Chapter 22 – Explosive Increase Of Strength (1/2)

After walking for around six hours of time, the illumination within the forest grew brighter and brighter. Perhaps it was because of that Inner Core from last night, but they weren’t attacked by any of the venomous snakes within Snake Forest. However, even if it was like that, Yang Ye hadn’t let his guard down because he knew that caution was paramount, and it was best to not be careless in the Grand Myriad Mountains.

When they walked out of Snake Forest, Man’zi and the others immediately heaved sighs of relief. The horrifying scene from last night had caused them to feel deep fear towards Snake Forest, and they could finally heave sighs of relief when they walked out of it now.

Swis.h.!.+

Right at this moment, the sound of air being torn apart resounded. Right when this sound had just arisen, Yang Ye who was originally by Qing Hong’s side frowned, and at the same time, his figure vanished on the spot and appeared before Man’zi before he smashed his fist out.

Bang!

An ink black colored iron arrow shattered into countless pieces.

As they gazed at the iron arrow that had shattered into countless pieces, all four of their expressions had changed greatly. Especially Man’zi, at the same time that he was furious in his heart, he felt deep fear because if it wasn’t for Yang Ye, then he would be heavily injured even if he was able to survive it.

Man’zi and the others’ reaction wasn’t slow at all, and they swiftly withdrew their weapons before gazing vigilantly towards the surroundings. On the other hand, Yang Ye’s expression was gloomy. Even though he’d heard from Man’zi and the others last night that mercenaries frequently robbed and killed others, he’d ever expected that it would happen to him so quickly.

Clap! Clap!

Along with the sound of clapping, a middle aged and bald man leaped down from an enormous tree over 30m away. There were another three men and one woman by his side. The woman held an inky green colored longbow in her hand, and she was the only archer. Obviously, that black iron arrow from before had been shot by this woman.

Of course, the most surprising member amongst the five of them was that man on the right of that woman. That man was none other than Xiu Yuan who’d abandoned his companions yesterday.

The expressions of Man’zi and the others became extremely heavy when they saw these people make an appearance. Obviously, they recognized this mercenary group.

As she watched the five of them walk over, Qing Hong walked over to Yang Ye’s side and said in a low voice, “They’re the Wolfhead Mercenary Group, and they frequently attack and plunder weak mercenary groups in Grand Myriad Mountains. Their leader is called Baldy Qiang, and he’s a peak ninth rank Mortal Realm expert who’s said to be halfway into the First Heaven Realm. The slightly chubby men at his side was a pair of brothers, and they were called Big Bear and Small Bear. Both of them are ninth rank Mortal Realm experts as well, and they’re slightly stronger than Xiao Hei and me. As for that woman, she’s Hong Ye, and she’s a peak ninth rank Mortal Realm expert as well. Moreover, her skill in archery is much better than my own.”

When she saw Xiu Yuan, Qing Hong knew that they’d come with ill intent and would absolutely not let even one of them go. So, Qing Hong hurriedly gave Yang Ye information about them because only Yang Ye could go against Baldy Qiang.

Yang Ye frowned when he heard Qing Hong, and he silently calculated the difference in strength between their groups. After calculating for a while, Yang Ye’s brows knit together even more tightly because he noticed that they utterly had no choice of winning under ordinary circ.u.mstances. That man called Baldy Qiang who led the group wasn’t inferior to him in strength at all, whereas, the strengths of those others by Baldy Qiang’s side surpa.s.sed Man’zi and the others. Thus, so long as Baldy Qiang kept him busy, then under the circ.u.mstances that they fought three against four, it wouldn’t be long before Man’zi and the others would definitely be defeated.

If he didn’t fight, then he was confident in his ability to escape. However, Qing Hong and the others would definitely be unable to flee, and if they were unable to flee, then the consequences they faced were obvious. So, at this moment, Yang Ye was in a slight dilemma.

Right when Yang Ye was thinking about how he should deal with this situation, the bald man and the others had arrived 10m away from Yang Ye’s group. The bald man sized Man’zi and the others up, and his gaze lingered on Qing Hong for a while before he looked at Yang Ye and said, “Good reaction and good strength. Brother, which sect are you from?”

“He isn’t from any sect!” Meanwhile, Xiu Yuan stood out and gazed at Yang Ye as he said with disdain, “He’s someone that cleans up the battlefield. Brother Qiang, ignore him and deal with all of them. That Twin Wing Python’s Inner Core and skin are definitely in their possession.”

Actually, he didn’t really want to obtain that Inner Core and skin, and he wanted to kill Yang Ye and the others instead. After he fled yesterday, he’d originally intended to return in order to bury their bodies and plunder their possession. However, when he returned to the battlefield, the Twin Wing Python, Man’zi, and the others had all vanished. When he noticed the traces of blood on the ground, he knew that the four of them had definitely been a.s.sisted by someone.

At that time, he was truly in panic. He knew that if Man’zi and the others returned alive, then his reputation would be doomed. In the future, not to mention that he wouldn’t be able to eat from this rice bowl any longer, other professions would probably be unable to tolerate him as well. Because no profession desired a companion that abandoned their companions in battle!

“You b.a.s.t.a.r.d!” When they heard Xiu Yuan, Man’zi and the others were utterly exasperated. Man’zi pointed his saber at Xiu Yuan and said furiously, “Xiu Yuan, you piece of trash that abandons his companions in battle. You abandoned us and fled for your life yesterday, yet now you bring others to look for trouble with us. You sc.u.m! You’re truly the shame of the mercenary world!”