Chapter Seventy-two: Sneak Attack

  "Kill them!" Before Huayun and the others could say a word, the scar-faced man had already given the order to kill those dozens of thieves.

  Without the slightest hesitation, those dozens of thieves immediately burst out with a loud shout, and the weapons in the hands of the thieves standing in front were already chopping towards the horses of the carriage where Huayun and others were, with extremely skilled movements.

  "Hmph!" Patolic and Pasley, how could they let their horses be cut down by each other? The two simultaneously let out a cold hum, the long swords in their hands already unsheathed.

  Several sword lights flashed by, and the thieves in front only felt a severe pain all over their bodies. Their brains didn't even have time to react before they were split into two halves, and fresh blood splattered everywhere instantly.

  Looking at the dozens of thieves in front of him, Patolic and Pasley's long swords flashed continuously as they charged into the crowd, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep. The crowd immediately let out a series of mournful cries. Most of the thieves only had the strength of a second-tier apprentice warrior, while some had reached the level of a third-tier black iron warrior. However, in front of Patolic and Pasley, two eighth-tier great warriors, not one of them was a match for them. In just an instant, the ground was already littered with the bodies of the dozens of thieves.

  Those hundreds of thieves surrounding Karan and the scar-faced man were all startled by the situation here, while Karan and others had a joyful light on their faces.

  After killing dozens of thieves surrounding them, Patolic and Pasley did not pursue, but retreated to Huayun's side. Their mission was not to suppress bandits, but to protect Huayun.

  "Abominable!" Witnessing the slaughter of his brothers, the scar-faced man felt a shiver in his heart. As Kain, an eighth-rank great warrior, he could naturally see that Patroick and Pasley were not weak.

  He learned through a message that the Noki family was going to transport something extremely important, and immediately brought his own Storm Thief Gang to ambush here. Originally, they were about to succeed, but unexpectedly, several formidable guys suddenly appeared. However, Cain didn't dare let Hua Yun and others go, as the Noki family's power is too great. If they found out that he was the one who killed Kalan and others, then he would be in trouble.

  "What's wrong? Not going to fight?" Looking at Cain, a cold smile appeared on Hua Yun's face, and then looking at the joyful faces of Kalan and others, an idea had already risen in Hua Yun's heart.

  Although he was used to seeing life and death in this world, in fact, Hua Yun was not a person who would ignore someone's plea for help or be completely heartless. As long as he had the ability, saving others wasn't a big deal.

  Originally, Hua Yun planned to let the horse carriage pass by Kayn's side, and then Talya, Patolic and Pasuli would suddenly attack, capturing Kayn in one move. As long as Kayn, the leader, was captured, the rest of the thieves, although numerous, would lose their fighting spirit and be easily defeated.

  However, Hua Yun did not expect that Kalan and his men, seeing that they themselves could not survive, would drag Hua Yun and the others down with them into the water, which made Hua Yun extremely unhappy.

  "A few of you, just now I, Khai, didn't know any better. After finding out that the Noki family is transporting something back today, it's really unintentional to offend a few of you. The thing the Noki family is transporting this time is quite precious. As long as you all guarantee not to mention today's events, how about we split this batch of things equally among everyone?" Khai is now in a dilemma, letting Huayun pass isn't right, and not letting her pass also isn't right, he can only think of this method to ease the situation.

  When Kain's proposal was heard, Kalan and the others' hearts skipped a beat, their eyes fixed unblinkingly on Hua Yun and his group. If Hua Yun accepted Kain's conditions, then today would be the end of the road for Kalan and his companions.

  "You think I'll join forces with you thieves? If you know what's good for you, scram! Otherwise, you're dead!" Huayun didn't bother to waste words on the opponent. In front of Huayun and his group, except for Kain who was slightly more formidable, the rest of the thieves were basically not worth worrying about.

  "Hmph, it depends on whether you have the ability or not!" To make Cain give up what he had been working hard to get, his heart was extremely unwilling. Moreover, no matter how formidable the opponent was, they still had an ace in the hole that hadn't come out yet.

  "Kill!"

  A loud shout exploded from his mouth, Cain released the three warriors on Karana's side, and his body suddenly burst out in an instant, rushing towards Huayun and others.

  "Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" Just as Cain was about to utter the word "kill", a fierce tearing sound suddenly echoed through the air, and with three sharp whistles, three dark-colored rays of light shot out from the distant forest like lightning, rushing straight towards Huayun, Patroick, and Pasley.

  "Be careful!" Hua Yun's face suddenly changed, and a loud shout burst from her mouth. The swift sword at her waist suddenly left its scabbard, emitting a humming sound, and in an instant, it met one of the three dark auras.

