Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts

"Although the Zhao Family Head wanted me dead, he wasn't vicious enough to personally send people after me. No matter what, I'm still his biological daughter. Zhou Qiuju, you were acting on that woman's orders, weren't you?!"

Zhao Meixian remained extremely calm as she unleashed a high-grade Ice Dragon Swordplay. Her longsword was as domineering as a flood dragon, containing terrifying freezing true qi.

With every clash of their swords, Zhou Qiuju felt an incomparably terrifying chill surge through her blade, making the hand gripping her sword tremble slightly.

After exchanging several moves, Zhou Qiuju rapidly retreated and shouted, "Move, now!!"

"Don't order me around, woman!!"

Accompanied by a beast-like roar, a burly man over eight feet tall strode out. He was bald, with a scar across his face, knotted muscles all over his body, and a Wolf Tooth Club in his hands.

Behind the burly man followed a beautiful woman in black. She was tall and slender, flat-chested, and delicate-featured, but her face was filled with gloom as she held a pair of hooks. There was also a short, ugly man with short hair and a longsword; a tall, handsome man holding a spear, his eyes brimming with violence; and a tall middle-aged man with long arms and legs, a crew cut, a deathly air about him, and specially made gauntlets.

The moment Zhao Meixian saw the five experts, her gaze narrowed. "Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts! It's actually you! Yang Lie, get up. Stop playing dead. I know you're still alive. Help me defeat them, and I can give you the complete corpse of a Third-Order Serpent Ferocious Beast."

"Who are they?"

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Yang Lie, whose head had been hit by a sniper rifle round, rose from the ground. A mere 12.7-millimeter sniper rifle could not break through his flesh.

Zhao Meixian said solemnly, "The Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts are a notorious bandit group. They often hunt low-level beast-hunting teams, and no fewer than a hundred people have died at their hands. All five of them are Hundred Refinements Realm experts. Their leader, Mountain Ridge First Ghost He Shan, is said to be a fifth-layer Hundred Refinements Realm, Organ Refining Stage expert! The other four are also above the second layer of the Hundred Refinements Realm!"

Each advancement in the Hundred Refinements Realm brought a massive surge in a martial artist's strength.

The nine realms of the Hundred Refinements Realm also became progressively more difficult. Many martial artists with unstable foundations and insufficient reserves remained stuck at the third layer, the Bone Refinement Realm, for their entire lives. Once one advanced to the fourth layer of the Hundred Refinements Realm, their strength would rise sharply once again.

Zhou Qiuju, Han Hongmei, and Zhao Meixian were all merely first-layer Hundred Refinements Realm martial artists at the Skin Refining Stage. He Shan alone could rival all three of them.

Yang Lie said with a grave expression, "So the five of them are that strong! This is too troublesome! You'll have to pay more!!!"

Zhao Meixian readily replied, "Fine! Two complete corpses of Third-Order Serpent Ferocious Beasts!"

Yang Lie said, "Deal!"

He Shan glanced at Yang Lie and grinned. "Brat, I'm in a good mood today! Get lost now, and I won't kill you!!"

Zhou Qiuju's expression changed drastically as she cried out, "No!! He Shan, we can't let him leave! Otherwise, none of us will survive!! The Zhao Family Head may not like his daughter, but if he learns that we killed her, none of us will live! Even that person won't be able to protect you!"

The reason He Shan and the other five Hundred Refinements Realm experts could kill so many members of low-level beast-hunting teams and remain free was that they usually operated in the forests, had the protection of important figures, and had not offended a Golden Core Realm big shot like Qian Ming.

Once a colossal force like the Zhao Family, practically the local emperor of Konghe Star, became serious, the Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts would truly become dead ghosts in no time unless they never entered a human city again.

He Shan frowned slightly and barked, "Shut up! I don't need you teaching me how to do things!"

Zhou Qiuju could only shut her mouth, her face dark and sinister.

"You don't need to argue anymore!! I take money to do jobs, and I keep my word! So all of you can die now!"

Yang Lie chuckled and flicked his hand. A Flashbang immediately flew out.

Zhou Qiuju shouted, "It's a Flashbang!!"

Everyone instantly closed their eyes as a blinding white light burst forth.

A cold glint flashed through Yang Lie's eyes. His body blurred, and he appeared before Zhou Qiuju like a ghost. With a Flood Dragon Emerging from the Sea, he punched directly at her.

Better to break one finger than injure all five. When facing a siege, killing the weakest first was the right way!

Yang Lie was too fast, and Zhou Qiuju had her eyes closed. Her reaction was delayed by an instant. Just as she tried to move, Yang Lie's fist slammed into her left breast. Terrifying force erupted, shattering her heart. Blood sprayed from all seven of her orifices as she crashed into a large tree and lost all signs of life.

"You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit!! Since that's the case, die!!"

A fierce glint flashed through He Shan's eyes. With an angry roar, he unleashed the Profound Rank Martial Skill Mad Ape Staff Technique, seeming to transform into an incomparably terrifying ferocious ape as he viciously smashed his club at Yang Lie.

Mountain Ridge Second Ghost, the beauty wielding the twin hooks, unleashed the Profound Rank Martial Skill Golden Snake Hook Technique. Her hooks moved like spirit serpents as they hooked toward Yang Lie's ribs.

Mountain Ridge Third Ghost, the man holding the short sword, unleashed the Profound Rank Martial Skill Spirit Butterfly Swordplay. Dazzling sword light, both real and illusory, stabbed toward Yang Lie.

Mountain Ridge Fourth Ghost, the man wielding the spear, unleashed the Profound Rank Martial Skill Golden Snake Spear Technique. Like a golden snake suddenly launching an attack, he thrust his spear toward Yang Lie's back.

Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts, the gauntlet-wearing man, unleashed the Python Great Strength Fist and punched at Yang Lie's chin.

The Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts worked together flawlessly. Their five attacks completely sealed off Yang Lie's room to evade. No matter which direction he moved, he would be struck.

Yang Lie activated Vajra Force, pushed off the ground, and lowered his body as he charged toward Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts like a cannonball. With that movement, he directly evaded the attacks of the other four Mountain Ridge Ghosts.

Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts' gaze sharpened. He smoothly changed his fist into a palm, circulated his true qi, and fiercely struck Yang Lie's forehead.

"So hard! What terrifying Horizontal Training Martial Arts!!"

A terrifying rebounding force surged from Yang Lie's head, knocking Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts' right palm away and drastically changing his expression.

Yang Lie used Flood Dragon Emerging from the Sea, driving a fist into Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts' chest. Incomparably terrifying force erupted in an instant, shattering his heart with one blow and sending him flying more than thirty feet. He crashed into a large tree and became a corpse.

Mountain Ridge Second Ghost's long hooks moved as fast as ghosts. Taking advantage of the moment Yang Lie killed Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts in a single strike, she suddenly lunged forward, hooking both sides of his body. With a violent pull, the hooked tips stabbed toward his insides.

Mountain Ridge First Ghost's eyes turned bloodshot as he fiercely smashed his club toward Yang Lie.

The spear and sword light of the remaining two Mountain Ridge Ghosts once again swept toward Yang Lie.