Chapter 43: Running for Life [Third update, asking for collection and follow-up]

This time, Xia Daoming had experience and was familiar with the road.

Not long after, he returned.

"Everyone be careful, this time there are two Ice Rabbits!" A voice rang out, and then a figure shot into the crowd like a swimming snake.

Following closely behind, two white shadows shot over like lightning.

The large net was still cast over them.

But this time it was a pair of adult male and female Ice Rabbits.

As soon as the large net covered them, the people pulling the net were dragged to let go within a few breaths, and they fell to the ground.

However, during this period, Xu Zhiji had already led the others to launch a fierce attack.

Both Ice Rabbits were injured.

The net was lifted.

The injured Ice Rabbits went completely berserk.

They opened their mouths and sprayed white breath, which turned into ice arrows and shot out.

"Ah! Ah!"

In an instant, two Martial Masters were hit and injured.

A white shadow flashed like lightning, its claws fell, and a Wu Shi who had been overturned by the net and hadn't had time to recover was alive and pierced through the head, blood and brains splashing everywhere.

A tragic slaughter unfolded between the Martial Masters and the two injured Ice Rabbits.

A moment later.

The battle ended.

On the ground of only a few acres, ten Wu Shi corpses lay in disarray.

Among them were two Xu family Martial Masters.

Of the remaining fourteen people, except for Xu Zhiji, everyone had more or less been wounded.

Xia Daoming was no exception, with blood in many places on his body.

As for how much of it was his own fresh blood, I am afraid only he knew in his heart.

Xu Zhiji swept his indifferent gaze over the ten Wu Shi corpses on the ground, and it was not until his gaze swept to the two Ice Rabbit corpses that it changed, becoming joyful and burning.

Two Xu family disciples stepped forward to take out the Ice Rabbits' hearts and put them into a leather bag, tying it tight.

Some Martial Masters stepped forward to collect the corpses of their own people.

There were also individual factions that were particularly miserable, with everyone who came dying, not even leaving anyone to collect the corpses.

"No matter what, dig a pit and bury them!" Seeing two corpses with no one to take care of them, Liang Jingtang said to Xia Daoming, then picked up a large saber from the ground and dug a pit on the spot.

Seeing this, Xia Daoming silently stepped forward to help.

The other Martial Masters had different expressions upon seeing this.

Some were ashamed with their heads lowered, while others had jealous and mocking looks.

This time, five factions followed Xu Zhiji.

Except for the Hidden Dragon Martial Hall, the other four factions, and even the Xu family, had deaths.

"The Ice Rabbits have been hunted enough." After everyone had tidied up the corpses, Xu Zhiji said slowly.

The survivors all breathed a huge sigh of relief.

"Next, everyone search for Ice Purple Shouwu around the valley. This time, I won't let everyone work in vain. If you find Ice Purple Shouwu, you only need to hand over half.

However, remember not to approach the rabbit den in the middle cold pool again. Also, the time is one hour. After one hour, we must leave, otherwise, when night falls, this place will become extremely cold." Xu Zhiji added.

"Yes!" Everyone responded, many with looks of anticipation.

Soon, everyone scattered, leaving only Xu Zhiji and Xu Shisen, the grandfather and grandson, guarding the leather bag containing the Ice Rabbits' hearts.

"Grand-Uncle, do you really want to let Liang Jingtang and his disciple go?" Xu Shisen asked with an unwilling expression.

"Do you understand what it means to combine kindness and power? My Xu family has dominated Li Cheng for so many years, do you really think it relies solely on force? If that were true, people with some ability in Li Cheng would have run away long ago.

If all the people with ability ran away, what would the Xu family rely on to develop? On this trip to hunt Ice Rabbits, the ones who died would all be my Xu family disciples! Your martial arts talent is okay, becoming a sixth-rank Great Wu Shi at a young age, you have hope of sitting in the position of Elder in the future, your vision must be far-reaching!" Xu Zhiji said earnestly.

"Grand-Uncle's teaching is correct, but this nephew always feels that Xia Daoming is a bit evil. He clearly only has fifth-rank cultivation, yet he can turn danger into safety many times." Xu Shisen said, unwilling to give up.

"Humph, no matter how evil, he is only a fifth-rank Wu Shi, and he is not young anymore. Could he still stir up any waves? Alright, I know your little thoughts. If you really want to destroy them, wait until you become an Elder, and you can solve it yourself." Xu Zhiji's expression sank slightly.

"Yes, Grand-Uncle!" Xu Shisen nodded hurriedly upon hearing this, not daring to incite him anymore.

"Daoming, I didn't expect to be targeted like this on this trip. Fortunately, there is you, otherwise, this old life of mine would definitely not have been saved." Under the shroud of hazy mist, Liang Jingtang said.

"Master, you are being too formal by saying this! It's a rare opportunity, let's quickly find the Ice Purple Shouwu!" Xia Daoming laughed.

"You brat, fine, if we can find it, my share will all be yours." Liang Jingtang said.

"Hehe." Xia Daoming laughed noncommittally.

Soon, the master and disciple began searching around the edge of the valley.

Ice Purple Shouwu, like ordinary fleeceflower root, is a perennial twining vine.

However, its vine leaves are purple, and it emits cold air, which will gather mist.

So when the master and disciple were searching, they specifically looked for places where the mist in the valley was particularly thick.

Ice Purple Shouwu often grew in those places.

One hour later.

Everyone returned to the gathering point one after another.

Those who were lucky returned fully loaded.

