In a mountain forest outside Luoshui County.
Jiang Ning suddenly stepped out from behind a large tree.
"It's you!" Xu Yunfeng froze in shock.
"That's right." Jiang Ning nodded.
"You discovered us long ago?" Xu Yunfeng asked, his gaze growing solemn.
Before Jiang Ning could reply, the dark-skinned man spoke impatiently.
"Why are you wasting so much breath with him?"
"It's not getting any earlier! Kill him sooner so we can get back sooner and hold our wives!"
With that, he grinned viciously at Jiang Ning.
"There's a road to heaven, yet you refuse to take it. Hell has no gate, yet you insist on barging in!"
"If you have anyone to blame, blame yourself for provoking someone you shouldn't have provoked and coming somewhere you shouldn't have come."
Then his gaze dipped slightly toward Jiang Ning's right hand.
"Well, well! You actually want to draw your saber? Don't tell me you intend to resist?"
Hong Chengtao laughed as he advanced, steadily closing in on Jiang Ning.
"Gang Leader Hong, be careful!" Xu Yunfeng warned from behind him, his expression grave.
Hearing Xu Yunfeng's words, the woman in leopard skin beside him could not help but speak.
"Hall Master Xu is being a little too timid, isn't he? Gang Leader Hong's Iron Sand Palm has reached perfection. One strike can split steles and shatter rocks, crush gold and snap iron. Why be so cautious against this yellow-haired brat?"
Elsewhere.
Though Hong Chengtao still wore a fierce, savage grin, intending to pressure Jiang Ning, Xu Yunfeng's words had not been wasted on him.
Inwardly, he was nowhere near as arrogant as he looked. He had already secretly circulated his force, driving his Iron Sand Palm to its utmost limit and making every possible preparation.
The instant he struck, it would be