Chapter 264

Dealing with Du Ruo was actually very simple.

The poison powder in Du Ruo's hand was very powerful, but it had a fatal weakness: it could only be used at close range and not for long-range attacks.

As long as this point was used well, was there any fear of not capturing her?

Deaf Granny scanned the ground and finally fixed her gaze on the fainted Jin Que.

She walked over, bent down, and casually pulled the pearl pendant off Jin Que's ear.

Worried that the metal hook would hurt Du Ruo, she thoughtfully broke off the hook and threw it away, leaving only the pearl the size of a soybean.

Then, she looked at Du Ruo, who was looking solemn opposite her.

"Little Du, I'm sorry."

As soon as the words fell, she flicked her finger, and the pearl hit Du Ruo at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, the system in Du Ruo's mind let out a deafening ghost scream: "Host, crouch down! Quickly!!"

Unfortunately, it was too late.

*Ding*, the pearl hit Du Ruo's collarbone accurately.

Du Ruo instantly felt her whole body go numb, as if someone had cast a freezing spell on her, and she suddenly lost the ability to move.

*It's over. *

Du Ruo was both shocked and annoyed.

She was too conceited after all, thinking that with the system she carried and the countless poisons in the system, she didn't need to fear anyone.

Now she knew that the Jianghu wasn't so easy to mix in.

In front of a true top expert, these little tricks of hers were simply vulnerable.

Seeing Du Ruo's ugly face, Deaf Granny walked up to her and comforted her: "Don't worry, I won't hurt you."

Du Ruo was silent, seemingly resigned to her fate.

But with her personality, how could she sit still and wait for death?

"Little System, is there any way to break through the pressure points?"

"There is, but the key is that you don't have any martial arts foundation, so even if I tell you, Host, you can't do it."

The system thought for a moment and then said: "However, besides using internal energy to force through, there is another way..."

"Then tell me quickly!" It was a matter of life and death, and it was still hesitating.

"That is to try to use level 12 severe pain to stimulate various parts of the body, including flesh, bones, and internal organs. When the pain exceeds the human body's tolerance, it may break through the limit, thereby breaking through the blocked pressure points."

Level 12 severe pain?

Isn't that about the same as giving birth?

That level of pain really wasn't something an ordinary person could bear.

Seeing the water bandits starting to tie people up again, Du Ruo gritted her teeth.

Forget it, the situation was critical. She couldn't just watch Jiang Zhan and the others be kidnapped to that so-called Moxia Village, right?

Entering a wolf's den, whether they could get out unscathed was a problem.

Even if they could, Jiang Zhan and the others were going to Fengyang Prefecture for the exam. By the time these water bandits got the ransom and released them, it would be too late.

Missing the exam date was no joke.

For now, she could only secretly break through the pressure points first, and then, when Deaf Granny was completely relaxed, take the opportunity to throw the Bone-Eating Powder and poison her.

As the saying goes, capture the leader to capture the bandits. Once Deaf Granny fell, the others would be nothing to fear.

Thinking of this, Du Ruo took a deep breath: "Come on, Little System, I'm ready..."

Just at this moment.

Suddenly, with a *whoosh*, a white light flashed before her eyes and pierced the throat of one of the lackeys!

That lackey was busy tying up Jiang Zhan, so how could he know a flying knife would come?

He looked down in disbelief.

A dagger was deeply embedded in his neck, with only a small part of the handle exposed. Blood flowed slowly along the blade and dripped onto his chest.

The lackey covered his neck and fell to the floor. He stretched out his hand unwillingly, wanting to call for help, but could only make a creepy gurgling sound.

Like a water buffalo on the verge of death.

Jiang Zhan witnessed all this, his face turned pale, and he was stunned.

Who was it? Friend or foe?

Others soon discovered that something was wrong here and panicked. Especially those lackeys, like frightened birds, turned and ran.

However, they weren't so lucky this time.

*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. *

Several more flying knives flashed, piercing the lackeys' necks quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly. Every knife was fatal, and none missed.

The lackeys fell one after another and died.

They didn't even have time to scream.

"Big Boss, save me!" The remaining dozen lackeys were scared out of their wits, crying for their fathers and mothers.

Deaf Granny's eyes turned sharp, and she said loudly: "Which hero is it? Please show yourself!"

The answer to her was the whistling river breeze outside.

"Cowardly rat, hiding your head and showing your tail." Deaf Granny sneered and waved her palm. The small table in the corner instantly shattered into powder: "If you don't come out, don't blame me for starting a massacre."

