Chapter 160: You Actually Used Poison

"Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flowers!"

He gently extended his hand forward, and suddenly, it felt as if a breeze were rushing toward his face; countless flowers, grasses, and trees swayed with the wind. Leaves danced and flowers and grasses soared into the air, as if a storm were sweeping through.

In the mountains and forests, there is no shortage of flowers, grasses, and trees. Under Shen Yu's control, countless flying leaves and flowers danced across the sky, as if transformed into the sharpest blades, charging instantly into the shield formation at the very front.

"Bang!" The tiny leaves erupted with terrifying power. In an instant, they sent the shield-bearers at the front flying. Following that, the swarming leaves and petals wantonly harvested life after life.

Even after piercing through the people in the front, these flying leaves lost none of their momentum, and the terrifying force they carried made one's heart tremble. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of people had been pierced by these leaves.

At this moment, the human-wave tactic they were so proud of seemed extremely weak, even vulnerable, in front of a top-tier expert.

Although the Ying River Giant Bandits were strong, they were, after all, scattered troops and lacked the support of a military formation like the Dongning Army; their momentum could not be linked into a single whole. Relatively speaking, they were naturally much weaker.

However, regarding the near one-sided slaughter ahead, the middle-aged man in the distance was not the least bit surprised; not even the look in his eyes changed in the slightest.

After a brief shock, he quickly recovered his usual composure. The person opposite him, who could even block the Cloud Piercing Crossbow, already demonstrated terrifying strength; no matter how fierce the attack was, it was only normal.

Furthermore, the opponent possessed a Hardened Body Technique, remaining unmoved by others' slashing and hacking; this was a human tank. Placed on the battlefield, this was an invincible fierce general whom everyone feared.

However, no matter how strong a Hardened Body Technique was, there would always be a moment of exhaustion. Huge lethality also meant huge consumption; to be full cannot last long, and that meant a dead end.

The more fiercely the opponent charged and the more people they killed at this moment, the faster their consumption would be. Once they were exhausted, it would be time for his own side's experts to move out.

As for the Ying River Giant Bandits being killed, he did not take it to heart at all. They were just a group of mountain bandits and thieves who couldn't be brought into polite society; they weren't his own people, so if they died, they died.

Being able to use them to exhaust the strength of a top-tier expert was their glory, even in death. It would be best if they were all wiped out; then, he wouldn't have to fulfill a single one of the promises made to them.

"I want to see how long you can hold out!" From afar, looking down at Shen Yu's position, he watched as if looking at a clown struggling in the throes of death.

From the moment the other party rejected him, there was only one ending for them, and there could only be one.

"Fire arrows!" Standing in the distance, the middle-aged man shouted coldly, and thousands of people holding powerful bows and heavy crossbows launched an indiscriminate attack.

Countless arrows fell like rain. Aside from large swaths of his own men being shot to death, Shen Yu himself remained completely unharmed.

The opponent's Hardened Body Technique could even block the Cloud Piercing Crossbow, let alone ordinary powerful bows. This young man before him was even more difficult to deal with than he had imagined!

"This is just the beginning; let's play slowly!" Glancing coldly at Shen Yu, the middle-aged man continued to shout coldly, "Fire arrows, don't stop!"

Although the lethality of these arrows was limited, even if they only delayed the opponent's footsteps, it was a profit.

Moreover, facing the overwhelming rain of arrows, even someone with a Hardened Body Technique might not be absolutely invulnerable. He didn't believe that the man had no weak points on his body.

Even if he couldn't be injured, there was still the Cloud Piercing Crossbow nearby. Mixed into the sky-filling rain of arrows, if a Cloud Piercing Crossbow with huge lethality suddenly shot out, he didn't believe it would have no effect.

"Sir, we can't shoot, we can't shoot anymore, those are all our own people down there!!" After a few rounds of arrow rain, the leader of the Ying River Giant Bandits finally couldn't help but speak up to stop him.

