directly.

  One sword cut off the head of San Dangjia, and Da Dangjia and Er Dangjia had just finished shouting a sentence.

  Seeing the miserable state of San Dangjia, Da Dangjia and Er Dangjia's hearts suddenly felt like they had fallen into an ice cellar.

  At this moment, they finally understood what Xuantian meant by 'treading on iron shoes without a place to search, getting it all without effort'.

  Originally, the Fuwei Gang had a vendetta with Xuantian, but they quietly disappeared and relocated from Qing Shui Town. Xuantian didn't even know where they went, so the crisis for the Fuwei Gang was over.

  However, the Fuwei Gang coincidentally moved to a county near the Xuantian Family. What's more, they didn't know how to repent and instead went to look for trouble with the Xuantian Family again, even though the Xuantian Family hadn't come to bother them.

  What is this if not seeking death?

  Smoothly, holding one's neck and rushing towards other people's knife mouths, this is the current feeling in the hearts of Da Dangjia and Er Dangjia.

  But all regrets are in vain!

  Seeing the bloodstains on the blades of the robbers, Xuan Tian knew that just now, these people from Fuwei Gang must have done something that outraged both heaven and man.

  So for the Fuwei Gang's horse thieves, Xuantian is kill one not too few, kill ten not too many.

  Moreover, Fuwei Gang had a vendetta against Xuantian in the past. Xuantian would be delighted to kill the horse thieves of Fuwei Gang.

  Xuantian and the first master, second master are at a considerable distance. The first master and the second master know that with such a close distance, turning around to escape is only a dead end, there is only one way to fight, and cooperate with the remaining horse thieves together, in order to have a chance of survival.

  The two masters locked eyes, and the two of them, who had been together for over a decade, plundering and robbing, instantly shouted in unison: "Kill...!"

  The two men's swords crossed and slashed down, forming a cross-shaped slash with one horizontal and one vertical blade energy, intersecting in an X shape, slashing towards Xuántiān.

  Absolute Shadow Swordsmanship - Heart Annihilation Style!

  The world in front of Da Dangjia suddenly darkened, and a sword light flashed, suddenly appearing as if from outside the sky, piercing through all obstacles.

  In the next instant, a severe pain transmitted from his heart, and the Frost Sword pierced through the eldest son's heart.

  Just in time for a mournful cry, the eldest son followed closely behind the third son and stepped onto the road to the underworld.

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