After midnight, the village fell completely silent.
There were no lights around the medicine hut, only the pale golden bud inside the window emitting a faint golden-green glow. Several tall, dark figures swept past at the end of the alley without making a sound.
The Borisin the front pushed open the wooden door of the medicine shed, his nostrils twitched slightly, and his scarlet pupils immediately locked onto the medicine cabinet.
" Abundance..."
It had barely taken a step forward when Lin Yuan on the rooftop released the bowstring.
Buzz!
A blue arrow pierced through the window. Borisin could even look up, a flower of blood suddenly exploded between his brows. The arrow exited from the back of his head, blasting the medicine cabinet behind him into a shower of splinters.
Almost at the same instant, Qian Renxue leaped off the roof.
Golden hair fluttered in the night wind, and the moment the longsword was drawn, a sharp golden light swept across the front of the medicine hut. The two Borisin were about to rush in froze at the same time. One of them had its chest cut open, and the other had half of its shoulder and arm flying out.
"There's an ambush!"
A low growl sounded.
The remaining Borisin did not panic; instead, they immediately scattered. Three pounced on Qian Renxue, four rushed along the wall towards Lin Yuan on the roof, and the others quickly spread out, clearly not a group of wild beasts that only knew how to charge.
Unfortunately, they encountered Lin Yuan and Qian Renxue.
"The two on the right."
As Lin Yuan finished speaking, Qian Renxue had already turned to the side.
Two blue arrows flashed past her.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The two attacking Borisin had just leaped into the air when one's throat was pierced by an arrow, and the other's chest exploded. Qian Renxue didn't even turn around; she thrust her longsword backward in the same direction.
puff!
The sword pierced through the third Borisin's jaw and exited from the back of their head.
He drew his sword, turned around, and the corpse fell to the ground.
The entire movement proceeded without the slightest pause.
On the other side, the four-headed Borisin had already rushed onto the roof.
The foremost Borisin opened its sharp claws, aiming straight for Lin Yuan's chest. Lin Yuan did not retreat; instead, he took a step forward, his body brushing against the wolf's claws as he swept past, unleashing a horizontal sweep of the Imperial Bow.
Bang!
The bow slammed heavily into Borisin's jaw.
The wolf's head snapped back, and in the next instant, the bowstring was pressed against its chest.
At such close range, there's no need to aim.
boom!
Arrow light burst forth.
The entire Bu Borisin sent flying backward off the roof, a fist-sized hole blasted into his chest.
The other three pounced at once.
Lin Yuan stepped forward, his entire body rising into the air, and as he flipped in mid-air, the Imperial Bow vibrated continuously.
One bow and three arrows!
Three streaks of blue light shot down in a fan shape.
One of the Borisin dodged the first arrow by sidestepping, but was pierced through the thigh by the second arrow; it used its other claws to protect its head, but the third arrow pierced through its palm and pierced its eye socket.
The last one managed to break through the gap between the arrows.
It had barely bared its fangs when a golden light struck from the side.
Qian Renxue shattered the eaves with one foot, her entire body streaking across the night sky like a golden meteor, her long sword slashing upwards.
Swish!
The enormous wolf's body was split in two at the waist.
Before the blood even hit the ground, Qian Renxue had already landed beside Lin Yuan.
"You took one from me."
"Who told you to be slow?"
"I have five over there."
"I have four here."
Qian Renxue glanced at the corpses scattered on the ground, a slight smile playing on her lips.
"Isn't that because I have too much?"
Lin Yuan raised the Imperial Bow.
"They'll be the same soon."
At the alley Borisin realized that the situation was completely out of control. Without the slightest hesitation, they turned around and ran wildly out of the village.
They're not here to fight to the death.
Once a scout spots a target, their primary task is to bring back the information.
Lin Yuan locked his gaze on the one on the left, drew the bowstring taut, and condensed a cold glint of cyan-blue Soul Power at the arrow tip.
"The one on the left is mine."
Qian Renxue's lips curled into a smile.
"The right side is mine."
As soon as she finished speaking, the phantom of Six-Winged Angel flashed past behind her.
boom!
A burst of golden light erupted, and her speed increased dramatically, catching up with Borisin on the right in the blink of an eye.
The Borisin suddenly turned around, his sharp claws sweeping across.
Qian Renxue deftly twirled in mid-air, dodging the claws, and appeared above its head the next second.
He held the longsword upside down.
Thrust down hard!
puff!
The sword pierced through his skull.
The Borisin's massive body slid forward for more than ten meters before crashing heavily into a tree trunk.
