Chapter 131: Movement Technique Secret Manual

"Snap!"

A crisp sound suddenly exploded from behind; it was so close and the volume so loud it felt as if it had burst right beside his ear, vibrating his eardrums until they stung.

"Whoosh!"

Immediately following, a sharp, ear-piercing whistle suddenly tore through the air, drilling straight into one's heart.

"What!"

Li Meng's face turned deathly pale in an instant, and a bone-chilling cold, like countless ice needles, crazily pierced into his back, making him unable to stop himself from shivering.

"How is this possible?"

He roared desperately in the depths of his heart. Just a moment ago, he had used every ounce of his strength to activate the Secret Technique "Grass-Flying," not hesitating to consume a massive amount of precious Blood Qi Power, all to increase his movement speed by fifty percent in a short time to shake off the crisis behind him.

Yet, to his utter terror, the distance between him and his pursuer had not widened; instead, it had grown even smaller.

Hearing this sudden sound behind him, Li Meng instinctively dodged violently to the side. However, it was already too late.

A single arrow, carrying a mountain-toppling, sea-draining amount of kinetic energy, ruthlessly pierced through his back and whistled out from his chest.

Li Meng's entire body was lifted into the air by this impact like a kite with a broken string, and immediately after, a sharp pain, as if his body were being torn apart alive, surged toward him like a violent tide.

"Bang!"

Accompanied by a dull thud, Li Meng's body slammed heavily onto the ground like a heavy sack of sand, and bright red blood quickly spread beneath him, staining the patch of grass a shocking red.

"I, I cannot die, I absolutely cannot die!"

Li Meng gritted his teeth, squeezing these words out from between them. Although his internal organs had been shredded by the arrow, the tenacious vitality of a Flesh Refining late-stage Martial Artist allowed him to barely hold on.

At this moment, he used both his hands and feet to crawl with difficulty toward the distance, leaving a long trail of blood behind him.

"Snap!"

Another explosion sounded from behind. This time, Li Meng's body twitched violently, as if gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand, and then his body slowly went completely limp, losing all movement for good.

Three arrows, like three ruthless blades, had nailed his body firmly to the ground, as if intending to pin his soul down along with it.

"Hoo..."

Three hundred meters away, Lu Yu, having witnessed all of this, finally let out a slight sigh of relief.

He knew clearly in his heart that he had indeed overlooked one point: other Martial Artists might also possess explosive Secret Techniques similar to martial arts.

If his Baji Fist had not reached Consummation and unlocked the powerful characteristic of "Eight Directions Extreme Distance," and he had let this fellow Li Meng escape, the consequences, while not necessarily unimaginable, would certainly have been quite troublesome.

Fortunately, this thrilling battle had ended safely after all.

Even so, Lu Yu maintained a high level of vigilance, carefully walking to Li Meng's side.

After meticulously confirming that the opponent was dead beyond any doubt, he slowly pulled the arrows out one by one.

He gently flipped Li Meng's body over, only to see Li Meng's eyes wide open, filled with unwillingness, as if he had died with his eyes unclosed.

"Sigh..."

Lu Yu let out a soft sigh, reached out his hand, and gently closed Li Meng's eyes.

He understood in his heart that even if it were not for Liu Shu and the others, the conflict between their own Zhai and Li Family Fort would sooner or later have intensified to this point.

This Li Meng was indeed a formidable character; his actions were ruthless enough, and his decision-making was decisive enough.

Of course, for the others who had been living in Li Family Fort, life had been miserable.

"Xiao Yu?"

Just at this moment, a slightly surprised voice came from behind.

Lu Yu turned around and saw Liu Tianhong and the others; their faces were currently filled with shock.

Behind them, Liu Tianyao and another adult man were carefully shielding the group as they walked toward this side.

"Liu Shu."

Lu Yu nodded at them and said, "Liu Shu, Li Meng and Li Qiang are both dead."

Liu Tianhong and the others took a deep breath, their gazes involuntarily falling upon Li Meng's cold corpse. Once, in their eyes, Li Meng had been a high and mighty existence to be looked up to.

The massive gap in strength meant that in front of Li Meng, they didn't even have the courage to speak loudly.

Yet at this moment, that once arrogant man had only been able to flee in a sorry state before Lu Yu, and even then, he had ultimately fallen under Lu Yu's arrows.

The entire battle process, from start to finish, had not even taken ten seconds.

Was this still the Lu Yu they knew? In such a short time, had he actually grown to such an astonishing degree?

"Xiao Yu, thank you so much."

Liu Tianhong took a deep breath, his voice trembling slightly from excitement.

He felt that everything happening before his eyes was like an unreal dream.

The others also reacted at this time and hurriedly thanked Lu Yu one after another.

They knew in their hearts that the reason Lu Yu had risked his life to kill Li Meng and the others was entirely for the sake of those of them who were suffering.

In fact, if Lu Yu hadn't arrived in time, given their current miserable situation at Li Family Fort, the days ahead would have been unimaginable.

"Liu Shu, we are the ones who should be saying thank you."

Lu Yu shook his head earnestly and said, "If it weren't for you all silently contributing in the Zhai all this time, I don't know how many people would have lost their lives. Liu Shu, come back; Dad, Liu Shu, and the others have all been missing you very much."

