Chapter 670: Gui and Human Join Forces (2/10, Autumn Subscription)

"What's the situation?"

Watching the small hands gather overhead in front, forming a birdcage-like shape that swallowed the bandit leader in one fell swoop, Fang Yue was momentarily stunned.

Just a moment ago, his Gui Value and internal energy were nearly exhausted, leaving him unable to continue grappling with the bandit leader; he had been thinking of putting some distance between them to recover his state, or perhaps simply retreating, as it wasn't a big deal.

Fang Yue could handle a siege of five people, so now that only one remained, he could kill him whenever he wanted.

Yet, seeing the Guiyi intervene and swallow the man was truly something he hadn't expected.

Looking at the small fingers undulating on the ground around him, Fang Yue's expression darkened slightly.

This Guiyi had been growing along the way, devouring the corpses of experts, and he didn't know what stage it had reached now; if possible, Fang Yue did not want to be entangled by this thing.

Boom!!

Just as Fang Yue was thinking this, the "birdcage" in front suddenly exploded.

Amidst the splashing black blood, colorful severed limbs flew everywhere.

He saw the top of the bandit ranking list rush out of the "birdcage" in a leaping posture; his body was covered in many bite wounds, dripping with blood, and his entire expression was terrified and flustered.

In mid-air, his gaze crossed with Fang Yue's for an instant.

Upon landing, the top of the bandit ranking list bent his legs slightly and actually turned tail to run, sprinting rapidly toward the exit of the secret passage.

Stunned for a brief moment, Fang Yue immediately realized that the injured top of the bandit ranking list was in an even worse state than he was at this moment.

Narrowing his eyes, without hesitation, Fang Yue grabbed the heads of the others and chased after him while popping medicine.

Because his 【Gui Value】 was insufficient, he relied solely on internal energy to drive the Shadow footwork to follow, which resulted in him being unable to catch up to the bandit leader for the time being.

And behind Fang Yue, the tattered birdcage merged into the ground one after another, disappearing as the ground rippled like waves.

Before long, the colorful small hands covered the gate at the final exit of the secret passage, overwhelming it.

"Get... out of my way!!"

The bandit leader's sword body glowed slightly, his speed surged, and with an unstoppable momentum, he thrust his sword through.

But when the sword body rushed to the gate covered by the Guiyi's small hands and the sword technique's power erupted, he was startled to discover that this 【Palm-Slapping Small Hands】 was far less hard and terrifying than the previous "birdcage"; with a light move and a little effort, he easily shattered it bit by bit, wasting a large amount of internal energy.

The subsequent power then struck the stone gate at the exit of the secret passage, slicing it apart with one sword strike.

"It has learned 'deception'..."

A chilling thought flashed through his mind as the bandit leader smashed open the stone gate and rushed out of the secret passage.

"This 【Nuomian Gui】 is becoming more and more intelligent! It is growing rapidly!"

Like a sponge, it was rapidly absorbing water, becoming full and plump.

From initially understanding nothing, the 【Nuomian Gui】 had learned more and more through constant contact with people, becoming increasingly formidable.

Fang Yue felt a chill in his heart.

Don't look at how the 【Nuomian Gui】 kept following him, appearing harmless to humans and animals.

The problem was that this thing was, after all, a Guiyi; when a Guiyi would strike at a human was only a matter of time.

Following behind the bandit leader, he rushed out of the secret passage.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

A cold wind struck, making Fang Yue's face ache.

Fang Yue was slightly stunned; since when had the night wind become so strong? It clearly hadn't felt like this on the mountaintop earlier.

Also, wasn't this... the foot of Dongliu Mountain? The secret passage exit was actually not far from the foot of the mountain.

Squinting his eyes to search for the bandit leader's whereabouts, he saw small hands emerging from the ground, pointing in a direction as if guiding him.

His expression stiffened, and Fang Yue stared at the thing on the ground with suspicion.

At the same time, a circle of small fingers emerged around him again, as if a child were cautiously observing its "male mother's" reaction, looking forward to being praised.

He didn't speak, his heart filled with vigilance.

Silently manifesting his black blade, Fang Yue hesitated for a moment before rushing out in the direction the small hands were pointing.

Before long, he indeed saw the bandit leader's figure, or to be precise... his back as he mounted a horse.

The thing he had stolen was actually... the 【Liehong Horse】 Fang Yue had hidden nearby!

"Giddyup!!"

The bandit leader looked back and saw Fang Yue at this moment; the instant their gazes met, the bandit leader slapped the horse's rump and rode off.

You son of a...

"Leave the horse behind!"

With a roar, the furious Fang Yue immediately poured all the 【Gui Value】 he had just recovered into his feet.

Wrapped in black energy, Fang Yue's speed exploded!

The 【Liehong Horse】's speed was fast, but it was far inferior to Fang Yue's explosive speed.

The advantage of transport tools like horses over a martial artist's explosive speed was only one thing: endurance!

In terms of stamina, martial artists were far inferior to such mounts.

So when Fang Yue saw the bandit leader steal the 【Liehong Horse】, he was completely enraged.

If he failed to catch up to the bandit leader with his current burst of speed.

Then the world would truly be his oyster, and the bandit leader could escape anywhere.

Under the burst of speed, the distance between Fang Yue and the bandit leader closed rapidly.

But his 【Gui Value】 was also being consumed rapidly, dwindling away.

Judging by the comparison, it seemed he would run out of Gui Value before he could catch the person.

Just as he was feeling anxious, he saw colorful small hands suddenly emerge on the 【Liehong Horse】's body.

His pupils constricted.

"Don't touch my Liehong Horse!"

As if startled, those little hands one by one retracted back into the horse's body.

At the same time, the bandit leader on the horse's back saw this scene and shivered in fright, his speed slowing down by a few notches.

It was in this brief gap that by the time he accelerated again, Fang Yue had completely closed the distance.

Feeling the aggressive presence of Fang Yue drawing ever closer behind him, the bandit leader felt flustered and could not help but shout out loud.

"Ye Niuniu, do you really intend to fight me to the death! Lord Rat Seat is already dead, and I no longer have any conflict of interest with you. If you want to find the Phoenix Organization, go find them yourself; why must you drive me to the end..."

"Shattered Feathers!"

Swish, swish, swish—

The black blade shattered, flying toward the bandit leader like dense hidden weapons, causing his words to come to an abrupt halt.

Clang, clang, clang—

A series of blocking sounds rang out, and just as the bandit leader was busy parrying the attacks, a crescent-shaped black gleam appeared abruptly amidst the fragments!

"Dark Moon Blade Technique!"

Hum!!

When the bandit leader tried to block it, it was already too late.

The black blade slashed into his chest; amidst the spray of blood, his entire body flew backward, crashing into a large tree by the roadside, where a large number of small hands suddenly emerged to cover his mouth and bind his limbs.

"Mmph, mmph, mmph!"

Struggling, the bandit leader soon tore apart the bindings of the 【Zhangzui Xiaoshou】, but just as he was about to get up, he heard a "whoa" sound.

He saw that Fang Yue had already ridden the horse back; in the night, the two-meter black blade pointed down at him from above, his expression cold.

Seeing this scene, the bandit leader's face was instantly filled with a look of dejection.

Night Breathing, activate!

Staying up late to catch up on updates, or getting up tomorrow morning to read ten chapters, both are fine.

(End of this chapter)