Knight-level Powerhouse

"What is the Black Wind Bandit Group? Where did they come from?" Yang Feng frowned slightly and followed Steward Liu up onto the castle walls.

Steward Liu began explaining the origins of the Black Wind Bandit Group to Yang Feng in detail.

The Black Wind Bandit Group was a bandit group active near Giant Stone City. It was composed entirely of cavalry, coming and going like the wind. Extremely cunning, they raided merchant caravans and villages everywhere.

Giant Stone City had sent troops to suppress them several times, only for the Black Wind Bandit Group to defeat them each time. After several failures, everyone learned that Balu, the leader of the Black Wind Bandit Group, was a terrifying powerhouse with the strength of a Knight.

Knight was the title earned by powerhouses who cultivated the Knight Secret Method and broke through the limits of the mortal human body. An ordinary Knight could casually wield a two-hundred-kilogram weapon. Once clad in Knight Armor that covered the entire body, he became like an invulnerable tank, possessing extraordinary combat strength and standing without equal.

Among the several hundred people in Red Leaf Town, there was not a single Knight-level powerhouse.

The strongest person in Red Leaf Fort was Zhao En, commander of the Red Leaf Fort guards, and he was merely an Intermediate Warrior. Without the protection of the walls, a single Knight could easily slaughter everyone within Red Leaf Fort.

Generally speaking, powerhouses with the cultivation of a Knight would be recruited by major nobles. However, some Knights fell into banditry and crime for various reasons. Those Knights who had fallen into criminality were undoubtedly the most terrifying existences.

As Steward Liu described the terror of the Black Wind Bandit Group to Yang Feng, he secretly glanced at the four burly bodyguards beside Yang Feng, a trace of suspicion flashing through his eyes.

Red Leaf Town was a small, isolated town with few residents. The arrival of strangers would certainly cause quite a stir. After Yang Feng went out once, four conspicuously burly bodyguards had suddenly appeared by his side, naturally arousing Steward Liu's doubts. However, Steward Liu also knew that this was a dangerous time, so he did not ask any questions he should not ask.

As soon as Yang Feng reached the walls, he saw over a hundred fully armed cavalrymen in black cloaks, riding fine warhorses, galloping toward them.

At the head of that cavalry unit, a warrior clad from head to toe in heavy Knight Armor and riding a horned horse was like a tank, radiating a powerful sense of oppression.

Yang Feng looked around the walls for a while.

There were thirty-six warriors on the walls, including ten archers, eight Elementary Warriors, and only one Intermediate Warrior: Zhao En, the guard commander.

This strength was more than enough to maintain order in Red Leaf Town, but using it to deal with the Black Wind Bandit Group, which possessed a Knight, was undoubtedly like smashing an egg against a stone—a fool's dream.

The warriors on the walls all went pale as they watched the Black Wind Bandit Group in the distance. Some of them even had trembling legs, and the hands gripping their weapons shook without stop. If not for the protection of the six-meter-high walls, their morale would likely have already collapsed, leaving them unable to fight.

All the warriors in Red Leaf Fort had only experienced security battles. They could not be mentioned in the same breath as the Black Wind Bandit Group warriors, who had gone through countless life-and-death struggles. Every member of the Black Wind Bandit Group was a low-level warrior, and one tempered through innumerable battles of life and death. In a one-on-one fight, even Zhao En, Red Leaf Town's strongest warrior, might not necessarily be able to kill a single Black Wind Bandit Group warrior.

The hundred-odd members of the Black Wind Bandit Group arrived before Red Leaf Fort like a whirlwind.

Balu, clad in black heavy Knight Armor that covered his entire body, easily flipped down from his horse and stared coldly at Red Leaf Fort through the slits in his visor.

The hundred-odd Black Wind Bandit Group members also dismounted with practiced ease and stood behind Balu, looking at Red Leaf Fort with mocking expressions.

Without any nonsense, Balu drew an enormous Knight Greatsword from his back and strode toward Red Leaf Fort.

Behind Balu, the hundred members of the Black Wind Bandit Group followed him and launched a charge at Red Leaf Fort.

"Loose the arrows! Loose the arrows! Kill him! Kill Balu!" Zhao En shouted, his face pale.

The ten archers on the walls desperately fired at Balu.

Ten arrows immediately shot toward Balu like raindrops.

The ten archers were clearly poorly trained. Nine of the ten arrows missed, and only one struck Balu's shoulder before bouncing away.

Balu continued charging straight toward Red Leaf Fort like a terrifying tank, utterly unaffected.

Seeing this, all the warriors on the walls were frightened out of their wits, and their morale plummeted. The second wave of arrows did not even graze Balu.

"Impressive! So this is a heavily armored Knight. Truly impressive!" Yang Feng watched Balu charge recklessly through the rain of arrows, admiration flashing in his eyes.

Within a few breaths, Balu arrived directly beneath Red Leaf Fort's walls. A terrifying aura suddenly erupted from his body. With a powerful stomp, he leaped up by sheer force, clearing Red Leaf Fort's six-meter-high walls and landing atop them. With a casual slash, he cut a warrior in half at the waist. Blood splattered everywhere, and entrails spilled out.

The Red Leaf Fort warriors atop the walls had never experienced such bloody combat. Seeing such a horrifying scene, their morale immediately collapsed, and they scattered in all directions.

"Balu! Balu!!"

"Balu! Balu!"

"..."

Below the walls, the Black Wind Bandit Group members raised their weapons and erupted into waves of fanatical, excited cheers.

Balu coldly swept his gaze over the fleeing Red Leaf Fort warriors, then waved his hand. One rope after another was immediately thrown down from the walls.

The bandits of the Black Wind Bandit Group below promptly grabbed the ropes and climbed upward with great agility.

Steward Liu's legs trembled. He glanced at Balu, who seemed like a god of slaughter, and said in a shaking voice, "My lord, let's run!!"

"No matter how high one's martial arts, a single shot brings him down! A mere Knight is nothing but trash before guns and cannons!" Yang Feng gave a cold smile, drew a 9mm pistol from his waist, aimed directly at Balu, and pulled the trigger.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The reckless Balu was hit by six bullets at once. The large-caliber 9mm bullets pierced through his heavy Knight Armor, blasting six bloody holes in his body as blood continuously poured out.

"You actually injured me!! You damned yellow-skinned mongrel! You dare harm the great Knight Balu! I'll crush your bones inch by inch, then chop you into pieces and feed you to the dogs!"

Though Balu had been shot six times, his eyes turned blood-red, endless ferocity flickering within them. With an enraged roar, a terrifying power erupted from his body, and the six bloodstained bullets were forcibly expelled from the six wounds in his body.