A Plea, Part Two (Thanks to "Observing in Secret 2333" for the Alliance Leader)

The last Kong Ming was alright; it didn't have much aroma, and Zhang Rongfang could accept it even though he didn't get to taste it.

But this time, the flavor was much stronger! And there were two at once. He was really annoyed.

But outwardly he still had to show gratitude and bow with clasped hands.

"Senior brother! I didn't expect it to be you again!?"

"It's alright. Senior brother knew there might be problems here, so he rushed as fast as he could and finally made it here," Ding Rui said earnestly.

Although the other party's reply was a bit strange.

But he assumed it was because he was too emotional and his emotions had become distorted.

It's normal for people to experience emotional highs and lows during times of crisis.

That's understandable.

Turning his head, Ding Rui looked at Chen Yunru and the other person. His gaze then shifted to the fallen Wish Wheel on the ground.

"I have long heard that Chen Yunru, the Sect Leader the Eastern Mausoleum Sword Sect, is a rising star in the martial arts Jianghu in recent years. She has been offered a bounty of tens of thousands of gold by the Ling Ting and is ranked twenty-ninth on the Black List. Today, I will see what makes her so confident."

He speaks in a calm and gentle manner, and acts decisively without any hesitation.

But for some reason, it gives people a feeling of displeasure and irritation.

It wasn't just Zhang Rongfang who felt this way; Chen Yunru and the other person on the other side felt the same way.

"Stop being so fussy and acting all high and mighty. Who do you think you are?!"

Chen Yunru charged forward with her sword, immediately unleashing three points of cold light as she stabbed towards Ding Rui.

Ding Rui remained calm and composed, using his metal arm to block and parry, and the two were soon locked in a fierce battle.

"Junior brother, go first. I'll hold them off here!" Ding Rui said in a deep voice.

"Good!"

Without saying a word, Zhang Rongfang decided to avoid seeing it and quickly left from the side.

Another woman from the Eastern Mausoleum Sword Sect stepped forward to intercept her, but Chen Yunru a muffled groan and was quickly put on the defensive.

The two immediately joined forces and retreated several steps.

"This is a tough one! Don't hold back!!" Chen Yunru a low voice.

The two men simultaneously let out a low growl, their skin rapidly turning red, and the muscles in their arms, backs, and shoulders bulged, forming a series of muscle blocks resembling grapes.

"Saint Blood Activation!!"

Chen Yunru raised her hand, and a cloud of green dust flew out, covering an area several meters in front of her.

The Saint Blood Activation is a unique and Limit State possessed by the Eastern Mausoleum Sword Sect, which follows the path of stimulating one's own potential with poison powder.

Immediately, the two women's black clothes were torn apart, and their bodies swelled up, growing even taller.

Previously, their arms and legs were only the thickness of an average person's, but now they have rapidly expanded to twice their original size.

"Kill!!!"

Two muffled thuds rang out as three figures suddenly converged and launched a lightning attack.

Unfortunately, even if they unleash their full power, they would only reach the Three Voids level at most. As an affiliated force of the Western Sect, such strength is already quite formidable.

It is second only to the Golden Wing Tower of the Sea Dragon.

But when facing Ding Rui, after dozens of moves...

Click.

A crisp sound.

The two broken swords were thrown into the air, spinning and slicing diagonally into the thick tree trunk.

On the ground, Ding Rui slowly raised the Wish Wheel, behind him were two corpses that had fallen to the ground and were no longer breathing.

***A few days later.

The edge of a lake cluster that resembles countless eyes.

The gray mountain road wound its way forward, stretching into the depths of the Ping Yuan at the edge of the horizon.

This mountain path is rarely traveled, and you can see deer strolling in the distance.

Zhang Rongfang strode forward. The two consecutive encounters had already given him a vague idea of what was going on.

Regardless of the truth, he was still somewhat unhappy.

These days, he can only encounter a few individuals with the Flesh and Blood Aroma, and now that he has been robbed twice in a row, anyone would feel helpless.

This is already Beautiful Spring Lake, which means that if we continue forward and pass through here, we will enter Ze Province.

According to Ding Zhong, everything would be safe once they entered Ze Province.

So... sigh

Suddenly, Zhang Rongfang tracks.

A black dart whistled and slammed into the ground just in front of his toes.

The dart was cross-shaped with a round hole in the center and its edges were polished to an extremely sharp point. It had a faint Blue Light, indicating that it was poisoned.

"Who!?" Zhang Rongfang looked up in the direction of the dart.

Most of the area here is Ping Yuan, stretching as far as the eye can see.

There is only a small clump of Woodland on the left.

The dart was thrown from inside the Woodland.

"Interesting. The message said that you've been protected and shielded along the way. I thought it was fake. The Great Dao Sect's experts are basically all being watched; there are only so many of them. Where would there be any extra experts protecting you?"

Several men and women, dressed in different clothes and with unusual figures, slowly walked out of the Woodland.

The speaker was a scholar.

Scholars are in a somewhat awkward position in Great Ling, because Great Ling does not have an imperial Imperial Examination, so scholars have no place to use their talents.

In order to study literature, they gave up martial arts, and when faced with daily life and conflicts, they had little power to resist martial artists, so they were often looked down upon.

Only some of the scholars and literati who had connections with Noble Great Clans had some status.

But the person standing in front of Zhang Rongfang at this moment.

Although he was described as a scholar and his attire met the standards, his physique clearly exceeded the scope of a scholar.

