Back on the Road

"Xiao Wu, we're not running anymore. Let's beat the crap out of them."

After running for a Quarter Hour, Hu Jiu helplessly realized that although he could detect the enemies in advance, he still couldn't shake them off.

He had used quite a few methods to evade their pursuit, but none of them had worked.

Left with no choice, Hu Jiu hardened his heart and decided to deal with the two enemies before anything else.

When they reached a low mound of earth, Hu Jiu and Xiao Wu hid together, preparing to launch a sneak attack.

"Xiao Wu, we'll use the old tactic later. You go out and hold the enemies off while I ambush them from the side. Let's try to knock them down in one go." Killing intent surfaced in Hu Jiu's eyes. He had never shown mercy to his enemies.

"Got it. Leave it to me!" Xiao Wu patted her chest confidently, her fighting spirit soaring.

Avoiding fights had never been her style. Fighting was.

If she hadn't been worried about Hu Jiu's safety, she would have turned around long ago and fought the enemies to the death.

"Careful, they're here." A few minutes later, Hu Jiu's gaze sharpened. He gripped the iron hammer tightly, with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer ready at any moment.

Vaguely, two figures appeared in his line of sight a hundred meters away, pursuing them from their direction.

"Damn, are these two kids rabbits or something? How can they run so fast?"

Hearing someone call them rabbits, Hu Jiu glanced at Xiao Wu, who was bent over with her legs tensed, ready to strike at any moment. Now that's a real Rabbit!

When the two rapidly reached the mound where they were hiding, Xiao Wu pushed off with her hind legs. Her figure shot out like a bolt of lightning, heading straight for the Soul Master with Wild Dog Whiskers.

That Soul Master was clearly of the scouting type, so his frontal combat ability wasn't strong. Moreover, it was precisely because of him that they had never been able to shake off the enemies. Thus, he was the first one they had to eliminate.

"What nerve!" Just as Xiao Wu was about to get close, the other Soul Master behind the Wild Dog Soul Master suddenly turned around and shouted. His Spirit Avatar activated, two sharp fangs appearing at the corners of his mouth as he let out a series of grunts.

His martial spirit was a wild boar.

However, Xiao Wu remained unmoved by the Wild Boar Soul Master's roar. With a backflip, her two long, straight legs scissored toward the enemy's neck.

At the same time, Hu Jiu, hiding behind the mound, no longer cared whether he would be exposed. He swung the iron hammer with tremendous force, accumulating power in circle after circle.

With the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, the more consecutive swings one made, the greater the accumulated power became. As long as he had enough time, let alone two Soul Elders—even a Soul Ancestor wouldn't frighten him.

With the Wild Boar Spirit Soul Elder assisting from the side, Xiao Wu's sneak attack failed to land. However, relying on her agility, she had successfully entangled the enemy.

Next, everything depended on Hu Jiu.

Because of the sudden ambush, the two middle-aged Soul Masters had no time to consider anything else. They also failed to notice Hu Jiu, who was accumulating power behind the mound.

One hammer after another. In less than half a minute, Hu Jiu had already accumulated the power of more than fifty strikes, and he was still continuing.

"Fifty-eight, fifty-nine, sixty..."

Hu Jiu didn't stop moving as he silently counted the strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. By the time he passed sixty strikes, sweat had begun to bead on his body, and the muscles all over him bulged. How could he still look like an Auxiliary Soul Master? Anyone would believe he was a Battle Soul Master.

"Xiao Wu!"

When he reached seventy-five strikes, Hu Jiu finally hit his limit and could no longer maintain the accumulated power.

At level eight, the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer reached its peak at eighty-one strikes. At the eighty-first strike, a single hammer carried five thousand jin of force. With his current small body, he simply couldn't withstand it.

Still, the seventy-fifth strike was already impressive, carrying more than two thousand jin of force. The enemy's failure to interrupt his ultimate move in advance was their greatest mistake.

With the hammerhead leading the way, it brought with it the sound of a thunderstorm. Even the earth was blown apart and scattered by his violent force.

"Die!"

Hu Jiu didn't even look at which enemy he was facing. After confirming that Xiao Wu had moved away, he smashed the hammer forward.

Boom!

The earth trembled. Wherever it passed, the ground was plowed up like a field under an ox. The enemy who had just been suppressing Xiao Wu was now beyond recognition.

Hu Jiu didn't want to know what had happened to him.

"X-Xiao Jiu, your hammer technique has gotten even stronger!" Xiao Wu's expression was shocked. With that level of attack power, it was probably comparable to that of a Soul Ancestor.

"Let's go. We made quite a commotion here, and it could easily attract more enemies. Hurry." Feeling the Soul Power inside his body had been completely drained, Hu Jiu felt somewhat uneasy. Without any strength, he felt unsafe no matter what.

Although his Soul Power was depleted, his physical abilities remained, so he wasn't slow when running.

Two hours later, he and Xiao Wu had already left Mato City's territory and entered the domain of Nuoding City.

"That's enough, Xiao Wu. The people from Mato City can't catch up with us anymore."

Hu Jiu slowed his pace and began walking at a normal speed.

It made sense. It was only a small City Lord, yet managing to hire a scouting Soul Master at the Soul Elder level was already remarkable. After all, scouting-type Soul Masters weren't very strong, and few of them could grow powerful.

"Xiao Jiu, I want to learn your hammer technique too."

"Uh!" Imagining Xiao Wu clutching an iron hammer and beating people, Hu Jiu hesitated before saying, "This hammer technique was passed down to me by Little San's father. If you want to learn it, ask Uncle Tang Hao when we see him in the future!"

Xiao Wu had merely been shocked by the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer's formidable offensive power. Once she reached a higher level later on, she probably wouldn't even care for it anymore.

Besides, the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer wasn't easy to practice. Just look at Tang San. Even though he had witnessed the might of the technique at higher levels and practiced diligently, he was still stuck at sixty-four strikes. At this point, aside from the Final Hammer being somewhat impressive, the rest of his attacks were practically useless.

"Oh, then forget it. I'm not going to look for Tang San's father!" Xiao Wu snorted arrogantly, her face full of disdain.

At present, her relationship with Tang San couldn't be considered very good. If not for Hu Jiu, they would have already fought.

"Haha, it's only a hammer technique. Once your cultivation is high enough, why would you need to go through all that trouble?"

The Chaotic Typhoon was indeed troublesome. Before charging it up, its attack power wasn't high at all, making it even less suitable for battles where every second counted. Just like this time, if Hu Jiu hadn't been cautious and had Xiao Wu reveal herself first to draw the enemies' attention, he would never have had enough time to charge it to seventy-five strikes.

"That's right. This hammer technique is trash. As long as the enemy knows its characteristics in advance, you won't even get the chance to use it." Xiao Wu raised her chin, displaying her disdain.

"Mm, you're right, Xiao Wu."

While nodding in agreement, Hu Jiu also considered the effect of his next Soul Ring. Just as Xiao Wu had said, the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer was powerful, but it required time to unfold and couldn't be interrupted in advance.

Therefore, a skill that allowed him to dodge enemy attacks at will was extremely necessary.

Xiao Wu's future Teleportation skill immediately appeared in his mind. It seemed that the Lightning Rabbit possessed this skill.

He just didn't know whether Xiao Wu would let him kill one. After all, the Lightning Rabbit was also a Rabbit.