At the same time, Lin Yuan released the bowstring.
Buzz--
Arrows ripped through the sky above the entire village.
The last Borisin heard the whooshing sound behind him and instinctively dodged to the right.
The arrow grazed its cheek, kicking up a few gray-black wolf hairs.
Did not win.
Bu Borisin was clearly stunned for a moment, then wild joy suddenly surged in his scarlet eyes.
It dared not look back, landed on all fours, and instantly increased its speed to the maximum. In just a few breaths, it rushed out of the village and disappeared into the dark forest.
Qian Renxue beside Lin Yuan, her eyebrows slightly raised.
"It missed?"
Lin Yuan put down the Imperial Bow.
"Intentional."
Qian Renxue only paused for a moment before realizing what was happening.
"Let it go back and lead the way?"
"With all the scouts dead, those who come after will only know that something went wrong here."
Lin Yuan looked in the direction where Borisin had disappeared, a smile in his eyes.
"If one of them returns alive, we'll know who it's going to find."
Qian Renxue glanced at him.
"You're really bad."
"Same to you."
When did I break down?
Lin Yuan pointed to the corpse in the distance whose head had been pierced by a long sword.
"You practically nailed that head into a tree."
"That's called clean and efficient."
As the two were talking, a low growl suddenly came from inside the medicine hut.
There's one left.
Bu Liren Borisin palm had been pierced by an arrow, did not die. It tore off the half of its nailed palm, crashed out of the window, covered in blood, but did not flee. Instead, it charged straight at Qian Renxue.
Lin Yuan didn't even raise his bow.
"Your."
Qian Renxue took a step forward.
A flash of golden sword light.
The Borisin remained in a lunging posture, taking two steps forward before his head slowly slid off his neck.
Bang.
The body fell to the ground.
Qian Renxue wiped the blood off the blade of her sword and sheathed it.
"Is it the same now?"
Lin Yuan counted them carefully.
You have six.
"I have seven."
Qian Renxue raised an eyebrow.
"You're included in the list of those who ran away?"
"Certainly."
"Letting them go counts as a victory?"
"Calculate the layout."
Qian Renxue was so angry she laughed.
The door to the ancestral hall in the distance was finally pushed open.
The village chief led a few Soul Master out cautiously, but they all stopped when they reached the vicinity of the medicine hut.
The ground was Borisin.
A broken bone knife was still nailed to the wall, and the shattered wooden frame and large bloodstains made the entire alleyway a mess.
Yesterday, the village chief thought Lin Yuan was making a mountain out of a molehill by ordering the entire village to evacuate.
I just feel a chill down my back.
If this thing were to rush directly into a house, ordinary villagers wouldn't even have a chance to escape.
"They're all... they're all dead?"
"Here, the dead."
Qian Renxue pointed outside the village.
One escaped.
The village chief's face turned pale instantly.
"They ran away?"
Lin Yuan said calmly:
"I put it there."
The village chief opened his mouth, but didn't dare ask the last question.
Yaoshi Zhou also rushed over from the back of the crowd. His first action was not to look at the corpses, but to rush into the medicine hut.
A moment later, he came out carrying the wooden box.
The pale golden bud remained intact.
The old man breathed a long sigh of relief.
"These monsters were indeed after it."
"Um."
Lin Yuan looked towards the mountains and forests outside the village.
The Borisin he had released had already run far away, but the scent, footprints, and broken branches left in the woods were far clearer to him than to an ordinary person.
Qian Renxue walked to his side.
What do we do now?
"Follow them."
Lin Yuan answered without the slightest hesitation.
Qian Renxue's eyes lit up immediately.
"I thought you were planning to stay here and wait for it to bring people back."
"It's taking too long."
Lin Yuan gripped the Imperial Bow once more.
"Since someone is willing to lead the way for us, of course we should see where its lair is."
Qian Renxue looked at the village chief.
"Keep everyone in a safe place tonight and don't leave the village."
The village chief nodded repeatedly.
"Clear!"
Yaoshi Zhou, however, was somewhat worried.
"Just the two of you?"
Lin Yuan chuckled.
"It's not the first time."
Qian Renxue had already walked towards the village entrance when she turned back and urged him on.
"Honey, hurry up."
Lin Yuan followed.
Don't get too close.
"Know."
The two figures quickly disappeared into the night.
In the distant mountains and forests, the Bu Borisin escaped death, was still running frantically, completely unaware that two real hunters had appeared behind him.
It thought it had escaped.
But little did they know--
It all started with that arrow Lin Yuan deliberately shot off course.
The positions of prey and hunter have been reversed.