Ferocity

All the bandits were dumbfounded.

Who were the bandits here? This was way more fucking arrogant than they were!

"You fuckers think you're something because you're from Black Wind Mountain? This is Clear Water Village! If you're a dragon, coil up for me; if you're a tiger, lie down!"

Qin Yan's outrageously arrogant voice left everyone in the village dumbfounded too.

This made it look like they were the bandits.

We're finished! the old village chief groaned inwardly.

"Fuck!" Liu Laodao had never dreamed he would be humiliated by a brat.

His eyes bloodshot, he roared, "Get him! Kill that brat!"

At the roar, Qin Yan felt the blood racing through his body, excitement sweeping over him.

In an instant, a bandit charged up to him and stabbed straight at him with a long saber.

Deflecting Hand!

Shattering Yin Kick!

Smack!

The sound of something shattering made every man present feel a faint ache between his legs.

The super critical hit stripped the bandit of his ability to resist, and the pain knocked him unconscious on the spot.

Yet Qin Yan had no intention of letting the wounded men before him off. He pushed his mental perception to its limit.

Every movement they made, every pore, was clearly imprinted in his mind.

He launched into the Dragon Wandering Step and charged straight into the bandits, moving so fast and from such tricky angles that they could not anticipate him at all.

Two fingers shot out, blinding a bandit in both eyes, while his other hand went straight for the man's crotch.

Smack!

Both eggs in the sack shattered.

Hiss!

The villagers watching could not help clamping their legs together.

Holy shit! That was downright vicious.

Qin Yan was like a roaming dragon emerging from the sea, weaving and turning amid the flashes of blades and shadows of swords.

His footwork was extraordinarily elusive, allowing him to evade the bandits' attacks with the smallest possible movements.

In close combat, he went straight for their balls!

With those incomparably vicious attacks, he crippled five or six men in just two or three breaths.

These men would probably never be able to stand up as men again.

The bandits now looked at Qin Yan, the ball-snatching maniac, in utter terror.

He was simply inhuman, always fighting dirty.

But Qin Yan had no intention of letting his enemies escape. With his extraordinary physical prowess, he caught up to the fleeing bandits in an instant.

Low sweeping kick!

The terrible force snapped a bandit's lower leg in an instant, and Qin Yan drove a palm into his temple.

The man's vision went black, and he slept very peacefully.

"Run! Run!"

The ferocity in Qin Yan's eyes shattered the bandits' psychological defenses.

Their rout was like a breached dam. Once someone took the lead, the bandits scattered and fled.

They would rather die than take one of Qin Yan's blows.

He was just too vicious.

"Xiaoyi!"

Seeing the bandits trying to flee, Qin Yan found that Qin Xiaoyi was already prepared.

A quiver of arrows and a bow were tossed to Qin Yan.

He drew the Tendon-Horn Bow to a full moon in an instant, the arrows in his hand moving like flashes of lightning.

One struck a bandit in an instant, pinning his lower leg firmly to the ground.

The arrows flew in an unbroken stream!

Qin Yan's eagle-like eyes locked onto the fleeing bandits, and every shot was like a swing of the reaper's scythe.

He mercilessly harvested the bandits' lives.

Pfft! Pfft!

The once-arrogant men were now gripped by utter terror as arrows pierced their bodies.

Moments later, only a group of screaming men remained.

[Defeated bandit. Unlimited Combat proficiency increased by 8%.]

[Defeated bandit. Dragon Wandering Step proficiency increased by 5%.]

[Defeated bandit. Archery proficiency increased by 6%.]

[Killed three people. Slaughter skill proficiency increased by 3%.]

The old village chief stared at the scene with his mouth hanging open. The strength Qin Yan had displayed was far beyond anything he had imagined.

More than a dozen bandits had been beaten to death by him, and several had died especially miserable deaths.

"A-Yan, you were too impulsive."

The old village chief sighed, without blaming him.

It took immense courage to stand up in the face of something like this, and Qin Yan had even helped them resolve a crisis.

Now Qin Yan was surrounded by the crowd like a hero.

It was a very curious experience. Everyone showed him goodwill.

"Great-uncle, our relationship with Black Wind Mountain was impossible to mend in the first place. Even if we gave them what they wanted this time, wouldn't they just keep coming back to rob us?

Do you really think bandits would keep their word?"