Liu Tianyao brought his family over as well, and upon hearing Lu Yu's words, everyone's eyes grew moist, and tears could not help but stream down their faces.

The experiences of this period at Li Family Fort were, to them, like an inescapable nightmare; now, they had finally woken up.

"Xiao Yu,"

At this time, a smile appeared on Liu Tianyao's face as he said, "Now that these bastards like Li Meng are all dead, Li Family Fort is vacant. Why don't we just move here to live?"

"Move here?"

Lu Yu was slightly taken aback. His intention in coming this time was only to take Liu Tianhong and the others away and incidentally eliminate the Li Family brothers who were a threat to everyone; he hadn't thought about occupying Li Family Fort at all, so this suggestion was a bit unexpected.

"That's right,"

A man smiled and took over the conversation, saying, "To tell you the truth, the conditions at this Li Family Fort are much better than our Zhai. Just look at the scale; it's about six or seven times the size of our Zhai and can accommodate over 1,000 people."

"That's not all; there are also farmlands enclosed by walls where they grow crops. In the future, even if we don't go out to hunt, we can live securely relying on these crops."

"Really?"

Lu Yu's eyes lit up instantly. Although the food in the Zhai is currently sufficient, considering the long term, farming is indeed something that must be considered.

After all, farming outside is simply not feasible; it wouldn't take more than a night for those ferocious Fierce Beasts to destroy everything completely.

Rebuilding walls is not an easy task, as the workload is immense, so the ready-made walls of Li Family Fort are truly a timely help.

"It's just that there are quite a lot of people."

Someone muttered in a low voice.

For a moment, the atmosphere became somewhat quiet.

"They are also miserable people."

Lu Yu thought of the people suffering in Li Family Fort and couldn't help but say with emotion.

"Indeed."

Liu Tianhong nodded and said, "They grew crops for Li Meng, and after working hard to harvest, they could only get a tiny bit, just enough to barely survive, while the vast majority of the grain was plundered by Li Meng."

"Big Brother, aren't we the same?" Liu Tianyao said with a bitter smile.

"Indeed."

Several others nodded one after another in agreement.

Lu Yu searched Li Meng and Li Qiang's bodies but didn't find anything of value, which seemed to go against common sense.

Therefore, Lu Yu decided to search their rooms carefully and, by the way, tell the others in Li Family Fort this news.

When the people of Li Family Fort saw the corpses of Li Meng and Li Qiang with their own eyes, their eyes, which were originally dull and full of fear, gradually regained some spirit, and many people were so excited that they shed tears.

Some emotionally agitated people even rushed forward to vent the hatred that had been suppressed in their hearts for a long time on the corpses.

Some of their relatives were beaten to death by the Li Family Brothers, some chose to commit suicide because they could not bear the humiliation, and more died miserably in endless exhaustion and hunger.

And those who were lucky enough to survive were only struggling to maintain their existence, with no life to speak of.

Liu Tianhong was maintaining order on the side.

Under the guidance of the crowd, Lu Yu came to a magnificent villa.

He walked into the living room and saw that the carpets, chandeliers, sofas, soft beds, and other items in the house were all complete; in addition, there were bedrooms, bathrooms, a study, a training room, and other rooms with various functions.

Lu Yu curiously reached out to turn on the switch on the wall, and to his shock, the light actually turned on.

Thinking about it carefully, this is normal; after all, the entire Li Family Fort, including the dead, had several thousand people working for the Li Family Three Brothers, so getting a generator was indeed not a difficult task for them.

Lu Yu walked into a bedroom and began to rummage through boxes and cabinets to find things that might be useful.

After a search, he found several thousand yuan in cash, some gold and silver jewelry, and some inappropriate items.

He also found a wallet, and there was an ID card in the wallet.

Lu Yu took a look; it turned out that this room belonged to Lao San, but the name on the ID card was not Lao San, but Li Shan.

After reading it, he put the ID card back in its place and walked out of the bedroom.

Next, he found the second bedroom and started searching again.

This time, the harvest was quite good; he actually found a bottle of Blood Qi Pill, a Martial Arts Manual, and more than ten thousand yuan in cash.

This Martial Arts Manual is named "Grass-Skimming Flight," and like "Water-Skipping," it belongs to movement technique manuals.

Lu Yu opened the manual and looked at it for a moment, and suddenly understood. No wonder Li Meng's movement technique suddenly increased before; it turned out that this manual was at work.

In this way, he already possessed two movement technique manuals, and as long as he practiced well, his Agility attribute should soon be significantly improved.

After reading the manual, Lu Yu opened the bottle of Blood Qi Pill again. What made him slightly disappointed was that there were only three Blood Qi Pills left in the bottle.

However, these three Blood Qi Pills were clearly superior to the Low-grade Blood Qi Pill he had obtained before, both in appearance and the fragrance they emitted.

"These should be Middle-grade Blood Qi Pill."

Lu Yu muttered in a low voice and put the three Blood Qi Pills back into the bottle.

He put all the money into his pocket and then searched the first floor again.

When he opened the refrigerator in the kitchen, he found it filled with all kinds of things.

Afterwards, Lu Yu walked to the north and found an entrance to the basement.

He walked in with curiosity, turned on the light, and in an instant, the entire basement was as bright as day.