Chapter 60 (1/2)

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60 – Remaining Hatred

The rain stopped unwittingly.

Under the escort of the captors, Shui Yuner, the Nangong siblings, and  three other martial pract.i.tioners left the village.

At curve in the road, the young disciple from the Lion Mountain School suddenly slowed down his pace and moved closer to Shui Yuner.

“Let's work together?” He looked around carefully first. The moment he found out that the captors are looking away, he uttered a short question.

If you want to resist, then why didn't you do so earlier?

Shui Yuner quickly thought of the reason why – probably because it would implicate innocent people in the inn. After all, swords have no eyes [1].

If her conjecture is correct, then this disciples from the Lion Mountain School has a sense of chivalry.

Shui Yuner glanced at the chief captor – the man she fears – at he very front.

After confirming that he hasn't noticed their conversation, Shui Yuner asked softly, “You want to run?”

The boy nodded slightly, “We don't know their real purpose. It's too dangerous.”

The boy apparently also finds the whole thing strange. He doesn't seem to be dumb.

“The other two have agreed.”

He appears to have already notified the other two martial pract.i.tioners.

“What about the crossbows.” Shui Yuner reminded.

Once they open the distance, the opponent is sure to fire at them from the crossbows.

Although it's far from being a curtain of bolts, but 10 people firing crossbows at the same time is already enough to cause a lot of damage.

The threat of crossbows cannot be underestimated, especially when your weapons were seized.

“Let's take them down?”

“No.” Shui Yuner glanced at the chief captor, “He is a martial pract.i.tioner.”

Regarding Shui Yuner's concern, the boy only said two words, “Human Realm.”

“Are you sure?”

“I can tie him down.”

Can he really tie the chief captor down? Shui Yuner has her doubts. The scene when the chief captor subdued the boy in one move is still vivid in her mind.

“He just drew his sword quicker.” The boy snorted coldly.

In other words, when the two sides have their swords drawn, he is confident that he can tie down the other party.

But can I believe him?

“There is only one Human Realm expert. I can take a hostage.”

I see, let the other party spare the rat to save the plates [2]? Shui Yuner who has come around glanced at the other two martial pract.i.tioners – a middle aged man and woman.

They noticed the girl's look and nodded in response.

They shouldn't be at the Human Realm, but aren't far away either. Shui Yun'er came to a conclusion about the cultivation base of the two.

Then, she looked at Nangong Mingming walking on the other side of her and used her eyes to seek confirmation, and the latter answered with a resolute gaze.

“Alright.” Shui Yuner agreed, which prompted the boy to breath a sigh of relief.

“Wait for my signal.” After leaving this sentence, the boy pulled away from Shui Yuner, feigning to be casual.

Once they covered a certain distance, the group turned and entered a forest path.

At this moment…

“Ah!” The Lion Mountain School disciple walking in front suddenly exclaimed and tumbled forward.

Apparently, he tripped over something.

It's coming! Shui Yuner and Nangong Mingming looked at each other, and their muscles stretched taut.

This is probably the “signal”, because the boy didn't fall towards the ground, but a captor.

“Hey, are you okay?” The captor supported the boy.

“Sorry, I was distracted.” The boy thanked him and kicked the stone that has “apparently” tripped him, indignant, “You scoundrel!”

The boy looked very comical, and the captor couldn't help but shake his head and laugh out loud.

… He lowered his guard.

As if a snake that emerged from its hole, the boy sprang into motion swiftly.

Shwing…! The Hengdao left the sheath, flipped in the air, and drew a silver orbit as it closed in on the neck of the captor.

“n.o.body moves.” Holding the Hengdao against the captor's neck, the boy went behind the captor. At the same time, he pressed one of the other party's hands behind their back.

This successfully attracted the attention of the captors.

Now! Shui Yuner and Nangong Mingming exchanged a look and acted at the same time.

While the girl in purple lunged at a captor, Shui Yuner pulled back her right foot and placed it between the legs of a captor behind her.

The other party widened his eyes, which reflected Shui Yuner's movements – she lowered her body slightly, turned sideways, and entered the horse stance.

Thump! The girl's right elbow hit the captor in the chest, who in turn took a few steps back.

She pressed forward without pause. Seeing the girl approaching, the captor quickly drew his sword and slashed out, yet Shui Yuner didn't dodge immediately.

As the captor thought that his strike would be the deciding blow, Shui Yuner looking like a blue disc dancing gracefully walked in circle according to a queer footwork, and disappeared from the other party's sight.

“Parlor tricks!” The captor quickly adjusted his sword, turn back, and slashed horizontally.

A ray stinging the eyes approached.

Shui Yuner turned, traced a semi-circle, and changed her attack direction. The sword tip swept past her waist and sliced open her clothes, but that didn't stopped her next attack.

“Ah!”

After she got close to the opponent, she fired a barrage of palm strikes, overwhelming the other party.

However, no matter how sharp and intense her offensive is, the opponent keeps evading, and even occasionally strikes back.

Although the captor's martial arts aren't superb. But by relying on the insights honed by his rich combat experience, the battle fell into a stalemate.

The two exchanged dozens of moves, until the captor forced the girl back with a wave of his sword.

When Shui Yuner retreated, the captor didn't pursue her. He probably is aware that he can't deal with the girl who has a tender const.i.tution in front of him.

“… You are rather good.” Staring fixedly at Shui Yuner, the captor suddenly praised.

Shui Yuner was taken aback, and then said with a light smile, “You aren't bad yourself.”

As the two confronted each other silently, they got a respite.

Taking advantage of this gap, Shui Yuner inspected the battlefield.

Nangong Mingming got a dagger from G.o.d knows where. Fighting against two people, she perseveres. As for the man and woman martial pract.i.tioners, they teamed up and are tying down four captors. From the looks of it, both sides are evenly matched. But if you look closely, it's not difficult to tell that the captors hold the advantage, because the wounds are gradually piling up on the two martial pract.i.tioners.

As for the Lion Mountain School disciple, holding a captor under duress, he is confronting the chief captor. They aren't fighting. Presumably sparing the rat to save the plates, the chief captor hasn't attacked yet.

What about Nangong Mingye? Shui Yuner couldn't find him.

… There are fighting sounds coming from behind.

The little boy should be fighting with the last captor behind her.

Is he really okay? Shui Yuner worried about Nangong Mingye.

But considering that his sister doesn't worry about him, Shui Yuner knows that her worries are groundless.

If the little boy really gets into a tough spot, Nangong Mingming will be more anxious than her.

It seems that the battlefield is in a fragile balance.