Leeks Delivered to the Door

Bang!

The yellow earth trembled slightly.

Taking a step forward, Jiang Dali shot out like an arrow, his fist a blur, accompanied by a low air-exploding sound. His aura was fierce and terrifying.

"What a fierce man!"

The fleeing figure ahead, who had been struck by the dart, cried out in alarm. He charged forward, his clothes rustling loudly. His body twisted unnaturally like a swimming fish to Jiang Dali's flank, and his hands shot out like crane beaks, aiming for Jiang Dali's pressure points.

"You're courting death!"

Jiang Dali's eyes blazed with a cold light. He roared, and his entire body – muscles, bones, skin, and membranes – bulged like an inflating tire.

Bang—

His opponent let out a scream. His fingers, which had struck Jiang Dali, felt like they had hit a spring-loaded iron plate. They were repelled as if they were about to break.

Before he could retreat, a massive fist tore through the air, exploding as it hurtled towards him.

The man's face turned ashen. He raised his arm to block.

Crack—

With a sickening sound of shattering bone, the man was sent flying through the air, crashing heavily onto the ground.

Almost simultaneously, Jiang Dali suddenly moved to the side.

Clang, clang.

Sparks flew.

Two rapidly approaching darts were deflected by the Nine-Ringed Golden Saber on his back.

"Senior brother!"

A slender female figure darted from around the corner of the courtyard wall like a swallow, instantly reaching the man's side.

"Junior sister, you need to escape! This Jiang Dali is too strong. We're no match for him. Brother Hu might have already met his end."

The man, clutching his broken arm, his face contorted in pain, growled urgently.

"No, we leave together!" The woman, her expression anxious, helped the man up. She turned, her thin face filled with hatred as she glared at Jiang Dali. "We are from the Dragon Gate Escort Agency. My father is Du Dajin, the Chief Escort of the Dragon Gate Escort Agency. If you have the guts, kill us now, otherwise, let us go."

"From the Dragon Gate Escort Agency?"

"She's Du Dajin's daughter?"

The mountain bandits and players who had gathered, including the Second Boss Xiong Ba, were all startled.

The players were excited.

Damn, the Chief Escort's daughter! A proper heroine. Wouldn't it be wonderful to tie her up and lock her in the Black Prison for some "training"?

And it looked like a major plot quest had just begun!

Dragon Gate Escort Agency, the name itself sounded imposing. Was there some conflict between Black Wind Stronghold and the Dragon Gate Escort Agency?

With this thought, some players began to worry.

Dragon Gate Escort Agency sounded like a righteous and well-known force. Black Wind Stronghold, by its name, sounded like a minor faction.

Would they, having just joined Black Wind Stronghold not long ago, be wiped out by the Dragon Gate Escort Agency?

Just then, Jiang Dali spoke calmly and coldly, "So what if they're from the Dragon Gate Escort Agency? They trespassed onto my Black Wind Stronghold without announcing themselves, shot darts, and now they expect to leave peacefully?"

The woman shrieked, "You bandit leader! My father is coming to find you personally this time. Try and touch us if you dare!"

"Shut up!" The man immediately silenced the woman and said nervously to Jiang Dali, "Great Mountain Lord Jiang, our uninvited arrival was indeed impolite. However, this is all a misunderstanding. Please..."

"You shut up too!"

Jiang Dali cut off the man's words and coldly ordered, "Even if Du Dajin, the Many-Armed Bear, were to come to this stronghold himself, I wouldn't fear him. You two dare to come to my mountain and act so presumptuously? Seize them both."

"Wait!"

The woman shouted coldly, suddenly drawing her sword, her eyebrows raised in anger. "You mere bandit leader, you dare to say you don't fear my father? Let's see if you can take ten of my sword strikes!"

"Young girl." Jiang Dali's expression remained calm, his eyelids lowered. "In front of me, you won't last ten strikes."

"You scoundrel, take this!"

The woman roared, her feet sliding. She moved like a nimble wildcat, or a swimming fish. As she stepped forward, she suddenly shifted to a Gua position, turning and slashing her sword towards Jiang Dali's chest.

