Chapter 10: Saving Someone for the Second Time

"Courting death!"

Another fifth-rank Great Wu Shi who had been guarding the side of the carriage leaped up and slashed at the Blood Xin Yuying with his knife.

"Screech!"

The Blood Xin Yuying let out a sharp sound and soared into the sky.

Its lower abdomen had drops of fresh blood spilling like rain, which was caused by the fifth-rank Great Wu Shi slashing its abdomen with a knife just now.

The Blood Xin Yuying soared four or five zhang high, suddenly circled, and swooped down toward the carriage again.

During the swoop, dozens of blood-colored feathers suddenly detached from its body, raining down like arrows, covering the entire carriage.

The fifth-rank Great Wu Shi's expression changed drastically.

No matter how high his skills were, he couldn't block the arrow rain covering the entire carriage.

Just then, a figure flew out from the carriage, and then a black light flashed across the sky like lightning.

Half-cut blood-colored feathers scattered in the sky.

Almost simultaneously, the huge body of the Blood Xin Yuying that was swooping down suddenly exploded in the air, splitting into two halves and falling to the ground.

Xu Xu Shixiong stood proudly on the carriage shaft, while taking a clean white handkerchief with his narrow, cold, and ruthless star-like eyes scanning the surroundings, gently wiping a blood-stained sword.

This scene made Xia Daoming's hair stand on end, and his whole body felt cold.

Just now, he hadn't even been able to see how Xu Xu Shixiong had drawn his sword.

And the fact that the sword could release sword light also made his heart tremble with shock.

"Fortunately, I didn't act rashly just now, otherwise I'm afraid I would have died young again!"

Xia Daoming felt a lingering fear in his heart, and his performance against the Blood Xin Yuying became even more "panicked and incompetent."

Xu Xu Shixiong soon returned to the carriage.

The Xu family's horse team had originally fallen behind the crowd, but because most of the Blood Feather Eagles had been attracted by the crowd, the Xu family's horse team soon overtook the crowd, and the occasional attacks of a few Blood Feather Eagles were easily resolved by them.

The Xu family's horse team went further and further away, soon disappearing from people's sight.

Xia Daoming breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

At this time, people killed their way out of the canyon forbidden area one after another.

But a considerable number of people remained in the canyon forbidden area forever.

As soon as they killed their way out of the forbidden area, people ran wildly toward the south valley entrance without looking back, because as long as they were still in the canyon, there was no safety to speak of.

Xia Daoming didn't run wildly with the crowd, but hid alone in the shadows, following far behind.

When he was about to reach the valley entrance, Xia Daoming specially hid behind a cliff rock, waited for half an hour, and never saw or heard any abnormal situation, only then did he walk out of the valley entrance with peace of mind.

Clearly, Xu family's Seventh Young Master was a very cold and confident person; he didn't bother to kill those who wouldn't pose any threat to the Xu family even if they escaped alive.

Walking out of Red Flame Valley, what met his eyes was a scene completely opposite to the northern wilderness.

Everywhere were undulating mountains, layers of peaks, and lush green mountains.

Several roads wound through the mountains, and the view ahead was blocked by mountain forests, so he didn't know where they led.

However, there were finally relatively clear roads here, and there were traces of people having just walked on them.

Unlike the wilderness, where there were roads everywhere and yet no roads, only those who often walked in the wilderness could make judgments about the path based on some iconic scenery.

Xia Daoming soon selected a road.

It was clear that there was very little movement of personnel between the north and south.

The road was overgrown with weeds, and many places still had signs of having been trampled or even cleared, otherwise some roads would be covered by weeds and shrubs, making them somewhat difficult to identify.

Although there were many mountains in the southern territory of Mangzhou, there was plenty of rain.

With mountains and water, it was somewhat possible to get food.

After leaving Cangmang Mountain for a distance, human life gradually increased.

Just climb over one or two mountains, and you could always see villages and farmland at the foot of some mountains or in the valleys.

This made Xia Daoming feel much more at ease.

At least, even if he took the wrong road, he didn't have to worry about not finding anyone to ask for directions.

Walk

The sun gradually slanted toward the west.

Mist rose from the forest, and the sky grew dim and hazy.

Xia Daoming had just crossed a small hill and was standing on the summit, looking out in all directions. As the evening smoke gathered below and he failed to see any sign of a village or human habitation, he was feeling somewhat frustrated when his peripheral vision caught a corner of a Taoist temple peeking out from the bushes halfway up the mountain.

"Not bad, at least there's a place to shelter from the wind and rain tonight!" Xia Daoming felt a secret joy, quickly descended the hill, and headed straight for the temple halfway up the slope.

While still some distance from the temple, Xia Daoming became light-footed and tried his best to restrain his aura.

This was because he not only saw messy footprints on the ground but also faintly heard the voices of a man and a woman.

In the dilapidated main hall of the temple, a young man lay dead in a corner.

This young man was covered in pockmarks and was, shockingly, the cousin of the beautiful young woman.

In the center of the hall, in front of the incense burner, two men were pinning the beautiful young woman's hands and feet, one on each side.

"Let me go! Let me go! You beasts!"

The beautiful young woman struggled desperately, her plump body twisting as she fought, which only stimulated the two men pinning her limbs to swallow their saliva repeatedly.

"Hehe, go ahead and scream, Madam. The more you scream, the more excited I get!" The fourth-rank Wu Shi with mung-bean eyes stepped forward with a lewd grin.

