Ambush, Bloody Battle!

Su Que set the three wolves aside and was about to quietly creep closer to see what the people over there were doing.

But then he saw a figure rise from the bushes.

Su Que hurriedly tapped off with his toes and slipped into another patch of bushes, then fixed his gaze on that figure.

After walking in Su Que's direction for a while, the figure began pacing back and forth, as if on patrol.

What are those people doing over there?

Could they be bandits lying in wait to rob travelers?

If so, Su Que would not mind letting the black devour the black.

Provided he could defeat them.

Once these people make their move, I'll know how strong they are...

Su Que decided to wait where he was and watch quietly.

At night, White Tiger Forest was deathly silent. Even the birds that chirped noisily during the day had fallen asleep.

Ahead of Su Que, the black-clad men had also placed their hands on their weapons, waiting in silence.

About half an hour later, the sound of cartwheels crushing dead leaves drifted over from one side, growing louder and louder.

"They're here!"

The black-clad men instantly perked up, their grips tightening around their weapons.

After another ten breaths, they finally saw the newcomers.

There were five of them. One wore a curved saber at his waist, another had a Nine-section Whip coiled around his waist, while the other three carried no weapons.

However, when the black-clad men saw the thick calluses on the hands of those three, they knew their hand techniques were formidable.

The five men guarded three donkey carts.

Each cart carried a large redwood chest.

As the five men and three donkey carts drew closer, the black-clad men caught a faint medicinal scent.

The redwood chests used for medicine were generally sealed very tightly. Normally, no medicinal scent should have escaped.

Such scents usually came from traces left behind while the medicine was being packed.

Once they smelled the medicine, the black-clad men all confirmed that the newcomers were from the White Lotus Sect.

The eyes exposed above their black masks suddenly gleamed as they exchanged glances.

Another ten breaths passed, and the five men with their three donkey carts went by the dozen or so black-clad men.

The black-clad men looked at one another and gave faint nods, signaling that they should attack together.

The next moment, the black-clad men abruptly drew in their breath, kicked off the ground, and sprang diagonally from the bushes at the five White Lotus Disciples.

The black-clad man who had been guarding against wild beasts saw his companions move and pushed off the ground as well, charging in after them.

Seeing them suddenly act, Su Que immediately rose from the bushes and darted over softly.

Then he crouched in the bushes where the black-clad men had just been lying and looked out.

The five White Lotus Disciples transporting medicine suddenly saw more than a dozen black-clad men rush from the woods beside them, and their hearts indeed jolted at first.

As the black-clad men charged forward, they drew their weapons one after another and attacked the five White Lotus Disciples.

The five White Lotus Disciples were forced into a hasty defense, caught completely off guard.

"Who exactly are you? You dare oppose the White Lotus Sect? Aren't you afraid that once we discover your identities, we'll slaughter your entire families?"

The White Lotus Disciple with the Nine-section Whip around his waist shouted as he dodged a saber and a spear.

The martial arts school disciples dressed in black paid no heed to the White Lotus Disciple's threats. Each brought out his most closely guarded skills, determined to kill these five White Lotus Disciples as swiftly as possible.

"Ah!"

One unarmed White Lotus Disciple faced two sabers, two spears, and a hook at once.

Unable to handle them all, he was stabbed through the lower back by a spear.

After taking that thrust, his movements slowed further. Two sabers, a spear, and a hook plunged into his body in succession.

Blood instantly gushed from his wounds like spring water!

Yet at the final moment, he pressed together his right index, middle, and ring fingers, forming a Darting Finger. Like an arrow, it shot forward in a fierce thrust and pierced the throat of a saber-wielding martial arts school disciple.

In the blink of an eye, the saber-wielding martial arts school disciple and that White Lotus Disciple died one after the other.

"Damn it, that White Lotus fiend killed Xiao Gao!"

"Kill them!"

Seeing their companion die, the four martial arts school disciples' eyes turned red. They raised their weapons and charged at the remaining four White Lotus Disciples!

