"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
"ah!"
My arm!
"Kill him!"
"ah--"
The sounds of men roaring, women screaming, weapons clashing, muscles and bones shattering, and agonizing screams... all sorts of sounds clashed wildly!
The women and children were terrified, clinging to each other tightly and huddled in the innermost corner of the courtyard, trembling with fear.
Several of the bolder women, including Wu and Ma, grabbed broken pottery jars and fire pokers scattered on the ground in the dark and waved them wildly, trying to block any approaching shadows.
Ahead, the men fought a frenzied battle in near-total darkness, guided only by the dim moonlight!
But it's difficult to distinguish friend from foe, leaving us with limited options!
Fear and chaos weakened their strength.
Only Jiang Chan!
In the instant absolute darkness descended, she had a slight thought—a pair of cold night-vision goggles instantly covered her eyes!
The darkness before my eyes instantly transformed into clear daylight! The silhouettes of people were crystal clear!
She was like the Grim Reaper, blending into the darkness!
He crouched low, stepped to the side, and dodged a man from Wengjia Village who was wildly waving a woodcutter's knife.
The sharp dagger in his hand shot out like a venomous snake's tongue!
"puff!"
The dagger pierced precisely into the unsuspecting side of the neck!
Hot blood splattered onto Jiang Chan's cold face!
She remained expressionless, twisted her wrist, and pulled out the dagger!
The man clutched his neck and collapsed with a hoarse sound.
Spin!
Another man was wielding an axe to force Liu Dazhuang back.
Jiang Chan appeared like a ghost in his blind spot! The dagger, carrying a chilling aura of death, plunged viciously into his lower back near his kidney, all the way to the hilt! Then she pulled it out with a swift motion!
"Ugh—!" A piercing scream, so sharp it was almost unrecognizable, ripped through the night sky!
The man collapsed like a mangy dog whose spine had been removed.
The third one!
Skinny Monkey was holding a knife, trying to sneak up on Butcher Zhang from behind!
Jiang Chan pounced like a cheetah! A flash of cold light from the dagger, and she slit half of the skinny monkey's throat!
Blood gushed out like a flood that had been released!
The skinny monkey's eyes widened, the knife in his hand clattered to the ground, he futilely clutched his neck with both hands, staggered back a few steps, and collapsed to the ground, his body convulsing violently!
In just a dozen or so breaths! Each strike was fatal!
The remaining men of Wengjia Village felt as if an unseen demon was reaping lives in the darkness!
The terrifying screams of their companions terrified them!
Fear instantly overwhelmed their ferocity! The remaining people almost completely lost their will to fight!
...
Just as the remnants of the Wengjia Village army were on the verge of collapse.
"puff!"
A lantern was suddenly lit! The dim yellow light abruptly pierced the darkness!
"Stop it, all of you!!!" Tie Niu from Wengjia Village roared in terror and madness!
Everyone instinctively paused!
Looking through the flickering firelight!
Tie Niu's face was covered in blood, and he looked like a madman!
Beside him stood a man holding aloft a newly lit lantern, his face filled with despair.
With his left hand tightly gripping Aunt Zhao's neck, he held a short knife to Aunt Zhao's violently heaving chest with his right hand!
Aunt Zhao was so frightened that her face turned pale and she trembled all over. Her throat was being choked, and she could only make "hoarse" gasps.
"Put it down! All of you, put your weapons down!" Tie Niu surveyed the entire area, his eyes bloodshot, his voice hoarse and crazed. "If she moves again, I'll stab her to death right now!"
The lanterns illuminated the gruesome scene: several corpses and wounded lay scattered haphazardly in the courtyard! Blood meandered across the muddy ground, emitting a heavy, pungent stench.
The villagers of Wengjia Village, still shaken, gathered around Tie Niu. Only a few people remained standing, their faces contorted with fear and the grimace of someone who had survived a catastrophe.
In Liushutun, Old Man Wang sat on the ground clutching his arm, blood seeping from between his fingers; another man was clutching his leg and wailing; Liu Dazhuang's chest heaved violently, his stick pointing at Tie Niu, but he dared not step forward for fear of harming the innocent; Butcher Zhang gripped his boning knife, staring intently at the knife in Tie Niu's hand, his eyes filled with anger and anxiety.
Everyone was frozen in place by this sudden turn of events!
The chaotic battle was suddenly put on hold!
The moment the lanterns lit up, Jiang Chan made a thought, and her night-vision goggles vanished without a trace.
She stood there, her face pale and her breathing slightly rapid. The explosive killing had taken a heavy toll on her frail body, and the muscles in her arms and abdomen were aching and trembling.
She stared coldly at Tie Niu and the terrified Aunt Zhao, her eyes filled with icy killing intent.
A deathly silence descended once more.
Only the groans of the wounded and their heavy breathing could be heard.
Tie Niu nervously looked around, his voice trembling with fierceness, "Light...light the lamps! Light all the lamps!"
Several able-bodied men from Wengjia Village trembled as they pulled out tinderboxes from their pockets and lit the other two lanterns that had fallen to the ground.
The flickering firelight illuminated the battlefield of carnage even more clearly.
The person lying on the ground:
Wengjia Village: Four corpses, plus three seriously injured and wailing, incapacitated.
Willow Tree Village: A man's thigh was slashed, and blood was gushing out; Old Man Wang's arm was cut open with a deep gash that exposed the bone; and another man lay on the ground, his life hanging in the balance.
Seeing the heavy casualties on his side, Tie Niu was both shocked and furious. He tightened his grip on Aunt Zhao's arm and pushed the knife tip forward again, piercing the flesh and drawing out a trickle of blood!
Tie Niu roared, "Put down your weapon! Back off! Or I'll really stab you!"
In the dim light, the stench of blood was so strong it was almost palpable.
The people of Wengjia Village felt their hands and feet turn cold as they looked at the horrific scene on the ground.
"Zhuzi! Shuanzi! Heizi! Shouhou!" A man called out his companion's name in a trembling voice, shaking as he turned over the corpse lying on the ground.
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