"Rip!"

The mung-bean-eyed Wu Shi tore open the collar of the beautiful young woman's top, revealing a portion of her proud, fair skin.

All three men's eyes immediately filled with lewd light, their Adam's apples bobbing in their throats.

"Bang!"

Just at that moment, the door was kicked open.

The three men were startled. The mung-bean-eyed Wu Shi reacted extremely quickly; he spun on the spot, knelt on one knee, pressed one hand to the ground, and kept the other at his side, staring at the doorway with murderous intent, looking ready to launch a fierce attack at any moment.

"It's you!"

Soon, the three of them saw the face of the person who had arrived. They were surprised at first, but then they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"I didn't expect you to still be alive. It seems I underestimated you!" The mung-bean-eyed Wu Shi stood up slowly.

Xia Daoming glanced at the woman behind the mung-bean-eyed Wu Shi; her full figure was truly alluring.

However, Xia Daoming withdrew his gaze decisively after just one touch.

"I also underestimated your bestial nature, that you would actually commit such inhuman atrocities against your own companion!" Xia Daoming said coldly.

"Hehe, we're men, after all! Eating and sex are human nature! If you're interested, little brother, you can watch from the side first. After the three of us brothers have had our fill, you can go next.

Otherwise, please find somewhere else to rest, little brother, and don't go looking for trouble." The mung-bean-eyed Wu Shi said.

"You want to act like beasts, but I still want to act like a human! Let this lady go, and then cut off your third leg yourselves, and I might consider sparing you." Xia Daoming said coldly.

"The brat is courting death!" Upon hearing this, the mung-bean-eyed Wu Shi's eyes filled with murderous intent. He stomped his foot hard on the ground, raised his hands into claws, and pounced toward Xia Daoming like an eagle.

"You're the one courting death!"

Seeing this, Xia Daoming let out a cold shout. Instead of retreating, he advanced, his hands forming snake-head fists, and struck directly at the mung-bean-eyed man's claws.

Seeing this, the mung-bean-eyed Wu Shi revealed a ferocious grin on his face.

He had been immersed in the Mighty Eagle Claw Art for over twenty years and often used secret medicines to temper his claws.

As a result, his claws were not only immensely powerful but also incredibly hard and sharp; he didn't know how many Martial Masters of the same rank had had their hands broken by his claws.

Now that Xia Daoming not only failed to dodge his full-force claw strike but dared to face it head-on with snake-head fists, in the mung-bean-eyed Wu Shi's eyes, he was simply delivering himself to his death!

The two men pinning the young woman clearly also knew the power of their companion's Mighty Eagle Claw Art, and seeing this, they both wore relaxed, mocking expressions.

"Bang! Bang!"

"Crack! Crack!"

However, as the sounds of fists meeting claws and bones breaking rang out, the relaxed, mocking expressions on the two men's faces froze instantly.

As for the mung-bean-eyed Wu Shi, he had already been knocked sliding into the corner by Xia Daoming's two fists, his face deathly pale and covered in sweat, his two hands hanging limply from his wrist joints.

Just at this moment, the beautiful young woman, whose arms were being pinned, suddenly twisted her body like a snake. Following the twist, her right leg shot out, her toe like a dart, striking from bottom to top toward the groin of the man on the left.

"Ah!"

That man was in a state of shock and distraction at the time, not expecting that without the mung-bean-eyed Wu Shi's suppression, the beautiful young woman had regained freedom for most of her body, except for her arms.

This kick was fast and sudden, like a venomous snake darting out from the shadows. The man on the left was struck in the groin and immediately screamed and jumped around in pain, clutching his lower body, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

Once her left arm was free, the beautiful young woman's left palm immediately turned like a snake's head, her index and middle fingers pressed together like a snake's tongue, and with a flick of her wrist, she thrust directly at the right-hand man's eyeball.

The man on the right finally reacted, hurriedly letting go and retreating rapidly.

Just then, a cold, sharp gust of wind struck his neck from behind, and then the man on the right felt a massive force and intense pain in his neck.

He fell face-first to the ground, his vision went black, and he soon stopped breathing.

After killing a third-rank Wu Shi with a single palm-blade strike, Xia Daoming flashed over and blocked the temple exit.

"Spare me, hero! Spare me, hero!" Seeing his escape route blocked, the mung-bean-eyed man, who had been trying to flee, turned pale and begged for mercy repeatedly.

"I'm very sorry, I'm not a hero, so you've begged the wrong person!" Xia Daoming gave a cold smile, raised his snake-head fists, and struck straight at the mung-bean-eyed man's Adam's apple.

Seeing this, the mung-bean-eyed man hurriedly tried to dodge.

But Xia Daoming's snake-head fists were not only fast but also very agile, following the mung-bean-eyed man's Adam's apple like a shadow.

"Crack!" A sound rang out.

The fist struck the mung-bean-eyed man's Adam's apple solidly.

The mung-bean-eyed man's eyes widened, filled with shock, unwillingness, and disbelief.

"Ah!"

Just as the mung-bean-eyed man collapsed with wide eyes, a scream came from beside the temple's incense burner.

Xia Daoming looked up and saw the beautiful young woman holding a sharp knife, stabbing the man lying on the ground like a madwoman.

Stab after stab.

Fresh blood splattered onto her fair, proud chest, but she was completely unaware of it.

Seeing this, Xia Daoming sighed secretly and stepped forward, saying, "Forget it, he's already dead!"