The Killer, Dongbo Xueying

Gai Bin led a group of his subordinates forward, while a large number of bandits on the mountain walls on both sides of the canyon watched with covetous eyes.

"We must leave quickly!"

Zong Ling urged urgently.

Dongbo Xueying and Zong Ling turned and fled without the slightest hesitation.

"Fleeing? Chase them down for me!" Gai Bin shouted coldly.

"Damn it, how did they discover us? If they had walked just a little further, they would have fallen right into the trap we set." The other bandits were furious and frustrated. They never expected that the Six-Armed Snake Demon Zong Ling and that young lord would spot them from so far away. They had been quite confident in their own stealth skills; otherwise, they wouldn't have survived in the Destruction Mountain Range until today.

"Pursue!" Gai Bin roared through gritted teeth.

Dongbo Xueying and Zong Ling fled intentionally, drawing the bandits into a pursuit, especially those on the mountain walls who brought out several strange, large crossbows.

"Hum!"

Over ten Hunting Net Crossbows were fired toward Dongbo Xueying and his companion.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

The projectiles exploded in mid-air, transforming into massive hunting nets that descended upon Dongbo Xueying and Zong Ling.

"Dodge." Dongbo Xueying and Zong Ling both sprinted and dodged rapidly. Even with their formidable strength, getting entangled in the hunting nets would be a huge problem, which was exactly why they had chosen to flee.

Fortunately, they hadn't entered the ambush zone yet, and the distance was sufficient. With the strength of Dongbo Xueying and Zong Ling, they easily evaded every single hunting net.

"Too agile."

"We couldn't stop them."

A full twelve hunting nets missed their mark, leaving Gai Bin and the others in pursuit grinding their teeth in anger.

"Uncle Zong, we've run for about a mile now. That should be enough; there shouldn't be any more ambushes." Dongbo Xueying stopped, turned around, and set down the Silver Moon Wolf King pelt he had been carrying on his back.

"Keep running, why don't you? There's a pack of Magic Beasts ahead. Let's see how long you can keep running!" Gai Bin and his large group of fierce bandits were closing in from behind.

Dongbo Xueying planted his Flying Snow Divine Spear into the mud beside him, grinned at the incoming bandits, and said, "Gai Bin, six years ago you invaded my Snow Eagle Territory and slaughtered over five hundred civilians. And throughout the entire Yishui region... there is no telling how many people have died because of your Curved Blade Alliance. Today, it is time for you to pay your debts!"

As Dongbo Xueying spoke, Gai Bin and his men were still rapidly closing the distance.

"Pay my debts?" Gai Bin sneered. "Too many people have wanted to kill me, but in the end, almost all of them died by my hand."

The grey-robed old man behind Gai Bin, however, looked wary as he held a staff and began to chant a spell in a low voice.

Dongbo Xueying had been keeping a close eye on this group of bandits, with the majority of his attention focused on the grey-robed old man. He had known for a long time... that there was a Heaven-Rank Mage in the Curved Blade Alliance! Allowing a mage to cast spells was an incredibly foolish thing to do.

"Yes, pay your debts—the blood debts of countless people." In an instant, Dongbo Xueying pulled two short spears from the spear quiver on his back with both hands.

"Go, go."

A faint, blood-red aura appeared around his body, and with lightning speed, Dongbo Xueying threw both short spears with his right hand in quick succession! His right hand was his dominant hand for spear practice, and to ensure success, he unleashed his Strength Bloodline to its fullest extent in that single moment.

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

The two short spears followed one after the other, tearing through the air with a terrifying, piercing whistle. In almost an instant, they crossed the hundred-meter gap between the two sides and reached the grey-robed old man.

Too fast! The spears were so fast that all the bandits were struck with terror.

"Watch out!" Gai Bin shouted in alarm, swinging his curved blade to block in front of the grey-robed old man. With a thud, Gai Bin felt a terrifying force transmit through his arm, causing him intense pain. The slightly deflected short spear veered off and struck another bandit nearby. Puff, puff... It pierced through the bodies of three bandits in a row, leaving a massive, bloody hole in them.

Puff!

The grey-robed old man's eyes were filled with terror and unwillingness. Although the first short spear had been deflected by their leader, the second one arrived right in front of him. A layer of black mist immediately surfaced on his body, but under the full eruption of Dongbo Xueying's strength, he possessed the power of a Silver Moon Knight! Under the force of that terrifying throw, the Darkness Protection mist couldn't stop it at all; the short spear instantly pierced through his chest!

The mist dissipated, and the grey-robed old man stared wide-eyed, a bowl-sized bloody hole in his chest.

Heaven-Rank Mage! Dead!

"Scum, all of you go to hell." Dongbo Xueying felt no pity for these blood-soaked bandits. He quickly retrieved more short spears from his quiver. With his Strength Bloodline erupting, the terrifying power was channeled through his arms into the spears. As a master whose strength was perfectly unified, his flawless control allowed him to maximize the power of the spears!

Swoosh!

Every short spear carried terrifying speed, piercing through the void and striking the bandits.

The canyon was flanked by mountain walls, leaving the bandits with nowhere to hide.

