Seeing the six men flee, the two second-tier middle-grade Blackflame Tigers split up and gave chase.
Liu Changxu's father, Liu Shihao, summoned the Green Feather Boat. Once father and son had leaped aboard the Flying Boat, they sped away.
One of the Blackflame Tigers pursued them relentlessly. Seeing this, Liu Changxu told Liu Shihao, "Father, just concentrate on piloting the Flying Boat! Leave this Blackflame Tiger to me!"
As he spoke, Liu Changxu stood at the stern and raised the Sun-Shooting Bow. He nocked three Star-Iron Arrows and aimed at the relentlessly pursuing Blackflame Tiger. With three thunderous whistles, the arrows shot toward the tiger like three streaking meteors.
The Blackflame Tiger had been chasing too closely to dodge in time. Although it avoided two of the Star-Iron Arrows, the third struck its shoulder.
Although the Blackflame Tiger had a powerful body, the Star-Iron Arrow carried tremendous force, driven by Liu Changxu's strength of tens of thousands of jin. The tiger let out a mournful cry as blood spurted from the wound in its shoulder. Clearly badly injured, it could only retreat reluctantly.
After withdrawing from Black Tiger Mountain, the six men regrouped on an unnamed peak nearby.
Once all six had gathered, Wang Yuting spoke first. "Fellow Daoist Wu died in battle. I must return to inform the Wu Household, so I won't be completing the mission with you. Take care, everyone!"
Without waiting for the other five to reply, Wang Yuting summoned his flying sword and flew away on it.
Huang Tianjie and his two companions looked grim at this. Chen Shuo opened his mouth to curse, but Huang Tianjie stopped him with a meaningful look.
Then Huang Tianjie smiled at Liu Changxu and his father. "Fellow Daoist Wu's death was indeed a result of our carelessness. What