Tanzhong is the lower Dantian, the sea of qi. If this sword strike landed, no matter how strong your Iron Cloth Skill, it would be broken, your martial arts crippled, and you would be severely injured.

This woman's first move was an extremely skillful sword technique, striking directly at a vital point.

A group of players, seeing the flashing sword light, all shouted excitedly, their eyes wide. It was a blur of white.

However, Jiang Dali remained standing calmly. Just as the sword light reached him, he suddenly moved sideways. His large hand, seemingly slow but actually fast, shot out. Like a cow's tongue gathering grass, he grabbed.

Clang—

His hand seized the long sword, his thumb pressing against the blade. His other four fingers wrapped around the blade like a cow's tongue.

"What!"

The woman couldn't believe it. She tried to twist the sword to break his hand, but Jiang Dali let out a cold snort and suddenly exerted force with his palm, using her own momentum against her.

A sound of twisting metal erupted, the sword's body twisting into a terrifying spiral.

The woman's expression changed, her sword-wielding arm twisting along with it, her face flushing red.

Jiang Dali's palm erupted with immense force, "Let go!"

Clang!!

The sword body vibrated violently and, under the immense force, snapped directly into several pieces that flew through the air.

"Ah!"

The woman's cheek was cut open, and she let out a scream, her hand splitting.

Jiang Dali moved like a fierce tiger leaping across a ravine, closing in and striking the woman's chest with a punch.

Bang!

A dull, violent impact suddenly exploded.

The woman's beautiful face contorted in shock. She spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying out like a tattered cloth bag, crashing heavily to the ground. She coughed up more blood, her face scrunched up in pain.

"Junior Sister!"

The man cried out in alarm, lunging towards the woman despite his injuries, his expression filled with agitation and anger.

Jiang Dali calmly retracted his hand and ordered, "Take them down! Prepare to have the Many-Armed Bear ransom them."

"Hahaha, brother, that's a great idea. I was a bit wary of the Many-Armed Bear's reputation before, but now, with these two fools delivering themselves as hostages, ahahaha!"

Xiong Ba roared with laughter, leading a group of mountain bandit lackeys as they swarmed forward.

"Great Mountain Lord is mighty!"

The Stronghold Master is domineering, his divine skills are invincible!

A group of players also cheered and clamored, excitedly crowding over.

This was because they discovered that beating up a fallen opponent could also count as a mission, earning them Cultivation Points and Potential Points.

Staying at Black Wind Stronghold was too great. Following the Great Stronghold Master, even just going through the motions, meant feasting on the best and drinking the finest. It was simply too comfortable.

Jiang Dali looked at the two people from the Dragon Gate Escort Agency who were being tied up, feeling somewhat speechless at the idiocy of these natives.

The Many-Armed Bear, Du Dajin, hadn't even shown himself yet. First, his former subordinate, the escort Hu Ling, had actively sought death by coming to him, and now these two, a man and a woman who felt overly confident, had sneaked onto the mountain to launch a sneak attack and offer themselves up.

Did they really not consider him, the Black Wind Stronghold's Great Mountain Lord, a BOSS?

But then he thought about it again.

Clearly, Du Dajin definitely wouldn't know that these two batches of brainless teammates were acting on their own initiative and making their own decisions.

From Hu Ling to this man and woman, they had all underestimated him, the Great Mountain Lord of Black Wind Stronghold.

However, these two groups weren't entirely wrong. If he hadn't appeared out of nowhere, and if Xiong Ba were still the Great Mountain Lord of Black Wind Stronghold, Hu Ling might have been able to fight Xiong Ba to a draw.

And with this man and woman teaming up, Xiong Ba might not have been able to handle them, and even if he could, he wouldn't have been able to keep them.

Jiang Dali's expression became playful as he thought about this, "So, you can't really blame these two groups for being too foolish. You can only blame me for being too strong. I wonder if Du Dajin will also underestimate me, this Black Wind Stronghold's Great Mountain Lord?"

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