Chapter 252: The Ambush

Luan Jingfu and Sun Huang rode their horses out of the city gate and traveled along the Official Road. At this time, the sky was just beginning to brighten; outside the city, it was completely silent, and the morning chill floated among the hills and fields.

Sun Huang was at the Great Accomplishment of the Inner Breath Realm Fourth Layer, while Luan Jingfu was a powerhouse of the True Qi Realm. The two of them already felt almost nothing regarding the seasonal cold.

Sun Huang had a poor tolerance for alcohol, and having been made dead drunk by Luan Jingfu last night, he was still dizzy while sitting on his horse.

"Escort Head Sun, are you alright? Your tolerance for alcohol is truly too poor!" Luan Jingfu looked at Sun Huang, chuckled, and said.

Sun Huang sat on his horse, waved his hand, and said, "It's no matter, just a bit dizzy; it won't affect our journey."

Just at this moment, two black shadows suddenly darted out from the wild fields by the side of the road. Their speed was extremely fast, and holding weapons, they attacked the two people on horseback!

Luan Jingfu was suddenly startled and shouted for caution, then snatched up the Steel Mace at his waist to parry the Copper Hammer that was smashing toward him.

Hearing Luan Jingfu's startled cry, Sun Huang woke up in horror and saw a blade light attacking him. Because the blade light was extremely fast, the Blade Shadow connected into a single piece, slashing toward him like a strip of silk.

Sun Huang kicked the stirrups and used the force to fly backward, but the incoming blade light did not decrease in speed, following him like a shadow.

On this side, Luan Jingfu's Steel Mace and the incoming Copper Hammer collided. With a "thud," a muffled sound of trembling caused by the surging and clashing of True Qi erupted at the point where the weapons met.

Luan Jingfu and a thin, black-clad, masked person both retreated violently at the same time. Luan Jingfu fell from his horse to the ground, planted his feet, and retreated two steps before he could stand firm. He looked at the newcomer with cold, sinister eyes. "It's the True Qi Realm!"

Over there, Sun Huang was in mid-air. Seeing the blade light close in, he drew his blade to block. The moment his weapon touched the blade light, it flew backward with a "bang." Then, in the blink of an eye, Sun Huang had been cut in two at the waist by the closing blade light!

Blood plasma and the undigested, foul-smelling alcoholic food from his stomach sprayed across the air!

The smell of blood and the nauseating stench of alcohol immediately permeated the cold air...

Luan Jingfu's brow twitched. Having killed Sun Huang, who was at the Great Accomplishment of the Inner Breath Realm, in a single exchange, it was clearly another True Qi Realm expert!

Luan Jingfu cursed inwardly, but his expression was fierce. He said, "Two friends, I am the Chief of the Yuanshun Escort Agency. If there is any way I have offended you, please point out a clear path for me, so that I may die with understanding."

But the two masked men in black did not answer a word; they raised their weapons and began to attack him from both sides.

Luan Jingfu's nose twitched, his rage flared, and with a loud shout, he charged toward the person holding the hammer. Hammer and mace fought in wide, sweeping motions, True Qi surging and overflowing, and the other person was unable to intervene for a time.

The thin person holding the hammer, seeing that Luan Jingfu was fierce and peerless, felt a stir in his heart and stopped entangling him, instead jumping backward twice to open up the distance.

The person holding the blade, however, closed in and fought Luan Jingfu with a ghostly blade technique.

That person used a ghostly blade technique to entangle Luan Jingfu, while the person holding the hammer constantly harassed him from behind.

The Copper Hammer was powerful, and Luan Jingfu could only dodge. But every time he avoided the hammer, he would be struck by the blade. In just a few breaths, his shoulder and forearm were both struck by the blade, and bloodstains seeped out.

Luan Jingfu knew he was on the verge of life and death and dared not hesitate any longer. He suddenly let out a loud shout, his eyes splitting, and the blood threads all over his body suddenly exploded outward!

Luan Jingfu had used the Filthy Blood Divine Art!

At the very moment the blood threads around his body exploded, the blood threads wound and intertwined around the wounds on Luan Jingfu's shoulder and forearm, wriggling. In just one breath, the wounds had closed, and his skin was as smooth and round as before.

Luan Jingfu's power suddenly surged, and he attacked the blade-wielder fiercely. As for the Copper Hammer attacking from behind, he no longer used his body to dodge, but instead used the Filthy Blood Divine Art to mobilize the blood threads floating around his body to gather and block it.

