Despite having eliminated two enemies, Zaun was far from relieved.

His recent fight with Shi Zhenxiang made him realize that although he had previously defeated fifth-rank and killed fourth-rank opponents, those were all due to various unforeseen circumstances. In a real, head-on fight, it wouldn't be so easy for him to defeat a fourth-rank opponent.

Fortunately, he had the Death-Defying Dagger and the Armor-Piercing Arrow he had just picked up; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to break through their defenses. The remaining two were even more powerful, and killing them would have been much more difficult.

It seems that we cannot defeat them by force; we can only outsmart them.

Looking at Shi Zhenxiang's corpse, Zu An suddenly had an idea.

Meanwhile, the two assassins searched for half a day but found no clues. They couldn't even find any signs of human activity in the woods. They immediately realized that they had chased the wrong person.

So they headed back as agreed and happened to run into each other on the way.

The swordsman asked, "Brother Jia, have you found anything over there?"

"No, Brother Zhen, what about your side?" the man with the gun asked.

It turns out that the one wielding the sword is named Zhen Liumang, and the one wielding the spear is named Jia Zhengjing. Both of them were trained by the Shi family from a young age and joined the Bright Moon Academy in the past two years. They see each other all the time and get along quite well.

"I can't find any trace of anyone here either. Could it be that the guy went north to Shi Zhenxiang's place?" Zhen Liumang said in a deep voice. "Why don't we go and check north?"

Jia Zhengjing shook his head: "Let's go back and meet up with Liao Zhongyou first. If Shi Zhenxiang hasn't gone back, it's not too late for us to search for her in the north together."

"good!"

With each other's support, the two no longer proceeded cautiously as before, and raced towards Liao Zhongyou's location.

"You said we haven't found him yet, could it be that the one surnamed Zu turned back in the direction where Brother Liao is?" Jia Zhengjing said in a deep voice.

Zhen Liumang laughed and said, "If Brother Liao had really discovered that guy surnamed Zu, he probably would have shot him dead long ago. With his archery skills, as long as he doesn't get close, even we would have a hard time dealing with him."

"That's true." Jia Zhengjing smiled slightly, then suddenly noticed a figure ahead. "Oh, so Brother Shi has already returned...."

He spoke with some doubt in his heart. How could he see Shi Zhenxiang from such a distance? Was he standing too high up?

As the two got closer, their expressions changed simultaneously, because they could see clearly that it wasn't Shi Zhenxiang standing on high ground, but rather him hanging from a tree with a rope around his neck, suspended in mid-air.

"Brother Shi!" Zhen Liumang exclaimed. The group had been working together as undercover agents at Mingyue Academy for years and had developed some feelings for each other.

Upon seeing the other man hanged from the tree, he was both shocked and furious. He instinctively flew over, grabbed him with one hand, and simultaneously cut the rope around his neck with his sword to lower him down.

"Watch out!" Jia Zhengjing hurriedly warned, but it was too late. Just as the rope was cut, a streak of dark light shot out.

Zhen Liumang had nowhere to dodge in mid-air, but he was not completely unprepared. He swung his sword to deflect the incoming arrows, but before he could even rejoice, something on Shi Zhenxiang's body suddenly exploded.

Zhen Liumang screamed and hurriedly threw away the corpse in his arms. Fortunately, he had already activated his vital energy to protect himself. The explosion had caused him many injuries, but they were not fatal.

Because of the shockwave, Zhen Liumang fell to the ground. Just as she was about to curse who was so despicable and insidious, the ground beneath her feet suddenly collapsed, and she fell down involuntarily.

ah!

A scream rang out, clearly indicating that there was some kind of trap inside.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Jia Zhengjing did not rush over to check, but instead focused his mind and became extremely vigilant. Sure enough, a dark figure shot out from the side, the black dagger in its hand emitting no light whatsoever.

"Well done!" Jia Zhengjing's spear, like a silver dragon emerging from the sea, thrust fiercely at his opponent. His spear, in terms of both momentum and power, far surpassed the dagger in his opponent's hand.

However, he sensed a warning sign and suddenly roared, jerking backward. He looked down at his chest and saw that his breastplate had been ripped open, revealing the lining of his clothes.

If the opponent's sword had advanced even an inch further, he would probably have been disemboweled.

"Where did that dagger in his hand come from?!" Jia Zhengjing was shocked. He had been protecting himself with his vital energy, so ordinary attacks couldn't hurt him at all. But the opponent's sword not only broke through his protective vital energy, but also cut through his expensive soft armor. How could he not be alarmed?

Zu An secretly lamented his loss. He had been determined to kill with that sudden sword strike, but unfortunately, the dagger was too short and the opponent reacted too quickly. Otherwise, he could have boasted that he had instantly killed a peak fourth-grade cultivator.

Thinking about this, he admired Dongfang Bubai more and more. He himself felt that even a dagger was too short, but Dongfang Bubai was able to defeat all opponents with just a needle.

On the other side, Jia Zhengjing, who had been trained as a suicide soldier since childhood and had learned a lot at Mingyue Academy, had extremely rich combat experience. He recovered from his shock in an instant, let out a roar, and his Yuan power surged. He thrust his spear at Zu An.

Having learned from his previous experience, he moved three minutes slower this time, but his power was no less than before, as if the air around the spearhead was being torn apart.

Zu An dodged away in a flash, and was about to take the opportunity to get in front of him when he suddenly felt a gust of wind coming from his side. He hurriedly withdrew his dagger and used it to block the opponent's sweeping spear.

A strange force emanated from the gun. Zuan used his Sunflower Illusion technique to retreat several steps before he could completely neutralize the force on the gun.

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