"Huff! Huff! I finally managed to unleash every punch instantly!" Li Changfeng said, panting, his hands supporting his knees.
"Hey! It's so late already. I haven't caught any game lately. I should go and gather some to head back to the village!"
After saying that, Li Changfeng slowly walked into the deep mountains. After walking for a while, Li Changfeng suddenly smelled a pungent smell of blood and frowned.
"What a strong smell of blood! What happened?"
Li Changfeng followed the scent to a grove of trees, where he found broken cargo boxes that had been violently ransacked, corpses scattered everywhere, and animal carcasses mixed together, attracting swarms of flies and creating an unbearable stench.
"It seems that these escorts were killed by horse thieves. However, these beasts may have been attracted by the bloody air and were killed by them. It seems that this mountain is not very safe. We need to talk to the villagers!"
Then, Li Changfeng continued walking into the mountains without looking back. Finally, he found a wild deer on the way. With a flick of his finger, a small stone exploded in the air and instantly pierced the deer's head.
"Now I can report back!"
Suddenly, three burly, sinister-looking men leaped out from beside the deer, grinning maliciously. "Kid! This deer is ours now. You can leave!"
Seeing the three men covered in blood, their broadswords still stained with blood, Li Changfeng narrowed his eyes slightly and thought to himself, "These three must be related to the deaths of those bodyguards!"
"My things aren't so easy to take! I don't want any trouble, so I'll give you a chance. Leave now, and I'll pretend I didn't see anything!"
The three men laughed mockingly. "Hahaha! What did you say? Say it again and see!"
Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng shook his head. "I don't want to repeat myself!"
Upon hearing this, the burly man at the head of the group's eyes flashed with murderous intent. "I was actually in a good mood today and was thinking of letting you go, but I didn't expect to run into such an ungrateful bastard. So don't blame us!"
"Brothers! Charge! Take his head off!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the two subordinates suddenly charged towards Li Changfeng. The bald subordinate rushed to the front, drew his blood-stained broadsword, and suddenly leaped up, slashing fiercely at Li Changfeng in mid-air. The broadsword made a sound of wind breaking in the air, and its power was extremely fierce!
Seeing this, Li Changfeng sneered, slowly raised his arm, and transformed his palm into a blade, slashing fiercely at the oncoming attack. With a clang, the steel broadsword of the bald man's subordinate was instantly cleaved in two by Li Changfeng's blade, and the remaining force slashed fiercely towards his chest.
A sharp flash of silver light appeared, and the bald man's subordinate was split in two in mid-air. Blood gushed out and spilled onto the ground, and his bloody internal organs and intestines flowed out from his half-body. Before dying, he looked at Li Changfeng in disbelief and then breathed his last!
Upon seeing this, the other scarred henchman's pupils contracted, and he immediately stopped in his tracks, staring at Li Changfeng with a face full of terror. Without saying a word, he frantically fled backward.
His strength was comparable to that of the bald giant. The bald giant couldn't even withstand one move from Li Changfeng, so his fate was obvious—he was just courting death!
Seeing this, Li Changfeng sneered, "Trying to escape now? Too late!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Changfeng kicked the broken sword on the ground. The broken sword suddenly turned into a lightning-fast afterimage, instantly striking the fleeing scarred man and piercing through his chest. Blood splattered everywhere.
Because of the speed, the scarred man had no time to react. He took a few steps forward and suddenly felt a pain in his chest. He then realized that he had been fatally wounded and fell to the ground, dying instantly.
The last leader, seeing this, trembled so badly he could barely move. A foul-smelling yellow liquid oozed from his crotch. His face filled with terror, he begged for mercy, "Sir! I was wrong! Please have mercy on me! Spare my life!"
Li Changfeng walked slowly towards him, looking at him coldly, "It's not that I didn't give you a chance, it's just a pity you didn't cherish it!"
Upon hearing this, the leader's eyes flashed with resentment and venom. He suddenly pulled out a dagger from his chest and stabbed at Li Changfeng. Li Changfeng sneered at the sight. He had encountered many such sneak attacks over the years. He countered with a palm strike and sent the leader flying.
The violent force slammed his chest, causing it to cave in. He spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs in mid-air, crashing heavily to the ground. With his last breath, he venomously cried out, "Black... Blackwind Stronghold... no... we will not let you go!"
After saying that, he tilted his head to the side and lay there dead with his eyes wide open. Li Changfeng shook his head when he heard this. He didn't take the Blackwind Stronghold bandits seriously at all. Even if they had several times more men, it wouldn't be enough to kill him!
Then, Li Changfeng led the wild deer slowly toward the village, gradually disappearing from sight.
Shortly after Li Changfeng left, a group of men slowly arrived at the scene and immediately discovered that three of his men had died tragically. Their faces turned ashen.
"Who dares to kill someone from my Blackwind Stronghold!" a burly middle-aged man roared.
Enraged, the man immediately terrified his men, who trembled and knelt on the ground, stammering, "We... we didn't know! We only knew that these three went hunting and hadn't returned. We never expected something like this to happen!"
The burly man had a fierce look on his face, with a long scar resembling a centipede. His hair was tied into long braids with many bone pieces attached to them, some of which vaguely resembled human bones, making him look extremely ferocious!
"Father! This person seems to be quite powerful! He acted cleanly and decisively, without any hesitation. He killed his opponent and left immediately, extremely swift. However, he is very arrogant and didn't clean up the traces on his feet at all. This means we will be able to find him very quickly!"
At this moment, a young man in his twenties, sitting on a tall horse, chuckled beside the burly man.
The man was dressed in brocade robes, had fair skin, and was very elegant. He didn't look like a bandit at all, but rather like a young master from a noble family. He looked extremely refined!
"Chou'er, you're so clever and calm! You've seen quite a lot. You bunch of good-for-nothings are utterly useless. Hurry up and send people to chase after them!"
Upon hearing this, the group of subordinates nodded hurriedly, intending to follow the trail. However, the young man surnamed Qiu waved his hand, "Wait! This person is not simple. It would be unwise to follow rashly. We are carrying so many goods; it's not advisable to make too much noise!"
The burly man nodded in agreement. "Chou'er! You're right! So what should we do? We can't lose face for Blackwind Stronghold!"
Upon hearing this, the young man surnamed Qiu slowly opened his fan, fanned himself, and said with a faint smile, "That's simple! You just need to send two scouts to follow him from a distance. Remember not to let him discover you. Once we find his residence, we'll go and kill him tomorrow!"
The burly man's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "Hahaha! This is truly my son! Did you all hear that? Hurry up and go!"