So those five are from the White Lotus Sect...

Hearing their shouts, Su Que thought to himself.

He had also smelled a faint medicinal scent.

Could the White Lotus Disciples be transporting medicine?

Then these black-clad men came to steal the medicine because they couldn't afford it?

So the black-clad men want the black to devour the black?

Then I wouldn't mind letting the white devour the black.

As Su Que pondered this, he kept his attention on the fight between the black-clad men and the White Lotus Disciples.

The remaining four White Lotus Disciples were far stronger than the disciple who had just died.

Once the panic in their hearts subsided, the four steadied themselves and calmly dealt with these sudden attackers.

With a clang, the White Lotus Disciple with the curved saber at his waist drew the gleaming blade.

He spun up a screen of saber shadows around himself, and for the moment, the martial arts school disciples could not break through.

The sound of metal clashing rang out as the White Lotus Disciple with the Nine-section Whip around his waist took the whip into his hand as well.

He flipped sideways backward, avoiding the two long spears thrust toward him, then flicked his wrist.

The Nine-section Whip shot through the air like a nimble serpent.

Its sharp tip lashed toward the forehead of a spear-wielding martial arts school disciple.

The disciple lifted his spearhead, intending to knock the whip tip aside.

But the White Lotus Disciple gave his wrist a slight shake, and the whip tip suddenly changed direction, curving in a small arc before piercing the spear-wielder's temple.

The whip tip entered from the right and emerged from the left, instantly piercing through the black-clad man's skull.

"Old Liu!"

The other black-clad men gritted their teeth and shouted at the sight.

"Kill!"

At that moment, the martial arts school disciples who had already killed one White Lotus Disciple rushed over.

Although the White Lotus Disciple wielding the Nine-section Whip danced it like a nimble serpent.

The martial arts school disciples had already seen how the White Lotus Disciple's whip could change direction halfway through and kill their companion, so they were prepared.

When the White Lotus Disciple used the move again, it was no longer as effective as before.

Besieged by five men, the White Lotus Disciple was immediately left scrambling to block one side and fend off the other.

At last, a martial arts school disciple wielding twin hooks used a technique that briefly locked down the White Lotus Disciple's agile Nine-section Whip.

The other martial arts school disciples immediately closed in and drove their weapons into the White Lotus Disciple's body.

Of the other three White Lotus Disciples, one wielded a curved saber, one used the Eagle Claw Technique, and one used the Seven Injuries Fist. They had also killed two martial arts school disciples moments earlier.

At this point, three White Lotus Disciples remained.

And nine martial arts school disciples remained.

These martial arts school disciples had never imagined that each of the five White Lotus Disciples would be so much stronger than any one of them.

After only a few exchanges, even with the advantage of an ambush, they had lost four companions.

The martial arts school disciples' eyes were red as they continued charging at the remaining three White Lotus Disciples.

Su Que watched the bloody battle through gaps in the branches and leaves.

He noticed that among the three remaining White Lotus Disciples, the curved saber user was somewhat weaker, while the Eagle Claw Technique user and the Seven Injuries Fist user were stronger.

When two spears attacked the Eagle Claw Technique user, he immediately curled his fingers into claws, grabbed the spearheads, and twisted.

The spearheads were snapped off at once. The spear-wielding disciples could only fight with wooden shafts stripped of their tips, and their killing power dropped sharply.

When a saber chopped down at the White Lotus Disciple using the Seven Injuries Fist, he swept his fist sideways at the blade.

The moment his fist struck the blade, the saber-wielder's tiger's mouth split open, blood seeping out.

After watching for a while, Su Que felt that the three White Lotus Disciples were slower than him.

When the three White Lotus Disciples attacked, the air only rippled faintly.

It seemed that in terms of force as well, they were inferior to him.

Although he had never fought a living person, after several months of hunting, he had been surrounded and attacked by packs of beasts many times.

He felt that if he faced these three, he should have a fairly good chance of winning.