"Since you're here, where else are you going?" Third Brother laughed. "One Liu Ge'er left, and another little Daoist came right to us. Isn't that perfect?"
As he spoke, Third Brother reached toward his waist and actually pulled out a sharp ox-ear dagger! With a savage grin, he advanced on Xiao Hua.
How could Xiao Hua possibly care about him? He raised his eyes toward the far end of the courtyard. Sure enough, a skinny little girl in ragged clothes was struggling on the threshold, laboriously lifting her tiny head. Her somewhat grimy little face unexpectedly held an indescribable delicacy.
"Wuh..." Third Brother had already reached Xiao Hua with his dagger raised. Seeing that Xiao Hua paid him no heed at all, confusion appeared on his face. He lifted the dagger and stabbed straight for Xiao Hua's heart.
Xiao Hua was not slow either. He raised a leg, looking somewhat clumsy as he kicked toward the burly man's abdomen. But in the others' eyes, the move was utterly worthless. Second Brother, who had been standing guard nearby, immediately relaxed as well.
With a soft bang, Third Brother sprang nimbly into the air and stretched out a foot, colliding with Xiao Hua's leg. The hand holding the dagger did not seem slow at all, and the blade still stabbed toward Xiao Hua's heart.
Clang... A sound almost like the Golden Chirping Sound rang out from the dagger. The blade had actually struck something like gold or stone and could not pierce flesh at all!
"Ah?" Third Brother was shocked. Unfortunately, before he could cry out, a heart-rending pain came from the place where his leg had collided with Xiao Hua's. His bulky body flew out of control, crashing with a boom into the corner of the small courtyard and plunging into