Hearing this, Mu Yanyan instead felt that everything made sense.
She had already beaten those three within an inch of their lives, leaving them riddled with injuries. Then Zuo Xiaonian's fierce surprise attack had exhausted what little Origin Qi they had left and worsened their wounds. At this critical juncture, Zuo Xiaoduo had added a slash of his own. Even if their injuries had not originally been fatal, this was another hundred pounds piled onto their burden, making the two men's injuries worse still. There was nothing surprising about them breathing their last...
The man Zuo Xiaonian had killed, on the other hand, must have been the least injured of the three, which was why she had needed that killing blow!
"Xiao Duo, well done."
Mu Yanyan praised him. "Facing opponents whose cultivation and strength far surpassed your own, you still dared to strike with your blade. That courage alone puts you ahead of others. Very good indeed."
Zuo Xiaoduo replied obediently, "It's all thanks to your excellent teaching, Teacher Mu."
Mu Yanyan's expression darkened. "I certainly didn't teach you that Crotch-Kicking Leg!"
Zuo Xiaoduo said awkwardly, "Teacher Mu... actually, there were too many of them that day. They outnumbered me, and I wasn't strong enough, so I could only use the most effective way of attacking. Hitting anywhere else wouldn't have produced immediate results, and I'm not very strong..."
Mu Yanyan's heart softened at once. Patting Zuo Xiaoduo's head, she said, "Don't do that again. It's far too embarrassing."
"I definitely won't do it again."
Zuo Xiaoduo said earnestly, "If they fought me one-on-one, I could toy with them to death using Starry Sky Step alone. Why would I need a disreputable trick like kicking their crotches? I know it's embarrassing too, but I had no choice."
Mu Yanyan