At this, the person in the dark finally reacted.

"Don't, don't, don't, I'm coming out, isn't that enough?"

A hole was opened in the ceiling of the dining hall, and a thin, withered old man poked his gray head out, smiling: "Big sister, let's talk things over. Don't shout about fighting and killing all the time. That's not good, not good."

After saying that, he held onto the edge tremblingly, first testing to put one leg down, and then slowly hanging his body on the ceiling.

As a result, his hand slipped, and he fell straight down.

He fell on his butt.

"Ouch, you're killing this old man..." He rubbed his butt while groaning as he climbed up.

Everyone present was stunned.

Jiang Zhan was especially surprised.

Uncle Lao Tie? How could it be him?

Du Ruo wasn't too surprised. From the beginning, she had noticed that Lao Tietou was not in the crowd.

This broken ship was traveling in the river, so it was impossible for outsiders to come.

Coupled with Jiang Li's entrustment, Du Ruo had already guessed that Lao Tietou had some martial arts skills.

It was just that she didn't expect his flying knife technique to be so powerful.

Compared to Jiang Li, it didn't seem to be any worse.

She just didn't know how his hand-to-hand combat was, besides the flying knives, and whether he could beat Deaf Granny...

Deaf Granny narrowed her eyes and looked at Lao Tietou twice.

She had an impression of this person. He seemed to be a servant of the Jiang family, called Lao Tie, and he was actually an expert.

Interesting.

No wonder Du Ruo refused to go with her. The Jiang family was really full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

It had some foundation.

"Do you want to stop me?" Deaf Granny asked in a deep voice.

Lao Tietou waved his hands hurriedly: "No, no, no, big sister, you misunderstood. This old man doesn't want to stop you. As a servant of the Jiang family, I have to protect my master. Look, you insist on tying up our Second Young Master and kidnapping our mistress to do that illegal business. Can this old man not care? If I don't care, how can I explain it to my master when I go back?"

"Don't you think that's the reason?"

Deaf Granny smiled: "Since that's the case, there's nothing more to say. Let's see who's better. Whoever wins gets the people."

Lao Tietou looked troubled: "This, do we really have to fight? Can we not fight?"

"Not fight? Fine." Deaf Granny pointed to the corpses on the ground: "You commit suicide, just consider it paying for my men."

Lao Tietou's head shook like a rattle: "That won't do, this old man hasn't lived enough yet."

He sighed: "Fine, fine, let's fight then. But it's too crowded here, and we can't move around. How about we go to the deck outside to fight?"

Deaf Granny looked at Du Ruo: "Fine."

After saying that, she turned and walked out.

When fighting, swords have no eyes, and she was also afraid of hurting Du Ruo. As for the lives of others, she didn't care.

"Big sister, you go out and wait for a while, this old man will be there soon, okay?"

Lao Tietou picked up a chopstick from the table and helped her untie the pressure points: "Mistress, I'm going out to fight. You protect the Second Young Master and the Third Master and the others here."

Du Ruo's expression was complex, and she nodded: "Be careful."

Lao Tietou patted his chest: "No problem, no problem, this old man is very tough, I won't die."

After saying that, he walked out with his hands behind his back, smiling.

Only a group of people who couldn't move remained in the dining hall, along with the corpses all over the floor and the dozen or so lackeys who were scared out of their wits.

And the half-dead Short-Legged Tiger.

Seeing Du Ruo walking straight toward him, Short-Legged Tiger was panicked.

He was still forcing the poison out. If he stopped now, he would be a cripple at best, or lose his life at worst.

The Big Boss only cared about fighting and didn't care about him.

What if this little woman held a grudge for his teasing earlier and threw another handful of poison powder at him?

"You, don't come over!" he shouted.

Du Ruo really stopped.

Short-Legged Tiger breathed a sigh of relief. *Good, good, this little woman still has some humanity. *

But the next moment, he couldn't laugh anymore.

He saw the little woman with humanity pick up a long bench, and with the same evil smile he had before, walked slowly toward him.

Short-Legged Tiger's pupils shrank.

"Don't, don't, don't do this..."

Before he could finish, a loud *bang* was heard, and the bench smashed heavily onto his chest.

*Pfft*, Short-Legged Tiger spat out a large mouthful of blood, then rolled his eyes and fell to the ground, completely unconscious.

Du Ruo threw away the bench and clapped the non-existent dust off her hands.

*Don't do this? * *Heh*, don't you know what it means to take advantage of your illness to kill you?

This is it.