This man was burly, with arms as long as an ape's, a face full of horizontal lines, dark skin, and a King Character tattooed on his forehead in blood.

Simply by standing in front of this person, one can feel the arrogant and ruthless aura emanating from him.

Aside from this person, there were three others, each a martial arts master with extraordinary temperament and abundant Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

A Dwarf, less than a meter tall, wearing a gray mandarin jacket and holding a curved knife.

A beautiful woman carrying White Metal Flower Basket, dressed in Pink One-piece Short Skirt, seemed to be attracting attention, but in reality, a pungent and acrid smell wafted from the flower basket, indicating that it contained a lot of highly poisonous substances.

The last one was Blond White Man bound by thick chains. His face was blank, his eyes were vacant, and he seemed to have intellectual disabilities.

But in terms of aura and blood flow alone, this person was the most dangerous of the four in Zhang Rongfang's eyes.

It's like an active volcano that could erupt at any moment.

"You gentlemen seem to be extraordinary individuals. Would you mind leaving your names so we can become friends in the future?" Zhang Rongfang loud voice, his expression unchanged, as he clasped his hands in greeting.

The others were fine, but he smelled a strong Flesh and Blood Aroma on the last Blond White Man.

That aroma was far more intense than the previous two times! The last time he smelled such a fragrance was when he was facing the Grandmaster Kong Wu. If he could eat meat this time, he would probably gain more than ten points of strength just by Blood Flesh Completion! Zhang Rongfang couldn't suppress his imagination.

Back in Citong, he thought he was already very strong. A trace of arrogance gradually grew in his heart.

But after returning to Great Capital, his pride was instantly extinguished.

Leaving aside the Ling Ting and his master's side, even Zhou Yan from the Snow Rainbow Pavilion might be someone he couldn't handle.

Therefore, he still needs to accumulate Attribute Points to gain more talent abilities. "Since it is the Daoist Daozi of the Great Dao Sect who has personally asked the question, we should properly announce our names. Perhaps this will be the time for us, the Four Fiends of Beautiful Spring Lake, to become famous throughout the world!"

The scholar chuckled softly.

"The Four Fiends of Beautiful Spring Lake?" Zhang Rongfang discreetly looked around, assessing the surrounding situation.

This time, he was very confident that he would be able to get some.

Because the surrounding area is all Ping Yuan, it's easy to tell whether there are people around.

On the other side, there was only a small grove of Woodland where these few people had just come out; it was impossible for anyone else to be hiding.

So, this time, by all accounts, it's foolproof! Zhang Rongfang's heart immediately filled with excitement.

Ten days have passed. God knows how he got through these ten days.

They had to endure wind and rain every day, and when they finally found something to eat, Ding Rui would snatch it away.

Once wasn't enough, he even robbed it twice! If he hadn't sensed something was off about Ding Rui and couldn't fathom his true strength...

They probably already took action against him and knocked him unconscious.

But this time...

This time is different.

The surrounding area is open and there are no people in sight.

There were many people on the other side, and each of them looked strong. Even if Ding Rui came, he definitely wouldn't be able to stop them all.

So this time, "I want you to know that the four of us are the Four Great Hands of Beautiful Spring Lake who have occupied this place for many years and have now long since submitted to the Western Sect True Buddha Temple!"

At this moment, the scholar smiled slightly and began to introduce himself.

"My name is Li Haosheng, also known as the Heavenly Jade Guardian."

The second Dwarf laughed and shrieked, "I am Xiao Jingrong, also known Shadow Killer."

The third woman chuckled and stepped forward.

"Shangguan Li is known as the Hundred Flowers Fairy."

The fourth blond, blue-eyed, muscular white man stepped forward.

"Nios, Red Horned Black Rhino!"

"So, you four are stopping me, are you really not going to let me pass?"

Zhang Rongfang carefully observed his surroundings and indeed found no signs of anyone coming to his aid.

He immediately felt reassured.

"Are you really going to fight me?" he said in a deep voice.

"Why do you say that, Daozi? What's the point of asking a question you already know the answer to? Never mind," the scholar Li Haosheng smiled slightly. "It's inconvenient to talk like this. Daozi rest for a while, Great Capital."

Before the last word "late" could even finish, the other person had already rushed forward and was grabbing at Zhang Rongfang.

It happened in the blink of an eye.

Just then.

*Hiss! Zhang Rongfang's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked around.

It wasn't Wish Wheel! His heart calmed down once again.

Then, a surge of excitement welled up in his heart. He was certain that he could succeed immediately this time. Zhang Rongfang couldn't wait any longer and stepped forward, his blood and qi surging and circulating rapidly throughout his body.

Suddenly looking up, I saw Ding Rui slowly emerging from the Lin Li, carrying Wish Wheel and smiling.

In front of him, Shangguan Li, the Hundred Flowers Fairy of a Four Fiends of Beautiful Spring Lake, was slowly pulling her hand out of Li Haosheng's vital area from his back.

A pool of blood was spilled on the ground.

The Hundred Flowers Fairy and the other two remained calm, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

Only Li Haosheng turned around in disbelief, knelt down, and couldn't believe that his companion had attacked him from behind. "Why!?"

"Entrusted by Ding Rui, I have been waiting for Daozi for a long time."

Shangguan Li smiled and addressed Zhang Rongfang with a slight respect.

"..." Zhang Rongfang's expression froze instantly.

Okay, this time it's all on our side. Don't think about anything else.