Wave after wave of arrow rain had passed, and the man remained completely unharmed, while his own subordinates had suffered heavy casualties.

As a qualified leader, being cold-blooded and ruthless was basic operation. Of course, he didn't feel heartache over some deaths, but if this continued, the power in his hands would inevitably be greatly discounted.

He had now defected to someone else, and the power in his hands determined his status to a certain extent. If his subordinates really suffered heavy casualties, his own status would inevitably be in jeopardy.

By then, not to mention whether the things promised to him could still be fulfilled, there was likely a possibility that he would be swallowed whole, skin and bones included.

"Your own people?" Looking back coldly at this chief of the Ying River Giant Bandits, he had never considered these people his own; they were just consumables. Did they really think they could sit on equal footing with him!

"Fire!" At this moment, the Cloud Piercing Crossbow beside him had already been loaded. The middle-aged man didn't even look at the other party and directly ordered the Cloud Piercing Crossbow to be fired.

The nearly ten-meter-long crossbow bolt, under the huge thrust, seemed to pierce through space and time. The immense friction seemed to make sparks appear on the arrowhead.

The Cloud Piercing Crossbow mixed into the rain of arrows was even more hidden and even more terrifying. Ordinary experts had no choice but to be pierced through by such a powerful crossbow. Moreover, it could even pierce through more than ten people at once.

"Clang!" The crossbow bolt slammed into Shen Yu, causing his whole body to stagger forward, his internal Qi and blood surging, feeling inexplicably irritable.

The bolt of the Cloud Piercing Crossbow was hidden in the sky-filling rain of arrows and was hard to distinguish. If one wasn't careful and it suddenly struck like this, even the Golden Bell Shield could potentially be broken.

Because of this, he had to pull himself together; not only did he have to deal with the Ying River Giant Bandits surrounding him tightly, but he also had to guard against the sky-filling rain of arrows and the Cloud Piercing Crossbow that would sneakily attack him with terrifying force.

His strength, True Qi, and even his mental state were being consumed rapidly. Since the other party was clearly intent on a war of attrition, and he was only one person, he could not afford a war of attrition.

"To capture the bandits, first capture their leader!" His gaze turned toward the middle-aged man. To win this battle, he had to take him down. But before that, he had to destroy those annoying Cloud Piercing Crossbows.

Just at this moment, a breeze blew through the mountains and forests, bringing a hint of coolness, and the leaves rustled in the wind. Upon feeling this breeze, Shen Yu suddenly revealed a smile.

"The wind has risen; heaven is helping me!"

At this point, Shen Yu no longer chose to charge recklessly, but chose to dodge. He used the minimum consumption to maintain his stamina and safety.

The wind had risen, which meant that the backup plan he had left outside could be activated. While dodging, Shen Yu took the opportunity to look up and reveal a cold sneer at the middle-aged man on the hilltop.

"What's going on?" The middle-aged man was full of confusion regarding Shen Yu's sudden change. Especially that final smile, which made him tremble all over, as if something bad were about to happen.

But Shen Yu was currently a turtle in a jar; could he really turn the tables?

Just as he was in doubt, a yellow mist suddenly appeared, drifting rapidly toward them along the breeze in the mountains and forests.

And just as it approached, countless people began to foam at the mouth and collapse rapidly. The Ying River Giant Bandits surrounding Shen Yu collapsed in the face of this yellow mist; almost no one could hold on.

"What's going on! What is this?" The sudden mist shattered most of his plans.

These ordinary giant bandits were just consumables; although it didn't matter if they died, they had to die for a purpose. Now that the consumables were gone, was he expected to use the experts he had painstakingly cultivated to pile up?

Moreover, if these trash soldiers of the Ying River Giant Bandits couldn't handle the poison, could the experts beside him handle it? Even if it didn't kill them, their combat effectiveness would inevitably be greatly reduced.

"This is Qilin Smoke, aren't you surprised!"

"You actually used poison?"

"Just kidding, you're allowed to surround and attack me, but I'm not allowed to use poison!"