Among them, one person actually dug up a hundred-year-old and a two-hundred-year-old Ice Purple Shouwu.

And those who were unlucky returned empty-handed.

Liang Jingtang was unlucky and returned empty-handed.

Xia Daoming was average in luck and dug up a hundred-year-old Ice Purple Shouwu.

Except for the Xu family Martial Masters, everyone else handed over the Ice Purple Shouwu they dug up to Xu Zhiji.

Xu Zhiji collected them and distributed everyone's share according to the previous agreement.

However, this old guy Xu Zhiji was very treacherous and mean.

Xia Daoming handed over a hundred-year-old Ice Purple Shouwu, and he directly allocated him one that was about fifty or sixty years old.

It looked like the age was halved, but in reality, the value was several times different.

However, Xia Daoming didn't say anything, just silently accepted it, which made Xu Zhiji secretly praise him, thinking he was a young man who knew how to advance and retreat and could hold his breath, while Xu Shisen was a bit disappointed.

He was hoping that Xia Daoming would act on impulse, so he could take the opportunity to kill him.

Just as Xu Shisen was putting the Ice Purple Shouwu belonging to the Xu family into a bag and tying it up, the valley suddenly became foggy.

The thick fog covered the sky and the earth, spreading rapidly.

Shrouded in thick fog, looking up at the sky, one could see nothing at all.

Looking down at oneself, the body became blurry.

Not only that, but the thick fog brought bone-chilling cold. Not to mention the fourth or fifth-rank Great Martial Masters who were shivering, even Xia Daoming, who was circulating his blood energy, felt a trace of coldness constantly invading his body.

"Coo! Coo!" A sound that vibrated the eardrums and made people's hearts tremble came from the thick fog.

Everyone looked toward the sound and saw two purple lights flashing in the thick fog.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" Just as everyone was secretly shocked, the thick fog suddenly rolled, and ice arrows shot out from the thick fog.

Faintly, everyone saw an Ice Rabbit with a body comparable to a tiger appearing behind the ice arrows.

"It's the Rabbit King! Quick, quick, step forward and block it!" Xu Zhiji, who had always appeared extremely calm, turned pale and bloodless upon seeing this, and screamed.

While screaming, he had already grabbed Xu Shisen with one hand, grabbed two bags with the other, and ran wildly along the way he came.

Even Xu Zhiji was scared into running with people. At this critical moment of life and death, how could the others be stupid enough to rush forward to help him block? Seeing this, they also immediately scattered in a swarm and ran wildly toward the cliff edge.

Xia Daoming naturally saw that this Ice Rabbit was extremely powerful and was definitely not something he could resist. He couldn't care about hiding his clumsiness and hurriedly reached out to Liang Jingtang, preparing to grab him and run.

Unexpectedly, Liang Jingtang was also reaching out to him.

"Quick, follow me!"

Xia Daoming was slightly stunned, then immediately understood Liang Jingtang's intention. While feeling amused in his heart, he also felt a kind of touch.

While touched, Xia Daoming's hand twisted like a snake's body, dodging Liang Jingtang's reaching palm, and then grabbed his arm.

Liang Jingtang was startled, and just as he was about to open his mouth to ask, he felt a powerful pulling force transmitted to his arm.

Then, his whole person was involuntarily brought up.

Liang Jingtang involuntarily ran wildly following that powerful pulling force, the cold wind whistling in his ears, making his cheeks ache.

However, Liang Jingtang was completely unaware.

While reflexively circulating his blood energy and running wildly with the pulling force, he looked at the young man in front of him with incomparable shock.

He wanted to open his mouth to ask, but the mist poured into his mouth, and he couldn't open it at all.

"Coo! Coo!"

"Ah! Ah!"

Behind them, the Ice Rabbit's violent cries and screams rose and fell one after another.

The master and disciple exploded with all their blood energy, running more and more rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, the two stepped onto the steep slope, and with the help of some protruding cliff stones on the steep slope, they leapt and climbed upward one after another.

Shrouded in thick fog, and with everyone scattering to escape, no one discovered the terrifying speed of Liang Jingtang and his disciple. Otherwise, they would definitely be shocked beyond words.

Soon, the master and disciple passed through the clouds and mist shrouding the valley, and dots of sunlight sprinkled down.

"Whew!"

Looking back down, shrouded in thick fog, both master and disciple had a lingering fear and luck of rebirth.

"I didn't expect that an Ice Rabbit would also evolve into a second-rank demonic beast!" Liang Jingtang said, still shaken.

"Yes, I really didn't expect it!" Xia Daoming said while echoing, while looking around.

Originally, the second time he lured two Ice Rabbits, the hunting team suffered heavy casualties, which was relatively favorable for his subsequent secret plan to kill and loot.

But the risk of leaking the news was still very high!

Now it was different.

The unexpected appearance of the Rabbit King caused everyone to run for their lives in a frenzy, with deaths, injuries, and scattering.

If he could find someone from the Xu family who was alone, the risk of leaking the news would be reduced to a minimum.

And there was also a scapegoat!

Soon, Xia Daoming saw two figures emerging from the clouds and mist in the distance, climbing upward rapidly.

One of them was carrying two bags in his hand, but his speed was still faster than the other person.

Xia Daoming's eyes narrowed all at once.

PS: Fighting hard today, sending the third update. My three updates are considered quite substantial among books in the new book period, totaling nearly ten thousand words. If this continues, I will probably exceed the word count and fall off the list soon. In view of such hard work, I still ask book friends to support as much as possible. ===== CHAPTER 44 =====