My Brother, Fresh Out of the Woods

"This loving couple somehow made me look like the villain!" Yang Yi casually tossed Wang Han to the ground. The man had taken one of his punches. Though he was not dead, his internal organs had suffered considerable damage, leaving him with little fighting strength.

He leaned forward slightly.

"What are you doing?" a voice drifted eerily from beside him.

Yang Yi nearly threw a punch. Once he realized what was happening, the corner of his eye twitched, and he turned to look. "Why are you sneaking around like a ghost?"

At some point, Lü E had appeared beside him. Tilting her head, she said, "You aren't thinking of chasing her, are you? Our short bursts might be faster than horses, but over long distances, we can't compare. She has already run so far. You won't catch her."

"Whether I can catch her or not, I'll only know after trying!" As Yang Yi spoke, the blood and vitality throughout his body surged into his feet. From below his calves, dense blood energy swiftly coiled around him.

Lü E said, "Don't waste your—"

Boom... As his blood energy erupted, Yang Yi shot out like an arrow leaving the bow. The gale he kicked up sent Lü E's black hair flying and her clothes flapping wildly.

"—strength." Lü E's voice grew softer and softer, but her eyes widened in utter disbelief as she stared at the red streak rapidly vanishing into the darkness.

In her vision, that red light nearly formed a straight line as it sliced into the pitch-black night, cleaving even the thick darkness in two.

Her gaze gradually turned vacant.

"My brother is fresh out of the woods. Though he has joined Lan Blood, he knows nothing about the affairs of the martial world. He has never cultivated martial techniques before, and only had the chance after entering the Qiao Household. It has been too short a time, so he surely hasn't mastered anything yet. Take better care of him during this mission. When we return, I'll buy you some candy."

The Third Young Master's instructions, given when he came to see her the day before leaving Qiao'an City, still rang in her ears.

Lü E stared blankly at that red light speeding farther and farther away, seemingly still accelerating without end. Only when she choked on her own saliva did she suddenly come back to her senses.

What kind of joke was this!

This was called not mastering any martial techniques?

Such speed, such explosive power—she had never seen or heard of anything like it. This was clearly an extremely profound movement technique.

The Shadowless Formula!

That was the first martial technique that came to mind. Back then, she had tried cultivating it herself, but her blood energy quality had not met the standard, and she had never managed to master it. Left with no choice, she had settled for another movement technique.

As far as she knew, eight out of every ten members of Lan Blood in Qiao Family Fort had attempted to cultivate this movement technique.

Yet only the old family head had succeeded.

Judging from the blood energy Yang Yi had displayed earlier, he indeed possessed the qualifications to cultivate the Shadowless Formula. But how long had it been?

He had only entered Qiao Family Fort around a month ago, and he had already mastered it?

And the methods Yang Yi had used to kill enemies earlier clearly showed that he had mastered both a defensive technique and an offensive one.

Three martial techniques mastered in one month, at such a young age, with strength like that—was he even human?

While she was lost in thought, the red light had already stopped. Then, sounds of combat came from afar.

"Leave them alive!" As if suddenly remembering something, Lü E hurriedly shouted into the darkness. She had no idea whether Yang Yi heard her.

"Song Du and Song Can are dead!"

"Zhao Buyou and Zhao Lanzhou are dead!"

Just then, Shen Qian and Zhuang Laosan suddenly shouted behind Lü E. Though Clearwind City's Lan Blood had been wiped out in one fell swoop, the Song Household and Zhao Household had also suffered severe losses. But on Shadow Tower's and the Wang Household's side, apart from the slain Lan Blood members, everyone else remained unharmed.

After this fierce battle, even though Yang Yi had charged through their formation and borne most of the pressure, every one of them had been wounded.

Not to mention that they had already carried injuries of varying severity. Now, injury had piled upon injury.

In their current state, without Yang Yi guarding them, if those numerous men truly charged in without knowing the situation, they would be in for a headache.

Fortunately, after Shen Qian and Zhuang Laosan shouted three times in succession, the many men who had been slowly closing in through the darkness gradually dispersed.

They had clearly realized that Shen Qian and Zhuang Laosan were telling the truth. Otherwise, the few people whose names had been called out would have stepped forward to argue back.

Now there was not even a peep from them. They were likely facing more danger than fortune.

Sensing the sounds of people scattering into the darkness around them, Qin Siniang and the others could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. By this point, they had no desire to keep fighting. So many Lan Blood members had been killed; the remaining stray cats and dogs were nothing to fear.

Seeing Lü E standing there, Qin Siniang hurried over and asked with concern, "Lü E, how are you?"

They had known each other for years and had some friendship between them. Moreover, Lü E had led this operation. The fact that she could still stand now was naturally a good thing.

"I'm fine." Lü E answered calmly.

"Where's Yang Yi?" Qin Siniang asked. Earlier, several of them had been besieging Shadow Tower's second Lan Blood member. Once they had finished, they found Wang Han curled up on the ground like a cooked shrimp, howling in agony.

Lü E looked ahead.

Qin Siniang and the others followed her gaze and saw Yang Yi walking back toward them with a person in hand.

The corner of Lü E's eye twitched.

Though she had already anticipated the outcome, actually seeing Yang Yi capture the fleeing Lin Hongyao and bring her back still felt unbelievable.

If she had been the one in that situation, there was absolutely nothing she could have done. She could only have watched Lin Hongyao flee, unless Lin Hongyao ran headfirst into a tree.

While she was still stunned, Yang Yi had already arrived and tossed Lin Hongyao before her.

In that short time, blood had filled the corners of Lin Hongyao's mouth. Her face was ashen with despair, and her body trembled slightly. Who knew what terrifying ordeal she had gone through?

Though she looked miserable, her life was ultimately not in danger.

Yang Yi had heard Lü E's words and deliberately left her alive.

"Hand her over to you. Dig out some intelligence." Lü E turned to Shen Qian.

What had happened in Clearwind City this time was highly unusual. Though they had already obtained some information, it was not detailed enough. That was why she had told Yang Yi to leave someone alive. All the other Lan Blood members were dead, leaving only Wang Han and his wife. They could only obtain information from the two of them.

The reason she had chosen Shen Qian was naturally because he was more familiar with them. After all, they had once all been part of Clearwind City, smiling at one another and keeping everyone happy.

"Yes!" Shen Qian answered. He grabbed Lin Hongyao in one hand, then walked over to Wang Han, who was still curled up there, and picked him up as well before heading toward the ruined house from earlier.

"What do we do next?" Yang Yi looked at Lü E.

"Wait!" Lü E answered succinctly. After thinking for a moment, she asked, "What happened after I lost consciousness?"

She was very curious. What exactly had Yang Yi and the others done after she passed out? How had they ended up massacring people in the Song Household's camp when she woke up?

She had been awakened by the commotion outside. When she noticed a large group passing by the ruined house, she had silently blended into their ranks. At just the right moment, she ambushed Zhao Lanzhou, lending Yang Yi and the others a helping hand.

This time, Yang Yi did not speak. Qin Siniang briefly explained what had happened earlier.

After hearing it, Lü E looked at Yang Yi. "You did very well. Once this matter is over, I will truthfully report it to the Eldest Miss and seek credit for you."

Yang Yi neither agreed nor disagreed. No one could erase his merits this time.

"Before we return to Qiao'an City, if anything happens to me, all of you are to follow Yang Yi's orders," she added.

"Yes!" Qin Siniang and Zhuang Laosan answered in unison.

After fighting through this night, the two of them had been utterly convinced by Yang Yi.

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