The Six Devils of the Snow Region! Aid Arrives in the Nick of Time!

"Six Devils of the Snow Region!! It's you!"

Xu Ziyi stared coldly at the five people who had suddenly appeared.

"That's right, it's us. The Six Devils of the Snow Region are down to five, all thanks to you!"

The leading man, short and stocky, glared at Xu Ziyi, his eyes brimming with hatred.

Xu Ziyi said flatly, "You're bandits. I'm a Constable of Six Doors. Killing you is only natural."

The Six Devils of the Snow Region had once been active as bandits in the snow region, specializing in robbing homes and terrorizing locals, so brazen that they naturally ended up on Six Doors' wanted list. Xu Ziyi led a team to capture them. After a fierce battle, he killed the First Devil, but the other five escaped and later joined the Taiping Sect.

"Right, you killing us is only natural. Me killing you is also only natural!"

The Second Devil's face twisted, killing intent surging in his eyes. The other four Devils were equally cold-faced.

Tang Ying sneered at Xu Ziyi. "Xu Ziyi, I told you, you can't catch me. This place is your grave!!!"

"I'd like to see where you run now!"

The Second Devil roared savagely and charged with the other four Devils.

"If you want to kill me, come on!!"

Xu Ziyi lowered himself, took a step spanning two zhang, and clenched his five fingers into a fist, punching out in one motion. With just that one blow, the Fourth Devil was sent flying off the ground, tumbling four or five meters back, vomiting blood, his face pale, his aura instantly wilting.

After that single punch, Xu Ziyi's speed didn't drop but increased, like a fierce tiger charging into a sheep pen, rampaging left and right. In the blink of an eye, three more were sent flying by his strikes. On the surface, he even seemed to hold the advantage.

"This Xu Ziyi should be at Four Blood Changes... Those six are all Martial Artists with Blood Qi Like an Ox."

Lu Yuan estimated his combat power from watching.

At this moment, Xu Ziyi displayed strength surpassing any one of the six. Wherever his fists and feet struck, he seemed unstoppable.

Yet, though his strength exceeded each of the six individually, he couldn't crush any one of them outright.

"Die!"

The Second Devil roared wildly, leaping three zhang into the air. His short, stocky body transformed into a massive iron hammer, carrying a mountain-toppling, sea-overturning force as he crashed toward Xu Ziyi.

Body as Hammer!!

This hammer strike was ferocious, gusts of vicious wind howling, as if a fierce general on a warhorse were charging in with a giant hammer, explosive to the extreme.

Boom!!

Xu Ziyi grunted, stumbling back four steps in succession. The Second Devil landed and retreated six or seven steps, rubbing his bald head as he sucked in cold air.

"This Six Doors Constable Xu Ziyi is in a bad spot."

Lu Yuan had watched the entire battle. He could see that Xu Ziyi relied on a single burst of momentum to barely hold the upper hand in the short term, but he couldn't sustain it. Facing a siege of six, he was already slipping into a disadvantage. In other words, once that momentum faded, it would be his moment of defeat and death.

Still, the six surrounding him weren't having an easy time either.

Tang Ying's right shoulder was already injured and immobile, his strength probably not even half of his peak.

The Fourth Devil had been severely wounded in the first exchange.

The other four Devils had also taken considerable damage from their clashes with Xu Ziyi.

Originally, Lu Yuan hadn't even wanted to watch the spectacle and planned to leave directly. But since the attackers were from the Taiping Sect, if an opportunity arose, he would definitely intervene.

The Third Devil stamped a palm onto Xu Ziyi's chest. He groaned in pain, nearly collapsing forward. Seeing him injured, the attackers immediately intensified their assault.

Strike while the iron is hot; take his life while he's down!

"My ribs are broken..."

The sharp pain made cold sweat bead on Xu Ziyi's forehead. He thought to himself in alarm, If this keeps up, I'm dead for sure. I have to find a chance to escape! He wasn't stubborn—he knew the principle of keeping the green mountain to avoid running out of firewood—and had no intention of dying together with these people. But from the start, the six had guarded him tightly, giving him no opening to flee.

"I'll take another injury if I have to, but I need to find a way out!!"

"Among these people, the weakest link in the defense is Tang Ying!"

Xu Ziyi calmly assessed the situation. With a flicker of thought, blood rushed to his face, making him look like he was about to use a secret technique to erupt again. Tang Ying had seen him erupt before and, thinking Xu Ziyi was about to drag him down to the underworld, was so startled he hastily dodged away. He didn't know that using that secret technique twice in one day would be suicide.

"Opportunity!!"

Xu Ziyi's eyes lit up. He seized the moment and burst out.

How could the six give up? Without a second thought, they chased after him.

Lu Yuan took a deep breath, his right hand slowly gripping the hilt of his blade. He shrank his body lower, nearly sinking into the grass, his eyes fixed unblinkingly on the six pursuers. If not for this turn of events, he would never have risked saving Xu Ziyi. But since Xu Ziyi had broken free, he had a chance to lend a hand.

If someone had been standing beside Lu Yuan, they would have seen his entire body bent like a bow, his muscles and sinews pulled taut like a bowstring drawn to its limit, his bones cracking and popping audibly.

Immense power rapidly accumulated, waiting only for a violent release.

Blood energy erupted.

Lu Yuan let out a low shout, and in the next instant, the blade he had long been building up exploded forth.

In the dim jungle, a flash of snow-white, merciless saber light flickered and vanished.

Accompanying the sharp howl of the blade, the saber light swept across the necks of three men.

"Hm?"

"What's going on?"

"Someone's ambushing us!!"

The moment the saber light burst forth, Second Devil, Tang Ying, and the others felt a bone-chilling cold wash over their entire bodies, their skin experiencing an indescribable sensation of being torn apart, as if they would be hacked to pieces in the next moment.

Who was ambushing them!

A tremendous danger descended, and panic and shock flickered across the faces of the six men.

But with a prepared mind striking the unprepared, faced with this utterly ruthless and vicious saber light, they had no chance to react.

"Who is it that's killing me?"

Similar thoughts flashed through the minds of Second Devil, Fourth Devil, and Tang Ying, a trace of disbelief drifting through their hearts.

The next instant, three heads flew up, accompanied by a rain of blood, and crashed heavily to the ground.

"Second Brother! Fourth Brother!!"

Third Devil, Fifth Devil, and Sixth Devil cried out in alarm, while Tang Ying was of no concern to anyone.

Xu Ziyi was overjoyed and turned back without hesitation.

"He killed Second Brother and that old bastard! Kill him!"

"Kill him and Xu Ziyi to avenge them!!"

After a brief moment of shock, the remaining three devils erupted, charging without hesitation at Lu Yuan and Xu Ziyi.

It had to be said, their brotherly bond was not bad.

Seeing Lu Yuan cut off three heads with one stroke, they did not flee but instead continued to fight with reckless abandon.

"Not running? Then don't bother running!!"

Letting out a long breath, Xu Ziyi's body crackled like a string of firecrackers as he grinned fiercely and met the enemy head-on.

But the remaining three devils' thoughts were wild, while reality was cruel.

In just a few moves, Third Devil was also beheaded by Lu Yuan's blade, and Fifth Devil was sent flying by Xu Ziyi's fist, his chest blasted open.

The madness and hatred in his eyes were replaced by terror. Gasping for his last breath, Fifth Devil howled, "Sixth! Run!!"

Stunned, Sixth Devil jolted awake as if from a dream, breaking free from his frenzied state and sprinting straight into the mountain forest.