Qin Yan spoke first.

"Great-uncle, don't worry. I'll handle this properly."

Qin Yan had no intention of letting the Black Wind Mountain bandits go. He beckoned to Qin Xiaoyi and the others in the crowd.

At once, a dozen or so sturdily built youths stepped out of the crowd.

"Boss!"

"Bring back everyone who's still alive. Remember to gather up their belongings too."

Qin Yan gave the orders in a low voice.

"Got it!"

Qin Xiaoyi and the others beamed with delight and immediately dashed toward the bandits.

These fellows normally ate until grease dripped from their mouths, and they had plundered plenty more this time.

Qin Yan's haul was substantial. The silver alone came to nearly 160 taels.

There were fifteen weapons, including long sabers, and three warhorses as well.

Under everyone's envious gazes, Qin Yan returned to the training ground on the mountain behind the old residence.

Every one of the twelve surviving bandits had broken bones and torn tendons, and they lay on the ground wailing miserably.

"Boss, what use are these bandits? We might as well just kill them."

Qin Xiaoyi looked at Qin Yan in puzzlement.

"This time, I'll give you a taste of blood!"

Qin Yan's smile was radiant, but to Liu Laodao, he was more terrifying than a demon.

What are you going to do?!

"My little brothers here have never killed anyone. I was worried about that, so I really ought to thank you."

Qin Yan came up to Liu Laodao and looked down at him from above.

"Tell me, how many people are on Black Wind Mountain now, and how are they deployed? Who's the strongest?"

"If you've got the guts..."

Before Liu Laodao could finish, Qin Yan reached out, plunged two fingers into one of his eye sockets, and dug in.

Just like that, Qin Yan dug out a bloody eyeball.

The shocking sight twisted the faces of Qin Yan's underlings, which flushed red at a visible rate.

In the end, unable to bear the bloody scene, they all retched their guts out.

The bandits nearby were stunned. Qin Yan's ruthless decisiveness struck their hearts like a heavy blow.

Cracks spread through their mental defenses.

"Uncle, you'd better answer whatever I ask.

Otherwise, I'll gouge your eyeballs out."

Qin Yan grabbed Liu Laodao by the hair with one hand and hauled him up.

Liu Laodao's face was filled with disbelief. The youth with the radiant smile made him feel an indescribable terror.

It was as though Qin Yan had come from the abyss.

"I...!"

Pfft...!

Qin Yan forcibly gouged out his other eyeball.

"Remember, answer my questions quickly."

That icy voice was like a demon's whisper.

"I'll talk. I'll tell you everything."

Liu Laodao covered his eyes in agony and begged repeatedly.

"Black Wind Mountain has expanded, and our numbers have now stabilized at around 120.

Now that these brothers of ours have fallen into your hands, there are probably just over a hundred left.

Our chief at Black Wind Mountain is called Cao Lian. He's skilled with the saber.

The location is...!!"

Thinking only of staying alive, Liu Laodao spilled everything at once.

If he did not talk, the hand gripping his neck would snap it without hesitation.

"Good job!"

Qin Yan patted him on the shoulder, then smashed the crown of his skull with an elbow strike.

Qin Yan's gaze was cold. "Kill every one of them."

"Bastard, you have no martial virtue!"

Seeing no hope of survival, the captured bandits immediately began cursing.

Qin Xiaoyi and the others went pale. They had not expected their boss to really make them kill.

Seeing them hesitate to speak,

Qin Yan said coldly, "Anyone who doesn't want to kill can get lost right now. I don't keep trash around."

He had spent time and effort training them, not to pamper them like young masters.

"I'll do it!"

Qin Xiaoyi had practically staked everything on Qin Yan. He grabbed a long saber and stepped in front of a bandit.

The man had an honest, simple face, with no trace of a vicious look.

"Young hero, spare my life. I swear I'll turn over a new leaf...!!"

Pfft!

Before the man could finish,

Qin Xiaoyi raised his saber and brought it down, executing the bandit on the spot. Blood sprayed across the ground.

Retch! Retch!

The smell of blood made Qin Xiaoyi retch his guts out.

Qin Yan then looked at Song Bao and the others.

The group exchanged glances, then raised their sabers and rushed at the bandits. Piercing screams rang out through the forest.

Then silence fell.

The smell of blood continued to fill the air.