"Puff!" A bald, burly man tried his best to block with his shield, but with a loud crash, the shield shattered completely. The short spear tore through his body and then pierced through another bandit behind him.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The air was compressed and torn apart. Each short spear was like an invitation from the Grim Reaper. The massive group of bandits instantly collapsed in fear, because the canyon was only so wide, and nearly a thousand bandits were packed together in layers. Now that the spears were flying in, each shot would pierce through a whole string of them! It was like a kebab, but being pierced meant death—who wouldn't be afraid?

"How is he this strong? How? How?" Gai Bin held his curved blade, defending with all his might. He had to give his life to parry the two spears aimed at him, and even the deflected spears killed many of the bandits nearby.

"So the most terrifying one wasn't the Six-Armed Snake Demon Zong Ling. It was this young lord!" Gai Bin stared at the black-clad youth who was continuously firing the short spears.

Gai Bin had only been targeted by two spears, and since they hadn't killed him, Dongbo Xueying temporarily ignored him.

Meanwhile, the other Heaven-Rank Knights and the many other bandits were being slaughtered! Some of the spears pierced through six or seven bandits in a row, simply because they were packed too densely.

The threat of death made time feel incredibly long.

But in reality, there were only twelve short spears in total, and at the speed Dongbo Xueying was throwing them, he finished them off very quickly.

The barrage of short spears ceased, leaving the bandits shaken and staring blankly at their surroundings.

The second, third, and fourth leaders were all dead.

Except for their leader, Gai Bin, all the formidable experts were gone. Not a single Heaven-Rank Knight remained, and more than half of the Earth-Rank Knight bandits had been slaughtered. These elites had been Gai Bin's core followers; when the short spears rained down, these Heaven-Rank and Earth-Rank Knights were the first to be targeted, suffering the highest and most gruesome casualties.

"Leader," the remaining bandits looked toward Gai Bin.

Gai Bin gritted his teeth so hard that blood began to seep from his gums. He stared at the black-clad youth in the distance, unable to believe that a single volley of spears had wiped out the backbone of his Curved Blade Alliance.

"Dongbo Xueying!" Gai Bin growled.

"I came to the Destruction Mountain Range specifically to eradicate your Curved Blade Alliance!" The faint, blood-red aura swirling around the black-clad youth in the distance dissipated; activating his Strength Bloodline was physically exhausting. With that, he reached down and retrieved the long spear he had thrust into the ground.

Whoosh!

Dongbo Xueying transformed into a blur, sprinting forward.

"So fast," the bandits gasped in shock.

"With me! Kill him! Kill!" Gai Bin roared madly. A layer of undulating black battle qi manifested over his body. Wielding a curved blade in each hand, he also charged forward, turning into a blur of his own.

"Attack together!"

"Kill him!"

The bandits began to follow their leader. Some drew bows, others prepared hidden weapons, and they quickly closed the distance. They were men who lived by the blade; they had only been momentarily stunned by the flying spears. In a melee, would nearly a thousand of them fear just one man? Especially with their leader, Gai Bin, leading the charge.

"Die!"

Gai Bin had long since reached the peak of the Meteor Rank; his experience was seasoned and ruthless.

Whoosh. His footwork was ghostly.

The moment he closed in on Dongbo Xueying, he carved an arc, attempting to flank him and force a close-quarters engagement.

A long spear was a long-range weapon; if he could get inside its reach, his chances of victory would multiply several times over!

"Hmph." Dongbo Xueying let out a cold snort, and the spear in his hand shot out like an arrow.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Spear shadows as fast as lightning enveloped him, accompanied by drifting snowflakes. This was the first level of the Mystic Ice Spear Technique: Drifting Snow.

The speed and the massive, swirling arcs of the spear caught Gai Bin off guard. He prided himself on speed, yet Dongbo Xueying's spearwork was even faster. Instinctively, Gai Bin swung his twin blades, parrying five strikes in succession, but he could not help but retreat. Every strike carried the threat of death; he felt as if he might fail to defend at any moment. Facing such terrifying spear arts, he had no time to think, relying entirely on instinct to survive.

After executing five consecutive strikes, Dongbo Xueying engaged his core, and the spear swept horizontally.

Gai Bin immediately crossed his blades to intercept, blocking the shaft of the spear. The moment the blades met the shaft—Boom! A terrifying impact surged through the blades into Gai Bin's body. His expression changed, and he was sent flying uncontrollably, crashing into the nearby cliff face like a sandbag. A mouthful of blood sprayed from his lips.

He still gripped his curved blades, but as he collided with the cliff and stars danced in his vision, he felt a cold light rushing toward his face!

Puff!

The long spear, swift as lightning, pierced directly through Gai Bin's throat and buried itself into the cliff wall behind him, pinning him to the rock. His feet dangled nearly half a meter off the ground.

Gai Bin's eyes widened, filled with disbelief as he stared at the cold, black-clad youth before him. He could not believe that he, who had dominated these lands for years, would die at the hands of a mere boy.

Gurgle... Large mouthfuls of blood spilled from his mouth, and his eyes gradually dimmed.

The number one bandit of Yi Water City, "Curved Blade" Gai Bin, had met his end.

The killer: Dongbo Xueying!