Chapter 335 - Assassins, Monsters and Evildoers! (1/2)
”Kill all the men and capture the women and children! They can be sold for a hefty sum each at the black market!” a bruly bandit squad leader instructed his minions while laughing like a maniac as they wreaked havoc to their surroundings.
Pshh!!
However, barely after he said this, his throat was suddenly pierced by a flash of black rod that appeared out of nowhere, leaving an ugly gaping hole!
Puhe!
With the bandit squad leader suddenly killed like that, his minions were enraged!
”Enemy attack!”
”Careful! It's an ambush!”
Huddling together in one spot, each of them perked up their attention to their surroundings to the maximum level.
For bandits, quantity or numbers of manpower means everything, but so was their leader. If they were to lose any of these two advantages, they would immediately scatter and escape!
However, right now, there were more than a few dozens of them, still maintaining their morale even when their squad leader has just been slained!
”Damn it! They still have not yet dispersed?” Wei Shang cursed in his mind as he observed the situation from a dark corner.
The black rod was actually an attack made by Fei Longwei. By concentrating dark energy onto small metal, he could change its mass freely on the fly! Through this method, his main choice of weapon was black needles as they were light and easier to carry in vast quantities!
This was also how he was able to surprise attack the bandit squad leader without the latter knowing!
”It seems like these bandits are not the usual ones..” Fei Longwei remarked inwardly with furrowed brows as he stood on a rooftop far away from the scene.
Their initial plan was for Fei Longwei to assassinate the bandit squad leader while Wei Shang would then hunt them down one by one in their panic while escaping. Clearly, this development was something that they had not expected!
”Just what is going on?” the both of them continued to observe the situation before making their next move.
While Wei Shang and Fei Longwei has the capabilities to go on a direct skirmish with the bandits, their stamina and spiritual qi reserves were far too insufficient for a prolonged battle. This was even after the consideration that most of the bandits were only in the Qi Condensation realm while some were in the Foundation Establishment realm.
In addition, the area they were in right now was only one part of the village surrounding an inn. Currently, there were many more areas under attack by the bandits at the same time, with the greatest being the village square!
Through Wei Shang's assessment, the number of bandits in the village square was almost a hundred! This was because they were currently fighting off the village's patrols and reserve security force protecting most of the villagefolk that had seek their refuge there.
Since the bandits were preoccupied of trying to defeat the remaining defending force of the village, Wei Shang and Fei Longwei decided to help the other areas that were the least protected first.
Shuu!!
Fei Longwei appeared next to Wei Shang in the next instant.
”Why didn't you just drop all the black needles in the sky and let it rain?” Wei Shang asked curiously as he was perplexed that the other party only aimed at the bandit squad leader without taking another two or three bandits at the same time despite the perfect opportunity to do so.
Fei Longwei stared at Wei Shang as if looking at a fool.
”If I could do that, I would already be a one man army. Do you think that precision control of something that was infused with dark energy are something so simple?” he said.
For the previous ambush to work, he had to chose his angle and distance of attack carefully. With his method, the more precise his control was, the less object he could manipulate.
Even the usage of spiritual qi would increase significantly overtime when more variables are added!
Cucko!
It was at this time that Cucko appeared in between their feet, its chest puffed up wide.
”Huh? What is this chicken trying to do?” Wei Shang was a bit surprised that he was unable to notice the presence of this chicken, so was Fei Longwei.
Well, it did learn the art of stealth from young lady Di Rou, but still...
”CUCCK CUCCKOO KOOOO!!”
This sudden outburst of clucking had Wei Shang and Fei Longwei shocked to death to the point that they jumped on their feet, their hairs standing on end!
”Over there! Attack!!”
The bandits that heard this loud clucking noise immediately scrambled to the destination while brandishing their weapon, intent on making mincemeat out of the perpetrators that killed their squad leader.
”Sh*t! Retreat!” the both of them immediately sprawled on their feet to escape while cursing the chicken. After all, they were perfectly hidden before Cucko ratted them out, so they wanted to kick the chicken as a scapegoat to buy them some time while escaping.
However, the next moment, something bizarre happened.
Pshhh!
”Ahhh!” one of the bandits suddenly found the artery on his neck being cut by something sharp. The profused bleeding caused him to immediately black out and die on the spot!
This sudden attack once again caused the bandit to become alarmed, ”Who is it? Come out!” they bellowed.
Pshhh!!
”Ahhh!” another bandit got taken down by the same method but from another direction.
Pshhh!!
Pshhh!!
Gradually, the bandits were eliminated one by one as soon as they turned their backs to look for the hidden enemies.
”Dammit! They have us surrounded!” the bandit's morale began to plummet as the frustration to locate their enemies kicked in and that their numbers were thinning out fast.
”Assassins! The enemies are assassins!”
Pshhh!!
Pshhh!!
In just a few instance, there was only a few bandits left standing and they huddled very closely with each other, trembling and their face pale, thoroughly frightened by the invisible enemies around them. But it was at this moment that one of them suddenly realized something bizarre about the whole situation.
”H-Hey guys! Since when are there so many chickens around us?”
”S-Shut up! Why are you looking at the chickens? Look out for the enemies you fool!”
”N-No! I'm telling you, this is weird! Look, there are tens of them!”
The bandits finally looked around and realized that he was right! Due to their mindset thinking that the enemy was human, they did not realize that the chickens around them began to increase in number!
”C-Could it be? That the enemy was actually... c-chickens?!” this realization had their face turning purple!