Chapter 210: Stimulating Battlefield

Li Lin was somewhat bewildered at this moment.

His plan was very simple: first assassinate some people to reduce the enemy's fighting strength.

As for whether it would cause internal strife or similar effects, he hoped so, but dared not indulge in wild fantasies.

He had already made preparations for the worst.

If he truly could not protect Zhou Qingqing, he would have to abandon this mother and child.

After all... he had truly done his utmost.

He had a clear conscience.

If anyone else had obtained the Divine Bone, Zhou Qingqing would not have been able to leave Yuecheng; she would have died on the spot.

It's just that he did not expect his assassination attempts to have such unexpectedly good results.

First, he directly forced a group of people to seek out the Zhenwu Sect; then, after killing another person, the Zhenwu Sect also "turned traitor," dragging the Shaolin Temple into the fray.

These people had all hidden in the forest beside the official road.

In this place of Southern Jiang, there is nothing lacking except for mountains and forests.

The trees grow in dense clusters, extremely lush; their canopies can block out sunlight, let alone moonlight.

Once these people hid in the forest, their field of vision was immediately greatly restricted.

Even the most skilled person would find their eyesight of little use at this moment.

They relied more on hearing to judge the situation around them.

But Li Lin was different.

All around the forest were his small paper men.

These small paper men were not affected by the darkness.

Moreover, they did not "see" things by relying on eyes in the first place.

Li Lin moved through the darkness, very relaxed and at ease.

At this moment, the sounds of clashing weapons, ding-dong, were already rising in the forest.

They rose and fell in waves.

Some people had also hidden, thinking they hid very well.

The Desolate Apparition had not yet arrived.

More than two hundred Wu Lin experts gathered together; there were many masters, and their blood qi was extremely exaggerated. Although they were scattered quite widely, they still formed a large "blood qi" field in a circle.

The Desolate Apparitions had been "driven" far away.

Based on the vision provided by the small paper men, Li Lin came up behind a man in black.

He thrust the Sha Bone Dagger forward, then withdrew it.

A scream!

He jumped backward, quickly moved behind a large tree, and then entered stealth mode again.

All in one breath; this smooth little combo took no more than three breaths to complete.

The person who received the backstab had almost no chance of survival.

Having suffered such a severe injury in the wild, with a kidney puncture, he was almost certainly going to die.

Moreover, the Sha Bone Dagger was poisonous.

Yin Qi poison!

With both a severe injury and poison, this was double insurance.

After entering stealth mode, Li Lin immediately left the area.

The victim's companion rushed over from the side, picked up the victim, and shouted: "Second Senior Brother, how are you..."

And his loud shout alarmed even more people nearby.

Hidden weapons immediately flew over.

Plum Blossom Darts, sleeve arrows, flying locust stones, and so on!

The man in black holding the victim roared: "Despicable..."

Then he fell, his body covered in hidden weapons.

Li Lin stood in the distance, "watching" this scene, and felt a chill run through his body.

Cruel; truly too cruel.

Now the entire forest had become a battlefield; after this incident, the sounds of fighting around them quickly fell silent.

It was as if no one remained in the entire forest.

Li Lin now used the Lightness Technique to ascend to a large tree.

Although he had the "vision" of the small paper men, he was surprised to find he could only see a little over a hundred people.

The remaining several dozen people were hidden very well; they could not be seen at all.

Or rather, they were in the blind spots of the small paper men's surveillance.

The forest grew even quieter.

Li Lin weighed a stone in his hand, then threw it toward the front below.

About five zhang ahead, a man in black was hiding behind a tree, extremely alert.

Just as the stone was about to land on the man in black, he suddenly dodged aside and simultaneously turned his head to look at Li Lin's position.

At that moment, Li Lin had already left the branch.

"Thwack!"

A flying dart silently pierced the spot where Li Lin had just landed.

This person was clearly skilled with hidden weapons.

But at this moment, that stone struck a larger black stone.

Li Lin did not intend to hit anyone; he simply wanted to hit the stone, deliberately.

Crack...!

A very crisp sound rang out in the forest.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Again, hidden weapons like a downpour shot toward the spot where the stone had struck.

Ding ding ding.

Many hidden weapons struck the stone, emitting strange noises.

And although that black-clad man was half a zhang away from the stone's position,

then... he was struck twice by "stray arrows."

One hit his chest; one plum blossom dart hit his right leg.

"Ah!"

He let out a soft cry of pain.

It was instinct.

But the black-clad man immediately reacted and tried to flee; yet with his right leg injured, he could not run fast. He had only taken two steps when the Wu Lin practitioners who had heard the sound in the darkness threw out various hidden weapons again!

The black-clad man screamed and fell to the ground, but he had not truly died yet; he was still wheezing on the ground.

And his breathing grew weaker and weaker.

But his companions dared not make a sound.

They feared that even the slightest noise would bring death upon themselves.

Not long after, the black-clad man on the ground ceased moving, and the forest once again returned to silence.

This place was too dangerous; one might easily be killed by stray arrows.

Just now, a hidden weapon had flown past his head; it was very dangerous.

Li Lin slipped away using the Stealth Technique.

He planned to move farther away and let these people exhaust themselves first.

So he turned toward Zhou Qingqing's location.

Li Lin had not expected so many people to pursue him; therefore, his camping spot was not far from the official road.

As long as they entered the forest and walked a bit further, they would see it.

At this moment, Ji Feng, leading the Qingcheng Mountain disciples, had already arrived beside the campsite.

Then, they saw a group of paper men standing ahead.

In the center surrounded by the paper men, faint firelight remained; the fire had not completely gone out.

Relying on this faint firelight, they could see the appearance of most of the paper men.

Some were maids, some were guards.

Then there were... thirty shield-and-sword soldiers, thirty spear soldiers, thirty archers, and ten cavalrymen.

Cavalry were disadvantageous in the forest, so they had all dismounted.

And when Ji Feng and the others arrived here, the heads of these paper men all turned in unison, and then all the paper men stared fixedly at them.

Ji Feng's daughter was the youngest inner sect disciple of the sect, also the Little Junior Sister, named Ji Rongrong.

Looking at the scene before her, she instinctively pressed her lips together tightly.

Because it looked too terrifying.

The purple paper men, with exaggerated red blush painted on their faces, appeared extremely eerie in the darkness.

"Do you have a fire starter!"

"Yes."

A disciple walked over.

Ji Feng lit the fire starter and was about to find some dry leaves to ignite and throw over to burn these paper men.

After all, no one wanted to fight such things.

If it could be handled by simple means, then keep it simple.

But at this very moment, a shower of arrows shot over.

Ji Feng instinctively swung his long sword.

Ding ding ding.

Several arrows were flicked away.

His face changed drastically, and he shouted: "These paper men are not right; everyone be careful."

But his warning came a bit too late.

At least two disciples let out screams.

Two paper arrows struck their chests, penetrating deeply into the flesh.

Ji Feng looked again at the arrows he had blocked and discovered they were indeed paper arrows.

Yet they possessed the "impact sensation" of metal arrows.

Suddenly, Ji Feng felt somewhat unsettled in his mind.

(End of this chapter)