Luan Jingfu's original power, added to the enhancement of the Filthy Blood Divine Art, beat the masked black-clad blade-wielder into a steady retreat, and it was clear he could not hold on much longer.

"Xiao Nan, the Filthy Blood Divine Art!" the masked black-clad person holding the Copper Hammer suddenly shouted.

Then, Luan Jingfu saw that the blade-wielder opposite him had blood threads suddenly rise all over his body, swimming and floating like water weeds...

Luan Jingfu's breath hitched, and his mind went blank for an instant.

Yu Lieting had not expected Luan Jingfu to be so fierce. When they came, he had told Xiao Nan not to use the Filthy Blood Divine Art; he thought that the two of them, both True Qi Realm powerhouses, would be more than enough to deal with one Luan Jingfu.

In front of Xiao Nan's face, blood-red gathered instantly, blocking Luan Jingfu's strike, and then he stood holding his blade.

At this moment, Yu Lieting no longer hid it, and the blood threads all over his body also rose violently.

Luan Jingfu looked at the two of them, his eyes filled with heavy confusion, and he said tremblingly, "As fellow believers of the Tainted Blood Sacred Sect, why kill each other?"

Yu Lieting said, "Luan Jingfu, Wei Yutian has snitched on you; you have already been exposed! And your son is in the hands of Shen Yanliu. For the safety of the Sacred Sect's Branch, you must die!"

"What? Wei Yutian? Bao'er, he..." Luan Jingfu's expression changed several times, thoughts rolling in his heart.

But Yu Lieting and Xiao Nan had already joined forces to attack him!

The three figures with blood threads floating all over their bodies fought together; in the wild outskirts, it was like a dance of demons...

Fortunately, in this cold, twelfth-lunar-month morning in the outskirts, the wilderness was empty. If those simple villagers saw such a bizarre and terrifying scene, wouldn't they have nightmares every night? They would certainly think these were evil ghosts crawling out of hell, fighting each other.

All three had unleashed the Filthy Blood Divine Art, and Luan Jingfu was soon cut off at one arm.

Luan Jingfu only used the Filthy Blood Divine Art to heal the wound and did not go to restore the arm; his consumption was already quite great, and his face was already as pale as paper.

Yu Lieting had hammered off one of Luan Jingfu's arms, but he also had a great consumption, and a dense layer of fine sweat had broken out on his forehead. He had not expected Luan Jingfu to be so blood-brave!

"Truly a tiger general!"

Although Luan Jingfu had lost an arm and his face was pale, he held his Steel Mace, his eyes still filled with ruthlessness, and said, "Are you two from the Jiuzhong County Branch?"

Yu Lieting's eyes flickered; he was the Helmsman of the Jiuzhong County Branch, but he clearly had no intention of answering Luan Jingfu. He said, "Luan Jingfu, we are killing you to clean up the sect for Ruan Fengshan. You have been exposed, and your son has been captured by Shen Yanliu. Who can guarantee you won't sell out the brothers of the Branch?"

"There's no need to speak so righteously; who will die is not yet certain!" Luan Jingfu once again swung his mace to attack Yu Lieting. This time, he used a suicidal tactic from the very first exchange.

Yu Lieting was, after all, a Branch Helmsman who had experienced countless life-and-death situations. He knew that the more it was like this, the less he could be chaotic. Luan Jingfu was already at the end of his rope, just holding on by a single breath. As long as his mind remained steady and he survived this wave of attacks, it would be Luan Jingfu's death date.

Under Luan Jingfu's fierce attack, Yu Lieting guarded his position tightly. Although he was forced to retreat step by step by Luan Jingfu, he did so with method, and it was clear that Luan Jingfu's attacks were becoming weaker and weaker.

Just as Luan Jingfu's attacks became sluggish, Xiao Nan, who was to the side, suddenly seized the opportunity and sliced off Luan Jingfu's head with a blade!

Luan Jingfu's head flew up, and not a single drop of blood scattered. At the severed neck, countless blood threads intertwined and rolled like maggots!

Luan Jingfu's head landed in the middle of the Official Road and rolled a few times, covered in dust. His face had long since lost all trace of blood, his eyes blinked somewhat blankly, and he muttered in a low voice, "... Bao'er, you must live... live..."

(End of chapter)