Bandits

"Alright, little Hao, I'll head over to your place in a bit."

Seeing Ling Kang agree, Qin Hao's worried expression vanished.

"Okay, Uncle Ling Kang, please take this hammer of mine with you as well."

"This hammer of mine carries a lot of killing intent and malevolent energy. It's very effective against ghostly creatures and can suppress ordinary minor spirits."

"If you encounter any, it might be of some help to you."

Qin Hao left one of his hammers with Ling Kang for self-defense.

Even if Ling Kang couldn't wield it effectively, he could still hold it and smash with it.

"What about you?"

"Don't worry, I still have another one, right? That's enough."

Qin Hao said with a smile.

Ling Kang thought about it and decided to leave the hammer behind.

"Then I'm off. Goodbye, Auntie."

Qin Hao waved to Ling Kang and the others.

"Go early and come back early."

Not far outside Qingshi County.

"Let's hurry."

"Sigh, why did ghosts suddenly appear out of nowhere!"

"Times are truly unstable. We're relatively lucky here. You don't know, but I heard from those traveling merchants that several counties have suffered heavy casualties, with entire counties wiped out by ghostly creatures."

"? How come I didn't know that?"

"You don't know shit. You're always sleeping in Yihongyuan, living in a daze day and night. What the hell would you know."

A small team of about a dozen people, riding horses, galloped away from Qingshi County.

"Dad! Mom! Where are we going?"

A child in the group asked their parents with an innocent expression.

"Be good, Xiao Bao. We're going back to our hometown."

"Why don't you try to sleep for a bit? Mom will wake you when we arrive."

A gentle woman stroked the child in her arms, looking at them with a loving expression.

"Okay! Xiao Bao will be good."

The child was very sensible and stayed quietly in their mother's embrace.

Seeing her child calm down, the woman looked at the man beside her.

"Husband, do you think it's the right decision to go back to our hometown?"

"I wonder if those things will be there in our hometown too."

The woman's eyes finally revealed fear.

Looking at his wife and child beside him, the man pulled them into a hug.

"Sigh! I'm not sure either. In these times, who can say for certain where is safe?"

"We can only take it one step at a time."

The man gently patted his wife and child in his arms, comforting them.

As the group was traveling along, chatting and laughing merrily.

More than a dozen burly men blocked their path!

Seeing such a formidable presence, the people in the group were so frightened they didn't dare to lift their heads.

Just then, two figures, one tall and one small, emerged from the group of burly men. Both had faces covered in pockmarks.

"This mountain is mine to command, this tree is mine to plant!"

"If you wish to pass, leave your valuables behind!"

Hearing this familiar rhyme, the people in the group knew who they had encountered.

At this moment, an elder from the group stepped forward and said obsequiously, "We didn't know you lords were here. We were blind. These valuables are a gift for you lords."

"We hope you lords will be merciful."

Saying this, the elder pulled out a bag of silver from his embrace and offered it with both hands to the two men.

At this point, the tall, pockmarked man stepped forward, took the silver from the elder's hands, weighed it, and then clutched it tightly.

He glared at the elder with a fierce expression.

"Old man, is that all the money you have? Are you trying to fool a beggar?"

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As he spoke, he kicked the old man several meters away.

"Ah!"

The old man crashed into several people in the crowd before stopping, collapsing on the ground with a bloody mouth.

The others were startled and didn't even dare to help him up.

They looked at the bandits in front of them with terrified expressions.

Just then, a young man in the crowd could no longer hold back. Wielding a steel knife, he angrily charged at the bandit leader.

"Damn it, I'll fight you to the death!"

The bandit leader looked at the charging man with disdain.

"Presumptuous!"

With that, before the man could reach him, he stomped his feet and instantly vanished from the man's sight.

The man panicked. He widened his eyes and looked around in terror, but he couldn't find any trace of the bandit leader.

However, what he didn't notice was a tall figure appearing behind him.

"Be careful! Xiao Wang! He's behind you."

Just as he was stunned, a voice from the crowd reached his ears.

He paused and was about to turn around.

"Sweating buckets, aren't you, kid!"

A bone-chilling voice came from behind him.

"Screech!"

The bandit leader instantly split the man in front of him in two.

"Hahaha!"

"Ooh ooh ooh!"

"Boss is mighty!"

The bandits on the side cheered loudly as their boss displayed his power.

"Ah!"

The children and women in the crowd screamed in terror at the sight!

The screams woke a child who had been sleeping peacefully in his mother's arms.

"Huh?"

He looked around with his innocent, wide eyes, but the scene was no longer one of harmony.

Instead, he saw a group of ferocious bandits, each holding a gleaming saber.

There was also a person cut in half, with blood slowly flowing towards them.

The horrific sight completely shattered his worldview.

He burst into tears.

"Ah! Woo woo woo!"

"Mom!"

He cried and burrowed into his mother's embrace.

"Don't cry, don't cry!"

The woman's face was filled with terror, but she still used her trembling hands to comfort the child in her arms.

"Hahahahahaha."

Seeing this, the bandits grew even more excited.

"Hahaha, these women will be ours to enjoy!"

"Right, brothers!"

The short bandit leader grinned lecherously.

"Hahaha, the second-in-command really thought of everything."

"Hahaha, tonight's going to be fun!"

The surrounding bandits became even more excited.

The women in the crowd were so terrified they couldn't even cry anymore. They knew their fate would be grim!

The man next to the woman heard the lewd words and was filled with rage.

He grabbed a wooden stick nearby and smashed it towards the short bandit.

Seeing the "fish" trying to fight back, the short bandit revealed a cruel smile.

"Heh, you're asking for death!"

He kicked the man.

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