  A loud crash came, and Huayun, in a hurry, only felt a surge of great power transmitted through his arm. The Dīyè Fēng sword given by Luoke Yun suddenly shattered into pieces in an instant, scattering everywhere. At the same time, a mysterious force passed through his right arm to his whole body, and a huge impact came from the front.

  Facing such a powerful force, Hua Yun didn't dare to take it head-on and instead rapidly retreated backwards along the direction of the impact. His body heavily collided with the horse carriage, using the "Reversing Heaven" technique to forcefully transfer the energy inside his body to the horse carriage behind him.

  With a loud crash, the entire carriage was torn apart by that force and scattered in all directions.

  Hua Yun endured the intense pain, focusing his gaze on Patolic and Pasli, only to see that they were also in a miserable state, their long swords had shattered into countless pieces, and the armor they originally wore had turned into countless fragments scattered all over the ground.

  "Huh?" Seeing that the three of Huayun were not killed by the attack of the black wolf, Cain, who was rushing over, hesitated for a moment in his heart, and the long sword in his hand stabbed fiercely at Huayun.

  "Roar!" A furious roar burst forth from the mouths of the Ba brothers as they stood before Hua Yun, using their massive axes to block Kain's longsword attack. But how could the fifth-tier White Silver Warriors, the Ba brothers, withstand the attacks of the eighth-tier Great Warrior Kain? The rocks beneath their feet cracked open, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

  Cain's attack missed and he continued to assault Hua Yun, but Talia's magic had already arrived in front of him. A massive fire cloud was rapidly sweeping towards Cain.

  Cain felt the enormous power contained in the fire cloud and did not dare to be careless, so he hastily retreated backwards. Talya's mouth was chanting incantations one after another, and the magic core on her staff shone brightly, with countless fireballs shooting towards Cain as if they had eyes.

  "Big Brother Huayun!" Rodi and Luluna rushed to Huayun's side, one taking out medicine, the other directly applying a water-based healing technique on Huayun.

  "I'm fine, you guys stay here!" Hua Yun didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and quickly picked up a long sword from the ground. The flow of internal energy transformed her into a sharp arrow, shooting towards the forest where Wu Mang had previously shot out.

  Although Hua Yun seemed to have been severely attacked earlier, in fact, he didn't suffer much damage. The remaining energy inside his body had also been completely consumed by the Heavenly Reversal Technique of Xun.

  Patolic and Pasley saw Hua Yun rush into the forest, and without time to be surprised at Hua Yun's strength, they picked up two long swords from the ground and chased after him.

  The two of them, who had previously been attacked by the dark arrows, knew how formidable the master archer was in the forest. Although Patolik and Pasli's weapons were not as good as Huayun's, they were not ordinary steel swords either. Moreover, the long sword had been imbued with 8th-level Dou Qi earlier, but it was shattered into pieces by that dark arrow. If not for the fact that the two of them wore magical armor engraved with protective magic by the kingdom's high-ranking alchemists, they would have been seriously injured or even killed in the previous attack.

  " Pasley, you stay here and help Tahlia!" Hua Yun ordered without turning her head, sensing the presence of Patoulik and Pasley behind her.

  At Hua Yun's command, Pasley hesitated for a moment before stopping in his tracks and turning to help Talia instead.

  This is not because of Hua Yun's strength, but Patolik and Pasuli are obviously unable to withstand the previous Wulang, and Talia, as a magician, fears that kind of sharp long-range attack. Only Hua Yun can maintain some advantage under the attack of this Wulang.

  This is not to say that Hua Yun's strength is above Patoli and Pasuli, but the previous Wumeng's attack method was mainly energy-based, and physical destructive power was not too strong. The reverse heavenly art in Hua Yun's body just happens to be able to restrain all energy attacks.

  All the way, Huayun's senses had been stretching forward to that forest in front of her, trying to detect any signs of danger so she could dodge in time if attacked.

  But it wasn't until Hua Yun rushed into that thicket of trees that the previous attack by the black wolf did not reappear.

  Hua Yun's eyes were as swift as lightning, and he quickly found the traces of someone who had lain down behind a large tree earlier. However, there was no one there at this moment, and it was clear that the person who had just launched a sneak attack had already changed their position after attacking.

  Behind that big tree, a clear trail extended deep into the mountain forest, and Huayun's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

  Patrol followed Huayun and caught up with a sweep of his eyes on the marks on the ground, looking at Huayun: "Master Huayun, what to do now?"

  "Chase!" A word burst out of Huayun's mouth, and he swiftly darted towards the depths of the mountain forest, with Patroik immediately guarding his side.

  Two people's eyes were like torches, carefully and cautiously following the traces on the ground to search deep into the mountains.